弟弟生日快樂

#2022-0924

We celebrated Little Shine's birthday in Hualien for the first time today.

(Note: Little Shine is a pretty good name I gave my second grandson, 小宣; his official English name is John, though.)

Before we came to Hualien again yesterday, Little Shine had asked his grandma the same question several times via video call: "September 24th -- do you remember?"

"Of course I do," Jean replied on the videophone. "Grandpa and I have already booked Puyuma train tickets and will arrive in Hualien the night before, to celebrate your birthday!"

You see, we have fulfilled our promises: The three generations of us went to Wángjì Chápù (花蓮 王記茶鋪 明心店) for dinner, and then returned to the vicarage to throw a simple and happy Birthday Party for the 8-year-old boy.

By the way, I noticed that on the coffee table there was a Wéndàn pomelo with eyes and a mouth drawn on it. I thought it was one of the six masterpieces made by Little Shine and his brother during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, but it was not. If you compare the "face design" of this pomelo with those of the six pomelos in the picture on the right, you'll find that this is a new creative work.

我看見茶几上有一顆文旦柚，上面畫了眼睛和嘴巴。原以為是去年中秋節兄弟倆人的《柚子臉》傑作之一，結果不是。只要把茶几上這柚子的「臉」與舊照片中六個柚子的「臉圖」對比一下，你就會發現，這是全新的創意之作啊！

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相關文章 (See also)：

1)  Happy Birthday to Little Shine     (2019)

2)  Happy Birthday to You, Little Shine     (2018)

3)  《話 / 畫 / 化》     (2021)

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#2022-0918

Qian yige zhuri (9/11) Yìfēng cai diyici danren shìcóng (acolyte); zhege zhuri (9/18) Zhāng Yuánróng zhŭjiào jiu yi yuanding jihua laidao Hualian Sheng Lujia Tang zhŭlĭ (Bishop Lennon Yuan-rung Chang celebrating at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Hualien today!), zhe shi duome meihao-xile de shi a! 

Libai hou, Yifeng neng yu Zhang zhujiao héyĭng yu jiaotang; zhe zhaopian dique zhide wo shoucang. Ganxie, zanmei Zhu!

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（第二日） 爬山、坐下聊天、神奇的編號

#2022-0915

昨日只在「青年活動中心」附近活動：散步、看潭、賞夕陽，如右圖（星號１、２、３）所標示。

今日（第二日）行程稍有調整，如下：

星號４：試爬水社山 (邵語：Zintun marutaw a hundun)。純屬「試走 / 試爬」性質。

昨日來到青年活動中心時，夕陽閃亮亮地照射著「水社大山登山口」（即 北入口），我趕緊搶拍了一張「打卡」特寫。老婆當場就說：「如果都沒有往上爬（走）一程，那不就成了 "百分百騙人" 之舉？」因此，今天吃完早餐，我們就沿著濕而不滑的石階，拾級而上，一直走到某處高點才折回。

星號５：到玄奘寺 (Xuanzang Temple) 這熟悉的居高臨下的涼亭平台，坐下來聊天，同時欣賞明潭（幾近乎 "全貌" 之）美好風景。

星號６：回程，順道參訪「文武廟」；在廟後坡地樹蔭下，歇歇腳，吃家裡帶來的柚子和餅乾。無意間，我發現文武廟的石椅，每個都有編號，其中最吸引我的編號就是 . . . . . （看完下面最後幾張照片，您就會曉得。）

話說從前，我曾經在台中縣大甲鎮（現已併入台中市改稱大甲區）的文武國小任教七年，其中有一屆學生，後來成立 Facebook 秘密社團，稱作「文武１９」，因為他們是該校第十九屆畢業生。啊！我突然懷念起他們（那天真可愛的模樣！）；我又懷想起那些過往的（千真萬確「一去不復返」的）年輕歲月 . . . 

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