上星期三與好友打完球吃過午餐後, 照例趕回公司上班. 當天打了一隻Birdie, 又認識了一個新球友, 心情挺愉快的. 那知下班時, 遍找不到皮夾. 上車後找遍了身邊所有可能置放的地方, 及任何椅邊空隙, 仍無所獲. 急趕至餐聚之地, 餐廳經理查詢有關人員後也回覆沒有客戶遺留的東西.
印象中皮夾內現金不到一百元, 小可惜. 幾張信用卡, 可以報失, 免費更新, 也不太費事. 最大的威脅是駕照, 也就是在此生活最重要的身份証明, 所謂的 ID. 心想來美廿十五年多, 是否註定晚節不保, 非要經歷一次如此的申報遺失要求補發的考驗?
回到家中後, 整夜都在回想中午以後的活動環節, 看能否有新線索. 對了! 可能在辦公桌上, 被文件蓋住了. 也許是.. 應該是…最後在自許的機會中睡著. 次日急切回公司, 翻找文件下面, 卻仍不見那個黑色方形的寶貝! 此時所有希望都已破滅, 只好著手做損害控管的善後工作了! 信用卡報失補發聯絡好後, 再上網瞭解DMV 作業程序時. 心知不投入一天半天是不行了. 那個感覺比必須去上一天的 Traffic school 還不舒服!
我表現似乎有些失魂落魄, 老婆開口關心了, 她說車內詳找了嗎? 還用問, 當然! 似乎本著對我夫妻一場的暸解, 她說若她替我找到了該如何, 我脫口說給妳磕三個頭! 然後我上樓練字去了. 五分鐘後, 她”想必然耳” 地交給我那個兩天來日思夜想的東西, 說是在旁邊椅子與右前門的空隙中找到的! 想必是我隨手放在右邊坐位上, 在大轉彎時滑下去的.. 失而復得, 雖不至於如同隔世, 倒也恢復到心曠神怡的感覺了.
謝謝老婆! 喔, 磕頭? OK. 老婆坐好後, 我走到後面取悅似的按住雙肩, 低頭輕叩在她頭上三次以為道謝之”踐諾”. 心想好險! 若如以前口頭禪, 常說 ” 若如何, 我的頭剁下來給妳當椅子坐” 那可沒旁路可解了! 阿彌陀佛, 幸哉幸哉!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
蘇花英靈
剛從日本旅遊回台,就聽說蘇花公路因為颱風豪雨而崩塌,造成重大傷亡,尤其陸客遊覽車全体失蹤更是淒慘. 連續幾天的挖掘,只挖到部分肢体及隨身物件....輿論也將促成以後遇兩要封路的法規,也算是為將來的生命做守護的先驅. 下述三詩聊表哀悼感念之忱:
海水一隔兩家人 政制思維差別深
如今藩籬陸續撤 神州寶島絡繹奔
寶島山水實峻幽 怎奈惡雨下不休
山河變臉成惡獸 豪吞細啃屍難求
嗚呼陸客成遊魂 親人來喚難收身
但求菩薩慈悲心 化作蘇花守護神
海水一隔兩家人 政制思維差別深
如今藩籬陸續撤 神州寶島絡繹奔
寶島山水實峻幽 怎奈惡雨下不休
山河變臉成惡獸 豪吞細啃屍難求
嗚呼陸客成遊魂 親人來喚難收身
但求菩薩慈悲心 化作蘇花守護神
Thursday, November 4, 2010
日本能登半島五日遊
正值日圓飆升之期間遊覽曰本,感受到貴上加貴的物價. 同時也是中日兩國因釣魚台糾紛而關係緊張之時,領略到沒有陸客擁擠的旅遊空間. 此行又賞美景,又嘗美食更結交新明友,可算是物超所值. 尤其是導遊既是親切美女,又是單一語言,不必像在LA一樣贅譯各族語言,更覺暢快無比!
最後一站是溫泉旅館加賀屋,坐落在山水之間,環境宜人.服務更是殷勤,不但老板娘親率媳婦及員工在机場迎送, 女侍們更貼心地舖床送水, 還為我們更換合身的和式服裝. 當天的晚餐是十分豊盛的怀石料理. 吾妻還大叫她的飽魚跑出殼外了! 當晚一夜好睡到三更, 但聽到外面海風與某种有節奏的聲音交響成樂. 周遭遠近努力搜索一遍, 才知此音原在身邊. 哈哈!
