Thursday, December 31, 2020

可怕庚子年

2020再見
生棘病毒全球走
中國个生物戰爭


撒樣哪拉2020
台灣名人相賽離( 李登輝、鍾肇政、羅慶士相繼辭世)
留下台灣愛仰行


可怕庚子年
台灣防疫打第一
國力提升變強國

Scott 陳秋濤 作

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

2021 臺灣向前行

Hi, Thomas,

Thank you very much for mentioning Hakka Chang in your FB and challenging him to write more H3LP. Here is one echoing your call.

武漢疫情後
「按嘴仔」變當重要
日常生活必用品

蕭美琴代表
送來一包「嘴按仔」
交代「臺灣向前行」

勇敢向前行
帶上臺灣「嘴按仔」(Made in Taiwan Face Mask)
宣傳臺灣好戴人(Taiwan is the safest country to stay and live now.)

期望過了年
大家接打強心針(COVID-19 Vaccine)
轉去臺灣戴一年

Big Ben 
華府
12/29/20




Monday, December 28, 2020

Christmas tree at Cambridge, Maryland

Hi, Thomas and Grace,

May I share a unique and creative Christmas Tree seen on my way to Cambridge, Eastern Shore, Maryland with you? It’s made and decorated with crab bushels, cage wires, etc. 

一叢聖誕樹
看出洋人有創意
疫情中活出自己

馬州康橋城(Cambridge, Maryland)
臨「切色匹克海灣」(Chesapeake Bay)
出產藍蟹(blue crabs)有名聲

Hope this belated Christmas greeting bring a joyful New Year of 2021!

Big Ben
華府
12/28/20




Sunday, December 27, 2020

2020華府聖誕節

Hi, Thomas and Grace,

It’s freezing cold in Washington, DC today. Big Ben sneaked down to the city to check on the Christmas trees at the White House and the Capital Congress. Share few pictures with you here.

一場武漢疫
害到川普輸大選
拜登捻到入白宮

今年聖誕節
第一夫人借疫情
從簡展示聖誕樹
(Note:There isn’t any exhibit of traditional DooDoo toy trains underneath the White House Christmas tree this year.)

為了救濟(救急)
國會兩黨吵到今
害到百姓腳抽筋

國會聖誕樹
看來也「半斤八兩」
遊客比起往年少

天祐 美國!

Big Ben
華府
12/26/20





Thursday, December 24, 2020

2020聖誕節前夕

時間惦惦過
苦難無奈係攷驗
等待疫苗好相見

人謀輸天算
原本期待好年冬
奈知霹靂病毒傳

聖誕節前夕
想起逝去个親人
期望轉世逍遙趣

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

華府冬天冷清清

Hi, Thomas and Grace,

Let’s compare some conspicuous city landmarks to see where the tourists are during the Winter and under COVID-19 mess. Here are three in Washington, DC: MLK memorial, Washington monument and Jefferson memorial for your reference.

華府个冬天
今年遊客少又少
潮汐湖頂冷清清

冬至食湯圓
嘴講生活會圓滿 
其實奈有恁簡單

最近這幾年
身邊親友接甯走
幾多老伴變孤單

嗯哩要惜緣
牽手連心救客家(母語)
煞猛寫兜三行詩

Please share yours in LA and Toronto with a H3LP. Thanks!

Big Ben
華府
12/22/20






2020 Santa Claus

Hi, Thomas and Grace,

Just can’t help sharing more photos and some feelings in H3LP way in this holiday season with you. It looks to me that H3LP will
phase out gradually and slowly like movement of cow in 2021, the year of cow. Sigh...! Pray and hope that our H3LP Master 羅先生
would share by dropping his wisdom some how and some way through the cloud gate.

今年聖誕節
武漢疫情延燒中
血拼人潮還係洶( =洶湧)

聖誕老公公
首次帶上嘴按仔
合照離開六呎遠

Happy Winter Solstice! (冬至快樂!)

Big Ben
華府
12/21/20





Monday, December 21, 2020

華府落初雪

Hi, Thomas and Grace,

Just share few photos of the first snow here taken last week with you. Hope that this H3LP will continue to connect us in 2021 and on.

