ilv newsletter - International Ladies in Vietnam
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ilv newsletter - International Ladies in Vietnam
I LV N E W S L E T T E R 2014 / VOL. 49 WHAT’S INSIDE With A New Year Comes A New Venue For ILV !! Please pass the word, ILV will be moving starting January 16th (same times) to a new venue. We will now be meeting at the lovely InterContinental Asiana Hotel centrally located on the corner of Hai Ba Trung street & Le Duan Bl District 1. We will be meeting on the 2nd floor in The Purple Jade Room. You can either take the elevator or the stair up to your new home. We hope to see you there for our first meeting of the New Year January 16 with a Vietnamese Cultural presentation on Tet by our adorable and well loved Nga! ILV’s New Venue 1 Water Puppet outing 2 Help needed 3 EILV 3 Pop Quiz 3/6 Jan’s Book Clubs 4 Jan’s speakers 4 Month in review 5/6 Viet. Cooking 6 Cook Book 6 Board members 7 Pop Quiz Answers 7 ILV Library 7 DVD Swap 7 Weekly Activities 8 Dec at a Glance 9 AGM Vote 10 Page 2 ILV NEWSLETTER / www.ilvietnam.com Be a tourist in your own city! How many of us have actually gone to see the Water Puppet Show? Now’s your chance to see this ancient art of puppetry. First performed 100’s of years ago on ponds & in paddy fields in Vietnam’s Red Delta. It was created by farmers in the fields to pass the time. This is a must do before your time is up here in HCMC. Lisa has arranged for us to all go (with our significant other) to see this colorful & revived art form performed. Spaces are limited to 25 people. Where: When: Time: Cost: Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater 55 B Nguyen Thi Minh Khai St. D1 Wednesday January 22 Meet there at 6:30pm to make the 6:45pm show. 160, 000 VND (this doesn’t include the cost of your dinner) *Following the performance we will dine at a new Vietnamese restaurant, Propoganda, 21 Han Thuyen (next to Au Parc) Sign up at ILV’s Thursday Coffee Mornings in our new home at “Purple Jade Room” at the lovely InterContinental Hotel. Hope to see you all there! The ILV wishes everyone a wonderful and safe Tet Holiday! Chuc Mung Nam Moi ! ILV NEWSLETTER / www.ilvietnam.com Page 3 What is the name of the American actress who played “Betty Draper” on Mad Men ? Are You Interested? Sherry is our New Members table coordinator & she needs your Help! We are asking for someone to help out at the New Members table. All you need is a welcoming friendly smile & be willing to help someone new to our club. If interested please email Bronnie Hint: She also played “Emma Frost” on X-Men First Class. What does she have to do with this month? [email protected] Funny January Poem T'was the month after Christmas, & all through the house, nothing would fit me, not even a blouse; the cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I had to taste, at the holiday parties had gone to my waist; when I got on the scales there arose such a number! When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber), I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared, the gravies, sauces & beef nicely rared; the wine & the rum balls; the bread & the cheese, & the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please." As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt, & prepared once again to do battle with dirt, I said to myself, as only I can, "You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!" So, away with the last of the sour cream dip. Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker & chip. Every last bit of food that I like must be banished, 'til all the additional ounces have vanished. I won't have a cookie--not even a lick. I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick. I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie, I'll munch on a carrot & quietly cry. I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore, But isn't that what January is for? Unable to giggle, no longer a riot. Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet! Author Unknown ILV NEEDS YOUR HELP! ILV is currently trying to fill the volunteer roster for the reception desk at ILV coffee mornings Volunteering on the reception desk could not be easier. *Full training will be given, but all you really need at this table is a friendly face. All we are asking is for ladies to help at maybe one coffee morning a month - the more volunteers the less you will be needed! Please contact Leanne who will work with you over available dates. Thank you in advance. [email protected] Help!! Afternoon book club is looking for a new coordinator to send out invitations/ notifications, as well as take care of the printing of the books. There will be someone to guide through the process. If you are interested please contact Suzanne Miller at [email protected] No Evening ILV for the Month of January We will not be having a EILV for January. We will be back on February 12 th. Please check the website for more details. *If you are interested in attending February's EILV please contact Traci Hopkins at 0938038845 January 2014 / Vol. 49 SAVE THE DATES! • SAVE THE DATES! January No meeting back on Feb. 12 New Members Coffee Join Tracey at the The InterContinental Hotel Residence Contact Tracey Mitchell [email protected] January No Meeting be back on Feb. 12 Evening ILV For more info Contact Traci at 1222523150 Jan 9 No Meeting be Back Jan 16 ILV Coffee Morning The Purple Jade Room The InterContinental Hotel Hai Ba Trung St. & Le Duan BL.,D1 Jan 16 10 am– 12pm ILV Coffee Morning The Purple Jade Room, The InterContinental Hotel Hai Ba Trung St. & Le Duan BL., D1 Page 4 MONTHLY BOOK CLUBS Jan 23 10am– 12pm ILV Coffee Morning The Purple Jade Room, The InterContinental Hotel Hai Ba Trung St. & Le Duan BL. , D1 Lunch time Book Club Monday January 13 Jan 30 NO MEETING, Tet ILV Coffee Morning The Purple Jade Room, The InterContinental Hotel Hai Ba Trung St. & Le Duan BL. , D1 January’s read “Open Secrets” Jan 2 NO MEETING, Tet ILV Coffee Morning The Purple Jade Room The InterContinental Hotel Hai Ba Trung St. & Le Duan BL. , D1 Jan 9 10 am– 12pm ILV Coffee Morning The Purple Jade Room The InterContinental Hotel Hai Ba Trung St. & Le Duan BL. , D1 127 Pasteur St. D3 12 NOON, THE HIDEAWAY CAFÉ, 41/1 PHAM NGOC THACH, D3 By Alice Munro The lunchtime book club is usually held on the second Monday of each month. Enjoy lunch at your own expense and participate in lively discussion. To join, give Moray a call at 0938 366 714 or email [email protected] Book Clubs Afternoon Book Club This months book TBA Meeting date also TBA SPEAKERS / EVENTS Jan 8 New Members Coffee– We will be back in February. Jan 8 EILV– We will not be having it this month but will be back in February with more fabulous evenings. Happy New Year! Jan 16 Welcome to ILV’s New Home– join us at the Purple Jade Room, Intercontinental Hotel for a special 1st meeting in our new home.. Tet Cultural presentation– Join our very own Nga as she takes us through the special way that Tet is celebrated in Vietnam. Jan 22 Water Puppet outing – sign up at Thurs. coffee mornings Jan 23 Thymai Ceramics– Conformation pending Jan 30 To Feb 6 Chuc Mung Nam Moi– We will not be having meetings over Holiday Tet, but will be back on Feb 13. ILV wishes you and your family a safe and happy Tet Holiday. “The new book can picked up at that time. The afternoon book club is held the last Thursday of each month at 2pm. Afternoon book club is looking for a new coordinator. If interested or want to join please contact Suzanne Miller at [email protected] Page 5 ILV NEWSLETTER / www.ilvietnam.com What happened last month at ILV ILV Winter Wonderland Christmas Luncheon It definitely was a party of merriments, joy, laughter & cheer! On Thurs. Dec. 5 ILV celebrated the Christmas season early with our annual Christmas party luncheon. This year’s theme was Winter Wonderland, & that it was! There were snowmen, lighted trees, snowflakes hanging from the ceiling & even snow decorating the lobby. Each table was beautifully decorated with care, keeping the winter wonderland theme going. So much effort & thought went into every aspect of the day. With even the angelic voices of the hotels choir (with help from Santa) singing carols as we entered the ballroom. My personal favorite was the cute snowmen filled with a delicious Christmas shot. It all made me feel like I was at a Christmas party in my home country. It was lovely to see all of our beautiful ILV ladies dressed up in all their finery. We had some lady reindeers, angels, snow goddess, shining sparkly stars in different sequined dresses, & even a table of ladies all dressed in white. It was fun to see everyone enjoying themselves. There were of course quite a few winners of our Christmas prizes including the beautiful center pieces created by our talented Christmas committee, (thank you to all who sponsored our prizes) & a huge thank you to the ILV Christmas committee for all of their hard work, it was noticed & appreciated! As