大學群組／莊峻華

 大學群組／莊峻華

約是年前，有舊日大學同學邀請加入，大學群組，群組除敘舊外，主要是有兩位傳教博士同學，傳播基督福音，有介紹喜好音樂者，飲食等，不久，我就捲入美國總統大選之辯論，我對川普總統，甚是不滿，與發表意見同學支持川普者有異，所以令人側目，不久引來一位美國同學，不實責備我畢業典禮之言論，和使用武漢肺炎一詞，我在部落格有幾篇專文，回憶大學往日，我自己覺得無趣，於是我私下退出群組，被班長察覺，又被攜回母校。我人多成見，喜好爭辯於異議，終生如一日，許多人不習慣，但我仍我行我素，況且這是作文好體材，我把最近勤於大學群組爭辯之問題，開始在部落格敘述，補上幾週來之缺課。

有位同學提到天然獨，自然獨，我就回一段看法，台灣是一獨立自主之國家，稍有人性者，都能尊重此人權，台灣人不幸有中國人惡鄰。中國人更不幸為共匪所統治七十年。

然後，就是班長寫來一英文信，呼籲關心太極門冤案，我又發表謬論，這是半世紀餘年第三次，引來班長之關切，我們在群組電話上，交換看法，畢竟班長學履歷，都甚成熟，只是國家用不上這種人才，太極門冤案，我是站在台灣政府這一邊，有幾位同學，發表意見，我將有專文敘述，我尚存檔留念。

因為引用聖經一句耶穌貢金，來說教太極門掌門人，結果引來另一系列之爭辯，開始爭辯聖經，佛法，和中華文化等等，我都很迅速表達，我終生之看法，這都是很好的人生哲學表達，我甚至提醒同學，儒家精句和精神。

最近，有同學節錄中國鄭州大水留言，令我難過，我有位美麗之愛女住鄭州，愛女楊茗是也，於是我又責備中國政府，使中國人全世界，淪入大浩劫。

Taiwan is getting more of the vaccine from the oversea/Carlos Pueblo

 Taiwan is getting more of the vaccine from the oversea/Carlos Pueblo

It has been more than 10 days that I am interrupted with some personal engagement to write my blog regularly. The Corona Virus cases in Taiwan are coming down with the help of the alert intensified and getting more vaccines from the oversea mainly from Japan and the United States. Taiwan's situation is still much better than most of the rest of the world. Speaking for myself, Even though I have had two shots already and the U.S. cases are down, I am still very careful and wearing my mask because I have had 13 teeth extracted and am still waiting for my fake teeth. Also, 50% of Texans still refuse to be vaccinated. I am familiar with my routine, I shall do my best to protect myself.

I am not going to the cruise until I feel safe to go. I know that the cruise liners are trying to do their best to protect their customers. I am too old to feel comfortable to travel anyway. I don't watch the news of the argument in Taiwan about how urgent Taiwan's government to have enough vaccines for Taiwanese people. The argument can only make me more angry. I hope my fellow Taiwanese and my fellow American can both be alert and protect themselves. I over heard that the Houston Methodist Hospital treats its new corona virus patients 92% of them are non-vaccinated. I do ask one of my tennis body if he is still not getting shots. He says yes and is waiting for a new one to be approved. I still need to wear my mask to protect him and not expose my empty teeth holes in my mouth.

Sometimes I walk briefly with Amy before I go to my 7:30 am tennis. After two hours tennis every day, I drop by the swimming pool for additional one hour swimming six days in a week. I can have a very nice one hour nap afterward. The rest of my day is very relaxing and I go to bed at around seven in the evening.

台灣喜獲武漢肺炎疫苗／莊峻華

 台灣喜獲武漢肺炎疫苗／莊峻華

今晨看台灣行政院發言人羅秉成政務委員記者會，說明如何簽署購買受贈一千萬劑輝瑞型疫苗之始末，非常有趣，幾週來看到台灣美國輿論報導，總算了解台灣輿論和政黨在吵甚麼，台灣政府如何解決，無法購得疫苗之困境，台灣最近有破口，一傳十，十傳百，風聲鶴淚，非常緊張，此事甚妙，容我敘述。

