Congratulation on Women's Day

Hi, all friends ipseminar in Qingdao. I miss you greatly and want to meet at the same time, at the same place! Especially, with my girlfriends - Congratulation on Women's Day!

Nguyen Hoang Khiem, from Hanoi, VietNam

Pictures at the Governor's Mansion, Qingdao Bay Area

Adry, Mr. Liu, and Nathalia at the Qingdao Guest House (Governor's Mansion)

26 LongShan Rd., ShiNan District, Qingdao Bay Area (west of ZhongShan Park)
Qingdao, Shandong Province. P.R. China

The delicate shape, splendid ornaments, graceful lines and bold colors make Qingdao's Guest House one of the best examples of European villas in China. Originally, the Guest House was the official residence of the German governor-general of Jiao'ao. The original name was the Governor's Official Residence, in 1934, it was formally renamed "Guest House," and then became important as a retreat to receive the VIPs of military affairs and politics.

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Some of my photos made in Tsindao (post by Kostya)

The beautiful city of Tsindao at day and night

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Winter in Ukraine (post by Kostya)

Hallo to everybody !!! Some photos about winter 2009 in Ukraine. Lots of snow and ice on the rivers

Pictures in the Tea Farm- Justa, Kostya, and Benny

Justa from East Timor

Kostyantyn from Ukraine

Benny from Indonesia

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Download Available for IP Seminar Materials

Dear Friends Around the World:

Greetings! I have uploaded our materials from the Seminar on Intellectual Property System and Protection so that we can download them anytime and anywhere we may be.

Since blogspot.com does not accept powerpoint and word files, I placed the materials in our office website.

Just click the link below and select the files you need to download:

http://www.philippinechamber.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=199&Itemid=180

Please email, text, or call me about anything and I will do my best to help.

Take care my friends and warmest regards.

Noel Domingo
Emails:
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noel.domingo@philippinechamber.com
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You've Got a Friend

Dear Friends,

Happy new year! I hope this email finds you well. I am particularly grateful for all the wonderful messages and greetings that we sent to each other through our IP blog, yahoo network, and emails. Indeed, there are so many ways to keep in touch and a simple greeting will surely go a long way.

I also hope our friends from Palestine are okay despite the Israel- Gaza conflict. Let us hope and pray that it is resolved as soon as possible for the sake of peace and safety of the children caught in the crossfire.

I have uploaded the last of three videos made by Maya which was presented during our Seminar in Qingdao and I hope, by looking at it, it brings back good memories of friendship, goodwill, and everlasting love. Always remember that wherever you are, and despite how busy you are and how far you are, you will always have a friend....

Let's sing this together......

YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND

When youre down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, whoa nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.

You just call out my name,
And you know whereever I am
Ill come running, oh yeah baby
To see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call
And Ill be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Youve got a friend.

If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon I will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name and you know where ever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you got to do is call
And Ill be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, aint it good to know that youve got a friend?
People can be so cold.
Theyll hurt you and desert you.
Well theyll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but dont you let them.

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Oh babe, dont you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all youve got to do is call.
Lord, Ill be there, yes I will.
Youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Dear friends of the Seminar, I want to wish you a very happy, healthy for this New Year! I do hope it will be the happiest that you've ever known, and that it will be a year filled with serenity with each sunrise...
I wish for you to start this new year with hope and as they say: This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... let it be something good.

Well! Dear friends... Continue on the Journey of Life,
I wish you Health,
So you may enjoy each day in comfort.
I wish you the Love of friends and family,
And Peace within your heart.
I wish you the Beauty of nature,
I wish you Wisdom to choose priorities,
For those things that really matter in life.
I wish you Generousity so you may share,
All good things that come to you.
I wish you Happiness and Joy.
I wish you the best of everything,
That you so well deserve.

!HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIENDS!

Sincerely, Eugeniu Chistol (Republic of Moldova)
Dec. 25, 2008

merry christmas & happy new year

Dear friends of the seminar,

2009 is drawing near and near, so MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I wish everyone of us will have a much better future in the coming new year,all the happiness,success,good lucks,health ,friendship etc. would accompany us forever.