華府落初雪
寒氣吹入白宮肚
川普總統激激顫(Gi Gi Zun)

這樣寒天氣
一碗雞酒會燒暖 (a shot or two of tequila or whiskey will do the job.)
一覺醒來就天光

Take care,

Big Ben
華府
12/20/20




Tuesday, December 8, 2020

臺灣客家危機感

Hi, Hakka Senbai,
早晨一大早,打開電腦看臉書(Face Book), 看到阿堃哥感慨,「苗栗泰安泡溫泉,池中六儕講河洛;自己突然插入講客話,結果發現六儕會講客話,之後,全用客話打嘴鼓。」厓㧯阿堃哥共樣,十分感慨,百分激動,千分憤怒,萬分失望!以下係海外遊子个心聲,分各位前輩做參考,也請大家多多指教!

搶救阿姆話
客人自己愛煞猛(努力)
不然早慢會冇忒

大聲講客話
講出心聲大家聽
堂正做个客家人

謹記一原則
客家成功與存續
應符合臺灣利益

拜託菁英群
「脫胎換骨」去創新
「責無旁貸」解危機

懇求教授群
上課帶頭用客語
沉浸方法教學生

請求客委會
舉辦「客家國建會」
徵選論述救客話(客家母語、文化、族群)

天祐 臺灣客家!

Big Ben
華府
12/8/20

Monday, November 30, 2020

相識相知冇相惜

Dear Hakka Friends,

羅先生走後  (註:關西羅慶士先生係臺灣「客家三行詩」之父。)
發現三行詩詩伴
相識相知冇相惜

讀寫三行詩
冇爾冇佢也冇厓
復興客家文化難

搶救客家話
大家共下來相惜
「臺灣心」傳「客家情」

希望客委會
繼續推廣三行詩
辦「客家三行詩」獎

This is just an old Hakka man’s voice for your reference. BTW. I noticed that you did not post a photo of “Stone Lion wearing mask”
in the relevant H3LP.

Big Ben
華府
11/30/20

華府細白旗墳場

Dear Thomas,Grace and Hakka Friends,

Just share a few photos of “Little White Flags” memorial which symbolizes COVID-19 horror in the history of mankind, taken at 
RFK Stadium, Washington, DC on 11/28/2020. How could “265,146 had died this far...”happen in America? 

一場「武漢疫」
美國反應特別慢
一錯再錯非常亂

疫情燒到今
死亡人數打第一
二十六萬五千ㄧ

細白旗墳場
一支白旗一鬼魂
吶喊聲響遍華府

依照目前看
官方民間相對立
疫情不減反增加

Is there a solution for this pandemic mess? Yes! Let’s try New Zealand’s COVID response: Immediate national lockdown, quality testing 
protocols, tracing, and quarantine compliance. 

天祐美國!

Big Ben
華府
11/30/20







Tuesday, November 17, 2020

補頭腦 學到老

讀老友之信
填加知識補頭腦
互相幫助學到老


剛 初學一旬!葉雲旗敬上

Bald eagle at Blackwater National Wildlife Refugee Center, Maryland

Dear Thomas, Grace and Friends,

Last weekend, drove almost 3 hours to check brown pelicans near Hoopers Island on Eastern Shore, Maryland and ran into a pair of Bald Eagles at Blackwater National Wildlife Refugee. Here is a photograph for your reference. Are they awesome?

一對白頭鷹
企著樹頂頭勾勾
看到人類變瘋狗

美國一片亂
亂到紅藍分不清
川普到今吂認輸

認識白頭鷹
填加知識補頭腦
互相幫助學到老

“The Bald Eagle has been the National emblem of the United States since 1782 and a spiritual symbol for native people for far longer than that. These regal birds aren’t really bald but their white-feathered heads gleam in contrast to their chocolate-brown body and wings.”(from Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

BTW. Will share two more photos in the separate email. Of course, will also show you brown pelicans with a different subject later.

