Memoirs of Anthony H. Su

My first formal job in USA was a semi-professional job with a title of "information system analyst" in the Department 95, "Information System Department in the Product Support Devision of McDonnell Aircraft, aka McAir, of MDC, McDonnell-Douglas Corporation ". (2019/2/23 16:48 The reason I call it semi-professional is that at that time there was no professional course series for developing people to serve as system analyst let alone any degree title showing the specialty. There was one book on the subject and a course on system analysis was available for future or existing programmers, in St Louis.) Shortly after I completed the required four-year residency of PHD program, 1981, at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Washington University in St. Louis focusing on Social Work Research, my wife told me that I had spent too much time studying in colleges and I need to get out and get a real job. I agreed and felt sorry for not being productive for too many y...

Here is my first attempt to translate the memoir of my father. (This appears to be a new version modified while being transcribed by my mother 15:11 7/6/2018 The original recording started with "A little village")  Please help correcting and polishing. The original recording of my father's monologue is re-normalized and kept here.  I.信仰的根源 The root of faith 1. Góa ê A-kong kiò chò Kang Thok si tòa tī kó͘-chá ê miâ kiò chò Môe-á-khe Téng-siang-khe, iáu-ū chi̍t-ê Ē-siang-khe, chiū-sī hiān-chāi ê Ka-gī hoān Môe-san hion. Góa ê lāu-pē sī tī hia chhut-sì ê. Góa ê A-kong sī teh chò kim-chóa, gîn-chóa ê sū-gia̍p.  我的祖父名叫江托是住在以前名叫梅仔溪的頂雙溪。我的父親就是在那裡出生的。我的祖父做金紙、銀紙的事業。 My grandfather's name is Kang thok, Jiang-tuo in Mandarin, who lived in the village of Moâi-á-khe (literally means  the streat of plums, formerly named Téng-siang-khe (Shuangsi in Mandarin, literally means the upper side of a duo-stream.). My father was born there. My grandfather had a business dealing with go...

Some denominations of Protestant Christians don't assign and send our people to designated locations such as local congregations, but letting the places in need to search for human resources. Similarly, the evangelists or pastors search for their workplaces. This model of mission / ministry has been practiced for hundreds of years. 新教的一些教派並不指派傳道人到指定的地方，而是由需要傳到人的地方自行尋找傳道人。同樣地，也由傳道人自行尋找工廠、工地。這樣的制度已經進行幾百年了。 Born in a Christian family, a pastor's family, I have been living in this institution naturally. Before I served a session of a Presbyterian church I was involved in pastor searching because I was involved in the establishment of a new church. The journeys of preachers / pastors has become one of the concerns in my career, including my life, living, and career. While searching and developing the mission and ministry of the Gardeners of Hope Foundation, I cannot help but include this field in the vision. The day before yesterday, June 17, 2018, I was enlightened to see the pos...

Many people refused to share personal stories with me for the "reasons" of nothing great and nothing important. 許多人拒絕把自己的故事講給我聽，理由是「沒什麼」、「不重要」。Chin-chē lâng bô-ài kóng ka-kī ê kò͘-sū hō͘ góa thiaⁿ, lí-iû sī "bô sím-mi̍h tōa ê á-sī tiōng-iàu ê tāi-chì". I believe that is just a a pseudo-reason. I have no way and nor desire to find the true reasons behind the polite smiles. I believe that my ordinary stories do have value in one way or another, depending on the insight and the ability of the people who ran across my stories. 我相信那只是「假理由」。我沒有特殊的方法與理由去找出躲在笑臉背後實在的理由。我相信我的平凡故事有某些價值，端看遇到故事的人有什麼眼光與能力。Góa siong-sìn he put-kò sī "ké lí-iû". I bô hong-hoat iā bô ì-hiòng beh khì chhōe-chhut chhàng tī chhiò-iông āu-bīn ê si̍t-chāi lí-iû.Góa siong-sìn góa ê pêng-hoân kò͘-sū ū bó͘ chi̍t-kóa kè-ta̍t, tō khòaⁿ tú-tio̍h chiah-ê kò͘-sū ê lâng ū sím-mi̍h gán-kong kap lêng-le̍k. I decide to write down my stories for the benefit of those who have the insights of a researcher...

This is an attempt to collect and organize the process of the exploration initiated by Ms. Ruyi Lin through the volunteer companionship under the Gardeners of Hope Foundation, a new not-for-profit organization, being started and to be established in St. Louis, Mo., USA. The idea was triggered by a mid-night conversation through facebook messenger about the dancing group of Taiwanese and the opportunity to learn kungfu. 8:38 2018-6-8

http://mychannel.pchome.com.tw/channel/class/class_paper_open.htm?d=2003-11-26&e=liamtanghai&t=.htm&j=1&f=main&v=1 01 真正注意「美」是從東海開始的。印象最深的美景卻是那些沒有修飾的水泥面。 看到這些路邊美景，就讓我想到東海的水泥原貌。感謝東海讓我看到無窮的美景、美界。 近來學習捕捉街頭美景，發現以前認為不起眼的街道到處都有美的因素。用這張相片開啟我的念東海吧。 念東海 沒有藏鏡人 》 背後只有一個人 》 鳴言 02 發出第一期的測試版才知道報主的資訊並不會自動出現。感覺好像有藏鏡人的樣子。 趕快找張照片出來亮相一下。讓讀者確認不是什麼三頭六臂的人物，只是個普普通通的歐吉桑。 03 東海文化 002 背後只有一個人 聽說每個不成功的男人背後都有個女人。 我的4k「在腦記憶體」一定記錯了。 不管對不對，反正我的背後有位女性就是啦。 她，何麗津，在1966年秋天第一次上東海時，在火車站被我遇到。是我在那裡搬行李時遇到的第一批顧客之一。 她唸完東海社會學系後，在1971年正式、合法地成為我的背後的人。 She is on my back all these time no matter where I am.幸虧有這麼一位「良背人」，才會有這份電子報的出現。 因為有她的支持，我才會活到今天；沒有她的提醒，我才會有餘力發行這份電子報。我是說她很會提醒我作該作的事情。可是我們生命有個定律：該作的事情永遠作不完。只要認真作該作的事情，就不會有餘力去作「不該作的事情」。 她是我的最佳讀者，常常催我寫信給親朋好友，說是大家都喜歡讀我的信。我知道其實她最喜歡讀，因為每次讀我的信，看得出她重溫當國中國文老師時的…。 她很少寫文章，改文章卻很不計成本。正好符合我的需求 — 我總是錯別字連篇，又留下很多修改的空間。我丟球，她撿球，可以說我們搭配得很恰當。 今天要紀念「念東海」發行滿一天，當然要把背後的人端出來「念一念」，尤其是這樣一位東海的精品。假如背後的人讓我忙...