Leaving for New England for a cruise/Carlos Pueblo

 Leaving for New England for a cruise/Carlos Pueblo

Saturday I am leaving for New York City to take a two weeks trip to New England and Nova Scotia, Canada even to Newfoundland, Canada.

暫別旅行去也／莊峻華

 暫別旅行去也／莊峻華

週六就飛紐約市旅行去也，這次郵輪旅行是在北美東岸，來回兩次一共16日，下月七日回家，趕上期中選舉，12月10日再出門佛州天珀市搭船，旅行東加勒比海共13ㄖ，還有等待明年初兩巴拿馬運河船票特價，共25日，特此報告全球讀者。

我的歐洲行，寫到法國坎城，下站是義大利利波諾，佛羅倫斯市外港，然後就是羅馬外港，回程路過土耳其伊斯坦堡機場，再來就是兩週之阿拉斯加旅行。

剛好右臂打球疼痛，郵輪旅行可暫休息也。

Enjoying Tibetan folk dance(2)/Carlos Pueblo

 Enjoying Tibetan folk dance(2)/Carlos Pueblo

It's been more than a week that I have been enjoying Tibetan folk dace, preciously the Kangba Tibetan Kuochuang dance. Kangba Tibetan are located on West Sichuan Province, China and Eastern Tibet. Kangba Tibetan are not Chinese, some of them are taller and lighter skin than most of Chinese. The Kuochuang dance moves both feet, arms, and hands simultaneously with current day popular music along with lively charming young ladies as well as handsome boys and gentlemen is very attractive to me. This You Tube video is presented by an artist called Smart Tent lucky with at two groups discipline dancers. Since last week, I have compared other Tibetan folk dances around the U.S. and Canada and I still prefer this Smart Tent lucky programs. Let me introduce three lovely dancers and two lovely songs.

There are more than 20 charming ladies dancers whom I can locate their names in the future if I feel like it. The group perform at ground under a high way bridge at southern part of Chengdu, Sichuan usually lead by a master Yung Cheng, an attractive young girl with perfect performance both feet and arms with her beautiful and colorful uniforms. The Kuochuang dance is required complete expressing of arms and hands along with many beautiful steps to move feet both forward and backward. She raises her arms vertically on one and waves the other softly. Sometimes she would wear a cowboy hat. The other leader is La Tsaou who has a lovely moon like face also wears the dancing uniforms. Most of the time due to working hard and summer heat, she swears a lot yet is still an excellent leader. I forget to mention that Kuochuang dance is a half circled group dance moving around the ground. The number 3 girl is younger and slightly taller than the other two masters, Yuong Jen is her first name. She moves more casually than the other two and I would not category her as a master; however, her dancing is still very attractive. There are times that all three are next to each other and that is a treat we can witness the harmony of their waves and discipline. Of course, I must apology for not mentioning some other pretty girls dancers along with these three.

Two popular songs have been my favorite, one is the evening rain of Lhasa and the other is Tso Ma. Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet and ancient Tibetan Dynasty while Tso Ma is a girl's name. Videos always present songs with singer's voice and followed by just music. Popular hits are very much different from the traditional Tibetan folk music and I love the current one kind.

西藏鍋莊舞（2）／莊峻華

 西藏鍋莊舞（2）／莊峻華

最近一週，我在網路發現西藏鍋莊舞，連續看畢這位睿軒吉祥製作，在中國成都街頭演出，精彩影片，我連忙介紹給愛美和元兒，兩人感受不同，我能諒解，愛美曰可以在郵輪上參加清晨運動，舒展筋骨，元兒僅曰節目目標是我，當然這是文化成長興趣等之殊異，我喜歡這種舞蹈，這種歌曲，這些美女，人生難得之興趣，我已經到達孔子說的，七十而隨心所欲不逾矩，矩是規矩法律，即使年逾七十，當過美國總統，也需遵守法律範圍。

年輕時我喜歡交際舞，就是可以摟輕柔美女，也曾經當過高中土風舞指導老師，熱愛過一位女指導小學老師，只是姻緣不足，鍋莊舞是傳統民族舞蹈之最，我只介紹兩重點，一是歌曲，二是美女，當然這位製作人也是位高手，有獨見創獲者也。

先說兩歌曲，一為拉薩夜語，這是近代歌曲，有位女歌手在2008年唱紅，拉薩是西藏首都，歌詞是北京白話，描述拉薩夜間細雨，幾有鄉愁哀怨，西藏在異族統鐵蹄治下。第二首歌是卓瑪，卓瑪是位姑娘，歌詞上有卓瑪拉，還有桑格花，我都想知道這拉在藏文中之意，桑格花真面目。

鍋莊舞四肢勤動，雙足是碎步進退，雙臂與手之表達，是花朵，是高山，是溪流，是彈吉他等，完全仰賴年輕貌美，身材修長之康巴族姑娘，我算一下雍吉團隊，有超過20位美女，我只先介紹三位，雍吉，拉措，和擁珍，雍吉和拉措是貌美又幽雅舞姿，手臂能語，這位擁珍真是美女，雙臂動作，尚無前述二位之到位鍋莊舞姿，但仍甚美，鍋莊舞一曲下來，姑娘已是香汗淋淋。男士動作幅度較大，而且蹦蹦跳跳，但均有對稱，鍋莊舞是有節奏是有紀律，比起我們台灣原住民舞蹈，和以色列猶太水舞等，稍微繁複，但有基本動作紀律可循。

我在草場散步，開始揮肩，已經奏效，我要繼續帶上郵輪，欣賞西藏鍋莊舞，真是福氣。

American are good at business(2)/Carlos Pueblo

 American are good at business(2)/Carlos Pueblo

The inflation 2022 comes to us and I have witness that American are good at business again. I am quite busy with what I am going to have additional 5 cruise trips in three months and experienced with joy of spending money with some business promotion from banks and the cruise liner. It is very unusual to see a frugal person like me to spend $14,000 on credit cards for cruise trips and get $1,400 cash back and excited about it.

