值得紀念的一天 :)

一人一步...
和PP3復合了 \(^o^)/ \(^o^)/ \(^o^)/

要學習好好溝通,不可以再讓寶貴的關係無疾而終 :)

自由

在過往的日子裡,無論是讀書工作,感情生活,侍奉,甚至於買衣服,每逢遇上一些重要抉擇,都會向天父祈求:如果合祢的心意,求祢開門;否則請祢攔阻.

這禱告總會蒙神應允.即使有低谷掙扎的日子,事過後回頭再看,就肯定知道天父的保守和恩典從未間斷.過程中生命有成長,這些踏實的經歷令自己更安然地仰望及順服在神的旨意裡.

不過似乎神要給自己一些新挑戰.有些以往神老早就落閘上鎖的事情居然一直中門大開,以為是自己搞錯了,再走下去卻只更加肯定那確實不是天父的心意.也許天父希望人在抉擇上不只是被動地等祂開門關門,而是在各種事情上有意識地選擇愛祂,行在祂的旨意裡;即使客觀環境沒有阻礙也可以隨時放棄一些自己想要的東西.

看來天父賦予的自由又增加了少許...可是如果可以的話,我情願不要這自由,也不想要自由意志,因為祂的心意永遠是最好的.然而自我中心,短視,小信...令自己失卻了種種經歷神的大能大愛,信實和美善的寶貴機會.

自由多了,需要更多的自律和自省,需要更多的禱告確定神的心意,更需要緊緊依靠神才不至於走迷了路.

天父啊!求祢抓緊我的手,不可以讓我離開祢.保守我永遠走在祢喜悅的道上.
Amen

footprints

"Many people walk in and out of our lives. True friends leave footprints on our hearts."

These footprints heal, help us grow, give us strengths, and remind us that we’re not alone.

These footprints are blessings from God. When we lack faith in the unseen One, these are the marks of His grace and love shown through those we can see and feel.

These footprints demonstrate the richness that blooms when lives encounter.

These footprints might be so big and deep that we can set our feet in restfully; they might be unnoticeably tiny… no matter the size, depth or shape they take, every single of them make our lives fuller and more beautiful.

They are just treasures in life.

RA啊...

我何時才能夠脫離你的魔掌??
搞到連最討厭的cold call都要做,還要給人耍...
嗚嗚嗚... (>_<)...

On 26 Dec 2007

... this postcard was sent out from Bethlehem, and today, 3 months later, it finally reached us!!

Not sure what makes it travelled for so long -- so long that I thought I'll never get it. Lost but found, it makes me treasure it more.

At the back of the postcard, it read:

Back to the Wall, Bethlehem, Palestine
(photograph by James Prineas)

A beautiful girl and friends from the AEI-Open Windows educational program in Bethlehem. The United Nations' highest judicial body, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), declared that the Wall, along its planned route, infringes Palestinians rights, cannot be justified by national security and violates international law. As a result of the Wall, many Palestinians have been cut off from their relatives, farmland, and jobs.

Look at her smile -- innocent and quiet. If this side of the wall is all she ever knows, then what the rest of the world think about this Wall probably doesn't mean much to her as this is the only world she knows. But when time goes by, the conflicts, wars and debates over the Israel-Palestine issues will one day rip away this innocent smile and pure heart from her...

愛裏沒有懼怕

愛裏沒有懼怕;愛既完全,就把懼怕除去.因為懼怕裏含著刑罰,懼怕的人在愛裏未得完全.我們愛,因為神先愛我們. (約翰壹書4:18-19)

神的話語總是那麼一針見血.

有時候會對某些人特別"苦手"而怕了他們.所以每次讀到這段聖經都會很慚愧...因為會"怕"了他們,多是因為自己未能完全接納別人的缺點.也有些時候是因為對方會傷害自己;然而如果自己剛強一些,懂得保護自己,還是可以做到包容別人的.所以結果還是只能歸咎自己軟弱,未能愛得完全.

另一方面又很怕對方會察覺自己的懼怕,因為真的會很hurt.正如經文所說:"懼怕裏含著刑罰".
結果不想自己的軟弱傷害了別人,不敢逃避,但自己又辛苦...

如過能夠擁有一顆真正剛強寬大的心就好了...

