Hubei Chime Bells

Located on the East Lake, Hubei Museum is one of the best-known museums in China, treasuring up numerous State-level historic and cultural relics.

The Chime Bells Hall in it displays mainly the relics unearthed from Zenghouyi Tomb.

In 1978, 15,000 articles were excavated from the Zenghouyi Tomb in Suizhou, including bronze ritual vessels and weapons, horses and carts, articles made of bamboo, lacquer, gold, jade, bamboo tubes, coffins, and musical instruments.

Exhibited in this hall are very rare items such as the chime bells, the crane standing on the antler, gold cups and jade plates.

The Zenghouyi Chime Bells are the most historically important relics. The complete set includes 65 bells hanging on a three-tiered rack weighing over 2,000 kilograms. On the bells are gold-plated inscriptions about music. Each bell can emit two tones. After over 1,000 years, the bells still sound perfect, ready to play melodies local and foreign, classic and modern.

The pictures of the actual bells were taken by me, however, the video I found on YouTube. The bells being played on the video are replicas.

TOO FAST

I GOT STOPPED FOR SPEEDING AGAIN THE OTHER DAY.



I THOUGHT I COULD TALK MY WAY OUT OF IT UNTIL THE COP LOOKED AT MY DOG IN THE BACK SEAT.



He said that this definitely was a sign that I was driving too fast...

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China - Day 2 - Shanghai Museum

It may seem like I am dragging my China trip out, however, what I am really doing, by posting my pictures every few days, is reliving it. This enables me to, in a sense, to extend the best trip I have ever taken out over another couple of months.

Shanghai Museum

Please see my China Index for more pictures of my China trip
I have many more China posts to come.

REMEMBER WHEN MOM SAID

REMEMBER WHEN MOM SAID

NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM

A STRANGER...

.... I THINK THIS IS WHO SHE

WAS TALKING ABOUT!!!!!

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China - Day 2 - Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai

Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai

Please see my China Index for more pictures of my China trip
I have many more China posts to come.

Only great minds can read this

This is weird, but interesting!

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too


Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.


i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!


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Are You Prepared For Success? (Section III - Installment #15 "Only Me” – Male & Female versions)

(If this is your first time on this site, you may want to begin with "Are You Prepared For Success?" [Introduction])

If you are a regular reader of my Empowerment Process please read the Section II version of this poem first; then read this version.

Only Me

Whatever may happen, by accident or plan;
Whether by nature or whether by man;
No matter how terrible I feel I've been hit
I will look for the seed of a much greater benefit.

With every adversity, failure, and heartache;
With more bad news than I think I can take;
And all seems lost with nowhere to turn;
I'll take a deep breath, look, listen and learn.

Recovery and success are out there to find,
Because I believe in myself and I have a clear mind.
I'll stand up and stand tall and know that I will,
With courage and faith, conquer that hill.

I'm sure of myself, I know I won't fail.
I'll leave the doubters behind as I blaze my own trail.
Only I know what it is that I need.
I will decide not to fail, but succeed.

(An Original Poem by Mel Kaye)

I strongly suggest that you write down your immediate reaction, after passionately reading this poem.

• Look at current disasters in your life and find opportunities. Now look at them again and list what you will do to capitalize on these opportunities?

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See Section III, Installment #16

China - Arrival in Shanghai

As promised I will begin posting pictures of my trip to China. These posts will mostly be pics with just a little narration.

To set this up, my wife and I were in China about 20 years ago. China has gone from a third world country to a world power, although they still consider themselves a "developing" country. Bottom line is that China is nothing like I remembered it.

We arrived in Shanghai and I was immediately taken back by all of the construction. Following are some of the pictures I took from around our hotel, the Shangra La, and the views from our window.

This trip was completely through Viking River Cruises, which included all air, meals, hotels (all 5 star) transfers and excursions.

This was just the beginning of the most amazing trip I have taken yet.











Please see my China Index for more pictures of my China trip
I have many more China posts to come.

George Carlin on age.

I was out of the country when George Carlin passed so I couldn't post an appropriate tribute until now...........


George Carlin's Views on Aging

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life….You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony…..YOU BECOME 21.
YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound
like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.'

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!'

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

George, YOU WILL BE MISSED!!!!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them.'

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.