Purchase shoes on black Friday week/Carlos Pueblo
The day after Thanksgiving is called black Friday, after that 4th Thursday of November, to kick off the Christmas shopping of the year. Now, the mall has extended the black Friday to the entire week for shoppers to arrange their schedule. I accompanied Amy's dress shopping to purchase shoes on my reserve list of my tennis. We went to the Katy Mall, an out let stores about 25 miles away. An outlet mall is famous for discount of out of fashion items from their regular stores at the regular mall inside the city. She tells me that this week is 50% off plus her favorite store has additional 10% off and another 10% off for using the store exclusive credit card.
I knew what I was looking for, located the section of the shoe store, and found the one shoe which I liked to have, the cheapest one. There were three available and I bought them all which would last a while for me. I don't need to worry Donald Trump's increase of the tariff to Chinese goods because that I just simply not shopping any longer. Now, I have had four new shoes for tennis, two used for my morning walk, and three beat up shoes for lawn mowing. Shoes and boxes are full on my storage at the garage.
There was always an issue for my lack of shoes to wear before the end of my army service or before my era of earn income. I always run into the wear off shoe bottom and before is lack of fund to purchase a new one. Now I am alright with the money and I still am very frugal only buy shoes on sale disregard of styles. This will make me very flexible in size selection due to the availability. I was a teacher in Taiwan that my students noticed my leather dress shoes were larger than my actual sizes of feet. Therefore, I always keep additional shoes available in case of need and without sale at hand.
I still have a good memory of shoes repair in Taiwan. I watched the shoe repair at a corner of the street to cut the shape of the leather and hand saw it on the bottom of the shoes. One day, I checked on the Google to find the shoe repair store nearby my home. A quote came back with the price more than what I paid for that pairs in Argentina; therefore, I might keep them for future yard work.
Amy finished her shopping and woke up me waiting at the lobby. She said that it was not expensive at all and I should try to buy something. I am very frugal and I am taking an old suit for my cruise trip Friday. It costs me nothing and makes my daughters on board very happy that I dress up to visit them.
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
購買球鞋/莊峻華
購買球鞋/莊峻華
昨日隨愛美，遠赴凱蒂鎮大商店，購買球鞋，她說這是黑色星期五週，東西折扣出售，我剛好需要準備一雙球鞋備用，現用球鞋，鞋底開始磨壞，備用一雙，已經開始派上用場，所以多買一雙，也無甚浪費，這些商店，多半將過時存貨，折扣賣出，我習慣找到男鞋部，迅速發現三雙適穿球鞋，於是一口氣買下，然後坐在商店間沙發，觀看來往購物者，這是感恩節一週，商店尚未忙祿，因我週五離開，所以提早來購物，愛美一直算多少折扣，半折後再百分之十，使用店信用卡，再百分之十，她說商人如何賺錢？我說滯銷才賠錢。
講到穿鞋，我有我的看法，當兵完前，我一直有布鞋困難，因為家境拮据，經常鞋底磨破，而無法更換，非常忍耐，我穿過賊市皮鞋，這些小販將收集來舊皮鞋，糊上一層假紙皮，打拌後廉價賣出，我都覺得不衛生，當老師後，開始有固定收入，我都買店裡滯銷貨，因此鞋稍大號，行走有聲音，但我毫不在意，一直到九十年代網球前，我都穿廉價步鞋，當時就是偶爾打壘球等，平常穿皮鞋。恢復網球運動後，開始我還好奇請教這些不同歸類之球鞋，現在已經是清楚如何購買，便宜即可也。
鞋底磨損，我就將其打入散步用，抑或割草用，雨天我不會散步或割草，鞋無入水之慮，倒是網球劇烈，鞋底需穩定可靠，如今我有很多可穿用之鞋，家裡最多又常見之物，就是鞋架，鞋櫃等，而且有皮鞋底磨損，尚不知如何楚置？丟掉又想起過去之困境，所以堆在車庫。
昨日隨愛美，遠赴凱蒂鎮大商店，購買球鞋，她說這是黑色星期五週，東西折扣出售，我剛好需要準備一雙球鞋備用，現用球鞋，鞋底開始磨壞，備用一雙，已經開始派上用場，所以多買一雙，也無甚浪費，這些商店，多半將過時存貨，折扣賣出，我習慣找到男鞋部，迅速發現三雙適穿球鞋，於是一口氣買下，然後坐在商店間沙發，觀看來往購物者，這是感恩節一週，商店尚未忙祿，因我週五離開，所以提早來購物，愛美一直算多少折扣，半折後再百分之十，使用店信用卡，再百分之十，她說商人如何賺錢？我說滯銷才賠錢。
講到穿鞋，我有我的看法，當兵完前，我一直有布鞋困難，因為家境拮据，經常鞋底磨破，而無法更換，非常忍耐，我穿過賊市皮鞋，這些小販將收集來舊皮鞋，糊上一層假紙皮，打拌後廉價賣出，我都覺得不衛生，當老師後，開始有固定收入，我都買店裡滯銷貨，因此鞋稍大號，行走有聲音，但我毫不在意，一直到九十年代網球前，我都穿廉價步鞋，當時就是偶爾打壘球等，平常穿皮鞋。恢復網球運動後，開始我還好奇請教這些不同歸類之球鞋，現在已經是清楚如何購買，便宜即可也。
