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Prelude by周嘉興
Dear All,
It was a rather emotional day for me yesterday.
Chester called me as well as some of you for the 30-year reunion a few weeks
ago. His voice was cheerful and my impression was he is very active. As some of
you know, I am quite busy lately due to our small startup company. So, I was
very happy that someone can and is willing to spend the time to put together
our 30-year reunion. I appreciated his heart and efforts to help putting
together our 30-year reunion… Here are some of the thoughts across my mind last
night.
1. 30 years is a long time. If we cannot make an extra attempt to attend this
reunion, then when will be the next time that we have a chance to see each
other? 40-year reunion, perhaps? The next 10 years could be much longer than
the past 30 years for people at our age.
2. We all are busy and have family obligations. It is always hard to find the
time to do something else. But, this is different. It is our 30-year reunion!
I am an easygoing guy by nature. But, after I learned about Chester’s
condition, I urge you to sign up. If he can make it, you can too.
1. 德勳-
This is what I told Chester only a couple of days ago. “I will encourage him
(i.e. you) to check the web site from time to time. He is a sentimental guy,
maybe he will change his mind.”… Am I correct? After all, we were talking about
having a 30-year reunion during your last trip to California a few months ago,
remember?
2. 浰莉-
I would like to owe you one more favor if you could try to change your schedule
and attend our reunion. I still remember the favor that I owed you a long time
ago regarding Miss Jade Wu.
3. 信元-
I know it is difficult for you since you are commuting between mainland and US.
But, you are the boss. This is a good time to use that flexibility. In
addition, you are a sentimental guy too. You can change your plan and attend
our reunion, if you want to. (I am not sure if you check your e-mail or not
while you are on the road. Can you acknowledge me if you get this e-mail? I am
not sure if I have written down your contact phone number in Houston or not.
Thanks.)
4. 國宏-
I know you are coming. Please sign up as soon as you can. We need the head
counts. We miss you. I haven’t been in contact with you for 30 years.
5. 隆志-
You are another sentimental guy. You can make it. We need to get together in
US. I am not going back to Taiwan that often as I used to be any more. In
addition, please send my regards to both 於正 and 國雄. Tell
them that I will take them to some nude beach just like I did for 國雄
and his colleagues in 1980. Boy, it is a very long time.
My very best regards,
Chia
(Chia-Shing Chou) 周嘉興
(5/25/2004)
___________________________________________________________
王浰莉
Date: Thursday, May 27,
2004 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: 30-year reunion
Dear all,
Hard to
believe 30 years has gone by!
Thanks
for all the update of our classmates and the great effort of the volunteers. On
the same August weekend, I have a family reunion scheduled six months ago, it
involves quite a few families. I am trying to work out something. Please send my best to all classmates, in
case I cannot meet you in August.
Date: 5/28/2004
6:27:04 AM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re: 30-year reunion
Hi 王浰,
It is very nice to hear from you. We are talking again
now. This seems like the old time. E-mail is great, isn't it? I know you don't
like to use e-mail. This is a little like a professional chef may not like
to cook at home. I owe you one.
Multi-family reunion? Most
likely involve multi-states, hopefully not multi-countries. I hope things will
fall in places for you and you can make to our reunion. Looking forward to
seeing you.
I hope all is well with your
mom and family,
Chia
___________________________________________________________
張於正
___________________________________________________________
邱隆志
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: 30-year reunion
Dear Chia and classmates:
原諒我以中文來回覆,恐怕英文無法表達的盡緻!
得知Chester的信息,心中實在難過,這是我第一次
得知這訊息!無論如何,還是祝福他早日康復!
30年實在不算短,應該藉這次re-union大家聚一聚才是!
但是美國實在是不遠的距離,大家又忙於工作,很難擱下工作,
飛到彼岸!如果在國內,大部分的同學應該都會參加吧.
可能大家都還不算太老,故都還在忙著工作,也許再五年,
就有些同學要退休了,只是不知道到時候是否還玩得動?
人生真有許多事是由不得己的,只能盡力而為了!
抱歉可能讓你有些失望,希望保持聯絡,無論以e-mail或電話,
或哪天你回台灣大家再好好聚聚!
Best
Regards
隆志
Date: 5/26/2004 8:41:22 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: 30-year reunion
Dear 隆志,
Thank you very much for the mail. It is great to hear from
you. Chinese is great. I apologize that I cannot write in Chinese any more. How
embarrassing!
It is too bad that you cannot make it. What a pity! I know
you really want to come. Please visit
www.tunghai74.org as often as you can. You can find a lot of memories as well
as recent news of our friends. In fact, would you please write something about
yourself to share with us? I know you are with Acctone now. I know your
headquarter is very special and out of ordinary... It would be fun to share
something with everyone.
I feel for Chester. It is an impact to me. After all, I
still need to put in a few years of hard work before we (i.e. Wireless MEMS
Inc.) can enjoy any fruit from it. I have been very careful about my health and
I have been quite lucky so far. But, this is another thing in our life that is
out of our control sometimes. One can only do so much.
Looking forward to hearing from you again,
Chia, 周嘉興
___________________________________________________________
李魁明
Date: 6/15/2004 12:47:11 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: The Year of Cicada
After being silent for a very long time (more than 17 years underground), all suddenly you folks are just emerging out, singing and exchanging a lot of songs. A warming up for our 30 year reunion? I call this a cicada effect (or phenomenon)!
This is Little Monkey. I
don’t think I can keep silent any more since my name has been mentioned in
email. I found an interesting pattern in those emails (a habit I learned in the
field of physics, Ha! Ha!): they are all from Room 526 in our freshmen year. It
seems they really built a very strong bonding during the first year in
Tunghai.
Yes, I did dream of Da Monkey a
couple times for several years after he left us. I had a dream that he came
back and told us it was a prank joke! Remember, he always tried to make
fun of us in the dorm, particularly after we returned back from Chen-Kung Ling
military training: He held the broom as a gun and pretended that he was
taking roll call before bedtime. Those good old funny days!
For some reason (I don’t know how,
either he invited me by calling or mailing me), I had a chance to visit his
parents’ residence in the winter break of 1974. He showed me all photos
of our graduation field trip. Was he the class head in our senior
year? He really did an excellent job to take care of every one in the
class.
For The-Hsun, I remembered I met
him once in Taipei during his first visit to Taiwan after he came to the
US. He told me that he’d change his major to biophysics and mentioned
that he had a vivid memory about the blue sky since age of three. My
memory is blurred, and I wonder how we first met? Could it be on Chia-Hua’s
funeral?
The classmate I have to send many
deep thanks from bottom of my heart is Kuang Kai. He helped me
transferring from Ohio U to U Cinti in the summer of 1982 tremendously. I think
we lost contact after he moved to Boston. Years ago, I heard he had moved
to San Jose. I’m glad to hear that his son Mike is going to law school at
UIUC, about 2 hours away from where I live now. Kuang-Kai, you’re welcome
to stop by Joliet or Chicago when you have a chance nearby. Any news
about other friends at UC? The only person I heard is Tsay Tsu Shieh, who
is in Taiwan now.
