Packing for my cruise trip/Carlos Pueblo

 Packing for my cruise trip/Carlos Pueblo

It's been quite some time for me to pack for my cruise trip. There are some change on current days travelling such as the Covid-19 test before boarding the plane and the certain limit of check in the luggage which we may pay more. I consider what is necessary for me to wear during these half a month stay between New York city and the Caribbean sea. I am allowed to have two small luggage, one for jackets and another for the rest of plain change cloths. I can carry a camera bag on my shoulder. The trick is to wear as much as I can on the plane to meet the cold weather in NYC while still maintain enough for my 10 days duration on the ship.

I get excited while I think of my next trip to Europe after this one. I even plan to take another cruise back to back trip to Alaska. We are going to fly to Vancouver, Canada. I enjoy very much in the cruise travel that I think is less stressful for my age.

The reason why I must pack well because that I must carry the luggage up and down in and out of the airport and subway stations. I am very frugal in order to make more trips with the same amount of money. I feel good and fun on packing my cruise.

整裝待發旅行／莊峻華

 整裝待發旅行／莊峻華

訂完船票和機票後，開始整裝待發旅行，先是加勒比海十日遊，回休市後直接到奧斯汀幫忙照顧兩愛犬和三愛貓，四日後回家休息四日，再度出發紐約搭同輪返回歐洲，十分緊湊，整理行李始發現暗藏行李費，我需要打好包，不得有贅物。歐洲行甚是理想，行程包括葡萄牙兩港，西班牙四港，還有地中海法義諸港，約是五年前我陸地加郵輪旅行，有過經驗，但這次較為舒適，都在船上，包括食宿，停港日有充足時間到城市中心，重溫舊日美憶，只是體力不若當年，其實巴瑟隆那港，後來我又去過兩次。

我買的船票優待券，只剩一張，我正想是否續購？我不知體力如何？我是很閒，出外旅行，精神愉快，而且郵輪旅行安全，如果這兩次順利，我就再購買四張備用。

飛機票也是一難題，這次我因在紐約市上船，榮祥家可以容身靜候，機票日期稍可控制，然後就是行李費，我也想出一個辦法，就是設法緊縮，打成一箱在免費範圍內。

單程機票，我經過銀行信用卡幫忙，我有累積點數，銀行幫我尋找單程機票，先扣點數，不足部份再信用卡交費，很是理想。

Back to the cruise in 2022/Carlos Pueblo

 Back to the cruise in 2022/Carlos Pueblo

A couple of days ago, I found a cruise with a single occupancy rate for a state room and I booked it immediately and also brought my brother-in-law with me on his own room. We're going to a Caribbean sea trip for 10 days. It has been more than 27 months since my last trip to the Vietnamese coastal line in January, 2020. Many business have been stopped by the outbreak of the Chinese Wuhan Corona virus pandemic. Now, we get used to the disease and receive the necessary vaccine shots before we disembark.

I also have booked a reposition ship back to Europe for 15 days. I know that I must take advantage of my healthy body, sufficient funds, and plenty of time to make such traveling. I shall report both trips to you on my blog here.

We are all very excited for the trip. It is a little bit of trouble for the boarding procedure that we must have a test 48 hours before boarding the ship. We know the hustle of getting things done; however, they are all worth a while.

重返郵輪旅行2022／莊峻華

 重返郵輪旅行2022／莊峻華

昨日訂購郵輪旅行船票和機票，下週二凌晨搭機飛往紐約市，週三搭船旅行加勒比海十日，我邀請連襟榮祥兄同行，這是我闊別27個月郵旅之首次，因中國武肺緣故，許多添增公共衛生手續，我在行前需要檢驗未感染武肺，取得證明，始得上機上船，很有趣的是，世界對中國隱瞞武肺緣起和公衛警告，敢怒不敢言，現在美國藉俄羅斯侵略烏克蘭，經濟制裁俄國，也磨刀霍霍，指向中國，看看中國蠢人習近平，如何渡過此關？我還是先回郵輪，修身養性。

