University of Michigan

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University of Michigan

• Fall 2008 Tea Party

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The Beginning

• It is the beginning of another academic year. The
  UMTC planning team had been planning for Tea
  Party cum Mass Meeting for the past 4 months. As
  it was the Summer Break, we were all in different
  parts of the world. Some of us went home for
  vacation and some were doing internships.
  Therefore, we had our meetings online bi weekly
  either on Skype or MSN.

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Setting Up.. Arrivals..

• Before the Tea Party started, the Planning Team
  members were busy setting up the place, and also
  catching up with some last minute practice of
  sign language. Most of the Shr Gu and Shr Bo also
  arrived earlier with their tasty dishes. Yuan Shr
  Gu also brought the environmental utensils from
  Detroit Office so that we can avoid using
  disposable utensils.

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Ice Breaking Game

• The Tea Party officially began with an Ice
  Breaker game called Picnic and it was conducted
  by Hui Ying Chin, our webmaster. The game was a
  name-remembering game adapted from the
  ice-breaker game we had during 2008 USA Tzu Ching
  10th Anniversary and Spiritual Retreat at San
  Dimas, CA.

From the left Hui Ying, Huey Shann and Szu Ling
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Ice Breaking Game
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Introduction

• The Tea Party was then followed by a short
  presentation by Huey Shann and Szu Ling. They
  introduced Tzu Chi and Tzu Ching so that new
  members have an idea of what Tzu Ching does in
  University of Michigan.

Szu Ling and Huey Shann
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Introduction
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Life Wisdom

• Next was watching Life Wisdom session. We watched
  one of the Masters Life Wisdom that was chosen
  by Edward. Shortly before that, we had Hui Ying
  and Karen who introduced Life Wisdom to all and
  explained the reason we watch it.

Karen
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Life Wisdom
Karen, HuiYing
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Environmental Protection

• After that, we had Environmental Protection
  Presentation by Edward. Edward gave us a very
  convincing presentation on the Earth Crisis that
  we are facing now. Our hope was that the audience
  will love our earth and be a more responsible
  citizen

Edward
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Disaster Relief Sharing

• This was then followed by sharing from Beth about
  her experience on Flood Relief and also what
  other Tzu Chings did in Flood Relief last summer.

Beth
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Sign Language Performance

• Next, we had the sign language performance
  presented by the Planning Team. The song that we
  presented was Gratitude, Respect and Love.

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Sign Language Performance
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Praying Session

• The following session was a short praying session
  hosted by You Ning Lee. We prayed sincerely and
  faithfully, hoping that there will be less
  disasters and sufferings and that everyone can
  live peacefully, happily and healthily.

You Ning
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Thank You, Wu Shr Gu

• Towards the end, we presented an appreciation
  card to Wu Shr Gu, who had been our advisor for
  years. Thank you, Wu Shr Gu, for your guidance,
  advice, and company all these while! We will keep
  up our good work and we will miss you always.

Wei Hua Wu Shr Gu and Huey Shann
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Souvenirs Giving Ceremony

• We also presented small Jing Si Bookmarks to our
  audience as souvenirs.

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Dinner

• Its dinner time! Sincere and earnest gratitude
  to all Shr Gus and Shr Bos for preparing the
  delicious food. Thank you Shr Gus and Shr Bos
  for your love and support! Special thanks too to
  Sheau Wen, for preparing the drinks. All of us
  felt so homely with all sorts of home cooked
  dishes and handmade pastries.

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Gratitude

• Finally, thank you everyone for coming. Thank you
  very much to each and every one of us for making
  this Tea Party a success. Thank you for all the
  hard work, patience, cooperation and
  perseverance. We are very happy to see so many
  new members signed up this year. We hope to see
  you again in future activities. Lets learn from
  each other and work hand in hand, together we
  spread the seed of love around and make a
  difference to our world. Once again, Gan En to
  Shr Gus and Shr Bos, Beth and Edward and also
  to all the Planning Team members!

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Planning Team, Shr Gus Shr Bos
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We are a great team!
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UMTC Planning Team
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• Reported by,
• You Ning Lee
• UMTC Historian
• Edited by,
• Huey Shann Sue
• UMTC President
• Special Thanks to Jethro Lai Shr Bo for sending
• those really nice photos! Gan en, Shr Bo!