為此, 吾作閒詩以為紀念:
加賀盛名舉世服
今得証知多屬實
良景珍饈貼心侍
海水溫泡天地舒
海天飛鳥共一處
往來賓主皆和服
海風交鳴是何物
竟是愛妻在呼嚕
Friday, September 17, 2010
松園珠閣
同學強明兄搬新居到Palos Verdes,十分滿意園景宅境,說是日日分分都是享受. 園中有三棵松樹,稍蹬樹幹即可遠眺海面.決定取名松園,並邀我贈送"墨寶".
思及同學溫文儒雅,學聞俱豐,加上夫人淑珠女士聰慧能幹,尤其理財持家更如神算諸葛,乃巧思沓至,值此中秋時節作出 "藏頭蘊名"的對聯如下:
松勁枝強明月皓
園幽景淑珠閣渺
九月十一日受邀飲宴時,赫然看到此聯已然框好掛於廳上,可見頗受寵愛.我個人也相當得意於此小靈感. 當年王藍老先生贈畫給我時常說"秀才人情紙一張",沒想到十幾年後我也可用到這一句話,只是稍作修正為"秀才人情聯一對". 當晚,海鮮大晏酒足餐飽. 十時告別時已酒酣耳熱杯盤狼籍. 老友交情如斯,人生得過若此, 一大樂也!
其後,強明兄也同意其豪宅名為 "松園珠閣" (Pine Garden Pearl House).恭喜喬遷,老友!
思及同學溫文儒雅,學聞俱豐,加上夫人淑珠女士聰慧能幹,尤其理財持家更如神算諸葛,乃巧思沓至,值此中秋時節作出 "藏頭蘊名"的對聯如下:
松勁枝強明月皓
園幽景淑珠閣渺
九月十一日受邀飲宴時,赫然看到此聯已然框好掛於廳上,可見頗受寵愛.我個人也相當得意於此小靈感. 當年王藍老先生贈畫給我時常說"秀才人情紙一張",沒想到十幾年後我也可用到這一句話,只是稍作修正為"秀才人情聯一對". 當晚,海鮮大晏酒足餐飽. 十時告別時已酒酣耳熱杯盤狼籍. 老友交情如斯,人生得過若此, 一大樂也!
其後,強明兄也同意其豪宅名為 "松園珠閣" (Pine Garden Pearl House).恭喜喬遷,老友!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Evolution of life
Time flies, things changes and sometimes life turns. This describes well what happens in this period of time of summer.
Cindy changed mind and postponed the wedding on Mid of July that caught all her loved ones off guard. Shock, anger and confusion stepped in first, and then after giving her concerns some fair consideration, I feel she has the right to make a decision for herself because everything about marriage is on hers to enjoy, suffer and burden. If she has concern about future potential conflict that her husband cannot handle well, it is all her right to put it off.
To me, all her loved ones and family are wonderful people, or honestly speaking elite level of people with great personality. Parents of both families have been eager for years to call each other "chin Chia" as great extended family. However, it is just a mystery of life that all good ingredients cannot necessarily make a good formula as desired. Simply put, there is a gap in our generations, and some people stick to the old one, some can float to mix with the new one. It is about value or concept, nothing about right or wrong, good or bad. All I can do to my daughter is respect her decision, and give her the support and blessing unconditionally. What I feel sorry for and care about most is my potential son-in-law. He is a good boy with love and with traditional sense of family obligation, but it is the two ingredients that is cooking him without knowing what to go for.
With this, I do not feel anything significant that would reduce my enjoyment of everyday life. What somebody said is quite true, imperfection makes a perfect life. You can't expect everything perfect in life anyway.
Evolution of life is not always positive and predicted. Sometimes it is a kick, or backward while time is always carrying you on like a escalator.
Cindy changed mind and postponed the wedding on Mid of July that caught all her loved ones off guard. Shock, anger and confusion stepped in first, and then after giving her concerns some fair consideration, I feel she has the right to make a decision for herself because everything about marriage is on hers to enjoy, suffer and burden. If she has concern about future potential conflict that her husband cannot handle well, it is all her right to put it off.
To me, all her loved ones and family are wonderful people, or honestly speaking elite level of people with great personality. Parents of both families have been eager for years to call each other "chin Chia" as great extended family. However, it is just a mystery of life that all good ingredients cannot necessarily make a good formula as desired. Simply put, there is a gap in our generations, and some people stick to the old one, some can float to mix with the new one. It is about value or concept, nothing about right or wrong, good or bad. All I can do to my daughter is respect her decision, and give her the support and blessing unconditionally. What I feel sorry for and care about most is my potential son-in-law. He is a good boy with love and with traditional sense of family obligation, but it is the two ingredients that is cooking him without knowing what to go for.