所感

不幸な話を聞く度に同情心をかき立てってしまうが
むやみに同情しないように意識している。
一生懸命不幸に向き合い戦っている姿勢に同情の念を抱くのは何だか失礼のような気がするし
同情されたくない人には気持ち悪い。
同情よりも背中を押して励まして欲しいのではないだろうか。

また一瞬の同情で下手に愛情や関心を寄せると
相手の依頼心を助長してしまったり、その愛情に縋ってしまって
その一瞬の熱心が消えたらお互い重い関係になる。
カウンセリングしている時にこのような同情は禁物。

とても大変な過去を持つ友人が何人かいる.
日曜学校の担当クラスに自閉症の子供がいるし、
両親に捨てられて腹違い兄と祖母と生活している子もいる。
ボランティアやっているコールセンターも　大変な窮地に陥る人達からの電話がほとんどだ。
やっぱり、話を聞く度に胸が詰まる。
だけど　一時の情熱ではなく　心からの心遣い
長く続けられる冷める事の無い愛情を注ぎたい。。。

偏心

小D有時候會在課堂上搗蛋,又會遲到,又會喊口乾,又會說想睡...有時候也不知道怎麼對應才好.

直到上一次開會,了解了他的家庭背景和身體狀況,才知道他能來SS已經很不容易.
很難想像他如何能夠相信有不變的愛.

今天老師著孩子們講一樣他們感謝耶穌的事情,小D說:"感謝耶穌賜給我哥哥..!"
聽了很心酸,因為聽說他的哥哥和他的關係不算太好...

借祈禱的時候擁了他一會兒,心中祈求神親自用祂的愛充滿他受傷的心靈和一生的年日.

做老師的不應該偏心.不過在SS,一點點偏心,應該可以吧...?

一個故事

有一個富商,他將他的財產交給一個年輕有為的投資顧問打理.這年輕人是富商的一個世侄,他看著他出生,長大成人,富商十分疼愛他.

可是這年輕人辜負了富商的信任和托付,他居然擅自挪用富商的財產炒賣股票,結果投資失利把富商交給他的錢都輸光了.事情暴光,富商大發雷霆,一定要這年輕人為自己所做的負責任,倘若不能償還這筆鉅款就要把他告上法庭.這年輕人終於清醒了,知道自己犯了無法補救的錯,他會被宣布破產並背著這一輩子都還不清的債務.他後悔的很.最絕望的,是他知道他已永遠失去了這世伯的疼愛和信任.

富商有一個兒子,他了解他父親的心,他知道其實他父親是傷心多於憤怒,其實他並不希望這世侄永遠無法翻身,但縱容只會害了他.而兒子一向待這年輕人愛護有嘉,如親弟一樣,即使這人把他本來要承繼的都輸光了,雖然他也像他父親般困惑氣憤,他希望可以為他向父親求情.

有一天,父親坐在後園,眉頭深鎖,仍然為了這事難過,兒子靜靜地走到父親背後,雙手輕輕搭在父親的肩膀,"...爸..還在生氣嗎..?"

父親看了看兒子,"兒啊!這人實在太令我失望了!他太傷我的心了...!!"

兒子在父親的身旁坐下,溫柔地說:"...爸,他知錯了,求您就原諒他一次吧..!"

父親氣難消,"你知道我辜負我有多深嗎?!好啊!你要為他求情,那你來替他還!"

兒子看到父親傷心,心裡難過,"我知道其實您還是很愛他.我明白您是一個有原則的人,犯錯一定要負責;然而您也清楚這債他是永遠還不了的...那些錢就當是我輸掉了..我來替他還..."

自此,兒子努力工作存錢,替那年輕人還債.過了一段日子,有一天,兒子邀請了年輕人回家吃飯.他一直在飯桌上他製造話題,不過父親一直沉默.年輕人覺得很難受,以前那麼疼愛自己的長輩現在對自己不理不采;不過他深深明白這是他自己犯錯招來的惡果.

一頓難嚥的飯過後,年輕人在告辭之際,鼓起勇氣,跪在富商跟前:"...世伯,我對不起您,我辜負了您的愛護和培養...居然欺騙您的厚愛...我不敢求您的原諒,不敢求你給我機會,只希望您知道我真的知錯了..."

