POST 420 COMPENDIUM sixth GROUPED POSTS 157 to 167

SECOND Regrouped 14Nov2019 PAST POSTS:
 157, 158,159, 160, 161, 162, 163,164,165,166, 167

POST 157 24JUN2014 CANADIAN SUMMER,OTTAWA LOCKS

POST 157 24JUN2014 

Dear all,

In this Post 157 I'd like to share with you some pictures of Canadian Summer. Later I will resume posting images from my last journey in Europe and in Asia.

Best wishes for a great summer season. G.M.

Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 157 22 June 2014    I AM BACK

CANADIAN SUMMER I am back, just in time Without knowing why Am I back When Summer arrives Everywhere on earth But Canadian Summer Is not just a Summer It’s not a hot season Nor a cold, nor a rainy Nor any season in the world It is just a period of paradise Nothing to care about Under this blue sky Air is free Thought is free Water may be free Beer is not But sometimes we got It for free Only in Summer And most importantly Happiness is free of tax Speech free of censure When insults are not But we know How to insult nicely Without risk: Just over compliments Like: -I see, you are an expert in tax evasion -He is a ‘I’ doctor -He lightened the conference room after he left And so on When we enjoy a drink Making many jokes At Canadian Summer time Why should we care About those who do not care About themselves? ./. Charles Phan Hoang  June 2014                              END POST 157 (24 JUNE 2014) POST 158 29JUNE2014 VISITING BUSAN S Korea POST 158  G.M. PHAN HOANG  VISITING BUSAN South Korea Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 158 (28 JUNE 2014)    BUSAN (South Korea)   In this Post 158 I’d like to share with you a note from my arriving in BUSAN Friday 6 June 2014 and a number of pictures of the first day in South Korea: from the moment I embarked on the KOBEE Ferry Boat leaving Fukuoka (Kyushu, Japan) to Busan (South Korea) to the end of that Friday at a very picturesque street, full of people late night. And in between you could see deserted streets, closed shops I passed by without knowing where to go when I learned that City Bank was closed and all my hope for withdrawing Korean currency with credit card vanished, all banks were closed that Friday 6 June. However life was still exciting and very beautiful with unforgettable moments. Best wishes g.m Charles Phan Hoang                                                              END POST 158  29JUNE2014 Post 159 06JUL2014 UNEXPECTED PARADISE Post 159 AN UNEXPECTED PARADISE  Un Paradis Inespéré Master Phan Hoang www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com BLOG 159 July 05, 2014 AN UNEXPECTED PARADISE                                               AN UNEXPECTED PARADISE Un Paradis Inespéré It was 3:00 pm Friday 25 April, this year (2014), when I got out of the train station.  I was really tired that day after a long travel and I wished to find a quiet place to rest a bit before going forward.  The weather was nice, the shining sun and the blue sky encouraged optimism when I entered the quiet park in front of the train station.  This park, unexpectedly, seemed in fact quite large and all in bloom! What a great luck to be in this ‘unexpected paradise’ at a moment when I needed it most.  In this Post 159, I’d like to share with you a series of pictures taken in this paradise.  But, I don’t tell you the name of the country, nor the city hosting this paradise because I count on your talent of detective to give me the answer by email to: vietchidao@gmail.com or by comment on this web. I have no proof that Paradise could exist after life on earth.  However, small and unexpected paradises do exist on earth and the admission condition is not on doing prayers but finding it at a right moment when we need it most, and being enough in good mood to see things more beautiful than what they are.  A philosopher or a Zen monk could teach us that ‘that is Illusion’, but our concern is not learning about Illusion rather in making ‘Illusion’ into real-inner-feeling which could help us going further with more love in life. Enjoy visiting this ‘paradise’ through virtual pictures! Charles Phan Hoang (July 05, 2014)                                                        END POST 159 Post 160 14JUL2014 FRENCH REVOLUTION -Pictures PARIS Post 160 FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789 Phan Hoang Recent Pictures PARIS In this Post 160 please find -Letter THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789 -Pictures: Paris at various trip www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com BLOG 160 July 14, 2014 FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789                                               THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789 Today, 14 July 2014, is the day of FETE NATIONALE (National Day) in France. We all know that 225 years ago on July 14, 1789 rioters stormed the Bastille fortress and the French Revolution started. Probably when we were students, we learned about the French Revolution –a rich period of historical events, full of figures in all sorts, cruelty, idealism, patriotism, hope and illusion- I am sure that each one of us did love or hate some consequences of this revolution and in the same time admire or disapprove these ‘heroes’. There were plenty of ‘heroes’ including extremists, criminals, innocents, dictators, executors, and executed! Many names are still today well remembered such as: Marat, Robespierre, Lavoisier, Philippe Egalité, La Fayette, LouisXVI, Marie-Antoinette … and certainly Napoleon Bonaparte. My question is: Today -with the global world and the era of information technology, and with the distance to the time we were students- would our views and convictions have changed or adjusted under the light of new knowledge? Would we wish that our children or possibly our grand-children see History in the same way we did? It is easy to give a quick answer such as ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ according to our sentiment or conviction. But it would be much better if each one of us could forget about what we believed and then, with open mind, read –old and new- documents on the French Revolution from different perspectives. Probably, I wish, new views and judgments will emerge. From my part, this week-end I have done my home-work and here is my result: I focused my efforts on many things and narrowed on just a few things I call ‘the Best’ and ‘the Worst’, as follows: -BEST: The separation of the State and the Religion, consequently this helped Education, Sciences, Social and Economics to better progress. -WORST: The illusion about Revolution, consequently it opened the way to extremists, to mass execution, exodus of the elite, and many unnecessary destructions; also it paved the way for dictators. Was it really justified such a sacrifice imposed on the people of France at the crucial period of Industrial Revolution (1760-1820) which required talents, investments, development, and social order? Conclusion: In many cases evolution is better than revolution, and ironically the term revolution also means a complete circular movement to come back to the starting point! Charles Phan Hoang July 14, 2014                             END POST 160

