Important reminder 重要的提醒

Important reminder:
If you want to forward any internet message, please delete all previous forwarders’ email addresses.
This will help to protect your friends’ privacy and to reduce unwanted junk emails.
Remember to delete addresses before you hit SEND button.

要緊的提醒:
收到寄來覺得好的郵件耍轉寄給親朋好友分享, 在你點擊送出之前, 請務必將之前寄件等人的郵址先刪除。以確保個人隱私權, 避免郵址被誤用; 也會減少收到閒雜人的郵件和垃圾郵件。

I invite you to forward this reminder to all your correspondents.
歡迎轉寄本文給你的親朋好友。

TRUCK WRECK 驚險的車禍

TRUCK WRECK 如此的車禍,包死的!
Read the caption on the first photo, then look at the second photo.
Look at the picture above (Just outside Flagstaff , AZ , on U.S. Hwy 100.) and you can see where this driver broke through the guardrail, on the right side of the culvert, where the people are standing on the road, pointing.

The pick-up was traveling about 75 mph from right to left when it crashed through the guardrail. It flipped end-over-end bounced off and across the culvert outlet, and landed right side up on the left side of the culvert, facing the opposite direction from which the driver was traveling.

The 22-year-old driver and his 18-year-old passenger were unhurt except for minor cuts and bruises.

Now look at the second picture below...
看下圖更能體會出其驚險的狀況 ... 然而22歲司機和18歲乘客安然無恙僅受略微碰撞傷, 真命大啊!
If God isn’t done with you, God isn’t done with you…
好險噢, 歸天的時間未到啦!

Outstanding Pictures 精選圖片

美國國家地理雜誌攝影比賽
2010中國賽區參賽作品精選。

Email From Rev. Hung 洪牧師來信

洪牧師的近況報告。感謝上帝的恩典, 感謝大家的同心代禱。

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

Thank you for your continuous precious prayer support and your concern for my medical treatments. Nearly a year ago a small tumor was found in my lung and liver. But 12 rounds of chemotherapy, one round lasting three days and two nights at hospital and a series of radiation therapy vanished the two tumors. But months later the tumor in my lung recurred and a vague tumor was found in my pelvis. So I resumed radiation therapy and began to take anti-cancer pills daily. I shall undergo a CT scan two or three weeks later to see whether or not the small tumors in my lung and my pelvis have vanished. Meanwhile I take anti-cancer pills daily. Months ago my Christian oncologist Dr. Chiu advised me to see a Christian Chinese medicine doctor Dr. Lin at the same hospital and take herbal medicine, a tonic, to strengthen my immune system. I did and began to take every other morning the Chinese liquid herbal tonic 170cc contained in a plastic bag. I have a good appetite, but I don`t dare to eat too much as the flesh I gain concentrates in my belly and my artificial anus on my belly protrudes more. I gained one kilogram in my weight at Chinese New Year and now I weigh 58 kilograms. Thank the Lord for His grace that practically I have no side effects from my chemotherapy and radiation therapy and anti-cancer pills; there is no pain, no vomiting or hair-falling, only sleep disorder.

Mr. Tsung-Chi Chen, a Taiwanese, age 52, a graduate of the Reformed Seminary in Taipei, not ordained as pastor yet, will begin to serve our church in May as a part-time preacher, not a full-time pastor as he will take a master`s degree courses at the seminary for three years. He will preach two Sundays a month. Other preachers will preach on the other two or three Sundays every month. Of course he will work as a kind of a part-time pastor. Our church does not have to pay him a full salary. He served in the navy and the National Defense Ministry for many years. He receives monthly pension from the National Defense Ministry for the rest of his life. He has been doing translation with missionaries. His wife is a substitute teacher at primary school. He has two sons, age 20 and 18, and a daughter age 9. Please continue to pray for me and our church. May the Lord continue to be with you and bless you all.

Gratefully yours in Christ, D. M. Hung

Stone Dishes 石頭宴

Food dishes for your eyes only.
All main Ingredients are STONES.

厨師的傑作: 養眼的石頭宴。
不能吃郤會讓人流口水的美食。

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary to my other half!

A Jasmine Flower 一朵苿莉花

Ms Song Zuying songs "A Beautiful Jasmine Flower".

宋祖英女士在華府演唱會唱「好一朵美麗的苿莉花」。

Food Carving 蔬果雕

Beautiful fruit and vegetable carving display.
Too Pretty to eat!

蔬菜水果雕刻展,
太美了可捨得吃?

Picking Asian Pear 挑選東方梨

朋友(老外) 來信問我如何挑選東方梨, 也對本閣評論 原信附於下:
I received this email on 110221 as follows:
“Hello! How are you and your family?
I have a question for you. I know that you grow Asian Pears so you know about them. Can you tell me when to buy them and when they are ripe? I know they are delicious, but it is hit or miss for me to pick a good one.
I look at your blog. You have some fascinating things on there. I liked the picture of Hong Kong going from morning to night. Very nice.”

I found this video How to Pick Asian Pears,

and instructions on How to Pick Your Own Asian Pears.

Pick-your-own Asian pear. Orchards and backyard trees will bear fruit for harvest during the cool fall months.
水果攤挑東方梨? 我是碰運氣而已。那位有秘訣, 請不吝告知。

1 Check the Asian pear trees weekly until they begin to change colors. Some varieties change from green to yellow and others change from yellow to brown. Pick yellow fruits if the Asian pears started out green on the tree, and harvest brown fruits only if the unripened pears on the tree were yellow.
2 Grasp a fruit and gently press it with your hand. Pick the fruit if it no longer feels rock hard. This is a sample fruit which you will taste to determine if the fruit on the tree is ready to be picked.
3 Taste the Asian pear and begin to pick the other fruit from the tree if the sample pear tasted sweet with a high level of juiciness.
4 Pull individual Asian pears off the tree by hand, and pack them into a padded box or bag filled with crumpled newspaper to prevent bruising.
5 Store the fruit in the refrigerator for up to three months.

I hope the above will somehow help her. If anyone has a better way, please let me know.

PS. Thanks for the comments about my Blog.
註: 感謝來信中對本閣的賜教。

Deepsea Creatures 海底生物

Underwater creatures
難得的海底奇觀