Sirtea 茶翁

This is my journal: It records my thoughts, my cares, my struggles, my achievement and failure, my observation of life and nature, internet circulation、treasures、or recycled junks I found, ... . If you stumbled upon this blog by accident or on purpose, I welcome you. Thank you for your visit and comments. Hurry back!
這裡紀錄著我的生活點滴:我在想些什麼, 做那些事, 關心何事, 我的得與失, 我對人與自然觀察所得, 網路資訊、撿到寳貝、或是古物回收,... 。如果您是專程特地來訪或是無意中路過, 我誠心歡迎您。多謝您來訪及留言指教。請再來噢!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Feet For Hands 無手用腳

(你)我還有啥好抱怨...
天生沒有雙手的女生,不只生活自理,會游泳,會開車,還會開飛機!

*Oxford and Cambridge have now decided to remove the words CAN'T and IMPOSSIBLE from their dictionary*

Jessica Cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside an aircraft. The girl from Tucson, Arizona got the Sport Pilot certificate lately and became the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet.
Jessica Cox of Tucson was born without arms, but that has only stopped her from doing one thing: using the word "can't."
Her latest flight into the seemingly impossible is becoming the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet.
With one foot manning the controls and the other delicately guiding the steering column, Cox, 25, soared to achieve a Sport Pilot certificate. Her certificate qualifies her to fly a light-sport aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet.
"She's a good pilot. She's rock solid," said Parrish Tarweed, 42, the flying instructor at San Manuel's Ray Blair Airport.
Parrish Traweek runs PC Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Services and has trained many pilots, some of whom didn't come close to Cox's abilities.
"When she came up here driving a car," Traweek recalled, "I knew she'd have no problem flying a plane."
Doctors never learned why she was born without arms, but she figured out early on that she didn't want to use prosthetic devices.
"Success is not something to wait for : it is something to work for.”

Monday, June 28, 2010

100628 Morning

This morning we went to Mimi's Cafe for beakfast.
After breakfast, we went to visit Snyder's of Hanover factory store.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Bible Museum

We went to the Antique Bible Museum in Goodyear, AZ.
An antique Bible
The smallest complete Bible.
There are diffierent versions of antique Bibles displayed including copy of a clay tablet, and the lunar Bible that went to the moon.

Out Of Town

Busy, busy, and busy.
*Second round of travel 2010.
My wife and I arrived in Dallas on June 22 to visit our 1st son's family.
We arrived in PHX on June 26 to visit mour daughter in Goodyear. We will be with our 2nd son's family in Surprise. Ha, Town of Surprise. Yes, Surprise, a lot of surprises.
I thank God for the gifts of our children and grand children. They are our precious blessings.

Friday, April 23, 2010

New $100 Bill 新百元鈔

U.S. Government unveils new $100 bill to foil counterfeiters. The new bill includes watermarks and an embedded security thread and will go into circulation in February 2011.
U.S. currency holders/users do not have to trade in their older design $100 notes when the new ones begin circulating.

美國聯邦政府展示新百元大鈔來抗僞造。新百元鈔加上水紋和保全螺紋安全設計。新鈔將於2011年二月開始發行。
持有舊鈔的人不必要換新鈔, 新舊鈔票將同時流通使用。

Wild Flowers 野花

God creates lots, lots of beautiful things,
here is one.

上帝創造了許多許多美麗的東西,
這是其中之一。

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Newborn Swallows 小小燕子

I found a nest full of newborn swallows under the awning corner. Due to small space gap, I could not see them. Fortunately, My camera helped capture them. There were at least 4 babies in the nest. The mother swallow was out looking for baby food....



在這個遮日篷⻆發現滿鳥巢新生的小燕子。太狹窄我看不到, 幸虧用相機拍到他們。看來巢中最少有四隻以上的小小燕子。母燕不在家, 我猜可能找食物去... 。

Praise Report 感恩報告

I received this Email From Rev. Hung:

April 22,2010
Dear Brother in Christ,
Thank God for His grace and thank you for your prayers.
The operation to cut out the 2cm malignant rectum tumor and all my 20 cm long rectum was success. I came home on April 20. I lost 2kg in body weight; now only 54kg. There is still pain in my anus when I sit. The anus is still bleeding.
My surgeon says he will operate on me weeks or months later to cut out the 2cm tumor in my lung and a tiny tumor in my liver! It makes me shudden. God have mercy upon me. Please continue to pray for me and my family, who suffer with me. Thank you.
God bless you all.
Gratefully yours,
Daniel m. Hung
P.S. I still have to keep the troublesome subtitute anus for a long time.

收到洪牧師來信:
洪牧師的直腸瘤切除手術順利成功。已於前天(4/20)出院回家。
肺部的小腫瘤稍後再訂時間開刀。
感謝上帝施恩, 也感謝大家的代禱。
請各位兄姊繼續爲他和他的家人祈禱。

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

I Do 我願意


Two Slovakian lovers
Vlocano eruptions
No flight home for scheduled wedding
Said I do in Taiwan. (Read more...)


一對歐洲情佀
火山連爆灰
無班機回家結婚
臺人辨婚禮。

Irises 鳶尾花

Lavender Irises start to bloom.
淡紫色鳶尾花開始開花了。