Big Ben
華府
11/17/20

PS, Thomas, added 葉雲旗教授,鍾振亁僑務委員、管光明會長,鍾老寶貝女兒鍾春芬小姐,林明璋教授,余金榜大哥,何智勇老弟的to cc list without their permission. They shouldn’t mind a bit. Sincerely hope that they will join us in writing 「客家三行詩」and save Taiwan Hakka mother tongue from becoming extinct one way or another.





Monday, November 16, 2020

防疫? 封口?

am curious...

The Lion Guard is wearing mask to
prevent Covid-19 ?
or to keep mouth shut at this critical
time?

石獅蓋按嘴
認真作防疫措施
也係封口少是非?

Thomas

Sunday, November 15, 2020

The lions guarding National Zoo wear masks

Hi, Thomas,

Passed by the National Zoo and noticed that two guarding lions wear masks at the entrance last week. Took a couple of photos to share with you. Ran into some friends on the street and took a long while to recognize them behind those funny masks.

一場武漢疫
改變國家動物園
門口大獅蓋按嘴(=帶口罩)

COVID-19病毒
無影無蹤在人間
挑戰人類个極限

世界在改變
變到親友難見面
路上睹到認半天

Stay safe and be healthy during this pandemic, please!

Big Ben
華府
11/15/20

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

華府臺灣信用合作社 2020 年會報導

Dear 客家好朋友,

Just share an article on Capital Area Taiwanese Federal Credit Union(華府臺灣人信用合作社), founded in 1976 and only Taiwanese American financial institution left in the nation. Big Ben would like to inform you that he was elected as President or Chairman in his 3rd term.

Here is what is in his mind afterwards as follows.

華府防疫間
臺美社團惦縮縮
除了臺灣合作社

國家个規定
每月照開理事會
完全靠視訊會議(Virtual Meeting)

今年開年會
選出「華府吳三連」
張貴洋再接會長

華府五十年
接觸臺美人社團
各自為陣拼生死

海外臺美人
「利合就來,利散就去」
來來去去合有散

想要行出去
「同聲相應」要做到
「同心相知」愛做到

想愛救自己
大細聲音愛「相應」
以心傳心變「知己」

Stay safe and healthy by wearing your masks, washing your hands and 6 feet social distancing during the second wave of COVID-19
pandemic, please!

Big Ben
華府
11/4/20

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

2020 General Election in USA

Hi, Thomas and Friends,
May I share this piece of news with you on this 2020 General Election in USA? What a creative way to promote the business! We, Taiwan, should learn from it and try to do the same in the next election.


今年選總統
媒體幾乎一面倒
倒向民主黨拜登(Biden)

民調乜共樣
保證拜登贏川普
成為米國新總統(46th US President)

民意定乾坤
認為川普會連任
大贏拜登轉白宮

餅乾「章魚哥」
試探賓州个民意
Donald Trump sweeps Joe Biden

Pennsylvania is a democratic State and has a Democrat governor. In 2016, very few people thought that Trump would come from behind to win 20 electoral votes. Only God knows if he can do it again today.

God Bless the United States of America!

Big Ben
華府
11/3/20
BTW. I voted at 9 AM EST and found no line at all. Actually, there are more volunteers than voters.

Monday, November 2, 2020

Turning Leaf

時間惦惦過
春去炎夏變涼秋
變色葉落寒冬到

剎猛盡情寫
三行詩有布落格
記錄歲月个腳跡
萬聖節傳統機會
教育小孩作防疫

健康兼趣味
戴面罩不妨化妝
袋裝糖減少接觸



Sunday, November 1, 2020

Happy 2020 Halloween!

今年萬聖節
華府取消「分糖食」(Trick or treat)
社區變到當惦靜

天氣轉涼後
門前楓樹變金黃
聽講今年有寒冬

「寒冬總會過」
相信老弟有眼光
阿哥奈心等幾年

Happy Halloween!

