香港第二日/莊峻華
宇正準時抵達旅店，將帶我們逛香港，因我們居停處，近香港仔，因此她選擇赤柱，中午到銅鑼灣午餐，然後到一深井附近之咖啡店，聽駐唱爵士樂，晚餐回中環吃燒鵝，是一忙碌之一日。
巴士經過香港大學，我以為她將帶我們參觀校園，她是港大出身，林鄭是她在社會系之前輩，因我喜歡參觀名校，所以她答應翌日攜帶，她提到近年港大校友會，將孫文納入校友，因當年西醫書院，後來併入港大，孫是當年公認為，推翻滿清者，港大極欲拉上此關係，回家後，我在谷歌搜尋，確有一點關係，孫在離開香港後，先在檀香山，就讀高中，在茂宜島結婚，然後就革命，這是我23年前，旅行茂宜島，在其古都街上一致公堂，讀到一夏威夷大學，有興趣華人學生之研究報告，西醫書院，在夏威夷高中之後，令我費解。赤柱是一小海灣，古走私海盜基地，英文名為士丹利，鴨片戰爭後，英帝國，在此建立一碼頭，就是赤柱卜公碼頭，我讀碑文，卜公是一總督姓，卜勒克，舊總督府，很完整之移到碼頭前。她帶我們看岩岸赤色之岩石，或是地名來源，因為經常在此山丘健行，所以我們涉獵幾處名景，例如香火鼎盛之天后廟，看到山丘頂，箸名之觀音菩薩，廟前廣場，她說當年日軍攻打香港，英軍抵抗最烈地在赤柱，我問是否為廓爾喀軍，她點頭，很有意思，我們讀一些歷史常識，很多受香港出版書籍之影響。於是我們參觀軍人墳場，也在山崗，香港是一大埠，有限土地面積，卻能維持750萬人口，在此生活就業，香港有山有水，而且是山明水秀之大都會。
我們繼蓄走過赤柱老社區，都是百餘年平房，我們到一香港首座郵局前搭車到銅鑼灣吃粉麵，這郵局仍在使用中。這銅鑼灣江之記是潮州館，高朋滿座，我可以選魚丸河粉，和一碗紫菜湯，它之炸魚干，我並未覺特殊，兩小姐叫牛肉丸麵，非常滿意。飯後，我們再搭巴士，到遠處一家咖啡店，我在德國法蘭克佛，認識她，就知她喜喝咖啡，我說我只喝船上咖啡，這咖啡店主人是她緻友，她常來幫忙捧場。這三青年爵士樂隊，一週來一次，也是很多香港青年來，擠滿小店，咖啡店也賣三明治和酒類，我們聽畢兩節，最後薩克斯風手，領銜吉他和豎琴手，演奏我要求之舊暢銷曲，怎麼了？很令我滿意。
她說舊養鵝處深井，就在附近，我們經過一警察局，門口擺上鋼筋水泥巨馬，十分諷刺，一般中國人統治下之公安部署，如此常見，警察使用暴力，過去之台灣中國國民黨政權警力警察常見，現在都吃上官司，內政部和台北市政府，都要編預算，國賠和市賠，中國統治者，永遠無法尊重人權和別人生命。
我們再回中環，排隊吃鵝，後來我發現她因肩疼，中醫建議避免鴨鵝，我知道時已晚，無法補救，總之，非常感謝她一整日之導遊，也非常慶幸得到她之回應，免的我在香港，大海撈針。
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Visiting Auckland, New Zealand 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Visiting Auckland, New Zealand 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Auckland is the largest city population in New Zealand located on the northeast of the North Island of New Zealand. It was the final port of my first cruise. It was a sun shining day very different from the capital city of Wellington on three days ago. I had my mind made to tour the main street of all the high rise buildings. The area closed to the pier was under construction and I had mad a detour to pass the company's building of my daughter's work. It is an international city with many kinds of young people including Asian. Even though it is very different from most of the ports we have been passing through, Auckland reminds me of the metropolitan of London, the new area of London. I ran into a graduation ceremony of the Auckland University of Science and Technology, the newly graduate were marching on the main street toward a city square with two convention centers. I had chatted with two three person groups to join their celebration.
