OCA - Orange County Chapter

Moving Images: First Asian American International Film Festival @ Cal State Fullerton

The purpose of this international film festival is to promote global understanding by featuring cinematic productions by and about Asians and Asian Americans. The theme of this year’s festival, “Moving Images,” highlights the ways these films stir our emotions and shift conventional cinematic images of Asians and Asian Americans.

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The Myth (2005, 118 minutes) Dir. Stanley Tong
Tues., Oct. 24, 4-7 p.m. in PLN 130
The archaeological discovery of the mausoleum built by China’s first emperor Qin Shihuang in 221 B.C. reveals a 2000-year-old love story between a general and a princess from a minority group during the Qin Dynasty.
Discussant: Jinghui “Jack” Liu, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

To Live (1994, 132 min.) Dir. Zhang Yimou
Wed., Nov. 1, 4-7 p.m. in PLN 130
Through the lives of one family in twentieth-century China, this film reflects the experiences of millions of Chinese who lived through civil war only to be swept away again by decades of political turmoil as China’s leadership tried to launch the country into communism. At heart, it is a human story—of survival, of disappointment, of hope, and as the title suggests, of life.
Discussant: Lisa Tran, Department of History

Charlotte Sometimes Revealed, Part I: A Conversation with Actress Jacqueline Kim
Tues., Nov. 7, 4:00-5:15 p.m.: Guest Speaker in PLN 130
5:15-7:00 p.m.: Film Screening in PLN 130
Actress Jacqueline Kim will discuss her film Charlotte Sometimes (2003, 85 min.), an “anti-romance” nominated for two 2003 Independent Spirit
Awards. Kim will also discuss her role in her latest film, Red Doors.
Discussant: Eliza Noh, Asian American Studies Program

Charlotte Sometimes Revealed, Part II: A Conversation with Director Eric Byler
Tues., Nov. 14, 4:00-5:15 p.m. in PLN 130
Writer-director Eric Byler will discuss his film Charlotte Sometimes (2003, 85 min.), an “anti-romance” nominated for two 2003 Independent Spirit
Awards. Byler will also discuss his second feature AMERICANese.
Discussant: Eliza Noh, Asian American Studies Program

The Way Home (2002, 88 min.) Dir. Jeong-Hyang Lee
Wed., Nov. 15, 7-9 p.m. in PLN 130
Seven-year-old Sang-woo leaves the familiarity of fast food and electronic games in Seoul to live with his deaf-mute grandmother in a remote village in the Korean countryside. This heart-warming film about Sang-woo’s struggle to adjust to the simplicity of rural life illuminates the generation gap in contemporary South Korea.
Discussant: Kristine Dennehy, Department of History

Tokyo Godfather (2003, 92 min.) Dir. Takashi Kon
Thurs., Nov. 16, 8-10 p.m. in PLN 130
Three homeless persons in Tokyo find a baby girl in a dumpster on Christmas Eve. As the new year approaches, they band together to solve the mystery of the baby and the fate of her parents.
Discussant: Meiko Shimura, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Fobman and Fobman II Revealed: A Conversation with Filmmaker Reuel Kim
Tues., Dec. 5, 4:00-5:15 p.m.: Guest Speaker in PLN 130
5:15-7:00 p.m.: Film Screenings in PLN 130
Producer, director, cinematographer, editor, and writer Reuel Kim will discuss Fobman (2003, 9 min.) and Fobman II (2004, 27 min.), which follow the adventures of a lonely college freshman who accidentally transforms into a FOB (fresh off the boat) superhero. Kim will also discuss his role as the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival.
Discussant: Eliza Noh, Asian American Studies Program

The Rape of Nanking (2005, 77 min.) Dir. Rhawn Joseph
Thurs., Dec. 7, 4-7 p.m. in PLN 130
Set during the Pacific War, this film documents the atrocities committed by the Japanese in the Nanking Massacre during the Japanese invasion of China.
Discussant: Jie Tian, Pollak Library

Sponsors:
Asian American Studies Program
Radio-TV-Film Department
Organization of Chinese Americans Orange County Chapter
Pollak Library

Film festival events are free and open to the public.
For further information, please contact Jie Tian at (714) 278-2569 or jtian@fullerton.edu

* Sat 10/14: 7th Annual San Diego Film Festival
* Sat 10/14: APEX Career Fair 2006
* Fri 10/27: OCA-OC, YGAP & SDAP Halloween Charity Fundraiser Party
* Call for Nominations for the 2007 OCA-Orange County Board!