always the hotel did an amazing job with the food and drinks. Thank-you to the Hotel Equatorial for allowing all of us crazy ladies to kick up our heels as only we know how to do! Also a big thank you to both Rika Olson & Michelle Moarbes for allowing me to use their beautiful photo’s! Page 6 ILV NEWSLETTER / www.ilvietnam.com What happened last month at ILV December 7th Vietnamese Cooking Class With Kim Nine ladies gathered at Saigon Pearl on Monday December 2 for another cooking class taught by ILV’s own Kim Pham. This session focused on “Vietnamese Chicken Salad” and “Caramelized Pork Belly”, a Vietnamese specialty. The “Chicken Salad” included banana flower which was a new ingredient for many of the ladies. The consensus was that it served as a lighter and healthier alternative to noodles in a salad . The key for this dish was learning how t make the vinegar and fish sauce salad dressing which is also commonly used as dips and dressing for many other Vietnamese dishes. Kim showed everyone the brand of fish sauce to use for dressing versus cooking, a very helpful tip for those wanting to do more Asian cooking at home. The “Caramelized Pork Belly” was delicious, and the same recipe for those wanting to do caramelized chicken too! Though not part of the day’s lesson, Kim also served a tasty Vietnamese style sweet and sour soup and stir-fried morning glory. Thank-you to Master Chef Kim! This popular class fills up fast so plan a month or two ahead and don't be shy about adding your name to a waiting list either. If you're lucky, there might be cancellations, which has been known to happen. *if you would like to join the fun sign up at the ILV coffee mornings. Vietnamese Cooking Class ILV's own Kim Pham started Vietnamese Cooking Classes in September! Want to join the fun… You can sign up there won’t be one in Jan. due to the Tet holiday or Feb. but she will be back in March! Each month either Kim or another ILV member will teach us how to cook some of Vietnam's favorite dishes. Each class is 200,000VND/person and after we cook the meal, we will sit together and share it. . You can sign up at the activity desk on Thursday mornings. The classes will be held the first Monday of each month (with exceptions to Jan. & Feb.) at Kim’s place. For times and date of the next class please referrer to the website. Hint: Sticky cake has been used to prevent him from being able to reporting to the Jade Emperor, Yu Huang, the Emperor of the heavens. Limited places are available each month. But you can add your name to the waiting list in case something opens up, which does happen. ILV Cookbooks Are here!! Get your Now!! Pick yours up at the New Comers Table on Thursday! Only 100,00 VND Answers on page 7 January 2014 / Vol. 49 Page 7 ILV Committee Members 2013-14 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Bronnie Mengersen Chair Lady Traci Hopkins Vice-Chair Admin./ Website/ EILV Sandra Steindl Vice-Chair Social Janett Lozano Treasurer Narda Person Secretary MEMBER LIBRARY Happy Reading! COMMITTEE Sherry Groen New Members / Asst. Website Leanne Rideout Reception / Activities Tracey Mitchell New Members Coffee Tina Bacon Speakers/ ILV Guide Book/ Discounts Lisa Boudreau Outings/ Holiday Luncheon Colette Almstrong Newsletter Nanna Arnadottir Website / Asst. Newsletter/ facebook Nilufer Aldemir Bazaar Coordinator Suzanne Miller Holiday luncheon/ Member at Large Marinette Rikong Member at Large ILV MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO A LIBRARY LOCATED IN THE SHERWOOD RESIDENCE DOWNSTAIRS LOBBY 127 Pasteur St. D3 The Library will operate on a honor system. All book donations, loans or returns are handled by the Sherwood Residence staff. Please present your current ILV Membership Card. SWAP WHAT YOU‘VE GOT DVD’s and Books Bring along any DVD’s or Books you no longer need to the ILV Coffee morning & swap them for different ones! The answers to the Pop Quiz: (A) Her name is January Jones, (yes it’s her real name). She was born in South Dakota, USA January 5, 1978. She is named after “January Wayne”, a character in Jacqueline Susann’s “Once is not enough. (1975) (B) On the 23rd day of the lunar month, just before the “Tet Holiday”, “Tao Quan” (the kitchen god, also know as the stove god or genie) returns to heaven to report the activities of every family’s household over the past year to the Jade Emperor, Ngoc Hoang. The Jade Emperor either rewards or punishes a family based on “Tao Quan” yearly report. And the sticky