When the Chinese Wuhan Corona Virus Pandemic hit the U.S., the U.S. federal government has distributed several $1,200 per person cash to help to pass some difficulty . The Fed even provides some funds for companies to hire back laid off employees for not interrupting their monthly incomes. There are too much Greenbacks printed so far and the inflation finally comes. The gasoline hits the highest point in years yet Biden makes is back down a little bit. The White House and the Federal Reserve are not afraid of the recession for the time being. both of them decide to control the inflation and the Fed raises the landing interest rate several times in a few months. Finally I have had an opportunity to make a one year certificate of deposit to earn 2.75% interest.

Two of the national largest banks offer me new credit cards to spend some money in 3 months and award me with promotional rebates, $8,000 for $800, $2,000 for $200, and $4,000 for $400, etc. With  several helps from my brother-in-law Yong Teoh in NYC and Amy to purchase 3 cruises trips and airfares, I almost make to the goal $14,000 and get $4,000 cash back. 

In addition to my existing voucher discount $125 per cruise trip, my cruise agent finds additional discount with my new purchase, called the latitude discount which makes me very happy that would make up the airfare inflation. I join to the civic group to help the economic recovery if there is any. The U.S. is like a locomotive to move the world as long as the U.S. is still prosperous, there is an opportunity that the world will be prosperous eventually. American are good at business.

美國人很能做生意／莊峻華

 美國人很能做生意／莊峻華

2022年通貨膨脹，這是武肺漫延全美，局部癱瘓美國經濟後，川普開始就發每人一千二補助金，拜登再發一次，我忘一共發幾次，拜登有發公司薪水貸款，讓公司聘回遣散之職員，然後就遇到2022通貨膨脹，於是白宮判斷，先遏阻通膨，央行生息幾次。按我的節儉習慣，應該是緊縮支出，以應付通膨之無常，但是無意間，我增加外出郵輪旅行，今年已經七次，當然是因為有特價折扣，美國人很能做生意。

愛美曰菜市場物價飆高，於是我就增加我的月費，然後注意牛排特價，兩家大銀行給我三張新信用卡，鼓勵我馬上花費，三個月內達到一定數目，像一張$8000給$800紅利，一張$2000給$200，最後一張$4000給$400，這半年我買機票和船票，一共花$14000，拿到$1400回扣，我在船上吃飯65日，愛美也可省下一些買菜錢，我再三提醒她，當然這$14000支出包括她阿拉斯加兩週船票和機票，還有紐約榮祥10日郵輪船票，我統一購買，用上我的三張$125優待券，也替大家節省。

為共同面對通貨膨脹2022，美國銀行也想辦法來促進生意，有一張大通卡，提出無息付款12個月優待辦法，我想好幾天都想不出如何加以利用？我為達到第三張新卡要求，特別請全家人幫忙，還要加上購買郵輪優待劵，這些折扣將使用在購買單程機票上，避免機票單程增加費。

全球經濟復甦，全賴美國這火車頭，美國避免消條，世界繼續出售貨物給美國，賺取美金，購買美金，購買美國公債，美金成為強勢貨幣，持美金之外國人，都無息貸款美國，當然我不用美金現鈔，使用信用卡，先向銀行貸款，商人早已算上手續費，我無法通吃，無法逃避所得稅，但美國確實是一穩定強盛之國，我毫無抱怨。

Two recent political activities in the United Kingdom/Carlos Pueblo

 Two recent political activities in the United Kingdom/Carlos Pueblo

There are two political activities occurred in the United Kingdom recently caught my attention, first the lady premier fired her treasury secretary for cutting taxes for the rich; second Manchester city police rescued a Hong Kong immigrant protester inside the Chinese Consulate General compound. I have paid very much attention to both London and Manchester in recent years of my visits to both place and I like the politic.

Liz Truss replaces Boris Johnson recently as the Premier for the U.K., she she faces the inflation 2022 and urgently required her attention. She is a conservative party, Tories like the Republican Party in the U.S. She believe a tax cut will stimulate the spending and therefore, cut the tax will trigger the economy and gets the U.K. out of the recession. Trump and his supporters have claimed such credit for at least since 2016. Obviously, the Lower House or House of Common can't get enough votes to pass such bills which would force the new regime to be collapsed and a new election must be held immediately. It is called the non-confidence vote. It will not happened in the U.S. and applied to the U.S. President, i.e. the late Trump's Mexican bolder wall fund rejected in the House. Trump was still finishing his 4 year term as the President without a new election until 2020. I can't tell which system is better than another. I can see the U.S. Fed creates some gap of the interest rate in order to maneuver the rate later when it is needed such as 2008 case. Most of the economic power houses in the world are still watching carefully to move the interest rate; therefore, their rate are still near 0 for the time being. They may make the same move later.

The Chinese Consul General in Manchester lead about 10 fellow consulate diplomats out to beat up protesters mostly immigrants from Hong Kong. I saw a live video presented by the great BBC to show how many Manchester police forces quickly move in to rescue a victim out of the Consulate compound. It is so ridiculous. Chinese diplomats think that they are still in China or Hong Kong.

I have been to both London and Manchester for many times and I love both cities. I have been sitting for two hours for a regular meeting at the House of Common nearby the Westminster Church with a bronze statute of the Lion King Richard. I have marched many miles on the rivers and canals around Manchester. Both are very interesting indeed.

