My booster shot is done/Carlos Pueblo

 My booster shot is done/Carlos Pueblo

My booster shot of the Wuhan Corona Virus is done at the same day of President Biden. I read the news release on Monday following the weekend of two announcement of the news of a the CDC chief Rochelle Walensky's approval and Biden's determination to make the booster shot available for all walk of life in the U.S. Amy found the news and made the appointment from the Walgreen and one and half hour later, I received my shot. It is after the frustrated weekend which I was rejected from another drug store due to the confusion of the official approval from the CDC.

I believe that the vaccination for all people is good to fight the pandemic which has been in outbreak for two years yet we don't have a better way to fight and insured the safety of the people's health. I firmly believe that is the fundamental conception of the public health. Of course, if your body can't take the vaccine, it's understandable. I respect your decision for not taking the shot. If you don't know or you just feel that you don't want to take it by the name of religious reasons or others, that's is nonsense. I am very fortunate that I don't have any reaction after each shot and I still wear mask everywhere I go outside of my house. I wash my hands often with the soap and also wash my hands often with the soap. I don't touch my face unnecessarily.

I accompanied Amy to her dentist office early today. We went to visit a shopping center across the busy street of the dentist's clinic. Basically the entire shopping mall is empty due to the pandemic. We used to come here for grocery shopping and dinning. Now I barely see any shoppers. The pandemic is affecting everybody in the whole world. 

完成武肺疫苗第三劑注射／莊峻華

 完成武肺疫苗第三劑注射／莊峻華

剛才完成武肺疫苗第三劑注射，憶否上週五，我到一預約藥局打第三劑遭拒，因為國家疾病控制中心主任，尚未批准，週六已經看到華爾街日報曰，主任已批准，又曰醫療人員前決定甚麼的，週日紐約時報頭版也提到拜登總統，免費打第三劑之決心，文章很長，我未看到何時生效，就有他事纏身，我想可以等候些時，今晨網球局回家，割草完畢，午覺醒來，正在製作生命水，愛美告知另家藥局有廣告來，要我自己申請，於是我放下生命水製作，專程填表，取得一小時後預約，藥局就在買牛排超市旁，非常近且方便，藥劑小姐要我兩點再來，我就逛到超市，去看牛排，現在肉價高漲，我一點都不意外。

小姐要我提供證件，以便完成注冊，我是前三位，很快就完事，我是好公民，等滿十五分鐘始離開，我身體健康，無甚不適，也不想惹事生非，回程不再逛另一超市，直接回家，感謝愛美之仔細，幫我預約，她尚未到達第三劑適打規定，需要等些時日，現在是65歲和第二劑六個月後，元兒更久，但已有兩劑在身，年紀又輕，又戴口罩，勤肥皂洗手，我們非常盡力。

這前後僅兩日之別，美國政府之效率可見，說阿富汗撤軍就撤軍，說打針就打針，說紓困發錢就發錢，隨時都在處理全球疑難雜症，武肺帶來很多不方便，例如我已不願出外旅行，建立新的生活習慣，享受現有生活環境，無暇煩惱所有一切。

Try to get my third dose of the vaccine/Carlos Pueblo

 Try to get my third dose of the vaccine/Carlos Pueblo

Friday I tried to get my third dose of the vaccine for the Corona Virus from Wuhan, China. Amy is very concerned with the pandemic and carefully monitors the prevention procedures. She has been told that some of her friends and relatives have already received their third shot and I am old enough to be eligible to get mine as well. She made an appointment with a drug chain store which I have received my first two shots. I went to a new location one hour early and was told that I couldn't get it because the third dose was not available for a healthy senior in regular condition. I argued and we tried manually and still couldn't go any further. The pharmacist indicated clearly that was only for the emergency needs at the time.

I have read some portions of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Time about this matter. Both reports are very lengthy and ambiguous about when the general public can get the third shot. I can only understand that Biden approves the third shot and also very confident to provide it, yet doesn't say the time. And also the CDC lady director over rule something about the medical personnel's third shot decision. I also know that WHO is against the third shot decision of the U.S. due to the lack of shots for the rest of the world. Every body takes his or her stand.