The first group were a British professor advising two pretty sisters in a medical science field.
He was either from New Castle or Leeds Universities and went to the University of Texas San Antonio Medical School for a visiting professorship some time ago. The elder sister was his student in the same field before and wore a red robe and cap to join her younger sister on the side to take pictures and throwing caps toward each other. This reminds me of my miserable graduation during my school life. I was not that joyful when I was at the undergraduate ceremony and was away from the campus when I had my master of science done. Of course I must admit that I never finish my Ph.D work due to age, lack of proficiency, and the doom future of chemistry during that time. Yet I do enjoy to attend both of my children's college graduation ceremony and both of them are still working.
The second group were a teenager looking graduate with his parents. He is in computer science major and I admire his bright future for employment in such a big city. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kong joined us for pictures. Senior Kong mentioned to me that his ancestor was the famous Confucius of Santong, China some 2,500 years ago. His recent ancestors moved to nearby Korea and he moved again to New Zealand. He gave me his name card for the future correspondence. He is the public relation director of the Korean Society of Auckland Inc. I promised him mail back the photos for them to keep.
I walked in to an office of the Amnesty International and paid a quick visit. I have always admired their work toward the human right for all unfortunate people in the world. Before 1989 in Taiwan, Taiwan was under Chinese Nationalist's rule similar to the current day of China including Hong Kong under Chinese Communist's rule. Human right violation were and are very common. Chinese do not recognize the human right issue and the rulers advocate the nationalism to surpass human right. What the AI organization can do is to inform both China of their violation and we are appreciated. Now, Taiwan is ruled by Taiwanese and respect the human right has no political prisoners.
Auckland is the largest city population in New Zealand located on the northeast of the North Island of New Zealand. It was the final port of my first cruise. It was a sun shining day very different from the capital city of Wellington on three days ago. I had my mind made to tour the main street of all the high rise buildings. The area closed to the pier was under construction and I had mad a detour to pass the company's building of my daughter's work. It is an international city with many kinds of young people including Asian. Even though it is very different from most of the ports we have been passing through, Auckland reminds me of the metropolitan of London, the new area of London. I ran into a graduation ceremony of the Auckland University of Science and Technology, the newly graduate were marching on the main street toward a city square with two convention centers. I had chatted with two three person groups to join their celebration.
The first group were a British professor advising two pretty sisters in a medical science field.
He was either from New Castle or Leeds Universities and went to the University of Texas San Antonio Medical School for a visiting professorship some time ago. The elder sister was his student in the same field before and wore a red robe and cap to join her younger sister on the side to take pictures and throwing caps toward each other. This reminds me of my miserable graduation during my school life. I was not that joyful when I was at the undergraduate ceremony and was away from the campus when I had my master of science done. Of course I must admit that I never finish my Ph.D work due to age, lack of proficiency, and the doom future of chemistry during that time. Yet I do enjoy to attend both of my children's college graduation ceremony and both of them are still working.
The second group were a teenager looking graduate with his parents. He is in computer science major and I admire his bright future for employment in such a big city. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kong joined us for pictures. Senior Kong mentioned to me that his ancestor was the famous Confucius of Santong, China some 2,500 years ago. His recent ancestors moved to nearby Korea and he moved again to New Zealand. He gave me his name card for the future correspondence. He is the public relation director of the Korean Society of Auckland Inc. I promised him mail back the photos for them to keep.
I walked in to an office of the Amnesty International and paid a quick visit. I have always admired their work toward the human right for all unfortunate people in the world. Before 1989 in Taiwan, Taiwan was under Chinese Nationalist's rule similar to the current day of China including Hong Kong under Chinese Communist's rule. Human right violation were and are very common. Chinese do not recognize the human right issue and the rulers advocate the nationalism to surpass human right. What the AI organization can do is to inform both China of their violation and we are appreciated. Now, Taiwan is ruled by Taiwanese and respect the human right has no political prisoners.
