Refreshing my good memory of Wusha Lushang Hot Spring/Carlos Pueblo

 Refreshing my good memory of Wusha Lushang Hot Spring/Carlos Pueblo

Yesterday I flipped at two vlogs on the You tube about the once famous Lushang Hot Spring resort at the central mountain of Taiwan. It is such a wonderful video refreshing my fund memory of the resort where I first visited once at my early childhood. I was with my eldest sister Mary on the first group of visitors organized by my Dad's employer, Taiwan Sugar Corporation Puli factory to visit the old Fuji Hot Spring resort, the old name by the original developer, the Japanese imperial police. We stayed at the old imperial police resort inn later was grasped by Chiang Kai-sek for himself as one of the 27 villas in Taiwan. He re-named the area as Lushang for him to remember his favorite resort mountain in Chiangshi Province. It was because of high risk of the mountain road, my Dad decided to separate our family into three groups to go for the weekend in case. Mary and I were the first group and she also invited her classmate Hsieh A-Shing to come along. A-Shing later represented our prefecture to compete in swimming at the provincial events.

We passed by the famous Wusha township and turned into the dangerous two lanes mountain road. When we arrived, we had to pass a very tiny suspensive bridge in order to reach the resort. That was my first impression of Lushang where we attempted to hold out of our heart to jump out to the deep valley. The old suspensive bridge was rebuilt in October, 1977. At that time, Fuji Hot Spring resort inn was the only frame building in the area. Everything was very so attracted and beautiful. The entire population was about seven and half millions. Now, Taiwan is very crowded of 24 millions even the Hot Spring resort has become a small township full of buildings and exhausted the hot spring resources. The entire area was totally damaged by the earthquake, the mountain shifting, and flooding, etc. In addition to the Wuhan Corona Virus Pandemic, now the prefecture authority has attempted to move the entire area to a new location, yet people are still coming in for a visit.

Mary and her friend took me to the outside hot spring pool to avoid the crowded inside facility. It was such nice experience later I did learn how to swim at a creek passing by a sake factory. It has been almost 67 years since my first visit. During these 67 years, I have been back at least 6 times attempting to re-catch my fund memory of that visit, I also try so many times while traveling around the world to see if I can refresh my fund memory of the hot spring. It is so nice to see it on the You tube even it is almost abandoned to use for that resort inn on the video.

埔里廬山溫泉美憶／莊峻華

 埔里廬山溫泉美憶／莊峻華

昨日翻閱網誌，兩篇埔里廬山溫泉，激起一生美憶，我出生於台灣中部山鎮埔里，一直到十歲，始隨先父搬離至虎尾鎮，埔里山明水秀，氣候溫和，我移民美國46年，旅行全球，均在追尋童年山鎮美憶，確實也找到，滿足宿願，廬山溫泉之氤氳，仍長繫我心，但這些都是過去之美憶，網誌看到者，均已消逝，兩位版主，携帶我走過吊橋，甚至逛到廢棄之警光招待所，因為地震，南投縣府準備遷村，廬山已經無法生存，溫泉亦不再，面目全非。

一年回虎尾，詢問萬里姊，旅行廬山溫泉舊事，是她携我上廬山溫泉，我們先行，她也憶得此事，我應該是七歲，她是初中一年級，她甚至邀請埔里街上同學蘇阿信同行，蘇後來是游泳省運選手。埔里糖廠安排員工到廬山洗溫泉，因山行危險，我們家分幾批，萬里携我頭陣，我們乘座糖廠有蓬大卡車，車爬山路經霧社到廬山，那時候之廬山，蔣介石已去過，我們住舊日日本警察招待所，蔣介石霸占為廬山別墅，但平時提供公營機構旅行住宿，此為廬山溫泉區，當年惟一住宿設備，現在此設備已經荒廢，但輪廓尚在，我仍然可以憶得當年，室內溫泉和室外泳池般大之溫泉。莫那魯道當年在此抵抗日軍，中國人在此立碑紀念，因此日人始知廬山溫泉，廬山名取自於蔣介石。