I came home and circled Highway 6 to visit two supermarkets to see if there were good deals on the watermelon, the mango, and the steak, etc. I do feel the inflation now two years after the outbreak of the pandemic. Amy is very happy that I am eating more vegetable diet and cook my own meal. I have many morning hours in exercises, playing tennis and swimming. I save some money for not going out to travel and I have a new life in my paradise. I am very healthy and sometimes forgetting my getting in years.

武肺疫苗第三劑／莊峻華

 武肺疫苗第三劑／莊峻華

今晨匆匆忙忙結束球局，回家準備到藥局，打武肺疫苗第三劑，愛美上週早為我預約，這事我同意她的看法，而且我一直都戴口罩，勤肥皂洗手，保持距離，而且也不喜歡出外旅行，到哥斯大黎加旅行一週，是被迫參加，而且我都躲在旅店，鮮少外出，我和武肺相安無事，我們家人都未受外界感染，輝瑞說他們有第三劑增強藥效，拜登總統也鼓勵，愛美老人親戚朋友，也開始注射第三劑，我當然不能輸入不輸陣，於是就預約，剛好在第二劑後半年當日，比第一劑預約容易甚多。

早上球局出發前，藥局有通知，要我預告藥局中心我的到來，於是我到其網站，發現它是通知元兒，而且需要在抵達藥局門口，我的手機技術欠佳，在藥局無法連線，於是我提早出發，抵達後早一小時，開始辦手續，藥局專人問明是第三劑，立刻說國家防疫中心，尚未批准，無法接種第三劑，於是我在藥局纏她些時，我不相信愛美有錯誤會，我們家三人六次預約，都是她辦理，於是我走出藥局，電話愛美，抱怨通知是給元兒，結果藥局中心，又來通知，我仍舊無法接上，於是我再走回藥劑部，然後再爭論，藥劑師很耐心要我回答四張問卷，當然先查我的兩次接種記錄，打出來的表格，仍舊是元兒名字，我自動改成我的，因為我是老人優先，小姐看到我的回答，都是無症狀，立即說是我不能打，因為現在國家尚未批准，一定要有症狀者，始可接種第三劑於是我就倖倖然離去。

我回程到兩超市看西瓜，芒果，和牛排，西瓜和芒果，均已過季節，牛排特價也賣光，於是我開畢一早車程，還好秋天不熱，只是不適鬧街汽車排氣汙染，連續打了一路噴涕。愛美問我為何打不到第三劑，我說妳的親戚朋友打到，是因為他們有狀況才能打。

美國人有一半不願打疫苗，我天天都聽一些雜音，這是公共衞生之觀念，打第三劑，世衞組織也反對，因為世界上許多人，尚未有機會打第一劑，還好拜登答應，免費提供三倍劑量國內第一劑結種總數，這算慷慨吧？還是許多不滿雜音。

這些都不是我的煩惱。

Read a book/Carlos Pueblo

 Read a book/Carlos Pueblo

Recently, Amy asks me to read a book, Adventures in American Literature, which is a loan from her sister that she has a hard time to follow. I give her one of my library collection, the American history after the Civil War. I am interested in American history and literature and I am very impressed upon the reading of a few first pages of the book about Puritans, Age of Reason, and the Great Awakening, etc. I have read about the Mayflower and Puritans and I always like to know who can claim themselves as Puritans nowadays. I want to know more affirmed reasons why the West are so advanced in almost every field of life. Only the first few pages have been caught my eyes. I am lucky that I add another task in my regular life that I shall read a book after my morning exercises, cooking, You Tubing, and many naps during the day.

I am aware of reasons of the Wester Advanced and why so many people like to live in the West. It is because of the Great Industrial Revolution. The author of this book has pointed out something which I can relate it to the fact to distinguish the West from the rest of the world that is the Age of Reason. Those philosophers have challenged the old church establishment and demand a logical explanation on everything that make sense. They have defined that God is the Nature and the Nature is almighty; therefore, the modern days of the science, the political system, arts, and the literatures are developed. I don't see that in the rest of the world except Japan. These are the reason why people like exile heads of a nation as well as regular immigrants are waiting to live in the Western World.

There are arguments among the whole world on everything, i.e. from the religious belief, vaccinated or not, conservative or progressive, Communism or Democracy, etc. The answer can be provided by a good book. People do what they believe and they believe what they are brought up. 

