竹東粄圓節

Dear friends,

May I share a news article on 「竹東客家湯圓節」with you and our friends? The only thing that bothers me is the use of words such as 「湯圓」and 「搓」instead of 「粄圓」and 「挼」/「挪」(No 音), our mother tongues. 

竹東粄圓節

十全十美第十年

「萬家齊聚挼粄圓」

想起竹東妹

个个生著粄圓面

又白又靚又耐看

浪漫台三線

毋好等到五二O (就職日)

竹東打出第一槍

蔡英文主席

應該行尖挼粄圓

挼出百萬(桃竹苗)客家票

Shall we try hard to sincerely hope that Dr. Joseph Wu may consider to pass this message on to 蔡英文 主席? Nevertheless, let's keep today's quote in mind whatever we do, please.

"The harder I work, the luckier I get." (Samuel Goldwyn, 1882-1974, also known as Samuel Goldfish, Jewish Polish American film producer)

Perhaps, we get luckier because we try harder this time.

Best regards,

Big Ben 顧門  華府  12/8/2015