[Lorraine]

Hello Everyone,

Master Sang is working on the new classes for the Intensive. I have just seen some of the material for the Advanced East/West theory class and it is really interesting!!!

If you haven’t yet made reservations for the classes, you should do so soon. Some classes are filling up (the new classes). Others need a few more people to insure that they will occur.

Now that Master Sang is in Asia so much of the time, you should take advantage of this opportunity to learn from him in person.

Click the link above to see the class schedule. Call us at 1 626 571 2757 or email us at [email protected] for more information.

See you in June 🙂

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Marie,

The best thing is for you to fax your credit card information to AFSI’s offices at 1 626 281 0042.

As for your floor plan, you should post it in the appropriate class. Please note that this is the news and announcements bulletin board and is not the appropriate place for this discussion.

The instructors in the class forums will help you determine the sitting and facing.

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Chris and Marie,

When I look inside the list of students in the Beginning Class I see Marie listed with the countdown clock and 36 days left. (Marie, you cannot see this). This means that the computer does know she is in the class.

Marie, did you use the same email address to buy the Intermediate Class that you used to register for the Beginning Class? The computer knows you by your email address. If you used a different one, it won’t know you.

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Monopoly808

You do need birth info, but only within a two hour period.

If you have an approximate time, you can make a few charts around the time period and see which fits best.

In my case, my mother says one time and the birth certificate says 2 hours earlier. If I make both charts, it is obvious which one represents me, from my personality and certain life events.

Sometimes it is hard to tell, but often you can.

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Audrey,

The final exam for what class? CS8? There are only self quizes in CS8, and not very many of those. They are in the pdf file.

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Gonzalo,

If you and Chris cannot figure out the problem, you can contact the administrative office and they will get you in manually, but you will have to fax (or call in) your credit card info etc. (Don’t email it.)

Sorry for all the trouble!

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hello All,

For anyone who has already taken these Zi Wei Dou Shu classes in our classroom:

You are welcome to repeat on-line, if you like. Please call the institute at 626 571 2757 or email at [email protected]

The last section, Advanced ZWDS Part 2, should be useful to people who already had the class, as I wrote up ten case studies in detail. These should really help develop your ability to read the charts. In the classroom, we didn’t have the time to go over the case studies in this detail, and there are some additional ones.

Enjoy,

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Cristina,

I just flipped through it to double check. It is mostly about new construction and also rennovations. However there are two additional techniques to ‘push the people’ or ‘push the wealth.’ These are used by residents of a house to bring extra money or babies, spouses, etc.

I would say it is 80% construction and 20% these other techniques.

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Thanks Chris 🙂

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Carol,

It should be, although no one has posted yet. So maybe it isn’t. What happens when you try to go in?

But basically, for technical problems, the best thing is to call the Institute or to post on the help desk. I am not sure if the web master (Chris) will read this forum, and if something is wrong with the forum, he needs to fix it.

Sorry for the problems!

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Karen,

Please note it is Monterey Park, not Monterey. There is a difference of a few hundred miles!

Weather in Monterey Park, including a link for pollen count just below the five day forecast.
http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA0725.html

Here is the air quality report:
http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.showlocal&CityID=130

As for what to see… actually between LAX and Monterey Park I cannot think of two much. But LAX is near the beach. You could go north to Venice Beach to see some craziness and a nice beach.

Beyond that, you could do to Disneyland, Hollywood, Universal Studios, our little Chinatown, etc. But in Los Angeles, nothing is close.

If you let us know what you are interested in, perhaps we could come up with some ideas.

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Lydia,

I am sure there will be, but Master Sang is still out of town, and even when he is here, sometimes we don’t get out the schedule very early 😳

So I cannot tell you which classes we will have, but I am sure on many of the weekends this summer we will have case studies and other more advanced classes.

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Everyone,

This is the hotel list from last year. I am not sure if the prices have changed, but this is the general idea. Most people stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn Montebello last year and were happy with it.

Here is Mildred’s message from last year:

I just wanted to let you guys know that I have been doing some research regarding the prices of hotels in our area for the one week intensive. There are a couple of things that you need to know about the prices quoted to me. First important piece of information is that the prices quoted to me were based on group rate offers. These prices do not apply if only one student decides to go to one of these hotels on their own. As a result, it would be best to try to get most of our students to go to the same hotel in order to get the best deal for everyone. Second important piece of information is that, at every hotel, I spoke to a representative personally by phone and the prices that they quoted me will not be reflected in the links I am providing below. The prices that you will see on the links are their regular summer prices for the week of June 26, 2005 through July 3, 2005.