When I see what is happening in the current day of the U.S.A., I like to reason it what I learn from books which I have read and understand its background. Like Puritans who were oppressed in the old world while the American Southerners were more affiliated to the oppressed, the Church of England. I suddenly understand why there are supporters of Trump in the whole world.

看書／莊峻華

 看書／莊峻華

我們家愛美，要我看一本書，美國文學奇遇，剛好我有興趣，於是我和她交換一本美國歷史，就是南北戰爭到1965年，我開始看此書，立即喜愛，作者描述美國文學，始於五月花清教徒，舉出聖經舊約大衞詩篇兩版本，詹姆士王版，和清教徒版，清教徒是在英國受英國國教破害，移民新世界，強調上帝恩賜，但清教徒僅存一代，移民第二代，受歐洲英法兩國理性主義之影響，開始質疑聖經立論邏輯曰，說理時代，1730－1740年間，清教徒企圖復辟但僅檀花一現，從此人不知近代有否清教徒？作者繼續描述美國南方移民，他認為是英國教徒，就是清教徒在舊世界之破害者，美國南北人之差異，非常有趣，讓我更了解美國近代，就是現在的美國政治局面。

兩個月前，我在過去大學群組，和一位博學女同學抬槓，宗教，政治，和中國文學等，我一直想記下我當時，臨機應變的看法，這最能表示我一生之成見，現在終於發現，幾百年前，歐洲人已經開始懷疑，近代科學政治文學等，終於脫胎換骨，工業革命於是焉產生，這是近代人類生活之分界點，許多人享受生活，許多人苦苦掙扎渡日。

我的懷疑聖經，僅止於表面之邏輯說理，托瑪士。潘恩更加詳細，我查谷歌，然後在網誌影片上聽一節潘恩之理論，欣然同意，有相見恨晚之感覺，只是我的人生重點，仍舊是個人生存，改善家庭生活，幫助家人，過有意義之生活。

我相信史賓諾莎的自然神，也是這時代的哲學產物，我的緣覺大師父，越南釋一行老和尚，也涉及此理性主義，就是說理邏輯，潘恩提醒天啟錄，就是上帝私語一些人，這些人開始寫聖經，抑或開始代言上帝，潘恩不信，我也不信，我信佛家佛學，道理簡潔扼要。

The morning exercises/Carlos Pueblo

 The morning exercises/Carlos Pueblo

It has been two years since I have had my morning exercises every day now expanded from 7:30 am to 11:00 am or more, of course, I must get up early at about 4:30 am to prepare for the task. I am very proud of my arrangement for such pleasant life during my senior years and make myself occupied. After the morning exercises, I can start my day in relax until I go to sleep early into the night. As I describe that I do have a lovely house in a lovely subdivision, I don't have very much worry left in my mind at this age and I find this morning exercises is very good for my health. There are about six of us to enjoy such morning exercises at our group and during the weekend, Friday and Saturday for instance, the group can be expanded to more than 12. After I finish my tennis, I would go to swim for another session during the summer.

I feel very good to play tennis especially that I can still chase the ball and avoid a fall. More and more tennis lovers discover that we are fortunate to have tennis courts for us to play free. It is near our residences and well maintained. I also appreciated that I do have an Olympic side pool for me to swim most of the times by myself.

Now I forget to go out to travel. I really don't need to spend that kind of money. I would rather give it to my children and Amy for them to spend. For some reason that I don't like to spend any money nowadays except small items like new tennis balls and my favorite groceries. I have my 23 years old vehicle inspection done for another year and it is still doing very well. I decide not to fix the air conditioning because I only drive to and back from my morning exercises. There is no need of the air conditioning in my old car.

My old tennis captain Bill is 81 and still plays tennis twice a week and I hope that I can do my morning exercises until his age. I have had plenty of time and enjoy it very much.

