July 13th, 2007

Happy Friday the 13th everyone! Just a teeny tiny important blurb for everyone that's interested.

APPLICATIONS ARE OUT [ --> ]

Officer Applications:
As you may or may not have realized, CAUCI needs talented leaders and individuals to help make this year crazy awesome. If you want to be a part of the magic and think you have what it takes to be awesome, applications are out now!!! In order to apply, you must be a paid CA member by August 1st at 11:59pm, which is also the deadline. More information is available in the application. The current vacancies are Webmaster, Cultural Chair, Fundraising Chair, Internal Vice President and External Vice President. If you have any questions, feel free to drop Eden a line at ca.president[at]gmail[dot]com.

July 9th, 2007

Hey everyone! Hope you're all having a great summer! Just a few updates for this summer from your new board!

Summer Events:
It's been hot recently and well, we also miss all your pretty faces. What better way to fix everything than with a beach day! Tentatively, we have it planned for August 19th, so keep that day open if you love sand, sun and everything fun!

Culture Night DVDs:
Email Sue Chan for more details at ca.culturenight[at]gmail[dot]com.

Discovery Science Center:
We'll be volunteering at the Discovery Science Center every Friday starting Summer Session II. If you don't know what or where the Discovery Science Center, it's that large cube right off the 5 freeway. You'll pass a rocket in the middle of the freeway if you pass it. Email Edi at ca.communityoutreach[at]gmail[dot]com for more information!

CAMA:
CAMA will be attending a martial arts tournament on the weekend of August 25th - 26th. Email CAMA at camartialarts[at]gmail[dot]com for more information!

Dragonboat Race:
Dragonboat has one of their larger races on the weekend of July 28 - 29. Location is always the same, Mother's Marina in Long Beach so make sure to come out and support them!

Officer Applications:
As you may or may not have realized, CAUCI needs talented leaders and individuals to help make this year crazy awesome. If you want to be a part of the magic and think you have what it takes to be awesome, applications for our vacancies will be out on Wednesday July 11th! In order to apply, you must be a paid CA member by August 1st at 11:59pm, which is also the deadline. More information will be available in the application. The current vacancies are Webmaster, Culture Chair, Fundraising Chair, Internal Vice President and External Vice President.

June 10th, 2007

Congratulations to winners of this year's elections as well as to the 2006 - 2007 Chinese Association Board for a great year. Your new officers are:

President: Eden Balbas

Internal Vice President: Vacant

External Vice President: Vacant

Secretary: Elena Huang

Treasurer: Ryan Abshire

APSA Representative: Charlie Lee

Cultural Chair: Sue Chan

Cultural Chair: Vacant

Social Chair: Michael Yu

Publicity: Krystal Kwong

Publicity: Kristy Li

Historian: Owen Fong

Sports Coodinator: Jeanette Lam

Fundraising Chair: Vacant

Community Outreach Chair: Edwina Dai

Webmaster: Vacant

There you have it, you're new board for next year. Let's have a great one!!! This is Eric Wei, your former Webmaster, officially signing off for the last time.

June 4th, 2007

POOL PARTY WAS CRAZY!!! You didn't go, you didn't live!!! We even had some embarassing moments ranging from cutesy to dipsy! This is the last week that I'll be updating. I'm so sad!!! It's been great this whole year, writing these obscenely random writeups of the updates of the year. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as your webmaster and to also be a part of a great line of webmasters. To commerate this final moment for me, I will be updating while I'm being updated. Pardon the lack of order.

ELECTIONS INFORMATION!!!
This week, starting at 7:15pm at the Cross, we'll be having officer elections. In order to vote, you must be a CA member. Please come and listen to our nominees' speeches and be there to present any questions you may have for the candidates. This is it, this is your time to ensure that the future of CAUCI is in good hands.

Semi-Formal!!!
Last day to buy tickets is Tuesday by 12pm!!! Thanks to Eden on getting an extension for us, but after this, that's it! We've already asked for a Wednesday extension but to no avail. For more information on Semi-Formal for those of you who did not receive an invitation,(as we ran out, but fear not, we've printed more for you to pickup in the next day or so) check the previous post for directions and times and such. Parking is $9 and Culture Night DVDs will be available as well at Semi-Formal. For more information, log on to Facebook and check out the Semi-Formal Event Page. Find directions using Google Maps through this link!

Culture Night DVDs!!!
CULTURE NIGHT DVDs WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE AT SEMI-FORMAL!!! SEND YOUR PRE-ORDERS TO THE CULTURAL CHAIRS AT CA.CULTURENIGHT[AT]GMAIL.COM. It's $7 for participants of Culture Night and $9 for everyone else. The extras dvd costs another $2 ($9 and $11 respectively)

May 29th, 2007

One more week before elections and several sore vocal chords later, I'm a bit saddened with the coming of the end of the academic year. Don't assume though, that Chinese Association doesn't still have things to look forward to!!! Before we go on, congratulations to CADC for holding onto the title of All-UC Champions for the 7th year now!!! (I might be wrong). 2 days of loud music has left its impact on my ears and now I'm partially deaf in my middle ear. Hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend and all the events leading up to it.

Let's start with what Eden has to say, because she has a lot of important and time sensitive information.

--- Begin Transmission ---

Semi-Formal is in less than 2 weeks!!
What:  CA's end of the year BASH- NEW YORK- is almost here!
Where:  Anaheim Hilton
             777 Convention Way Anaheim, CA 92802
When:  June 9, 2007  @ 6pm
WHY?!?:  Watch everyone wish the seniors of CA goodbye.  See who wins the CA awards.
               Watch this year's officers make their final goodbyes as board members, and meet
               the new cabinet that'll lead CA to another great year.  Spend time with lifelong
               friends and reminisce about the past year.  Then...PARTY!!!

Tickets are now on sale!!!  We'll be tabling on Ring Road all week so come out and buy
your tickets!  The last day to buy tickets is Monday, June 4th at 12pm so DON'T WAIT!
It's $48 for singles and $91 for couples.  And NO you don't have to bring a date to attend
Semi-Formal.  Bring a friend, or a group of them!  For anyone who is running for board
next year, you MUST attend Semi-Formal where the new board will be announced. 

If you have any questions, contact Eden Balbas @ ca.internalvp[at]gmail.com, otherwise, come have FUN at the last official CA event of the year!!!  For more info, check out our facebook group: Semi-Formal New York .

I'm not sure if the link works if you're not signed onto facebook, so try it.  http://uci.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2431701991

<3 Eden

PS: These next two Semi-Formal meetings are extremely important, ergo, mandatory for all committee members. Decorations will be working on Wednesdays starting at 2pm at Owen's apartment.

--- End Transmission ---
Ros is excited for Semi-Formal, are you?

Sports:
This past week, both of our teams have made it thorugh Round 1 of the single elimination playoffs so check out the ARC's page for more information on when the next games are!!! GO CA!!!

Sno-cones:
On Wednesday, we'll be selling sno-cones on Ring Road as well as Semi-Formal tickets. While prices have yet to be determined, this hot hot heat isn't!!! Stop on by, relax and enjoy a sno-cone in the shade of the CAUCI tent in the company of friends.

Teawinkle Outreach:
This Friday, we'll be going to Teawinkle Middle School in order to represent Chinese Culture. We'll be meeting up at 3:30pm at Short Term Parking Lot in order to setup. In preparation, we'll be MAKING THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA on Wednesday at Owen's apartment at the same time as Semi-Formal Decorations meeting.

Elections:
This past week, elections nominations began. If you feel that you or someone else can contribute to Chinese Association @ UCI's board next year, then nominate them by shooting off an email to President Kevin Lee at ca.president[at]gmail.com. An informational meeting about the responsibilities of each officer position will be held at 6:30pm on Thursday. If you have any questions about any of the specific positions, ask the current officers as they would be the best source of information. REMEMBER, IN ORDER TO RUN FOR ELECTIONS, YOU MUST BE NOMINATED(as well as a paid CA member) AND THE ONLY WAY TO NOT RUN ONCE NOMINATED IS TO OFFICIALLY DECLINE YOUR NOMINATION. A list of nominees will possibly be up a few days before elections as well as onfurther nominations on Thursday at General Meeting. Have a nice day.

Next Week's Afterevent: POOL PARTY
So it's pretty hot outside, and it's beginning to feel a lot like summer. So what better way to beat the heat than a POOL PARTY?!! That's right, CA will be hosting a pool party at Vista Del Campo after meeting on Thursday. Rides will be provided via the ASUCI Express Shuttle system. There'll be games for those of you willing to get wet, and some snacks for those of you that want to stay freeze-dried!!!