As it stands now, I am just the gatherer of information and I will not be personally taking on the role of organizer for hotel reservations. Depending on how things pan out, this may or may not change. It is for this reason that I would like to hear feedback from all of you who are planning to attend. You can do this by either posting your response here or emailing us at [email protected]. Also, please let me know if there is anyone interested in sharing rooms. By sharing a room, the cost of the room will be split in two.

Here is the information that I have gathered:

Closest hotels: (approx. 1/2 mile from the Institute)

Best Western
420 Atlantic Blvd.
Monterey Park, CA 91754
626-289-5090

Their prices range from $74 to $89 a night. They did not give us any discount because the intensive will be during the summer season. If you would like to look at photos and get more information about this hotel http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=05285#null

The next hotel that is close to the Institute is the Lincoln Plaza.

Lincoln Plaza
123 S. Lincoln Avenue
Monterey Park, CA 91754
626-571-8818

They gave us a discounted price of $66 + tax per night.

Hotels with a bit of luxury and a good price (approx. 3 miles from AFSI)

Hilton Garden Inn Montebello
801 N. Via San Clemente
Montebello, CA 90640
323-724-5900

This hotel regularly charges $114 but they went down in price to $77 + tax per night. The price is the same for either one king size bed or 2 queen size beds. Some of the luxuries at this hotel are golf course, 24 hour business center, heated pool, fitness spa, refrigerator and microwave in every room, high speed internet access in every room, and wireless internet access in their lobby.

If you would like to see photos of this hotel go to:

http://www.montebello.gardeninn.com

The other hotel that offers some extras is the Holiday Inn Express Rosemead.

Holiday Inn Express Rosemead
705 N. San Gabriel Blvd.
Rosemead, CA 91770
323-726-1111

This hotel charges $79 + tax per night. Some of the extras include golf course, pool, refrigerator, TV, Radio, laundry facility, near the Montebello Town Center, and breakfast.

For more information on the Holiday Inn Express Rosemead http://www.sidestep.com/hotel/hoteldetails1/us/ca/rosemead/holiday_inn_express_rosemead_(montebello_area)?tk=EIKSSHHPXXXX0000002%5d

Cheapest Hotels: (approx. 3 miles away from the Institute)

There are 2 hotels that I found to be the cheapest. The first one is the Best Value Inn Rosemead.

Best Value Inn Rosemead
3327 N. Del Mar Avenue
Rosemead, CA 91770
626-572-7180

The Best Value Inn quoted me a price of $50 + tax per night and they said they could probably go cheaper depending on how many people actually do come to their hotel.

For more information about the Best Value Inn Rosemead
http://reservations.comparediscounthotels.com/hotels/hotelinfo.jsp?cid=85890&hotelID=211385&city=Rosemead&stateProvince=CA&country=US&Temp1=OPI&temp2=211385

The last hotel that I have information on is the Best Western Montebello.

Best Western Montebello
7709 Telegraph Road
Montebello, CA 90640
626-289-5090

The Best Western Montebello quoted us a price of $50 + tax per night. This is a newly renovated hotel with a pool. For more information http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do;jsessionid=B5B102B3437A2E12C433925F5CA4B1FA?propertyCode=05608#null

Well everyone, I hope that you have found this information useful in planning your costs. I look forward to hearing from all of you.

Thanks,

Mildred

[Lorraine]

Hi Fateh,

Great that you are coming!

To register, go to http://www.amfengshui.com/ashop/catalogue.php?exp=&cat=13 and follow the directions there. You put it in the shopping cart, and when you go to the shopping cart, you pick the week that you want. The directions are on this page. (Or did you do that and have problems? If so, tell me what the problem was.)

I will try to post hotel information tomorrow. We do have that information. Just give us one more day to put it up.

Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Hi Hussain,

Master Sang will teach sections and will be in and out for the whole time. However, it takes a lot of qi to teach 5 days a week so he will have help from people like Chris, Anhtien, me, and others.

I am fairly sure the last two days of Zi Wei Dou Shu will be all Master Sang. The other days, we will help teach.

Lorraine

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