1986 Lunar New Year Concert

1986 Lunar New Year "Chinese Music and Dance Celebration"

Los Angeles Chinese Music Ensemble led by Master Lui Pei-yuen

Shean Chang (erhu,1st left), Johnson Hsu (Chinese cello, back), Erhuist from China (2nd left), 

Lisa Huang (Guangzhou Conservatory of Music廣州音樂學院, Chinese Dulcimer, middle),  

Student of Master Lui (pipa, 2nd right), Master Lui Pei-yuen (1st right)

Great pipa master Lui Pei-yuen

Great pipa master Lui Pei-yuen 呂培原 (taken in 1996)

1979 LP and 90s CD

Drawn by a Hong Kong master

Great pipa master Lui Pei-yuen 呂培原 (taken in 1996)

Union Oil Research - Good old days

朱益新 and 韓崇仁, engineers from China

Lisa 鮑頓 Bowden, Union Oil Sale Representative

朱益新 and 韓崇仁 (photo session before returning to China)

朱益新, Lisa Bowden, Chief engineer from China, and 韓崇仁 (photo session before returning to China)

Union Oil Research, Valencia Dr., Brea, CA

Shale oil operation

Amazing scenery at 木瓜溪橋, Hualien, Taiwan

Best view is from Taiwan No. 9 highway 台九缐上是最好的觀賞角度  

Papaya river bridge木瓜溪橋, Hualien, Taiwan

Papaya river bridge木瓜溪橋, Hualien, Taiwan

Taiwan is FORMOSA福爾摩薩.  Portuguese knew the best.

Taiwan popular bakery 'Sun Cake' for chocolate

太陽餅換巧克力

My mother's family doctor likes the Sun Cake she makes.  So, from time to time, my mother bakes the cake for him.  In return, her family doctor gives her chocolate.

母親的Family Doctor 說她作的太陽餅比外面買的好吃。所以偶爾母親就送韓醫生太陽餅。 韓醫生則回送巧克力。 

Taiwan popular bakery Sun Cake

不由得想起鄰居小學同學幾次興高彩烈的告訴我，（鹿港）城市裏的同學香腸換他（便當盒裏）的番薯（地瓜）。

It occurs to me that several times my neighbor and elementary school classmate cheerfully told me this story.  The story goes that his classmates living in the city traded Chinese sausage for his yam.  Poor country side kids eat yam all the time, whereas city kids, tiring of eating meat, see yam as rare commodity. 

Popular 50s and 60s' Classic Wooden Slipper (Taiwan) 木屐 （查蓋）

左邊這雙我今天完成的 （to attach leather piece with special nails釘)，

右邊那雙是2010年 鹿港老街 木屐店釘的。

我覺得我的工比較細，但我發了約4個小時。慢功出細貨 (perfectionist)。

Canon Point and Shoot pictures

8-16-2014 Night

8-17-2014 Morning sunlight crept in

Nikon D5100 w/Nikkor AI 50mm f1.4 lenses

A thought on my 臉書，面子書, facebook

我的臉書，面子書, facebook 

(August 12, 2014)

我在外面喝這個咖啡，那個咖啡，結果回到家來喝自己作的咖啡，說這麽是這個味道呢？ 2 到 3 分鐘以後 才慢慢醒過來，確定是這個味道没錯。我看花花公子也是這樣吧？？？

Me and my son Kenny spent 6 days driving a new 2014 Camry from Fullerton to Darien, Illinois because Kenny will be studying DO at Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois.  I had drunk three times Caribou coffee in Downers Grove (5 stars), Caffe BACI coffee in Downtown Chicago (4 stars) and Biggby coffee in Champaign (2 stars). After being away for 2 and 1/2 weeks, I was home again to make my sea-salt-roasted Ethiopian coffee.  The coffee tasted so strange to me.  Only a few minutes later I could assure myself of its unrivaled magnificent flavor.

FYI, original posting on facebook 'What's on your mind' is as follows:

Shean Chang

Yesterday · Edited

Vacationing is the idea of the west, I think. 

Chinese work around the year. So, any day in the year one goes to Chinatown, he won't be surprised to see stores not open. I had broken away from my daily 'mechanical' routines for 2 and 1/2 weeks because I committed myself to sharing driving the new Camry with Kenny over a journey of about 2016 miles (Wiki answer between LA and Chicago) and to a short stay in Darien, Illinois. Today I had to jump start our Acura Legend (22 years old). Then I found myself not very used to driving on Euclid street. It soon became clear that cars running in Darien and Downers Grove, Illinois are far less than here. On the 2nd day when picking up my erhu (Chinese violin), I was all prepared to struggle playing anything on the instrument. To my big big surprise, I found my fingers moving and flexing agilely on the strings and my erhu sound was never so alive and beautiful. I just realized letting my fingers take a short vacation is, after all, beneficial. Perhaps it will also do good to my ping pong because I have had hard time getting rid of much of those stubborn bad habit (incorrect body swing and other things).

Rest is part of life. Similarly, a rest in music also constitutes the melody. God creates the world in 6 days and He rests in the seventh day. I guess I can be a pastor, haha .... please don't laugh !!!


同樣的道理， 我們當基督徒的，每一天定要和上帝有 'quiet time'，不能從早忙到晚， 馬不停蹄，大家同意嗎？