鞋底磨損，我就將其打入散步用，抑或割草用，雨天我不會散步或割草，鞋無入水之慮，倒是網球劇烈，鞋底需穩定可靠，如今我有很多可穿用之鞋，家裡最多又常見之物，就是鞋架，鞋櫃等，而且有皮鞋底磨損，尚不知如何楚置？丟掉又想起過去之困境，所以堆在車庫。
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Receiving gift chives/Carlos Pueblo
Receiving gift chives/Carlos Pueblo
The chives is an onion family or something related to garlic by its common English name with garlic chives. It is very common now a day on the oriental super market. It is very easy to grow on the yard with a small space. What I do with the chives is unique, I cook my breakfast with eggs and the chives, usually the bottom part of the stem to replace the onion white for flavor then scramble the pan till it is done. Amy would buy a small batch of the chives every week if she remembers. Mrs. Chiu Ying Lee, an old friend, gives us a whole bunch of the chives this time almost every year. She has a small garden on her back yard used to be for roses and now chives and is very successful. She is one of the two families which I pick the persimmon often.
I sometimes regret that I have missed the joy of growing something enough on my back yard in my life. If there is an acres lot of my house, I can till some part to grown fruits, flowers, and vegetables, etc. Now I barely make it to a 8000 square feet lot with lawn of some fruits trees and flowers not that organized. It might be easier just go to the market to get what I need. I find that is easier to walk in the morning on the neighbors and enjoy their nice garden instead.
I know two friends who go out to the city to have lands, 50 acres or 100 acres in size. One makes a lot with well water to help her to grow something. It is too far for me to get her gift during harvest. I can't imagine the hundred acres farm which he can only let the hay grows. The U.S. is a nation of abundance that grows too much to serve as a gift to the needed part of the world.
The chives is an onion family or something related to garlic by its common English name with garlic chives. It is very common now a day on the oriental super market. It is very easy to grow on the yard with a small space. What I do with the chives is unique, I cook my breakfast with eggs and the chives, usually the bottom part of the stem to replace the onion white for flavor then scramble the pan till it is done. Amy would buy a small batch of the chives every week if she remembers. Mrs. Chiu Ying Lee, an old friend, gives us a whole bunch of the chives this time almost every year. She has a small garden on her back yard used to be for roses and now chives and is very successful. She is one of the two families which I pick the persimmon often.
I sometimes regret that I have missed the joy of growing something enough on my back yard in my life. If there is an acres lot of my house, I can till some part to grown fruits, flowers, and vegetables, etc. Now I barely make it to a 8000 square feet lot with lawn of some fruits trees and flowers not that organized. It might be easier just go to the market to get what I need. I find that is easier to walk in the morning on the neighbors and enjoy their nice garden instead.
I know two friends who go out to the city to have lands, 50 acres or 100 acres in size. One makes a lot with well water to help her to grow something. It is too far for me to get her gift during harvest. I can't imagine the hundred acres farm which he can only let the hay grows. The U.S. is a nation of abundance that grows too much to serve as a gift to the needed part of the world.