上午運動／莊峻華

 上午運動／莊峻華

上午運動是我老年生活之大宗，每天我約四點許起床，開始忙碌，準備早餐，有時候陪愛美散步三條街來回，然後就趕到鄰村球場，現在每日都有網球可打，入秋後天氣稍涼，網球可以打到十一時，然後我可以再游泳一節，回家後就是一日休閒。如果天雨，場地不宜，我就在家休息，讓右手臂靜養。

我們核桃村球場，漸漸客滿，尤其是週六，西村鄰居又有兩位老人，加入我們每週陣容，現在可以不擔憂有人缺席，也不耽心人多，我們可以運用其餘兩球場，也不是很多人有空閒，或是會打網球，也剛好我們鄰近社區，均有網球和游泳設備。

住墨西哥的球友比得柯維奇回休市，找到老隊長來打球，他和新球友均為舊識，我們兩組人，剛好合併，更加親切，我可以安排程度相當者，雙雙對打，免得抱憾，況且老人打球，更重要是避免跌倒，保持平衡。

每天我都收回舊球，再作使用，然後淘汰給社區愛犬，或是一位球友當球機用球，廢物利用，很快一年已入第四季，我看武漢肺炎，亦無削減情況，我還是認真上午運動，鍛鍊身體。

Farewell to Michelle's pet dog Gryphon/Carlos Pueblo

 Farewell to Michelle's pet dog Gryphon/Carlos Pueblo

Gryphon and his sister Honey and brother Brinkley cane to Houston for a short visit last week. I held him up to the hatch back trunk and said good bye to him. Amy told me that Michelle found the blood stains on our carpet were from Gryphon. The diagnosis was that he had a late stage of oral cancer which had expanded to the other part of his body. He was put to sleep last Friday. I am sad for several days because that he has been such a lovely dog to me.

Amy and I have been summoned to Austin to dogs sit while Michelle's family are away. I started to walk three dogs several times a day in the subdivision and they love it very much. Since then their owner even has more excuse to lure us back to Austin to take care of them. I don't mind because that I claim myself as a dog whisperer and I have many dogs friends at home. Gryphon is appeared as the weak one among the three; yet he always finishes his chore of walk without any difficulty. As a matter of fact, he is the best behave one among all. He has a curly black hair and small size of body. He is very well behaved.

I know that they must sleep in the same room of a human being or they would be uneasy during the night; therefore, I always volunteer to sleep at the sofa in the living room. We have their bed move next to me. Each time I wake up for my toilet break, they would also wake up and I let them go outside as well. Gryphon and Brinkley always come back right away and only Honey would make some delay. All three dogs answer my call and pay fully attention to it. This is what I love them so much.

It is a kind of suffering when we run into the separation with love one which is the Buddhism. According to my understanding that Gryphon is a good dog and always has been; therefore, after his death, he would go straight to the Western Extreme Happiness Heaven and never comes back to the earth to be suffered again as a dog or a human. This is the reincarnation.

告別愛犬格瑞芳／莊峻華

 告別愛犬格瑞芳／莊峻華

愛犬格瑞芳是琳兒家中三愛犬，週前來訪過夜，回家後發現口腔癌，並已擴散到其他部分，十分嚴重，獸醫無法治療，只好擇期安樂死，我聽聞後一陣哀傷，這是我們佛家曰愛親別離苦，我是有過如此經驗，格瑞芳離我們甚遠，只是有緣，我甚喜愛此犬，其實三愛犬，布林克力和蜂蜜，我都很喜愛，這次琳兒携三犬來訪，是否事先安排之告別？主要是格犬留下血跡，愛美告示，她提醒我莫出操行軍太久。

我們常被徵召北上奧斯汀，照顧三愛犬和三愛貓，因為主人喜愛出外旅行，藉口我喜愛寵物，一直到我抗議，影響我網球運動，而且年紀大也不喜駕車長途，後來說是愛美幫忙駕車，我更不敢坐，未有結論，我們就有別離。

愛犬喜愛散步，尤其是家人忙碌，無閒暇帶他們逛街，我開始帶他們行軍，後來愛美開始有興趣，在奧斯汀無事，有時一天散步到四次，途經鄰居愛犬，均甚羨慕，遇見其他愛犬，也能和平相處，這是我之長項，喜愛結識鄰居愛犬。三愛犬牢記我這位罕見老人，我睡大廳沙發，他們就在我身旁，席地而睡，半夜如廁，驚醒三位，順便放風，格瑞芳和布林克力，都是不叫自回室內，惟蜂蜜需要呼換多次。