Post 161 19JUL2014  ROISSY EN FRANCE-The world of bees

Post 16, July 19, 2014

-ROISSY EN FRANCE- Charles Phan Hoang  

-Pictures 'The world of bees'

-Airport Charles de Gaulle-

-Answer previous question on 'Paradis Inespéré'

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WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM ROMAIN :

'The TGV makes us guessed it is in France or in a neighbour country close to the boundary.
The giant bench is a work of Claude Ponti exposed in a park in Nantes. Nice photos, nice paradise.'

ANSWER TO HIS ANSWER:

BRAVO ROMAIN,

YES! YOU ARE RIGHT. THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK IS IN NANTES, FRANCE

YOU ARE GREAT!

g.m.

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www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 161 July 2014    ROISSY EN FRANCE

POST 161 JULY 19, 2014 ROISSY EN FRANCE If you go to Paris, especially from America, the chance is high that you will land on Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) rather than on Orly or Le Bourget. This is a very busy airport with four runways, over 1,350 aircraft movements per day, and almost 6 million passengers per month; you can imagine. Arriving for the first time, chance also high that you could experience some difficulties to get out from this very complicate place to find your way to the center of Paris, by bus or by train. Don’t be upset, better enjoy everything happening and think to remember how to go back on time for not missing your returning flight because the airport is huge, traffic jam in Paris is famous, and union-strike in France is not anything unusual. Better stay near the airport for the night before departure and that is the way I regularly adopted with some frustration. But where could I stay? It is not difficult to find a hotel fitting in all budgets from about 50 euros and up, but it is hard to discover a place where one could go out and enjoy the last evening at a good restaurant or do some exercises in a quiet park, or just wander  around nice streets. Forget it, it is only a dream, there is no city around the airport, I thought.  But I was wrong. Last year I discovered a village called ROISSY EN FRANCE, a picturesque place just near the airport. This year, thanks to the strike that put my way back to the airport at risk, I came to my hotel much earlier than usual. So I had time to explore this village with large park full of flowers and beautiful trees, melancholic old streets, excellent restaurants, and a modern Maison de la Culture. I learned about ‘The world of bees’ through a number of posters all along the path from the large park up to the high street. Through some pictures pasted in this Post 161 I would like to share with you a happy day I've got before leaving Paris last June. Charles Phan Hoang  July 2014