How about myself? After
finishing my MS at UC, I worked at power transistor Co. in Calif. and Arizona
for 6 years, and returned to Dayton for Ph.D. in electro-optics. After that, I
did some research at Wirght-Patt Air Force Lab for post-doc. Then I
taught “physics” at Sinclair Community College from 1998 to 2003. Joliet Junior
College (JJC) recruited me as physics associate professor last year.
I met Liu Tseng Hsi in Taipei and had a long talk with him in 1998. On another trip to Taiwan in 2000, I did pay a special visit to our professor Dr. Sun Ching-Fu in Taichung. I have some video tape of our gatherings with his family (wife, daughter and her boyfriend). I’m planning to share those with you folks on August 20th, MY BIRTHDAY!
Finally, before I go, I’d like to
remind Chester Lee of tracing down another “quiet” female classmate – Liao Tray
Jen (?)- A skinny girl. She had been in our class for 3 or 3 and half
years!! Don’t forget her! She might have a lot to say about us!!
Does anyone know where she is now?
Thirty years has passed by, so much
and so little has changed. We can communicate with email now and we still
are as funny as usual.
Well, that’s it for the time being,
folks. Sweet dream!!.
Best Regards,
L. M.
Date: 6/15/2004 4:27:35 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: RE: The Year of Cicada
Wow ... I was trying to log out my
hotmail until the e-mail from Little Monkey caught my eyes.
I am really glad to hear from you, Max, ... two weeks ago we (my family) went
to Hocking Hills State Park (close to Athens, Ohio Univ.) to enjoy the
nature. It was about 3-hr drive from Morgantown, WV to Logan, OH. I
bet you enjoyed your student life at Athens very much, right? It was a
relaxing trip for me ... not many cars at all ...
Thanks for still remember me as "Teh-Hsun". Yes, we met in
Taipei at some kind of international conference (phys-related) ... not in the
funeral ... Around the funeral time, I
was studying Biochemistry very hard and trying not to fail the subject ...
I am glad that one of us still get a good memory ... Yes, my major is
Biophysics ... In my resume, I also put something like inhalation toxicology,
aerosol physics, air pollution, environmental science, etc. to impress people
... you know, resulting from a lack of self-confidence ...
I don't remember how many people I mentioned this "since 3-yr-old ... blue
sky." How could you still remember this stuff? I am really
impressed, Hsiao-Ho-zz. Please tell me more about what you remembered
during the 4-yrs at Tunghai ...
Well, I have spent too much time here ... need to go home and have my dinner.
Please take care and be a great teacher (I guess you are one of the few from
our class, right?)
Teh-hsun (Bean) [Der-shween]
Date: 6/16/2004 12:13:33 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: The Year of Cicada
Dear Little Monkey,
Well, well, well… here you are.
Welcome to the battlefield. Excellent timing. We are just about running out of
targets.
Why do you call this a cicada
effect? I have to find my dictionary. It sounds Biology to me. I thought we
learned this one before too. An object at rest tends to stay at rest and
an object in motion tends to stay in motion…
As a Physics professor, you should be able to explain every phenomenon
by the laws of Physics… Well, you don’t have to be right.
Your birthday is on 8/20, how
wonderful! We will throw a big party for you. After all, this is the least we
can do for you as friends. Happy Birthday, in advance.
I totally agree. We should track
down Liao, Tray-Jen. I will talk to her now that I am more mature. I was too
nervous before. I hope she finds our website just like you do.
Yes, we were from room 526. Which
universe were you from?
Chia
___________________________________________________________
陳家驊
(先走了)
___________________________________________________________
周嘉興
(Chia-Shing Chou)
Date: 5/22/2004 6:56:42 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: 30-year re-union
To All,
I can still remember that I read this from somewhere: "First,
God created Man. Then, he had a better idea.".... I only had to ponder
on it very briefly and realized that this better idea actually means
Woman… Guess what? I have three daughters. This is some achievement and I am
reasonably content with it. One is in law school, one is in college and one is
a high school junior.
I can still remember in some movie that someone is
exercising while being watched and helped by someone else right next to him or
her… Well, guess what? I am old. The
recovery of my lower back has been excruciatingly slow since I got hurt last
August. So, I signed up with a personal trainer since the beginning of this
year. I know what some of you may think. It may seem to be a very bad deal. Why
do I have to pay and still do all of the work? Well, that's the way things
are sometimes. I can’t help it. However, I kind of like it so far. I have no
dream to train my body and become like our governor, Arnold. I just want to have
a healthy life.
On the other hand, I am involved with a start-up company
(i.e. Wireless MEMS, Inc.) recently, working on an emerging technology- RF
MEMS. I do hope that this is not a dream.
Best regards,
Chia
(Chia-Shing Chou) 周嘉興
Date: 6/14/2004 9:18:03 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: Memory of Chen Chia-Hua
Albert,
陸孔卿 did a wonderful job in
translating 紀光愷's email to
陳德勳 about 陳家驊. It is a lot better than the English version, in
my mind. Thanks a lot to her. This is really great. We are a big
family again after 30 years.
This 30-year re-union has been getting better and
better every day. Thanks a lot to people like you. I know you have
spent a lot of time on building our 30-year re-union web site, in addition
to your other responsibilities. The web site has become a
wonderful platform for us to communicate to each other. Thank you very much.
Chia
Date: 6/17/2004
1:22:19 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject:
Tunghai ren for life
Hello, 嘉興學弟:
It's my pleasure to be of help. Even though we did not know each other at
school, the common experience of our four years at Tunghai studying, walking
the Wen-Li avenue between classes, washing dishes, cleaning toilets, BBQing in
Dream valley, and what not shall bond us together.
I got a call from my classmate 張飛龍 who is in
Boston on business. He said he met with you and a few other Tunghai alumni and
had a nice lunch a few weeks ago. It's good to hold on to this Tunghai
connection.
Good luck in your race against the Architects. :-)
kc
Date: 6/17/2004
11:06:52 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re:
tunghai ren for life
Dear
K.C.,
Yes. That was a very special and pleasant lunch.
I was very lucky and bumped into it without any foresight. Thanks to Albert for
the arrangement. Can you ever imagine that one day there were five
Tunghai Physics majors ran into each other at one time? After all, how many of
us are around? Please send my regards to 張飛龍, 孫召棠, 龍熙平 and
other alumni.
You may not
know us. I am pretty sure that most of us know your name (陸孔卿). It is indeed good to hold
onto our Tunghai connection. But, for now, we have a job to do. We never
consider ARCH to be our arch rival. Yet, they come up so strong
this year for some reason. We won't give in easily though. They still have to
come up with the goods.
Sincerely,
Chia
___________________________________________________________
紀光愷
Date: 6/1/2004 10:20:24 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Hellow frrom Chi Kuang-Kai
Hi Old Friends:
Greetings from Chi Kuang-Kai.
I have been reading Chia-Shing's Emails. But I cannot tell who are those
people on his EMail list, until Chester's updated list below. Now I know
I'm talking to my old Physics classmaktes.
