Calendar
July 15 – Board meeting– Pleasanton Library, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 1 - Reservation dealine for Sacramento train
trip
Aug. 9 –Trip to Asian Art Museum, “Lords of the Samurai”
Sept. 19 – Train
ride to Sacramento
LOCAL ACTIVITES
July – Sept. “Lords of the Samurai”, Asian Art Museum
Sept. 27 – JASEB Annual
Nikkei walk
Nov. JAMjs Winter Boutique
LORDS OF THE SAMURAI EXHIBIT
Our
chapter is planning a trip to see this exhibit on Sunday, Aug. 9th. Please
contact Keith Yoshizuka at 925-277-1051 or yoshizuka@touro.edu.
Docent led tour at 11:00 a.m.
Adults
- $22
Seniors (65+) - $19
Youth (13-17 + College w/ID) -
$18
Children 12 and under - free
Lunch afterwards to celebrate our graduate level scholarships. Details
to be announced.
NEW DEADLINE DATE -TRAIN RIDE TO SACRAMENTO
Since
there is no fare increase by Amtrak, there is a new deadline date for reservations, Aug. 1st. We
have 21+ members and friends from our chapter and Diablo Valley JACL who have signed up to get a group discount price.
Contact Ellen Mizota at emizota63@yahoo.com. or 925-820-8582.
Write check to Tri-Valley JACL and mail by Aug. 15 to Ellen Mizota,
725 Morninghome Rd. Danville, CA 94526. Discount tickets are Senior (62 yrs.+)$22, adult $26 and child $16 (2-15 yrs.).
Please write on check the number and types of tickets. Cancellation can be made by Sept. 1 or call
Ellen. Passenger list must be turned in by Sept. 2.
JAPANESE COOKING SHOW
This is a great e-mail -- just click on the photo of the food and it will show you exactly how to
prepare the food
You Know You're Japanese When...
1.
You know that Camp doesn't mean a cabin in the woods.
2. The men in your family were gardeners, farmers, produce
workers or plantation workers.
3. The women in your family were seamstresses, domestic workers or farm laborers.
4.
Your Issei grandparents had an arranged marriage.
5. One of your relatives was a "picture bride."
6. You have Nisei relatives named Tak,
Tad, George, Harry or Shig.
7. You have Nisei relatives named Keiko, Aiko, Sumi or Mary.
8. You're Sansei and your name is Janice, Glen, Brian, Bill or Kenji.
9. You're thinking of naming your Yonsei
child, Brittany, Jenny, Lauren, Garett or Brett, with a Japanese middle name.
10. All of your cousins are having hapa kids.
11. You have relatives who live in Hawaii .
12. You
learned the words "bakatare," "urusai," and "yakamashii" because you were called them
by your grandparents.
13. You belong to a Japanese credit union.
14. Wherever you live now, you always come home
to the Obon festival.
15. The bushes in your front yard are trimmed into balls.
16. You have a kaki tree in the backyard.
17. You have at least one bag of sembei in the house at all times.
18.
You have a Japanese doll in a glass case in your living room.
19. You have a maneki neko in your house for good
luck.
20. You have large Japanese platters in your china cabinet.
21. You have the family mon and Japanese needlepoint on the wall.
22. You own a multicolored lime green polyester patchwork
quilt.
23. Your grandma used to crochet all your blankets, potholders and dishtowels.
24. Wearing shoes in
the house is a BIG NO NO.
25. When you visit other JAs, you give or receive a bag of fruits or vegetables.
26. When you visit other JAs, you know that you should bring omiyage.
27. When you leave
a JA house, you take leftover food home on a paper plate or a Styrofoam meat tray.
28. You keep a supply of rubber
bands, twist ties, butter and tofu containers in
the kitchen.
29. You have an air pump thermos covered with lilacs.
30.
You know that Pat
Morita doesn't really speak like Mr. Miyagi.
Part 1, More
next time – email from Elliot Horikoshi. Thank you.
The Japanese Memorial email was received from Elliot Horikoshi
and Don Mizota. Thank you. For those of us who have not visited the memorial, it was
wonderful to see. We received email from members who enjoyed it.
Individual
emails send from emizota63@yahoo.com
Newsletter has received cultural or informative emails that are too large to place in the newsletter.
These will be sent individually to you. If you do not want to receive them, please email emizota63@yahoo.com.
NEWSLETTER ARTICLES FROM MEMBERS The newsletter welcomes notices of family activities (birth of grandchildren, graduation, trips, etc.) or activities
that our members may be interested in attending.
NEW CHAPTER WEB SITE – for pictures of activities
& news. - www.trivalleyjacl.org\
Yahoo web site – trivalleyjacl@yahoogroups.com., membership required.
EMAIL CHANGES
Newsletter needs your email address changes. Send to emizota63@yahoo.com. Thank you.
Have a nice summer