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Saturday, October 14, 2006, 12:45 PM
7th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival: “Chinese Restaurants: Latin Passions”
Hazard Center UltraStar Mission Valley
7510 Hazard Center Drive
San Diego, CA 92108
Ticket:$5.00

Interested in taking a roadtrip to check out the latest in Asian American filmmaking?  The 7th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival is this coming weekend! If you’d like to carpool and/or RSVP, contact Natalia at 909-569-9655, nmyamashiro@verizon.net

“LATIN PASSIONS tells the story of the Chinese diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon - the family-run Chinese restaurant. Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan visits Peru, Brazil and Argentina to find his Chinese restaurant owners enthralled in their enthusiasm for cooking, soccer and tango – illustrating once again the human impulse to find passions in life.”
www.sdaff.org/festival/2006/

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Friday, October 27, 2006, 10 pm - 2 am
OCA-OC, YGAP & SDAP Halloween Charity Fundraiser Party!

*** Early Bird Rate ($20) ends on 10/15 - Buy before it’s too late!

*** We will need a few volunteers for this event, including clean-up crew!  If you’re interested, please contact Alex at awquong@yahoo.com

Top Cats
733 Dunn Way
Placentia, CA 92870

Will it be trick or treat this year?? See and be seen at this year’s Halloween costume party. This ain’t going to be your grandma’s party so dress up in your Halloween best and bring your friends, cool co-workers and your designated drivers.

The party is hosted by Young Generation Asian Professionals (YGAP) and OCA-OC and co-marketed with San Diego Asian Professionals (SDAP). We have joined together to sponsor this Halloween Charity Fundraiser Party to benefit A3M (www.asianmarrow.org) and Worldvision. A3M assists patients in the Asian Pacific communities and offers help to thousands in search for a miracle marrow match. Additional proceeds will be donated to World Vision (www.worldvision.org) in sponsorship of children living in poverty all over the world. All proceeds generated from ticket sales will be donated. Spread the word and party with us to support these worthy causes!

A DJ will be spinning hip hop, pop and 80’s all night long. A cash bar serving cocktails, beer and wine will be available. Food will be served after 10:30 pm. 21+ event, ID is required.

Tickets can be prepaid at www.paypal.com to account email: ygap.paypal@gmail.com Or by mailing a check payable to “YGAP” and mailed to:

YGAP
8136 Hellman Avenue
Rosemead, CA 91770

PRICES:
General Admission
$20 if prepaid on or before 10/15/06 - buy early!
$25 if prepaid on or before 10/23/06
$35 after 10/23/06 and at the door

VIP: Purchase a VIP drink ticket for OPEN BAR ALL NIGHT LONG! VIP drink tickets are in addition to your general admission and can be PREPAID for $40.

QUESTIONS?
YGAP Officers: Jenny Yen (jenny@ygap.org) 626-242-4417 or Gracie Chen (gracie@ygap.org) 626-674-9622
OCA-OC Officer: Alex Quong (awquong@yahoo.com)
SDAP Officer: Ben Guillermo (Benjamin@sd-ap.org) 619-316-3457

Refer to our Evite for more details, including info about Costume Discounts!
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=KOAZNCOIRUIJNVUTEODU

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Other Events that May Interest You!

APEX (Asian Professional Exchange) Career Fair 2006
Saturday, October 14, 2006, 10 am - 4 pm
Omni Hotel - Downtown Los Angeles
251 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

FREE for those who register by 10/13/2006 at noon!
Register today at: http://www.apex.org/career/register.php

You are cordially invited to Career Day 2006! APEX’s 7th annual professional development conference brings together an emerging group of highly educated Asian Pacific American professionals, employers, and community leaders.

