Roaming at Waikiki Beach/ Charles Chuang

Roaming at Waikiki Beach/ Charles Chuang I have had two stop over at Oahu Island while on my dental trip to and back from Taiwan. Every morning I would take a bus from my hostel nearby the University of Hawaii campus to the Kapiolani Park for tennis, then take a long walk on the Kalakaua Avenue to an Apple Computer store for an internet usage to write an e-mail home and also check the stock market, planning inside the tent and fight thousand miles away from the old story of History. Afterward, I would walk through the International Market and across the Kuhio Avenue to the Marukame Restaurant waiting on line for a Japanese Udon noodle. After the lunch, I would take the same bus downtown to China- town for some papaya. I had seen some movies about Waikiki beach while I was in Taiwan and would not realize one day I could have roamed in the area for so many times. Waikiki is a place so busy from daybreak to midnight or after. Many tourists spend too much money while people like to budget carefully to spend limited resource yet come back to visit frequently. Many tourists from the west coast of the US and Canada come here to visit regularly for vacation. My most favorite is viewing so many pretty ladies, either slander or well-develop, always show off the bikini with minimum reservation. Even the co-ed of the University, expresses very well during the worm weather in the bus. Many tourists come to Waikiki for surfing. You wait on the sea surface patiently , then stand up with the wave and balance yourself on your way to the shore. I believe that I would learn the skill if I would had the opportunity to visit here when I was younger in age. There are the surfside everywhere in Hawaii Islands where several places with certain difficulty. Oahu North Shore, the Sunset Beach, is one of the more advanced surfside. Matsumoto Grocery is located nearby the Sunset Beach, Waimea township. The red bean Azuki icy and several old phoenix trees reminds me my hometown Huwei Sugar Factory. One afternoon after a nap, I went out to have some yogart . I overheard a band performance nearby. Shilo Pa leaded by Shar Carillo was singing at the Monoa Garden Restaurant filled with the students. The music is light and fast and the students were happy that the semester was almost over. They drank beer and were dancing. Some times Carillo would join them. She is very pretty like a student.

威基基逍遙行/莊峻華

威基基逍遙行/莊峻華 此番返台治牙，兩次停留夏威夷歐胡島，每天從夏大附近旅舍，搭乘巴士 ，到威基基公園打網球，然後散步威基基海灘公園，到卡拉卡哇大道上之 蘋果電腦門市店，免費使用網路，寫信回家，順便了解紐約股市，說是運 籌帷幄中，決戰千哩外，穿過國際商場，到枯西歐大道之，丸龜製麵店， 排隊吃素烏動麵，有時候再搭車到城中唐人街，買便宜過時之木瓜，然後 再搭原13號巴士回旅舍，沿途有許多夏大學生，從威基基上車，又一窩 風在校區下車，非常熱鬧有朝氣。 小時候在台灣，看過幾遍威基基海灘影片，不想老年後，許多機會旅行夏 威夷，從凌晨到半夜，威基基一直熱鬧非凡，許多人一擲千金，許多人節 儉如我者，小心謹慎，步步為營，寧可運用有限資源，多來幾次，許多遊 客，每年從美加西海岸，到威基基渡假。我最喜歡威基基之各地美女雲集 ，環肥燕瘦，比基尼泳衣，就是在巴士上，夏大女生，輕襲熱褲，不吝展 示，我真是老目轉睛，幾位小姐羞怯，坐到旁座，有膽大者，在空位上翹 起雙腿，變成我害羞注目。 許多人到威基基衝浪，就是在海面上等候，海浪到來時，需要會迎浪站起 ，隨波逐流，我若年輕時有機會，必有此技，夏威夷群島，到處有衝浪海 灘，歐胡島北海岸，日落海灘浪大，引來許多技高膽大者，松本老舖之剉 冰，就在日落海灘附近之，外迷雅老鎮，有幾株鳳凰老樹，鐵橋流水，令 人思起虎尾糖廠。 有日午睡起，到大學街買冰吃，聽到校園內傳來歌唱聲，原來有樂隊駐校 表演，就在一門諾阿餐廳前院，女主唱像是位女學生年齡，清秀美麗，歌 曲輕快，娓娓道來，擠滿喝啤酒之男女學生，幾處有跳舞者，有時女歌手 亦興起，走出舞台，隨半奏起舞，周圍有夏大校警四五位，原來學期快結 束，學生均準備回家過節。