最近英國兩件新聞／莊峻華

 最近英國兩件新聞／莊峻華

最近英國兩件新聞，登上網路新聞頭條，就是雅虎新聞迅速轉載新聞社快報，都引起我注意，我只看頭條和一則影訊，就有結論意見，一是英國新首相特勞斯開除財務大臣，一是中國駐曼徹斯特總領館，驅使館員館外示威者拖入館內歐打，為英警解救，我對英國十分心儀，而且兩處城市，都拜訪過多次。

英國國家財務有困難，因此前首相強森下台，女相特勞斯上台不久，就給高收入者減稅，引起大譁，於是開除財相脫困，解除不新任危機，當然下一步看能否減息刺激經濟？但英國利息低於零，無息可減，顯然於通貨膨脹難題無解，特勞斯是保守黨，和美國共和黨想法類似，為高收入者服務。英國是議會制，有上院和下院，下院多數黨推出首相，日本，德國類似，和美國之總統制不同，每件議案，首相若無把握通過，不敢提案表決，否則曰不信任投票，國會需要即時改選，這和美國的川普美墨萬里長城案類似，但川普援例遭否決後，仍舊可以死賴，逼國會就範預算，就是讓預算不通過，關閉政府機關，大家憶否此事？我曾經在英國國會旁聽兩小時，也算有趣，國會在泰晤士河畔，衛斯敏靈士教堂旁，旁邊有一里察特王銅像。

我住曼徹斯特市好幾次，特別有感情，香港移民到中國總領館示威，中國使領館不習慣，派十位帶頭盔館員，外出打架，這比當年國民黨中國官員囂張，我年輕時經常在美國參加示威台灣國民黨使領館，國民黨開始還派人照相，羅致黑名單，僅此而已，國民黨中國人外交官，比較文明，黑名單案還跟我們入綠道大廈溝通，其實我們也向休市中國總領館示威，和中國外交官開會吃飯過，這曼徹斯特中國總領館太野蠻過份，我看英國警察約十位立即衝入救人，一點都不含糊，這才是法治，才是國家，中國駐曼徹斯特總領館，真是丟臉，素質太差，無法跟其休市總領館外交官相比較，我們在美國示威中國人，當地警察僅派一位，只有1976年元旦時，為白雅燦到白宮附近小公園示威，華府市政府，派高大騎警來象徵性維持秩序，美國示威都需事先登記，這是人民表示意見之基本權利，憲法第一修正案保障，美國憲法學英國，中國官員要虛心學習。

U.S. has declared War against China/Carlos Pueblo

 U.S. has declared War against China/Carlos Pueblo

You may say that I am exaggerated yet I do see the consequence on You Tube about the economic condition after the out break of the Wuhan Corona Virus Pandemic. Chinese You Tubers disagree of the Chinese official GDP monthly repost of 2.5% growth. The banking system of China, the real estate market, the national employment out look, and the so called one belt and one road investment, etc. are all in collapsed condition. The U.S. has posted a surcharged of 25% import tax upon Chinese goods to the U.S. from Trump to Biden administrations. Xi and his Communist regime don't know what is going on and how to manage the War started it with the economic hostility. Xi doesn't dare to respond Trump military intimation before the end of his regime yet the Biden's administration even post sanction of the high technology products to China.

Chinese do not know the reason why they are facing such hostility. I am telling you now. The whole world as well as the U.S. are suffering to the out break of the Wuhan Corona Virus Pandemic in the financial stress as well as human loses tremendously. They can neither forgive nor forget China. The economic punishment is about right for the time being.

The United Kingdom, Japan, and the U.S. are suffering so much in Hong Kong for Xi's break of Deng's promise to U.K. to keep the existing system for 50 years in 1997. They don't forget it and they don't want to see their interests in Taiwan are suffering to the same results when Xi invades Taiwan. They don't want to respond to the same of Russia to invade Ukraine. The U.S. is ready to help to defend Taiwan when China makes the first move.

When the inflation 2022 occurs, the U.S. Federal Reserve hikes lending interest rate that I know the U.S. is confident in their economic out looks while China lowers it rate in order to stimulate it economic to avoid the recession. I understand that the U.S. is more resilient than China to the inflation of 2022. The U.S. can take it while China can't. Instead to study how to deal with the economic war against the U.S. Xi is still in dream of invading Taiwan. I don't see that Chinese Communist regime pay any attention or care about the collapse of their economic situation including the banks, the unemployment, the real estate, the closure of factories, etc. Xi is still smarter than Russian's Putin in the military action to invade the other nations.

Biden and his associates in the White House are very firm to deal with China. They are able persons, much better than Trump's and Xi's China. The confrontation War in economic is on.

美國已經對中國宣戰／莊峻華

 美國已經對中國宣戰／莊峻華

美國對中國宣戰，是在川普任內開始的增加進口稅，美國舉出很多原因，包括高科技盜版，貿易不平衡，中國習進平政權，不知如何應付，問題未解決，拜登上台後繼續維持25％關稅，中國貨物成本加高，雖然不甚嚴重美國整體經濟消耗面，但一定是通貨膨脹2022之一因素。

2019年，中國武漢肺炎，禍延全球，美國包括在內，這種事若發生在中國以外之任一國家，都可以讓人提早警戒，惟獨中國，死要顏面，封鎖病情，隱瞞真況，又不知清零，開放國民出國旅行，武肺迅速傳染到全球，讓全球經濟幾近崩潰，世界各國吃頓燜虧，幸好美國發明兩種疫苗，花錢遏阻武肺繼續漫延。中國裝傻，美國政府牢記此虧。

香港的一國一制，讓美國，英國，和日本等國，蒙受巨大經濟損失，經濟列強都同意要制裁中國，所以美國之增加關稅中國，日歐列強也摸摸鼻，忍下怨氣，移出在中國之投資，連台商都無法在中國生存。美國現在是對中國發動經濟戰，習進平無知，中國留美博士群尚未在執政圈，滿頭霧水，不知所措。

美國禁運日本石油，因此日本偷襲珍珠港，美國禁運俄羅斯，逼得普丁挺而走險，侵略烏克蘭，然後美國聯合歐洲各國，幫助烏克蘭抗俄，美國出兵，應該是普丁動用核武，威脅世界和平安全。