May 22nd, 2007

CULTURE NIGHT IS OVER!!! Congratulations to everyone who performed, backstaged, lighted, sounded, managed on Saturday's performance!!! Congratulations to everyone who survived Culture Night Hell Week!!! We've done it, we've had a great culture night this year and totally wow'd the audience. My little sister loved especially that Xiao Loan character. She was so amazed by the performance, that I got a call from my mom today telling me that she's still reciting lines!!! The last time she did that was right after Happy Feet! But the past is past, and while it's great to relish in the memories, there's still a few more weeks left for this year. Let's find out what CA has in store this week.

[update]Awards:
Congratulations to CAUCI for winning two awards on Tuesday, May 22nd at the Anteater Awards 2007!!! This Dean of Students sponsored event awards student organizations for excellence in several fields. We received the award for Most Outstanding Social/Support Organization and Most Outstanding Website!!!! Thanks to everyone who helped take us to where we are today. Photos will be up eventually of the plaques.

Middle School Outreach:
CA is visiting TeWinkle Middle in Costa Mesa for their International Fair on Friday, June 1st, 5-8pm.  We will be setting up a booth with information about Chinese Culture, including interactive activities such as making paper lanterns and teaching Chinese Calligraphy for students ages 11-15, as well as for their parents and families and the school staff.  Come help put together our booth! We'll be building the GREAT WALL OF CHINA at semi-formal decorations on Sunday 2-6 at Owen's apartment.[/update]

Bittermelon:
Bittermelon comes out this week, so check for it at bittermelon.cauci.com.

All-UC:
All-UC is a dance competition amongst the Southern California Chinese American Clubs from USC and the respective Universities of California. Following the competition, there is also a clubbing event! All of this will be taking place on Friday, May 25th at Florentine Gardens in Los Angeles. Since it'll be taking place in Los Angeles, we need Irvine to come out and support!!! UPDATE: Tickets are $12 each and will be $20 at the door. Also, ticket sales will end before meeting on Thursday so get yours now!!! Also, rides will be provided on Friday.

Semi-Formal - From Eden:
CA's end of the year bash known as Semi-Formal will be here before you know it.  Elegant ladies.  Strapping gentlemen.  Dinner.  Dancing.  Reminiscing about the past year with good friends.  Don't miss out in helping plan the party of the year.  Come out to the next Semi-Formal meeting this Wednesday at Owen Fong's Place at 6pm. Give your insight and help make the last official CA event one to remember.  If you have any questions or if you want more information, contact Eden Balbas at ca.internalvp[at]gmail.com.  See ya on Wednesday!!!

Sports:
Softball is ending it's zero-loss season with the beginning of playoffs this week!!! Volleyball is also entering playoffs as well. Come support!!! The softball game is at 8pm and the volleyball game is at 10pm. Both are at the ARC and happen this Tuesday.

CAMA / CADB:
CAMA and CADB will both be having open practices this week!!! That means if you've ever wanted to checkout what it'd be like to practice with our CAMA trickers or paddle with CADB, then this is your chance!!! For CAMA, meetup is at 7:30pm at Short Term Parking Lot this Wednesday and for CADB meetup is at 9:30am at Short Term Parking Lot this Saturday.

This Week's Afterevent: KARAOKE
This week, we're bringing back one of your favorite afterevents!!! You asked for it and we delivered. Karaoke is back!!! This week, we'll be going to Elvis to go sing our hearts out about Culture Night, Spider-man 3 and many other things that have nothing to do with singing!!! The price is $7 per head and will start at 9pm so make sure to get there early to get all the time you pay for!!! Rides will be provided from Short Term Parking Lot after general meeting.

May 13th, 2007

Crazy and awesome, two words that I use quite often for updating the website. These same words come to mind when I reflect upon the insaneness of Battle of the Sexes and Pie Auction!!! Thank you for all the participants and especially to those who got down and dirty with jello wrestling and pie auction. Congratulations to the guys for winning, but remember gals had it close so don't sit complacently on your trophy of pride. Also, congratulations to our swim team for placing 2nd at the UCI dive and swim competition. In other news, we just hit 35000 hits so a big thank you goes out to our regular visitors who have helped us get to where we are now. Now on to this week's events!

Bittermelon:
Bittermelon comes out next week, so check for it at bittermelon.cauci.com.

All-UC:
All-UC is a dance competition amongst the Southern California Chinese American Clubs from USC and the respective Universities of California. Following the competition, there is also a clubbing event! All of this will be taking place on Friday, May 25th at Florentine Gardens in Los Angeles. Since it'll be taking place in Los Angeles, we need Irvine to come out and support!!! UPDATE: Tickets are $12 each and ARE NOW available for purchase! Also, rides will be provided on Friday. Come by our table in order to purchase your tickets.

Semi-Formal - From Eden:
CA's end of the year bash known as Semi-Formal will be here before you know it.  Elegant ladies.  Strapping gentlemen.  Dinner.  Dancing.  Reminiscing about the past year with good friends.  Don't miss out in helping plan the party of the year.  Come out to the next Semi-Formal meeting this Friday at the CCC at 5pm. Give your insight and help make the last official CA event one to remember.  If you have any questions or if you want more information, contact Eden Balbas at ca.internalvp[at]gmail.com.  See ya on Friday!!!

Sports:
With wins in both sports, our season will soon come to a close, but until then, it's playoff time!

Culture Night:
Hell week schedule has been posted on the Culture Night update page. There will be a barbecue on Friday from 1pm till 5pm, look for more information on the location and cost.

Boba Sale:
This Wednesday, we'll be selling Lollicup on campus from our table for $2 each, buy it because it's delicious.

SGA SCCCCCA:
For those of you wondering, this acronym means Second Generation Association of South Coast Chinese Cultural Center for Chinese Americans. This Sunday, the day after Culture Night, they will be hosting a College Career Seminar titled "I Have a Degree, Now What?" It's free and starts at 2pm at the SCCCCCA. We will be meeting at 1:30pm on Sunday at Short Term for rides. Check out the flyer for more information.

This Week's Afterevent:
Well, since this week is Culture Night and many of us are quite busy, we offer this brief period of respite. We'll be going to Souplantation as part of a Culture Night fundraiser as well as a great time to just relax from Hell Week. If you're not in Culture Night, don't worry, we love you. Don't think that we're going to just shun you. Everyone is invited to this dinner, in fact, the more the merrier! Due to the time constraints of Souplantation, we will be ending meeting at 7:30pm in order to get there by 7:45-8pm. If you're going to be late, make sure to call any officer beforehand. Rides will be provided from Short Term, but don't be late!!! Make sure to get a flyer or print one out!!! We'll be handing them out on Ring Road all week as well as at meeting. Flyer here!

 

May 6th, 2007

Congratulations to winners at our joint Casino Night with VSA and hope everyone enjoyed Spiderman 3!!! I personally didn't as much as I could have, but I'm a huge Spiderman Fanboy. The more you know! So let's go onto what this week has in store!

Pie Auction:
So here's the status on the Pie Auction.
Tiff $9.02
Clement $10.29
Chun $11.19
Ellen $15.29
Kevin $43.31
Total $89.10
Again, if we reach $250, Danielle gets thrown in too. That means, that we need $160.90 to get Danielle thrown in the mix too. We'll be taking donations all the way up till actual pie-ing. For more information about pieing, check out the Facebook event page! Please donate more, it makes Melissa happy.

Food Sale:
HOLY SCHNIKES!!! We're offering something totally different for food sale this week! We've got boba AND POTSTICKERS?!?! That's right, we're bringing back potstickers and ice cold boba. But what about Chinese Food?! Don't worry, it'll be back, Chinese Food always comes back, like in this example of Kevin Lee.

Culture Night:
Tickets are on sale now from any officer for $9 each. These are adult tickets. In order to receive the student discount rate ($7), tickets must be purchased through the Bren Event Center's box office but we will have a list available for those who want us to get their tickets for them. More Culture Night updates on the page! Also, check out the flyer and trailer!!! Click for full size.

Bittermelon:
Bittermelon comes out next week, so check for it at bittermelon.cauci.com.

All-UC:
All-UC is a dance competition amongst the Southern California Chinese American Clubs from USC and the respective Universities of California. Following the competition, there is also a clubbing event! All of this will be taking place on Friday, May 25th at Florentine Gardens in Los Angeles. Since it'll be taking place in Los Angeles, we need Irvine to come out and support!!! UPDATE: Tickets are $12 each and will be available soon for purchase! Also, rides will be provided on Friday.

Semi-Formal - From Eden:
CA's end of the year bash known as Semi-Formal will be here before you know it.  Elegant ladies.  Strapping gentlemen.  Dinner.  Dancing.  Reminiscing about the past year with good friends.  Don't miss out in helping plan the party of the year.  Come out to the next Semi-Formal meeting this Friday at the CCC at 6pm. Give your insight and help make the last official CA event one to remember.  If you have any questions or if you want more information, contact Eden Balbas at ca.internalvp[at]gmail.com.  See ya on Friday!!!

Sports:
We had some great games in sports this week. Softball won with a shutout at 16-0 and volleyball won too. This week, CAUCI will have a showing at the Swim Meet this Friday around 1:30pm at Crawford Hall. This year, we come to defend our title. Make sure to come out ready to take in some rays and watch some intense swimming.