May the laughters would fill your family.

May the pleasure would be the gifts for all the friends.

May our friendship would be much more lifeful and fruitful.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MERRY CHRISTMAS &
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MERRY CHRISTAMS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Edward
Dec.23,2008/Qingdao,China

Gulangyu Island, Xiamen

From left: Adenan (Palestine), Emmanuel (Philippines), Ashraf (Palestine), Mr. Liu (China), and Saleh (Jordan)

During our short stay in Xiamen, we went to this very beautiful paradise called Gulangyu Island. It is the biggest island of Xiamen. The roads here are short with many twists and turns. We had to stay close together because it was very easy to get lost.

The island is also called the “Island of Pianos”, with its very good music tradition. There are more than 500 pianos among 6000 households on the island. Many famous musicians in China were born and brought up in Gulangyu Island.

I had many nice memories here. We had long memorable walks here together with friends while we shared stories about our expierences in Qingdao and the IP Seminar.

Happy birthday! ! !

Birthday Celebrant: Khuntsetseg Daribazar

Greetings to our Birthday Celebrant for December 23, Ms. Khuntsetseg Daribazar.

We wish you more blessings and more birthdays in the years to come. May you continue to live with passion and full of appreciation for life. -

From your friends from the 2008 IP Seminar.

Uploading Seminar Materials

At the background is the official residence of the German Governor-General of Jiao'ao. It's original name was the Governor's Official Residence. In 1934, it was formally renamed "Guest House," and then became an important place to receive VIPs from government and the military.

Dear Mr. Liu,

Ni hao! Greetings from the Philippines! I hope you are doing okay and I wish your family well. Thank you very much for your email. I also miss you all in Qingdao, and all our friends from afar. It has been quite a while since I last wrote in our IP blog. But I always look at our blog everyday and I'm happy that we have continued communicating even through email.

Regarding your question on how to put the seminar materials in our blog, as of now, blogspot can only upload images, pictures, and videos. But do not worry, I will find a way to upload our seminar materials so everyone can view it wherever they may be. I will email you immediately once I find the way.

I appreciate your email, it was very nice to hear from you once again. It must be very cold now in Qingdao City, I miss the weather but most of all, I miss everyone of you who gave us beautiful and wonderful memories we could always cherish and look back to.

Xie xie! My best and warmest regards to you all!

Always,

Emmanuel Domingo

RE:how to publish powerpoint-files

Dear Mr.Domingo,

How're you lately?It's been quite a long time not to see you on the blog.We miss you a lot.

Here I'd like to ask you a favour for telling me how to publish PowerPoint files on the blog?For example,how to publish the IP seminar lecture materials here?Looking forward to your kind reply.

All my best wishes to you,may all the happiness to you in the coming new year.

Kind Regards with many hugs!

Edward LIU

Thank you 谢谢您

谢谢您所有的努力在研讨会期间

感谢所有中国人民食堂

不要忘了我

阿卜杜勒瓦哈卜

埃及

Thank you for all your efforts during the seminar
Thanks for all Chinese people
Do not forget me

Abd el Wahab
Egypt

More Memories in Qingdao

Taken at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Base: From left: Maya, Monique, Shahidul Alam, Sandra, Justa, Afroza Khan and Zenia (on top), Kenneth, Flower, Saleh and Abebe (Click picture to enlarge)

Ni hao mi amigos y amigas!

One thing I cannot forget in Qingdao was when we ate just outside Ocean University of China. It was about 8pm and we took a walk to the nearest bookstore (once outside the University gates, just walk to the left and you will find it) and I remember we did not have much success in finding books with English translations, but there were many good english-chinese dictionaries and maps. So when we walked back, I think I was together with Tassanai, Benny, and Maya, we found a food stall outside the University.