With this, I do not feel anything significant that would reduce my enjoyment of everyday life. What somebody said is quite true, imperfection makes a perfect life. You can't expect everything perfect in life anyway.
Evolution of life is not always positive and predicted. Sometimes it is a kick, or backward while time is always carrying you on like a escalator.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Brief reflections on my 60th year old birthday
With the great compilation of my older daughter Ruby I got a small booklet giving to the guests on the dinner party. I later sent some to close friends here and Taiwan too as a small token to better understand myself as a humble human being. As a farm boy all I have in my mind now is gratitude and appreciation toward the contention of my life so far. Though not with much wealth, I feel rich with all I got metaphysically.
農田泥中立雙足
土石路上奔前途
貴善友人來相護
方有今日小老夫
(I learnt to stand my feet from the mud in the field of rice,
And walk into my future from the road of rubble and dirt
Without all the good ingredients through my life,
and those big helps of good merits
I can’t be what I am today as a happy little old guy)
生身貴人是家父
赤貧不退催讀書
忠孝節義言身教
雖不識字好老師
(My first gratitude goes to my father who gave my life
In pure poverty he never get tired
of supporting me a good education in far sight
He sets for me a good type,
By being a man of principle for life.
Illiterate as he came out, he is also my mentor to live by.)
伴身貴人阮牽手
婚前財物一摩托
台美長路起伏多
結髮情人好輔佐
(My second gratitude goes to my wife
Who has been following me through my life.
When she married me, my only asset was
Just an auto-bike (moto-cycle).
With the long road from Taiwan to America for change of life,
We went through many challenges, low and high,
This partner from this fundamental marriage is
my best companion and assistant for my whole life)
人說兒女是債仇
我欠她們真不多
善解獨立不煩我
閑散農人也收割
(People always comment and sigh,
That children are their debt from previous life
Frankly, to me it doesn’t quite apply
Understanding and independent
They are not being much burden in my side
I feel like a loose farmer,
Who did a little but still have some good harvest at site.)
甲子走過路漸收
善人友朋是寄托
浮生若真是場夢
但求夢美尿不多
(After 60 years, my road ahead is poised to down size.
Good and honorable friends will be my future assets from hereby,
If life is really like a dream, as romantic people cite,
I just wish my dream sweet with not much piss to interrupt by.)
Yapp, at this age or over, many guests laugh with an agreeing grin after reading this part. Physical truth to human.Frequent visit to rest room at night breaks good dreams. ha ha.
農田泥中立雙足
土石路上奔前途
貴善友人來相護
方有今日小老夫
(I learnt to stand my feet from the mud in the field of rice,
And walk into my future from the road of rubble and dirt
Without all the good ingredients through my life,
and those big helps of good merits
I can’t be what I am today as a happy little old guy)
生身貴人是家父
赤貧不退催讀書
忠孝節義言身教
雖不識字好老師
(My first gratitude goes to my father who gave my life
In pure poverty he never get tired
of supporting me a good education in far sight
He sets for me a good type,
By being a man of principle for life.
Illiterate as he came out, he is also my mentor to live by.)
伴身貴人阮牽手
婚前財物一摩托
台美長路起伏多
結髮情人好輔佐
(My second gratitude goes to my wife
Who has been following me through my life.
When she married me, my only asset was
Just an auto-bike (moto-cycle).
With the long road from Taiwan to America for change of life,
We went through many challenges, low and high,
This partner from this fundamental marriage is
my best companion and assistant for my whole life)
人說兒女是債仇
我欠她們真不多
善解獨立不煩我
閑散農人也收割
(People always comment and sigh,
That children are their debt from previous life
Frankly, to me it doesn’t quite apply
Understanding and independent
They are not being much burden in my side
I feel like a loose farmer,
Who did a little but still have some good harvest at site.)
甲子走過路漸收
善人友朋是寄托
浮生若真是場夢
但求夢美尿不多
(After 60 years, my road ahead is poised to down size.
Good and honorable friends will be my future assets from hereby,
If life is really like a dream, as romantic people cite,
I just wish my dream sweet with not much piss to interrupt by.)
Yapp, at this age or over, many guests laugh with an agreeing grin after reading this part. Physical truth to human.Frequent visit to rest room at night breaks good dreams. ha ha.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
early retiring lawyer with principle
On New Year eve, while we were gathering in the round table for the annual dinner, my brother-in-law Fong asked me to make a poem with calligraphy so he can frame it and presnt to his son on his 40 year old birthday. His son Henry has a doctor degree in Law,and practiced as lawyer for years before deciding to run an art gallery. His reason is that the law practice offered him no plesure in life because this profession blurs the clear line of justice. The real guilty person may get innocent verdict and the innocent may be indicted. All these stir up are the result from the variety of lawyers involved.