我用掉兩張預購優待券，尚存兩張，用畢不再續購，蓋年紀老大也，這也是奔波震盪，我還是清晨散步可也，連網球都越來越可遇不可求，無法固定有四人為伴，若三人組對打，甚是劇烈，兩人牽球，老人不宜。 

郵輪旅行適合老年人，尤其是住紐約市和邁阿密市居民，不需要再搭機來回，兩城市都有很方便之公車到碼頭，老人可以在船上活動，或是下船碼頭逛逛，我最喜歡認養美女，現有四百位，不是吹牛。

Filing 2021 federal income tax/Carlos Pueblo

 Filing 2021 federal income tax/Carlos Pueblo

It's about a time to file 2021 federal income tax. Arthur and Amy plus myself are in higher tax bracket this year due to the stock market appreciation and my over withdraw of my pension fund more than the requirement minimum distribution.

Arthur has a un-expected Game Stop short term capital gain plus his old uniform gift to minor act account with a huge dividend. He is a single living at home with none deduction at all with an income five times his work pay. He lost his regular IRA deduction for that year due to income exceeding the limit. His top tax rate is reached to 35%. We can see how powerful regular saving and investment can help you.

Amy has un-expected high dividends as well plus my pension withdraw bump us to pay our minima social security payments as taxable income. I pay more federal income tax than when I was young. We have to withdraw our savings to pay our federal income tax and lucky us we can avoid to pay penalty because that we are all U.S. citizens.

I would rather pay the federal income tax than run short of money. IRS is very complete and thorough that we can't escape anything from the filing. IRS asks you everything and I don't see how we can escape any income at all. This is what I like to see Donald Trump's income tax filings that so rich of a man can pay no federal income tax for 20 years in a row.

I was at the bracket of 0% income tax before one time. I was among 50% of the US population level. Now I don't have any deduction such as business expanse, mortgage deduction, and child support, etc. IRS asked me to pay college loan penalty because they disagreed. I appreciate very much for that we must maintain such a good nation by paying federal income tax. Paying Trump's security protection and Pompeo's security guards, etc. required very much federal revenues.

申報聯邦所得稅2021／莊峻華

 申報聯邦所得稅2021／莊峻華

剛才完成2021年聯邦所得稅申報手續，也寫好支票，即將寄出，又是一年，去年我們收入較高，因此需要繳交較高之所得稅，很是心疼，但要習慣，交高稅收表示收入高，就是一年比一年好，移民來美國是成功之案例，我先說元兒所得稅，然後再談我們自己，其實去年2020年，我們之稅務已經很高。

今年元兒有三項高收入，一是電玩股票盈利，但他說不是主要因素，電玩股票大部份在退休金，主要是過去之幼童基金股息，因此不能扣除六千元年度退休金，我們需要等待來年在年度申報上扣除，他都年初就交六千元個人退休計劃，因此有2021，和2022兩年的兩個6000可以待扣除，很有趣，國稅局有張證明，以後可以算帳，就是未扣除部份，像我現在領退休金算收入，一塊算一塊，將來國稅局有妥善合理之算法。元兒是低收入工人，幾年前我津津樂道他的投資收入，與他的工資收入平手，甚至從投資收入是工資一半，開始講起，今年是幾倍，投資儲蓄之威力，當然也要有健康之身體，他的稅率已達百分之三十。

愛美和我的稅率也達到百分之三十，因為我們避免房屋貸款，所以無扣除額，其實利率低，也無甚利息，反而借貸有很多規定和多餘支出。我領較高退休金和愛美投資儲蓄之股息，今年年收入更高，所以需要開更高之支票，幸好是美國公民，少交之稅，免去利息，是國稅局之德政。

我同意有收入，達到一定程度，需要交所得稅，高收入高稅務，我自己報稅，百思不解者為高收入如川普總統，何以20年可以不交所得稅？我很 想知道。

The house remodeling/Carlos Pueblo

 The house remodeling/Carlos Pueblo

The house remodeling is a basic maintenance to keep a certain quality of the house. It is a necessity yet not a choice. I really don't need to gather all my expanse for the future calculation of the cost to save some gain because I don't really like it. I am forced to do the house remodeling. Recently we did a replacement of the exterior frame siding and repaint the entire exterior. This is what happened.