I moved to CA in mid 1990 from Mass. My son Michael graduated from UC
Berkely and now is waiting for Law school in U of Illinois, Champian, starting
this fall, for International Business Law. My daughtor Floria is a
freshman in UCLA. She is very close to me, and looks like me.
(except she is very pretty) So my
next 3 year college expense payments are huge.
I married my wife, Karen Chuang, at 1994, introduced by Lorraine Yu (Hsu
Lo-Mei, Tunghai, Social Sciece) Karen is the high-school classmate
of Len (Cold) Bu-Mei (Tunghai, Chinese major). She never had
children of her own, so she behaves like one every-once-a-while to make up the
emptiness.
I have seen Chester, John Lin, Tong Chang, Lili during the past 10 years, so
I'm very lucky. Hope to see many of you at the 8/20 re-union!
Best Wishes to You All!
Kuang-Kai
Chia-Shing: Thanks for getting the Physic Dep Circulation Letter going.
Please put my Email onto it.
Also, I'll go to LA at 8/6 weekend and stay in Acadia at my in-law's
house. Maybe we can meet then.
Date: 6/2/2004 8:01:25 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: Hellow frrom Chi Kuang-Kai
Dear 光愷,
No wonder we
didn't hear from you until now. It is all because you could not recognize us.
Who can blame you? It has been 30 years. Thanks a lot to Chester's work. We
found each other at last.
Hereby, our Physics Department’s circulation
letter starts to circulate. As long as your son and my daughter are in law school,
we are legitimate to use some of lawyer’s terms. Who says an old ….. animal
can’t learn new tricks?
Yes, let’s
get together over the 8/7 weekend. I have marked it on my PDA. Since we
haven’t seen each other for 30 years, we can call it our mini 30-year reunion.
Hmmm..., or shall we call it Nano 30-year reunion, at this Nano age?
I hope our
circulation letter can shift into a higher gear. Not only we need to catch up
with our archrivals, but it is simply so nice to talk to each other again..
Best regards,
Chia
Date: 6/10/2004 1:35:14 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Memory of Chen Chia-Hua
Der-Shwee:
After seeing your Email about your memory of many old classmates and our 1 week
gathering in Cincinnati (Cinti) 27 year ago, I started to think about
Chia-Hua (Da Monkey). I know that this is not a pleasant topic. But
if we can face the death, then maybe we can face the life better.
Right?
27 year ago, when you came to Cinti, it was shortly after Chia-Hua's
boating accident. You told me: that was shortly after your transfer to U
of Rochester (?),
you went with Chia-Hua to that picnic, and how many times you cried about
it.
Also, you told me about meeting him in your dream: You asked him: "
Didn't you... didn't you... die?", and he just smiled sadly.
I'm not sure if I had told you about my
similar dream around that time: I was running slowly in the dark.
There was a light ahead of me. There was a person standing under the
light, facing ahead so I can only see his back. As I ran passing him, I turned
my face around and look at him. It was Chia-Hua. He gave me a sad
smile. I kept running...
In the past 27 years, I dreamed about him a couple times more. Most
recently, I dreamed to see him only about 3 months ago. This time, we were
standing face to face. But luckily, I still remember a blessing in the
dream: I sang to him the "Re-Birth to the Paradise” Chanting
(A-Mi-To-Fu's Won Shen Jin Tu Chao). When I was singing, I also prayed that I
can finish the Chanting before I wake up, for I knew that I was dreaming.
Finally, I finished the chanting to Chia-Hua. His smile seems a little bit
lighter then. Then I waked up.
I know, it's just a dream. But it makes me happy each
time I think of the dream.
I know, I know, I am NUTs. But, who cares.
Hi, all my dear classmates, I appologize if my writing makes you
un-comfortable.
Chi Kuang-Kai
Date: 6/12/2004 1:14:34 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: Memory of Chen Chia-Hua
Dear 光愷,
We can’t help thinking about 陳家驊 at a time like this, can we? Thank you very much for sharing your memory
about him with us. He is a very smart and hard working guy. What a loss! The
accident that happened 27 years ago was a real tragedy. We all are very sorry
about it. But, he will always be with us.
People generally agree
that the second generation of immigrants (i.e. our children) is the best
generation. They usually still work reasonably hard and they have the
“home-course” advantage over our generation. Most of them should have no
problem to have a reasonable living style. It is these kinds of unforeseen
incidents that are in the back of my mind from time to time. Life is full of
unexpected events. We should treasure what we have and always be vigilant.
Regards,
Chia
From: albert.yang@comcast.net 楊志傑
Date: 6/14/2004 3:46:21 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: RE: Memory of Chen Chia-Hua
FYI:
紀光愷's touchy
email to 陳德勳 about 陳家驊 has also been posted under [追思故人] which can be accessed from either [畢業紀念冊] or [往來訊息]
Date: 6/15/2004 11:39:43 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Thanks for translating
"Memory of Chen Chia-Hua"
K.C. Van Zandt:
Thanks very much for your excellent translations. I read both versions and felt
that you can really read my mind/heart.
As Chia-Shing said: It is a lot better than the English version, in
my mind. Thanks a lot to her.
I couldn't write it better myself.
You made it so poetic.
Kuang-Kai
Date: 6/15/2004 1:07:37
PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re: Thanks
for translating "Memory of Chen Chia-Hua"
Hi, Kuang-Kai and other Class of
'74 Physics 學弟妹們:
You are most welcome. I believe I have only translated what you have written
with your heart. I thought the English version was just as touching.
I think most people who have experienced the loss of family and friends can
understand how you feel as you wrote down those words.
Very glad to see that the Class of '74 Physics classmates form such a unifying
group. We (Class of '72 Physics) did very well during our reunion, had the
highest attendance rate. You will have the time of your lives, I guarantee
it. :-)
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Lu Kungching (kc)
Date: 6/14/2004 6:59:46 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Great Gift for someone
CHIU LUNG-CHI, or ANREW_Chiu, or My
Best-Man of my 1st Wedding:
Please Email more in Chinese.
(I read your 1st Email, it's Excellent!) Even though I cannot use PC to
write Chinese Email, But I sure can read Chinese Email.
Don't You See all the old Room "526" Boys (Der-Shween, Chia-Shing,
and me) are all TOO NOISY? Remember you are from Room 526 too, except you were
stuck with me as my roommate for 4 years! Poor Guy! ... Then
you get Der-Chue in for the last year to have some fresh air!
Hi Every One: I'll give a great gift to whoever can tell the meaning of
“Guo-Fu Ger-Min She-Re Tse Tsai Chen-Kun”…
Chia-Shing: Thanks for your nice correlation of "Conservation of
Energy" and My Possible "Running Out of Aggressiveness".
I like that! You always have a nice way
to put things, even it's a "no-so-good" thing.
Der-Shween: After I wrote that Email about our dreams, It is all over for
me... Amen!
BTW, Lee Quei-Ming (i.e. Hsiau Monkey) transferred to EE Dept, Univ of
Cincinnati, before I graduated from there. So he quits Physic too.