年輕人說完這話,頭也不敢抬,準備接受富商的痛罵,可能還會捱揍...

可是過了良久,既沒有咒罵聲,也沒有拳頭揮到他的頭上.

年輕人慢慢抬起頭來,看到富商慈愛的眼睛.
富商說:"你欠我的,"指著他的兒子,"他已經在替你還了.你以後要好好做人了..."

然後富商轉向他的兒子,"兒啊..我擁有的一切本就是留給你的.他虧我的就是虧你的.既然你不怪他,甚至願意為他還這債,這畢債就一筆勾消吧..!"

**************************************
謝謝天父...

還在吃...

平時很少去二次會,不過和KR同事,就算是三次會也不會拒絕.. 哈哈

謝謝你的話啊~!

如果我的酒量好一些,一定和你乾了這杯!!

繼續吃...

超好吃的海鮮煎餅..!!還有辣泡菜煎餅和雜菜煮餅.配著米酒來吃,不知不覺地喝多了.

他們說這店是A很喜歡的地方.店小小的大概可以坐20來人,老闆娘一個人包辦樓面廚房.柔和的燈光,木造的樓房和桌椅,十分溫暖;店裡播著三四十年代的歌曲和古典歌謠,牆上的照片和畫,小擺設和盆栽都為小店增加一點懷舊感,是三五知己聚腳的好地方.這種cosy小店確是A很喜歡的.

茶會

每次在KR Office開會都像在開茶會 -- 同事們會源源不絕供應各式點心飲料.

KR Office山高皇帝遠,pantry裡不像HK只有咖啡粉和紅茶包,還有綠茶麥茶香茶雜穀飲料,mocha, capaccino應有儘有;還有雪糕,餅乾等.今天還有dounut和甜筒.加上他們有個習慣(文化?),就是在開會的時候把我們帶來的手信帶進會議室一起分享,而每次我都會帶起碼兩種的糕餅或零食,可想而知我們的會開得有多開心...哈哈

這,只是冰山一角...其餘的糕餅殘骸已給收拾掉...

隔壁的公司是BANDAI,他們的showroom很可愛啊!!

被小J 賣了豬仔

老遠跑到Yeouido來看櫻花樹的禿丫...(-_-)

不過,走了一圈,也有意想不到的收穫呢!



這盤草莓起碼有1.5kg,賣約HK$70.還是第一次看到有人這樣pack草莓.
這品種的草莓皮又薄肉又軟,沒有這兩個膠面盤保護的話,恐怕在回酒店途中已經變成草莓醬了!

掃街記~(2)

沒想到一個月之內會重遊首爾..!今次還有小玉一起...掃街!!^^


超好吃的魚蛋卷,新鮮炸起,外香內軟...噢...

food for thought..

• 如果拿走了崇拜,團契,主日學,侍奉等等的宗教活動,你的信仰還剩下甚麼呢?
• 在主眼中,沒有一個人比另外一個人次等或次要.
• 主顯示自己,向一個人說話,不是為了要那人見証祂,而是為了與那人建立個人的關係.

正呀!

只能這樣形容了.
因為真的很正!

Connie Francis的concert令我們一家三口都有了強烈的心理陰影,即使一擲千蚊買了票也不敢抱太大的寄望.以免期待越大失望越大...

結果是,我們享受了精采無比的個半小時 :)

無論是樣貌,身型,聲音,唱功,Celine Dion都保持著極佳狀態.她轉腔自然聲音控制自在,能夠細膩而豐富地表達歌曲的感情,而且她的聲量氣量夠,聽得痛快!

自己認識的華人歌手中,可以與她比美的是全盛時期的甄妮.她也是以其聲量氣量見稱,甚至有人以"巨肺"來形容她.而另一公認的"巨肺"是已故的羅文.多年前有幸現場聽他們倆同台合唱,當時唱的是甚麼歌已忘了,但是那時的震撼記憶至今難忘.兩年(?)前再聽甄妮的演唱會,雖然比起許多年輕一輩的歌手她仍然是技壓群雄,不過已大不如巔峰狀態時的自己了.

