Hi [firstname],


How was your holiday?  I spent Christmas in a small town called Logan Lake with my family, really enjoyed it.  Since I had some time on my hands, I read some cool books and below are the summaries for them.



1) We are discovering again that we live in a deeply mysterious world, full of sudden coincidences and synchronistic encounters that seem destined.

2) As more of us awaken to this mystery, we will create a completely new worldview – redefining the universe as energetic and sacred.

3) We will discover that everything around us, all matter, consists of and stems from divine energy that we are beginning to see and understand.

4) From this perspective, we can see that humans have always felt insecure and disconnected from this sacred source, and have tried to take energy by dominating each other.  This struggle is responsible for all human conflict.

5) The only solution is to cultivate a personal reconnection with the divine, a mystical transformation that fills us with unlimited energy and love, extends our perception of beauty, and lifts us into a Higher – Self Awareness.

6) In this awareness, we can release our own pattern of controlling, and discover a specific truth, a mission, we are here to share that helps evolve humanity toward this new level of reality.

7) In pursuit of this mission, we can discover an inner intuition that shows us where to go and what to do, and if we make only positive interpretations, brings a flow of coincidences that opens the doors for our mission to unfold.

8) When enough of us enter this evolutionary flow, always giving energy to the higher-self of everyone we meet, we will build a new culture where our bodies evolve to ever higher levels of energy and perception.

9) In this way, we participate in the long journey of evolution from the Big Bang to life’s ultimate goal: to energize our bodies, generation by generation, until we walk into a heaven we can finally see.



This book was the most used and revered military handbook for war, a favourite of Napoleon Bonaparte.  This is also a favourite among the business elite.

The five principles that determine the winner and loser of each battle:
1) The Moral Cause (the reason for the soldiers to be loyal enough to give up their lives)
2) The Climatic Conditions (weather, seasons and time)
3) The Terrestrial Conditions (the distance and nature of the terrain)
4) The Generalship of Commanders (signifies wisdom, faith, compassion, courage and rigour)
5) The Organization and Discipline (signifies the order and skill of management of men and affairs so that everything can be employed to the best advantage)

The General who knows these five principles well can win victories.

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable.  The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.  The next highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by alliance.  The still next highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by battles.  The worst form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by besieging walled cities.

When one has a thorough knowledge of both the enemy and oneself, victory can be assured.  When one has a thorough knowledge of earth and heaven, victory can be complete.

In order to obtain information, espionage is used:
1) The Local Spies (recruited from the local inhabitants)
2) The Inside Spies (recruited from the disgruntled officials of the enemy)
3) The Converted Spies (recruited from the men who were sent by the enemy to do espionage work)
4) Doomed Spies (men who are sent to purposely impart false information to the enemy)
5) The Missionary Spies (men who are ostensibly sent on some mission but who secretly brings back useful information)



This book is a revelation about the history of money and the purpose of the United States Federal Reserve.  The author, G. Edward Griffin, was a writer and documentary filmmaker.  In 1910, seven men, who controlled the majority fate of the financial world, were invited by Senator Nelson Aldrich to board a train from New Jersey to Jekyll Island for a retreat that would result in the establishment of the Federal Reserve.

These seven men were:
1) Nelson W. Aldrich, Republican “whip” in the Senate; Chairman of the National Monetary Commission; business associate of J.P. Morgan; and father-in-law to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
2) Abraham Piatt Andrew, Assistant Secretary to the U.S. Treasury
3) Frank A. Vanderlip, President of the National City Bank of New York, the most powerful of the banks at the time, representing William Rockefeller and the international investment banking house of Kuhn, Loeb & Company
4) Henry P. Davidson, senior partner of J.P. Morgan Company
5) Charles D. Norton, President of J.P. Morgan’s First National Bank of New York
6) Benjamin Strong, head of J.P. Morgan’s Bankers Trust Company;
7) Paul M. Warburg, a partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Company; a representative of the Rothschild banking dynasty in England and France; and brother to Max Warburg who was head of the Warburg banking consortium in Germany and the Netherlands.

The purpose of the Federal Reserve:
∑ Stop the growing competition from the nation’s newer banks
∑ Obtain a franchise to create money out of nothing for the purpose of lending
∑ Get control of the reserves of all banks so that the more reckless ones would not be exposed to currency drains and bank runs
∑ Get the taxpayer to pick up the cartel’s inevitable losses
∑ Convince congress that the purpose was to protect the public

The banks want the ability to make money so that they can lend $10 for each dollar they have.  Yet the gold that backed the money in the Federal Reserve is long gone.  All of the money that exists in U.S.A is due to its national debt through the clever process called Mandrake Mechanism.  The brilliant but ruthless banker family, Rothschild made its fortune by instigating war and lending money to both sides.  J.P Morgan was the purchasing officer in the U.S. for both England and France, and often was also the owner of the companies that sold the products.

