"Succeeding in Turbulent Times" by Joey Yap Feng Shui (风水) Consultant

Hotel Novotel, Mississauga Saturday March 13th. 2010

Feng shui  (风水 "wind water") is an art practise in China for over 3,000 years ago, and has been described as the art of creating wealth, prosperity and harmony. Today at Novotel Hotel, Mr Joey Yap an international speaker, best-selling author, television personality and founder of Mastery Academy of Chinese Metaphysics will be speacking to a pack room regarding Thriving in Challenging Times.

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Student can take Pride helping other student in ther school work

March 12th.2010

In her song Greatest Love Of All, Whitney Houston sang these words that resonate in my ear "I believe the children are our future. Teach them well. And let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty. They possess inside. Give them a sense of pride. To make it easier". This is what I felt when Ms. Ashley Lyons from SafeCity Mississauga email me about thier lastest project "Aspire" lauch on Friday March 12th. 2010 at  Forest Ridge Room, 3420 The Collegeway, Mississauga.

Aspire program is run by SafeCity Mississauga and funded by the Region of Peel. The program run mainly by volunteered high school students. This program will run mainly from the Aspire Tutoring Centre in the Forest Ridge Room, a community gathering space for residents of The Collegeway/Colonial Dr. townhouse complex operated by Peel social housing authorities. Selected high school students will be paired with the younger pupils who needed helps in the neigbourhood. Tutors will also served as mentors helping those student  with their school work. Students can attend one or two sessions each week.

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Officer Ochakovsky worked tirelessly to make the community a better, safer place to live.

Tuesday March 9th 2010
"You can shed tears that he is gone, or you can smile because he has lived."

Today at least close to 7,000 police officers, firefighters and paramedics gathered at the Hershey Centre to pay their final respect for a fallen brother, the first Peel Regional Police officer to be killed while on duty in the past quarter-century.

Constable Artem (James) Ochakovsky succumb to his injury in the hospital on Tuesday night March 2nd 2010 surrounded by his family after he suffered a critical head injury in a crash late Monday. The 36 year-old officer was enroute to assist another colleague when his cruiser collided with another vehicle at Steeles Avenue and Airport Road. Originally, Officer Ochakovsky was taken to a Brampton hospital but later transferred to Sunnybrook Hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Erin and their three-year-old son Owen.

Earlier on Wednesday a somber and Peel police Chief Mike Metcalf said, ”We have suffered a great loss. The coming days will be difficult for us as we prepare to pay tribute to a fine young officer who cared for his family and served his community with pride”.

Today at Constable Artem (James) Ochakovsky funeral in a pack Hersey Centre, the Premier of Ontario, Mr. Dalton McGuinty said, “Officers like James aren’t just good at what they do, what they do is good”. He further added that,  “These men are heroes every day of their lives, to their communities, to their fellow officers, and most of all, to their families.”


Fighting back tears Mrs. Erin Ochakovsky said "James was the kind of father that every woman dreams of. He was my hero, he was my Prince Charming, he was my everything.”

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Chinese Association of Mississauga Chinese New Year Celebration

March 5th 2010

Chinese New Year may have ended on February 28th. 2010 but that does not stopped the Chinese Association of Mississauga (C.A.M.) from celebration the Lunar New Year with a crowd tonight at Emerald Chinese Restaurant in Mississauga. On hand were representative from all three levels of government and the Carassauga leadership.

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26th Anniversary inductee for CLM Mississauga for 2010

Tuesday February 23rd 2010

Today at the Mississauga Convention center a small crowd of media personnel and friends were on hand for the Community Living Mississauga special announcement honoring Mr. Victor Oh at its 26th Annual Tribute Dinner. This is a first time a residence of Chinese descendant who immigrated to Canada a few decades ago from Singapore is inducted to the selected few for their greater contribution to Mississauga. “We are very excited and proud to have Victor Oh as our 2010 honoree,” said Doug Fowles, Chair of the Tribute Dinner Planning Committee. In 2009 Mr. Victor Oh had earned the prestigious Citation of Citizenship from the Government of Canada.

Mr. Victor Oh is currently the Vice Chair of SafeCity Mississauga and honorary President of Mississauga Chinese Business Association. He is a well-respected Chinese community leader within the Chinese community in Mississauga. It is not surprisingly to the Chinese community that Mr. Fowles would stated that for the past twenty five years, Community Living Mississauga has honored a community leader at it annual tribute dinner and based on the enormous contribution from Mr. Oh it is truly a leader deserving of this honor.

Proceeds from this diner will enable children and teens that have an intellectual disability to actively participate in a variety of summer camp programs offered throughout Mississauga. Mr. Oh hope his induction by the Community Living Mississauga will encourage more Chinese to contribute to and support the mainstream community service group like Community Living Mississauga.

On Thursday, March 25th, Community Living Mississauga will be honoring Mr. Victor Oh at its 26th Annual Tribute Dinner at the Mississauga Convention Centre. Anyone interested in sponsoring this event or purchasing tickets should contact Sara Dias at 905-542-2694 or sarad@clmiss.ca.

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Xin Tien Ti Senoir Association of Mississauga Chinese New Year Celebration

Sunday February 21st. 2010
This evening at around 4.00 P.M. at least a crowd of more than two hundred people gather at Mississauga Valley Community Centre on 1275 Mississauga Valley Blvd, Mississauga, ON, L5A 3R8 to help the Xin Tien Ti Senior Association of Mississauga usher in the Chinese New Year.

The President of the Association Mr. Fong Pow Fong greeted the crowd and wishes them a happy and properous Chinese New Year, followed by performers of all ages entertaining the crowd of mainly senior celebrating the New Year.  Mr. Victor Oh the Vice Chair of SafeCity Mississauga and a honour guest of the association was on hand to extend our Prime Minister greeting to all the Chinese Seniors as well as handing out the lucky red package on his behalf.

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Newcomer Centre of Peel Chinese New Year Celebration

Sunday February 21st. 2010

Newcomer Centre of Peel (NCP) began as a Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program and Childcare service about twenty years ago. Today, NCP is the leader in settlement and integration services within the Region of Peel supporting newcomer families in their settlement process.

Newcomer Centre of Peel is a non-profit organization offering complimentary services to help newcomers moving to Peel and to promote a strong diversity as well as cultural collaboration and enhancement.

Newcomer Centre of Peel currently provide services in over 30 different languages and proudly embrace all diversity and multiculturalism.

Not surprising today Newcomer Centre of Peel as part of their program welcome the Golden Tiger into Peel at T.L Kennedy Secondary School to a capacity crowd. Together Ms Effat Ghassemi (Exec. Dir of NCP)  and Mr. Victor Oh (Vice Chair SafeCity Mississauga) officially declare today event and greeted the guest and wishes them a happy and properous Chines New Year.

This year the ceremony were conducted in English, Chinese and Korean because the Korean and Chinese celebrate their New Year on the same day.

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