First, we must find a reliable contractor to begin with the procedure. We have this handy person who has done some works for the plumbing inside the house. We are told that he can also do the painting. He took a look of the exterior of the house and recommended certain steps which I could follow. I purchased some hardy planks to replace the original pressed paper sidings. I also purchased two 5 gallons paints and two pieces of cedar pine boards which were to replaced a back yard window frames. He has two junior contractors to help for the job. Second, they removed those old paper frame sidings and put hardy planks boards on the wall. We replaced most of the siding except upper 4 layers of the paper board around the car garage because he thought that they were still alright.

After sealing all spaces adjoined. The painter sprayed the new paint of course some parts must use the brush. After the first round paint over night, he put the second layer with a roller. By the way, he also fixed the damaged gutters with long nails before paintings. I asked him to spray my salvaged plastic Buddha statue with the left paint. He did a good job. I place the new painted statue by the newly build fence with the neighbor on the south.

Now I go   outside all the time to view the hardy plank walls and the buddha statue. I feeel that I live in the paradise.

欣賞老屋修葺／莊峻華

 欣賞老屋修葺／莊峻華

最近老屋修葺，暫告一段落，我們換新烹煮熱盤，兩浴室水龍頭，抽水馬桶零件，廚房自動排水機，這是一40年老屋，許多零件開始崩潰，老師傅能幹，我們又請他換外牆有脫落之木板，順便油漆整屋外面木板處，包括車庫，他還幫我濆新漆在佛陀塑像，每天我都出外庭院，欣然老屋修葺翻新，非常悅目。

老師傅幫我設計購買，然後他安排年輕師傅兩三位來幫忙，先需拆卸舊腐敗木板，這是紙板，風吹雨打，底層已呈鬆弛敗壞，前任屋主已修葺一輪底層，我們再換車庫三層板，主屋二樓全換新，只留幾片前屋主換過之水泥板，這次我們採用水泥板，其實25年前租屋換新板，已經採用水泥板，外面濆新漆，年輕師傅再輪漆一次，非常結實，我同意老師傅建議，使用最佳亮光漆，耐於水洗，他估計可耐20年以上，風吹雨打，若我們憶得，可以10年後再濆漆一次，隨時保持屋況嶄新。

車庫外圍尚有四層紙板，他估計尚算堅實，暫時保存，其餘腐朽木板塊，和窗戶外圍，全換水泥板條，僅後院大窗兩木板換新，這兩木板成本較高，現在環保顧慮，美國人不喜歡砍樹，而且砍樹很貴，一兩棵樹砍價甚高，而且需要加上運費拖走，美國就是很難想像。

愛美開始又要填土，買牛糞，我出身赤貧，很不習慣花美金買牛糞雞糞施肥，想賞花出外旅行，想吃蔬菜水果，超市購買即可，家庭園藝，蒔花節草，免費者即可，最好耐乾燥，能等到墨西哥灣，吹來濕氣，帶來自然雨量。

Up load and down load/Carlos Pueblo

 Up load and down load/Carlos Pueblo

It is very essential to lean the up load and down load documents on the computer nowadays. I close one long time bank account and must change the ACH, automatic clearing house, for two insurers, a property and a flood business that still pay the renewal commissions. The insurers can no longer accept an attached void check for their reference and I must down load a void check picture and e-mail it to myself, then send it to the insurance company. Previously, I always ask my son Arthur to do the chore for me and now I am forced to learn how to do it myself.

First, I must take a picture with my i-phone which is not that difficult and convenient in compare with a traditional camera. After the picture is done, the i-phone will ask if I want to send it to some one. I send it to my own e-mail address and I'll tell you why in just one moment.

