Individual Contribution to the world/Carlos Pueblo

Individual Contribution to the world/Carlos Pueblo

A Korean Japanese movie on You Tube which was seen by me touched

me greatly after a scenery that a depressed son of the family jumped

to a river to commit suicide. He was living in a very stressful environment

with his parents and three elders sisters during a time after the War. He

was far behind at his private school and was bullied all the time in his

class. At the moment his father found that his failing report couldn’t make

to the next grade, he decided to kill himself. I feel very sad and unfortunate

that his parents can’t come to his rescue. There is a famous paragraph on

a famous poem in China by a famous poet Tai-bai Lee in Tang Dynasty and

the meaning is that all things in their being are good for something. There is

always something which we can do as a meaningful person after we are born

to this world. The school system is not perfect and doing well at school doesn’t

mean anything of the future success in the society.

I always had a question in my mind ever since my son Arthur was born. He

had had tremendous difficulty at the beginning of his life in the first 6 years.

He relied on a tube inserted to his lung for respiration until a successful operation

on the third time to strengthen his wind pipe. I don’t blame him for not working

hard at school or in the society after school. He didn’t do well at schools yet he

had a college degree. We work together for his financial needs in the future and

is very successful. We like to protect him and make sure that he is not alone to

face the challenge of the world. He helps me very much in computer technology.

I believe that he is on a right track to the future and his life will never be miserable.

I always think that I have the responsibility to help my children to help them to live

in a good life. They come to this world because of us and we must help them to get

by. There is no age limit at all and it is forever. Our daughter is a normal child without

the health issue and the rest of school performance problem and I can only say that

she is lucky. My philosophy is very simple, to a goal of financial independence and

money can solve almost 80% of our suffering. You can argue with me for all your life,

yet we must face it and prepare to solve it as early as possible.

I also see some videos of the American poverty, i.e. people are sleeping on the parking

lots of Wal-Mart, political agenda such as healthcare for all, college free, and minimum

wage, etc. They are all money issues. I don’t expect that we can wait until the government

to get them done, we must do them by ourselves first. There is always a usage of our life

after our birth to this world.