Afterevent:
This week's afterevent is BATTLE OF THE SEXES!!! Now, CAUCI does not condone any sort of sexual discrimination, but we do appreciate a good competition now and then. We have several events in store for our competitors. There's trivia, charades, an obstacle course, a mystery event and jello wrestling!!! It'll be crazy, it'll be sticky, it'll be fruit flavored and gelatinous! Intersparced throughtout the event will be our Pie Auction, so you can see your favorite officers get messed. Make sure to come out and catch the action or even just to represent a gender! This all takes place on Thursday, after meeting at SST 220 A/B. Make sure to bring your game face!!!

May 1st, 2007

Wow, good game to all those who participated in what may have been our most INTENSE Capture the Balls ever! There was a little bit of rough housing, and a lot of sweating, but I felt relieved from midterms. As always, another week...oh wait, it's a new month. What better way to start a new month with a new update! Say yay, it's May!

Culture Night:
Read the update page!

All-UC:
All-UC is a dance competition amongst the Southern California Chinese American Clubs from USC and the respective Universities of California. Following the competition, there is also a clubbing event. All of this will be taking place on Friday, May 25th at Florentine Gardens in Los Angeles. Since it'll be taking place in Los Angeles, we need Irvine to come out and support!!! Look out for more information next week!

Fundraising:
I don’t know about you, but sometimes when I love someone enough, I just feel like throwing something at them. Love your bigs and don’t know how to express it? Well, here’s your chance! We’ll be PIEING OFFICERS during BATTLE OF THE SEXES, CHF style! So, the more money you put in, the more stuff we get to throw at (select) officers!! [i.e. $10 will allow you to dump ice water with ice, $20 gets you ice water and whipped cream, etc] Donation collection continues this whole week!!! Still hungry after all that? We’ll be selling Chinese food on Ring Road again this Wednesday! Look for us at the Humanities Plaza's star! For more information about pieing, check out the Facebook event page!

Semi-Formal - From Eden:
CA's end of the year bash known as Semi-Formal will be here before you know it.  Elegant ladies.  Strapping gentlemen.  Dinner.  Dancing.  Reminiscing about the past year with good friends.  Don't miss out in helping plan the party of the year.  Come out to the next Semi-Formal meeting this Friday at the CCC at 6pm. Give your insight and help make the last official CA event one to remember.  If you have any questions or if you want more information, contact Eden Balbas at ca.internalvp[at]gmail.com.  See ya on Friday!!!
SENIORS, IF YOU WISH TO HAVE YOUR 3 BEST FRIENDS SAY SOMETHING FOR THE SENIOR GOOD-BYE VIDEO AT SEMI-FORMAL, EMAIL HISTORIAN HENRY LIU AT ca.historian[at]gmail.com AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

This Week's Afterevent:
Joint Afterevent with VSA!!! We'll be having a Casino Night with VSA in SST220A/B, complete with Mah-jong, Blackjack, Hold 'Em, and other favorites!!! For those of you who prefer not to gamble, we do have alternative games but for those of you who like to win prizes, well, we have some of those for you too!!! For an entrance fee of ONLY $1, you get a starting set of raffle tickets, which gives you the chance to win more and a better chance towards winning some of AMAZING prizes!!!
Afterwards though, we have a double feature in store. After the afterevent, there will be the midnight opening for Spiderman 3!!! Even better, CA's got tickets!!! Hurry though, contact Ros at ca.secretary[at]gmail.com as soon as possible to reserve your tickets! We'll be going to the Edwards theatre in Fashion Island in case you're not available to ride with us affter Casino Night or if you're just plain busy. Ride will be provided before 10pm at Short Term parking

 

April 22nd, 2007

Hope everyone had some cool fun at Ice Skating and with their families last week!!! Also, congratulations to Chinese Association Dragonboat for placing 3rd in both the 500m and 250m college divisions!!! CA heats it up this week with more things to do!

Culture Night:
This is the last week to buy personal advertisment space in the Culture Night Program!!! Download the application on the culture night update page! All ads are due Friday.

Fundraising - From Danielle:
Due to "unforseen circumstances"[according to Eric] in scheduling, StaffPRO at Fiesta Broadway on April 29th is now CANCELED. Still wanna help fundraise? YOU CAN! I don’t know about you, but sometimes when I love someone enough, I just feel like throwing something at them. Love your bigs and don’t know how to express it? Well, here’s your chance! We’ll be PIEING OFFICERS during BATTLE OF THE SEXES, CHF style! So, the more money you put in, the more stuff we get to throw at (select) officers!! [i.e. $5 will allow you to spray whipped cream, $15 gets you whipped cream and eggs, etc] Donation collection will begin this Wednesday at Food Sale!!! Still hungry after all that? We’ll be selling Chinese food on Ring Road again this Wednesday! Look for us!

Semi-Formal - From Eden:
CA's end of the year bash known as Semi-Formal will be here before you know it.  Elegant ladies.  Strapping gentlemen.  Dinner.  Dancing.  Reminiscing about the past year with good friends.  Don't miss out in helping plan the party of the year.  Come out to the next Semi-Formal meeting this Friday at the CCC at 6pm. Give your insight and help make the last official CA event one to remember.  If you have any questions or if you want more information, contact Eden Balbas at ca.internalvp[at]gmail.com.  See ya on Friday!!!

Afterevent:
From the people who saw the Incredibles, who play dodgeball, and eat Chinese Food on Wednesdays, comes an afterevent so awesome, so incredible, we had to cut it down to three letters. C T F It's Capture the Flag this week!!! However, there's a crazy twist!!! It's a variant you might not have played before! Come on out and play in the dark out in Aldrich Park this Thursday! We'll even have glowsticks!!! So come on out, take a break, and grab some balls!

 

April 15th, 2007

[one more thing]Here's the map of the Dragonboat Race Location![/that's it]

[update]So, as usual, I always forget to post that one thing. Here it is, this Saturday, CAUCI will be boothing at Wayzgoose selling CORN!!! That's right, so come on out and do the millions(literally) of things to do at Wayzgoose, here's a small tidbit of their own description of the event.

"Established in 1972, Wayzgoose is UCI's oldest annual tradition. Initially conceived to liven up the social life on campus, this medieval student festival displays a wide variety of UCI organizations to the campus and surrounding community. Over 110 student, faculty, and staff organizations operate a wide assortment of booths offering multi-cultural foods, games, displays, and crafts. Also located throughout Aldrich Park are stages scheduled with live entertainment ranging from national touring musical acts to our very own student organization performance groups."

CADC and CAMA will both be performing throughout the day and even Dragonboat will be making an appearance, so don't miss out on the festivities!!![/update]

HELLO IRVINE! We really hope you enjoyed your romp through Downtown Disney solving some crazy trivial trivia or even just looking for all those insane answers!!! Congratulations to Team Pooh for winning with a score of 87 points! This makes you our Member(s) of the Week! This picture was brought to you by our own Historian, Henry Liu. Also, congratulations to the Shooting Stars for coming out in first at Crossover! But now on to the rest of this week's updates.

Culture Night:
Well, Culture Night started taking a lot of space on the main update weblog, so I was recommended to create a Culture Night weblog! Here it is, for all your Culture Night needs!

Community Outreach:
Take Back the Night is an incredible opportunity to learn the truthes about sexual abuse in America, join some of us on Wednesday, April 18th at 7pm for some speakers and a candle vigil with an open mind and an open heart.

Fundraising:
We have a food sale this week with some surprising changes to the menu! What?! That's right, the menu will be changed up this week and it's up to you to tell us whether or not we'll keep these new items! So come out and find us on Ring Road on Wednesday from 11am till we sell out!
Also coming up is StaffPRO. On Sunday, April 29th, we will be working at the largest Latin-American event in the Southland! Fiesta Broadway! The time of the event is from 10am till 6pm but our shifts are still to be determined. Come to meeting for more information or email Danielle at ca.fundraiser[at]gmail.com if you're interested and have had StaffPRO training this year.

Semi-Formal:
CA's end of the year bash known as Semi-Formal will be here before you know it.  Elegant ladies.  Strapping gentlemen.  Dinner.  Dancing.  Reminiscing about the past year with good friends.  Don't miss out in helping plan the party of the year.  Come out to the next Semi-Formal meeting this Friday at the SST 220A/B at 6pm. Give your insight and help make the last official CA event one to remember.  If you have any questions or if you want more information, contact Eden Balbas at ca.internalvp[at]gmail.com.  See ya on Friday!!!