Friday, February 21, 2020
船靠紐西蘭北島大城奧克蘭2019/莊峻華
船靠紐西蘭北島大城奧克蘭2019/莊峻華
奧克蘭是紐西蘭最大城市，規模龐大，甚似倫敦新商區，碼頭前正在擴建整修，我選城中大街，掛有國際名牌企業，像琳兒服務之公司，就在碼頭附近，沿街深入，盡是人潮，奧市已經是國際級大埠，街上已有許多東方面孔，而且多半是年輕人，不久來到一市中心，我隨大學畢業生隊伍，來到一中心廣場，我想這是奧克蘭科技大學，相信也有另外學校，廣場中心兩側，有兩大會議中心，我在廣場已經十分忙碌，遇見兩組畢業生。
第一組是三位紅袍博士，一位是指導教授，兩位是姊妹學生，我和教授聊天，他是位英國人，來自英國紐凱瑟大學，就是新城堡，在英格蘭北部，我和他談到該市和該大學，他也曾到我們德州聖安東尼德大醫學院講學，兩位姊妹都在他指導下，拿到醫學某專科之博士學位，我已離開學校許多年，他所提之專科，已十分陌生。
另一組是一韓國家庭，兒子穿學士服，貌似年紀不滿二十歲，我問他是否位天才學生，電腦專門，他父母親靠過來，親切寒暄，原來是山東孔子後裔，給我一張名片，是奧克蘭韓國同鄕會公關部主任，我答應寄回相片留念，這位學士已經二十七歲。廣場人潮稍退，但仍有另一批畢業生群進入，也有人開始在另一活動中心，交還租借學士服，我在台灣，學校畢業都不甚喜悅，一是準備升學考，再是學分尚不足，畢業典禮只是形式，在奧本之碩士，暑期完成，但過年始畢業，人已經到休士頓，所以我一直羨慕大學畢業典禮，所幸我參加過子女兩次畢業典禮。
接著我逛入紐西蘭國際特赦辦公室，當年我們台灣，面臨中國統治者，許多人權被迫害者，均期待此國際特赦組織之幫忙，中國統治者，向來無視人權，不知人權為何物也。
此街尾端，有很多中國餐廳，幾乎包括大江南北口味，也有日本韓國餐廳，我節省本性，讓我僅看外面相片而已。晚上休假回來者已上船，幾位愛女們，愛琳和金格爾，瑪莉安因招募代理簽證延誤，需要延遅數日，奧克蘭是航線終站，明日郵輪沿同途徑返回澳洲雪黎市。
奧克蘭是紐西蘭最大城市，規模龐大，甚似倫敦新商區，碼頭前正在擴建整修，我選城中大街，掛有國際名牌企業，像琳兒服務之公司，就在碼頭附近，沿街深入，盡是人潮，奧市已經是國際級大埠，街上已有許多東方面孔，而且多半是年輕人，不久來到一市中心，我隨大學畢業生隊伍，來到一中心廣場，我想這是奧克蘭科技大學，相信也有另外學校，廣場中心兩側，有兩大會議中心，我在廣場已經十分忙碌，遇見兩組畢業生。
第一組是三位紅袍博士，一位是指導教授，兩位是姊妹學生，我和教授聊天，他是位英國人，來自英國紐凱瑟大學，就是新城堡，在英格蘭北部，我和他談到該市和該大學，他也曾到我們德州聖安東尼德大醫學院講學，兩位姊妹都在他指導下，拿到醫學某專科之博士學位，我已離開學校許多年，他所提之專科，已十分陌生。
另一組是一韓國家庭，兒子穿學士服，貌似年紀不滿二十歲，我問他是否位天才學生，電腦專門，他父母親靠過來，親切寒暄，原來是山東孔子後裔，給我一張名片，是奧克蘭韓國同鄕會公關部主任，我答應寄回相片留念，這位學士已經二十七歲。廣場人潮稍退，但仍有另一批畢業生群進入，也有人開始在另一活動中心，交還租借學士服，我在台灣，學校畢業都不甚喜悅，一是準備升學考，再是學分尚不足，畢業典禮只是形式，在奧本之碩士，暑期完成，但過年始畢業，人已經到休士頓，所以我一直羨慕大學畢業典禮，所幸我參加過子女兩次畢業典禮。
接著我逛入紐西蘭國際特赦辦公室，當年我們台灣，面臨中國統治者，許多人權被迫害者，均期待此國際特赦組織之幫忙，中國統治者，向來無視人權，不知人權為何物也。
此街尾端，有很多中國餐廳，幾乎包括大江南北口味，也有日本韓國餐廳，我節省本性，讓我僅看外面相片而已。晚上休假回來者已上船，幾位愛女們，愛琳和金格爾，瑪莉安因招募代理簽證延誤，需要延遅數日，奧克蘭是航線終站，明日郵輪沿同途徑返回澳洲雪黎市。
Flying from Bangkok DMK to Hong Kong 2020/Carlos Pueblo
Flying from Bangkok DMK to Hong Kong 2020/Carlos Pueblo
DMK is Don Mueang International Airport for short, the old airpot of Bangkok used for the discount airliners for the area in difference from BKK for most of the regular international transportation. It is the reason why we have to spent a briefly night at an inn nearby the airport. There was a nice breakfast offered free at 4:00 am and a small fee shuttle to take needed passengers to the airport thereafter. It was too late for us to avoid or pre-pay the luggage fee on the internet. The budget flight doesn't cover any of the luggage for any flight domestic or international. It was very simple and quickly flight and arriving Hong Kong.