Monday, November 25, 2019
受贈韭菜/莊峻華
受贈韭菜/莊峻華
昨夜，愛美禮拜回家，攜帶一包韭菜，是北市郊秋英姊贈物，她專長韭菜種稙，後院一小塊地，可以生產大量韭菜，她說種韭菜，比玫瑰花容易，約三十餘年前，這後院是一美麗玫瑰花園，現在除韭菜外，尚有一株台灣蕃石榴，前院有株柿，若豐收季，晚秋時，我可以採柿。
我的早餐，需要一盤青菜，就是蛋炒青菜，青菜之一，韭菜也，平常愛美一週買回一束，我就取上一小部分切細，韭白部當蔥爆香，然後敲蛋入熱鍋，置入其餘，非常容易，若無韭菜，則以山東白，或蕃茄代替，我現在越來越享受矣，也有豬肉鬆，花生，和澤庵，若有海苔醬，其不更理想？
我家後院，車庫與籬巴間，有塊小地，因在樹蔭下，稙物不易生長，我從茶花女街，移來幾小叢韭菜，七年後，僅存幾根，非常遺憾，有時後迫不得已，需要割取採用，這又讓我想起有後院花園或菜園之美夢，一夜，我從新竹車站，隨瑞耀兄趕回苗栗頭汾，在超市買上一包凍水餃，回其農舍，他就半夜到旁邊農田拔幾根蔥，非常羅曼蒂克。
昨夜，愛美禮拜回家，攜帶一包韭菜，是北市郊秋英姊贈物，她專長韭菜種稙，後院一小塊地，可以生產大量韭菜，她說種韭菜，比玫瑰花容易，約三十餘年前，這後院是一美麗玫瑰花園，現在除韭菜外，尚有一株台灣蕃石榴，前院有株柿，若豐收季，晚秋時，我可以採柿。
我的早餐，需要一盤青菜，就是蛋炒青菜，青菜之一，韭菜也，平常愛美一週買回一束，我就取上一小部分切細，韭白部當蔥爆香，然後敲蛋入熱鍋，置入其餘，非常容易，若無韭菜，則以山東白，或蕃茄代替，我現在越來越享受矣，也有豬肉鬆，花生，和澤庵，若有海苔醬，其不更理想？
我家後院，車庫與籬巴間，有塊小地，因在樹蔭下，稙物不易生長，我從茶花女街，移來幾小叢韭菜，七年後，僅存幾根，非常遺憾，有時後迫不得已，需要割取採用，這又讓我想起有後院花園或菜園之美夢，一夜，我從新竹車站，隨瑞耀兄趕回苗栗頭汾，在超市買上一包凍水餃，回其農舍，他就半夜到旁邊農田拔幾根蔥，非常羅曼蒂克。
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Visiting a friend in New York City 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Visiting a friend in New York City 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Before the cruise, I made an appointment for a lunch with a friend of my elder brother, Patrick Chen at Flushing. After the disembark, I carried the luggage on 49th Street from the 12th Avenue of the pier crossing the 11th, 10th, 9th, to reach the 8th Avenue subway station, then took #7 to the final station. Pat came in to a gas station across a mall to pick me up. He lives out side of Flushing without subway facility. In late 1975 or early 1976, I was traveling across the U.S. and came to NYC to meet my brother Yancy. He was on his way to Houston for a new job. He took me to join a protest against the Nationalist Chinese rule in Taiwan specifically for a man called Ya Tsan Pai. He was sentenced to life in prison due to a simple question to then a vice premier, Chin Kuo Chiang, how much he paid for estate tax when his father Chiang Kai-sek died in 1975? Patrick was in that car to the front of White House with me. Later, Yancy told me many stories of their singles club at that time in New York.
There was this story which Yancy had mentioned throughout the years about a gift which Pat asked him to carry to a pretty girl in Taipei. The girl was a banker and was from a graduate of a prestige university in Taiwan. Yancy thought that was a match maker between the two, Yancy and the girl. It didn't turn out well at the end. Yet Pat and Yancy are still remember the last name of the pretty girl and still discuss about her. Pat was an excellent student when he was at the junior high school and passed both entrance examinations to the #1 senor high school in Taipei and also a famous 5 years technical school. He selected the later for a quick engineer career at that time. After the graduation, he came to Stony Brook, the State University of New York for the graduate study with a scholarship. He told me that on the first year his professor already introduced him to work at an engineering firm in NYC. After a brief employment with a large firm, he joined a partner to make computer board business. Gradually, he made another change to be a business venture broker. He is a real story of a successful immigrant.
Several years ago, I visited him with Yong's family from Staten Island. He treated us at a very nice Taiwanese restaurant some where at Flushing. I like to pay him back of his kindness and talk to this enjoyable company. He rejects the idea of me to buy him a lunch instead postpone my treat till his visit to Houston. He took me to a nice Korean restaurant with excellent Kim-chee side dishes. Even the waitress speaks Mandarin Chinese.