An old man ran into a pretty lady/ Charles Chuang

An old man ran into a pretty lady/ Charles Chuang I stepped outside an elevator from a Dingshi subway station at Yunghe District ,Taipei, Taiwan with three big and small luggage plus a tennis racket. It did not Proceed smoothly, a young lady came forward to help me and I received favor as with surprise. She dressed elegantly with a light overcoat and just came back from China. She was from Tsindao, Santong, China and had been in Taiwan for the past 12 years. I admitted that I like people from Santong because I was in the 58th Army Division stationed at the old frontier, Little Kinmen, 42 years ago. I mentioned two places, Gimo and Entai, she stopped to chat with me. Santong people are straight forward by reputation. Because I did not prepare a cell phone in Taiwan; therefore Miss Hsu left her cell numbers for me to call her. Also because I was passed age 65, no fantasy in my mind, and I did not believe that it was an old man running into a pretty woman. After several days I could not resist on calling her, sometimes she answered and sometimes she did not. I had passed Taichung and could not visit her. She explained to me that she was working for a bio-tech company hired her to do the advertisement for Chinese tourists in Taiwan. She was concerned the truth of the advertisement and did not want to get the trouble involved. Even though I had much guess in her, yet there were quite difference from younger age. Was it the Platonic love or admiration toward her? I appreciated this opportunity to know her. One day, we both knew that I was leaving in a few days and she decided to come up to Shipai, Taipei for a dinner with me. After a cup of coffee, she left for Taichung in a hurry because of her new job to take care of an old man. She has divorced for a long time with a son aged 24 studying in Italy. While stepping out of the subway at Taipei Mail Rail Station, she reminded me call her.

老人豔遇/莊峻華

老人豔遇/莊峻華 我在永和頂溪捷運站，攜三件大小行李和一網球拍，走出電梯，不甚順 利，有一妙齡女士，前來幫忙，令我受寵若驚，女士時裝高雅，外披風 衣，剛來自中國，是山東青島市人，已經在台灣12年，我說是與山東有 緣，提到即墨和煙台兩地，小姐停下，好奇與我聊天，我提起42年前， 在小金門服兵役之往事，58師是來自山東之部隊，我對中國山東人，特 別親切，山東人個性直爽，見義勇為。 因我在台灣，不曾準備手機，所以徐小姐留下她之電話號碼，要我有機會 打電話給她，因為我已過耳順，心無遐思，不覺此為老人豔遇，幾日後忍 不住電話給她，有時候她接電話，有時候電話未有人接，兩次經過台中， 均無機會拜望，據她解釋，她在台北找不到住處，只好投奔台中之表姊， 在台工作是廣告，替一家生物科技公司，招來中國生意，但她憂慮廣告之 真實性，不願輕惹麻煩。 雖然對徐小姐有許多猜測，但均非年輕時之想法，柏拉圖式之兩性純情， 應該是指此段，我只不過是珍惜如此機會，有一天，我們均注意到我離 台之日，於是決定由她北上，在石牌捷運站見面，喝完一杯咖啡後，她 又匆匆忙忙之趕回台中，原來她正在照顧一位老人，她已經離婚多時， 有一長子24歲，留學義大利，捷運臨別時，交待打電話。

The person recognizes merit and with courage to help someone in need/ Charles Chuang

The person recognizes merit and with courage to help someone in need/ Charles Chuang On the street of Taipei, I ran into a person recognizes merit and with courage to help me in need. I have discussed this matter so many times with great pleasure, brought back several talking subjects during the dinners etc. This is the story. After arriving at Taoyuan International Airport, I took an Ever- green Bus to a subway station Chung Hsiao Hsin Shen, in order to catch a subway train to my rental house at Yunghe District Dingshi Station. The bus arrived at the station, yet the driver took off before I got my second trunk out of the bus. It was raining and I didn’t know what to do next. Suddenly I overheard a young lady’s yelling, it’s too much exaggerated. I understood what she meant was the driver was out of his guideline. She went ahead to chase the bus till the first traffic light still couldn’t get the driver’s attention. I followed to the turn and failed as well. She was touch- ing her handheld i-phone to reach Evergreen office. She said that the driver should help me to get the luggage out of the bus safely and then took off. Very soon, the office clerk called her back asked the bus driver to wait at the next bus stop for me to bring back my luggage. She is a pretty lady. She just came back from visiting her husband in San Francisco, California and she knew that I look like someone came back to Taiwan from the United States, so casual dressed almost liked a fool. Upon seeing her, reminded me Michelle, my daughter, full of confidence and energy, nothing in this world would bother her at all. Ms. Ong was from a nearby county from me. Her father is four years younger than me and still working that I admire very much. She said that I should not worry about my daughter’s marriage because she didn’t get married till age 35. Most of the female nowadays works and can live independently by herself. I had had a plenty of time in Taipei and I liked to by her and her baby lunch one day. She said that was not necessary because it’s nothing and also the baby was not very reasonable at her age, then we said farewell in a hurry. After 30 minutes, again I was struggling with my luggage at the other end of the subway station, I ran into a Chinese lady with a good deed.