Big Ben 
華府
10/31/20



Friday, October 30, 2020

寒冬縂會過

客家根佇奈

貴洋哥洋洋灑灑

分析到清清楚楚


世事作弄人

大家都想要成功

奈何縂佇困窮時


相信三行詩

怨歎暫且放一邊

盡情抒寫留記錄


寒冬縂會過

時間到百花盛開

留兜範本好參詳

Thursday, October 29, 2020

客家根佇奈

老弟嘴有甜
甜到毋輸細阿姐
阿哥聽到盡見笑

阿哥老吂老
頭腦還算當清楚
應該毋會亂誤解

客家个問題
不在新筍生毋生(毋會生、生多少?)
係在後生毋知根(毋尋根、尋錯根!)

客家根佇奈
根本就是阿姆話(客家話)
根本就在老家鄉(老人家)

吳濁流故居
看到老筍个根本(老頭擺文化)
幾多新筍去尋根(後生有興趣)

鍾老紀念館
展出老筍个智慧(「沒有客家話,就沒有客家人。」)
奈有新筍會了解

羅董三行詩
顯露老筍个創意(用簡易客家字、彙)
可惜新筍吂欣賞(記錄客家人、事、物)

三行寫頭擺
老筍寫兜故事看
分享經驗分後生

三行寫客庄
連串臺灣三六九(臺三線、六堆、花東臺九線)
文化永續會長久

華府看臺灣
新筍生長欠根本
老筍分人嫌臭頭

搶救客家人
加強教育後生條
「根本」在自己身邊
「根本」就係客家話
「根本」就在客家庄

天祐 臺灣客家!

Big Ben
華府
10/29/20

根本留得新荀生

阿哥莫誤解
愁煩放佇心頭頂
煞猛緊寫三行詩

客家先行者
濁流肇政慶士仙
立言影響冇增差

三行寫時事
記錄當前个事故
反映恩兜个想法

三行寫心情
抒解日常生活事
風花雪月人情中

貴洋有快筆
天生文才必有用
啓蒙接𡩋有英雄

大箍龍樂缐
盡心竭力作到好
成事在天毋強求

慶士哥鼓勵
煞猛堅持毋放棄
根本留得新荀生

台灣个局勢
冇人想到會這樣
盡心竭力尋契機

煩該又愁哩

防疫賺打球
身體練到較健康
使係感覺毋歡樂

煩該又愁哩
為「客家存亡」煩惱
為「川普連任」愁勞

講到恁簡單
船到橋頭自然直 (船頂看冇輪機室 船長離開渡長假)
車到山頭就有路 (車頂油箱春一半 車長患有焦慮症(懼高症))

臺灣客家人
坐船坐車冇相讓
頭破血流冇較爭

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

防疫意外

防疫減旅行
賺到看電視球賽
職籃職棒連續打

湖人撩道奇
雙雙封王戴冠
2020洛杉磯大嬴

接甯看美足
踢走个武漢肺炎
大家安心過日子


Tuesday, October 27, 2020

船到橋頭自然直

常念慶士哥
播種催生三行詩
有遠見留下歷史

貴洋張大哥
心放寬莫愁忒多
船到橋頭自然直

方法不是冇
想係个時間吂到
恩自家煞猛來作

你(妳)係厓兄姐

Dear 阿龍哥 and 阿英
Let’s try something new to get our spirit up a notch to poke one another in writing H3LPs. Here is a song, 「你是我的兄弟」,in Taiwanese(河洛)for your reference.


I love it. It inspires me to say something in the way of H3LP that 羅先生 told and taught me so. That is, just write what is in your mind and what you want say. You two agree with me, I hope!

(妳)係厓兄姐
互相扶持行下去
復振客話拼到死

搶救客家話(人、庄)
推廣客家三行詩
世世代代傳下去

To take advantage of you, my brother and sister, I call you two, 「阿龍哥」and 「阿英姐」. By doing so, I will feel forever young. Hahaha...

Take care of yourself and your loved ones, please!

