出發啦!

請各位弟兄姊妹為旅途代禱:
求神賜予一顆安靜等候的心去看去感受.
求神賜予打開的耳朵去聽祂的聲音.
求神賜予理解能力和記性,好讓我記得聽到的故事.
求神保守安全和大家有美好的團契.
求神祝福我和JS的reunion.
願這次旅程被神使用,成為多人的祝福.

出發前

• 工作效率奇高...完成兩個audit後還有能耐到處追別人meet deadline.
• 破財...除了digital cam外,衣櫥裡的休閒服和旅行裝備實在太有限...加上每年恆例的小禮物...冷汗直冒
• 打敗仗...咳到腰痛...昨晚還要"扯親"腳趾...莫非上次世博之旅的遭遇又要重演??唔好啦... (x_x)
• 感覺很不真實...後天就出發了!很多年沒參加旅行團,感覺還是有點怪怪的...哈哈
• 明天要買memory card,相機套...還要記得pack charger和拖鞋...

dancing mare

You'll be amazed by this clip. It is of Andreas Helgstrand and his 9 year-old mare, Matinee, at the World Equestrian Games competing in the Musical Freestyle Dressage game.
She dances muh much better than I do! haha

Watch sound on :)
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電話

在機構外也有機會在電話中輔導素未謀面的人.
想不到對方也是主內肢體.
對被傷害的人來說,神的公義和慈愛才是最大最真實的安慰.

妳放心吧!神是不會離棄妳的!!

良かった

ＷＷに相談できて良かった。少しすっきりした。

一緒に暮らしたからかな、友達以上の絆？みたいなものを感じて、心から信頼できて、本当の気持を気軽に打ち明けられた。

バカな話をしても笑わないで真剣に聞いてくれる相手がいるって幸せだね。

三招

對付欽差大臣的三招:

1. 狂用英文.特別是不想交代得太清楚的問題,而且是講得越快越奏效;
2. 引爆其他office的地雷,轉移視線;
3. 晚上大家輪流敬酒,務求灌醉他讓他第二天不在狀態..

不過負責的小欽差人又好又厚道,我們也不忍心欺負他.特別是被FAC拖落水被大欽差(意地悪な石頭オヤジ)召見後,更覺要好好對待小欽差...

好!明晚再敬他三杯!

briefing

It was the longest tour briefing I've ever had -- 3.5 hours!

As imagined, the pastor has presented about Israel, covering history from the time of Abraham to recent years, political situation, religion, etc. Each of us was also given a booklet (like those camp book), a Holyland travel book and a 文千歲 VCD. The booklet has 100+ pages and we are expected to bring it to the trip. There are many songs and detailed information about the places we will visit. It is very informative.

The group would have about 110 members and will sing Christmas carols on the Christmas Eve in Jerusalem. The pastor told us that Israelites do not celebrate Christmas (of course) so we won't feel much Christmas mood there. Hope that our carolling can bring Jesus to those who are willing to open up their hearts.

The weather would be very dry with temperature between 0-29℃. For a 15-day trip, there will be quite a bit to pack. But we were told to keep our baggage as compact as possible due to the limited space for storage on the coaches. huummmm... that's challenging...

小蜜蜂,嗡嗡嗡...

欽差大臣即將大駕光臨,大家忙得團團轉,在各file cabinet中穿梭pick up文件,像蜜蜂採蜜般.
唔...部門裡美女多,形容是蝴蝶採蜜可能比較貼切一點...
自己是女的看著也覺得享受...哈哈^^

桔lema

想要橙無橙,執到個桔仔就當寶.
冷靜思索後覺得都係想要橙決定唔要個桔仔.
但係丟o左個桔仔後又唔捨得,仲想說服自己個桔仔可能會變成橙.

有時人的心真的很矛盾...

a wonderful night..

Dinner at 干鍋居 which serves Guizhou cuisine. Most of the dishes are spicy but not overly hot. It was wonderful to have this dinner with some really good-natured and nice colleagues. Especially P, such a character!

The 外攤 was spectacular! Much more beautiful than a few years ago.
It was really cold... around 6 degrees?
My fingers were quivering taking these pics!

meal time snapshots

Dinner with M in a Sichuan restaurant. Spicy food after a walk in cold wind is heart-waming ^^




Lunch in 春夏秋冬. The view was better than the food...