Once I open my e-mail, there is an arrow which I must hit it in order to down load it to my computer file. So far so good, isn't it? I type the insurer's e-mail address with a request of an attachment. I ask the computer to bring up my file in the desk top computer. It will show what I have just down load of a picture which I like to show it to the insurer for the reference, a new check void with the route number and account number of my designated new check account which I like the company to send money to me from now on. I goes through with my new e-mail address. I have had an old e-mail address with the Southwestern Bell and now is not functioning well. It is confusing with AT&T and the Yahoo and I don't know why. I am switching to the Google's Gmail.

I feel good not only that I shall continue to receive those two residual but also learn how to deal with the high tech. It may not be so high tech nowadays yet still something. I don't have a land line at home and no use of fax machine for quite some time. This up load , down load, i-phone picture, and e-mail have replaced most of my office work beck to the old time.

幾項文書手續／莊峻華

 幾項文書手續／莊峻華

一家老銀行，因為人收購，新銀行更改支票帳號收費，我忍痛關閉兩帳戶，其中一帳戶有兩保險公司，電郵傭金自動轉帳戶，我需要更換到其他銀行帳戶，以便繼續自動收到續約傭金，雖然數目不多，但也不願放棄。更換銀行帳戶手續，需要填表和寄張作廢支票，過去我都不遇困難，現在不做文書多年，書房文具已跟不上進度。

保險公司服務處，寄來表格，我需要印下表格，填好資料簽字，然後電郵回去，沒有過去的郵寄，如此，我真需要學會智慧型手機照相，照下表格和作廢支票正面，元兒先將兩相片寄到我的電郵住址，然後下傳到我的桌上型電腦，然後經由我的電郵寄給公司，承辦者不接傳統郵件，這是我能了解者也。

我的電郵住址，是過去西南電話老帳號，西南貝爾統一美國電話後，尚且接受西南電話電郵，但我的電郵件開始和美國電話，糾纏不清，後來美國電話又和雅虎有關係，我的電郵住址和郵件，開始不順，有時候甚至發不出信件，因此，我開始使用谷歌郵址，我也不知需否注意舊西南電話郵址，一時無法完全更換。

活到老很多變化，無法跟上，例如我跟不上電視節目，我只興趣網誌節目，我也不會臉書，平常也是離群索居，沒有甚麼朋友，只是我習慣這種獨居生活。

Recycle Sakyamuni plastic statue/Carlos Pueblo

 Recycle Sakyamuni plastic statue/Carlos Pueblo

Current Buddha Sakyamuni is a great teacher of the mankind. He was born in 583, B.C. and lived up to age 83. I adore him and read many of his teaching. One day my new neighbor through away a plastic Buddha statue and I picked it up and placed on my back yard by a newly built fence on the south. The gray color statue was shown fading in color and I decided that one day I would paint it. Yesterday, I asked my house painter to use some left over paint to spray on top of the gray color. He did a good job. It is an earth color closed but not like the golden color. I am very happy and go to the back yard quite often to enjoy the recycle Sakyamuni statue.

This plastic statue is the American design similar to my old neighbor Estella's in her front garden. It looks like the famous Japanese Kamakura one, the way he sits on a lotus platform. I am going to plaint a flower pot in the front. Now the statue and the platform is sitting inside an empty stump of a sugar gum tree. It used to be a shelter of small animals around our yards.

Sakyamuni statue shows us the serenity and the nirvana and I call it the meaningful way of life. The statue can be a recycle plastic one and repaint it. Some rich Buddhists like to built gold plate statue such as those in Bangkok, Thailand. I have seen photos of small golden solid buddha, a symbol of the wealth. I have my recycle plastic statue to enrich my life.

This year I have moved two wood Kuangin statues to the dining room from my garage. Kuangin is a bodhisattva of an ancient buddha. There is a slightly different between the bodhisattva and the buddha. The bodhisattva is a kind person with a big heart while this person gets this insight or nirvana. The bodhisattva becomes the buddha; therefore, every one obtains the buddha's character and every one can be a buddha that is what the Buddha says.

