Bob:

Summary OF May 9,2016

Cradle of Civilization & Turkey's
World Heritages
1.The Four Ancient Civilization
    Egypt,Two Rivers,China,& India
    The original  rivers are Nile,Euphrates/Tetris,Yellow ,&  Ganghara respectively.
2.The Great Turkish Kingdom
    East Roman Empire/Byzantine
    Empire AD330~1453 *(after 16 century)
3.UNESCO:United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization
Head Quarter:Paris
World Heritage Approver
4.In Turkey,there are more than two thousand historical sites.
   Many of them were  listed
   On "World Heritage" by   UNESCO ;such as Sanfranbolu,
   ruins of EPHESUS,Troy,Pamukkale/Cotton Castle,etc.
5.Paradise of Balloon Flight: Cappadocia
6.Moslem's Great Church:Hagia, Sophia
7.East Roman  & Ottoman Empires' Capital: Istanbul.

John:

Topic: My yoga journey

Many years ago, because of working pressure, I could not sleep well for a long time. I took my wife's advice to participate a yoga part 1 course enrollment at Art of Living (AOL), Taiwan center in mid 2007.  From that time, I started my yoga journey.

The part 1 course covered Asana, Pranayama, Sudarsan Kriya, basic meditation, group interactive activities, and knowledge sharing.
After that, I continued to participate the part 2 course three times; one in Taiwan and the other two in India. I travelled to AOL, International center in Bangalore, India for the course in 2008 and 2009. I stayed there for two weeks each time. The course was focused on meditation. During the course period, we were requested to keep silent for a few days to observe oneself. The feeling was quite peaceful. Besides the course, we attended Puja ceremony and Satsang. I saw a lot of people enjoy doing in the activities. Off the course, I took Ayurvedic treatments. After the treatments, I felt relaxed and comfortable. We also had sightseeing to downtown. The Bangalore city was a quite interesting place. In the trips, I also had an unforgettable memory on check-in process. It had taken a long time. From the experirnce, I learned and realized "what living in the moment is."

Heaven:

The song I shared in class is called "child".It is written by Filipino folk-singer Freddie  Aguilar .I t was a finalist for the inaugural 1977 Metro pop Song Festival held in Manila.It became an international hit,and was translated into 26 languages.The lyrics speak of Filipino family value.
The song generated a hundred cover versions,was released in 56 countries and has sold 30 million copies. With the meaningful lyrics and touching story happened between the composer and his parents,I introduced it to my lovely classmates.

Shirley:

Introductions of Kyushu, Japan attractions-
Taizaifu Tenmangu Shrine/Fukuoka
Lake Kinrin/Yufuin
Chinoike-jigoku (Bloody Hell Pond) hot spring, Ropeway/Beppu
Kokonoe'Yume'Grand Suspension Bridge/Oita
Kumamoto Castle, Mount Aso-Kuju National Park/Kumamoto

Kumamoto Earthquakes-
With a foreshock magnitude of 6.5 on Apr.14 the mainshock 7.3 struck on Apr. 16 and ongoing over thousand of minor aftershocks.
It killed at least 65 people, 3,000 injured 250,000 were told to 'leave home' and caused damages to houses/roads/bridges/water system/derailment/displacement of ground. 2,500 years history 'Aso Shrine' collapsed. The Great Aso Bridge in minamiaso devastated due to landslide, Minami-aso village severely damaged as an island. Automobile components, semiconductor etc industries were also affected. Up to one trillion Yen loss.

The Benefits of Music-
Improves memory, sleep quality, test scores, visual and verbal skills.
Reduces stress,anxiety, pain and depression.
Help cancer patients, people eat less and assists while driving.

Song -'Jamaica Farewell', 'Blowing in the wind'.

Sherry talked about her collection of crystal products. She will leave our club for a while

to make her health management.