天生我材必有用/莊峻華

天生我材必有用/莊峻華

最近一兩日，觀看網誌節目，十分感觸，我把電視影片，時事等，像

做厄夢中，混為一局，我在一舊日本影片中，看到一幕，少年投河自

盡一事，有兩位女明星，愛子女心切，找偏徑代考賄賂明校入學觸法

，美國左右兩派路線之爭論，都讓我想起中國大詩人李白之名句，天

生我材必有用，出自將進酒，前後四句是這樣，人生得意需盡歡，莫

使金樽空對月。天生我材必有用，千金散盡還復來。

這位韓裔日本少年，生長在一艱困之移民家庭，父母經營一韓式烤肉

店，在一違章建築陋巷中，家中有三位大姊，來自父母親之兩次婚姻

，因為韓國之濟州大屠殺。父母親省吃檢用，將少年送進私立學校，

期待較優教育，可以改變社會階級，和日後命運，可惜小孩跟不上進

度，在學校受盡委曲，父母大姊無法有效幫忙，終於投河自盡，最近

，我讀到兩件自殺新聞，心中淒淒然，我們家元兒，自幼弱小，偶在

小學校受到霸凌，先是姊姊琳兒，介入打架，後來有情事惡劣者，我

都需要介入保護，美國好學校，不敢開玩校，人權有責任保護，六十

年代之日本，尚無此觀念，此劇情令人心疼。

中國有講究學校出身，但我想不到美國富有家庭，也顧此顏面，我想

科系重於名校，不喜讀書，許多科系無法混過，就是混過學校，也無

法混過社會，當然家境富有，可以生活無憂無慮，但是觸法，則是不

智，父母親不得不注意。我們家元兒，不適應學校之審核考試制度，

看過我大學成績單始莞然一笑，能畢業最重要，而且學無止境。

民主黨有左派，主張要幫助弱小，要全民健保，要免費大學，要提高

工資等，我早清楚此類需求，不能等待政府，我自行解決處理，我和

元兒每日清晨，都在討論國家大事，他仍是德州最低工資，但有健康

保險，上夜班，如果政府有全民健保，可以免除失業之憂慮，我失業

十八年，自從進入老人健保後，已無壓力，我們要自行解決自身問題

，大有為之政府，是可提供國民幸福之機會，我有一網球夥伴，瑟比

亞人，年紀大後，就定居墨西哥，一枝草一點露，船到橋頭自然值，

天生我材必有用。

Discussion of the origin of our ancestors/Carlos Pueblo

Discussion of the origin of our ancestors/Carlos Pueblo

It is very difficult to discuss the origin of our ancestors and we take it

for granted for some unproven theory. I watched a You Tube video

of 2016 from Taiwan about the research of Taiwanese ancestors that directly

challenged the official theory, Taiwanese were Chinese. Actually, the talk

show speakers have pointed it out more likely Taiwanese are the part of

Austronesian, the Pacific Islanders. Why Taiwanese starts paying attention to

where he is from? It is because that he doesn’t like to be Chinese and falls into

the conclusion of Taiwan is a part of China.

Even nowadays the school education is very common and popular, people still

is unable to search his ancestor’s origin. I can track down up to two generation

above me and that’s it. It was because that under Japanese rule in Taiwan, 1895

to 1945, there was a registry of family which was prohibited to open to public by

the Nationalist Chinese regime due to the reason to cover up the fact of Chinese

colonization of Taiwan after 1945 and before 1895, the Manchu Dynasty for almost

200 years, Kuoxinya Cheng’s Dynasty briefly, and the Dutch rule before. I can’t go

that far and there is no such need in my life to do such search.

One year, I believe was 2013, I went back to the birth place of my father, Sanshia,

Taipei, Taiwan, to do some research of my family root. I selected my grandmother’s

side of registry. I suspected that my ancestors were not Chinese because that if

they were, they wouldn’t be in such poverty condition. All my ancestors were struggling

to be survival. It is true that I have not met any of my father’s side of the family. He was

the first one to be literate.

Therefore, there is no way for any of us to go back the record before 1900 in Taiwan.

I estimate that would take at least 5 years for the Governor General’s office of the

Imperial Japan to start the family registration plus the fact of illiteracy in my family

history. It is not important for me to find out my family origin instead that I should

ignore the Chinese claim that Taiwan is a part of China. It is not true even if I have

some Chinese blood. Taiwan is still Taiwan.