中國不幸，讓共匪統治，習進平又想侵略台灣，危害美國和日本在台投資，人家蔣介石統一中國前，保證列強在中國之利益，毛澤東沒收租界，習進平沒收香港，又武肺危害全球，毫無忌憚，不改賊匪本性，現在又要連三任，至少五年，習比普丁識相，不敢挑戰川普之戰機戰艦戰爭，但拜登之經濟戰，已經奏效，美國可以撐下通貨膨脹，中國無法，中國降息，美國升息，一明例也。

The U.S. Dollar's appreciation value in 2022/Carlos Pueblo

 The U.S. Dollar's appreciation value in 2022/Carlos Pueblo

It's very interesting of the U.S. Dollar's appreciation in 2022 under the current inflation. Amy tells me that all items are marked up nowadays everywhere. I don't do very much shopping and I only pay her monthly for our grocery needs. I always have an idea that the U.S. Dollar is diminishing gradually. People yet are talking that the U.S. Dollar is a strong currency that I am puzzled.

I understand that both the White House and the Federal Reserve agree that the economic strength is strong in the nation, the employment rate is high as well as the economic growth is sound. In order to reduce the inflation, the Fed has raised the interest rate several times. Yet the stock market is indicated otherwise. All other nations are not following up to the U.S. on the interest rate hike; therefore, there is a demand of the U.S. currency in their nations. Most of the foreign currencies are collapsing. 

First, foreign nations' central banks most exhaust their U.S. Dollars reserves to satisfy their citizens needs, then, they must sell their U.S. Treasury holdings next to get more U.S. Dollars in order to meet the demand of U.S. Dollars domestically. Therefore, the U.S. Dollar is strong for no appearance reasons. I feel good yet I am not in any benefit at all. I pay all my payment for my foreign travel at home and I don't purchase anything abroad. It is cheaper to purchase at home because the foreign goods sold cheaper here in the U.S. I know that we must pay more, 25% more due to the import tax added in Chinese goods. I only pay for tennis balls occasionally.

Stock markets are collapsing due to the worry of the inflation theory, after 14 years growth continually, we are due to have a correction or recession. The Fed hike of interest rate is directed to fight to a economic hard landing, we like to have a soft landing. We hope to have this inflation of 2022 to to be eased off some time soon then we can forget and back to the old day. I don't watch the daily fluctuation of the market. I can just practice my frugal behavior and enjoy my appreciated U.S. Dollar at home.

說美金升值2022／莊峻華

 說美金升值2022／莊峻華

美國正面臨嚴重之通貨膨脹，美國中央銀行和白宮均認為美國應該先控制通膨，抑著物價高升，所以提高貸款利率，現在房屋貸款接近年利率6.75％，因此我在銀行一年定期，可以拿到2.75％，所以美金升值，其他國家中央銀行，尚未跟進長息，卻忙著應付國內擠兌購買美金，先消耗庫存美金，然後賣出外匯美國公債，換取美金，以應付國內美金需求，避免國家貨幣貶值崩潰，上次旅行日本，一美金換一百日元，現在一美金換一百四十四日元，真是不可思議，難怪我的日本汽車股，繼續受壓抑，不僅是缺乏晶片零件而已。

各國都在收購美金，持有美金，就是無息貸款給美國，過去二十年，美國利率低，長期公債幾無利息，現在公債未到期兌現美金，又無息借給美國，難怪各國央行咬牙切齒，美國省下許多利息。

美國面對這次通貨膨脹，何以可以提高利率？抑制經濟繼續擴充？這是央行和白宮同意就業率高，美金流暢無礙，不像2008年之消條景象，2008年的處理經驗，得自於1987年的高利率，政府和民間一起搶資金，因此有2008年之處理結論，降低利率，廣印鈔票使資金流暢，促進14年毫無間斷之成長，這是違反經濟學原理，因此有今年之成長高原期，有今年之通貨膨脹，央行升息是冷卻經濟，待有消條跡象，有稍高利息可以降息操作空間，這是軟著陸，道理很簡單，容易了解，美國經濟體大，國家赤字，讓成長之國家國內總生產額數目來沖淡，美國物產豐富，政治上軌道，只要可負擔利息，本金國債可以永遠不還，這和我們個人家庭經濟稍異，國家有稅收，我們要有工作收入，要節約儲蓄和投資。

我剛好賣掉所石油股票，留住一些現金，來熬過股市之暴跌套牢，我賠錢政府也減少我的所得稅收入，我相信拜登總統站在同一陣線，我們要共渡難關。

Enjoying the Tibetan folk dance/Carlos Pueblo

 Enjoying the Tibetan folk dance/Carlos Pueblo

There is a video appeared on my You Tube named the Gouchuang Dance of Tibet in Chengdu, China, a kind of folk dance quite similar to many folk dances in the world such as our Taiwanese aboriginal folk dance yet more hands wave movement with lively songs. I have been attracted for days and study about it in details. There are only about seven millions Tibetans in the world and most of them live in current day China, 6.3 millions in Tibet and some spread around the adjacent provinces such as Yunnan, Sichuan, Chinghai, and Sikang etc. They come down from the highland to Chengdu, Sichuan for work and the dance party are gathered under a highway bridge in the south part of the city regularly.

The foot steps are slow and discipline while hands move like waves to symbolize hills, lakes, seas and flowers, etc. accompanied with popular songs quick and touching with romantic words. Dancers are line up sometimes with pairs who are showing symmetrically. Ladies are moving gracefully while young males are moving legs more freely like Buddhas statues. There are always some dancers dressing up with Tibetan colorful and lovely dresses. I am very fond of the young charming lady dancers.