The core of the conference is the Career Fair, an event that provides opportunities to match qualified students and professionals at various levels with corporate recruiters of many reputable organizations. In addition to the Career Fair, APEX Career Day 2006 will also feature various speaker workshops through out the day and an after-event Attendee Resume Book to all Corporate Sponsors.

Commit to connecting with employers, defining your career, and expanding professional skills today. Register for Career Day 2006 before October 13th at noon and the event is FREE! Early Registration ensures that your resume will be included in the Resume Book* provided to all Corporate Sponsors and Exhibitors. The Resume Book is referred to by the Employers as a “pool of potential candidates to interview and hire.” Our attendees connected with Recruiters during prior Career Days that resulted in job offers. Register and Upload your resume today!

For more information:
http://www.apex.org/career/index.php

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Interested in taking a leadership role in the Asian American
community in Orange County? Elections for the 2007 OCA-Orange
County Board will be held in November! Contact Jhemon Lee at
jhemon@post.harvard.edu for details!

Friday, October 27, 2006, 10 pm - 2 am
OCA-OC, YGAP & SDAP Halloween Charity Fundraiser Party!

Top Cats
733 Dunn Way
Placentia, CA 92870

Will it be trick or treat this year?? See and be seen at this year’s
Halloween costume party. This ain’t going to be your grandma’s party
so dress up in your Halloween best and bring your friends, cool co-
workers and your designated drivers.

The party is hosted by Young Generation Asian Professionals (YGAP)
and OCA-OC and co-marketed with San Diego Asian Professionals
(SDAP). We have joined together to sponsor this Halloween Charity
Fundraiser Party to benefit A3M (www.asianmarrow.org) and
Worldvision. A3M assists patients in the Asian Pacific communities
and offers help to thousands in search for a miracle marrow match.
Additional proceeds will be donated to World Vision
(www.worldvision.org) in sponsorship of children living in poverty
all over the world. All proceeds generated from ticket sales will be
donated. Spread the word and party with us to support these worthy
causes!

A DJ will be spinning hip hop, pop and 80’s all night long. A cash
bar serving cocktails, beer and wine will be available. Food will be
served after 10:30 pm. 21+ event, ID is required.

Tickets can be prepaid at www.paypal.com to account email:
ygap.paypal@gmail.com Or by mailing a check payable to “YGAP” and
mailed to:

YGAP
8136 Hellman Avenue
Rosemead, CA 91770

PRICES:
$20 if prepaid on or before 10/15/06
$25 if prepaid on or before 10/23/06
$35 after 10/23/06 and at the door
VIP: Purchase a VIP drink ticket for OPEN BAR ALL NIGHT LONG! VIP
drink
tickets are in addition to your general admission and can be PREPAID
for $40.

QUESTIONS?
YGAP Officers: Jenny Yen (jenny@ygap.org) 626-242-4417 or Gracie
Chen (gracie@ygap.org) 626-674-9622
OCA-OC Officer: Alex Quong (awquong@yahoo.com)
SDAP Officer: Ben Guillermo (Benjamin@sd-ap.org) 619-316-3457

Refer to our Evite for more details, including info about Costume
Discounts!
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?
inviteId=KOAZNCOIRUIJNVUTEODU

Tuesday September 19, 2006, 7 pm - 9 pm
OCA-OC Sandwich Talk: The Ideal Asian American Significant Other

Lee’s Sandwiches Fullerton
1028 South Harbor Boulevard @ Costco Center
Fullerton, CA 92832
Restaurant Phone: (714) 525-2989
FREE!

Whether you believe in fate or have a list of standards, we all have
an ideal image of Mr./Ms. Right in our mind. Many factors help us
compile this list of criteria, including (not surprisingly) one’s
cultural background. Ask yourself what’s important to you — do
these standards reflect values that are important in your family?
Does being Asian American have a great impact on how you choose your
significant other?

Join us for another interesting discussion as we muse over the image
of the Ideal Asian American Significant Other!

