Taiwan Island Village: 台灣島村 013acu: Hsinchu (Xinzhu) High School Reminisced; 憶竹中; 忆竹中: Heart-warming letter (2010-09-13) from Teacher Shou-Liang Zhu; 朱守亮老師的溫馨來函 (2010-09-13)

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Heart-warming Letter (2010-09-13) from Teacher Shou-Liang Zhu 朱守亮老師的溫馨來函 (2010-09-13)
received by Bill Lee (李偉宗) on 2010-09-17

Taiwan Island Village: 台灣島村: Hsinchu (Xinzhu) High School Reminisced 憶竹中 忆竹中

This letter from Teacher Shou-Liang Zhu (朱守亮老師) which arrived on 2010-09-17 surprised me quite a bit but I was very happy because even though I've always wanted to get in touch with
Teacher Zhu, I never expected to receive from him such a heart-warming letter. I dialed his phone number three times and was finally able to talk with him at around his 6:30 PM in Taiwan, which was
my 3:30 AM in California. We talked for a very long time about many things, with me doing most of the listening. I was really happy and believed that Teacher Zhu was also happy that we were able to
talk for the first time in more than 55 years. I see no reason why I shouldn't share this letter with all my HCHS friends and that's why I've posted the 3-page hand-written letter here.

After my phone conversation with Teacher Shou-Liang Zhu (朱守亮老師), I dialed the phone number of Teacher Ting-Chi Tang (湯廷池老師) and talked with him for a very long time too. Again,
we talked about all kinds of things with me doing most of the listening. I was very happy and believed that Teacher Tang was happy too that we were able to talk after more than 50 years.

I then dialed the number of Teacher Jong-Hsiang Yang (楊榮祥老師) at around his 9:30 PM in Taiwan, which was my 6:30 AM in California but couldn't get through. I dialed two more times
afterwards and still couldn't get through, with all three calls at three different times diverted to a fax machine. I'll keep trying. (Bill Lee's Note on 2010-09-19: Received Teacher Yang's email which has
in it Teacher Yang's new phone number in Hsinchu, to which he and his family had just moved. I dialed that number at around my 6:30 AM in California, which was his 9:30 PM in Taiwan and was
very pleased to talk with 楊榮祥老師 for the first time in many years.)

Then, some time today, I dialed the phone number of Teacher Joseph Hsieh (謝淵泉老師). 謝師母 picked up the phone first and handed the phone over to Teacher Hsieh, to whom the first thing I said
laughingly was that "Today is my teacher-calling day". I had a great phone conversation with Teacher Joseph Hsieh too. He promised me that he'd send me an article of his, which he did.

Please enjoy 朱守亮老師's letter below. He has three books in the works, which might be available for HCHS friends to read at around the time of the December reunion.