送老友最後一程

Hi, 羅 先生 and friends,

According to the family source of late Ambassador Nat H. Bellocchi, they have waited for more than one year and finally scheduled to have the funeral service at the Arlington National Cemetery on December 28, 2015 at 3 PM. With the invitation of Mrs. Li-lan Bellocchi, Big Ben joined more than fifty relatives and close friends to say a real, final good bye to our 台灣女婿，白樂崎 大使. As usual, BB would like to express his experience and further thought in Hakka-3-line-poem(客家三行詩) for your reference and comment.

告別白樂崎

阿靈頓國家公墓

幾十親友來送行

傳統式國葬

國旗蓋棺馬車載

官兵樂隊禮炮手

國葬禮數全

二十一禮炮致敬 (Twenty one gun salute)

摺疊國旗送溫情 (It takes 8 soldiers at least 10 minutes to solemnly fold a huge National flag into a a small triangular pack.)

Note: Will send you a couple more photos to show I Meant.

一首安魂曲

樂隊奏出安亡魂

大地昏暗幾恬靜

白樂崎大使

奉獻六年分臺灣

推動臺灣个民主

AIT 主席

一九九零到九五(1990-1995)

加穩臺美个關係

一九九六年

安排李總統訪美

搣著中國綁綁跳

期待臺灣人

買本「臺灣民主路」(The Path to Taiwan Democracy:Memories of An American Diplomat)

共下讀書救臺灣 (民主)

期待民進黨

「民主學院」取个名

「白樂崎民主學院」

In the thought of preserving democracy in Taiwan, may I share some brainy quotes of Jean-Jacques Rousseau(1712-1778, a philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century.His political philosophy influenced the enlightenment in France and across Europe, as well as aspects of the French revolution?) with you to end this email?

"Free people remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered it it is once lost."

"We are born weak, we need strength: helpless, we need aid: foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education."

讀書救臺灣

教育自家(己)多讀書

自由民主會豐收

Best regards,

Big Ben  顧門  華府

BTW. Those who are new to Hakka-3-line-poem, please visit two blogs at www.formosablacktea.com.tw/2013/10/blog-post.html  www.Hakka3linepoem.blogspot.com to view and learn more about it. You are welcome to join us in writing your first H3LP and further helping 蔡英文 in next four years to accomplish her 「四個深耕，改變臺灣客家」. Te be creative, you can try to use the same format and write 「河洛(福佬)三行詩」for fun.