三犬很聽話，比我們家子女更貼心，而且是全神貫注，當然令我此老人感激不盡，我發現我需要之友誼不多，我可以有如格瑞芳一般之友誼，心已滿足，希望如此愛犬，也能得道成佛，無需輪迴轉世，再回人間受苦。

Ran into my darling pet dog Nicky/Carlos Pueblo

 Ran into my darling pet dog Nicky/Carlos Pueblo

The other day I was on my way to the swimming pool and ran into my darling pet dog Nicky and her owner. I stopped my car and opened my trunk to gather a bag of used tennis ball for her to play. Nicky is and chocolate color Labrador who has been my darling pet dog for years. Her owner throughs tennis ball to a long distance for her to catch; therefore, she is a constant recipient of my used tennis balls for her to play. 

She was so excited to see me and lied down on the street waiting for me to play with her. I am afraid of the hot concrete ground and attempted to hold her up. She is looking very good and full of energy. Usually I would deliver several cans of ball in a grocery bag to her house on the Overbrook street on the back of another darling dog Brandy on Ella Lee street. Both are very famous lovely pets in the subdivision. Recently, I find another way to dispose those balls to Nimo, another tennis body, for him to use on his ball machine to practice.

Since I intensify my tennis routine, I rarely have the opportunity to walk on the subdivision and I miss my pet dog friends. I feel the unfortunate miss of something in my life. Especially now I move the group to Walnut Bend courts to host more players. It is almost impossible for them to walk by our single court in our recreation center. 

The hot summer will be ended very soon and I hope that I can find a way to renew our encountering in the fall and thereafter into the year end and next year.

愛犬妮姬／莊峻華

 愛犬妮姬／莊峻華

愛犬妮姬是一拉布拉多犬，暗巧克力色，家注過溪街，主人是位鰥夫，與她相依為命，兩年前我經常散步西村社區，經常和妮姬碰面，她和靦覥主人，不同個性，非常活潑親切，就像一小男孩，見過幾次面，就像知己，全身豬肝色，毫無雜毛，非常可愛，我看到主人擲網球，讓她追回，於是我開始贈送舊球，或是驅車專送，或是停車街旁，行李箱取出舊球。昨日在管石街游泳池前，遇見妮姬和老人，我突然停車，兩位一驚，但聞我聲音，妮姬搖尾趨近，我就是甜言蜜語，打開行李箱，裝上一袋舊球，交給老主人，兩位臉色都很好。

她許久未見，巧克力色毛髮發亮，非常可愛，躺在地上，邀我玩耍，我說水泥地太熱，主人叫她起來，她是位可愛寵物，非常懂事，我的好友戴安娜和她的愛犬伊莉也很喜歡她，戴安娜希望她能和主人為伴，我因每日網球游泳，然後就躲在室內，錯過清晨散步，和鄰居愛犬見面的機會。

幾個月前，鄰居有刊物，介紹我們家庭，於是鄰居知道，我喜愛寵物，尤其愛犬，路上相遇，都會要愛犬前來打招呼，這是我非常感激之處也，我把庭院整理妥善，跟上鄰居花園，然後就是春夏秋冬四季，很快一年將過去。

Buy tennis shoes on Labor Day/Carlos Pueblo

 Buy tennis shoes on Labor Day/Carlos Pueblo

It has been my habit to buy shoes on Labor Day because the store would put up new models on the show room and attempt to get rid of the old models. I have no idea of what is the fashion as long as my torn shoes can be replaced. I walk and play tennis every day; therefore, new shoes are needed every year. There is a Nike outlet store at Katy Mills mall about 30 miles from home. Amy is very anxious to get me to go along with her for some shopping.

The same kinds of shoes marked on sale are about $10 higher than previous year. I mean the bottom one. I forgot to bring my shoe knife with me to put my foot into new style of shoes a sales girl came to help. It's fit well and I decide to find another two pairs. It is the last one, so I found two pairs similar to the old shoes on my feet. I asked another sales passing by about the difference of price tags. He knew what was my concern and advised me to have a Nike App. I asked him to help me to get it. I know very well of the digital apps to get further discount on purchase. I believe that I have had the final price back to last year. 

