CCB 2.0 老喬流水帳

Meeting President ENKHBAYAR

What are these guys talking about?
Originally uploaded by Ching Chiao.

Spent a wonderful weekend with Dharma Master Hsintao in Ulanbator last week. I was told that he could be the reincarnation of the great Ogedei Khan...well, the Master was accompanied by Ching-gis" Khaan (cough) :-P

Master Hsintao gave a speech (and this link ; BIG5 Chinese) about how modern technology can help Mongolia promote the good traditional buddhist culture and therefore help boost the economic development in Mongolia. President Enkhbayar was impressive by Master's talk and arranged time to meet with the Master afterwards. The two exchanged further thoughts on how buddhism can be brought back to the young generation of Mongolia and how technology can help. I had the privilege to act as the intepretor for the Master, and then had the chance to introduce myself to the President.

We were there to celebrate the life of H.E. Bakula Rinpoche, and participated a series of conference regarding Challenges of Buddhism in Modern Mongolia. More about Buddhism in Mongolia after 1990 can be found via this link.

GMA2008.Asia

I am very happy to announce that this year's Golden Melody Award, the Grammy Awards equivalent in Chinese, will use .Asia web address for Mando-Pop music fans across the whole Asia!

The official website has been setup at http://www.gma2008.asia . See press release here. The Award ceremony will be held on July 5th, 2008, in Taipei Area. I am on a serious diet plan for the red carpet ;-)

While listing .Asia names for Best male, female, and new artist nominees, I found:

• Warner Music has already registered Yanzi.asia (孫燕姿) as a trademark in 2007
• Amei.asia (張惠妹 or 阿妹) has been registered by a "fan"...forwarding to Ameicn.com . Amei.cn was taken down due to ICP license issue. A-mei.asia therefore is the best name we can reserve at this point. I did spoke to Amei's agent a few times earlier this year though...
• Shin.asia (阿信), Tank.asia were also taken...

More to share on later posts. Thanks AzioTV (東風電視) for working day and night and make this happened!

Help Myanmar

幫助緬甸 帮助缅甸 ヘルプミャンマー 도움말 미얀마 मदद म्याँमार مساعدة ميانمار

DOTASIA SEEKS FOR YOUR HELPING HANDS
FOR THE RELIEF EFFORT IN MYANMAR.

YOUR DONATION IN THE FOLLOW MONTHS WILL BE IN GREAT DEMAND.

MORE DETAILS WILL BE ARE AVAILABLE SOON AT:

WWW.RELIEF.ASIA

WE ARE (or PLAN TO) HELPING / WORKING WITH THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZAITONS:

• MUSEUM OF THE WORLD RELIGIONS / LIGIOU MOUNTAIN BUDDIST SOCIETY
• inTERLAB of ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• APNIC / TSF
• APNG
• TAIPEI COMPUTER ASSOCIATION
• MYANMAR EGRESS
• and a few other MEMBERS and SUPPORTERS OF DOTASIA

TO PROVIDE

1. FOOD / WATER / MEDICINE / PLASTIC SHEET / BLANKET
2. KIDS (BOOKS / PENS / TEACHING TOOLS)
3. COMMUNICATION SUPPORT TO RESCUE WORKERS AND VICTOM

LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE WILLING TO:

• DONATE CASH TO PURCHASE ITEMS MENTIONED ABOVE
• DONATE YOUR TIME FOR RELIEF WORK
• DONATE UNWANTED (BUT STILL USABLE) LAPTOP, GSM PHONE, WiFi AP

PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS ON THIS BLOG OR EMAIL (chiao at registry dot asia) DIRECTLY IF YOU CAN HELP IN ANYWAY.

THANK YOU.

Ching Chiao
VP, Community Relations
DotAsia Organisation