Amy recommends me following the You Tube video to dance like her on a note book computer; therefore, I can have my shoulder exercises. Actually I am more impressed to the attractive lady dancers of Tibetans. I adore their slender appearance even though some mid age ladies look like Mexican Indians yet still good looking. I check on Google search about the city of Chengdu which is the provincial capital of Sichuan, China. It is also called the city of the Hibiscus. We grow the beautiful flower at home. I am aware of two charming Chinese ladies, Ning Sing of the old anchor lady of the Radio of America and Cherry Yang from Taiwan. In the early 1980's, Cherry used to trade business in Chengdu where her parents were from. 

I hope that one day the Tibetan will have their our nation. Historically they are not Chinese as well as culturally and religiously. I don't see any kinds of dance in Chinese culture and their unique cloths both man gentlemen and ladies. They are not Chinese.

西藏鍋庒舞／莊峻華

 西藏鍋庒舞／莊峻華

這兩日我將網誌裡介紹的西藏鍋庒舞，仔細欣賞一遍，約有幾十影集，非常有趣，我年輕時代就喜歡跳交際舞，雖然有身短腳短缺陷，但不阻礙我興致，後來還擔任高中學生課外活動，土風舞指導老師，許多美憶。這西藏鍋庒舞是中國蓉城成都一位睿軒吉祥製作，他在成都府南一羅馬假日廣場，就是一公路高架橋下，開辦一西藏鍋庒舞會，例假日許多藏人俊男美女，結集表演鍋庒舞，也帶動許多青年老少前來學習活動，我被吸引主要是這些西藏美女，她們的傳統盛裝，鍋庒舞採用之韻律節奏，我一共觀看兩整天，已經有很多心得。

全球西藏人口約六百五十萬人，西藏幅員約臺灣之47倍大，許多藏人除住西藏外，自古散佈於中國青康，雲南，四川等地，印度，尼泊爾，美國等都有一些西藏難民，西藏自古不屬中國，他們有自己的王國，文成公主合番到吐番，吐番就是圖博，西藏之英語名。西藏比鄰四川，因此藏人到成都謀生，有鍋庒舞之氣候。成都又稱芙蓉城，蓋中國五代十國成都主孟昶遍植芙蓉而得美名。這鍋庒舞腳步外，尚重手臂揮動舞姿，我們臺灣山地舞之橫行前後，以色列猶太舞姿等均包括，這製作人睿軒提供之舞星男女，都有規律節奏，若併肩則見一致，顯然有很長之訓練，我看一段基本舞步，舞肩手臂腳步，一共有五招，然後就是重複。

鍋庒舞的音樂是流行歌曲，例如拉薩夜語，草原，格瑪等，都是輕快旋律，約是西藏解放後之作品，若是歌頌共產黨毛澤東之歌曲，觀眾人數就減少。

我對中國成都有些美憶，剛才想找出一位楊太太舊識，這是一位台灣嘉義空軍子弟，嘉女畢業，台大機械系畢業，曾經兼職房地產，主要是對中國成都貿易，十分成功，在我們紀念區大道有一辦公室，是位美女。另一位是美國之音之寧馨，時事論談，現在看不到她的主持，也是位成都美女，當然這兩位都非藏族。

藏族鍋庒舞是一難得之民族舞蹈，西藏獨立前，中國必需努力維護，中國漢人沒有如此文化，其實整個世界都難覓，何況這些西藏美女？我猜印度東北幾省中國人面孔者，也是藏族，他們自己投票加入印度，和西藏命運迥然不同。

Re-visiting Cannes, France 2022/Carlos Pueblo

 Re-visiting Cannes, France 2022/Carlos Pueblo

Cannes, France is famous for the annual movies shows outside of the Oscar in the world. One year, 05/24/2015, I was on my Mediterranean cruise trip and passed by this city port with a very fond memory. I marched into a a part of the city center and then up to a small hill of a lovely residential area with many luxury homes. A lovely flower shop with a lovely nursery on the side was impressive. I didn't go up to a hill top cathedral and was regret very much to miss the peony garden where I did see on the flower shop. This time was about the same and I anticipated to finish the un-finished trip.

I love the peony which is one of my favorite flowers. I have mentioned that 2015 Cannes trip to many of my friends. The late Dr. Innad Hussani was one of them. He was a French trained physician. He mentioned his story at Cannes. Once he lived here for his medical practice. A Lebanese Banker friend referred him a deal of a small motel for sale. He was read to make the purchase yet his mother and wife were all against it because he shouldn't be distracted from his job as an eyes surgeon. At the end, he gave it up for about a $200,000 U.S. deal and later, after the new owner's effort, it was turned to worth more than 1.5 millions. He went back to his home town in Syria for his practice and then upon the request of his wife, immigrated to Houston, Texas. I knew him because he became my tennis partner, a gentleman. Once he described to me of his high RPM life in the U.S. RPM is the meter on the car board, the revolution per minute. He passed away of a stroke a couple years ago after his young son's  immature death. He told me the property was at the old port.

I didn't pay too much attention of where we disembark this time. I asked people where was the Cathedral and walked straight to the direction. I found the church yet it was very much different from what my memory was. I participated a family kids baptize ceremony. I believed that parents were from the Eastern Europe. One of the kids was still a baby, both of them behaved very well. I took some photos yet I couldn't find them, the entire stay at the city.

I didn't give up that easy. I tried again from the seacoast beach toward the sign of a cross up in the hill. I tried to cut in to the entrance toward the Cathedral yet there were no such sighs at all. I found a nice International Pacific University campus and turned back out. There were two or three women naked and bathed on the almost empty beach due to the weather.

I sat in front of an hotel to use its free WiFi connection for the rest of time. Later I realized that I was on a wrong section of the city and I actually missed the right turn to my wanted place.