Sorry! (Or Amen!)
MALEE, or Lee Quei-Ming, or Li Kway-Min: You are a EE for US Air-Force.
Right?...
Better stop before I piss off somebody by accident!
Chi Kuang-Kai
Date: 6/15/2004
12:03:22 AM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re: Great
Gift for someone
Dear 光愷,
Why do you want to pick on 邱 隆志? Can’t
we get along? As far as I can tell, your e-mail is already in Chinese.
TOO NOISY?…
“Guo-Fu Ger-Min She-Re Tse Tsai
Chen-Kun”…
You know that I cannot input
Chinese characters into a computer. This answer is from Albert: “國父革命十一次才成功”
Do you know what does this mean?
You have multiple winners. Or, in English, you are in trouble.
If you must insist that your memory
about 陳家驊 is all
over for you… Amen, after your last e-mail, I can now raise your grade from
kindergarten (i.e. 德勳 and I
calling each other “Rich”) to elementary school level.
I suggest 張於正 to comment on this silly Physics profession issue. 張於正 finished his PhD degree in Physics, then he worked
for Professor Herbert Kroemer at University of California at Santa Barbara as a
post doc. Professor Kroemer won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2000. I
just don’t if this qualifies 張於正 as a philosopher or not?
Chia
Date: 6/16/2004
1:25:59 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Winner for
the Great Gift for someone
Chia-Shing, Albert:
Congrats to the 2 proud winners.
I'll present your gifts at the 8/20 Re-union in SF.
Just want to point out one minor point so you don't get way over your heads:
1. Your answer of "Eleven times" is the correctly for the history,
but:
2. My writing was She-Re, not She-Yi.
If you pronounce She-Re in
Hu-Bei-nese (Lake-North), it actually indicates twelve.
Why not Eleven? Must be my early Symptom of Alzheimer, as pointed out
many times by my wife.
But, if anyone insists that I did on purpose so nobody can get it fully right,
I'll take that too.
Chi Kuang-Kai
Date: 6/16/2004 11:04:27 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: Winner for the Great Gift for
someone
Dear 光愷,
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses... (I have just given president
Reagan’s “Well…” to 李魁明 only a day ago. This is the best that I can come up for
you. I hope you understand.) You and 陳德勳 are perfectly healthy and normal. You are just making
excuses and blaming on Alzheimer as an escape scope. If you keep doing that,
you can give Alzheimer a bad name.
You were talking about “Hu-Bei-nese” (Lake-North). That’s
local. I don’t think our 國父 would like that. He worked all his life to unit the whole country
and now you are still talking local. You can break his heart. We don’t want
that. In addition, why do we want to be bogged down by these kinds of minor
details anyway? What the difference does it make? Eleven times or twelve times?
That’s history. We can’t change that. We should just focus on the issues at
hand; namely what exactly is my gift? I just need to know the dimensions
of it, so that I can decide if I should drive or fly up there. Please let us
know. Thanks.
Chia
Date: 6/14/2004 3:23:55 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: RE: Memory of Chen Chia-Hua
Kuang-Kai, Chia-Shing, ... and
greeting s to all of my friends:
I just got a chance to read Kuang-Kai's e-mail. I am glad that you
remember the Cinti visit 27 years ago ... it feel like only a couple of months
ago to me ... what does that mean... am I still only twenty something or do I
have this Alzheimer’s...?
Chia, your imagination is definitely more creative than mine. I guess
that's why I am thinking of retiring and you are not.
No ... I did not go to the dragon-boat picnic (Saturday afternoon) at all ... I
was preparing in my dorm for organic chemistry quiz occurred every Monday ...
The accident would not have happened if I were there ... since nobody in the
picnic realized that Chia-Hua could not swim at all ... I really feel very bad
whenever I think about this ... He would have been the only one in our class
pursuing real Physics (how about the little monkey Li
kway-min? Is he also in Physics professional?)
Believe it or not, I still keep some small cooking-related tools I got from
him. They may be old, yet work great. By the way, I don't dream of him
any more ... The only time I think of him is when I sing the song "on the
top of the world" by the Carpenters. Chia-Hua used to spin his
pencil precisely in synchronization and sing this song " ... such a feeling coming over me ... it is now coming true especially for me ...
and the reason is clear ... it's because you are here ... you are the nearest
thing to heaven I have seen ... " out of tune. He always emphasized
the words " ... I am on the ... top of the world looking... down on
creation and the only explanation I can find ... is the love I have found ever
since you've been around ... your love put me at the top of the world...".
Well, what can I say ... he was a joyful person ... and will always be one in
our memory.
Take care guys ... Life is precious ... because it is made by the God.
Have a nice dream tonight!
Der-shween
Date: 6/15/2004 7:04:08 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: Memory of Chen Chia-Hua
Dear 德勳,
I almost had a nightmare
last night. In 光愷’s last e-mail, there were English looks like Chinese, Chinese
written in English, Greek-like Chinese puzzle in English… Then, he talked about “Wind-Water” (i.e.
Room “526” being TOO NOISY)… It was either very sophisticated or full of ?&#@%!…
Based on the understanding of women about men, he can’t be that
sophisticated. So, it must be that… Please don’t be fooled. I don’t know what
had happened to him. 30 years is indeed a very long time.
If you must continue to complain
about possibly having some problems (i.e. nagging last time, Alzheimer this
time) so I can comfort you, then I must be careful… I live in Los Angeles.
Indeed, we must be vigilant at all
time.
Chia
Date: 6/15/2004
3:38:46 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re: Memory
of Chen Chia-Hua
Chia-Shing,
I have been enjoying reading the e-mails from several of you ... mostly from
you and Kuang-kai. I have to apologize for my potential
Al..zhei..mer-causing ignorance that Chang yu-zheng, my running partner at the
outdoor track, basketball mate on the indoor court, and hiking buddy at
Ali-shan and Shee-Tou, was a pure Physics major. In my subconscious mind,
he is always a great beer drinker and perhaps now an excellent
businessman. Next time, when I get back to Taichung, I need to drop by
his house (gee, I
don't have his phone number and address) and quiz him about the non-linear
light scattering theory and see if he is still qualified as a pure
"solid-state" physicist. Perhaps hybrid-fuel-related molecular
physics would be more suitable for his expertise now. Certainly, as I
promise you (Chia-Shing), I will persuade him to go to Tunghai gym and have a
1600-m fun run with me. As an old pal, that's the least I should do.
Unfortunately, I still have problems reading your and Albert Yang's Chinese
(However, I have no problem reading Kuang-kai's). What should I blame this
time ...
Nice dream for all of you
Der-shween
Date: 6/16/2004
12:19:07 AM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re: Memory
of Chen Chia-Hua
Dear Der-Shween,
By all means, find him and leave me
out of this one, if you are going to talk about non-linear light scattering
theory, hybrid-fuel-related molecular Physics… But, for the 1600-m fun run, I
would like to watch.
