THE YEAR OF THE
WATER DRAGON 4710
              
January 23, 2012 to February 9, 2013

AsianConnections.com proudly
presents its 14th annual
Lunar New Year forecast
by Feng Shui Lady®
Angi Ma Wong 

Angi Ma Wong, a regular AsianConnections.com columnist is a best-selling author of 29 books and a Feng Shui and Intercultural consultant to Fortune 500 companies.

She has been a guest on numerous TV programs including OPRAH, Regis, CNN Headline News, CBS Morning News, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, and featured in publications including People, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, TIME, USA Today, Redbook, and in over 600 broadcast, print and internet features. Her corporate clients have included AT&T, Bank of America, Four Seasons Hotel, The Limited, and more than one hundred residential and commercial real estate developers globally including Lennar, Centex, Pulte and Standard Pacific. 

Read Angi's predictions for your Year of the Dragon Chinese Zodiac animal horoscopes published here at AsianConnections.com.

Don't know your Chinese Zodiac animal sign? Check your sign here.

"Not to worry: We’ll all still be here for the 2012 holidays," says Feng Shui Expert Angi Ma Wong,
author and columnist at AsianConnections.com. 

With the advent of the new years: Gregorian, solar and lunar, there has been growing interest and concern about a possible apocalypse occurring at the end of 2012.  Don’t...

January 22, 2013

Washington D.C.

by AC Team staff

If you are as talented as designer Jason Wu, lightning can indeed strike twice to your career. First Lady Michelle Obama arrived to the Commander-in-Chief inaugural ball last night wearing his stunning ruby red gown, marking the second inaugural she chose to wear one of his creations. From the homepage click here to view Jason Wu's full length inaugural gown.

In 2009, at the first inaugural she surprised fashinistas by wearing a gown he designed, a flowing cream-colored shoulder-baring confection. Jason, then a 26 year old rising-star designer had submitted his dress he had created for her consideration, just as other designers have customarily done. In 2009, the moment First Lady Michelle Obama appeared in Wu's ball gown, was the moment his already fast-rising career launched into hyperspace.

Designers were glued to the television watching the inaugural events to see what Mrs. Obama was wearing hoping it would be from their designs. Wu, 30, was watching the inaugural events on television with his staff in New York City. 

Mrs. Obama appeared in Wu's flowing, belted chiffon and velvet red gown as she joined her husband onstage for their first inauguration dance at the Commander-in-Chief Ball. Wu told the New York Times, "I'm still floating." "It is a big surprise. The White House kept us pretty clueless until five minutes ago."

Wu was born in Taiwan, moved to Canada when he was 9 years old, and graduated from...

IT IS THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON!

   January 23, 2012 to February 9, 2013

What's your sign?

   If you don't know what your
Chinese zodiac animal is, 
check your birthdate with the chart below.*

Then read AsianConnections.com's 
14th annual Chinese Lunar New Year
Predictions for the Year of the Dragon
 by best-selling author and Feng Shui consultant, and AsianConnections.com columnist Feng Shui Lady® Angi Ma Wong.

AsianConnections.com thanks former Ambassador March Fong Eu for her Dragon art.

YearAssociated
ElementHeavenly
StemEarthly
BranchAssociated
AnimalYear 1924–19831984–2043 1 Feb  5, 1924 – Jan 23, 1925 Yang Wood 甲 子 鼠 Rat Feb  2, 1984 – Feb 19, 1985 2 Jan 24, 1925 – Feb 12, 1926 Yin Wood 乙 丑 牛 Ox Feb 20, 1985 – Feb  8, 1986 3 Feb 13, 1926 – Feb  1, 1927 Yang Fire 丙 寅 虎 Tiger Feb  9, 1986 – Jan 28, 1987 4 Feb  2, 1927 – Jan 22, 1928 Yin Fire 丁 卯 兔 Rabbit Jan 29, 1987 – Feb 16, 1988 5 Jan 23, 1928 – Feb  9, 1929 Yang Earth 戊 辰 龍 Dragon Feb 17, 1988 – Feb  5, 1989 6 Feb 10, 1929 – Jan 29, 1930 Yin Earth 己 巳 蛇 Snake Feb  6, 1989 – Jan 26, 1990 7 Jan 30, 1930 – Feb 16, 1931 Yang Metal 庚 午 馬 Horse Jan 27, 1990 – Feb 14, 1991 8 Feb 17, 1931 – Feb  5, 1932 Yin Metal 辛 未 羊 Goat Feb 15, 1991 – Feb  3, 1992 9 Feb  6, 1932 – Jan 25, 1933 Yang Water 壬 申 猴 Monkey Feb  4,...

FRED KOREMATSU DAY "HEROES" CELEBRATION

WHEN: Sunday, January 27, 2013. 1:00pm VIP reception with honorees, 2:30-4:30pm program

WHERE: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102

WHAT: The Korematsu Institute celebrates Fred Korematsu Day 2013 by honoring 16 American civil rights heroes who’ve been long overlooked (see list below). This will be a historic gathering of civil rights heroes and the descendants of heroes who have passed on. The event also features celebrity emcee DANNY GLOVER, as well as a special performance by American Idol star JASMINE TRIAS.

TICKETS: Available for purchase here

$100 VIP reception with honorees + program admission

$25 program general admission

$10 senior (65+) / student / youth (under 18) admission

If you are a Filipino WWII veteran, Japanese American WWII veteran, Internment Dissenter (No-No, Draft Resister or Renunciant), or Dollar Store Striker wishing to attend, please call us to request complimentary tickets.

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: http://bit.ly/kdayheroesfb

MORE INFO: Call 415-848-7737

FLYER: Download the flyer here

MEDIA CO-SPONSORS: see below

COMMUNITY CO-SPONSORS: see below

ABOUT FRED KOREMATSU DAY: Learn more about Fred Korematsu Day (actually on January 30th, Fred Korematsu’s birthday).

FEATURING:

Program emcee, DANNY GLOVER: actor, community activist, humanitarian Special performance by JASMINE TRIAS: American Idol star,...

The nice weather that makes Northern California so attractive creates ideal conditions for allergies, according to Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD of Stanford Medical Center's Division of Allergy, Immunology and Asthma.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The wonderful weather that makes Northern California so attractive also creates ideal conditions for allergies, according to Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD of Stanford Medical Center's Division of Allergy, Immunology and Asthma.

"Almost one out of every 11 people on the Peninsula has some form of allergy," said Nadeau, who is on the staff of Stanfords new Allergy Clinic. Nadeau says the Bay Area has many pollens, dust and molds that stimulate a lot of common allergies and theres no winter cold season to provide respite from pollen.

Although common, allergies of the eye (allergic conjunctivitis), nose (allergic rhinitis) and lung (allergic asthma) can escalate into serious complications, according to Nadeau. Sinusitis as well as other infections that can spread to other parts of the body, including the brain and lungs; hearing loss and a variety of breathing complications such as sleep apnea and asthma may occur. Allergies also are a contributing factor to many chronic sinus infections.

Over-the-counter medications control symptoms for 10 to 20 percent of allergy sufferers. Prescription medications and nasal sprays help another 30 to 40 percent. But about half of all allergy sufferers fail to find relief with these methods, whose primary aim...