A young lady with a mask covering her mouth in the information center kindly helped me for all my questions involving this tree nights stay. First, showed me how to get to our hotel by the public transportation, second, how to get my favorite Teochew marinated duck by focusing on two restaurant at the Central Station area, third, extra help to set up my i-phone to have a phone by using Line and Facebook yet I didn't use both in my simple i-phone life. She is the first nice impression of this great city. I can communicate with the local in the Mandarin Chinese; therefore, we have had a very smooth transaction of light rail and bus to reach our hotel. All area passing by were very familiar in my memory from reading books and watching movies and finally I made it to this great city.
Another nice young clerk in the hotel counter kindly review my interest again and double check my request which made me very appreciated. She had pointed out one of the two places, the Central and the Causeway, for eating my duck. Both bus and light rail station are nearby the hotel. Another nice girl also with a mask helped me to purchase the train ticket, by selection a pass for me and a solo ticket for Amy due to the senior discount matter. We reached the Central quickly and were wondering around the busy street to locate my restaurant. It was still on the holidays of the Chinese Lunar New Year and I was told most of restaurants were still closed for business. Finally a nice young gentleman stopped with his family to help for matter of my eatery. He flipped his i-phone and found both of my written recommendation of duck restaurants which were about another 30 minutes walk on the Victoria Avenue. He suggested to go to a next street parallel to Victoria to try our luck. We did find a roasted goose restaurant on a second floor of a crowded street. I was told marinated goose was also delicious and famous in Teochew cuisine menu. We had a very delicious dinner and the lady manager even made an effort to introduce the business because that she was not that busy during the protest of youngsters.
Eugenia, an acquaintance from my previous tour of Frankfurt, Germany, responded to my e-mail of my visit. I called her and she promised to meet us in the hotel on the next morning for some visit of Hong Kong.
DMK is Don Mueang International Airport for short, the old airpot of Bangkok used for the discount airliners for the area in difference from BKK for most of the regular international transportation. It is the reason why we have to spent a briefly night at an inn nearby the airport. There was a nice breakfast offered free at 4:00 am and a small fee shuttle to take needed passengers to the airport thereafter. It was too late for us to avoid or pre-pay the luggage fee on the internet. The budget flight doesn't cover any of the luggage for any flight domestic or international. It was very simple and quickly flight and arriving Hong Kong.
A young lady with a mask covering her mouth in the information center kindly helped me for all my questions involving this tree nights stay. First, showed me how to get to our hotel by the public transportation, second, how to get my favorite Teochew marinated duck by focusing on two restaurant at the Central Station area, third, extra help to set up my i-phone to have a phone by using Line and Facebook yet I didn't use both in my simple i-phone life. She is the first nice impression of this great city. I can communicate with the local in the Mandarin Chinese; therefore, we have had a very smooth transaction of light rail and bus to reach our hotel. All area passing by were very familiar in my memory from reading books and watching movies and finally I made it to this great city.
