January 4, 2009 – 8:53 pm
I received a call a while back, from one of my Chan sisters. She sounded anxious. She said that she was starting a new Heart Chan group at UC Berkeley. One of the other sisters from our group was suppose to help , but she had to go back to Taiwan for some reason and [...]
December 22, 2008 – 1:08 pm
There is an elderly couple in our condo complex. They are from Iran. Whenever I see them I speak to them in what little Farsi I know. They are pleased with that.
They come to us whenever they blow a fuse in their place and LZ or I throw the switch for them. A few month [...]
Zanshin is a Japanese word meaning Reminding Heart or Mind. It is the name of the final position of the body in Kyudo ( Japanese archery) after releasing the arrow. When the mind is clear, the breath is slow and relaxed. The form has changed to formlessness, in a state that would be called Wu [...]
April 16, 2008 – 11:49 pm
A day with the Master.
It started with just me going to LA to see the Shifu, which was really just an idea since I did not really have the funds to do so. But I would plan on doing it. Rent a car drive down and stay with a friend, I could make that sacrifice [...]
February 26, 2008 – 10:46 am
Looking back on things from my blog last year, I also see it has been over a year ago that I started with Heart Chan. So much has changed in the past year, yet in some ways I’m full circle to where I was a year ago. So I question myself on what needs [...]
February 7, 2008 – 10:09 am
Gong Xi Fa Chai to all brothers and sisters
China
November 19, 2007 – 12:13 pm
Since I was in LA this weekend for the Kung Fu stuff on Sat. I figured I would go by Diamond Bar and sit with the Ch’an family at the somewhat new location. It was about 45 min drive from where I was staying and started early so I was up and out the door [...]
October 3, 2007 – 11:24 pm
We live in a world of visual, audible, tasteful messages.
Too often, we made judgment based on what we saw, encountered or heard. We did so because we received these physical messages through our senses.
Too often, we thought these were the real life events, because we can see, hear, touch or feel them. These experience [...]
October 3, 2007 – 11:20 pm
The gallery is up! The gallery is up!
What a great job everyone did with the shots! So cool to see the different views. Some of the same moment from different angles. How nice to relive the memories. Xiexie ni JMJM Shixiong for all your work putting this site together! A treasurable resource for us to [...]