張貴洋
華府
10/27/20

Monday, October 26, 2020

客家話存亡

Dear Thomas and Grace,

昨暗哺發夢
見到關西羅先生
談到欲罷而不能

臺灣客家人
唐山來臺四百年
傳承文化幾世代

一代傳一代
殺豬文化傳下來(到今)
義民祭典少聽客

臺灣客家人
隨著潮流求生存
慢慢忘掉祖宗言(阿姆話)

到底哪所爭
專家爭吵二十年
客人講客年年減

西元二千年
客家委員會成立
兩黨政策有爭差

二十年下來
保留古蹟有做到(百姓祠堂有整修)
拯救母語冇做好(客庄人口向外流)

承蒙蔡總統
「客家政策」有方向
客語係「國家語言」

期待蔡總統
行遍臺灣三六九(臺三線、六堆、花東九線)
客家母語正有救

真經係有心
下鄉親民講客話
客人自冉會覺醒

真經係有意
撥出經費「教」客話
輔導後生「學」客話

全國客家庄
遍地開花去開班
在地行動救母語

真經得人驚
臺灣一日冇客話
該日臺灣冇客人
(註:記得鍾老遺言,「沒有客家話,就沒有客家人。」)

天祐 臺灣客家!

Big Ben
華府
10/26/20

歡樂萬聖節

歡樂萬聖節
節慶本來民間作
家家參與比創意

今年要防疫
毋得沿街去討糖
坐佇車肚看風景

社區辦比賽
大家都係評審官
票選創意優勝者

萬聖節文創
女巫帽子變花樣
客家花布帶流行

Sunday, October 25, 2020

華府秋意濃

Dear Thomas,

Just share few photos to show you Washington, DC area’s Fall colors in its peak. They are taken at Lake Needwood, Rock Creek Regional Park, Maryland where Taiwanese Presbyterian Church is less than a mile away.

華府秋意濃
樹林一片金黃色
湖水出色展風情(風情萬種湖水中)

堵到Yogi Bear
坐佇湖唇看風景
勸話救客愛趕緊(救客=搶救臺灣客家話)

華府政治圈
參院兩黨吵翻天
審查新科大法官(Amy Coney Barrett)

美國選總統
搣到全國濃糕糕
負面新聞網路傳

You asked me if Trump can KD...Well, Big Ben does not have a clue. 一個月前,拜登躺著選也贏;一禮拜前,川普打贏COVID出院,看起來,還係有一息機會( 10% or more)。最近,Hunter Biden 醜聞越鬧越大,拜登陣營頭那痛;應該影響選民投票意願;所以,拜登選贏个百分率又減10%。下禮拜一,假使參議院投票通過 Ms Barrett 接任大法官,川普連任可能性,會增加20%。Therefore, Biden 60 % vs Trump 40% before November 3rd, 2020. Trump can only win with several ifs: if he can mobilize more whites to vote in those battleground States, if DOJ starts to investigate Biden’s dirty things next week, if Biden also tests positive for COVID-19 before the election. To be very honest with you, BB doesn’t like either one. First of all, they both are too old to be in the White House. Secondly, Trump is too sarcastic and tweeted while Biden is too sleepy and sleek. Biden was too close to China while Trump is friendly to Taiwan. With this thought in mind, we should know which side to lean on.

天祐 臺灣!

Big Ben
華府
10/25/20

Saturday, October 24, 2020

球局難定斷

球局難定斷
打到九局下半場
二出局兩好三壞

本來7:6
一安打加兩失誤
8:7 翻轉勝負



MLB 2020 WS-Game 4, 10.24.2020

*Never quit (or relax) until the game is over.

世事也共樣
冇到確實難定著
堅持拼命天會顧

Friday, October 23, 2020

週末走遊尞

防疫个生活
步調變慢轉簡單
工作減少尋事做

週末走遊尞
海唇吹風看船鳥
內陸農場開眼界

 



Wednesday, October 21, 2020

丹爐火毋猛

Hi, Thomas,

I bet that you are too busy on your JT&Tea business to be interested in read BB’s email sent this morning. That’s okay. I know, at least, I have tried, but hard enough, not to disappoint our H3LP grand master in the heaven. Do you hear he’s been murmuring these words day and night in the clouds?