The stall was very small and it was in the sidewalk, it had a round, circular table and in the center of the circle there was boiling soup where we could dip vegetables and mushrooms in sticks until they are cooked. We sat in the portable seats placed around the table and I remember hoping the seats would not break because it was small and I was very heavy. (It would have been embarassing if I fell down like when Humpty Dumpty sat in a wall and Humpty Dumpty had a great fall...)

Once the food was cooked, the store owner, who was a very young man, gave us paper plates and he put sauce, which tasted like peanut butter, on the vegetables in sticks and it was really tasty and delicious. I think I finished three or four sticks. While eating, we were happily talking with the man about the food he served. Maya helped by translating in Chinese what we wanted to say.

When we finished, we offered to pay for the food but the store owner said that the dinner was for free. He did not let us pay. We did not expect it and we did not know what to say, we really wanted to pay him for his hard work and kindness. He said that it was okay because we were his last customers for the day and that he was about to close the store. But I knew, although he did not say it, that the store owner just wanted to make our stay in Qingdao more memorable.

The kindness and hospitality of the store owner left us speechless and I realized that, aside from the beautiful tourist spots, it is really the warm smiles, respect and courtesy of the people toward their fellow human beings that will make tourists want to come back again and again in China, or in any country for that matter. The thoughtfulness and kindheartedness we experienced that night will definitely not be forgotten. I just wished we got that good man's name.

Let us spread the kindness, good cheer, and our blessings in this season of giving.

Warmest smiles and cheers to you my friends.

"He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. (Proverbs)"

Emmanuel Domingo

Hello friends of the Qingdao IP seminar,

Very glad to meet you here on the blog.Thanks for the new photos,they help us to remember all the days in the seminar.I wish every one of us would enjoy happy time forever.

Here I'll give you another group pic which taken for the closing ceremony with our deputy mayor.I hope it would give you some pleasure.

Kind Regards!

Edward LIU

When We Were Kings and Queens

(From Left)- Sandra (Timor Leste), Musue (Liberia), Benny (Indonesia), Maya (Indonesia), Justa (Timor Leste) and Emmanuel (Philippines)- click picture to enlarge

This is one of my funniest pictures taken during the Seminar on IP System and Protection. It was taken near the Lake and we had to rent the clothes for 5 Yuan. When I put on the clothes, it felt good that I did not want to take it off, I really felt like a real Kung Fu Master! But the nice lady who owned the clothes wanted it back, so sadly, I gave it back. We had so much fun here that we were laughing all the way!- Emmanuel

Warmly welcome you to Vietnam

Hi, I would like to say hello - our friends in 2008 Ip seminar in Qingdao. I remember happinest time in Qingdao with you. Warmly welcome you to Vietnam.
Nguyen Hoang Khiem
Market Control Department- Ministry of Industry and Trade
91 Dinh Tien Hoang, Ha Noi, Vietnam

That's What Friends Are For

This video was presented during the Farewell Party and Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Seminar on Intellectual Property System and Protection held in Qingdao City, China. We hope that, through efforts like this, we could continue making our friendship stronger as the years pass by. Ms. Maya, that remarkably stunning woman from Indonesia, made this exceptional video with a little help from friends from afar.

To all the participants and organizers. thank you for your friendship, we miss you all, and we wish to see you soon in the very near future.

THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR

And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you

And if I should ever go away
Well, then close your eyes and try to feel
The way we do today
And then if you can remember

Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Well, you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you

Whoa, and then for the times when we're apart
Well, then close your eyes and know
These words are comin' from my heart
And then if you can remember, oh

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for

In good times, in bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
Oh, that's what friends are for

Whoa... oh... oh... keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for

For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, oh, for sure
'Cause I tell you that's what friends are for
For good times and for bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for (That's what friends are for)
On me, for sure

That's what friends are for
Keep smilin', keep shinin'

One of the memorable places in China (post by Eugeniu)

One of the memorable places in China (Fuzhou - 福建省 ):

Wedding Beach,Qingdao

Wedding Beach,Qingdao

Dear,all friends

Let's asking:which is the best memories place in,Qingdao,Xiamen,Jinan,Fuzhou or Qufu ?