重返法國坎城2022／莊峻華

 重返法國坎城2022／莊峻華

這次橫跨大西洋終站是南羅馬，因此順便繞道地中海，法國影城坎尼斯其一，也是我喜愛城市之一，郵輪停靠異處碼頭，下船後我想找一處上次未盡之山端教堂，結果迷路，找到的是近山麓之另一大教堂，其實也無需過份失望，我想找的是當年錯過之牡丹花開，這次也未見街道旁花店，無法證實是否值牡丹花季？我在德國法蘭克福市和柏林均遇見庭院牡丹花開，也遺憾未遇傳聞之牡丹花展競賽，只要我繼續努力，繼續旅行，我將終究遇見，我也看過中國洛陽市牡丹花園之盛況，中國若非共匪統治，對台灣有領土野心，著實有傳說中之花朵美景。

我的前網球摯友，敘利亞籍美國醫生，伊那德。胡珊尼兄，曾語我彼曾居法國坎城，當年他甚年輕，在坎城當醫生，手上也有一筆資金，有一黎巴嫩銀行家告知一坎城客棧在拍賣，約是20萬美金之譜，他有興趣，而且也進行購買手續，但終究未能完成，若干年後，客棧整修翻新，就在一碼頭附近，價格已翻十餘倍，他是法國醫學院出身，其父曾服役法國空軍，所以他有法國淵源，再加上歐洲有許多阿拉伯商人，很是有趣，他原回敘利亞故鄉開業，經不起愛妻懇求，移民到休市，工作努力過度，比我年輕五，六歲，最近過世，獨子亦早一年離世，真是慘劇，他在休市西郊有一200英畝農莊曰德州賀姆鎮，以紀念其敘利亞故鄉賀姆市，他有30畝農莊，生產西瓜。

我從山麓大教堂下山後，就望山高處，巡登山徑上山，先描述一段教堂兩女孩受洗典禮，這是一年輕東歐移民家庭，我攜兩相機重裝備參觀，主教按受洗禮儀進行，親友群圍觀，小孩們也無異議，一位是襁褓之中。我沿著海岸，走離碼站方向，企圖找到一處登山入口處，詢問路人均不知我問所云，有耐心者，再指山麓處大教堂，我結論是兩次下船碼頭有異，進入之城區不同，難怪我迷路，法語又不甚流利。

尋路中是走到一太平洋國際大學校園住宅區，和我印象中記憶有異，而且住宅區氣氛迥然不同，於是我就放棄尋訪，沿海灘步行回碼頭，這海灘偶見天體女泳客幾位，都是上年紀者，如此也比較安全，碼頭大道旅館前，許多人聚集使用免費網路，我剛好歇下腳，這位斗六女同鄉和其夫婿也在，上船後她說在船上掉了手機，我就幫她報案櫃臺，當夜就找回，船上治安甚好，而且到處攝影。

Re-visiting Barcelona, Spain 2022/Carlos Pueblo

 Re-visiting Barcelona, Spain 2022/Carlos Pueblo

After Alicante overnight, we reached to Barcelona, Spain early in the morning. I have lost counts of how many times that I have visited this lovely Spanish city. The shuttle bus took me to the Columbus Center and saw him pointed his finger to the America. I didn't have too much planned to on this visit. I planned to get some Euros from an ATM machine, to visit briefly on the main Boulevard and coming back to the cruise ship. I didn't think that I could cover very much in a few hours of stay in such a huge city.

A nice Spanish high school kid helped me to go through the Spanish language ATM and I got some Euros out of my bank account. As promise, I later gave 200 Euros to Dr. Chu for their convenience spending for the rest of routes. She gave me a handsome exchange in U.S. Dollars. She took her 94 years old mother for an additional tour after the end of this cross Atlantic. She is a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, a very distinguished chemist.

I found my favorite market, a huge and lovely one, nearby the ATM machine. I was very astonished when I first visited the market. The Jamon Iberico or Jamon Serrano sores are still all over. We can have some of such delicacy on the ship's cafeteria everyday; however, it is amazing to see so many colorful products all over and witness many customers to enjoy them with wines on many small restaurants stands. I am very frugal and calculative. I didn't dare to try and was satisfied with it on the cruise cafe.

There is an live art gallery section on the boulevard where artists are drawing pictures for tourists. Beautiful cities or scenery places all over the world are attracted to artists to earn their living. I am always attracted to such live performance. There were two lovely kids with their parents making their purchases, one done and another one was on the way of drawing. After the aging artist finished, the mother asked the little girl to hand over 200 Euros for both drawings included tips. I admire artists of this kinds always.

In a small square out of the main boulevard, I watched a group of two young powerful men to perform dangerous acrobatics jumps in order to gain some tips from bystanders. They moved from one corner to another to attract more audients. A newly wed couple were taking photos in the square. I assumed that they were Japanese tourist. They hired local young Japanese lady professional to do the job. Our daughter Michelle did the same in Costa Rica for her wedding as well. I was so happy for them for their young experience at young age in such a lovely Spanish city for their honey moon.

重訪西班牙巴塞隆納市2022／莊峻華

 重訪西班牙巴塞隆納市2022／莊峻華

因為他事攪亂我今年三郵輪遊記，馬上又將外出三郵輪行，連忙續記此歐洲行，我是搭乘寶石號從紐約市出發，跨越大西洋，在西班牙亞莉堪地亞迷路，翌晨船抵巴塞隆納港，這是我最喜愛之城市之一，來過五次以上，我在碼頭熟練購妥來回巴士票，抵達城市哥倫布廣場，然後沿著大道，找到一銀行取款機，一位高中生，幫我領出歐元現金，我前日在亞港迷路，找不到銀行提款金，十分懊惱。我的目標甚為簡單，只逛一條大道，然後就回船上。