尼佛塑像／莊峻華

 尼佛塑像／莊峻華

後院南端籬前，有一尼佛塑像，新搬來鄰居遺棄街道旁，為塑膠棄物回收，我拾回後院，置於老樹頭空隙，年前老香楓倒下，箸人移走巨樹幹，此塑膠佛像若日本鐮倉巨佛，原是灰退顏色，尼佛盤座蓮盆，十分安祥，日前，家裡整修換外牆油漆，我請老師傅金裝佛像，塗上一層尼土色漆，返回端坐，每天我都外出徘徊多次禮佛。

我從小信佛，佛為我主要信仰，尼佛安祥帶來我內心寂靜，出外旅行，我最喜歡參觀大佛像，像台灣的彰化八卦山，日本之鐮倉，還有曼谷幾座室內金佛，這是兩年前的往事。茶花女街舊鄰居，愛斯帖菈有一尼佛，端坐在其花園中，該像酷似我後院塑像，顯然是美國藝術家同一設計，尼佛首傾端坐，顏面稍小而圓，和鐮倉巨佛稍異，鐮倉佛面稍長面型，一年她搬出社區，佛像也跟隨搬離，我開始外出旅行，總希望帶回一尊佛像。

我收集觀音雕像，家裡有兩具木雕觀音，置放於室內，雕像漆暗赤，有些已經脫落，過去置於車庫書房，最近我將兩具移入餐廳玫瑰木酒架上，酒架上置放者，均為茶具酒杯等，許多空隙。

原車庫書桌上，置放文房四寶，這是我在日本奈良街上添購，只是我靜不下心，無緣勤練中國書法，轉眼間老已到來。

Arthur's eye issue/Carlos Pueblo

 Arthur's eye issue/Carlos Pueblo

My son Arthur's eye issue seems never go away. Several days ago, he told me that he needed to see his eye surgeon again for a check up due to something growing in his eye. He was afraid of a repeat of the retina detachment. I am his chauffeur and I need to change my tennis schedule and that's it. We went to see my eye surgeon instead of the one who operated on him because out of office. My eye surgeon is also a retina specialist who refers Arthur to another specialist for last procedure. Arthur is very alert now for his eyes and he doesn't want to go blind.

Mt eye surgeon did check on Arthur's problem eye carefully and indicated that nothing serious, yet agreed to clean Arthur's issue eye with a laser. I misunderstood the cleaning was to rinse the eye with eye drops. No, it is a laser to get rid of those extra and not needed in the eye. He did it inside one of his room with a portable laser machine. It was quick and convenient. I was very impressed. I asked Arthur what he felt afterward. He said that it was gone.

While I was waiting outside of the out patient surgery room, I ran into a Chinese female patient of the surgeon. I thought that she was accompanied with another patient. Actually that she is the patient. She grows a shadow in her eye and is required to wear a par of glasses with a low description. Recently she find that eye vision is getting worse. I explain how wonderful my eye surgeon is and explain how urgent to find the vision issue early and get it corrected. I mentioned that my elder brother lost his right eye vision at the old age and I suspected that he didn't find it early like Arthur.

This eye surgeon is very busy all the time. He is very busy to help patients to get a better visions. He has the advanced skill, we call it the specialist. He can help patients avoiding the blindness. We are waiting outside to be called on our turn to gt in. They are so many patients outside his office to wait to get the help.

Outside of his office in the city of Houston or another corner of this world, people are killing healthy people to the opposite and extreme. I feel fortunate and lucky.

元兒眼疾干擾／莊峻華

 元兒眼疾干擾／莊峻華

日前元兒告知眼疾復發，我心中一震，立刻拋棄心中俄羅斯侵略烏克蘭之壓抑，柯墨那醫生不在，但卡佩爾醫生在，上次視網膜斷層手術，是柯墨爾醫生操刀完成，我的責任是開車帶元兒門診，卡佩爾醫生認得我們倆，都是他的特殊病戶，他說看不出有何問題，但元兒所顧慮之眼內雜物，醫生曰可以洗淨，我以為眼藥水洗滌，結果是雷射處理，需要元兒到專室，雷射機從他處搬來，儀器並不大，顯然不是卡大夫專用，開車回家，詢問元兒手術效果如何？他說雜物已除，感謝上帝，感謝他公司的健康保險，也感謝他認命工作，有健保來保護健康，這是有品質的人生，我這週六開始，也需在網路上糖尿病課八週，我的醫生和老人健保規定。