Another nice young clerk in the hotel counter kindly review my interest again and double check my request which made me very appreciated. She had pointed out one of the two places, the Central and the Causeway, for eating my duck. Both bus and light rail station are nearby the hotel. Another nice girl also with a mask helped me to purchase the train ticket, by selection a pass for me and a solo ticket for Amy due to the senior discount matter. We reached the Central quickly and were wondering around the busy street to locate my restaurant. It was still on the holidays of the Chinese Lunar New Year and I was told most of restaurants were still closed for business. Finally a nice young gentleman stopped with his family to help for matter of my eatery. He flipped his i-phone and found both of my written recommendation of duck restaurants which were about another 30 minutes walk on the Victoria Avenue. He suggested to go to a next street parallel to Victoria to try our luck. We did find a roasted goose restaurant on a second floor of a crowded street. I was told marinated goose was also delicious and famous in Teochew cuisine menu. We had a very delicious dinner and the lady manager even made an effort to introduce the business because that she was not that busy during the protest of youngsters.
Eugenia, an acquaintance from my previous tour of Frankfurt, Germany, responded to my e-mail of my visit. I called her and she promised to meet us in the hotel on the next morning for some visit of Hong Kong.
Thursday, February 20, 2020
曼谷飛抵香港 2020/莊峻華
曼谷飛抵香港 2020/莊峻華
星航從星加坡飛抵曼谷新機場，再從曼谷飛香港，需要從舊機場搭機，中間有14.5小時間隔，我因人地生疏，因此設法在機場附近，租上一夜旅社居停，凌晨旅社有專車，送到機場，我的問題是不清楚，行李託運，不像星航，需要加費，令我甚不滿意，而且時間短促，無法網路訂購補救，很快飛機飛抵香港，不是熟悉之啟德老機場，而是新穎之新機場，所有香港人，都戴上口罩，只有少數外國旅客，大剌剌之無遮掩。有位機場案內小姐，非常親切之指點我，如何搭車，如何找香港美食，如何上船，甚至設法可以回家後，用手機打免費電話，給台灣親友等，她一聽我的台灣國語，就知道我是台灣人。
按照指點，我們先搭地鐵到總站，然後更換一巴士，在高樓大廈林立街道穿梭，又是美麗海灣，又是隧道，又是九龍路標，我真像入了大觀園，司機幫我們留意下車站，下車後，馬上就是一美孚加油站是66號，旅店是64號。旅店是與美國瑪里奧特系統合作，琳兒用點數，訂下三夜，旅店本身是舊工廠改裝，非常樸實乾淨，而且幾乎提供早晚兩餐，飲料無限供，可惜我已經不沾酒精，因控制糖尿病故。櫃台小姐，親切查看機場小姐指點兩家潮州滷水鴨餐廳，然後教我們到中環，她們都說中環和銅鑼灣兩處餐廳最多，最為出名，這兩處均是我小時，認識香港如雷灌耳之香港地名。
我們在中環逛，想找那兩家機場小姐推薦，生記滷味和正斗潮州滷鴨，問街警曰不知，而且正在春節年假期，許多餐廳仍舊打烊，有位善心青年，留步幫忙，他在手機上查看我寫下之兩餐廳曰，需要再步行半小時，是在中環維多莉亞大道另端，建議我們在平行維道之旁街試試運氣，我們果然找到一家燒鵝店，在隱閉之二樓，我想是深井燒鵝店，非常可口美味，是廣東美食，經理不忙，聞我一生僅食兩次鵝肉，特別介紹深井燒鵝，潮州人吃滷水鵝，據廣東人曰燒鵝味較美，深井是香港古養鵝處也。
回旅店，手機電腦有守正回信，我們相約明晨在旅店相遇，她是我在德國佛蘭克福旅店相遇之老友，剛發一封信，試試運氣，真高興取得回覆。
星航從星加坡飛抵曼谷新機場，再從曼谷飛香港，需要從舊機場搭機，中間有14.5小時間隔，我因人地生疏，因此設法在機場附近，租上一夜旅社居停，凌晨旅社有專車，送到機場，我的問題是不清楚，行李託運，不像星航，需要加費，令我甚不滿意，而且時間短促，無法網路訂購補救，很快飛機飛抵香港，不是熟悉之啟德老機場，而是新穎之新機場，所有香港人，都戴上口罩，只有少數外國旅客，大剌剌之無遮掩。有位機場案內小姐，非常親切之指點我，如何搭車，如何找香港美食，如何上船，甚至設法可以回家後，用手機打免費電話，給台灣親友等，她一聽我的台灣國語，就知道我是台灣人。