I accepted this assignment with pleasur because I do respect such high character with principle. I strongly feel the abundance and abuse of law from these law workers in the U.S. has cause the whole country to fall behind in productivity in every sector of profession. Just a handly example, the product csot from product liability, the expensive medical cost, the mountain high of papers to sign on any transaction like a house sale etc. are the result of those smart people creating all type of lawsuits on any reason, or even no reason. The self conflict of the over-protection of human right has led this countury into a one way street of abuse and waste. I firmly believe that the legal system is a cancer of this country.
The next day I came up with these words for this early retiring lawyer and art dealer. This is a way that I show respect to this gentleman of principle.
年屆不惑守自身
博士執律耀吾親
宏觀今世正邪混
毅投美壇求善真
I accepted this assignment with pleasur because I do respect such high character with principle. I strongly feel the abundance and abuse of law from these law workers in the U.S. has cause the whole country to fall behind in productivity in every sector of profession. Just a handly example, the product csot from product liability, the expensive medical cost, the mountain high of papers to sign on any transaction like a house sale etc. are the result of those smart people creating all type of lawsuits on any reason, or even no reason. The self conflict of the over-protection of human right has led this countury into a one way street of abuse and waste. I firmly believe that the legal system is a cancer of this country.
The next day I came up with these words for this early retiring lawyer and art dealer. This is a way that I show respect to this gentleman of principle.
年屆不惑守自身
博士執律耀吾親
宏觀今世正邪混
毅投美壇求善真
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
my good vision is back with two crystal lens
For years I have to rely on my brother-in-law to watch where my golf ball lands in golf course. For years I have to rely on my wife to read the menu and order retaurant foods for me, (and pay all the bills of course). For years I have to look for glasses before entering to restroom every morning with the newspaper. It is no more, after a week's sacrifice through two surgeries in Whittier Hospital by Dr. Lo.
Tuesday my right eyes was treated with crystal implanted, and Wednesday, when the eye cover was removed, I suddenly found everything was so bright and so sharp with more details in sight! It was a pure delight, even though there are some nursing to be done right away for recovery. Friday I got the left eye done, and by Saturday I found both eyes in full new operation. The next thing I do is collecting all the reading glasses in the woven bag which was provided by the clinic for the big goggle and nursing instructions, and put them away!
These days I have to wear the big goggle in all outdoor activities. My neighbor Al Ortiz said I looked like Celebrity. That's amusing comment. Now besides the better vision, I can claim that I am richer with US$3000.00, which even robbers can't take away from me because it is inside my eyes!
What I am itching to do is going to golf course and see if I can catch the ball flying and landing, and show off my ability to hit the ball better! It is the real motive for my eagerness to take the surgery. I want to thank Dr. Lo to take extra surgery exceptional for me on Friday by offering him 8 words with my calligraphy. For days I have decided the 8 words will be:
名醫開球 眼高技優
I hope he catchws the double meaning of the ball, 球. It implies Eye ball and golf ball, of course. He is also a fervent golfer as he commented one time to me that he normally won't go too hard for birdie. He will rather putt it softer and get closer to hole to make a sure par. What a sure-win lover!
Tuesday my right eyes was treated with crystal implanted, and Wednesday, when the eye cover was removed, I suddenly found everything was so bright and so sharp with more details in sight! It was a pure delight, even though there are some nursing to be done right away for recovery. Friday I got the left eye done, and by Saturday I found both eyes in full new operation. The next thing I do is collecting all the reading glasses in the woven bag which was provided by the clinic for the big goggle and nursing instructions, and put them away!
These days I have to wear the big goggle in all outdoor activities. My neighbor Al Ortiz said I looked like Celebrity. That's amusing comment. Now besides the better vision, I can claim that I am richer with US$3000.00, which even robbers can't take away from me because it is inside my eyes!
What I am itching to do is going to golf course and see if I can catch the ball flying and landing, and show off my ability to hit the ball better! It is the real motive for my eagerness to take the surgery. I want to thank Dr. Lo to take extra surgery exceptional for me on Friday by offering him 8 words with my calligraphy. For days I have decided the 8 words will be:
名醫開球 眼高技優
I hope he catchws the double meaning of the ball, 球. It implies Eye ball and golf ball, of course. He is also a fervent golfer as he commented one time to me that he normally won't go too hard for birdie. He will rather putt it softer and get closer to hole to make a sure par. What a sure-win lover!