Post 162 27JUL2014 ILE BREHAT ISLAND-FRANCE 

 Venez sur cette île et oubliez le reste du monde :-)

Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 162 , July 27, 2014    Ile BREHAT (The Brehat island )

Les Blés Noirs (restaurant) Ile Bréhat, 20 mai 2014 De cette place Le visiteur oublie la fatigue Pour voir le ciel, les rochers Une petite voie passant devant Des fleurs et des fleurs De toutes les couleurs Il n’y a personne sur la terrasse Quel paradis Il y a des oiseaux Ils ne chantent pas Ils parlent Ils racontent Mille légendes de l’île   Dommage, tous ces gens ne savent pas écouter Ils sont occupés à visiter l’île. Charles Phan Hoang

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Post 163

In this Post 163 –August 01, 2014 you will find:

-Text: METHODOLOGY FOR HISTORIC EVENTS

-Pictures: THE LOUVRE MUSEUM in Paris, France

 (Le Musée du Louvre, Paris)

 

Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 163. August  01, 2014    METHODOLOGY FOR HISTORIC EVENTS

                         

                                             

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Post 164 10AUG FULL MOON - Wide Sky Poem NGA THI

 In this Post 164 August 09, 2014:

-AUTUMN FULL MOON 

-Wide Sky Poem
-Exercise NGA THI

Charles Phan Hoang

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Sometimes did you get tired, discouraged by the busy life in society or by the disillusion about people you had counted on? Just looking up at the beautiful moon and go deep inside of your soul to find the real nature of yourself: YOU WERE BORN BEAUTIFUL, NOTHING COULD AFFECT YOU.

In this Post 164 I'd like to share with you a spontaneous writing under the form of a poem and a short exercise called NGA-THI which is a  powerful tool to shape our body-and-mind.
Meet you through the moon when I am looking up to the sky this evening 10 August 2014, about 8:00 pm Eastern time.
HAVE A NICE DAY
phan hoang

Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 164 , August 09, 2014    Autumn Moon and Wide Sky

WIDE SKY (English translation draft) Looking up to the moon, we forget all sadness Like a butterfly, flying among clouds, in the universe Throwing away all worrisome Fly, fly, fly... you are free Over the immensity of ocean Come and swim over there in Eternal Spring On high mountain , under the moon, sharpen your sword Then look down your own image in the water mirror Are you sure that you are your-self? Charles Phan Hoang  2004 TRƯỜNG THIÊN                           (This is original in Vietnamese classic form) Ngưỡng nguyệt tắc vô ưu        Hồ điệp đằng vân lưu              Phiền đoạn hề xuất xuất          Trùng vũ bằng phi tựu  Đại hải vân hạc phiêu                Thiên nga Bồng-lai thủy          Ma kiếm hạ nguyệt luân          Ảnh chiếu ư ngã thị ? Phan Hoàng, 2004                       TRƯỜNG THIÊN                            (This version is a poem in Vietnamese) Nhìn trăng ta bỏ hềt sầu Thành con bướm đẹp tinh cầu mây bay Quẳng đi phiền muộn cõi này Điệp trùng vũ trụ ta bay tuyệt vời Đại dương cánh hạc ngàn khơi Suối tiên ta tắm thoả đời thiên nga Non cao mài kiếm trăng tà Nhìn theo bóng nưóc ta là ta chăng? Phan Hoàng, 2004

                      VIETCHIDAO 
                      Exercise NGA-THI  
                       I Am
                        by g.m. phan hoang
                                  

NGA-THI Exercise: Total 21 pictures for the whole form.