Before the cruise, I made an appointment for a lunch with a friend of my elder brother, Patrick Chen at Flushing. After the disembark, I carried the luggage on 49th Street from the 12th Avenue of the pier crossing the 11th, 10th, 9th, to reach the 8th Avenue subway station, then took #7 to the final station. Pat came in to a gas station across a mall to pick me up. He lives out side of Flushing without subway facility. In late 1975 or early 1976, I was traveling across the U.S. and came to NYC to meet my brother Yancy. He was on his way to Houston for a new job. He took me to join a protest against the Nationalist Chinese rule in Taiwan specifically for a man called Ya Tsan Pai. He was sentenced to life in prison due to a simple question to then a vice premier, Chin Kuo Chiang, how much he paid for estate tax when his father Chiang Kai-sek died in 1975? Patrick was in that car to the front of White House with me. Later, Yancy told me many stories of their singles club at that time in New York.
There was this story which Yancy had mentioned throughout the years about a gift which Pat asked him to carry to a pretty girl in Taipei. The girl was a banker and was from a graduate of a prestige university in Taiwan. Yancy thought that was a match maker between the two, Yancy and the girl. It didn't turn out well at the end. Yet Pat and Yancy are still remember the last name of the pretty girl and still discuss about her. Pat was an excellent student when he was at the junior high school and passed both entrance examinations to the #1 senor high school in Taipei and also a famous 5 years technical school. He selected the later for a quick engineer career at that time. After the graduation, he came to Stony Brook, the State University of New York for the graduate study with a scholarship. He told me that on the first year his professor already introduced him to work at an engineering firm in NYC. After a brief employment with a large firm, he joined a partner to make computer board business. Gradually, he made another change to be a business venture broker. He is a real story of a successful immigrant.
Several years ago, I visited him with Yong's family from Staten Island. He treated us at a very nice Taiwanese restaurant some where at Flushing. I like to pay him back of his kindness and talk to this enjoyable company. He rejects the idea of me to buy him a lunch instead postpone my treat till his visit to Houston. He took me to a nice Korean restaurant with excellent Kim-chee side dishes. Even the waitress speaks Mandarin Chinese.
紐約訪友2, 2019/莊峻華
紐約訪友2, 2019/莊峻華
從曼哈頓碼頭下船，需要走49,或50街，橫跨12,11,10.9,到8大道地下鐵車站，然後搭乘地下鐵，到法拉盛華埠，我將拜望阿火兄，他是家兄峻嚴居紐約之好友，我們有緣，見過幾次面，我都留下美憶，第一次是75年，我雲遊美國，跑到紐約市，參加華府白雅燦示威，阿火兄是位風趣健談者，第二次是他來休市拜訪大客戶，來峻嚴家，約是80年前，因為峻嚴婚事，與我有關，有不成一件又與阿火有關，他們都津津樂道，12年回台灣，在虎尾舊空軍基地附近，巧遇一位美麗之女校長，她說阿火是其姊夫，隨後我經紐約到華府賞櫻，就設法拜望，他都非常熱烈招待，他是一位典型成功之移民。
他是桃園人，家境也是清寒，甚能讀書，初中畢業後，同時考上台北工專和建國中學，他選責工專，五年畢業後，服完兵役，他就取得石溪紐約州大獎學金來美，兩年研究所內，他就已經在紐約市兼職，畢業後，在一家大公司工作些時，就自行創業，做電腦底板生意，後來轉入買賣生意，也加入客戶投資，這次我想拜望他，就是想答謝他幾年前，慨邀請台菜料理晚餐一事，結果還是他們夫婦請客，我們到一家法拉盛韓國餐廳，這家餐廳泡菜很好，一解我三週船上口饞。
他是從法拉盛車站附近之一家大商場，將我帶到稍郊外之住家，他解釋一下這種房產所有權，與傳統房產產權有別，我能了解，現在休市豪華老人公寓，也有如此安排。他在我面前，當場與峻嚴通話，兩老人閒話當年，很多人地時事，峻嚴都與我描述過，非常親切，他是高爾夫球客，住家附近就有球場，於是我請教他高爾夫球入門。
紐約真是大都會，據他說日本料理，也非常普遍，非常精緻，我們用餐這家韓國餐廳，也是非常道地，連女侍者，都能華語。
從曼哈頓碼頭下船，需要走49,或50街，橫跨12,11,10.9,到8大道地下鐵車站，然後搭乘地下鐵，到法拉盛華埠，我將拜望阿火兄，他是家兄峻嚴居紐約之好友，我們有緣，見過幾次面，我都留下美憶，第一次是75年，我雲遊美國，跑到紐約市，參加華府白雅燦示威，阿火兄是位風趣健談者，第二次是他來休市拜訪大客戶，來峻嚴家，約是80年前，因為峻嚴婚事，與我有關，有不成一件又與阿火有關，他們都津津樂道，12年回台灣，在虎尾舊空軍基地附近，巧遇一位美麗之女校長，她說阿火是其姊夫，隨後我經紐約到華府賞櫻，就設法拜望，他都非常熱烈招待，他是一位典型成功之移民。
他是桃園人，家境也是清寒，甚能讀書，初中畢業後，同時考上台北工專和建國中學，他選責工專，五年畢業後，服完兵役，他就取得石溪紐約州大獎學金來美，兩年研究所內，他就已經在紐約市兼職，畢業後，在一家大公司工作些時，就自行創業，做電腦底板生意，後來轉入買賣生意，也加入客戶投資，這次我想拜望他，就是想答謝他幾年前，慨邀請台菜料理晚餐一事，結果還是他們夫婦請客，我們到一家法拉盛韓國餐廳，這家餐廳泡菜很好，一解我三週船上口饞。
他是從法拉盛車站附近之一家大商場，將我帶到稍郊外之住家，他解釋一下這種房產所有權，與傳統房產產權有別，我能了解，現在休市豪華老人公寓，也有如此安排。他在我面前，當場與峻嚴通話，兩老人閒話當年，很多人地時事，峻嚴都與我描述過，非常親切，他是高爾夫球客，住家附近就有球場，於是我請教他高爾夫球入門。
紐約真是大都會，據他說日本料理，也非常普遍，非常精緻，我們用餐這家韓國餐廳，也是非常道地，連女侍者，都能華語。