Have a good one,
Chia
Date: 6/17/2004
6:52:52 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re:
tunghai 72 .. SingEvening
Hi:
'72's SingEvening in Great Canyon looks really great. We should have one in
Foster City too. Let's ask Lorraine (Xu Lo-Mei).
As for songs, I know:
1. Chester's Favorite: Lobo's "How can I tell her about you?" during
the Senior year when Lung-Chi (隆志) and me tried to
set-up a 2nd girl friend for Chester in Tunghai, no charge.
2. Lung-Chi's Favorite: Sacred Songs, as long as it's TENOR!
3. Chia-Shing's Favorite: "How many arms have hold you?" with
imaginary target "Ling-Ling", (for a while, we thought she was
"Ha-Ha") in His favorite POS: Left hand on his tummy, right palm up
and extended out.
4. Der-Shween:... (of course ma, I don't remember, for I still need to keep
some friends)
Chi Kuang-Kai
Date: 6/17/2004
11:49:42 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re:
tunghai 72 .. SingEvening
光愷,
You are making things up. I
won't forgive you. "How many arms have
hold you?" was my favorite? I swear that I never even heard about it. You
guys must believe me…
Then, "Ling-Ling"... what
is this? Or... do you mean ...? Let's come back to
this one.
Officially, I started to learn
Karaoke around 1994 when I left Hughes Research Laboratories and tried to
become a businessman in Taiwan. I worked very hard on golf, singing
and drinking. It was fun for a while. I usually need a lot of Whisky before I
can sing. As a result, I can't tell you how well I can do. It won't be accurate
anyway. By the way, do you know what "karaoke" means in Japanese? I
will return you a "great gift" if you guess it
right.
A singing evening sounds fun. But,
you need to let me know which songs will be there and I need to work on it as
soon as I can.
David (國宏),
I know you are a music lover. Do you think you can come up
with some plans? Thanks.
Chia
From: albert.yang@comcast.net (楊志傑)
Date: 6/18/2004
2:17:28 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: RE:
SingEvening, Ling-Ling
empty.orchestra
Date: 6/19/2004 1:54:58
PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re:
SingEvening, Ling-Ling
Albert,
Very impressive. Kara is empty and
Oke is orchestra in Japanese. People can sing along with “empty orchestra”. You
are absolutely right. This is the second time in a row that you answered a
puzzle with just one sentence. Simply marvelous.
I just realized that you are
actually the multiple-winner of 紀光愷's gifts (i.e. the winner of multiple prizes). With
great pleasure and relief, I hereby hand over my gift to you, since this one
is from 紀光愷. You are really my good friend
and doing what a good friend is for. Thank you very much.
Chia
Date: 6/18/2004
2:06:03 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re:
SingEvening, Ling-Ling
Chia-Shing:
Karaoke? This is what I heard: Kara is for Camera; oke
is for OK: So it's like movie star get "ready to take picture",
etc.
As for your gift, it will have something to do with Cicada. Since you
were the 1st one from our class to make so much NOISE.
As for your favorite song, at least
I'm very sure about my memory.
On your POS: “Left hand on his
tummy, right palm up and extended out.”
Kuang-Kai
Date: 6/19/2004
2:11:44 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re:
SingEvening, Ling-Ling,
Dear 光愷,
This is what you’ve got: “XXX”. No,
you missed it. Albert got it right, you must have known it by
now... This is a good time that we have this conversation.
You can’t just believe everything you hear. The world has changed so much since
we graduated from college. 30 years is a long time. You must be vigilant. It is
not too late for you to learn though, since your life hasn’t even begun
yet. From what I heard, our life begins roughly 20 years from your
current age (i.e. 70 years old.)
As for my gift, it is no longer my problem. Albert
has just won it from me. This is what a good friend is for.
I have been thinking about learning
some English songs over the years. The fact is that I can only sing one English
song. Not an easy one, I must say. I prefer the hard way, usually. It is “Can
You Feel The Love Tonight” by Elton John. This would be a good one for our
occasion, don’t you think? So, if you must insist that I know another English
song, then it is just something extra for me to claim... I am somewhat better
with Chinese songs. I like Angus Tung’s songs in general. Not very easy either,
I am afraid. I have used his “Women” in several social occasions. It is very
good and a rare Chinese song with some Jazz flavor.
As for the POS, I am
still puzzled. I have tried both Indian and Thai music. However, I am still
having problems to get the POS (i.e. Left hand on his tummy, right palm up
and extended out) to resonate with the music. One possible conclusion is
that there is no common mode between this POS and either the Indian or the Thai
music. Therefore, the next thing for me to try is to visit Hsiao-Lin Temple. I
have read some books (…actually, some novels). They have a very nice Library,
which collects all sorts of secret books (not novels) that contain all sorts of
postures… To do that, I need to be in a very good shape. It can take some time
though, since I am very busy lately, as you know. But, all of these are just my
personal problems. We have a much bigger issue on hand.
On one hand, ARCH is pressuring
hard. Albert seems to be very quick in everything. On the other hand, my
approach to your “POS” puzzle is beginning to show some sign of the
process of elimination. This question is for 李魁明. You (i.e.李魁明) mentioned in your earlier e-mail that finding a pattern out
of some phenomena is considered to be Physics. How about the process of
elimination (i.e. The “POS” can’t resonate with music. So, it can’t be some
kind of dance move)? I fear that it might be Mathematics. If so, then we (i.e.
Physics) are caught in between.
Here is one more chance for you
(i.e.紀光愷) to redeem your
dignity. What is the difference between an Engineer, a Physicist and a
Mathematician? I’ll give a great gift to you if you can get this one
right. The gift is from me this time.
Chia
___________________________________________________________
陳德勳
Date: 5/28/2004 1:59:05 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: RE: FW: 30-year reunion
Hi guys,
I have received so many e-mails lately from many of you, including Chia-sing
(the rich one in the west), Andrew (the rich guy in Taiwan), David
(is this the lucky one in Florida?), and Lily (our lady in the
department). I guess I need to say something now. Unfortunately, I have
to leave the library because it is closing soon. In brief, I will try very
hard to attend the reunion.
Teh-hsun
Date:
5/29/2004 10:27:46 AM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re: FW:
30-year reunion
Hi Rich (Richard),
You started it, not me.
If you call us rich, we will call you rich too. The rich one in CDC (Center of
Disease Control). Did we learn this from somewhere? - "Every action has an
equal and opposite re-action."
I thought we lost
you for a moment. I am glad to hear from you. For people from Taiwan, I offered
taking them to some nude beach. You know how embarrassing that can be, right?
For you, I offer taking you guys out for some lobster dinner again, if you make
it. It is really not that hard. You just need to book you plane tickets
ahead of time and don't wait until the last minute. I suggest you to book a
room for the reunion first. Just to make sure that you have a place to
stay. You can always cancel it, if you cannot make it.
Going to the
library? Sounds like you have a great life over there.