cakes are used to stick his mouth shut so he can’t speak bad words in heaven of the family. “The Kitchen gods” are sent from heaven to each family to take charge of family affairs and report back to the “Jade Emperor”. (my maid says that this must have been what a bad family does to keep him from telling & that every family has different customs. But all families give him fruit, flowers, incense & sometimes fish to ride to heaven.) ILV NEWSLETTER / www.ilvietnam.com Page 8 ILV Weekly Activities Tuesday 10am—12 Wednesday 10 am—12 pm Mahjong Beginner Bridge NORFOLK MANSION, D 1 2nd Floor next to pool All levels of players welcome This is not just a Bridge Club of beginners. Some have never played cards before. Learn how to play in a friendly group, where you can ask questions. Contact: Keiko 0903 332 081 Friday 1 pm Shanghai Rummy We will eat lunch 12pm first then play cards at 1pm Contact: Kasia 09121621378 Tuesday 10 am - 12pm Interested?? Bridge Japanese Flower Arranging or Japanese Cooking Norfolk Mansion, D1 2nd Floor next to pool Contact: Keiko 0903 332 081 Friday 11 am Friday 9am Japanese Calligraphy Group Summerset D1 Meeting Room Nguyen Binh Khiem Contact: Yoko 090 839 7829 Line dancing Please let Keiko Know if you would be interested in These activities. Contact: Keiko 0903 332 081 Sherwood Residence 127 Pasteur D3 Contact: Keiko 0903 332 081 1st Monday of each month Are you a Quilter? Craft Quilting Group If you are interested Contact: Sherry 0908 546 015 Wednesday 9 am Golf District 7 Meet at the course For details and location Contact: Sherry 0908 546 015 Vietnamese Cooking Class 200,000 VD Class size is limited to 6-7 people Sign up at ILV coffee mornings New ILV Sponsored Activities Welcome! If you are interested in starting any new ILV Sponsored activities, Contact: Leanne Rideout at [email protected] January 2014 / Vol. 49 Page 9 at a Glance Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 NO Meeting! 5 6 7 Mahjong Bridge 8 Golf Beginner Bridge Line Dance Shanghai Rummy Japanese Calligraphy 10 11 9 Line Dance NO Meeting Shanghai Be Back on Rummy Jan. 16 Japanese Calligraphy 12 13 14 Mahjong 15 Golf Beginner Bridge Bridge 16 ILV Coffee At New Home TET Cultural Presentation 19 20 22 21 Mahjong 23 ILV Coffee Speaker TBC Bridge 17 Line Dance 18 Shanghai Rummy Japanese Calligraphy 24 Line Dance 25 Shanghai Rummy Japanese Calligraphy 26 27 28 1st Day of the Tet Holiday 29 30 No 31 MEETING Chuc Mung Nam Moi We will be back after the Tet Holiday on Feb. 6 January 2014 / Vol. 49 Page ILV Elections are coming up on February 27th & we need YOU! Nominations will be made in the coming coffee mornings & we encourage anyone to consider joining as a member at large! What a great opportunity to help shape the future of ILV! Don't forget it is never too late or too early to join the ILV board. If you are interested in joining the ILV Committee, just let one of our committee members know at the next coffee morning or by emailing them direct on our webpage. As we are all here on indefinite assignments, the Committee occasionally has unexpected vacancies which need to be filled during the year. Elections are once a year. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JOB DESCRIPTIONS 2014 *required to attend monthly Committee Meetings Chair The official face of ILV - represents us at meetings and functions outside of ILV Chairs monthly committee meetings Must attend as many coffee mornings as possible Some time required each week on phone calls / emails Vice Chairs x 2 (Admin & Social) Assist the Chair & act in place of chair when required Attend monthly committee meetings Attend as many coffee mornings as possible With chair, form special function sub-committees (e.g. Christmas lunch, Summer Send-Off, Quiz night & Welcome Back.) Treasurer Responsible for ILV Finances Keep detailed records of incoming & outgoing monies and balance them against cash on hand Keep cash secure Take care of weekly coffee morning payments at venue Present finance report at monthly committee meetings and at the AGM Assistant Treasurer Perform’s Treasurer’s duties in her absence Secretary Prepare and distribute agenda for monthly committee meetings Take and distribute minutes of each committee meeting Handle incoming & outgoing correspondence as needed Distribute committee nomination forms & job descriptions for AGM *Other Committee members – all are also required to attend monthly Committee meetings
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