Abd elwahab

My sincere thanks

Dear friends afar,

This is my respose-email to Mr.Emmanuel's call to join the yahoo group.I'd like to share with all of my friends of the seminar.
As the organizer of the ip seminar,one of the friend of you all, I'd like to thank Mr.Emmanuel,who tried his best to make the friendship among all the participants of the Qingdao IP seminar last longer and longer.This is really a kind-hearted good deed to all of us.And also thanks to Ms.Maya,the lovely lady from Indonesia,who also made a lot of efforts in doing the same thing.And still more,thank all the participants who dropped in the Blog.We need the help and enthusiam from all of the friends living and working all over the world.We're the members of the only one big family,although we are far away from each other in distance.Our feeling is the same,our friendship is the same,our dream is the same...so try our best to protect our the so many "the sames" with our efforts together.
Man proposes,God disposes.So with the mercy from the heaven,we became friends,thus we know the God pormises what we should do,that is what Mr.Emmanuel is trying in front of us.
Come on,all my friends.Let's do it hand in hand,shoulder by shoulder.

All my best wishes.
Edward LIU
Qingdao,China

PS Here with the group pic taken in Jian with the officials of Shandong Provincial IP office.This is the only true whole family photo of our seminar,that is to say, this is the only one group photo which all the participants joined in.Pls check and get it.

The Lady by the Sea

During one of our sea-side trips in Qingdao, our tour guide, Ms. Sandy Liu, told us the story of the Lady by the sea. This is what she said.

"One day, when the winds from the four corners of the world were calm and peaceful, a goddess looked down from the heavens to sea how the people lived. She saw that the sea was very vast, and wide, but quiet.

While looking around, she saw, by its lonesome, a small boat floating slowly in the sea, but it seemed empty. The goddess looked closer and she saw the figure of a man who looked as if he was fishing. The goddess was amazed by this and decided to watch the man catch fish for the whole day.

The next morning, the goddess once again saw the fisheman in his small boat, catching some fish. She saw that the man worked very hard. tirelessly throwing his net in the sea and carefully putting the fish in his small boat. This he did everyday. So the goddess decided that she will watch this very interesting man.

The goddess watched the fisherman everyday until she finally decided to talk to the man himself. She went to meet the man when the man went to the shore and they talked and talked like they knew each other like long time friends. Time went by and they did not realize that they were falling in love. They met everytime the man went to the sea and got to know each very well.

When the father of the goddess learned about this affair, he got enraged because her daughter, a goddess should not have any relationship with any human being. So, the father waited and waited until the fisherman was alone. Then when the fisherman was at sea, he rained rocks, lightning, and gigantic tidal waves to sink the man's boat. And then... silence, there was no more boat, just a chaotic debris of stones and wreckage.

The goddess did not know about this so she waited again and again everyday for the fisherman to go to their meeting place by the sea. This she did religiously everyday for so many countless days, her sadness being washed away by her tears. Days turned into years, years turned into decades, decades turned into centuries, but still... no fisherman, no boat... just emptiness.

Until finally, because of the countless years of waiting and waiting and waiting, the goddess turned slowly.... into stone. Her statue stands as a symbol of eternal true love which not even time can break.

She stands there, until today, waiting for her true love, the fisherman, to come back in her arms."

The next time we see this statue of the Lady by the Sea, I hope we remember her story.

Bravery

It has been about twelve days already since we last set foot on the wonderful city Qingdao. Going back to the office for me was very hard because my shoes felt heavy, it was like they were a hundred pounds each, not only because I had to bring all the gifts for my officemates, but also because the experience and memory of Qingdao was still very clear in my mind.

One of the experiences I could not forget was when we left Qingdao and went to Hong Kong for my connecting flight to Manila. I was fortunate to have with me as my companion, Ms. Terozita Uitime from Samoa. Just like what I wrote in my previous blog, we did not sit beside each other in the flight from Qingdao to Hong Kong because of problems with flight information.