Looking forward to
seeing you at reunion,
Chia
Date: 6/2/2004 4:41:57 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: FW: 30-year reunion
Hi guys,
It was embarrassing when I sent a short and incomplete e-mail out to all
of you last Friday. I was using
the computer in the university library (West Virginia University) when the
library was ready to close for the memorial holiday long weekend. Anyway,
let me try to chat again.
At first, I need to say sorry to Wang Li-li, our lady in the Physics Department
... I never get a chance to visit you and Salt lake City when you were there
... I did go to Yellow Stone and Grand Tetons later, though, and had a
wonderful time by camping there for about 10 days.
Next, Andrew Chiu, my room mate in the freshman year. How are you? ...
Promise me that next time when I go back to Taiwan I will visit you and
have some old fun with you, okay?
How about David Wu (Shin-yuan) ... he is really incredible ... for the last who
know how many years, he has always called me from either TX or CA when he
visited in US ... each time, after I hung up the phone I always feel good to
have such a friend from Tunghai ... I think I need to give him a visit too when
I go to mainland ...
Oh ... almost forget ... Chi Kuang-kai may not know who I am ... remember my
visiting you in Cinty about 27 yrs ago .. we swam in the university pool and
went to the zoo to listen to the famous 1842 (?) with all the cannon balls
flying on the sky of July 4th ... and I was learning how to sing the "long
and winding road" by the Beatles ... Anyway, I am Chen Der-Shween ... the
one and only Physics Tunghai 16th guy in the field of biophysics.
Although I have been in the States for a long time (as long as most of you),
for some reasons I have never had a chance to live in a big city (e.g., SF, LA,
DC, Boston). I have stayed in Rochester, NY, for 6 years, met my wife and
got married, moved to Albuquerque, NM, had a daughter and lived there for 13
years, and now have been in Morgantown, WV, for 8 years. Wow, time flies
fast ... My wife is a pianist ... my daughter is a Junior molecular biology
major at Princeton ... my dog is 9-yr old and his name is gingerboy ... that's
about it ... I do envy Chou Chia-sing for the three wonderful
daughters he and his wife have ... (I had the privilige to see two of them
about 16 years ago ... beautiful and intelligent, indeed) ... One thing Chia
and I do have in common is that we both feel young in our hearts, right? ... I
am sure all of our Physic classmates feel the same youngfulness like in
beautiful Tunghai campus 30 years ago ...
I have saved some money through the years ... just like most of you ... to pay
for my daughter's tuition and may be medical school in another year or two ...
At the same time, I am contemplating an early retirement plan in another 2 and
half years ... certainly not as lucky as Hung Kuo-hong who has retired and
enjoyed all the good stuff in Florida, right?
I don't know why ... may be still in my mid-year crisis ... but I have complained
a lot since about 5-10 years ago (according to my wife and daughter) ...
nagging may be the right term ... I could not remember I used to have such a
personality when I was young and naive 30 years in Tunghai ... please shed some
light on this puzzle ...
Last, but not least, I will try very hard to attend the reunion. After
all, Chester and others have spent quite an energy to put it together,
right? Also, it has been my dream to see all of you through the years ...
Oh, before I stop I need to share with all of you that I am a christian now and
have been heavily involved with the church activities for several years
... Hmmm, come to think of it, I need to
pray to the Lord to help me get rid of
my problem of nagging ... I will do it tonight.
God blesses all of you,
Der-shween
Date: 6/2/2004 5:09:38 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject:
Re: FW: 30-year reunion
Dear Mr. wey-tsyr chen,
So are you also "bdc4@cdc.gov" ??? Can some one please send the "alias" list to clarify all the A.K.A, my mom told me not to talk/email to strangers.
Anyway apologize
accepted. Since you enjoyed camping so
much, you are welcomed to join my family
in our
beautiful Yosemite National Park on July 4th weekend for few
days. I have an extra tent reserved. We
plan to biking, water rafting, backpack hiking, etc, I would be happy to show you around.
Regards,
Lili
Date: 6/2/2004 7:24:21 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: Physic mailing Alias, try-out!
Oops! The 1st Alias Only works on Lili Wong And
Der-Chue Lee. I'll try again. Guo-Fu Ger-Min She-Re Tse Tsai
Chen-Kun. (Revolution 12 times before succeed)
Kuang Chi wrote:
Responding to Lili's: Can some one please send the "alias"
list to clarify all the A.K.A, my mom told me not to talk/email to strangers.
(I can envision her voice and look of making such talks) I made up this list of alias for our class.
Hopefully it works.
Now, I try to "respond" more, and "initiate" less.
The later is related to my being
overly-aggressive, sometimes, of my younger days, in Tunghai.
To top "Chen Der-Shween became a Christian", I become a
Buddhist and have been meditating/chanting every morning/evening (almost) for 2
years. Grown-up in a Christian family and went to a Christian Univ, and
finally become a Buddhist and memorized a lot of Sanskrit Chant. Very
interesting, Right?
Yah! I know, my aggressiveness is still lingering, since I took the
liberty to put Chinese name Alias to many of you, when I can not find it in
Chester's (Der-Chue) table. And also, I put First name Last to make you
"feel at Tunghai"!
Forgive me!
Der-Shween: Which do you prefer? A Sacred War or Singing " The
Long and Winding Road", with me, at the Re-Union?
Chi Kuang-Kai
PS. I pleasantly found that Lili, Chia-Shing, Tung, all kept our Mandarin name,
just like me.
Date: 6/12/2004 3:51:59 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re:Physic
mailing Alias, try-out!
Dear 光愷,
“Guo-Fu Ger-Min She-Re Tse Tsai Chen-Kun”… What exactly does this mean? I am beginning
to wonder what kind of alias list you can come up with. Do we have to learn
some “Greek” first?
You might think that we forgot about you; forgot about
picking on you. Not a chance. I am just a little under the weather. I am
feeling better now… Does this feel
familiar to you?… I can still
remember back in those Tunghai days. The only way that we could tell if you had
recovered from any illness was whether you picked on someone else or not. We
would be relieved as soon as you started to pick on people, even when you were
still lying in a bed… Those “bad” old
days…
I believe there is some concept in Buddhism that is similar
to the Conservation of Energy, i.e. the total amount of energy remains
constant. I believe the analogy in Buddhism is that the amount of food that
one can have in his lifetime is constant. If one wastes food in his early days,
it can run out when one gets older. I guess your aggressiveness may run out now
that you become a Buddhist.
Kuang-Kai : Which do you prefer? Running out of your
aggressiveness or… else?
Regards,
Chia
Date: 6/4/2004
12:43:16 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re: FW: 30-year reunion
I checked your e-mail about one hour before I left home and took a “red eye express” to Boston on Wednesday evening (6/2/04). I made a hard copy and enjoyed it during my flight. I had a very good sleep. (Don’t be sensitive. I went asleep after I read the e-mail, not during.)... It is too bad that I didn’t have any dream about any of you guys. But, don’t be sensitive either... It is me, probably. Short memory, perhaps... In any event, thanks a lot, Richard..... excuse me, that was last time. Thanks a lot, Der-Shween for the mail….. Just a minute! Is this really how you spell your name? It sounds weird to me. It seems that you enjoy changing your English name a lot. Even though your English name is “Bean” now, was your name “Cooper” at one time?... By the way, we have a Mini Cooper (it is a car). It is about 2 years old. We love it.