我在診斷室外，遇見一年輕中國女留學生，也來看卡大夫，卡大夫是視網膜專科，因此我問她的普通眼醫，她說是學校醫生推薦過來，她的眼睛有黑影，視力每況愈下，她說學校，貝勒醫學院，提供健保，令我感動不已，我在2001年失業，一時找不到有健保之工作，要求兩位剛上大學之子女，投保學校基本開刀住院險，如今始知他們倆為省錢，而且也不重視健保，根本未曾投保，我算是命大。有一年我在英國布理斯特市旅行，陪一位在客棧認識之比利時女學生，到附近藥局診所注冊，加入全英國健保，完全免費，我有許多感慨。

像英美歐許多國家，對居民健康之重視和照顧，真令中國統治者汗顏，令俄羅斯普丁汗顏，蔣介石和毛澤東的統治中國，把健康異議者，打成殘廢，美其名為國家安全，普丁濫殺無辜，發動戰爭，真是可惡野蠻。

The old house repair/Carlos Pueblo

 The old house repair/Carlos Pueblo

Many flies show up in my library uninvited and I have no idea the reason why is so suddenly. Amy is very clean who vacuums and shampoo every room all the time. She tells me none are down stair and after a day shows me a broken hole on the west side of the wall between the first and second story. It must be a dead animal inside the attic. I use an aluminum leader to get up to the roof and put a piece of wood board over the hole. The wood siding is actually not a wood but a compressed paper product. Forty years ago, the builder tried to save money and used the cheap material. I know that I must replace the deteriorated siding or at least replace the rotten parts for the time being.

I have seen many of our neighbors doing remodel works on their property such as replacing roofs, replacing sidings, paintings, and the foundation repair, etc. When you decide to sell the house, you must do the house repair and make it more appealing or no body will show their interest. I have had some experience of doing the house repair because I used to have rental houses. Back that time, there were some handy persons within our community to do the remodel service. They could come in as a general contractor and finished the need. After they were retired, I also got rid of my rental property in 2001 and I thought that I no longer needed to worry about the house repair.

I am wrong. Not only that I have to face the appliances but also the structure of the house. It comes to me all the time and I don't like it. Once I decide to live in a single dwelling house other than the apartment or a retirement senior living, I must do the house repair by hiring some one again to meet the need. If I stay in an apartment, I may complain about the landlord for not response quickly to the needed repair. My problem is that I live too far away from my able daughter Michelle. She is very good at the house repair while the son stays home with us Arthur, he is not interested. I feel sorry for myself that I must climb up to the roof at my old age.

房屋整修／莊峻華

 房屋整修／莊峻華

樓上書室有蒼蠅，我需要橡皮筋擊落，十分煩人，而且每日均有，語告愛美曰，樓下不見蒼蠅，而且她是第一名家庭主婦，隨時真空除塵打掃，今午曰發現原因，原來西面木牆有破洞，約是有小動物，松鼠或老鼠死在閣樓頂，屍體引來蒼蠅，難怪蒼蠅源源不絕，於是我找了一塊木板，小心登上屋頂，扶著牆壁踏上石棉瓦，都是老頭矣，仍需爬上爬下，釘上兩根鐵釘，固定木塊，剛好遮住破洞，原來木牆壁板是紙造，偷工減料，四十年老屋，當然開始要壞，房屋需要整修，

常見房屋整修，像屋頂，木牆，和油漆，屋頂是三十年內必換新瓦，紙木牆就像蔗板，可以換為水泥板，可以撐住三十年，三十年我就再見矣，油漆也可以十年，這些都是住屋維護，都要花錢，都要預算。

