Tallinn, Estonia Sunday, August 30, 2009
Estonia is known as one of the three little countries, along with Lithuania and Latvia. Long learned from georgrphic book in high school, I was exctited to put my feet on this tiny land. Being neighbored with the powerful and hostile Russia, this country has been long governed by Russia, in succeeding to Denmark occupation. It territory is 50% covered by forest, with not too much resource to enjoy. However, this country has been famous recently in internet technology. Skype is headquartered here, and those cruise tourists long limited in internet excess find it very convenient to use their device here to reach out the rest of the world. I feel this is another good example that Taiwan can stand out in similar patten, or even better because we have even richer resources.
Here we stopped over about one hour, in which my brain start to work for a pair of new friend who asked me to make a poem with their names. The husband is 張榮, the wife is named 素容.
Since I know them little, except that they are in babacco and liquor business, I later come up with this:
張口閉口皆生意欣欣向榮
素顏紅顏都自在翩翩雍容.
They seem to love it and said will calligraphy it and hang in office.
I was quite satisfied with this piece with a sense of humor too. I really appreciate that they like it. At least they give me a good echo. I has other experience to a more familiar friend, and they reacted without much excitement, and I also forget quickly what I wrote for them. You can't win all the time. Sometimes you lose even you have good card, ha ha.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Poland, a well remembered name in this region
G'dansk, Poland August 31, 2009
We visited the Labor camp in Gdansk as first stop today. The local guide Barbara is a teacher, who takes summer vacation to work as guide for extra side job income. The whole group of our tourists was about 22. After taking off the bus, some of them rushing for rest rooms, as always. Then we saw the mountian of shoe sols in the room, and the poor living place, eating facility and hospital. People getting less and less, I noticed. When we approached the gas chamber, a big empty room for a more economical way of killing, there was not too many friends around. When we turned into the cremation site, in which the cold air and a row of flags make me feel chilly from the spine, I found I was the only audience to the confusing guide.
Later she asked why people spent money for the trip, but they disappeared from this important historical site. My answer is not quite easy and clear to make. I remember I told her my people were too overwhelmed by the massacre, and, and, and, they do not like to be in anything about dead. Is that true, my friends from Walnut/Diamond BAr/Hacienda Heights area?
Through the whole process, I murmured a few times of 往生咒 for the victims. I do not know if this good will from a Buddist helps those victims who were in totally different religion? At least I hope they understand my sincerity in mourning them in the 70 years anniversay of their sacrifice.
This city is the igniting place that led to World War II when the German makde hte first attack at 4:45 in the morning. Today they happen to prepare to celebrate their 70 year anniversary of the event. We saw a lot of flags hung along the main streets in the city. The two "land" countries were separately the invading target of two negihboring powers. Finland was aimed by Russian while Poland was embraced by Germany. However, they all emerged as independent countries now after the WWII. Patiences works even for a country, I believe.
We visited the Labor camp in Gdansk as first stop today. The local guide Barbara is a teacher, who takes summer vacation to work as guide for extra side job income. The whole group of our tourists was about 22. After taking off the bus, some of them rushing for rest rooms, as always. Then we saw the mountian of shoe sols in the room, and the poor living place, eating facility and hospital. People getting less and less, I noticed. When we approached the gas chamber, a big empty room for a more economical way of killing, there was not too many friends around. When we turned into the cremation site, in which the cold air and a row of flags make me feel chilly from the spine, I found I was the only audience to the confusing guide.
Later she asked why people spent money for the trip, but they disappeared from this important historical site. My answer is not quite easy and clear to make. I remember I told her my people were too overwhelmed by the massacre, and, and, and, they do not like to be in anything about dead. Is that true, my friends from Walnut/Diamond BAr/Hacienda Heights area?
Through the whole process, I murmured a few times of 往生咒 for the victims. I do not know if this good will from a Buddist helps those victims who were in totally different religion? At least I hope they understand my sincerity in mourning them in the 70 years anniversay of their sacrifice.
This city is the igniting place that led to World War II when the German makde hte first attack at 4:45 in the morning. Today they happen to prepare to celebrate their 70 year anniversary of the event. We saw a lot of flags hung along the main streets in the city. The two "land" countries were separately the invading target of two negihboring powers. Finland was aimed by Russian while Poland was embraced by Germany. However, they all emerged as independent countries now after the WWII. Patiences works even for a country, I believe.
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