祖先之來源/莊峻華

祖先之來源/莊峻華

昨日觀看一網路電視片，講到台灣平埔族，非常有趣，其中一位講

者，沈建德教授，幾十年來，我就讀過他之看法，而且深受影響，

我相信我之祖先，是平埔族，是凱達格蘭，但血液中之一脈，來自

中國，外祖父是來自唐山，外祖母是平埔，父系這一圈，則是平埔

無疑，我有我之判斷根據，我沒驗血證據，也無祖譜，査戶口謄本

，也査錯，査到祖母，沒看到熟字歸類，熟就是熟番，就是漢化之

土箸，稍別於高山，不願漢化之土箸，這是非常有趣者也。

我們祖先，到祖父這一代，都是文盲，都為生存而掙扎，殊不知祖

譜何務也，一直到先父，因日本統治，始有學校教育，開始識字，

先父知識豐富，但無閒思考祖先事略，我到美國移民後，開始接觸

開放資訊，開始懷疑祖先是中國人之說。我覺得我之姓莊是賜姓，

戶口上之福建安溪，是加上去的，以我判斷，父系祖先，一直住在

台北三峽，一直到先父這一代，因工作始有機會，遷徙到高雄大寮

，然後南投埔里，雲林虎尾，所以我認同凱達格蘭，不願說是福建

安溪，我講之母語，應是漳州音，而非安溪之泉音，這是後天環境

影響始然也，都是小事，不足掛齒。

我強調者為，血統上我非中國人也，所以我無需為中國人所統治，

電視節目，沈教授等人，在挑戰我們都是中國人，你是中國人嗎？

這些統一中國之統戰說法，祖先之來源，並非日後生活品質之保證

，倒是被中國人統治，可以重大影響品質和機會，不可不慮。

我雖一直頑抗認同中國，但我無可否認，漢化甚深，想法和作法，

甚似中國人，而且咬文嚼字，喜歡儒家佛學，但我仍務實，在台灣

已經採用英語小名，以便於美國人稱呼，漢姓仍有困難，學習西班

牙語後，我直借西語村莊，普也波羅，為姓，而且在與菲律賓愛女

結識後，一不做而不休，自稱來自菲律賓宿霧市，我們平埔與菲人

，可能同種，都有蓮霧鼻，就是朝天鼻，但我這些菲律賓愛女，一

般看來均是五官端正美麗，原來都是篩選而來，如觀馬尼拉華埠，

則如置台北市街頭。

追究祖先之來源，莫非挑戰中國傳統大一統之說法，在人類學上，

或有些價值，我們後代子孫無辜，避免為中國人所統治，比較確切

，是基本認識。

A response to Ms. Ding-mei Liu/Carlos Pueblo

A response to Ms. Ding-mei Liu/Carlos Pueblo

Dear Ding-mei,

Thanks for your frequent request to connect with me on Linkedin account

on the internet. I must apologize for not responding to you because that I

have not used the account ever since my first usage of the platform and I

have no longer remember my password. We can correspond with each

other on e-mail which you do have my address.

I did watch your interview with Dr. Ko during his 2014 Taipei Mayoral

Campaign and that was a good program. I have been a fan of Dr. Ko and

I firmly believe that his loyalty to Taiwan and his workaholic habit on his

Job as the Capital City Mayor. Your interview was excellent and I was very

Impressed.

I still have remembered you ever since your visit of Houston a long time

before. I am very impressed of your struggle and conquering the difficulty

in your youth and coming out ahead in your meaningful life. I am with you

and you are my role model.

I am scheduling myself very much among my continuing study of languages,

traveling, and writing at my retirement life. You can visit my blog site at

jienhua.blogspot.com and give me some comments. You are welcome to

discuss with me for the subject which I write on my blog. Thank you very much.

Sincerely yours,

Jien-hua Chuang

Houston, Texas

USA

給劉丁妹姊之回信/莊峻華

給劉丁妹姊之回信/莊峻華

丁妹姊大安，

妳之網路連繫要求，我已收到，非常感謝，我的困難是，我並

不熟悉近代網路通訊技術，一般而言，我較善用電子郵件聯絡

，就像我讀來信一般，請妳原諒，我已無法開起該網訊址矣。

我在四年多前，觀看過妳訪問柯文哲醫生之影片，我甚心儀，

我一直是柯迷，而且我堅信他對台灣之忠誠，希望妳也同意。

自從妳在休市演講後，我心一直惦念這位奮力上進之大姊，也

感謝妳對社會弱勢之關懷，我很高興妳已有自己之電視節目，

祝福妳成功順利。

我的老年生活，非常舒適，甚多旅行和遊記寫作，我的部落格

，已有多年，累積短文三千篇，讀者不多，確是遍佈全球，希

望指教，我將我之部落格網址書寫如下。

Jienhua.blogspot.com

莊峻華拜啟

Remembering at a small library at my hometown/Carlos Pueblo

Remembering at a small library at my hometown/Carlos Pueblo

Other days, I was determined to read some Japanese children books and

went back to city libraries. I did run into difficulty to find the book by a

flooded library and another one without the inventory. I did find some

Spanish children books; however, the result was not as I expected. This

reminds me to think it over of my past learning languages in my life other

than my mother tongue, Amoy. 1945 was the determined year, Chinese

replaced Japanese as the official language in Taiwan and that put me in

an awkward situation, to learn a foreign language from the scratch. My

elder sister took me to a small library of the old sugar factory where my

father served. There were limited copies of Kanji children books in that

room and I did remember that I did check out some.

After my reading improvement at schools, I started the Water Margin, a

Chinese novel written in spoken language form other than the traditional

classical writing. I believe that reading books has helped me to learn Chinese

and English and I blame my slow progress in Japanese and Spanish to lack of

reading and making the composition. I learn Chinese and English due to needs

for schooling, immigration and work while learning other foreign languages

are simply of personal interests or hobby. I like to know the meaning of Japanese

songs and I like to speak to locals in Texas in their own language.

It has been to a conclusion that I must practice more and more to make it perfect.

Professor Nagamoto’s opinion is that if I can live in Japan for 6 months then I’ll be

familiar with the language. Now, I do have a hard time to understand the movie

and even a regular conversation. I can guess the newspaper. In Spanish, I am still

attempt to find the root form of a verb in order to check the meaning in the

dictionary. I know that is frustration.

I am very happy for the learning opportunity of foreign language. Every week

has been very occupied and sometimes even makes me to remember my home

town and childhood life. Both professors have decided to continue their classes

for another 8 weeks term and I have better to rearrange my schedule in Saturday

and traveling to the classes which I have had a feeling that I may have an eventually

breakthrough.