As for me, I don’t agree. As far as I know, you have a much better quality of life than me. I have nothing that you should envy about. As far as I can tell, you are already working on spiritual advancement while I am still struggling to improve my physical conditions.
As for 國宏, I totally agree. They have more than a
thousand golf courses in Florida. One may easily be stuck in there for
over 3 years, even if he/she plays one new golf course each and every day. What
a life over there!
No, you are
not nagging. You are just thinking out loud. In this case, you are thinking out
loud about us- your old friends. It is okay. There is nothing wrong with that.
Hakuna Matata. (This means “Don’t worry. Be happy.” in some kind of Africa
language, I assume.)
Thank you
very much for trying very hard to attend our reunion. My apologies to twist
your arm a little. But, please, be sure to follow the proper protocol and get
permission from you boss at home first! (Or, is it the other way around, when
you are sure that she will not read your e-mail?) In any case, please don’t get
in trouble. We still want you to have a happy life.
I got
together with Albert Yang 楊志傑 (Architect), our master (web
master), last night in Cambridge. This was the first time that we saw each
other in 30 years. 30 years is a very long time indeed. I would never picture
that he will become so incredible. As we already know that Architect people can
build over 95% of the stuff that we see every day such as buildings, highway,
and bridges etc. He can use computer now. As we also know that computer graphic
design can create nearly 100% of the stuff that we see every day such as logos,
advertisements, new fashion designs… etc. With a simple Math, suddenly I
realize that he has the ability to create well over 100% of the stuff
that we see everyday! Can a man do that? Maybe I did have a dream?
Best,
Chia
Date: 6/4/2004
1:38:57 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: RE: FW: 30-year reunion
Thanks. Really enjoy reading your e-mail. Normally, I would prefer all the e-mails be sent to my home E-mail address
weytsyr@hotmail.com, rather than to my office (government rule). However, I have recently received so many wonderful e-mails from you guys (keeping all of them without deleting) and as a result, my home mailbox is full and can not accept any incoming e-mails. I will delete them tonight so that new E-mails can be sent to my home e-mail address.
I have the same feeling about Albert Yang (from the photo). However, I think it is because of the “computer” connection, not “architecture” at all.
Have a nice weekend to all of you!
Bean (well, it’s a nickname but it is also my professional name as well. I cannot get rid of it. Ha! Ha!)
Date: 6/4/2004 2:47:33 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: FW: 30-year reunion
Greetings,
This is Der-Shween again.
Oh, I forgot to mention one more thing yesterday.
This is to the quiet, yet sophisticated brother form southern part of Taiwan -
Kaoshung, the Bookcase Prince Lin. Guess what, Prince Lin? My wife
is still using some of the cookware you gave us for wedding gift about 20 years
ago. The quality of the ware is so good that Chinese oil and smoke can hardly
deteriorate them. Amazing ... indeed. Thank you for the memory ... My
wife and I have talked about the dinner we had in Monterey Park about 15 years
ago with you, Chia, Eugene and the better other halves sometimes. We need
to do it again (this time with more classmates) ...
Bean
Date: 6/7/2004 8:48:47 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject:
Re: FW: 30-year reunion
Dear Der-Shween,
I am home now at
last. Vicki really put me to work very hard for the four days when I was
in Boston. We even stayed up until 4 am on Sunday to clean up the house. Then,
I got sick on the way home, of course. Immune system became weak and it
was cold on the airplane. I can still remember when we stayed up a couple of
nights in a row to play Ma-Chung and nothing would have happened. It is no fun
to get old.
Well, Der-Shween (I
kind of like it now after I get used to it), you are very good. Offense is the
best defense. Why do you envy the rest of us? Based on the e-mail from
Lili to you, we should envy you "period". You are the one
who got the invitation.
Chia
Date: 6/16/2004 3:35:28 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Miscellaneous chat
Chia,
Would you like to participate? Perhaps we could arrange a Phys Asso. (creepy/bizarre
society gathering in the mist) or 525/526 gathering at Tunghai. Sorry ...
too many ideas ...
By the way, how come I have not heard anything from him (Chang Yu-zheng)?
Is his e-mail address on the list? Not interested in our discussion? Too busy
to check e-mails?
Bean
Date: 6/16/2004 11:34:20 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: Miscellaneous chat
Hi 德勳,
To get together at Tunghai for anything would be fun.
I haven't been back for over 30 years now.
As
for 張於正, I think most likely is because he is busy. Too
many people want to talk to him. I bet he misses you at least.
“Hello, 張於正”. Will you drop a few words to us? It's
really not that hard. Just ask your cute secretary to type it for you. Or,
perhaps, you are stuck in mainland and don't want to go home. "Everything
is so big over there." as you told me once.
Chia
___________________________________________________________
劉增喜
___________________________________________________________
林宣璋
___________________________________________________________
李德恪
Date: 5/30/2004 10:39:18 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject:
Tunghai 30 year class reunion
Max (魁明):
This is Chester Lee (李德恪). I'm the coordinator for the Physics department. A few minutes ago, I called your home and office and left a message for you.
I have been able to locate almost all of our classmates for this reunion. I could not find you and none of our classmates have your recent contact information. I am so glad that you were able to find out the reunion, and have even registered for it already. How did you find out about the reunion? I assume you also know about the website that was developed for this event: www.tunghai74.org ?
I will try to call you again. Then we will be able to provide you with the e-mail addresses of our classmates. I am sure everyone will be delighted to know how you are doing.
Chester Lee 李德恪
3 Hickory Ct.,
West Windsor, NJ 08550
609-799-5822 (Home)
Date: 6/8/2004 9:12:29 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Updated Physics Department Contact Info -
6/8/04
Dear Classmates:
The list below has been updated with the most recent e-mail addresses. I am glad to tell you that we have Max Lee (李魁明) added to this list. The e-mail addresses for 周玉暮 and 沈國雄 have been added. In addition, the e-mail address for 陳德勳 has been changed to reflect his preference. We now have all of our classmates accounted for, except 李植孔. I have already seen many e-mail exchanges between some of you sharing current status and old memories. Please utilize this list to communicate with everyone.
If there is anything you need from me or you have any suggestions, updates etc., please feel free to contact me.
Chester Lee 李德恪
Date: 6/8/2004
3:24:29 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Re: Updated
Physics Department Contact Info - 6/8/04
Chester,
Thank you very much for your efforts. We now can get each other in trouble just
like the old days. You are responsible for this… I heard at one time that 李植孔
perhaps was teaching in the city where he came from. Unfortunately, I don't have
any idea about the name of the city. It is a pity. On the other hand, there is
only so much one can do.
Thanks again,
Chia
Date: 6/16/2004
8:08:13 AM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: RE: My
email address
Lili:
I have updated your e-mail
address. Here is a complete revised list attached below:
Chester
Date: 6/16/2004
3:12:37 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: RE: My email
address
Thanks, Chester, for the superb
job.