搶救客家話
用忒十年求仙丹
發現丹爐火毋猛(客家人冇膽、毋敢)

實在冇彩工
猴王上天猴孫散
再過十年客家亡

He sighs...! Did you hear what I hear?

Best Regards,

Big Ben
華府
10/21/20

Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia Fall colors

 Hi Friends,

It has been a long while since Big Ben tried to inspire or beg you to write a set or two of H3LPs and hoped that our late 羅先生‘s dream in saving Hakka mother tongue would not be in vain. Well, BB felt quite disappointed to see no
responses and went out to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia to relax and soothe
his soul. In the meantime, he took few photos and wrote down some thought
to share with you.

搶救客家話
臺灣客家愛覺醒
共下鎖定客家情

搶救客家話
後生客家愛認真(學、教講客話)
共下鎖定一生情(奉獻一生人)

Harper’s Ferry is on the Potomac River near three States (Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia) and on Appalachian Trail, located almost half way between Maine and Georgia (see the wooden sign on one of photos). It is the most popular spot for the tourists year around. Notice that there are many locks hanging on the bride which are meant to lock the loved lives of young and old visited HF together. BB pray and sincerely hope that we, Taiwan Hakka, can lock together, hand in hand and heart to heart, to save our mother tongue from disappearing in Taiwan Hakka towns and villages.

天祐 臺灣客家!

Big Ben
華府
10/21/20







Monday, October 12, 2020

當鄰長71年 百歲人瑞每天打掃環境不間斷

分享一條臺灣地方新聞,看得出國民黨介厲害,「樁腳」深插客家庄。


臺灣客家庄
國民黨根深蒂固
歸功「民眾服務站」

七十年以來
苗栗新竹滿遍藍
浸蝕鄉鎮里鄰肚

後年又選舉(2022)
選都、縣、市、鄉鎮長
「中生代」會出風頭

希望蔡主席
認真耕耘客家庄
打出竹苗一片綠(註:認真=真心真意、不忽視、不假裝、不放棄)

天祐 臺灣客家庄!

Big Ben
華府
10/12/20

Saturday, October 10, 2020

2020 諾貝爾文學獎得主揭曉! 美國女詩人葛綠珂獲獎

Hi, Thomas, Grace and Allen,

It’s very exciting to see a poetess(女詩人), Ms Louise Gluck won 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Hope this will give you some inspiration to write more H3LPs from now on.


恭喜葛綠珂
以「清確詩詞語法」(=clear, precise poetic words and phrases?)
得諾貝爾文學獎

五十零年來
以「普實無華之美」(=austere beauty?)
用詩詞描寫人生(生老病死、酸甜苦辣、痛苦與絕望)

想起羅先生
一定欣賞葛綠珂
讀過「野鸢尾」詩集
(Note:”Wild Iris”, only one of her 12 collection of poem, is translated into Chinese. It’s available in Taiwan bookstore.)

希望有機會
整理H3LP部落格
出版羅慶士詩集

今日雙十節
客人愛雙倍加油
搶救臺灣客家話

天祐 臺灣客家人!

Big Ben
華府
10/10/20

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

十一月美國大選

華府看天下
武漢疫情燒全球
最近燒到白宮內

川普得病毒
送入醫院戴四日(at Walter Reed Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland)
國家突然現危機

華府一片亂
記者守在醫院前
面對川普支持者

依照目前看
川普連任無希望
拜登輕鬆打選戰

選前一個月
白人再次總動員
川普還有息機會

記得四年前
民調全偏柯林頓(Hilary Clinton)
結果川普贏大選

華府看大選
川普贏三搖擺州(Battleground States: PA, WI, MI, OH, IA)
就還有機會連任

In these five States, its electoral votes are 20, 10, 16, 18, 6, respectively. To me, the winner of this election is not yet final until that Fat Lady sings.

Big Ben
華府
10/6/20

海風拂面吹

海風拂面吹
大樹蔭下好尞涼
掦㠶出海飛鳥嬉

礁岸釣客多
逐儕專注長釣檳
仰知毋係魚釣人