先到這家大市場，市場龐大，許多豪華美麗之火腿商店，五花十色，西班牙火腿非常馳名，船上偶爾提供，真是壯觀，有客人當場坐下品嚐，當然也喝葡萄酒，我找到當年騷包坐下之餐廳，今年沒有當年之客滿，都是虛席，我還是逛上幾圈，然後離去，大市場附近，許多電子手機店，店員許多亞洲印度裔西班牙人，我在迷路後，終於走回大道，這時候已經有許多遊客，道中間是一畫廊，美麗城市都有畫家駐紥，這些是人像素描寫生者，可愛小女孩坐在畫家面前，畫家當眾揮彩筆，甚是真實，我真的從頭看到完成，一幀畫是75歐元，小女孩母親交待女孩給上小費。

我在畫廊附近巷弄，找到一廣場，內有幾位年輕人耍特技，就是體力奔跳，博取小費，這奔跳若不巧，是會傷人，我有點忌諱，旁邊剛好有一對年輕東方人，有位年輕女攝影師，幫他們拍照，我馬上了解是甚麽一回事，年輕人是新婚便裝，在巴塞隆納網路找到一位職業攝影師，我猜三位都是日本青年，事畢，雙方各自離去，我問攝影師是否為當地者？她說是，如此較為經濟合算，不是嗎？琳兒在哥斯達黎加婚禮，也是如法泡製。

拿到歐元現金，回船上我就給這位朱博士200歐元，她也很慷慨換我美金，她是準備續搭此輪再遊歐洲一程。

Never give up/Carlos Pueblo

 Never give up/Carlos Pueblo

Patrick Chen of New York City sends me his autobiography, Never Give Up, via internet Line about his struggle to break the poverty class in his early life and I am so touched and impressed. Never Give Up is my motto in tennis games and I like him to point it out in our life. He personally has told me his story in Taiwan several times and I remember. I got to know him on my first quarter in the United States during the end of 1975 and the beginning of 1976 in NYC. We're on on a speedy ride from NYC to Washington, D.C. to participate a political demonstration against the Nationalist Chinese regime to oppress a victim, Pai Ya-Tseng simply due to his question to Chiang Kai-sek's son Chiang Ching-kuo how much he paid for the estate tax when the elder Chiang dies on that year, 1975? He was sentenced to death for his dis-respect and later changed to life sentence. My brother Yancy took me along with group of Taiwanese dissidents to join such strike. 

Later before 1980, He came down to Houston for his real estate business and visited Yancy and I was there. I remembered him very well. Yancy has mentioned so many times that Patrick tried to have him matched a pretty girl in Taipei when he went back to Taiwan in 1975. The deal didn't go through not that regretfully because my match making for his wife was in success at that trip. One year I was in Taiwan and visited my home town Huwei. I ran into a pretty school principal who happened to be Pat's sister-in-law. I asked a friend in NYC to locate Pat and got connected. He has treated my brother-in-law of Staten Island twice when I visited him, a Taiwanese cuisine and a Korean cuisine both were delicious indeed.

I am glad his success can be read in print for the world interested. I was in similarity to him yet not that dramatically. I also fight for my success up from almost nothing. His father had nine children and relied only for a small 0.4 acres rice field to support the family. It was due to the school educational systems in Taiwan provided him the opportunity to become an engineer and came to study in the United States. His autobiography is similar to the famous Booker T. Washington, Up from the Slavery, I read that book when I was a freshman in senior high school in Taiwan, one of the main motive to immigrate to this great nation.

He has made up his mind very early in his life and that is why he is successful. We don't see that such inspirational writing is popular in demand nowadays. It is fine with me and only people like me can appreciate it.

少年勵志典範／莊峻華

 少年勵志典範／莊峻華

日前紐約市老友阿火兄贈文大作，永不放棄，深為感動，特為文恭賀其為少年勵志典範。我無意邂逅兄於1975年底與1976年間紐約市，我在環遊美國，峻嚴帶我參加在華府白宮前，為台灣政治犯白雅燦示威遊行，白為早期異議人士，因詢問蔣經國交遺產稅否？為蔣政權判無期徒刑，我們一行五人，一路飆車南下，阿火其一，後來阿火因業務來訪休市峻嚴府，我有印象，應該是在我婚前，他已無所記憶。約是十年前返台探親，在虎尾巧遇一位美女國小校長，是阿火兄之小姨，再加上峻嚴津津樂道當年返台探親，1975年夏天，阿火幫他作媒一事，諸多巧遇事。於是我煩請紐約市黃再添兄，查詢阿火電話，不久連襟榮祥帶我拜訪阿火，蒙他慨請我們一豐盛台餐，後來又請一次豐盛之韓國料理，他媳婦是韓裔美人，因此他能點韓國美食。

永不放棄一書故事，先有所聞，這些年阿火提起幾次，阿火在台灣是學霸，雖說家境赤貧，一家11口僅賴兩分薄田，阿火省桃中畢業後，就考上建中和台北工專，今日之台北科技大學，先父之母校，工專畢業後來美留學，水牛城碩士後，就業工程師職，然後創業電腦電子底板，在中國廣東惠州設廠，一直到2020年。我所羨慕者為其少年勵志經驗，我真希望他的經驗，能給世人相信努力以赴，奮戰不懈之道理，他的成功，充滿自信。

當然此需當代人如我者，始能體會，我常以為我已經非常艱辛，想起來先父真是吃苦，不是他之氣餒，而是我們子女不夠努力，考上名校，但是學校教育後之社會生活，則需要一本少年勵志精神，來渡過此難得有意義之人生。

Buy low and sell high/Carlos Pueblo

 Buy low and sell high/Carlos Pueblo

I the stock trade, there is a rule to buy low and sell high in order to make a quick buck. I do it some time and not that bad at all. Yesterday, Amy informed me my oil stock price and I sold it all for some quick bucks. I shall keep the money for my cash needs in the coming years. Today, the oil stock is still climbing yet I don't feel bad at all.