QINGDAO AIRPORT

While still in Qingdao Airport, Terozita, Me, Mr. Edward, and Mr. Paul, had to wait in line for the longest time because the airport staff could not seem to find Terozita's flight details. Terozita said that the same thing happened to her in her flight to Qingdao. We were the only ones left in the line and they were already announcing that boarding for our flight to Hong Kong was beginning. Terozita was very calm and she did not panic. You know, that's what I like about Terozita, her "I-don't-care-if-the-plane-will-leave" attitude. It made me feel more relaxed knowing that she was there.

We were discussing about the luggage and I said that I will get my luggage, not in Hong Kong, but in Manila, Philippines, my final destination. Terozita said that she will get luggage in Hong Kong because she will have to wait for seven hours there before her flight to New Zealand. After learning that, I felt a kind of twitch in my stomach, knowing that something might not turn out good.

We finally got our plane tickets! "Yahoo!", I told myself and we started running towards the entrance to the departure area. But, of course, we cannot leave without saying our goodbyes to our dearest friends Mr. Edward and Mr. Paul! So we embraced each other really hard and I really did not want to let go of Mr. Edward and Mr. Paul because they have been more than friends, they were like our big brothers in Qingdao.

We finally said our goodbyes, and made our way to the entrance and through the X-ray machines and the inspection area. But you know, Terozita went back to the entrance area even though Mr. Paul and Mr. Edward was waving her to go back because she cannot go through the X-ray again, the airport officials might get mad! But she went back anyway just to say good bye and for Mr. Edward to tell Mr. Wan good bye also. We were still waving and waving even if we were already far from each other until we could not see each other anymore.

HONG KONG AIRPORT

When we arrived in Hong Kong, I accompanied Terozita to the exit area for her to get her luggage outside. I learned that she had to go outside to get her luggage. Since there was a long queue, I went with Terozita in the line. We saw some people answering this small sheet of paper and we learned it was for immigration purposes so I volunteered to go get the forms. There were so many people but I managed to squeeze out to get the forms. When I went back to the line, I noticed that the forms which I got already had names and signatures on it! Oh no! So Terozita took it upon herself to get the new forms (without names) and I stayed in the line. But then, an airport official announced something about there being another line where the passengers can go. Everyone seem to have went to the other line because the next thing I knew, there were only a few people left.

Even during that time I was still confused on whether I needed to go out in the luggage area and if the airport officials would allow me to go out. I could not leave Terozita because we did not have the time to even exchange calling cards. I felt that I needed to ask around if I could still go out. So I told Terozita that I needed to check with my airline Cathay Pacific if I could go out in the meantime. When I found the booth of Cathay Pacific, they said I could no longer go out and I would need to stay inside the airport.

I got my plane ticket and immediately went back to Terozita to tell her the bad news. But what I saw struck me like lightning. Terozita was already outside and she was debating with the guard that she needed to go back just for a few minutes. The guard was insisting she cannot go back anymore because of airport regulations and for security purposes.

She saw me and made a body language like asking if I can still go out. I sadly told her that I could not go out because I already had a plane ticket.

Terozita was still debating with the guard that she would just go in a few minutes. And without any warning, she went back to the exit area, even if the guard was already shouting, "Hey! Hey! Hey!" She just went back in to say goodbye to me and gave me the warmest hug in my life. How can anyone forget that experience!

When the guard saw us, he immediately stopped yelling and started smiling and scratching his head. Then Terozita went back outside. I looked at her as she walked farther and farther, until I lost her in the thick, bustling crowd, and then... I felt alone, by myself.

It was like the feeling of a child in his first day in kindergarten school, without parents, relatives, or friends.

I promised Terozita that I would email her as soon as I can and that I would write something about our sudden separation in Hong Kong.

It has been twelve days already but everything is still so vivid. I will never forget that day when I learned what real friendship is, and how lucky I am to have such a brave friend.

Thanks my dear friend Terozita, I will definitely see you soon in the near future.