每日评论0109 墨西哥湾的恋情

墨西哥湾的恋情

即将就职上任的川普总统昨天在海湖山庄表示,他将把墨西哥湾更名為美国湾,他认為这是个非常美丽的名字。

我们和墨西哥湾结缘已经很久了 ,早在大学唸书时,每逢週末有暇时会邀约同学大伙们到墨西哥湾上钓螃蟹,只要把鸡脖子紥在线上放到墨西哥湾之岸边,顿时可以从网中捞上肥大的螃蟹,不必等到太阳下山，我们大家总是满载而归,回到大学的宿舍每人各显厨艺，烹调出各种品味的螃蟹大餐,这也是大学生活中令人难忘之生活记忆。

在越南难民尚未进入美国之前,德州休斯敦近太空中心的墨西哥湾,边岸许多渔民是靠打捞海產鱼𧎚為生,在此水域中盛產肥硕大虾,当时我们感到有了商机,每天黄昏时刻,来到墨西哥湾之海產公司现塲,从返航的捕𧎚船上挑选肥大尚在输送带上跳动之大虾装进乾冰之泡沫箱中,立即送往位於北边的休斯敦国际机塲凌晨飞往纽约之班机 ,由友人接应后送到纽约华埠当场贩售,当时这些还是鲜活之大虾还在蹦蹦跳动,不到数小时就被抢购一空，但好景不长,自从越南难民来到德州，他们许多是渔民,在墨西哥湾日夜作业,整个海鲜市场也随之瓦解。

我这段经营海產之人生经验,如果不是遭到越南渔民之到来,也许我早已在海產事业中站稳脚步，成為一个真正十足的商人。

人生之际遇和变化有时是无法撑握,但是我们和墨西哥湾之”恋情”确是永恆的记忆和眷恋。

The Romance Of The Gulf Of Mexico

President Trump, who is about to take office, said yesterday that he would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which he thought was a very beautiful name.

We have been on the Gulf of Mexico for a long time. As early as when we were in college, we would be invited by our classmates to the Gulf of Mexico to fish for crabs every weekend when we had free time. As long as we put the chicken necks on the line along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, we could catch many fat crabs from the rolling waves. We didn’t have to wait for sunset to fill our sacks with crabs. When we returned to the university dormitory, everyone showed us their cooking skills and cooked crab feasts of various tastes, which was also an unforgettable memory from college life.

Before the Vietnamese refugees entered the United States, nearby the Houston Space Center there were many seafood companies run by local fisherman. At that time we felt that seafood may be a good business opportunity. Every day before dusk, we came to the bay of the Gulf of Mexico. We came to buy the live shrimps still dancing on the conveyor belt that were put into foam boxes of dry ice and immediately we sent our orders to the Houston International Airport and shipped them out on the early Eastern Airlines flight to New York. After being picked up by my business partner, they were then sent to Chinatown. These fresh shrimp were still jumping and could be sold in the market in just a couple of hours. Since the Vietnamese fishermen arrived, the seafood business soon disintegrated.

My life experience in the seafood business then came to an end. Encounters and changes in life are sometimes understandable, but our love for the the Gulf of Mexico is indeed an eternal memory and remains a strong attachment.