Dinner at 小南國. Given its fame and its legendary location, it is one of the most famous Shanghainese restaurants in town. But many of their dishes are kind of tuned with characteristics of other cuisine. People looking forward to traditional Shanghainese cuisine will be disappointed by the adulterated cooking.


Lunch at a nearby cafe. The spaghetti cabonara & the club sandwich was surprisingly nice! So was the atmosphere.

Ruijin Hotel -- Part 2

Ruijin Hotel

白虎

小時侯有一年生日,大白送了我一隻白虎毛公仔.那毛公仔十分可愛,而且我是虎年生,覺得這毛公仔特別有意思,接過手開心得不得了.對於那可以為了五毛錢出賣長子名分的大白來說,那是名副其實的一份大禮.可能這禮實在也太大了,突然間大白居然把毛公仔搶了過去張口大咬毛公仔的耳朵(!),弄得整隻耳朵都沾滿了口水~(>_<) 不過因為這禮物,從小就特別喜歡白虎.這次company trip去長隆,看到很多的白虎,大的帥,BB可愛,開心死了!!結果忍不住買了個有BB白虎的cushion...哈哈

期待

終於有機會住瑞金賓館!

雖然它就在公司旁邊,出差上海這麼多次到上一趟才進去過(其實是路過).不過當時大家在趕路回公司,也不好意思慢慢走慢慢欣賞那些英國式建築的樓房和庭園.

這次要抓緊機會好好欣賞...^^

小可憐

早上看到飯廳地板有一些污跡,俯身清理時撿到一塊小小的尖勾形狀物體,細看下驚覺那是小白的爪整塊抜了出來!而地板上的污跡都是乾了的血跡.除了地上,小白的身上和脫爪的後右腳也沾了一些血跡,不過不算多.

把事情告訴剛起床的爸媽,大家一起在案發現場研究脫爪的原因時,媽媽發現在餐桌旁的矮櫃上有血跡.因為矮櫃是黑色的,一直沒留意到…用濕布擦過乾凅了的血時散出濃濃的血腥味,擦了好幾遍仍然擦不乾淨,這才知道原來小白流了很多血…小白算是頗哰嘈的貓咪,但當受了傷時卻不會呼叫求救.貓科動物的獨行派天性使然,小白受傷或受驚時會本能地躲起來而不會投靠任何人.這種反應令人更加心疼...

看了醫生,知道內爪的軟組織算是完好,大概吃一個星期antibiotic就應該沒大礙了.而要等爪長好卻需要多月的時間.
為了防止小白舔傷口防礙復原,需要為牠戴buster collar(又名Elizabethan collar,想像一下伊利莎伯女王的大圓企領…噢!多高貴啊!).不過小動物最討厭這玩意,因為戴了collar會令牠們失去方向感和帶來很多不便,而且每次collar碰撞到週遭物件時都會嚇牠們一跳.大家不忍看到小白處於極度慌張的狀態,戴上不到5分鐘已把collar除了下來.

希望牠乖乖不要碰傷口讓它好好復原,不然公公還是要被迫當貴婦的呢…

Coffee

Recently my mind gets foggy from lack of sleep in the mid of the day. Coffee has again become part of my life. Visiting Zambra, a nearby kiosk, after lunch has almost become a daily ritual.

Craving for something sweet, I ordered for a double-shot mocha today. Leaving $33 behind, I walked back to the office happily.

But wait... it is only $16.5 for my lunch from a nice bakery, and a coffee prices its double?!?!?!

Hummmmm... it's time to consider quitting coffee again...

還是感恩

PP2今天來家裡作客,和爸媽天南地北.
認識越深就越欣賞這位朋友.她的涵養實在令人敬佩.
自問學識洞見都遠不及她,卻有幸可以成為交心的朋友...
為這福氣深深感恩.

感恩

今天第一次在P2SS領詩,因為要加動作和想預備ppt,早兩個星期已經開始選詩歌.對於做事喜歡拖的我來說實在難得,而神給了我一些鼓勵呢!