There is no reason for me to explain the reason why the oil stock rises and falls all of a sudden this year. I am out of my trap for some time by now till the 2022 inflation. I can use the fund to satisfy my annual requirement of the minimum distribution. I think that I can keep the fund for seven years to wait for the depressed high tech funds to be recovered that would make me more comfortable.

I hope that I shall keep a good health or the manageable senior health under the Medicare coverage; therefore, I don't have extra cost under my retirement funds. I am at the old age and I don't like to worry about my retirement funds exhausted before the end of my life.

股票買低賣高／莊峻華

 股票買低賣高／莊峻華

昨午愛美告知，石油股沖高，於是我上書房，一一售清庫存石油股，今晨油股股續漲，我已無能為力，賣出兌現是保證手上現金，免得拮据不堪，一般股市仍然不見起色，因為通貨膨脹是將步入經濟消條委縮之結局，無人能清楚判斷。

今年通貨膨脹，尤其是汽油零售價，拜登總統努力，汽油價在休士頓，回跌到一加侖3美元，如今石油產國聲稱每日減產兩百萬桶，是為日後消條減產？抑或維護高油價高收入？我想是在警告美國石油公司，切末增產石油，輕舉妄動，還是強調環保，鄙夷化石能源為是，我是如此想，沙烏地石油政策如此，已經超過70年。

我年紀已大，體力無法繼續工作，倖好年輕時有儲蓄，現在退休金賺錢，只要身體健康，老人健保可維護，又因糖尿病改素食，開車僅在附近社區球場來回，物價是上漲，但是我消費少，不受大影響，郵輪旅行，都是精打細算過，這是財務稅務之安排，股票買低賣高是變錢，無中生有。

The mid-term elections between Taiwan and the U.S./Carlos Pueblo

 The mid-term elections between Taiwan and the U.S./Carlos Pueblo

The mid-term elections between Taiwan and the U.S. is one of main issues in my current days life in Houston, Texas. It will be on November 8 for the U.S. while November 26 for Taiwan. The U.S. mid-term election shall decide who will control both houses while in Taiwan, there are many local positions will be decided to influence the future national election for Taiwan in 2024. It is more interesting for me to follow the one in Taiwan than the one in the U.S. Of course, I don't have very much to say in both elections. I don't have the vote in Taiwan and I am a minority voter in Texas most of the time because I vote the Democrat and Democrats are the minority in Texas even though we do start voting Democrats in Houston area lately.

I have followed Taiwanese politic for a long time especially after I immigrated to the U.S. since 1975. Taiwan has been changed to a real democratic system governments since 1996. I is still very short yet very interesting. The new local party, the Democratic Progressive Party, is the incumbent in the national level both the executive and the legislative branches. The DPP has defeated the old Nationalist Chinese Party several times and forced the KMT become the second large party in numbers while there is another local party, the Taiwan People's Party, is joining to take their share of the national resources. I am against the KMT myself and prefer DPP or Taiwan People because both parties are clearly preferring that Taiwan is an independent nation and has nothing to do with China.

I prefer Democrats to Republicans in the U.S. elections. I don't like Donald Trump and the conservative. I believe that the Governments can do more for the poor and the needed. Of course, people must help themselves simultaneously like that I help myself. I have no complaints ever since I come to this nation.

年底的台美地方選舉／莊峻華

 年底的台美地方選舉／莊峻華

美國是在11月8日，台灣是在11月26日，兩國均將舉行地方選舉，比較上，台灣地方選舉，較為熱鬧，台灣有三大政黨互相競逐，非常劇烈，美國民主選舉超過246年，已經相當習慣，連參衆兩院是否換手？我們德州居民，甚難使力，這是事實，我在選前一日，旅行回家，趕上投票，這是我的興趣，我雖非台灣國公民，但從小關心台灣政治，而且津津樂道，我有我的看法，這個看法，真正傳承於先父，十分有趣，他出生於大日本帝國，接受過日本教育，我出生時台灣已是中國殖民地，一直到離開台灣21年後，台灣人民始能票選，正式授權統治台灣之政府，地方政府選舉，也比較有趣。

最有趣者，為首都台北市政府之選舉，台北市長和台北市議會，此次台北市長有三大政黨角逐，其實有12人參選，民進黨提名陳時中醫師，國民黨提蔣萬安美國律師，民眾黨提親民黨籍黃珊珊律師掛無黨籍參選，我以專業判斷，加上個人喜愛，我看好黃珊珊，也認為她是最佳後選人，民眾黨之議員後選人，也將有所斬獲。

八年前，柯文哲醫師入主台北市，執政有業績，而且是例年來之最，陳水扁僅4年，國民黨中國人馬英九和郝龍斌各8年，卸任後有五大弊案，官員鋃鐺入獄，主要是中國官方衙門貪污之傳統，柯市長有日本家教，台北帝大醫科之傳統訓練，日本精神，講話算話有紀律，台灣民進黨媒體分辨不清，我能了解，看不出柯執政8年政績和建設，黃珊珊副市長，建議大家參考各位連任議員政見，了解這些議員任內之代表作，都是議員爭取，柯市府執行完成，柯絕對不是共匪同路人，他們夫妻都是台大醫科出身醫生，都不做生意，她可能誤入基金，投資中國，這是證券股市非醫學專門，我不能笑她，我過去服務之壽險大公司，亞洲太平洋基金，僅指日本一國而已，我勞記在心，幾十年後，看看中國，香港，和新加坡，投資者慘況。

我已經有8年餘，未曾回過台灣，剛好是柯執政後之8年，台北沒有地方便宜居，無法欣賞柯市長口述下之台北市容，市場更新，台灣要不斷之進步，要鼓勵年輕人參加公眾服務，民進黨黨比中國國民黨優質甚多，我相信民眾黨更好，就像美國民主黨比共和黨好，誰都比川普好一般的道理。