simply complicated

honey said...

artist – is to make simple things sound complicated
scientist – is to turn complicated things to look simple

i just know that writing a scientific thesis is so complicated.

好感動啊！

今天牧者的訊息好感人。
以色列人，面對埃及士兵的攻撃，背對紅海，正是前無去路，後有追兵之際，
摩西便對他們說：

不要懼怕，只管站著，留心上帝的拯救。

我覺得好貼身，因為：

面對論文的死期日漸迫近，加上還有許許多多要完成，

我真的好驚！情緒嚴重失控！
不要懼怕

我真是好亂！只管不停地做！
只管站著

我安靜不下！什麼也看不見！
留心上帝的拯救

或許只有在安靜中，才能聽到神對摩西說：

往前走，下到海中

爭戰的是耶和華，他不會讓自己的名受辱，擔心什麼呢？

God himself or His gifts?

Quote from "Our Journey" on Jan 19, 2007:

"The lack of feeling does not always indicate that we are wrong. It may be that Christ would teach us to distinguish between love and the emotion of love, between joy and the rapture of joy, between peace and the sense of peace. Or perhaps He may desire to ascertain whether we cling to Him for Himself or for His gifts."

Have been praying for God's guidance and know how to write my thesis.
feel like "taking advantage of God" after reading this article.
well.. guess i should refocus on God Himself...

oh my thesis!

This is how my revised version looked like:



Thank God that my supervisor's writing is not as bad as this...
but sometimes, i really dunno how to make changes according to his comments =(



haha.. i hope i don't need to make "infinite" copies of my thesis



well well well.. my deadline is set.
I have to submit mine by the end of Feb...
counting down 40 days now.
40 days... a familiar number if u know the bible well.
need your prayer!
and also.. i won't be updating as often from now on....
if u don't see any new posts, that means, i need more of your prayer!

high standard 1

聽說，聖經的英文程度已由五十年前的中學程度降至小學程度。


I went to a church service on Christmas day.
The power point presentation was scary.
delay, wrong slide.
I thought it may be the first time they did "power point".
But nope, it wasn't.
It was because it was prepared in the very last minute and was not controlled properly by a professional.
Because of a "teen" who run away from the job.
either he forgot, or he just ditched them.


Although a group of guys do not have the voice of Il Divo, and I understand it's not a performance but to worship God, I was still horrified when they present a hymn.
I wonder... how much time did they spend on the practice?
I wonder... and I don't believe that there's no technician who knows how to control the microphone and volume so that no single voice will be over the others.
It sounded and looked like it's a single person's performance


I questioned.
How could that happen in such a big church, full of people with different talents.
Some replied that there's always mistakes.
Some said, it wasn't like that last year.
Some thought, the young teens are just not reliable.
Some even said, well, we should be understanding and embrace the fault with God's love, i.e. 用愛心互相包容


wow... 搬出神的愛，說得我像無愛心，只在挑別人的剌

怎麼神叫我們要「交付忠心可託付的人」時，我們有沒有好好去選擇和訓練？

我們對一些一年一度「敬拜神」的節目，又有幾重視？

像我爸爸說，是「柴娃娃」去完成？抑或用心去排練？

試問若果你是新來賓，每年只在那天上敎會，看見這些事發生，會用愛心包容嗎？

若果你是神，你會滿意嗎？甚至Okay?

我們口口聲聲說要將最好的獻給神，這就是最好了？

說要「竭力進到完全的地步」，我們是站在一個甚麼的位置？

既然神這麼愛我們，難度我們就求其交貨去回應神的愛？

我們作基督徒，標準和要求是這麼低嗎？

Seattle trip

The first stop of our trip is to see the Dead sea Scrolls exhibition @ Pacific Science Center.




Thanks to JP coz he's a very good tour guide.
I can understand what it means by 盡地主之宜。

After dinner, he took us to the new football field.



Which is called the Qwest Field.



Right beside it, there's softball field



then he took us to the Starbuck headquarter.



and u can c the big logo..



Standing on the Alki beach, you can see the entire view of downtown Seattle.
which is amazing!
too bad that my camera couldn't catch the view well =(



next day, as we took off from JP's home, we passed the longest float bridge in the world:



bye Seattle!



the main purpose of the trip was to visit my friend flying from australia.
but she came to Vancouver the day I wanna meet with her.
so, instead of having lunch @ Seattle, we had dim sum @ Vancouver instead.

Goodbye Missions Hour kids

A position that I've served for 4 years.
Now, I have to go because I am moving to a new church.
Wayne explained to the kids that we are leaving because of God's calling.

the kids were stunned.
the younger ones showed us a "what's happening" face.
the older ones started to miss us, hugged us, and asked us to come back for visit.
perhaps, all they can understand is, mandy and wayne are leaving us!