按照指點，我們先搭地鐵到總站，然後更換一巴士，在高樓大廈林立街道穿梭，又是美麗海灣，又是隧道，又是九龍路標，我真像入了大觀園，司機幫我們留意下車站，下車後，馬上就是一美孚加油站是66號，旅店是64號。旅店是與美國瑪里奧特系統合作，琳兒用點數，訂下三夜，旅店本身是舊工廠改裝，非常樸實乾淨，而且幾乎提供早晚兩餐，飲料無限供，可惜我已經不沾酒精，因控制糖尿病故。櫃台小姐，親切查看機場小姐指點兩家潮州滷水鴨餐廳，然後教我們到中環，她們都說中環和銅鑼灣兩處餐廳最多，最為出名，這兩處均是我小時，認識香港如雷灌耳之香港地名。
我們在中環逛，想找那兩家機場小姐推薦，生記滷味和正斗潮州滷鴨，問街警曰不知，而且正在春節年假期，許多餐廳仍舊打烊，有位善心青年，留步幫忙，他在手機上查看我寫下之兩餐廳曰，需要再步行半小時，是在中環維多莉亞大道另端，建議我們在平行維道之旁街試試運氣，我們果然找到一家燒鵝店，在隱閉之二樓，我想是深井燒鵝店，非常可口美味，是廣東美食，經理不忙，聞我一生僅食兩次鵝肉，特別介紹深井燒鵝，潮州人吃滷水鵝，據廣東人曰燒鵝味較美，深井是香港古養鵝處也。
回旅店，手機電腦有守正回信，我們相約明晨在旅店相遇，她是我在德國佛蘭克福旅店相遇之老友，剛發一封信，試試運氣，真高興取得回覆。
Scares me a lot by misplacing my wallet/Carlos Pueblo
Scares me a lot by misplacing my wallet/Carlos Pueblo
Yesterday morning I was preparing to take my son to his doctor's office for a visit and couldn't find my wallet and the panic started. I had repeated checking every possible places in the house several times, bed room, desks, up stair library room, garage tennis bag, old vehicle, and even drove to the gas station where I had gasoline filled in both car and a small gas tank for lawn mowing, etc. On the previous night, I did go to a gas station and pulled out my wallet to have two credit cards purchase before coming home that was about 9 pm. I did empty my pockets inside the house, i-phone, shoe knife we called to make my feet fit to a pair of tight tennis shoes, etc. All were in place in spite of the wallet. I woke up every one including the pet cat Ayoko who knew something strange was urgent and happening.
Before I left the house, I called Chase to report my loss. The clerk told me that I was not fraudulent for any pending charge and cancelled all three cards and issued me new ones. I was driving very carefully on the congested freeway and still worrying my lost wallet. Even though I was sure it would be long gone if I lost it on my way out of the gas station, some one picked it and would keep it yet I still went to check with the convenient food store of that gas station. The night clerk in charge laughed that was impossible to find and I knew that was true. I can't wait the nice character of that person to keep my cash in the wallet and mail back the rest including the old leather wallet. The anxiety of people to sell the contents inside the wallet, credit cards with driver license to make some automatic check out purchase bothering me a lot.
My son tells me that I can't go out to cruise again until his surgery is done which makes me feel better because that I can forget the wish to travel from Argentina to Chile and to the Caribbean then again to NYC and London with grand total 53 days and lots of money spending. By saving that cost, I can make up some $350 cash inside the wallet. Suddenly, I felt like to practice my long lost Spanish study and I began to converse with the nurse at the doctor's office and the pharmacy clerk at my clinic on my way back from the doctor's visit. I felt a little bit hope of my depressed life.