當年舊吊橋，非常驚險，和今日吊橋不同，拿是真吊橋，晃來晃去，底下是萬丈深坑，當年有綠色小鳥，仍有印象，因為室內溫泉人擠，所以我們使用室外溫泉泳池，網誌看不出尚有溫泉痕跡，僅曰可煮蛋，我看網誌描述廬山溫泉，非常傷心。

離開埔里後，我一直設法重返埔里，高中一次，大學一次，來美國後一次，每次都設法搭車上廬山，埔里有客運上山，最後一次是2008年，我們租車上山，回來後，峻嚴告知廬山地震山崩淹水之消息，非常遺憾。

美日兩國均有溫泉，尤其日本，溫泉設備普遍，美國北加州，科羅拉多州等，都有溫泉，我不是很迷溫泉，尤其我甚節儉，不喜花錢洗澡，尤其我無法分辨熱水之不同，但是溫泉氣氛，確實迷人。

Enjoying the community center facility/Carlos Pueblo

 Enjoying the community center facility/Carlos Pueblo

There is also a community center nearby ours even larger in size which is accommodated to our tennis courts need. Other than the tennis, there is a a small soccer field and swimming pools and playgrounds in between. We use tennis courts every day and I promote the group; therefore, I sit down sometimes for people to play according to their tennis skills. Once I find parents are waiting outside of the gate, I always volunteer to open the gate for them to enter the facility and begin to enjoy the facility. I like little kids and their parents to take advantage the nice facility. People are using the out door facility to have birthday parties or to use the playground to play with some other kids. If kids come by the court and watching us play, I would ask the parent's permission to give them used balls. If I have had grandchildren, I would be now taking them the junior tennis tour in Texas.

There are three groups of kids playing in the summer, one is here to swim in the summer, the second group is for parents with their own kids to play among their aged group, and the third group is for the nannies taking care of little bit younger kids to play separately. I love them all. American kids are like dolls and very lovely. Blonde kids are always with lovely blue eyes. If there is a non stop crying, I believe that the kid is sleepy or hungry that my bribe of used tennis balls won't work.

Singapore Air sends out a promotion to fly from JFK to Frankfurt and I think of it. I have to fly from here to NYC, taking another flight to and from Frankfurt to Athens, then board on a cruise ship for a week. I have to go through all the pandemic procedure to prove and test and the worst is to leave home with my routine life with the community center.

社區活動中心2／莊峻華

 社區活動中心2／莊峻華

最近發現社區活動中心一項清晨活動，引起我注意，就是社區小孩們，在他們家長帶領下，前來社區活動中心玩耍，活動中心幅員甚大，包括我們網球場，一游泳池，一足球場，其間有些綠地遊憩場所，每天清晨陸續到來，這是鄰村核桃果彎社區，我們開始使用他們三座球場，我當領導安排球局，經常幫忙無門卡家長小孩們，進入活動中心，可愛小孩接近球場觀看，在家長許可下，我就贈送一些淘汰舊球，讓他們玩耍，美國小孩們非常可愛，就像洋娃娃一般，有時是在中心，舉辦生日派對，也有一些是保姆携帶前來，這些小孩們更小，和上述者不同一群，更是可愛。

我沒有孫輩福氣，所以學會欣賞鄰居子女，有些鄰居也幫忙子女，照顧孫輩，非常福氣，我常常回憶過去照顧子女的時代，我曾夢想再度陪伴孫輩，參加少年網球賽，就像携帶琳兒一般，也不巧我無此緣份。我們西村面積較小，所以活動中心不熱鬧，一般我都是打完網球後，回西村泳池游泳，如此也游畢一夏天。

星航有廣告來，提供特價到歐洲，我開始動心，我開始注意安排，這是一可行活動，我可飛經紐約市，接上直飛法蘭克佛市，再飛雅典，接上郵輪一週，再原程反方向回家，武肺旅行規定，令我住足，而且我也不知，離開社區活動中心之生活，能否適應？

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.