| Otherwise, you have a glass of the most favorite red wine on one hand, with another hand on your lovely pussy cat. What else do we expect from this world! Please come to visit us and you would see and could have all the best wines from all over the world in my cellars and you could also have any kind of foods of your choice from our nearby great restaurants. Incidentally, we will cruise again with Holland America to Norway Fjords in June, 2012 and with Star Princess to Alaska for college classmate reunion in August, 2012. Also, I will attend an International Chemistry meeting in LA, July, 2012. If you are interested in any one, I will forward you the details of the itinerary, so that we can have more good time together. Please enjoy your best life with Tiffany. As I have mentioned to our college classmates from the attachment I replied to your last email, this is the most exciting and best stage of our life. It is just like to play the ball game, and we are on the top of the 9th inning. This is the most exciting inning in our life, we must be very delighted to play out with our best ability. All the best Joe |
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| Email exchanges between Joe Wu (周武田) and Ben Chang (張貴洋) and wonderful pictures of October snow from Joe Wu |
| Taiwan Island Village: 台灣島村: Hsinchu (Xinzhu) High School Reminisced 憶竹中 忆竹中 |
| Dear Friends, Time is flying by like an arrow. We simply cannot control the time, but we are absolutely able to connect our friendship forever. Happy Mid-Autumn festival on 9/12/2011. 中秋節快樂. 但願人長久,千里共嬋娟. Best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday to you and your family. Joseph Wu (吳 武 田) |
| 2011-09-05: Email from 吳武田 Joe Wu |
| Hi, 武田 兄: 近況可好? Hope that this e-mail finds you and Lynne are doing well. Here is my sincere apology for not joining you two on that spectacular Queen Mary II cruise. How was it? Shall we see some photos that you took? Perhaps, we should come up to see them all as well as to listen to what you had encountered on this cruise. In the meantime, I would like to cash that rain check which you offered. Just kidding! About a week or so ago, 陳盛丞 called and mentioned that you had not heard a word from me for a while. I am so sorry. You are absolutely correct. “我們不能掌握光陰, 但是, 我們可以把握 我們擁有(永久)的友誼." Yes, let's get together more often rather than once a year. You always remind us, 「人生無常!」It means more than 「生老病死」, isn't it? I recently received the following sayings on life by a sharp, pretty and die-hard Taiwanese lady, 陳敏薫, the former Taipei 101 CEO after she went through some hardships. What she said is quite true. However, how many people have realized it before it is too late. “金也空, 銀也空, 死後何曾在手中. 妻也空, 子也空, 黃泉路上不相逢. 田也空, 地也空, 換 過多少主人翁. 名也空, 利也空, 轉眼荒郊土一封. " I am looking forward to hearing from you. Say Hi to Lynne and give her a BEAR hug for me, please. Cordially, 張貴洋 Kwei-Yang Ben Chang |
| 2011-10-21: Email from 張貴洋 Kwei-Yang Ben Chang |
| From Joe Wu: This is the amazing day of the last several decades. Snow in October, 2011. Joe Wu |
| 2011-10-29: Email from 吳武田 Joe Wu |
| 武田 兄: 真的太美啦！想想看，坐在沙發上，手上一杯紅酒，另一隻手抱著老婆，一起看窗外的 雪景；Man, 十月雪，that is once in your lifetime. I wish I could be there with you to sip and talk our hearts out all night long! Let me know ahead of time when you are going to have heavy snowfall. I will be there. I am not kidding. Just make sure that you have a few bottles ready, okay? 如你常說，「人生無常」；你也提醒同學們，「今朝有酒今朝醉，人生得意須盡歡，莫 使金樽空對月」；月也好、雪也好，盡情地喝吧！ I envy you, Joseph‧ See you soon! 張貴洋 Kwei-Yang Ben Chang |
| 2011-10-29: Email from 張貴洋 Kwei-Yang Ben Chang |
| Dear Ben, I am always very pleased and excited to read your email again and again, because your email is always full of good words and exciting additives. You have very strong poetic and imaginary power, such as, "坐在 沙 發 上，手 上 一 杯 紅 酒, , 另 一 隻 手 抱 著 老 婆,, 一起 看 窗 外 的雪 景..” 你 實 在 富有 詩 情 畫 意 . 遺 憾 我的 青 春 已 去 , 力 不 從 心. |
| 2011-10-30: Email from 吳武田 Joe Wu |