APSA:
Golden Venture - Come out to this one-time viewing! The film chronicles an illegal Chinese immigrant ship in '93 that evolves into a hellish descent through the cruel whims of the U.S. immigration policy. The movie is absolutely free and showing for one day only! Come out Tuesday the 17th at 12 p.m. at the CCC to watch this movie. Go to www.goldenventuremovie.com for more info!
Red Doors - The movie tells the story of the Wong family whostruggles in the suburban NewYorkCity environment. It introduces lots of important issues of thetypical Asian-American family, and is one of the important movies you must see!!! Come to the Crystal Cove Auditorium Tuesday the 17th from 7-9 p.m. to check out this free showing! Go to www.reddoorsthemovie.com for more info!
Bitter Melon Newsletter - Write about your experience here at UCI, as an Asian-American, as a college student, or an Irvine Anteater. Send your stories, poems, and life lessons. Also, look out for its first online ssue in a couple of weeks! It's a-comin'! Check out bittermelon.cauci.com for more information.
On a minor note, this week is UCI elections and CAUCI formally sponsors Chelsey Liwag-Estrada for Student Services Vice President.

THIS WEEK'S AFTEREVENT:
This week we have a two-fer! Family afterevent with an Ice Skating Afterafterevent! It's $7 per person at the Ice Palace in Westminster. First, you'll have an event with your family and then meet up at 11pm at the Ice Palace and prepare to skate till the early morning!!! Contact your bigs if your bigs haven't contacted you yet!!! Edi's excited, aren't you?

April 8th, 2007

[update]List of this quarter's afterevents has changed and the page has been updated to reflect this accordingly and here's an announcement from Eden!

Semi-Formal - CA's end of the year bash known as Semi-Formal will be here before you know it.  Elegant ladies.  Strapping gentlemen.  Dinner.  Dancing.  Reminiscing about the past year with good friends.  Don't miss out in helping plan the party of the year.  Come out to the next Semi-Formal meeting this Friday at the Cross Cultural Center at 5pm. Give your insight and help make the last official CA event one to remember.  If you have any questions or if you want more information, contact Eden Balbas at ca.internalvp[at]gmail.com.  See ya on Friday!!![/update]

Did everyone have a great and awesome night of "GOODAWESOME?" I hope you did, cause our members of the week sure did!!! Congratulations to this team for winning at our Islands mini-game!

So what more do we have for members this week? Plenty more, that how much more!

Culture Night - We're steam rolling at full speed with practices and meetings galore! I've even added a countdown timer!!!
Dance - Regular practices and as always, mandatory!!!
Skit - Practice is every Sunday unless you get an email from Tiff stating otherwise.
Props/Costumes - There will be a Props and Costumes meeting on Friday at 3pm and Sunday at 2pm, come out, it's great fun!!! Check out this video(need Quicktime) of what we did last week on Friday! And that's just destroying costumes!!!

Speaking of creativity...

Community Outreach - Belinda will be participating in the RE-USE recycled art competition and you can help her or even make some of your own!!! This'll be taking place at props on Friday from 3-4pm!

Sports - This is it, the final week before Cross-over!!! Make sure to get your team signed up! Compared to regular tournament fees of $100+, ours is hella cheaper! We'll be tabling Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, so feel free to stop on by with your form!
Volleyball - It's not too late to sign up to play for the CA King Kongs!!! Just shoot out an email to Ellen at ca.sports[at]gmail.com or even show up to practices on Sundays at 1pm or 2pm! Games are at 9:30pm on Tuesdays.
Softball - Well, the CA Bad News Panda Bears are still looking for more players!!! Just shoot out an email to Ellen at ca.sports[at]gmail.com or even show up at to-be-determined practices!!! Games are at 7pm on Mondays.
Swim - The CA Flippers have practices inthe early afternoon on Sundays for anyone interested! Their meet is on May 11th @ 1:30pm at Crawford Pool so come on out for one crazy meet, way many times better than this VHS movie I happen to have that features a half-naked child hobbit.

Fundraising - We'll be having another food sale next week, so come back in a week to find out what!

Afterevent - Come spend the night with Mickey and Friends!!! CA will be going to Downtown Disney this week for the Downtown Disney Trivial Pursuit or DDTP for those of you too cool to use actual words and rely on just acronyms. According to my sources, there'll be plenty of "play" time, extensive uses of flash 'photography' and "Disneyfication!" Who knows, you might end up swimming, albeit poorly, with Nemo or win it all like Prince Ali Ababwa! This message has been brought to you by your neighborhood Webmaster and approved by Shin Asuka.

April 1st, 2007

[update]Here's some more things to think about for this beginning of quarter antics.

Culture Night - Designs for the t-shirt are due this Friday. Practices/Meetings are resuming. Skit practice begins on Sunday, April 8th at 9pm at the VDC kitchen for all cast members. Wednesday practices will resume as well so check your emails. Dance practice is on Tuesday at the Student Center Parking Structure and weekends to be determined! Props/Costumes will be meeting up Fridays after 3pm and Sundays at 2pm at Clement's apartment. For Costumes, a Deconstruction Team is being formed so if you feel like breaking things and doing something constructive, at the same time, here's your chance.

In honor of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month (April), we will be flyering and selling food on Ring Road on April 3rd and 4th! Come and join us for raffles(free), Boba(Wed only), Chinese Food($5), and FREE CANDY!!!

Semi-Formal - It's coming!!! Make sure that you become a part of this year's CAUCI finale! Meetings start this Friday, April 6th at 5pm at SST 220A/B.[/update]

Hope everyone had a great break and even better grades!!! Also, an enjoyable lazer tag session nearly 2 weeks ago! Congratulations to Victor Chu, by scoring the highest for the night at 615 points, you are this week's Member of the Week!

So, now it's the beginning of the final quarter for the 06-07 academic year. That doesn't mean that CA is ready to quit for this year! We still have plenty of CRAZY things to come, check out our afterevents list to see some of them. Don't forget Culture Night, Semi-Formal, Crossover and more!!!

This week's afterevent takes it back a notch, so you can still enjoy what's left of the relaxation you might still have from Spring Break. This week's afterevent is BONFIRE!!! If you don't know what bonfire is, it might help to break it down. Bon comes from the French word 'bonus' or for a literal translation, good. Fire is hot, and awesome. So this week's afterevent is GOOD AWESOME! It doesn't matter if it's you're first time, or your fiftieth time, come on out and enjoy some GOOD AWESOME!!!

March 11th, 2007

 

 

 

 

Thank you to all of our wonderful facilitators andcommittee members!!! HSO WAS A HUMONGOUS SUCCESS!!! You all showed tremendous pride and left a great imprint on the students!!! Again, thank you all and it couldn't have been pulled off without your help!!! You all are our Members of the Week!!!

Dollar theater was a nice break from hectic midterms, but now that the quarter is ending, it's time for a little crazy, a little explosive, a little black lighting, that's right, I'm talking about WEEK 10 AFTEREVENT.....after these messages.

Culture Night Skit - Hey everyone, last skit meeting for this quarter is this Wednesday! Look forward to more practices and even a retreat next quarter!!

Culture Night Dance - Practice at regular time this Saturday and more to come next quarter!

Culture Night Props - There will be no more meetings this quarter, thanks to everyone who has come out and made glorious cardboard trinkets and helped paint our GLORIOUS BACKDROPS!!! As always, anyone can come out to props meetings at anytime. Look forward to a new Spring Props Schedule.

Culture Night Trailer - Filming for the Culture Night trailer will begin with the next quarter and Tiffany is looking for interested persons to participate!!! Email Tiffany for more details!!!

Culture Night T-Shirt Design - Designs for the Culture Night shirt are due by Friday of First Week, submit them to the Culture Chair email account. Design the winning shirt, and you'll receive a free Culture Night T-Shirt!!! BECOME A PART OF THE MAGIC!!!

Sports - Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. Both the Peking Ducks and Smelters lost in their respective playoff leagues. Good job to both teams for making it as far as the Semi-Finals!!!!! Look forward to new sports next quarter.

WEEK 10'S AFTEREVENT!!!! IT'S LAZERTAG(due to popular consensus, there is apparently now a 'z' in 'laser')! For those of you who have played, you know how crazy exciting this event is. For those of you who haven't, don't you think it might be time you did? LAZERTAG is an intense team-based quasi-sport for those of you who don't know, and it's well worth the awesome low price of $8! That's like getting two games for the price of one! Get rid of all that crazy stress and prepare for finals with a clean stress slate! Let CA help you relax with a black light shot of adrenaline!!! CA Social Chair Clement Approves!

March 4th, 2007

[update] So here's what we could watch on Thursday:
Freedom Writers - 9:45 pm
Rocky Balboa - 9:30 pm
Stomp The Yard - 9:25 pm
Babel - 9:50 pm
Casino Royale - 9:35 pm

If you want to meet us up, the address is: 4626 Barranca Pkwy. Irvine, CA 92604[/update]

Thanks to all of our talented acts for performing and making our Talent Show truly remarkable. If it wasn't Sue's great interpretation skills, then there was Brian and Christine's harmonic duo! Don't live in the pass though, let's look forward to this week, because I find it divine that it is Week 9!