I continued to call Capital One Bank to cancel my credit cards, there were two and the bank would issue new ones for me immediately and reminded me to use the new cars. I couldn't get to my 360 debt card which I used it in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Singapore many times. I switched to prepare to cancel my driver's license which was very urgent as well that the early voting was started and required an personal identification document and I couldn't carry my passport to the voting station to get a vote that looked silly. I went to check a drawer of the last year receipts for income tax filing. I was fighting on every front for the time being, wallet issue, Arthur's surgery schedule, my blog writing,and 2019 federal income tax filing etc. I was suddenly very busy on my self exile or self quarantine life.
Here it was, the old black leather wallet was laid properly on top of an organized pile of receipts. I was organizing the receipts in order to figure out one of my 1099-miscellaneous income. Amy figured it out that I was placing the two unusual gas receipts to a wrong 2019 drawl due to aging and that was true in fact existed in my mind. The old wallet was in my one hand and I placed it on top of that small pile and closed it.
I was so happy and released; therefore, I decided to send my bit up tennis rackets to re-string. The tennis pro was on his way passing by my house and picked them up. I have known him ever since Michelle's day in Texas junior tennis tour which has been very good 25 years. He is still a very good tennis professional executing his job faithfully.
Yesterday morning I was preparing to take my son to his doctor's office for a visit and couldn't find my wallet and the panic started. I had repeated checking every possible places in the house several times, bed room, desks, up stair library room, garage tennis bag, old vehicle, and even drove to the gas station where I had gasoline filled in both car and a small gas tank for lawn mowing, etc. On the previous night, I did go to a gas station and pulled out my wallet to have two credit cards purchase before coming home that was about 9 pm. I did empty my pockets inside the house, i-phone, shoe knife we called to make my feet fit to a pair of tight tennis shoes, etc. All were in place in spite of the wallet. I woke up every one including the pet cat Ayoko who knew something strange was urgent and happening.
Before I left the house, I called Chase to report my loss. The clerk told me that I was not fraudulent for any pending charge and cancelled all three cards and issued me new ones. I was driving very carefully on the congested freeway and still worrying my lost wallet. Even though I was sure it would be long gone if I lost it on my way out of the gas station, some one picked it and would keep it yet I still went to check with the convenient food store of that gas station. The night clerk in charge laughed that was impossible to find and I knew that was true. I can't wait the nice character of that person to keep my cash in the wallet and mail back the rest including the old leather wallet. The anxiety of people to sell the contents inside the wallet, credit cards with driver license to make some automatic check out purchase bothering me a lot.
My son tells me that I can't go out to cruise again until his surgery is done which makes me feel better because that I can forget the wish to travel from Argentina to Chile and to the Caribbean then again to NYC and London with grand total 53 days and lots of money spending. By saving that cost, I can make up some $350 cash inside the wallet. Suddenly, I felt like to practice my long lost Spanish study and I began to converse with the nurse at the doctor's office and the pharmacy clerk at my clinic on my way back from the doctor's visit. I felt a little bit hope of my depressed life.
I continued to call Capital One Bank to cancel my credit cards, there were two and the bank would issue new ones for me immediately and reminded me to use the new cars. I couldn't get to my 360 debt card which I used it in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Singapore many times. I switched to prepare to cancel my driver's license which was very urgent as well that the early voting was started and required an personal identification document and I couldn't carry my passport to the voting station to get a vote that looked silly. I went to check a drawer of the last year receipts for income tax filing. I was fighting on every front for the time being, wallet issue, Arthur's surgery schedule, my blog writing,and 2019 federal income tax filing etc. I was suddenly very busy on my self exile or self quarantine life.
Here it was, the old black leather wallet was laid properly on top of an organized pile of receipts. I was organizing the receipts in order to figure out one of my 1099-miscellaneous income. Amy figured it out that I was placing the two unusual gas receipts to a wrong 2019 drawl due to aging and that was true in fact existed in my mind. The old wallet was in my one hand and I placed it on top of that small pile and closed it.