不知道甚麼時候再有機會欣賞Celine Dion的現場演出,希望下次聽到的仍然是這天的歌聲 :)

好感動

"Strictly Confidential"
"横スレ失礼します。"
得到信任和有別人說公道話,好開心... 好感動... ;_;

唔?

7月的預算會議時有說過將RA從固定支出項目剔除嗎?
一直受RA折磨以致終日喝其倒采的不就是我麼?
怎麼當時沒有人將這大好消息告訴我??

然而欽差大人輕輕一句,大GM便馬上著我努力推廣RA.
繼而小GM踢我去HQ和有關人士商議具體方法.

一副大有"不是已經決定不做的嗎?現在要重新搞,那是HK的問題,別旨意SH會參與.."意味的態度,這算甚麼?

連貧窮的HQ也願意支付service fee來支援活動,作為Regional HQ你可以置身事外麼?

"Do not disturb good trees; build around them."

This is what Mr. Namihei Odaira (1874-1951), the founder of Hitachi, Ltd., said when he established the Central Research Laboratory in Tokyo back in 1943, long before the impact of business activities on the environment becomes a global concern.

Mr. Odaira had worked for several mining companies as an engineer when he was young. At that time, Japan had begun to emerge from its feudal legacy and industry was 50~100 years behind that of Europe. He regretted that virtually all spphisticated equipment had to be imported. With a dream that Japan would one day develop and promote its own technology, he and some colleagues built their first 5hp electric motor in a small workshop, and from there, Hitachi was born.

This pioneering and challenger spirit（開拓者精神）, together with "和"(harmony, trust, respect), and "誠"(sincerity, fairness, honesty, integrity) are the founding concepts of Hitachi. "Contributing to society through the development of superior, original technology and products" and moral concerns are its basic credos. Mr. Odaira always emphasized that the company was not in business simply to make money, and selling imperfect products was one of the worst things a company could do. He would not get angry with an employee who simply made a mistake, only if that employee tried to cover that up.

These stories about Mr. Odaira were first made known to me from a recent internal training named "Hitachi Basics". "True entrepreneur" was the first word popped up in my mind to describe this gentleman. In fact, at the start of the training, I secretly thought that this kind of program should be part of the orientation program for new staffs but not for senior staffs. But after the course, I now understand why it was included in a management training course. It is important to clarify the company's expectations on its management staffs in order to implement the company's believes and values. I'm so glad that I'm working in a company on which values and direction I can agree on and am willing to follow. I sincerely hope that Hitachi will continue to grow without compromising these wonderful values.

Interesting facts about Hitachi...

Founding Year: 1910
1st product: motor
1st export: electric fan
1st export year: 1926
1st export country: US

To many's surprise, home appliances and TVs actually only constitute 13% of the company's total revenue. The biggest part comes from power & industrial products (26%, such as elevators. power plant units, bullet trains, construction machineries), followed with information & telecom products (21%, such as HDD, server). Hitachi also possesses advanced technologies in ATM, finger vein authentication, IC, etc.

無可指摘

在BB會中校長報告HQ COSO Committee的審查報告時說我們部門是獲最好評價的部門,所提出的文件完全沒有給找出問題.

過去大半年為了這吹毛求疵的COSO compliance付出了不少時間心機兼且吐了不知多少桶血.加上一些有關校長的傳聞,在後期的日子要谷盡僅有的EQ才能夠以對事不對人的態度繼續配合.努力後換來"無可指摘"的評價,真的很開心 :)

因著耶穌基督的救恩將來在審判臺前可以無可指摘.一直覺得這應許很遙遠,亦想像不到那感覺會是怎樣的.今天也算是淺嘗到那份"看你可以挑剔甚麼~!"的自信滋味吧 :)

命運

究竟與命運對抗的人強一些,還是接受命運的人強呢?
這問題有時候會不其然浮現思潮中.

有人會覺得默然接受命運是弱者的表現,堅毅的人會和命運對抗到底.可是在我來看,無論是對抗或接受,總有其困難的地方,在不同的層面上也需要忍耐,堅持和努力,也需要一定的力度來保持立場.不同的處世態度也許會成就不一樣的生活方式,但不可以以強弱來作結論.