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Returning to visit Newport, Rhode Island 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Returning to visit Newport, Rhode Island 2019/Carlos Pueblo
The ship left Portland, Maine sailing south to Rhode Island at night. We arrived Newport at noon and scheduled to leave at 6:00 pm to NYC to complete the trip next morning. I watched the cross ocean bridge named after the late Senator Pell for his service contribution to the Nation. I also remember his spiritual support of Taiwanese pursuit of democracy under the Nationalist Chinese authoritarian rule. I asked the same sales clerk at the antic furniture store about his mansion on the Ocean Drive. She told me that required a vehicle to reach. I turned back to the City Center to visit again the Trinity Church and those 400 years old frame architecture still in excellent condition next to it.
The newer business area is on the other side of the church with busy crowds gathering. Basically, the city is a rich city with nice environment to attract visitors. We took the same tendering service provided by the ship back. I was sitting on the back of deck 12 cafeteria to watch the ship sailing out of the bay. I was caught by surprise that the same scenery as St. Lawrence River after Quebec City appeared to me. Luxury colorful Mansions on beautiful farms by the river. I have had such good memory of several places in both the U.S. and Canada which I call them the paradise. I didn't have my cameras at hand and even so I still couldn't take a good picture for such distance. I could only remind my daughters on the restaurant to watch such good view. I always admire their experience to see the whole world at young age.
Tomorrow morning, we'll be at Manhattan port early in the morning. I shall go to visit a friend at Flushing and have a lunch together. He was my brother's friend when he was in NYC in the mid-70's. I remembered him well and visited him once. He is a trained engineer and now a successful business venture broker.
The ship left Portland, Maine sailing south to Rhode Island at night. We arrived Newport at noon and scheduled to leave at 6:00 pm to NYC to complete the trip next morning. I watched the cross ocean bridge named after the late Senator Pell for his service contribution to the Nation. I also remember his spiritual support of Taiwanese pursuit of democracy under the Nationalist Chinese authoritarian rule. I asked the same sales clerk at the antic furniture store about his mansion on the Ocean Drive. She told me that required a vehicle to reach. I turned back to the City Center to visit again the Trinity Church and those 400 years old frame architecture still in excellent condition next to it.
The newer business area is on the other side of the church with busy crowds gathering. Basically, the city is a rich city with nice environment to attract visitors. We took the same tendering service provided by the ship back. I was sitting on the back of deck 12 cafeteria to watch the ship sailing out of the bay. I was caught by surprise that the same scenery as St. Lawrence River after Quebec City appeared to me. Luxury colorful Mansions on beautiful farms by the river. I have had such good memory of several places in both the U.S. and Canada which I call them the paradise. I didn't have my cameras at hand and even so I still couldn't take a good picture for such distance. I could only remind my daughters on the restaurant to watch such good view. I always admire their experience to see the whole world at young age.
Tomorrow morning, we'll be at Manhattan port early in the morning. I shall go to visit a friend at Flushing and have a lunch together. He was my brother's friend when he was in NYC in the mid-70's. I remembered him well and visited him once. He is a trained engineer and now a successful business venture broker.
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