Tuesday, August 29, 7:30 pm - 9 pm
OCA-OC Coffee Talk: Stereotypical Asian American Careers

Tea Station - Irvine Culver
15333 Culver Dr.
Irvine, CA 92604
Restaurant Phone: 949-653-9989
Free!

Consider your Asian American friends and their jobs; examine your own career. Are you working in jobs “stereotypical” for Asian Americans? Do your parents flaunt your job title and beam with pride when they announce it to friends and family (or do they mumble it under their breaths as they change the subject to your sister/brother the doctor/lawyer)? Our career selections may be due to occupational segregation, discrimination, minority stereotypes, etc. Let’s discuss over boba tea what factors may co-exist that influence our choices, and what others are doing outside of this stereotypical Asian American box.

Saturday, August 26
OCA-OC Workshop: Active Listening - Listen Carefully to Others

Sorry folks - the workshop has been cancelled since Albert Wong, the speaker, will be out of town :-(.

If you’re interested in the topic however, feel free to contact Albert at: atwong@alumni.uci.edu for info. If there’s sufficient interest, we may reschedule this workshop for a future date.

Original workshop description:
Are you listening to me? Everyone has heard this question from a
parent, child, sibling, friend, teacher or coworker.
People listen differently. Stimuli pass through mental filters, such
as upbringing, background, education and culture. People use their
own perceptions to listen, which is why listening is different for
everyone and why effective communication can be difficult.

Active listening means listening for the content, meaning and
underlying attitude in every verbal and aural communication
situation. This can be a challenge. However, active listening skills
can be learned, sharpened and mastered.

This session led by Albert Wong addresses the following questions:

• What are the elements of spoken communication?
• What is the difference between hearing and listening?
• What is the difference between active listening and passive listening?
• What are the barriers to active listening?
• What are the techniques for active listening?
• What are the techniques for validating your perception and understanding in verbal communication?
• What are the techniques for active listening in telephone communication?

Thursday, August 10 - Sunday, August 13
OCA 28th National Convention
Philadelphia, PA

Join us for four days of workshops, seminars and gala luncheons and dinners in the City of Brotherly Love. With special programming for youth, college students, senior and job seekers, this is an excellent opportunity to network with OCA chapters from around the nation! Details:
http://www.ocanatl.org/bin/htmlos/02205.1.1025741142000020729

Tuesday, August 1, 7 pm
OCA-OC Book and Film Club: “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri
Echizen Restaurant
9111 Valley View
Cypress, CA 90660
Restaurant phone: 714-828-2155

Join us for the inaugural meeting of OCA-OC’s book and film discussion club! We’ll be meeting on a regular basis over dinner to discuss interesting movies and literary works, facilitated by OCA-OC’s newest board member, Natalia Yamashiro.

Our first book will be Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Interpreter of Maladies,” winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The collection of nine short stories charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations, the out-of-context lives of South Asian immigrants, expatriates and first-generation Americans. In tales that “travel from India to America and back again, Lahiri speaks with universal eloquence to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner.”

It’s not mandatory to read the book to attend, but of course you’ll be a lot more out of the discussion if you do! If you have any questions about the Book and Film Club or the book chosen, please contact Natalia at: 909-569-9655, nmyamashiro@verizon.net

Saturday, July 29, 10:30 am - 12 noon
OCA-OC Workshop: Prepare and Deliver Effective Presentations

California State University Fullerton
Humanities Building, Room H-228
Fullerton, CA 92831
http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/
Parking is free and open on the weekend; parking lot “I”
(staff/faculty parking) recommended Free for OCA-OC members and CSUF students; $5 for non-members
For details and to RSVP, contact Albert Wong: atwong@alumni.uci.edu Giving presentations is an essential part of communication. Yet,
many people have never learned the basics skills to speak in groups
or to the public effectively. This session led by Albert Wong
details the critical steps and materials necessary for delivering
competent presentations:

• The Purpose of Presentations
• Preparing for a Presentation
• Determining Content and Structure
• Using Visuals
• Presenting Effectively
• Rehearsing
• Handling Questions
• Making Group Presentations