Da jia hao!

Minnie will be hosting this week's event!

Directions:
Take B,D,F,7 to 42nd St, walk south to 39th st. and then east for one avenue (between 5th and Madison Ave.) Heavenly Bamboo Pavilion has a bright Green sign?you can't miss it!

Admission:

Free! (suggested donation of $2 - if you're eating please add to your part of group check)

ACTIVITIES:
6PM: Happy Hour (downstairs)
7PM: Shared Dinner (upstairs in VIP room, dinner is optional, please hang out with group even if you're not eating, you can always grab a Qingdao from downstairs or have tea with us)
8:30PM: Karaoke!

In connection with UPworld and Mandarin Mondays, ORIENTED will be holding this month’s Happy Hour at Katra Lounge. We have reserved the whole venue! Mix and mingle with real estate professionals and have your real estate questions answered.

UPworld provides a new and exciting way for real estate and building professionals to meet each other and make valuable business connections online! UPworld is the first website to connect architects, planners, contractors, fabricators, developers, investors, engineers, and suppliers all on a single platform.

Mandarin Mondays, held the 1st Monday of every month, is New York’s largest happy hour, buffet and karaoke mixer connecting people interested in Mandarain Chinese language and culture.

Dress code: Professional Attire or Business Casual

Tell your friends and colleagues about this exciting event, and don't forget to bring your business cards!

Time: 7-9PM

Happy Hour drink specials:
$4 beers, $5 well drinks throughout your stay at the venue
Mention Mandarin Mondays or ConnectionZ reduced admission of $5!

Subway: 6 to Spring Street, N/R to Prince Street, F to Second Avenue, J/M/Z to Delancey

Da jia hao!

Thanks Minnie our new Assistant Organizer and Mandarin Mondays weekly shared dinner host for hosting the first of many future shared dinners to come this week! 38 attendees for an intimate weekly event - WOW!

If anybody has pictures from this event, please post it on our site!
Who said beginners can't take a stab at Chinese poems? =)
Next week we do it again!

Directions:
Take B,D,F,7 to 42nd St, walk south to 39th st. and then east for one avenue (between 5th and Madison Ave.) Heavenly Bamboo Pavilion has a bright Green sign?you can't miss it!

Admission:

Free!

ACTIVITIES:
6PM: Happy Hour (downstairs)
7PM: Shared Dinner (upstairs in VIP room)
8:30PM: Karaoke!

Da jia hao Mandarin Meetup Members!

Thank you for those who came out to June's event to kick off the summer and see off our legendary resident instructor Kat!

We're doing it again on Monday, July 7th to kick off July!

PLEASE save the date, RSVP IMMEDIATELY and spread the word - THANKS!

Admission is FREE with a suggested donation of $2 - buffet is only $10 (no obligation to get buffet - mission of Mandarin Mondays is not have attendees gain 10 pounds overnight!)

Happy hour until 7PM - $2.50 sakes, wines, and beers, $5 top shelf liquor! - SERIOUSLY!!!

I'm urgently looking for press contacts (both English and Chinese) to cover our kickoff monthly event so if anyone has any connections - please connect us!

Please join our new Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10199956325

RECRUITING Volunteers for anything and everything:
Greeters
CCC (Chinese cuisine coordinator) =)
Karaoke coordinator
Mahjong coordinator
How do YOU want to contribute?

Volunteer Benefits:
Appreciation!
Promote yourself or anything else!
Choice of FREE buffet OR drinks!
Opportunity to contribute to New York's largest after-work Mandarin Chinese language and culture event and lead in the effort to grow Mandarin Mondays into a distinctive legendary New York after-work weekly cultural event!

PLEASE save the date, RSVP IMMEDIATELY and spread the word - THANKS!

This party will be hosted by ConnectionZ Promotions.

http://socialnetwork.meetup.com/858
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5658372699
http://www.myspace.com/connectionzpromotions

We and anybody attending Mandarin Mondays through ConnectionZ Promotions have the whole place to ourselves! Capacity is about 150, which means that we will fill every square centimeter of this venue!

This party was just waiting to happen..and by popular demand (see reasons below):

1) Many native speakers want to make American friends
2) Many American friends want opportunities practice Mandarin Chinese in a relaxed setting
3) There has never been a large scale bridge-building weekly party celebrating Chinese language and culture

We have unlimited potential to grow the party and make a mark on nightlife history as one of the best after-work cultural parties. Our group is definitely the foundation of the party, with such a diverse mix of native speakers, American born-Chinese, and people learning Mandarin Chinese.
We will brand this party so that it will grow and attract people locally and from all over the world, tourists and visitors who are here in-town on Mondays. I will be doing outreach to Chinese organizations, groups and communities, as well as to language schools, your help in spreading the word (if you're excited about the party =)) will be appreciated!

Directions:
Take B,D,F,7 to 42nd St, walk south to 39th st. and then east for one avenue (between 5th and Madison Ave.) Heavenly Bamboo Pavilion has a bright Green sign?you can't miss it!

OPTIONAL $10 gets us the most genuine Chinese buffet in NYC! Eclectic assortment of dishes, appetizers and snacks selected by Heavenly Bamboo Pavilion representing Chinese cuisine from Shanghai, Szechuan, Guandong, US (Americanized Chinese food =)) and more!

AGENDA / ACTIVITIES:
Networking and socializing, drinks and food all night!
5:30 Happy hour begins!
6:00 Buffet begins!
7:30 Toast and welcome!
7:45 Chinese basic greetings lesson!
8:00 Karaoke and Mahjong upstairs!
Open to new ideas!

PLEASE BRING THE FOLLOWING:

OPTIONAL - $10 bucks (for food)
Friends!
Your appetite!
Any Chinese books, material, or show-in-tell you have to share with our beginning Mandarin learners!
Any Chinese skills you have =)

Please stay tuned for any updates!

Peace,
Fong

Da Jia Hao,

Sorry for last minute posting on this!!!

New York Asian Film Festival LAUNCH PARTY @ EDEN ROOFTOP
June 21st, 2008

?THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH EVENT FOR THE 7TH ANNUAL NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL AT THE NEW ROOFTOP NIGHTCLUB - EDEN. THIS FESTIVAL THUNDERS BACK INTO TOWN WITH A HERD OF MOVIES THAT ARE READY TO BLOW YOUR MIND AND CLEANSE YOUR SOUL. NOW IN ITS SEVENTH YEAR, THE FAN-FUELED ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A RELIABLE ROAD MAP OF THE NEW DIRECTIONS IN ASIAN POPULAR CINEMA . THERE WILL BE A SPONSORED OPEN BAR COURTESY OF KIRIN AND JINRO SO MAKE SURE TO LOOK OUT FOR BEAUTIFUL JINRO GIRLS HANDING OUT COCKTAILS FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT!

COME OUTFITTED IN YOUR VERY BEST AS DRESS CODE WILL BE STRICTLY MONITORED - UNDERSHIRTS, BOOTS, BAGGY JEANS AND SNEAKERS ARE NOT PERMITTED BY ABSOLUTELY ANY MEANS. STRICTLY UPSCALE ATTIRE ONLY! GROUPS OF GENTLEMEN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADIES.

EDEN ROOFTOP
760 8TH AVENUE
(BETWEEN 46TH & 47TH STREET)

HIP HOP, TOP 40'S AND ROCK MASHUP BY:
DJ TOMMY VIRTUE

SPONSORED OPEN BAR FOR ALL UNTIL 11:30
Mention ConnectionZ list for FREE admission for ladies before 11PM and Reduced for gents, doors open at 10PM!

>Fong