見義勇為者/莊峻華

見義勇為者/莊峻華 我在台北市街頭，遇見一位見義勇為者，我津津樂道無數處 ，帶來幾次 飯局話題，事情本末如是，我在桃園下機後，搭上長榮巴士，準備到台 北忠孝新生捷運站，搭捷運到永和頂溪站，車抵忠孝新生，司機未等我 取下第二件行李，就逕自開走巴士，我正束手無策，外面下雨，只聽見 一位小姐叫道，此太過誇張了，只見她跨步追趕巴士，此時約是上午十 點，我跟著追上到一紅綠燈，此時已經有三輛長榮巴士，我們肯定是一 位李姓駕駛，我再追一段，仍舊無法引得駕駛注意，小姐正在使用其手 提電腦型電話，她認為此司機過於誇張，應該下車，幫我取下行李，肯 定無誤後，始可驅車離去，她很快找到長榮辦公室，辦公室小姐，立刻 找到此司機，要司機在忠孝新生下一站，行天宮等候，小姐人長得漂亮 ，剛從美國舊金山探親回台，早晨剛送小孩到托兒所，有時間帶我到行 天宮站領回行李，她大約一看就知我是從美國回台之惣者，慫者土包子 也。 看到她，我就想起我們家之琳兒，落落大方，又是精明幹練，充滿自信 ，翁小姐是彰化員林人，其父小我四歲，仍舊上班，令我欽佩不已，小 姐說是不用掛慮女兒婚事，她也是到三十五歲始結婚，現在女孩均能獨 立謀生，寧缺勿濫，結婚後再離婚，更是痛苦。 我在台北時間甚長，受施甚勿忘，我想邀她帶小孩吃飯，她說不必，小 孩在此年紀，非常不講道理，於是匆匆告別，幾十分鐘後，我在永和頂 溪站，與電梯門行李掙扎，遇到一位好心之中國小姐。

Playing tennis at Waikiki Courts/ Charles Chuang

Playing tennis at Waikiki Courts/ Charles Chuang Before taking off, I had reserved two separate weeks stay at a hostel nearby the University of Hawaii campus. Every morning, I would take the city bus #13 to the Kapiolani Park at Waikiki Beach to play tennis. There are four courts at this park light provided at dark throughout the night for the travelers. Known players would carry their own rackets or some hotels would provide them to play. Every morning before day break, people come. It lasts until afternoon. The breeze comes from Waikiki Beach and makes the players forget the bright Hawaii sunshine. Several years ago, I passed by this park and borrowed a racket From a lady afterward I carried a racket back to Huwei, Taiwan for tennis. Some Waikii courts players are Japanese American, this attracts many Japanese tourists. On my way back to the United States, I ran into Honolulu Marathon. Many Japanese runners stayed at Waikiki to play tennis, then went back to Japan separately; many American and Canadian from the west coast constantly are wondering at this park for tennis. There is an aged Taiwanese lay from Brazil explaining the story to me, who is who, at the courts. Due to her physical Condition, she is over 80 years old, just completed a cataract surgery and not Seeing well, I suggested her quit tennis and start walking for exercise in order to be safe. I did not see her since then. There are some 340 photos showing tennis players passed by this park in a year. My tennis skill is slightly different from the regular players. My old Japanese robber ball tennis held a different grip and also a different method to hit the ball. No proper professional to train me to hit the ground stroke and top spin ; therefore, I use slice or cut the ball in order to make a tennis game. I return All the incoming balls back to the opponents make them to consider hitting to a wall. This attracts many American players, one of them is Diane Kinder- water, a television producer from Santa Fe, New Mexico. We become good friends. One morning Diane brought her friend Rocky who would be a 4.5 player with a good looking and very strong ground stroke. I was afraid of playing him, yet we played together versus another good team with a very good memory. A retired tennis pro called Ricky, a Philippino American with a Japanese wife , Yoko. Yoko plays tennis very hard with a grunt. I yelled on the sideline in Japanese, Yoko San is Kauai mo tennis mo jozu desu, means Yoko is pretty and plays good tennis. Her husband was very pleased and discussing fishing and tennis to me. He recommends me play at the Diamond Head courts that there are more good players and some Taiwanese immigrants.