台灣政府，蔡英文總統，不清楚武肺之嚴重性，也不曾重資投入國內生產，光靠衛生部長陳時中醫生團隊指揮防堵，是有好效果，世界第一，但破口一開，國民甚不習慣，眼看美國歐洲打疫苗奏效，但國內並無疫苗可打，心疾如焚，但世界疫苗短缺，台灣又無代工契約，在美國都讀到台灣之困境，日本美國，國力甚強，不懼中國恫嚇，率先贈送一些疫苗，因為中國輝瑞型疫苗代理商，受中國一國兩制，一個中國之國策，強迫蔡英文總統，蔡當然不從，只有無恥之國民黨中國任從。

我也未見中國提供中國疫苗給台灣的說法，中國人開始普遍打其國產疫苗，也是最近兩週內之事。按照台灣何美鄉博士的解釋，美國施打的輝瑞，莫德娜，和嬌生三疫苗，都是緊急授命，全由聯邦政府購買，完全免費施打，注意，美國有近八成國民有健康保險，健保當然理賠，其餘者小事。莫德娜要求聯邦開放許可，以便該藥廠販賣全球，但第三期需要三年數據，臨床效果報告，美國不是中國，數據要公開，除非更改法律，何況聯邦已經全數搜購，藥廠還何話說？美國雖是大又先進，國內也代工外國疫苗，像贈送加拿大，墨西哥，聯合國之四十億美金疫苗，都是代工疫苗，台灣拿到的美日贈送疫苗，都是兩國代工，自己不用之產品。

何博士提到疫苗產品責任險的問題，德國輝瑞型藥廠，也堅持這點，要求台灣政府免其責任，羅發言人也強調此點多次，只有我這種販賣保險一輩之老代理了解，中國上海復星代理範圍，涵蓋台灣，必需有台灣衛生部長簽字，始能生效，陳部長要蘇院長和蔡總統點頭才行，習近平的一中武統台灣，都遠水救不了近火，我甚納悶郭台銘和張忠謀如此支持蔡總統，張我能了解，因為台積電，行政院是大股東。現在慈濟也有專案安排購買輝瑞型疫苗五百萬劑，台灣有國民黨四縣市長，也躍躍欲試，非常有趣。

我說輝瑞型疫苗，是指在法蘭克佛市附近之緬因斯小鎮藥廠，這是在緬因河畔，緬因河注入萊因河之小鎮，與貝斯拜登市隔岸相望，貝斯拜登是駐德美軍總部，我幾次旅行德國，都拜訪過三處，留下深刻美憶，未料到今年有幸拜讀新聞，聽聞這兩位科學家，發明輝瑞疫苗，是匈牙利人，在美國輝瑞廠工作多年，輝瑞，莫德娜，和嬌生都是好疫苗，美國醫生官員均曰，可打就打，無需選擇，打死機會小，不打是非找死不可也。

Returning to my own paradise/Carlos Pueblo

 Returning to my own paradise/Carlos Pueblo

Since last Tuesday Dr. Carvonius's emergency visit for Arthur, I have been returning to my own paradise. I don't ask or fantasize too much for my own paradise; therefore, I always that I have lived in it for a long time in the United States. I was temporarily left due to the stress of Arthur's left eye surgery and a threat of the retinal detachment repeat. It broke my pretention of an old rosy life. The doctor says that is a laser scar and we are all relieved. How do I define my own paradise? It is a philosophy of my life.

I was brought up in a family of nine in a small Tatami bungalow duplex in a small township of my father's employer, Taiwan Sugar Corporation, in the central southwest of Taiwan. It was a company's residential complex belonged to the company. We never owned a single dwelling house before I left Taiwan in 1977. In the end of 2012, we sold our Traviata old house to a builder for $400,000 and bought a better house for $255,000 just three miles south. It has been the end of headache for more than thirty years. The Traviata homestead is located in a better school district and we have had no regret at all. I have written several articles on my blog to describe how fortunate myself to live in the subdivision.

I have been very settled of myself about my idle carrier life. I love to work yet I can't hold my job more than ten years. I can only maintain a lower income job; however, I do get used to it because that I am frugal, save, invest, and proud of them. It has been four years since I take the requirement minimum distribution of my self funded pensions. I can tolerate the income tax posted on me. It is a good feeling of getting pay without working like to live in a paradise.

I am not working and I am no longer required to dress up even though I am still dress properly with my old cloths. I have no needs to impress anybody for a long time. I have developed a rotate vehicle fleet system in the family. I let Amy drive a brand new vehicle, her old car is given to Michelle, Arthur gets Michelle's car, and I take the oldest vehicle in the family. This way, every vehicle can be used for more than 15 years, i.e. the one I am driving is a 1998 Infiniti and is still working well even though is no air conditioning. I don't need air conditioning because I drive to play tennis and swimming.

