Please join us in welcoming our newest members – Nina, Sue, Joselyn, Ginny, Christina and Julia.
We hope you enjoy being a part of Ladies’ Circle Hong Kong!
Meetings, News | lisachui | 
December 9, 2011 10:35 | 
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Were you lucky enough to be at the Christmas party?
Wasn’t it a riot! Our Ladies Circle elves Lucy and Karen outdid themselves with fun for all. We forwent the formalities for our December meeting, instead turning the night into a celebration of friendship. After a briefer than normal talk from our president and a welcome to our newest members it was on with the party. Amongst the traditional British Christmas meal of ham, turkey and brussel sprouts we were surprised by a pass the parcel for each table with some hilarious challenges thrown in and lots of little prizes.
In between the merriment we raised our champagne glasses to the successes of the year, particularly that of our charities. Well done everyone!
A team quiz challenged our group knowledge with humorous results and I certainly don’t think anyone will forget the bingo in a hurry. Expert ball handler Lucy did a wonderful job with her number calling while the whole room exploded in laughter.
View the photos from the Christmas Dinner here. Do you have photos of the night you would love to share with everyone? Please email them to hklcwebmaster@gmail.com and we will do our best to add them to the photo album.
Events, Meetings, Social | lisachui | December 5, 2011 11:29 | Comments (0)
Did you know we run a second hand book stall at all our monthly meetings?
For just HK$20 you can pick up a title from our selection. We have a range of non-fiction, fiction and children’s books on offer and all proceeds go to our nominated charity Small Homes.
Book titles on offer this month include:
Make sure you take a look through our books when you come to the meeting.
Do you have any books you no longer want or need? Why not bring them along to the next meeting and donate them to our table. We are always more than happy to have new titles to share with our members and guests.
Events, Fundraising, Meetings | lisachui | November 30, 2011 08:21 | Comments (0)
Events, Meetings | lisachui | November 21, 2011 11:23 | Comments (0)
After a brief presentation from Gi Gi Hill on her 24 hour relay event to help raise awareness of people trafficking, we sat down to an Indian buffet and chatted before moving into the Bridge Room. Our raffle for the night raised $2970 for Small Homes.
The November meeting saw our guest speaker Jennie Purvis introduce us to the concepts of Third Culture Kids.
What is a Third Culture Kid?
A Third Culture Kid is someone who, having spent a significant part of their devleopmental years in a culture other than their parents’ culture, develops a sense of relationship to all of the cultures, while not having full ownership in any. Elements from each culture are incorporated in their life experience, but the sense of belonging is in relationship to others of similar experience ie: other third culture kids and adults. These children often have parents who are missionaries, or in the diplomatic corps, Department of Defense, or international business. There are both positive aspects as well as challenges of being a third culture kid. For example, TCK’s often develop an expanded worldview but can struggle with defining where “home” is. TCK’s usually have an interest in cultures other than just that of their passport country and experience cross-cultural enrichment on a daily basis; however, they can struggle wth ignorance about their home culture. They learn incredible adaptability, but often feel like hidden immigrants in their own passport countries. The benefits of mobility can far outweigh the difficulties. Understanding the gifts and challenges of being a TCK can allow parents to address these challenges before they arise, as well as discover their strengths and potential.
Jennie Purvis moved from Jacksonville, FL to Hong Kong one year ago and is thrilled to be living in Asia again. She was born and raised in Korea and considers Seoul her home. She has been a professional educator for over 20 years and is currently serving as secondary school counselor at HK International Christian School in Shatin. Since her own reentry to her passport country in 1996, she has been studying the transitional dynamics of Third Culture Kids and Adults and served for two years on the Board of Interaction, Inc., an organization dedicated to the needs of TCK’s and adults. She is married and has two children who both attend international schools in HK.
This talk was fascinating, especially for those of us who are parents raising our own ‘third culture kids’. It gave us an insight into how we can make the experience more positive and understand our children as we move between countries and cultures.
Events, Meetings | lisachui | November 10, 2011 23:22 | Comments (0)
Please join us in welcoming our newest members - Sarah, Sarah, Lara, Elaine and Christine.
Events, Meetings | lisachui | November 9, 2011 11:36 | Comments (0)
Our November Dinner meeting is quite early this month and fast approaching. It will be held on the 3rd November at 7:30pm. This month we will revert to our usual room for dinner, the Harbour Room, where we’ll enjoy a nice French themed meal, before retiring next door to the Bridge Room to listen to our guest speaker, Jenny Purvis, speak on Raising Third Culture Children.
As always, guests are very welcome so please feel free to invite friends. It’d be lovely to see some of the faces from last month again as well as new ones. We’ve got three new members to welcome to LCHK this month!
Please let our secretary know by Sunday 30th October if you can or can not make the November Dinner Meeting and if you are bringing guests (don’t forget to give me their name and any dietary requirements too please).
Also if you have anything you want to donate for the Box of Hope appeal but can not make the next packing evening (details of which are to follow), then please bring the items with you to the Dinner Meeting on the 3rd. We had a really successful evening at Angela’s last week packing 65 boxes for the Box of Hope appeal. We could have done more had we not run out of boxes! Julia or Karen will be in touch shortly with details of a second packing evening and will advise on what items we need to complement what we already have left over.
Events, Meetings | lisachui | October 27, 2011 11:34 | Comments (0)
October saw a great turn out to our monthly dinner at ABC. Jason Wordie came to talk to us about Private Lives of Women in 19th Century Hong Kong and show us a fascinating insight into early expat women and their achievements in Hong Kong society.
October raffle prizes included 3 of Jason’s books personally autographed for the winners. The raffle raised $3700 for Jason’s chosen charity – ‘Sir Lindsay and Lady Ride Memorial Fund’.
The ‘not so silent’ auction of Rugby World Cup gear also went well raising $2100 for Small Homes.
Jason’s first walk with HKLC will be on Saturday 26th November in Western District (pm). Please let Jane know if you would like to join …..$375 HKD per person – all welcome, even husbands!!
Events, Meetings | lisachui | October 11, 2011 14:39 | Comments (0)
The perfect dinner meeting to invite your friends ……
Thursday 6th October - 7.30 pm at the Aberdeen Boat Club.
We are fortunate enough to have local historian Jason Wordie coming along to give a lecture on ‘Private Lives of Women in 19th century HK’.
$200 for dinner and the talk – FABULOUS value. Everyone welcome!!
Jason has also kindly offered to lead three local history walks in and around Hong Kong over the coming few months for Ladies Circle members and their friends. The first walk is on Saturday 26th November – 1.45pm in Western District.
Events, Meetings | lisachui | September 21, 2011 06:55 | Comments (0)
At the June meeting we were fortunate enough to have Small Homes representatives speak to us about their charity and how it changes children’s lives in the community. They also shared with us where the money HKLC has donated is used and how much joy it brings to the children.
After their talk we proudly presented them with a cheque for HK$50,000 and at least 6 large bags of various stationary supplies donated by our members for the Small Homes children.
Community, Events, Meetings | lisachui | June 2, 2011 22:18 | Comments (0)