以前房屋整修多次，均因出售房屋，需要整修，否則賣不出去，賣不出去，房屋儲蓄掛在牆壁上，我因賣兩棟出租屋，拿到一筆十萬美金，當年又失業，2001年，兩小孩高中畢業，正先後上大學，州立大學，整修房屋所得現款，幫忙渡過難關，現在整修房屋，完全是為家人，我實在也很需要簡單，而且老邁已至，愛美曰難說也，蓋同鄉老人，男人超過八十者常見，彼曰我活上八十，應不困難，就是少吃巧克力，注意糖尿病，所以仍需面對房屋整修。

炒菜電爐今日將送到，我們將請老師傅來裝上，上次跟他談過油漆，現在可能需加上木牆換新，再油漆，他說地基也需整修，否則室內無法油漆，住屋不簡單，當然租屋租公寓經驗不同。

Current world political situation/Carlos Pueblo

 Current world political situation/Carlos Pueblo

Russia invades Ukraine now and I must know what the current world political situation is. My retirement fund through mutual funds is down above 30%, of course, the U.S. IRS is also affected. We all dislike the war and what can we do about it?

It has taken Russia about 10 years to conquer Chechen and Ukraine is larger than Chechen. I don't think the U.S. has involved in Chechen; therefore, Ukraine Russia shall last a bit longer and I must manage my limited fund to fight the depressed stock market and the inflation, i.e. the oil price is above $112 a barrel now.

I watch the You Tube political videos almost all the time during the day to see what is happening in the current world political situation. As a matter of the fact that is what happens in our history in the future. Stubborn Putin still insists to continue the war in Ukraine not matter how many refugee created and how many life lost. We can't help to save life in a peace time in the world yet people like Putin love to kill healthy people for their ego and stupid reasons of any kind.

I am so fortunate myself that I live in the United States where I think the war is far away. If I didn't immigrate to this great nation, I would be suffering from the same situation of Ukraine in Taiwan. China likes to invades Taiwan for their stupid One China policy and majority nations of the world agree to it. It is a destiny of some people in this world like Taiwanese that we have a bad neighbor China like Ukraine has Russia.

國際政治現勢／莊峻華

 國際政治現勢／莊峻華

俄羅斯之普丁食髓知味，揮軍入侵烏克蘭，激戰一週，全球關注，我先關切我退休金，大約縮水30％，我內心有準備，就是不看股市指數，只看每日升降，然後注意石油股，今年退休金將全領石油股，所以我還是賣高，現在石油價已經一桶$110，高科技股基金可以等待。美國總統也非常小心翼翼，昨晚他的國情咨文，益顯他和白宮團隊的穩健，我說明如下。

美國譴責普丁無人性，但不出兵，自討無趣，美國提供情報，武器，和戰技等給烏克蘭，而且歐洲跟進，有趣的是傭兵想法的出現，世界上有很多人尚武，很多人喜歡動刀動槍動砲，應該鼓勵他們接受軍事訓練，上陣殺敵，不要只目標手無寸鐵的學童和野生動物，執干戈可已為社稷，也可以為正義，憲法第二修正案，如能保護弱勢，豈不完美？

美國帶頭經濟制裁俄羅斯和普丁本人，連我這種小咳，退休金縮水都心痛不已，何況俄羅斯當事人，俄羅斯股市已經關閉三日，俄羅斯準備拿一百億美金入場助陣，連普丁的兩千億美金都投入，也是枉然，這次普丁和俄羅斯是死定矣。

烏克蘭人吃苦，俄羅斯人也吃苦，死那麼多人，普丁一定要受審，和過去戰犯一樣，如果普丁無事，那麼世界都將為其征服，人能相信乎？甚麼人玩甚麼鳥，這是中國人黑話，普丁沒讀甚麼書，不知道為人民服務之機會高貴，卻自找死路，不如有錢也是無錢，有錢無處花錢，等於無錢，普丁已經69歲，人家拜她79歲，也生活好好，笑罵由人笑罵，像我這種人就感謝他，幫美國除川普之亂，現在又再除普丁之亂，不久要幫台灣一除習近平之亂，都不動一兵一卒，死傷無辜，國際政治現勢真是有趣。

A week after Putin invades Ukraine/Carlos Pueblo

 A week after Putin invades Ukraine/Carlos Pueblo

Today is a week after Putin invades Ukraine. Russia is exposed its weakness that Putin's military force can't conquer Ukraine within 48 hours, instead it is suffered a heavy loss of life and money. The rest of the world is not afraid of Russia at all. Biden delivered a State of the Union address last night and we knew that he would not sent U.S. troop to Ukraine to fight off Russian. 