The board page has been updated, and the CAMA Coordinator has been included as well!!! More pictures to come, but that's besides the point, let's look at what updates CAUCI has in store for this week!

Intern Program - The interns for this year are Melissa Chen, Edwina Dai, Owen Fong, Elena Huang and Charlie Lee.

Sports - Floor Hockey will be playing its first play-off game on Wednesday at 8pm at the usual location!!! It's Sig Ep's versus our own Peking Ducks, they've had a great season and come out to make sure it ends that way!!! Speaking of play-off games, our CA Smelters have won two games in the past week!!! Tomo no Kai and the Thunder Cats couldn't stop them, so come out and cheer them on as they play this week on Wednesday at 9:30pm against the Platypi in the quarter-finals!!!

HSO - THIS IS IT, HSO IS UPON US!!! All participants must sign-in at the Mesa Court Multi-Purpose Room (or MCC meeting room for those of you who grew up in Mesa Court) by 8am!!! Good luck to all participants and most importantly, have fun! IMPORANT FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS, CHECK YOUR EMAILS AND READ THE FORUM FOR ALL FINAL DETAILS.

Fundraising - We'll be having another food sale this Wednesday!!! I don't know about you, but I'm suddenly getting the wildest cravings for House Special Chicken!!! Come out and support by eating House Special Chicken, I know I will!!! Also, we'll have Boba Milk Tea too!!!

This Week's Afterevent - Dollar Movie Theater!!! Well, more like a triple trouble of George Washingtons to me (that's a dollar and two quarters). What better way is there to sign-off on midterms or take a break from midterms? It's affordable, it's relaxing, it's entertaining and there's even variety!!! This blurb has the Darren Seal of Approval©

February 25th, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS CAUCI, WE WON BACK THE CHF TROPHY AND PROVED WHO'S THE MOST SPIRITED SCHOOL....FOR THE AGES!!! Thank you to all the members who came out and supported!! It's because of you all that we were able to win CHF and prove our supremecy and because of that, THE MEMBER OF THE WEEK IS THE CA MEMBER!!! As cheesy as it sounds, thank you all!!!

Let's get on to this week's announcements!!!

Sports - Both teams won last week, AGAIN!!!! Due to our performance this season, both our Peking Ducks and Smelters will be going on to the playoffs! Schedule is very tentative so email Ellen for details on how you can come out!!! Also, our CA Pandas came out in 3rd place out of 18 at the Softball Tournament this weekend, so make sure to congratulate them on their outstanding performance when you see them!

Culture Night - Skit will be having normal practices on Wednesday and Sunday, as well as Dance will be returning to regular practice schedule for Tuesday and Saturday. However, PROPS is adding an additional meeting to their regular schedule. Props is on Sunday at 2pm and Wednesday at 3pm at Clement's apartment.

HSO - It's the last meeting till HSO!!!! It's also mandatory, so everyone involved has to come out, that means all of you facilitators! 5:30pm at the Cross.

Orient-ation - We will be having our Orient-ation discussion this Wednesday from 6-7pm at the Volunteer Center Conference room. We'll be discussing Asian American issues, so if you have things you want to say about being Asian American, this is for you!!! There'll be food and drinks, so bring your friends on out; it's open to everyone!!!

Fundraising - We'll be having another food sale next week Wednesday!!! I don't know about you, but I'm suddenly getting the wildest cravings for House Special Chicken!!! Come out and support by eating House Special Chicken, I know I will!!! Also, we'll have Boba Milk Tea too!!!

This Week's Afterevent - Get it straight, this is week 8! If CHF was about seeing members do some zany things, this week's TALENT SHOW is about seeing them and their amazing talents!!! We've got 9 acts lined up from you and even a mini-art auction setup!!! All proceeds from the art auction will go to High School Outreach!!! So come on down, CA member, you're the next contestant on the PRICE IS RIGHT!!! Talent show will be at SSH at 8pm after general meeting!!

That's all I have for this week, except here's a not-so-secret...secret!!! There'll be a surprise announcement at meeting this week, I wonder what it is?!?!?!! Come out and find out!

February 18th, 2007

[edit2]MORE BIG UPDATES, MEET UP POINT FOR CARPOOL FOR CHF IS AT SHORT TERM PARKING LOT AT 8AM!!! ALSO, FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM CAUCI, AS THE LOCATION [WILLIAM MASON PARK] IS A MODERATELY FAR WALK SINCE THE PARKING LOCATIONS DO NOT ALLOW IN AND OUT PRIVILAGES.[/edit2]

[edit]BIG UPDATE, CHF WILL NOW BE HELD IN IRVINE INSTEAD OF SAN DIEGO, LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED, CHECK THE WEBSITE OFTEN FOR MORE NEWS AND DISREGARD THE FLYER IN THIS POST!!! ALSO, INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE DUE FRIDAY BY 11:59PM!!! GET THEM DONE!!! More news as it comes to me...thanks to everyone that came out and supported us at Anteater Bite, and check out props!!! I'll be there, pending Dragonboat practice, so you too can meet the negi-ominous Webmaster!. [/edit]

Happy Lunar New Year to everyone! I don't know about you, but Lunar New Year celebrations started off with a bang with the Lunar New Year Clubbing event!!! It was crazy, it was loud, it was great, it's too bad if you didn't go! Less about the "you-should-have-been" and more about this week! There's no MotW, cmon, it's clubbing!

Chinese Heritage Festival - On Saturday, Feb. 24th, the annual Chinese Heritage Festival will begin! One whole day of fun, games, competition and performances with the other Southern California Chinese Clubs, it'll be an event you won't forget! Check out our flyer! If you need rides, come by Short Term Parking on Saturday morning at 6:30am, but be there on time since we'll be leaving by 7:15am and rides will be provided on a first come, first served basis! Email Myself(Magic Webmaster) or Eden if you need a ride, or sign up for the facebook event!

Sports - Both teams won last week!!! So let's keep the energy flowing by going and supporting at their next games, Wednesday at the ARC. 9:30pm for basketball, and hockey TBA. Also, CA will be sponsoring a team for the ARC's Softball Tournament next week, Sunday, 2/25. It starts at 10am, so be sure to support them too!

Culture Night - Skit will be having a practice on Monday, 2/19 at 7pm at the VDC Dining Room, as well as the usual Wednesday night practice. Dance practices resume regular scheduling as well as Props meetings.

HSO - Keep coming out to meetings on Friday at 5:30pm, at the Cross Cultural Center. Special note to Tour Committee, we will be having an extra session after the general session on Friday, attendence is highly recommended.

Finally, this week, we have our Night Market after event! Complete with videos, performances, food, arts and crafts, and game booths, I think this'll be closer to a "Night Carnival!" So make sure you don't miss out and have some fun after meeting instead of brooding over bad midterms!!! See you at this week's meeting!

February 11th, 2007

[update]Member of the Week is now being retrofitted! Instead of going to a separate page, now all you have to do is check out the main page! Speaking of the main page, there's a ton of new updates for this week! Also, come to meeting for a special announcement so big, I can't say anything until after General Meeting [/update]

Quick blurb, our 8th week afterevent is the talent show, so we're looking for more talented performers to...perform at our talent show! If you can sing, dance, paint, do something that'll blow us away, email Eunice for more details!

HOLY COW!!! That's right, I'm now updating on Sundays and stamping out the final details on Tuesdays, so look forward to Sunday events and yell at me when I forget! In other news, say hello to our two Dating Game pairs, our new Members of the Week!!! CA wishes happy things to all participants in the Dating Game and currently no breakups have occured since the Newlywed's Game! 0/3 ain't bad! Also, Danielle, Ellen and myself(Eric) personally wish that everyone who received a Crush-gram during the afterevent enjoyed their sweet sweet treat. Also, check out one of our sponsors, Irvine Village Flowers for all your Valentine's flower needs!!! You get 15% off with your CA membership card!!!

GOING on to this coming week,

Sports - With a win in for the Smelters and a tie for the Peking Ducks, this season is going fast! Don't miss out on the action and watch the Ducks play at 6pm and the Smelters play at 9:30pm at the ARC on Wednesday!

HSO - Keep coming out to meetings on Friday at 5:30pm, at the Cross Cultural Center. Special note to Tour Committee, we will be having an extra session after the general session on Friday, so plan accordingly.

Chinese Heritage Festival - Next week, Saturday, Feb. 24th, the annual Chinese Heritage Festival will begin! One whole day of fun, games, competition and performances with the other Southern California Chinese Clubs, it'll be an event you won't forget! Check out our flyer!