也有人覺得接受命運是消極的反應,與命運對抗才算積極面對人生.但真的是這樣嗎?不能接受現實以置不能安於現狀而不斷掙扎,如果抱著這種心態,實際上不就是十分消極麼?反之,若深信無論在怎樣的景況都會"船到橋頭自然直",自己也會努力地活,這生活態度不是很積極很正面嗎?

就像空手道和合氣道,前者主攻,後者主守.但稍微了解兩種武術,都知道合氣道的習武者本身並不比學空手道的人弱.又像太極,誰能夠斷言太極比其他的武術遜色?

不過到底甚麼是命運呢?又是否真的有命運這回事?
算了...這個哲學問題還是不要在這裡討論好了...

何で？

ひどいじゃない、わたしに当たる事ないでしょう？！
誕生日お祝いしてあげたいだけなのに、何でこうなるわけ？？

changes

It is interesting to notice the sudden change of one's perception, attitude, interest or likes & dislikes.

For food, usually the change happens when I tasted a very nice dish of that food. For example, tofu and fishball were far from the list of my favorite food. Actually these were food I didn't like. Until I had the grilled tofu in 加藤壽司 and the fishball soup in 新樂園. Now when mom makes tofu soup, I'll enjoy the tofu pieces. And when I'm tired and hungry, fishball soup is often the first food I will think of.

Crab is a special one. The change happened when I was in Sydney. Friends around me often say that I'm good at distinguishing nice and bad food. On one birthday, a group of friend treated me a big gourmet seafood dinner at the best Chinese restaurant in China Town. They specially ordered a mud crab dish. Be honetst, at that time I didn't like crab at all. But they thought that I must love prawns & crabs; and to students, it was an expensive dish. Not wanting to disappoint them, I pretended that I was so happy to have crab. But from that night, I started to love crab as it marks the moment I realized the love and friendship of these friends that I didn't expect.

Well, as "Man shall not live by bread alone.", such kind of sudden change does not happen to food alone too. The growing interest in international affair is a change that I'm aware of recently. Thanks to the Holyland trip again. Recently the care for Israel and Kenya has been slowly speading out to other places in the world. Being a supposedly mature adult in her 30's, actually I should have better common sense in political issues. There are a lot to catch up.

Saying "NO" to influence from childhood is another area of change I have just started and want to work harder on. The"good kid" label often implies trading off chances of exploring the self and one's own interests since the instructions and rules imposed by parents or guardians become the only way one would follow. For example, when a child cries but got neglected or even punished, that child might grew up being unable to express his/ her emotion in a healthy way as expressing, especially negative, emotions was something disapproved by the figures he/ she looked up to. One can of course blame those who have contributed to the hurt and continue to feel bitter and grief forever. But being an independant adult, one can choose to change and break such influence, especially if one is aware of the cause already.

I believe every individual got some kind of "chain from childhood", if I can so call it, as none of our parents or guadians were perfect. Let's get up and break the chains. Let's grow up and enjoy life more fully :)

應該有o的o野...

"若有人在基督裡,他就是新造的人,舊事已過,都變成新的了。
哥林多後書5:17

這是P2SS今天的金句,又是今集星火飛騰的金句.
這樣在一天之內出現兩次,應該有o的o野...

三年又三年...

終於!
哥哥多年前答應的生日禮物兌現了v(^^)v

哥哥愛錶,眼光也不錯,所以他買錶除了個人喜好還會從保值角度考慮.而我此等只講求實用價值的人所擁有的手錶當然被彈到一文不值!

我的愛錶,2003年購入時作價HK$180大元(bbc的會員優惠)至今未有跌價(當然指新品價)!錶面是香港製造萬人迷麥兜手揸一串香港普羅大眾民生及飲食文化的代表魚蛋.它與我風雨同路出生入死四洲十國以致傷痕累累.然而畢竟是鋼錶,遠看還是好好的 :)

不過近年也算聽了哥哥的意見吧,買了較正經的手錶在上班日子配戴(如果不是借L的員工半價優惠,我想還是不會買的..哈哈),也比以前"錫"錶.

哥哥多年來一直推介Explorer I,說很多日本女孩子都喜歡,又保值云云.但那真的不是我的那杯茶.
最後選上了這隻vintage Seamaster :)

以後上班錶又多一個選擇了.
謝謝哥哥♪♪