去年在P2SS聽到一首非常優美的詩歌"敬拜詩",趕緊把歌詞抄下,奈何寫字慢,只抄到一半.之後一直期待再有機會唱這詩歌卻沒有再唱.這次有機會自己選詩歌,當然借機挑了這詩歌.
在兒童詩集找到歌譜高興地唱之際,看到作者的名字時驚訝得連眼珠子都要跌出來...原來詩歌出自Jola之手!
(早知就唔使揾得咁辛苦啦...)
一邊想像著彈結他的Jola一邊預備,心中快樂無比^^

第二首詩歌選了"耶穌愛我",一首時不時會在腦海裡自動播放的詩歌.在網上想找一些可用的插圖時偶爾讀到了這詩歌的背景.這詩歌最初只有第一段,之後的幾段和副歌是後來加上的;而這第一段是寫給一位主日學老師唱給一位垂死的小孩子聽的.突然間,這詩歌不再僅僅是一首用字淺白而且易上口的兒歌,而是帶給小朋友主的安慰和盼望的詩歌.為了想小朋友更容易明白這首詩歌,特意把中文歌詞中較深的用詞簡化,同時預備了英文版.原來小朋友們真的比較喜歡英文版!他們看到英文歌詞時興奮地"哇"了出來(那一"哇"真好聽^^),而且唱的更加投入.
小朋友的歌聲十分動聽,和他們一起唱詩讚美神很享受呢!

不過最感動的是到了故事時間的時候,小L突然在一旁說:"耶穌愛我"...!
對於一個自閉症的小孩,節奏緊迫的主日學不知道有多少可以鑽進他們的腦海.也許是因為"耶穌愛我"這一句在詩歌裡重複了很多遍(中英文各16遍..),所以他記住了.
然而,他能夠記著"耶穌愛我"這寶貴真理的話,主啊,已經不勝感恩了!

唔...

其實都幾開心ga..^^
不過 34 to 33...
心情都實在有D矛盾...

dream

An email from YL popped up in my mailbox. With great delight, I couldn't wait to read this unexpected email. In the email, she told me that last night she dreamt about me resigning the company. She was so sad and woke up in the mid of the night.

I also dream about friends and people I know from time to time. In fact, really, it is not some special phenomenon that worths paying much attention. But when I received YL's email, I feel so warm. When there is someone from the workplace would feel sad about your leaving, the relationship with that person may be the most precious thing you can get from there.

Recently another friend also told me that I appeared in her dream. What have I done recently?? Has my mind be flying around at night to say hi to friends??

憶蓮 Live 2007

Sandy和Eason的concert幾乎是每年的定番節目.

今年Eason的concert是歷年來最喜歡的.揉合了多種舞蹈元素,簡單的舞台設計,加上一些搞笑位,整個concert十分好玩.他的聲線唱功好,雖然一如既往會唱錯歌詞又會起錯音(...),但他的歌聲真的扣人心弦.現場聽他唱"浮誇"可用聽出耳油來形容(雖然這樣形容有點老套...).那種狂那種傲,想不出有那一個男歌手可以演譯得比他好.

珠玉在前,對Sandy的concert十分期待.誰知昨天去之前聽到同事說這次concert的口碑一般.心裡沉了一沉.難道她的聲線退步了?不會吧?..

Concert的地點又不熟...又累又睏...再想像一下concert hall的寒冷...越想越無心機...

不過這些都是無聊的想法,因為concert的模式和Sandy的歌聲實在太棒了!

或許有人會嫌她唱了很多冷門歌,或者大部分是慢歌,會覺得悶,以致她開場時會說希望觀眾可以對她有耐性.不過我卻享受得不得了~~

她的歌聲溫婉但穩定有力,高音唱得動聽而不會飄,好性感的聲線啊(~.~)

這concert似乎不是以市場的喜好來定位,而是一班製作人將他們覺得最好的拿出來用心製作了一個他們覺得最好的表演.特別是在聽最後一首歌"Incomplete"時這感受更深.

沒有歌詞的"Incomplete"是Sandy和Anthony紀念洋蔥頭的歌.用這歌作壓軸就像是在告訴聽眾們洋蔥頭對她的音樂生命是何等重要,她是如何地懷念他.