Fundraising - We'll be having ANOTHER StaffPRO training session!!! This Friday, Februrary 16th at 2pm at location HH224! So according to my post from two weeks ago, "StaffPRO is one of the easiest, most efficient, and potentially enjoyable methods for you to help out with CA fundraising." So help us out and we'll help get you to My Chemical Romance and the Long Beach Grand Prix for *free! *only includes cost of admission

Culture Night - Props will NOT be meeting up this Sunday, the 18th due to Chinese New Year's and Skit will N-O-T, NOT be meeting this Wednesday, Valentine's Day due to....uh, Valentine's Day. Skit will be rescheduled to the 19th, President's Day at 7pm, so don't be late from coming back home during the long weekend! Finally, Culture Night needs a design for Culture Night!!! Design the winning design for Culture Night and not only will your design be featured in our flyers, t-shirts, programs and more, but you'll also receive a free t-shirt for your winning contribution! So send out your design to the Culture Night chairs, find their emails at the board page!

FINALLY, THIS WEEK'S AFTEREVENT IS LUNAR NEW YEAR CLUBBING!!! Unfortunately, ticket presales are over because NO ONE HAS SPARE PRESALE TICKETS LEFT!!! So that means for those of you holding out for the last minute to buy your tickets, it's too late! The only way to get a piece of the hottest action this side of the Grapevine, is to buy at the door now. So yeah, we'll be carpooling after General Meeting this Week at our regular location at the Cross Cultural Center to Avalon Club in Hollywood! DON'T MISS OUT!

February 5th, 2007

[edit]Make sure to go to meeting to catch updates that don't make it to the website or thing I just can't tell you![/edit]

Before anything else is said, important information. THIS WEEK'S MEETING WILL BE HELD AT SSH @ 7PM [OR SOCIAL SCIENCE HALL FOR THOSE OF YOU (like me) THAT AREN'T IN SOCIAL MAJORS].

Congratulations for our underdog Team 5 for winning our 2nd Annual Dodgeball Tournament Afterevent! Being that they are the winners of the afterevent, they are our new Members of the Week! But hey, not all of us are winners, and some of us have some dodgeball wounds to tend to, so let's not live in the past and check out what CA is offering this week!!!

    Team 5 receives the Member of the Week Award for Week 4 of Winter Quarter for resisting elimination at our Dodgeball Tournament Afterevent. Not only were they able to dodge, duck, dive, dip and dodge their way through several games of dodgeball, but through several variations such as Warball and 4-squared. Also look who else is on the team, none other than our previous MotW, Jon Tso!!! No matter the rules, no matter the opponents, Team 5 perservered through our intense dodgeball tournament (and if you were there, you'd know how intense it was) and came out on top! Congratulations to Team 5!

Special mention goes to CADB to winning the Ninjas vs Pirates exhibition match.

Community Outreach - Hey, as you know, coming up next week is Valentine's Day, or Singles Awareness Day for others. Well, we all want to feel loved, no exception. So come out to our booth on Ring Road! Until Wednesday, February 7th, we'll be making Valentine's for the elderly. So come on by! It's free, and you get the feeling of making someone's day. Also, this week's HSO meeting is mandatory for all facilitators and committee members of HSO. So be at the Cross Cultural Center at 5:30pm on Friday.

Sports - Both teams have lost this past week, but that's okay! This week, basketball is up against LTD who is also 0-2-0. So come out and support our Floor Hockey and Basketball teams!

Fundraising - Well, I know not everyone that wanted to go to StaffPRO training was able to make it. However, another date for training is coming up soon, come back next week or go to meeting to find out when!

Also, if you can't think of a way to tell that special someone in CA how you feel about them, then why not get him/her a "Crush-gram?" For only $2, you can send your special someone a message in a bottle. You can even get it for some of your close friends! But hurry, this special offer lasts only until the end of boothing on Wednesday, February 7th! It's cute, it's affordable, it's crazy delicious!

Culture Night - Well, skit and dance portions of Culture Night are underway. Now props will start too. This Sunday, February 11th, will be the first Prop's meeting near Clement's apartment. So if you're creative, and work well with a wide variety of materials, come check it out, we could always use an extra hand! Email Belinda for more details!

Bittermelon - Check out CAUCI's newest project, the Bittermelon newsletter. Express yourself and your experiences as an Asian-American college student living in the OC and see your work published! For more information, check out our new subdomain, bittermelon.cauci.com!

Design - Speaking of creative outlets, HSO and CHF and Culture Night are in look for some crazy designs! HSO and Culture Night are looking for a t-shirt design, so if you want people to be wearing your artwork, then send your designs to Belinda for HSO by Friday and either of the Culture Chairs for Culture Night. We are also in need of a flyer design for CHF so if you have some great ideas, then feel free to drop Phil a line! The theme is the "year of the pig" for the CHF flyer and is due by this Wednesday! All of our emails are on our respective board pages!

Finally, this week's afterevent is titled "The Dating Game!!!" Yes, with three exclamation points!. But not only will we be playing the Dating Game with members, but we'll also be playing the CA version of the Newlywed Game! No, not that show with Nick and Jessica, but the game show from the mid-60's to mid-70's. Trust me, it'll be entertaining. Finally, since this is our annual Valentine's themed afterevent, we'll also be having our traditional Date Auction! We'll be putting members and officers on live auction, but what exactly will you be winning? COME OUT THIS WEEK AND FIND OUT!!!

REMEMBER THIS WEEK'S MEETING WILL BE HELD AT SSH @ 7PM [OR SOCIAL SCIENCE HALL FOR THOSE OF YOU (like me) THAT AREN'T IN SOCIAL MAJORS].

January 29th, 2007

[edit]added details for StaffPRO training, added more to the Dodgeball blurb, and design a culture night shirt too![/edit]

Hopefully everyone had great Joint Family Events! I know mine was fun and revealing! Unfortunately, we don't have a member of the week for this week due to the nature of meeting and the afterevent. However, we won't have that problem this week! But before I answer how we're fixing that, read on!

Navigation - Minor changes in the navigation bar, HSO page is no longer on the bar but inside the Community Outreach page. Added Bittermelon link.

Community Outreach - Well, this week marks the final week that new members will be allowed into the HSO committees. Meaning that if you want to make your mark on our 5th annual High School Outreach, if you want to make a difference, then come out to this week's HSO meeting at the Cross Cultural Center at 5:30pm, this Friday! Also check the HSO forum for more HSO updates!

Sports - With a tie in Floor Hockey and a loss in Basketball, our season is underway! While some may dispair without wins, in truth, there is more to be learned from a loss than a victory. So come out and support our teams this Wednesday at the ARC! Check out the team win-loss-tie record at the sports page!

Fundraising - Unfortunately, due to change of management in StaffPRO, we'll all have to be retrained in order to participate in StaffPRO. Help CA bring out more events by participating in fundraising! StaffPRO is one of the easiest, most efficient, and potentially enjoyable methods for you to help out with CA fundraising. So come out and join us for StaffPRO training at HIB 137 at 4pm on Tuesday, January 30th. Please be on time!

Bittermelon - Check out CAUCI's newest project, the Bittermelon newsletter. Express yourself and your experiences as an Asian-American college student living in the OC and see your work published! For more information, check out our new subdomain, bittermelon.cauci.com!

Design - Speaking of creative outlets, HSO and CHF and NOW CULTURE NIGHT are in look for some crazy designs! HSO and Culture Night are looking for a t-shirt design, so if you want people to be wearing your artwork, then send your designs to Belinda for HSO and either of the Culture Chairs for Culture Night. We are also in need of a flyer design for CHF so if you have some great ideas, then feel free to drop Phil a line! The theme is the "year of the pig" for the CHF flyer and is due by this Friday! All of our emails are on our respective board pages!

Finally, this week's afterevent is DODGEBALL!!! CAUCI is bringing you your dodgeball of elementary school era, but with some crazy twists! All at Humanities Plaza and Complete with Unlockable Modes, Secret Characters and Hidden Arenas, this is one afterevent you have to come out and see! So remember, the 5 D's of dodgeball, dodge, duck, dip, dive....and dodge! See you this week!

January 22nd, 2007

Update: The Bittermelon links work, and there is now a CHF page.

Well, we had bowling last week, and our first member of the week, bowling a score of 160, the highest of the afterevent, Jon Tso. Congratulations Jon Tso for being our first Member of the Week! Come out to our meetings and afterevents and you might be the next MEMBER OF THE WEEK!

   Jon Tso receives the Member of the Week for Week 2 of Winter Quarter for scoring the highest at our Bowling afterevent! Bowling a 160, Jon is not only an avid bowling fan, but he loves Dance Dance Revolution as well!! His favorite song is the non-vocal version of Candy and the song that got him hooked was Butterfly. A 2nd year and 2nd year CA member, Jon also has interests in Mathematics(his entering major), music and WWE. Overall, from my experience with this member, a very interesting and chill person to talk with! So don't be shy, and say hi to our Member of the Week!

 

So we have plenty of things to do this week, True Believers! As always, to see our "extended forcast" check out our Google Calendar for all the goodness of CA for this quarter!