Karen prayed for us to "send us out".
She have the kids "touch" us to pray.
meaning a connection.
there were too many girls and i had to stretch out my hands for more girls.
they held my hands like they used to be.
they bounced up and down on me like they used to be.
they pulled my arm as hard as they could, like they used to be.

my tears dropped during the prayer.
watching the older ones, who used to be the little ones, can now take care of the younger ones
those who used to sit in me
those who used to hold my hands
those who needed my company all the time
those who needed me to carry them

happy feet

終於看了happy feet.
主角不能唱歌卻懂得跳hip-hop，因而引來同族的排擠。
最後因為它的特異工能，才拯救了全族。
這讓我想起聖經內去西羅亞池洗眼的瞎子。
縱然你天生異類,但神要在你身上彰顯祂的榮耀。

今日，神又可以在我身上彰顯祂的榮耀嗎？

did i make a difference?

I had a chance to talk to someone in my fellowship last saturday.
she still remembers i was the first person approached them when she first came!
and i guess it means a lot to her.
looking at some people in the fellowship, they have matured a lot.

God has taken care of my worries and shown me that i do have impacts on people's lives.
soon i'll leave this church and expand the kingdom of God.

I am honored and excited coz i can take part in His work.
I am still learning.. to be a faithful servant, to be a true Christ follower.

I like this song "God of Justice" when i first heard of it in this summer at the morning worship.
I am able to find the lyrics and mp3 from someone's blog

what moved me so is the lyrics:

stepping forward
keep us from just singing
move us into action
we must go

yes. i am going.
are u?

事奉的配搭

看見在枱上事奉人員對神的熱心

卻未能發揮自己的恩賜勉强事奉

當自己不懂如何事奉，卻又不敢／不去／不知可以問誰

大家在program過後竟然稱讚他們做得很好

可知團友的量度是大的，對他們的包容和安慰當然值得欣賞

但我們不是說要將最好的獻給主？

明知弟兄姊妹有不足，不是應幫忙訓練他們成為神合用的器皿嗎？

慶幸事奉人員也知道自己的缺欠，想方法去改善。

Kay's pregnancy

當傳媒得知謝安琪懷孕的消息，說什麼現在應該看開點，年青人肯負責任已經很好了。各方好友亦爭相恭賀。

我無資格評論，因為我也是個罪人。

「現代人」發現有了另一個生命，男方肯負責任，即是肯同你結婚，或者沒有去墮胎，便叫做「負責任」。

乜唔係應該先有做父母的條件，才能負上製造生命的責任咩？

事情發生了，我只可覺得可惜，保住另一條生命，便已經叫做沒有一錯再錯。

基督徒的standard，真是這樣低嗎？

我只在想，我們的信仰是一個"cheap faith"嗎？

我們不是要作基督的精兵嗎？

京都肉排 vs 鎮江排骨

今晚叫咗鎮江排骨食。
侍應生送上一碟餸叫京都肉排。
我呆望碟餸，媽媽已放了一塊進口。

我：我們不是叫鎮江排骨嗎？
媽：哎呀！
爸：你阿媽食緊了，不能換
我：鎮江排骨不是這樣吧？這個分明是肉排！
LL: 鎮江排骨是怎樣？
我：黑啲
媽：係囉，食咁黑唔好呀！

我：-_-'''

媽真是可愛。

An Inconvenient Truth

just watched this movie by Al Gore on DVD.
now, i am convinced that i can make a difference to the world.
at least, as a keeper on earth, i guess i have the responsibility to help lessen the global warming.
i encourage you to watch this movie.
and think abt what we've been done.

check this out:
http://www.climatecrisis.net/

i am also impressed by Al Gore's passion and effort on raising the environmental concerns around the world.
it's not a one-man effort.
it requires everyone to work on it!
i wish i have his passion and effort, to impact the world.

大笑

我笑得太勁會胃抽筋
honey笑得太勁會打思憶
睇他笑得幾耐：

i hope it won't happen to me...

hanging bridge?

isn't it cool???

so much like our water now

great use of SMS

潮水式行車

今早新聞提及昨日停電，要進行潮水式行車。

想起這個笑話：

touched the hearts of ...

so excited and touched.
how earnestly to know.
how eager to seek.
never expected from such a person.
afterall, we are all sinners.

i prayed for the chance.
so thankful.
i shared,
what everyone needs to know.
many ears to listen.
and i can see tears hidden in the eyes.

i am glad.
i didn't lose the passion.
i am glad.
i had the courage and seized the chance.
i am glad.
when was the last time i did the same thing?
i am glad.
i didn't forget what it is about.

i believe the power of His word.
i believe the work of the Holy Spirit.
touched the hearts, like touching mine and many others before.
looking forward to the answer - yes, i will follow you, Lord.