I do go out to travel quite often. I love to cruise and make many friends on traveling around the world. I am now having more fun to stay home to manage my life in my own paradise. I get more and less stress than staying out.

再生／莊峻華

 再生／莊峻華

元兒眼疾痊癒，給我一再生機會，我又回到平靜之老年生活，沒有不能處理之憂慮，休市是熱，但有冷氣，我仍舊能躲在室內，一日就是清晨兩小時半之戶外活動，幾乎是與世隔絕，我說是樂園般之人生。當然，樂園是我個人之體會人生，標準自定，甚麼是無慮而有意義之人生。

幾天前，我因有元兒再手術之憂慮，和年初告貸四張信用卡債需還問題，從退休金兩帳戶，領出兩筆錢，兩日內進入我支票帳戶，這是一生儲蓄之功能，證券行和銀行，讓手序簡化，像是過去工資入帳一般，只是無業績之壓力，很快的轉帳信用卡，而且也收到收據，再來就是等候醫生和醫院帳單，他們先向保險公司申請理賠，不足部分，很快會雪花般之寄來。

我又可以專心我的每日鍛鍊身體，現在我已有新任務，需要煎麵餅給元兒和自己早餐，元兒喜歡我的週六水餃，週日牛肉麵，和現今之每日煎餅，美國人曰鍋餅，就是攪拌特製麵粉，雞蛋，和牛奶，在熱鍋上製作，佐以楓蜜，元兒常購該麵粉，因我順手製作，現在成為我早課之一，取代黎明前之漫步。

愛美踩踏機故障，改成晨步，有時候我可跟上三條街，然後我需要趕赴網球局，現在我有兩處多局可打，而且我更介紹球友認識，安排四缺一局面，所以華人球友稱我為領導，像習進平一般，網球局後，我就入水游泳，這是夏日之恩惠，游泳像是禪定。

我在網誌節目中，渡過這幾小時清醒之一日，我看的節目，十分簡單，都是中國越南農村生活，烹調，賣豬肉，珍謝姬之白宮記者會，我也看台灣李秉穎醫生之武漢肺炎分析，我仍舊戴口罩外出，非常神經質，但有政治意義，抗議這群拒打疫苗者，也抗議這些宗教死硬食古不化教條派，在美國作亂。

最近我都在日落西山前就寢，我就是要與世俗群眾不同，半夜起床多次，一次是觀星象，決定清晨球局，其餘就是寫作文，舒散我無止境之感情，我在部落格有三千七百餘作文，有不多之讀者知音，遍佈全球，谷歌有意思，指出當日閱讀過文章，我可以進去，更改錯別字，也重溫過去舊夢。

Another false alarm/Carlos Pueblo

 Another false alarm/Carlos Pueblo

Recently I have been out of my life in the paradise due to Arthur's retinal detachment, a disease which may cause his left eye go blind. Lucky us we have had an eye specialist to operate and correct it. A few days ago, he was worry that it looked like he had the detachment again and something was on his left eye liked before. We made a move two days earlier to visit the surgeon and fasted himself a night before in case the procedure was needed. After careful examination to his left eye, the specialist indicated that was a laser scar from the previous operation. Both of us are relieved. I am born again. It is another false alarm.

I am a leader of many small tennis groups to arrange our daily senior tennis routine. Once I have to drive Arthur to do anything, I like to prepare the alternative players to fill up the gaps. This is also applying to any one who is absent. Yet it is not only for tennis, it is also about how stressful I have encountered. I have been lucky that such stressful situation has been away from me for thirty years. He has been basically healthy and I can manage almost every thing to make him safe and some of his happy life as a father. I consider that is my meaningful way of life. 

I am very thankful that he has a job and reliable health insurance. I can handle the co-payment. He is in the system of the U.S. I don't dare to think of his life without a health insurance. The medical facility and specialists in Houston Medical Center is on the top of the world and we can visit a specialist for necessary procedure either on an out patient surgery or visit the hospital daily from home.

I made my annual requirement of minimum withdrawal for my credit cards debt as well as the incoming co-payment from his operation. I am OK that is under my capability to pay. I am very glad that I saved while I was working.