觀鳥有感
補記去年十一月回台偷閒首訪好友精心經營的民宿北門鳥事多, 看到成千上萬鳥兒飛翔,陣形變化多且迅速,又能不互相碰撞傷害,有感而作:
北地珍禽紛沓來.
門迎嬌賓賞百態.
鳥事人做樂無窮.
多走戶外笑開懷。
北地珍禽多嬌嬈.
門外海濱展風騷.
飛陣紛陳迅如電.
百千同飆不相擾.
寶島常以民主傲.
藍綠痴仇出損招.
小舟共命不同心.
只怕智能沒鳥高.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
This rodent is too expensive to me
An invading mouse is proved too destrurctive and expensive to me. Not only in money loss, it almsot put my pet Ginger as the victim....
That mouse was caught in Novemeber, but the problems was found in December when my two Lexus vehecles were found gas gauge not working. It bit the wire and cut off the connection between the sensor and the gas tank. It cost me almost a thousand dollar to fix the cars. Then we assume there are more rodent family left in the garage, so we bought traps and baits trying to "clean" the rest of mice. But we found no furhter trait of the rodents. However, my nightmare continues.
Today I found Ginger was playing with two empty and deformed plastic cases. Checking with wife Grace, she was shocked and predicted that Ginger will be dying soon because she ate two doses of baits. This happens after the janitors clean the room, and removed the fencing wall that Grace used to block the baits. I happen to let her inside garage because the heavy rain visited So Cal. Oh, my God, how can I imagine this active little thing dead shortly whose only short coming is the extreme desire to eat! I decided to take her to a vet store. Eventually, doctor said she might be dying in a week with internal bleeding if I didn't take her for treatment early enough. Thanks God, it may seems her life can abe saved, but I cannot take it for granted.
That night I asked our massager Mr. Dong to take the cage out with the mouse caught inside. I asked that when he was way outside, he took time to open the gate and let it go. I didn't know how he handled it eventually. But now, I may just ask him to just kill it as my revenge. It is too expensive an invader!
That mouse was caught in Novemeber, but the problems was found in December when my two Lexus vehecles were found gas gauge not working. It bit the wire and cut off the connection between the sensor and the gas tank. It cost me almost a thousand dollar to fix the cars. Then we assume there are more rodent family left in the garage, so we bought traps and baits trying to "clean" the rest of mice. But we found no furhter trait of the rodents. However, my nightmare continues.
Today I found Ginger was playing with two empty and deformed plastic cases. Checking with wife Grace, she was shocked and predicted that Ginger will be dying soon because she ate two doses of baits. This happens after the janitors clean the room, and removed the fencing wall that Grace used to block the baits. I happen to let her inside garage because the heavy rain visited So Cal. Oh, my God, how can I imagine this active little thing dead shortly whose only short coming is the extreme desire to eat! I decided to take her to a vet store. Eventually, doctor said she might be dying in a week with internal bleeding if I didn't take her for treatment early enough. Thanks God, it may seems her life can abe saved, but I cannot take it for granted.
That night I asked our massager Mr. Dong to take the cage out with the mouse caught inside. I asked that when he was way outside, he took time to open the gate and let it go. I didn't know how he handled it eventually. But now, I may just ask him to just kill it as my revenge. It is too expensive an invader!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
"一字千金"現代最新版
Recently, material price shoot up in an alarming ratefor some reason. Accordingly many Chinese vendors have been raising prices for new order. One of my vendors in Guandong raised 14% on our order abruptly. We protested with all the possible reasoning only to find no result. Then, with the last resort I had to do something special to catch their attention. I made a nice poem for the sales lady. Actually I have made some vague promise when we were in the dinner hosted by their company during Shanghai show last November. This poem starts with the name of the lady. Her Chinese name is 鈺璇. Since it is so cold everywhere in North hemisphere, everybody is looking for the warmth of Spring. I gave her this poem in this good timing:
鈺池飛荷春暖日
璇河涴梅花開時
The next day, we got a discount for 5% which is amount about US$1600 at saving. (Of course, it was authorized by her boss, but without her approach, it can't not be done) This means that 14 words are making money by $114+ each, which could convert into NT$3,600each word, that fit the Chinese idiom as 一字千金.
Of course, the lady is pretty and friendly that gives me enough inspiration (or willingness) for the complimentary words. Anyway, I am happy that my small wit start to bring me money. ha ha .
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