I was so happy and released; therefore, I decided to send my bit up tennis rackets to re-string. The tennis pro was on his way passing by my house and picked them up. I have known him ever since Michelle's day in Texas junior tennis tour which has been very good 25 years. He is still a very good tennis professional executing his job faithfully.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
虛驚一場 2020/莊峻華
虛驚一場 2020/莊峻華
年邁腦筋不管用，遺忘事物，甚為無耐，鄰晨，準備攜帶元兒看眼醫，找不到皮夾，真是心疾如焚，昨夜網球局回家，本就遅疑是否順道加汽油，我把割草用小油桶也在車行李箱，汽油是加上，而且分兩次信用卡付帳，因為首次加滿，不得續填滿小油桶，第一張信用卡不能再用，於是我在皮夾中，取出第二張信用卡，付兩美元油錢，然後開車回家，當時已經快晚上十點多，換洗後，愛美交代衣物，放到洗衣機內，我又在網上付兩張卡債，算是忙碌一日。
找不到皮夾，我就開始緊張，開始懊惱，就像去年十月發現兩皮衣失蹤，一般緊張懊惱，因剛旅行回來，準備之美金現鈔，尚未歸位，其實我也未又歸位習慣，這筆小款，一直留在皮夾中，偶而有支出，旅行前又補上，郵輪旅行，我養成不花錢習慣，這掉之皮夾，現金損失，令人心疼。
然後又是信用卡，到底又多少張，我不詳細清楚，只好先打一家，銀行職員曰，若有盜用，我無責任，我仍不心安，有駕照有信用卡，錯將在我，不是嗎？元兒門診需要出發，我滿腹憂慮，無駕駛執照卡上路，幸好一路平安。元兒曰手術前後，我不能出外旅行，我算一下，約可省下皮夾遺失款之十倍，於是我開始阿舍自己，塞翁失馬，焉知非福？回家後，又打一家銀行，取消三張信用卡，又在網路銀行，轉出現金，只存一美金，如此該現金卡，應該無恙，下一步是取消駕駛卡，另外再申請補發一張，無駕照卡，就像無身份證，投票都難，皮夾遺失，真令我頭疼。
我又下意識，在房間上下内外，找來找去，那皮夾安置在去年收據抽屜內，在一小疊稍整理過之書類上，我出示愛美，她說我們出去時，她也找遍各處，只差這一抽屜。我有新決心，爾後不再放多現金於皮夾中，我平時都用信用卡，信用卡比較安全，需要現金，可以使用現金卡提款。
年邁腦筋不管用，遺忘事物，甚為無耐，鄰晨，準備攜帶元兒看眼醫，找不到皮夾，真是心疾如焚，昨夜網球局回家，本就遅疑是否順道加汽油，我把割草用小油桶也在車行李箱，汽油是加上，而且分兩次信用卡付帳，因為首次加滿，不得續填滿小油桶，第一張信用卡不能再用，於是我在皮夾中，取出第二張信用卡，付兩美元油錢，然後開車回家，當時已經快晚上十點多，換洗後，愛美交代衣物，放到洗衣機內，我又在網上付兩張卡債，算是忙碌一日。
找不到皮夾，我就開始緊張，開始懊惱，就像去年十月發現兩皮衣失蹤，一般緊張懊惱，因剛旅行回來，準備之美金現鈔，尚未歸位，其實我也未又歸位習慣，這筆小款，一直留在皮夾中，偶而有支出，旅行前又補上，郵輪旅行，我養成不花錢習慣，這掉之皮夾，現金損失，令人心疼。
然後又是信用卡，到底又多少張，我不詳細清楚，只好先打一家，銀行職員曰，若有盜用，我無責任，我仍不心安，有駕照有信用卡，錯將在我，不是嗎？元兒門診需要出發，我滿腹憂慮，無駕駛執照卡上路，幸好一路平安。元兒曰手術前後，我不能出外旅行，我算一下，約可省下皮夾遺失款之十倍，於是我開始阿舍自己，塞翁失馬，焉知非福？回家後，又打一家銀行，取消三張信用卡，又在網路銀行，轉出現金，只存一美金，如此該現金卡，應該無恙，下一步是取消駕駛卡，另外再申請補發一張，無駕照卡，就像無身份證，投票都難，皮夾遺失，真令我頭疼。
我又下意識，在房間上下内外，找來找去，那皮夾安置在去年收據抽屜內，在一小疊稍整理過之書類上，我出示愛美，她說我們出去時，她也找遍各處，只差這一抽屜。我有新決心，爾後不再放多現金於皮夾中，我平時都用信用卡，信用卡比較安全，需要現金，可以使用現金卡提款。
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