I am able to see everyone's Chinese characters now (just using
"unicode" in
the encoding). Unfortunately, I did not see the Chinese translation of Chi's
"Memory of Chen, Chia-hwa". Could anyone send me a copy?
Thanks.
Bean
Date: 6/16/2004
4:52:24 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: RE: My
email address
Please see if this works. --Chester
德 勳 ：
讀 了 你 的 來 信 , 提 到 你
對 許 多 老 同 學 的 懷 念 以 及 27年前 我
們 在 辛 辛 那 提 共 聚 一
週 的 往 事, 讓 我 回 想 到 "大 Monkey"。我 知
道 這 是 一 個 愴 然 的 話
題 ，但 是 如 果 我 們 能
夠 正 視 死 亡, 也 許 我 們
也 能 夠 以 更 坦 然 的 態
度 去 正 視 生 命 ，你 說
是 嗎？
27年 前 你 來 辛 辛 那 提，家
驊 翻 船 意 外 去 世 的 記
憶 猶 新。你 告 訴 我 你 新
轉 學 去 羅 徹 斯 特 理 工
學 院 沒 多, 你 與 家 驊 一
起 去 參 加 那 一 次 龍 舟
餐 敘 ；每 憶 及 此 事 ，
你 不 禁 流 淚，無 法 抑 止。
你 說 在 睡 夢 裡 你 曾 見
到 他, 你 傻 傻 地 問: 「你
不 是 ． ．．
你 不 是 ． ． ．走 了？
」 他 只 是 幽 幽 微 笑。
不 記 得 我 曾 否 告 訴 過
你 ，那 陣 子，我 也 做 過
類 似 的 夢。在 暗 夜 裡 我
慢 慢 地 跑 著, 前 頭 有 一
盞，燈 光 下 站 著 一 個 人，我
只 能 看 到 他 的 背 影, 超
過 他 時 我 回 頭 望 了 一
下，是 家 驊。他 給 了 我
一 個 憂 傷 的 笑，我 繼 續
往 前 跑。
過 去 27年 裡 我 又 夢 到 他
幾 次，最 近 的 一 次 是 三
個 月 前。在 夢 裡 我 們 面
對 著 面, 幸 運 地, 這 一 次
我 記 得 在 夢 裡 對 家 驊
祝 禱。我 對 他 唱 誦 極 樂
世 界 的 祝 福：「阿 彌 陀
佛, 往 生 淨 土」。
即 使 在 唱 誦 時 我 也 知
道 這 是 一 個 夢 境，我 祈
禱 能 夠 在 夢 醒 前 把 往
生 淨 土 誦 完。終 於 我 唱
誦 完 畢，家 驊 的 微 笑 似
乎 減 了 些 許 憂 傷，我 由
夢 境 中 回 醒。
我 知 道 這 只 是 一 個 夢,
可 是 每 一 次 想 到 這 一
個 夢，我 衷 心 寧 靜。
我 知 道，我 知 道，是 有 點 兒 癲 狂。但 是 誰 在 乎 呢？
我的 好 同 學 們, 若 是 這
封 信 讓 你 們 不 知 該 如
何 反 應, 請 接 受 我 的 歉
意。
紀光愷
(謝謝14屆物理系陸孔卿撥冗詮譯)
Date: /17/2004
2:18:57 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: RE: My
email address
Thank you, Chester. The
translation is marvelous! Partly because I am more Americanized
(forgetting Chinese after all these years) or maybe because Chinese is
intrinsically more poetic (the real reason, I think), I felt Chinese
translation contains more deep-meaning stuff.
Thanks to both Brother Chi and Sister Lu, you two have made my memory more
"deep meaningful".
I enjoy every word of it!
Bean
___________________________________________________________
張棟樑
___________________________________________________________
周玉暮
___________________________________________________________
杭國宏
Date: 5/26/2004 7:24:00 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: 30-year reunion
Dear Chia-Shing,
This is David (國宏).
Thank you so much for including me on the copy list of your email. First of
all, allow me to send my regards to all of our classmates.
It’s very nice of you taking the driver seat to encourage the remaining
classmates to attend the reunion. The new battle that Chester (德恪)
is fighting not only shocked us, but also served as a reminder that life is
unpredictable, and we really should treasure every moment we have. Therefore,
I’d like to join your effort to rally for our 30-year reunion that will give us
a chance to simply enjoy the ‘good young’ days.
Chia, I had already registered my family of 4 since 5/15, and also made hotel
reservation in April, so you can take my name off your classmates-at-large
list.
As of 5/26, the percentage of participation of our department is fairly good,
but more will be better. Although 隆志 can’t join us this time, but for 信元,
浰莉,
德勳
and 宣璋,
I sincerely hope that, as Chia suggested before, you can find time to attend
this special event.
Look forward to hearing from you all soon.
David
Date: 5/26/2004 11:09:03 PM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: 30-year reunion
Dear David,
It is so nice to
hear from you. Indeed, I checked the attendance list after I sent out the mail
this afternoon and found out that you have signed up. It is my mistake. My
apologies. I was overwhelmed by Chester's news at the time and sent out the
mail with a list going by my memory. Sorry about it...
Yes. Let's rally together to have a great reunion. After all, how
many old friends are around?
As far as I am
concerned, Chester is the main contact person for our department. It was
difficult for me to decide whether I should mention
his chemotherapy or not, since it is a personal issue. I feel uneasy
doing it without asking him first. Therefore, I didn't include him in the list.
I hope he doesn't mind.
Now that you
mentioned 宣璋. I may have made another mistake by assuming he is coming. I
will follow up with a phone call to him and keep you posted.
Finally, our
(Physices Department) communication wet page is quite empty. Let's
see what we can do about it?
Best regards,
Chia
___________________________________________________________
沈國雄
___________________________________________________________
李植孔
_________________________________________________________
吳信元
Date: 5/27/2004 11:48:28 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Mail of Reunion
Dear Chia-Shing,
I have received the mail forwarded from Shanghai, last Friday we talked over
the phone.
I am still in Houston waiting for the closing, I finally have the UA ticket on June 3. If I
get the my job done here by tomorrow, I may try to go back on May 30.
Like I said from the very beginning that I do like to attend the reunion, even
in the night of May 25 I had the dinner with Wen Han(Architecture) & her
husband. As always, I like to meet all the old friends every possible way. Wen
has the breast cancer operation since 2002 in Houston. She was the Tina's
roommate.
I will try my best to get to the reunion.I have attended the 20-year reunion in
1994 at Tunghai campus.
Thank you for the effort you put in!
Hsin Yuan
Date: 5/28/2004 6:44:59 AM Pacific
Standard Time
Subject: Re: Mail of Reunion
Hi David,
I am glad that you
check your e-mail while you are on the road. I know you always like to
meet with old friends. To my understanding, that is what
you enjoy doing when you are back to US every time. I know you
will try to make to this reunion and hope you can make it.
Looking forward to
seeing you at reunion,
Chia