2008 TAA-NNJ Scholarship

北澤西台灣同鄉會 2008年獎學金辦法

2008 TAA-NNJ Scholarship

P.O. Box 4011

Wayne, NJ 07470

taannj@gmail.com

The Taiwanese Association of America Northern New Jersey Chapter (TAA-NNJ) is offering scholarships for ABT (American-born Taiwanese) or new immigrants of Taiwan origin

Qualification: High School full time students (grades 9-12) currently study in Bergen, Passaic, and Morris Counties in New Jersey and Rockland County in NY

Essay: My study notes: About Taiwan

Anything you learned about Taiwan. Examples: (1) Taiwanese History (2) Important event in Taiwan, like 228 Massacre in 1947 (3) Taiwan’s future (4) about Taiwanese culture, religion, education, ethnic groups … just name a few

Word count: 1,000 ~ 1,500 words, may include pictures or charts

Deadline: 1/15/2009

Scholarships: Up to 5 awardees with equal share of a total of $1,000

Winners Announcement: By Email or/and telephone on 2/2/09. During the 2/7/09 TAA-NNJ Annual Meeting, awardees will be honored and checks will be given

Awardees: To receive the award, awardees must provide a photo copy of their student ID to TAA-NNJ

Mail to: Mail (1) completed application form, (2) a brief introduction of the applicant, and (3) an essay to taannj@gmail.com or P.O. Box 4011, Wayne, NJ 07470

Scholarship Committee: Committee members will vote for the winners. However, the family of the committee members cannot apply for the scholarship

Posting on TAA-NNJ‘s Blog: Awardee names, school names, and their essays will be posted on TAANNJ blog site (taannj.blogspot.com)

Originality of Essay: Within a year if the essay is found that more than 1/3 of it was simply ‘copy and paste’ off Internet without noting where it came from, TAA-NNJ reserves the rights to revoke the award

Language: The essay should be written either in English or Mandarin (using traditional font please)

Please download the Application Form below:

TAANNJ 28th Annual Meeting

Please save the date/time for our 28th annual gathering
2/7/2009 Saturday 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM

The same Hotel as last year, $38 per person
Hotel directions: http://www.regencyhousehotel.com/location.htm
Hotel phone: (973) 696-0900

click on the picture for a large image (so you can read all the words)

Taiwanese Culture Exhibits

Springfield Public Library
66 Mountain Avenue, Springfield, NJ

大話新聞主持人-- 鄭弘儀來紐約與台灣鄉親見面

Dear TAA-NNJ members & friends:

I believe most of you, if not all, have watched the Taiwan news program “大話新聞” previously and fascinated by the fantastic shows of Mr. Hong-Yi Cheng (鄭弘儀), the popular talk show host of the program. Now FAPA offers you an opportunity to meet him in person. Regarding the 10/31/08 event, please note the bus ride schedule:

Bus Pick Up:

3:45 p.m. Rte 10 & Rte 202, (Bottle King), Morris Plains, NJ

4:15 p.m. Willowbrook Mall by J.C. Penny, Wayne, NJ

4:50 p.m. Municipal Parking, Fort Lee, NJ
Return: Pick up around 10:10 p.m.

(1) Tickets: $50/person, which includes dinner box, admission to the speech, and bus expense. Please make check payable to “FAPA”. You can either send me a check or pay on bus, but you have let me know when you enroll.

(2) Bus ride: Please tell us where you will board the bus when you call or email back. Please let me know should you have any questions. Thanks.

Grace Hsu
(973) 696-3716
gracehsu27@yahoo.com

Meeting Date & Place:

10月31日 (星期五) 6:00 - 10:00 PM

牡丹宴會廳 Queens Crossing 136-17 39th Ave., 2F, Flushing, NY 11354

(當天備有簡餐招待，現場報名者請恕無法提供晚餐)

Lancaster, PA 郊遊

時間: 10/4/08 (Saturday)
地點: Lancaster County, PA.
Bus fee: $18 tip included

Activities are extra (Optional):
(1) Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: $6.40/person (Group rate)
(2) Welcome to Our Paradise (a 45 minutes ride): $10/person (Group rate)
(3) Indian Echo Caverns: $8/adult, $4/child (Group rate). Need to make a reservation 2 weeks before departure.
(4) Amish village & outlet malls (free to go around)

Breakfast is bagel on bus, and lunch not included.

Bus only has 49 seats, all are full.

由北澤西台灣同鄉會主辦與Fair Lawn台語歸正教會, 佳檀教會合辦Lancaster,PA 郊遊.歡迎同鄉參加助興.

Bus ride schedule on time at:
7:00 a.m. Fair Lawn台語歸正教會: Vincent Hwang (201) 327-1052
7:30 a.m. Wayne Town Center by JC Penny: Grace Hsu (973) 696-3716
8:00 a.m. Rte 10 & 202 Morris Plains by Bottle King: Tou-San Chang (973) 984-0131

See you on bus, until then have fun.

Grace 9/23/08

大家一起來寫部落格 (Blog)

親愛的台灣鄉親：大家好

為了進一步服務台灣鄉親，特別在網路上開闢 3 個部落格 (又稱 網誌) (1) 『TAA-NNJ 政論交流園地』- 供各位發表政治意見 (2) 『TAA-NNJ 新聞逗燒報』- 供各位轉載重要或有趣的新聞 (3) 『TAA-NNJ 分享園地』- 無論是思鄉小品、旅遊札記、種菜心得、栽花拾趣、烹飪食譜、人間笑話等等，都非常歡迎。

如何發表呢？ 請直接 Email 您的大作 (可含圖片 up to 10 MB) 到該網站，Email address 可在各網站看到。那如何記住以上這三個網址呢？ 請先到 taannj.blogspot.com，在右邊有很多 links，click 一下就會帶您到該網站。不過我還是在此把email addresses 列出來：(1) taannj-politics@blogger.com (2) taannj-news@blogger.com (3) taannj-share@blogger.com.

請注意：這三個網誌都已有內容，(1) 『TAA-NNJ 政論交流園地』- Dr. Michael Yeun's articles and responses (2) 『TAA-NNJ 新聞逗燒報』- (看了就知道) （3) 『TAA-NNJ 分享園地』- Mr. Kin Ko's article about NATMA and 蔡英文在NY歡宴時的照片。

對了，各網頁的右邊，在 links 的下面，有新闢的留言榜，歡迎留名留言。

又：您的 Email Address 不會出現在您 po 的文章裡，除非您把它寫在文章裡面。還有拜託在寄出email 前，做些 cleanup ，請刪除他人的 email addresses 及信件廣告, 以維護眾鄉親的權益和增加閱讀樂趣。

請大家一起來寫部落格 !!

Best Regards,
阿 Jim (李良榮)

望春風

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