I was waiting outside of stores at the lobby for Amy's purchase. I enjoy watching pretty young girls passing by, of course, there are some beautiful ladies like shopping as well. The mall is affected by the Wuhan Corona Virus Pandemic very much and this is the second year. It is the second year that I don't go out to travel on cruise and I save some money.

勞工節購鞋／莊峻華

 勞工節購鞋／莊峻華

幾年來，我都在勞工節更季時購鞋，愛美選上郊鎮凱蒂米廠大賣場，從我們家上十號公路西向，非常方便，耐克鞋廠在凱蒂有出口店，舊型球鞋，在勞工節換季，擺在店後一排，我就開始選擇，我現在每天打網球，過去每天散步行軍，球鞋磨損厲害，需要補充，所以一般我是購買三雙備用，所幸當代鞋膠品質耐用，可以放上多年。今年，我特別注意鞋價，是否上漲？因為輿論如此說。

我們來得早，出口店人尚未進來，我看到我想要者，然後就是大小，因未準備鞋刀，一時無法試穿，於是參考舊鞋大小，有位小姐幫我穿上，於是再覓兩雙，未見其餘，這特價鞋，需看庫存量，於是我再找其它類似者，我發現另兩雙，和我腳穿舊鞋相同款項，但價格稍貴，我把同號大小展示鞋，一一比照鞋價，發現折扣大小有異，詢問一熱心男店員，他問我有無耐克申請號碼？我立即體會，因為我最近申請兩超市申請號碼，確實獲益，於是他幫我申請曰，結帳店員將幫我拿到百分之十五另外折扣，愛美要我幫她結帳。

現在美國大生意商號，喜歡鼓勵客戶，加入申請客戶群，給予另一層折扣，這是有道理的，可以賣出滯銷庫存，也讓像我一般節儉成性客戶高興，一般大商號，實在是在搶客戶，增加光臨購買機會，商業競爭劇烈。

講到穿鞋，我不禁回想到貧窮的過去，小時候我需要接收長兄舊鞋，先母常斥我粗魯，鞋到我腳上就破損，幾十年後，大姊為我抱屈，實在是舊鞋，而且當年鞋膠遠不若今日品質，我當兵時，配給步鞋，經常磨損破損，無法等到換鞋，非常可憐，如此也盡兩年義務役，而且是在烈嶼小金門。

我有幾雙新皮鞋，有的是在美國購買，有的是在阿根廷，我也能擦亮皮鞋，但現在已無工作，無需西裝革履，拜會客戶，甚至無飯局約會，只有勞工節購買球鞋。

Making Porto Rico a State/Carlos Pueblo

 Making Porto Rico a State/Carlos Pueblo

53% of Porto Rican have a strong desire to make Porto Rico a State of the U.S., my new tennis friend Rudy indicates to every one of our tennis group. He says that Porto Rico will generate two Senators and four Congressmen to the United States. I tell him that Taiwan can generate even more than he ever think about, a nation of 17th world economy,  24 million population, and the U.S. has a right to claim as her territory after defeating Japan during WWII in 1945. Porto Rico was ceded to the U.S. in 1889 while Taiwan was ceded to Japan in 1895 by the Manchu Dynasty, a little history for the history lovers of the world.

He tells me the difficulty ahead of his home island to become an U.S. States are various. First, both U.S. parties are against it because that the Republican are against it due to the senate and congress seats maybe all Democrat while the Democrat are for the status quote along side with the local rich establishment. I ask him why not go independent and the U.S. Federal Government may be welling to grand such request as a matter of fact there has been a vote before. He tells me that islanders are not willingly to see Porto Rico becomes nations of the Latin America, the Central or the South like Cuba, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, etc. They prefer to be with the U.S. formally. We do, many Taiwanese and myself do, with the same desire to be with the U.S. as well. As a matter of fact that there are many people in the whole world anticipate to be with the United States and are waiting patiently or in-patiently outside or inside the United States.