Throughout history, fiat money, meaning money printed without increase in products or services have caused huge inflation.  The people who had control of the banks often bought the American election through their financial backing of a particular candidate.  The people behind the power of the banks and politics were a brotherhood of Fabian society, which believed in a world government.  Thus they gave England a loan of billions of dollars after World War I, which accounts for 70% of the debt accumulated by the war.

The boom and depression of an economy could be controlled by adjusting interest rates and the amount of money circulating. 

In the book, the author used a story to illustrate America’s Great Depression of the 1930s – “The Great Duck Dinner”.
The story told is of a New England farmer with a small pond in his pasture.  Each summer, a group of wild ducks would frequent that pond but, try has he would, the farmer could never catch one.  No matter how early in the morning he approached, or how carefully he constructed a blind, or whatever kind of duck call he tried, somehow those crafty birds sensed the danger and managed to be out of range.  Of course, when fall arrived, the ducks headed south, and the farmer’s craving for a duck dinner only intensified.

Then he got an idea.  Early in the spring, he started scattering corn along the edge of the pond.  The ducks liked the corn and, since it was always there, they soon gave up dipping and foraging, and began to trust him.  They could see that he was their benefactor and now walked close to him with no sense of fear.  Life was so easy, they forgot how to fly.  But that was unimportant because they were now so fat, they couldn’t have gotten off of the water even if they had tried.

Fall came, and the ducks stayed.  Winter came, and the pond froze.  The farmer built a shelter to keep them warm.  The ducks were happy because they didn’t have to fly.  And the farmer was especially happy because, each week all winter long, he had a delicious duck dinner.

The author paints a very bleak future like in the book, “1984” by Orwell.  G. Edward Griffin suggests that we visit the website www.realityzone.com to begin the crusade to abolish the Federal Reserve and restore American prosperity.



This is what I wrote in December 2006 for 2007

Intentions for 2007:
∑ Learn to become a more effective communicator, and public speaker.
∑ Don’t assume, and always provide clarity when communicating.
∑ In the face of conflict, learn to diffuse the situation using a subtle combination of humour and calm understanding making sure to clearly understand the other person’s position.
∑ Build up the ‘Social Butterfly Club’ to 3000 members, and find different ways to provide value for their lives. Have bigger events to service their needs.
∑ Move to Downtown by Stanley Park
∑ Get a car and Vespa
∑ Create great strategic alliances with others in the entertainment industry (eg. caterer, florists)
∑ Join BNI, and get my 60 second elevator speech down
∑ Learn the mastery of selling, and get over my embarrassment of self promotion
∑ Develop products for Gracious Host Events
∑ Flatten out my tummy with more exercise
∑ Take vitamins each day to build up my immune system
∑ Call my overseas family members once a month
∑ Learn about Real Estate Investing
∑ Have dinner with family once a week
∑ Have date night with Dave once a week
∑ Learn to cook
∑ Get more female mentors
∑ Make more media contacts

What I have accomplished for 2007:
∑ Created the Social Butterfly website, and have 4000 members
∑ Organized a week long national conference for 200 people
∑ Organized a fundraising gala for 700 people
∑ Became much closer with my mom
∑ Secured a regular column in Vancouver View Magazine
∑ Worked with various partners on events, developed my own team of trusted suppliers
∑ Learned the importance of branding for business

Dave and I broke up just before Christmas. He moved out on December 22.  We came to the conclusion that we don’t have many common interests, and that we cannot communicate on a deeper level.  I’m very glad that we did not go through with our wedding. Right now I feel relieved and free.  I have a friend who got divorced just one year after her wedding.  It is strange, but I am not going through the usual depression after a breakup. I feel hopeful for the opportunities that will reveal themselves to me and that are yet to come.

My goal this year is to find a good career job, and to take as many courses as I can to stimulate my growth.  I might finish those few credits and get my sociology degree.  I have started to take exercise very seriously, even recruited my family to go every Thursday for table tennis and swimming at the local community centre.  People have always told me that if you go over a certain age, you won’t be able to eat what you want and not gain weight.  I never believed them….. now I do.  I went from 105-110lbs to 120 lbs!  I’ll be taking up salsa dancing and Kundalini yoga.

For 2008, my plan is to stay single to figure myself out.  Really dig deep to find out what drives me, what I want out of life, and the kind of lifestyle I want to lead.  What’s motivating me right now is to save up for backpacking through Europe.  I recently met up with a childhood friend, who had to be hospitalized for 1 year after a tragic car accident.  I had wonderful friends who were caring and supportive through my break up.  I’ll be dedicating more time to develop my friendships so that they will last the test of time.

In 2007, I endured many hardships and delights, but one thing I realized was that I would not trade my past experience.  They are what made me strong.  Wishing you a better understanding of yourself this year.

Have a fantastic 2008,

Alice Zhou
Vancouver's Networking Queen