Many nations encourage their citizen to join the foreign legion to fight in Ukraine. It is an excellent idea that for those who light to fight a war and can make a small fortune. It is  also a meaningful way of life to fight the injustice. Let Russian aggressors pay the price. Of course, it is very sorry to see so many Ukraine victims during this war or what can you do with a neighbor nation like Russia? There are many nations in this world can not obtain the peace even after the nation is established.

Taiwan is an example. I pay so much attention to Ukraine because of Taiwan. Taiwan has a neighbor like Russia which will not leave Taiwan alone. As long as we keep away the Nationalist Chinese away from power, we can be better manage our defense to Chinese aggression. The U.S. will trust Taiwan in the supply of the modern weaponry otherwise American may have the concern that Nationalist Chinese may sell them to China.

The entire Europe is united now against the Russian aggression and they all know that once Putin gets Ukraine he will attack Poland and Baltic nations. I am glad that Biden imposes sanctions on Russia as well as Putin personally. Russia must pay the price. Go Ukraine! Go Taiwan!

俄軍入侵烏克蘭第一週／莊峻華

 俄軍入侵烏克蘭第一週／莊峻華

俄軍入侵烏克蘭第一週，烏克蘭人仍舊誓死抵抗，俄軍受挫，普丁威脅核彈武器，拜登並不隨雞起舞，石油一桶已逼近$105，但是我投資之石油股價，仍不起色，因為該公司在俄羅斯投資巨大油田，仍是一文不值，因此我甚不滿普丁之無知與瘋狂，連我都不得安寧。

現在台灣的電視台，已經開始報導俄烏戰況，幾日前台灣電視很憂慮講錯話，以為烏克蘭無法抵抗，我都要看一位中國難民之自播節目，他念手稿肯定講出烏克蘭人之前五日頑強抵抗，俄軍死亡人數，隨後全球輿論跟進，非常有趣。

我剛讀畢一小說，依諾菈葛，就是投擲第一顆原子彈到日本廣島故事始末，依諾菈葛是正駕駛母親之大名，為飛機命名，美國從開始秘密準備，到投擲核彈，一共耗時一年，日本毫無所悉，否則昭和天皇一定提早投降。現在普丁揚言準備核戰，我們都相信俄羅斯有此能力，而且俄羅斯找白俄羅斯共謀，台灣的名嘴分析，普丁將使用小型核彈，掛在火箭上，或是從砲管發射，如此不需耗費一年準備，這種小型核彈，曾經有過介紹，一位台灣人被指控賣技術給中國，被撤職失業，後來又被判無罪，因此我稍有常識。

普丁要打核戰，目標是誰？烏克蘭？烏克蘭太近，輻射線必將波及俄羅斯本土，要攻擊美國？美國太遠，而且美軍有雷根的星際戰爭準備，一日無法摧毀全美國，美國勢必陸海空三度空間報復，就是長程飛彈，空中轟炸機，海上海底軍艦發射核彈，普丁不讀書，但俄羅斯軍方，應向他報告，除非普丁已瘋，但俄羅斯軍方，不應全瘋，就像我們川普瘋，美軍不瘋，擔心的普洛西眾議長，有軍方保證，此事去年剛發生。

拜登很有智慧，按兵不動，只送武器給烏克蘭，傭兵參戰，歐洲各國跟進，所以普丁要嚐試苦頭，一天兩百億美金燒掉，錢又被世界凍結，普丁如意算盤是，洗劫烏克蘭，像洗劫早期各國，車臣和烏克蘭之克里米亞等，否則他如何擁有兩千億美金資產？俄羅斯又沒有高科技，我想不出可以累積如此財富，有錢就是無錢，一日遭受海牙國際法庭戰犯審判，兩千億也是零，中國的習近平切記。