I know what is going on and what is the true matter is. The rulers of those anticipants above described by me are losers. They fail their nation or territory which they govern. They don't do their best to let up their citizens' hope to become like the U.S. They are corruptive and incompetent of their job duty, and at the worse they are not shameful. Porto Rican are very fortunate that they can study hard at home to be good at English and Spanish language, buying a one way ticket to come to the U.S. to find a job and establish their own life and eventually become U.S. citizen. They don't need to wait for the immigration quota. Work for yourself first to get to the U.S. and worry about the other fellow citizen of 3.1 million later. Don't donate your money to those who raise fund for making Porto Rico a State cause. 

I have escaped Taiwan long time before and enjoy my new life in the U.S. I thank that Taiwan gives me a good opportunity to prepare myself to live in a foreign country. I have never been a burden of this new home country. I have pay more tax that anything I have received from the government. It is a meaningful way of life.

波多黎哥入州說／莊峻華

 波多黎哥入州說／莊峻華

波多黎哥島是美國殖民地，因為郵輪旅行，我曾經拜訪數次，印象深刻，新球友魯地，來自波多黎哥，首日球歇，立即向我提到波多黎哥入州一案，非常有趣，他說百分之五十三島民，支持加入美國第五十一州，我問華府？他說與憲法有抵觸，我說共和黨反對，他說民主黨也反對，因為波島富人，希望維持現狀，就是那百分之四十七之一部分，我再曰波島可以入州，台灣也可以排隊，不是嗎？美國擊敗日本，解放台灣，又無法讓台灣獨立，讓台灣人感到被出賣，現在被中國人，文攻武赫，內憂外患。

他說波多黎哥不願獨立，是因為不願淪為古巴，委內瑞拉，和秘魯，或是巴西，智利，和阿根廷等經濟窘困，台灣沒有此問題，台灣經濟實力，全球第十七，軍事實力也相當，台灣獨立有自信，而且是綽綽有餘，只是有惡鄰中國之恫嚇。

波多黎哥人，可以自由出入美國，申請加入美國籍，美國人一派有意見，因為波島入州，島民平均收入，將會提高到全加勒比海地區第一，又變成一福利州，美國有很多福利州，所以國民不願增加負擔，而且美國幾近一半人，有種族優越感，連非洲裔美人，也被傳染。

如果我是波多黎哥人，我就努力學英文，也注意西班牙語，努力儲蓄，買張機票，飛到美國，像德州，加州，佛州等，都是雙語州，墨西哥人都可活下來，波島人應有自信，連我是台灣移民，都靠台語北京話，在美國混，第一獨善其身，再來清談天下事，時間到，申請入美國籍，投票給民主黨，因民主黨比較同情弱勢，魯地莞爾一笑。

Living in a paradise/Carlos Pueblo

 Living in a paradise/Carlos Pueblo

During my senior years, my life is like living in a paradise. I don't have to wait until I reach to the heaven or the western extreme happy heaven as the current Buddha describes. The heaven is here and is now. Every day, I have practiced a very simple life routine, I go to sleep early and get up early; I prepare my simple breakfast and Arthur's; I walk briefly with Amy before I go to play tennis: After tennis, I go to swim at my subdivision pool; I have a long nap to recover the hardship of the morning exercises. It's all free time until my bed time at or about 8:00 pm except a small chore of cooking my vegetarian dinner which Amy prepares the material.

Basically, I am a healthy old man with my age. I have taken advantage of what I have had in my life. I have immigrated to the great nation for 46 years. I have prepared all my life for this day to live in a paradise. I have had a moderate house to live without a mortgage to pay and I also have enough money to maintain my frugal life. I am covered by the Medicare for my health for my health maintenance.

I have organized a group of fellow tennis lovers to play tennis every day like my dream of the childhood has come true. Even though it is very hot during a long summer days in Houston, Texas, yet I can get to the lovely pool to cool down my over heated body afterward. I enjoy the water melon while it is on sale and inexpensive and served as my drink and water supply. It's another childhood dream to come true that I can eat as much as I like for water melons.

Michelle gives me her old Samsung i-phone to listen to the piano collections of Richard Clayderman. It's usually about one and half hours section which has helped me for the mid day nap. I would carefully avoid to waste my precious time left in my life. I don't answer phone calls nowadays. Nobody calls me anyway.

I find time to write my blog to express what I think of my life and I like to leave something to those who are interested in my humble life.