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Post 165 17AUG2014 CRETAN PARADOX - KISSIMO  CRETE

In this Post 165 you will find 

-The Cretan Paradox

-Pictures of  Kissimo

-And a poem in French : 

 UN VERRE A KISSIMO

(A DRINK AT KISSIMO)

Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 165, August 17, 2014    The Island of CRETE (Part One)

On that Monday, late night, my airplane landed on the island of Crete. The Cretan gentleman at the car rental counter has been patiently waiting for me but visibly willing to finish rapidly with my business as seemingly I was the last customer of the day. He made me appose some needed signatures then gave me the keys and a map, and nicely shown me the way to the parking lot where I supposedly must find my rented car, a red Peugeot 107.   The parking lot was a bit dark but I could see all the cars without any extra effort. After checking around for a while all these cars my rented car still did not appear to my view and a small panic somehow reached my soul. No one around, the night became darker than a few minutes ago and the situation became more stressing. While desperately I continued to check all these cars again and again, a saying about the Cretan came to my mind, that said: ‘All Cretans are liars’. Yes, that quotation was in the chapter ‘Paradox’ I learned at school, a long time ago, in a course of Philosophy.  “Epimenides, a Cretan, who asserted that all Cretans are liars”. So how could we think -whether Cretan people are liars or not- for Epimenides was also a Cretan, then he must be lying! Finally, I did find the car which was mysteriously parked at another place but still inside the designated parking!     My adventure in the island of Crete started with this story about paradox: A Cretan told a foreigner that “The car is in the parking lot”. Was it really in the parking lot? Of course it was, but not at the same parking! Now I had to find the way to my hotel through the large city of Xania where streets signs were all in Greek! Good night.     gm  ===================   In this Post 165 you will find pictures of  Kissimo And a poem in French : UN VERRE A KISSIMO (A DRINK AT KISSIMO)

                                                                               

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Post 166 23AUG2014 BALOS Lagoon- CRETE

Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 166, August 13, 2014  BALOS   Island of Crete (Part Two)

In this Post 166 I’d like to share with you my visit at BALOS Lagoon, a wonderful place, unique in the world I have visited last May (2014).  A place when looking up you cannot embrace the whole sky, looking down you do not see where the ocean ends, looking backward the road that brought you here already disappeared. Only looking inward you can discover the real nature of yourself beyond good and bad.   g.m. phan hoang ---------------------------------    AT BALOS The narrow road ends Up, high, wind, ocean Land ends Another world under the sky Wide open On the sand background The past civilization behind I sat there, moment ago On a rock Between the blue and the green I mean where is the sky And where is the ocean When the land ends Immensity open Don’t fall!  Charles Steven Hogan  Balos May 2014

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Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 167, August 31, 2014  RETHYMNO    -Island of Crete , Part Three-

Today is the last day of August (31 Aug. 2014), for most of us Summer Vacations are now ending and we are preparing for the BACK TO SCHOOL activities. In this Post 167 I continue to share with you pictures taken on my travel in Crete. After visiting BALOS (Post 166) I went to RETHYMNO. Rethymno surprised me with its wonderful night life. By luck I met two American teachers who explained me why they liked to stay in this city for years; then I met a group of nice students who guided me through the city center at night. You could never say you have really visited a city if you did not pass at least a night there. Rethymno at night is another world: full of music, happy people, open shops, endless busy streets, attractive restaurants and a quiet walking way along the sea. Being in company of local people changes completely your view of the place you are exploring. Thank you for visiting Rethymno through the lenses of my old and small Sony Cybershot bought seven years ago. The other Sony, with much better quality, stayed home because when I am traveling  “SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL!”   g.m. phan hoang ---------------------------------

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