Sports - So last week we had successful tryouts for both our Field Hockey and Basketball teams. Practices for Field Hockey will be held on Sunday, Monday and Friday at the Field Hockey Rink at the ARC and games are on Wednesday nights, check out the website or go to meetings to keep track of em! Basketball games will be on Wednesdays at the indoor basketball courts in the ARC at 9:30pm! There's also an upcoming Softball tournament that CAUCI will be participating in, practice information will be up soon as the tournament is on Feb. 25th. More details to come, but this much I can tell you. Our team name will be the CA Pandas!

High School Outreach - Meetings are underway and planning has begun! Meeting this week will be at SST220A on Friday at 5:30pm. If you want to become a part of this impacting CA event, then make sure to come out soon as new HSO members will not be accepted after 4th week's meeting! So come out and help make a difference in someone's life!

Anteater Bite - Well, UCI will be having their first ever Anteater Bite competition and CAUCI aims to win! Here's the gist, it's a food sale competition. So we'll be out on Ring Road on Wednesday from 11-2pm selling our TRIPLE THREAT COMBO! Trust me when I say it's definitely something you haven't seen on Ring Road and it'll be tasty delicious!!! Stop by and support, or just say hi!

Bittermelon - Check out CAUCI's newest project, the Bittermelon newsletter. Express yourself and your experiences as an Asian-American college student living in the OC and see your work published! For more information, check out our new subdomain, bittermelon.cauci.com!

Design - Speaking of creative outlets, HSO and CHF are in look for some crazy designs! HSO is looking for a t-shirt design, so if you want people to be wearing your artwork, then send your designs to Belinda. We are also in need of a flyer design for CHF so if you have some great ideas, then feel free to drop Phil a line! All of our emails are on our respective board pages!

Finally this week's afterevent is Joint Family Event! I can't really give you any details on what it is because your bigs are all planning different things in pairs! So email your big if you don't know what's going on, or email Rosaline if you don't know who your big is! Your bigs should be emailing you on what you'll be doing after meeting this week, so if they haven't already...Bug them!

Until next week!

January 16th, 2007

We got the funk! Turn up the funk! Roller Skating was crazy! But this is CA, we got more for you this week!

Sports: We'll be having tryouts for our Competitive Intramural basketball team, the CA Smelters, today from 5pm - 7pm at the ARC as well as on Wednesday from 7pm - 9pm at the same location. Tryouts for our Intramural Floor Hockey team, the CA Peking Ducks, will be held at the ARC Floor Hockey rink on Sunday from 3pm - 5pm. CA sports, it's in the game!!!

Food Sale: You wanted more of it, so we're bringing it back again! We're going to be selling Chinese food on Ring Road almost directly across the Mexican food cart. We have your favorites such as Orange and House Special Chicken along with staples such as FRIED RICE and Chow Mein! All of this makes one heavy plate of food that can be yours for $5! So if you're starving between classes, come check us out from 10am - 3pm or until we sell out!

Speaking of fundraisers, due to circumstances beyond our control, all CA members that have been trained for StaffPRO need to be retrained if they want to do it in the future. There will be a StaffPRO training seminar in the near future, so keep posted for that. Help out CA by working StaffPRO! It's easy and best of all won't make a dent in YOUR wallet!!!

Culture Night: Well it's 4 months till Culture Night 2007!!! Therefore, things are starting to turn and skit and dance practices are on their way! Skit practices will be held starting at 9pm on Wednesdays starting next week and ending at midnight at the latest. For dance, co-ed practices will be held on Tuesdays from 10pm - 11pm at the ARC (or the basement of the Student Center Parking Lot if the ARC is unavailable). All-girls and all-guys will be held directly after until the Dance Coordinator feels it's enough.

High School Outreach: Planning for our 5th annual High School Outreach is underway!!! HSO will be on Friday, March 9th!!! Meetings are at the Cross Cultural Center on Fridays at 5:30pm. Week 4 is the last Friday for new HSO committee members to come out.

FINALLY, THIS WEEK'S AFTEREVENT!!! This week's afterevent is BOWLING!!! Alright, we'll be heading to Irvine Lanes this Thursday after meeting to take part in the great old, originally Egyptian sport of BOWLING!!! Did you know that American 10-pin bowling evolved from British 9-pin bowling which came from a game called "Skittles?" Well, now you know, and knowing is half the battle!!! *insert copyrighted 80s cartoon show title* Okay, here's the gist, it costs $3 per game and $2.50 for shoe rentals. finally, get there fast because I hear from a little birdy that the lanes will be filling up like eggs on Joey's plate in a Vegas buffet!

That's all folks, see you at this week's meeting! If you ever wanna look at what else we have coming up in the future, check out the Google Calendar, our temporary calendar!!! (Google account needed)

And another minor update, the events page has been updated with the lineup of afterevents for this quarter!

January 9th, 2007

We're back! Happy new year and all. Hope you all had a great holiday! Here's what's happening and what's coming up in Chinese Association!

This Thursday is our FIRST GENERAL MEETING OF THE QUARTER and we'll be getting our funk on with some ROLLER SKATING!!! We'll be going to Skate Zone!!! Come to meeting to get directions! Bring $6.50 for admission and rentals! Get ready for a crazy funktastic time!

Also, if you're a basketball player and want to play for us, make sure that you write this one down...or just come back here! There will be tryouts for the Competitive Basketball Intramural team on Tuesday, January 16th at the ARC!

Looking forward to see everyone after the long break, until then, I'll be waiting!

December 4th, 2006

Well, it's finals week. Thanks to everyone that showed up to our meetings and afterevents this quarter, unfortunately, we don't have an afterevent planned for this week as it IS finals week. It's been a crazy quarter and we look forward to seeing all of you in the Winter Quarter. From CA Board, happy holidays and have a great winter break!

November 27th, 2006

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Dim Sum will be meeting up at 10am at the Short Term Parking Lot on Sunday.
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[edit] Mini-Update, 3AM 11/28/06
Well, even though I'm studying for a final that'll take place in 8 hours, I still have more stuff for you all!!! There's pictures available from our Forbidden Clubbing event and are hosted from the Nostalgia website, please note that there are also other non-Chinese Association people on the gallery. Here's the gallery.
And more information about Winter Wonderland! We'll have a decorate your own ornament for our Holiday Tree! As well as some Community Outreach opportunities with details below. Also, there'll be a photo opportunity with Santa Kevin and Henry the Elf! There's also a gift exchange, so bring a $10 gift if you want to participate! Finally, along with our bake sale, we'll have a Gingerbread House competition and our judges will choose the best to receive a prize in both categories, single and group competition! Single entries cost $5 while group entries cost $16, entry fee covers building supplies. Check it out, it'll be crazy!
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So we're at the final stretch, this is 10th Week and let's see what we still have for you all this week!

In Sports, our Basketball team has made it to the Semi-Finals in the ARC's Intramural League. They will be playing at 9:30 PM this Wednesday, November 29th at the ARC for a shot at the Finals, and with it, the CHAMPIONSHIP!!! So go and support them, they deserve it for all their effort and making it so far.

In Community Outreach, we'll be making holiday cards for hospital patients who can't go home for the holidays! We'll also be having a clothes drive. Here's how it works, for every article of clothing you bring to Winter Wonderland, you'll receive a raffle ticket for a chance at winning "some amMmaazzzing prizes!" Where might all these Community Outreach events be taking place you might ask? Well, I might say that they're all at Winter Wonderland! No joke! Crazy!!!

Also, this Sunday, we'll be having our annual Dim Sum brunch! Look out for more information at the General Meeting.

Where's the information about Winter Wonderland?! Well, we'll be releasing more information later on in the week, so check back soon for the mini-update!

November 20th, 2006

Nothing happening this week! Go on, and enjoy Thanksgiving break! Eat, be merry, be happy, be crazy!! Happy Thanksgiving from Chinese Association! Capture the memories and share them as well.

November 13th, 2006

Big update this week everyone! So, get something to drink and something to snack on because there's a ton of things going on in Chinese Association this week!

So, Karaoke was crazy, and well, I don't know about you, but my vocal chords were pretty much gone for the weekend. So I figure, now that I got my singing done, it's time to get my dance on, and that's what we have for this week's afterevent! CLUBBING!

This week's afterevent is FORBIDDEN, and we'll be clubbing at Club Belluno with a performance by our very own Chinese Association Dance Crew (CADC), so you know we're going to be partying hard and long throughout Thursday(11/16) night! More info can be found on the flyer! (front | back). Pre-sale tickets can be obtained through any Board officer and we'll be out on Ring Road all week since we had to get a whole new batch of tickets since we sold out of our first set! Prices are $10 pre-sale for members, $12 for non-members and $15 at the door. Now onto more things in Chinese Association!

• For those of you who just don't like clubbing or aren't old enough, and are feeling especially giving, then check out our Community Outreach events this week! On Wednesday afternoon at the Cross Cultural Center at 5pm, Belinda, our Community Outreach chair, will be having a knitting workshop to make scarves for the needy! And there's also the Students for Homeless Outreach United Together (SHOUT) Sleep Out on Thursday Night at the flag poles!

