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.
Friday, April 2, 2010
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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