• Last week was the end of the fall season for Intramurals. While our football team unfortunately ran into some hurdles through the season, our competitive basketball team is going into the playoffs this week with their first game on Wednesday @ the ARC indoor courts @ 9:30pm versus AKPsi. So good luck to our players, and go cheer them on at the game!

• Remember how I said we'll be out on Ring Road all week? Well, we even have a food sale coming up this Wednesday to free you from the monotony of Starbucks and UCI Ring Road Food Services! We'll have chinese food for $5 and black milk tea with or without boba for $2! So savor up for something different!

• Minor update from our Cultural Chairs just in. For those of you who weren't able to make it to dance auditions, good news! There's still space in all-guys and all-girls dance. If you still want to get in on the greatness of Culture Dance, then go the 1st practice on January 7th. Meet at Short Term Parking at 4pm.

• Finally, this Saturday marks our First Annual Constituent Event! It'll be at Mesa Fields starting at 10am till 4pm. I can't tell much more because it's a surprise for all those who come. Everyone's invited! Check out the page for more information!

Alright, well, that's all there is this week in general Chinese Association matters, this is your webmaster signing off!

 

November 6th, 2006

Holy Cow! Broomballing, with so many people! I know you all had fun! Congratulations to all the winning teams! As always, check out the events page for the direct link to the galleries of the respective afterevents.

But before I talk about this week's afterevent, let's unveil some information about our 2006 ANNUAL SKI TRIP!!! Watch our slideshow and find out more over here!!

So, we're heading on to 7th week over here at University of California Irvine, and well, another week means another fun afterevent! This week's afterevent is KARAOKE!

For all of those who don't know, karaoke is singing along to songs with lyrics displayed on a teleprompter or television. That's about it, but what's more fun than singing with your friends and family?! It might not seem like much, but it is oh so much fun! So come out this Thursday and go karaoking with us! It only costs $3, so that's only a dollar per hour, that's practically a steal! Compete to find our next Chinese Association Idol!!!

And this week, there's also the final Chinese Association Basketball game of the season, and it's Chinese Association vs Chinese Association! So go out to the Anteater Recreational Center indoor courts on Wednesday at 9:30pm and support your players! And for those of you with performing skills, Chinese Association Culture Chairs Michelle and Tiffany are holding Dance Tryouts and Auditions this week! So make sure to go and show your stuff!

And wow for all you 18 and over members, there's even an update about NEXT WEEK'S CLUBBING AFTEREVENT, FORBIDDEN!! What's there to say? It's clubbing and Chinese Association Dance Crew will be performing! Check out the flyer here (front | back). Tickets can be purchased from any board member!

October 30th, 2006

So Halloween Haunt was quite the chilling experience! Hope none of our participants were too scared! Thanks to everyone that came out and took part of our first ever Halloween Haunt!

THIS JUST IN!!! PRESIDENT KEVIN LEE AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH CHAIR BELINDA VONG ARE FEATURED IN THE SUNDAY EDITION OF THE LATIMES!!! READ ON HERE!!!

This week, we have our most intense afterevent so far!!! BROOMBALL!!! Think Hockey, except with brooms and a ball instead of a hockey stick and puck. Shoes instead of skates. Stumbling on the ice instead of skating at incredible speeds! It'll be the best break after midterms, or for those still in their midterm season, it's a great study break!!! So come on out, we got some crazy BROOMBALLIN'!!!

And don't forget about Rainbow Festival! On Wednesday and Thursday, we'll be out on Ring Road with the other Cultural Clubs, and we'll be selling Taiwanese Slush! Mmmmm, can you just taste the condensed milk?

October 23rd, 2006

Congrats to the KLee Dynasty for winning Family Feud enjoy your Sam Woo discounts!!! Good job to everyone that participated!!! We even had a family fusion last week!

So, it's now 5th week, meaning midterms season. WHATEVER! We still have another afterevent for you this week! This week we have our Halloween Haunt!!!

Halloween Haunt is exactly what it sounds like. Also known as LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN SCARY CANDY!!! Members will be divided into groups and will "haunt" UCI for prizes! All groups will be timed and must perform various tasks in order to go on to the next haunting. Come dressed in costume and be prepared for a crazy ghoulish time!

Thanks go out to everyone who helped this site hit 10000 hits! Plenty of great pictures of Family Feud in our gallery!

October 16th, 2006

16 families, too many crazy costumes! Especially that one guy in the Ninja Turtle costume! So, now that you know your families and have been fed, it's time for the lightning round!!! On to Week 4's Afterevent, FAMILY FEUD!!!

Clement/Ellen/Belinda - "We surveyed 100 people, and 100 people agreed....  FAMILY FEUD is going to be the most freaaaakin', fantastical, funkiest, funniest, funny fun fun filled afterevent EVER !  Come out and compete with your brothers and sisters to REPRESENT your CA Big and your new family!  And what better way to get to know each other than participating in friendly games and showing everyone else why your CA family is the best!  Remember to wear comfortable clothes... and let the games begin!"

You heard them yourself, this will be the most times the word fun will ever be used in one sentence ever! So get hyped, get pumped, get amped, whatever you do, get ready to rumble because we're gonna have a FAMILY FEUD!!

October 9th, 2006

Wow, wow, just...wow! Bonfire was insane! Two pits, too much fire! Honestly though, can there ever be too much fire? Even got a lightsaber in there somehow! While bonfire was great in itself, it's time to look forward to WEEK 3'S AFTEREVENT, FAMILY DINNER!!!

For those of you new to our organization, we have a family system, which assigns our members a big sister or brother in order to promote greater bonding over a smaller group.

But whose family are you in? Come find out this Thursday at General Meeting at 7pm at the Cross Cultural Center!!!

Afterwards, we'll be eating dinner with our new families at Sam Woo!!! I can't wait to see who's in my family! See you this Thursday at the Cross! It's gonna be crazy!

October 2nd, 2006

It's a new month! And our SECOND GENERAL MEETING IS THIS THURSDAY!!! Thanks to all that came out to last weeks meeting, hope you all had fun at Car Rally!!! It was crazy!!! So now that we're all settled in our classes for this quarter, it's time to just relax before the early midterms roll out, with this week's afterevent!!! Here's a lil commercial brought to you by Eden and Eric!

WE WANT S'MORE HOTDOGS!!!  That's right!  This week's afterevent is Bonfire at Corona Del Mar!!!  Come join in the fun!  Make new friends!  And sink your teeth into a mouth-watering S'MORE and sizzling HOTDOG while you're at it.  Meet at the short-term parking lot after our 7pm General Meeting at the Cross Cultural Center.  Rides will be provided so don't miss out on all of the FUN!

Congratulations to the top three teams from Car Rally! Hope to see every one of you out on Thursday night! Don't forget about Chinese Food Sale Fundraiser on Wednesday on Ring Road either! We will be selling Delicious Chinese Plate Lunches for $5 and Boba Nai Cha for $2!

September 26th, 2006

Hey everyone, it's been a great beginning to a new year. Check out the Orientation blurb below! Now, let's get down to business. Week 1 has started and you know what that means, FIRST GENERAL MEETING OF THE FALL QUARTER! We look forward to meeting and greeting all those that We haven't met yet, and even more so, We hope that our members meet new people and make new friends! On to information about this week's afterevent!

This week's afterevent is CAR RALLY!!! For those of you who haven't been to one yet(which includes a certain Webmaster), it's a race to the finish with checkpoints and challenges abound! Did I mention PRIZES?! That's all I've been authorized to say so far, so I'm itching to go and find out what it's all about, are you?

Hey everybody, thanks to everyone who made Orientation great and crazy! That means you too Audience! Here's a picture of what happened at the Orientation afterevent!

Thanks to everyone who participated.

September 18th, 2006

Welcome back everyone, and welcome incoming 1st years! This week is Welcome Week, which means that there'll be several demonstrations from our extension groups CADC and CAMA throughout the campus this week. Look to their respective pages to get schedules. Also, to learn more about CAUCI, look for our booth in Aldrich Park today or on Ring Mall, in front of Administration building for the rest of Welcome Week. Welcome Week will end with this year's orientation. This year's orientation will be held at HIB 100 on Thursday, September 21st at 7pm! Here's a map of the location. "X" marks the spot!

Looking forward to seeing you all there, new and old members alike! It'll be crazy!

I forgot an introduction, I am Eric Wei, the Webmaster for CAUCI during the 06-07 academic year and it pleases me to finally unveil the rennovated Chinese Association of University of California at Irvine website. Our website is a small portal into our organization. Please take some time to browse the other pages of this site. Like many other websites on the Internet, as well as UCI, this site is "under construction indefinitely." So feel free to take a look around, and send any questions, comments or even constructive criticism to ca.webmaster[at]gmail.com. For questions about the general club itself, feel free to contact us at cauci[at]uci.edu.