October 17, 2007

Puzzle Day

17th Oct 2007 Thursday 4.42pm


刚刚才把两个小孩送回家。他们昨天和今天与我们携手完成两个500片的Puzzle。四个人在一起砌图。那砌图是我在几年前,甚至还没有认识我老公之前就买了,其实很容易玩,也很好玩。终于因为小孩们假期,而我们也一直很想和他们spend time, 于是便叫他们过来玩了两天。看来似乎很浪费时间,而我内心其实也很挣扎,因为明知还有很多东西很多事情要处理,却似乎在陪小孩浪费时间。而我这个工作狂, 要不断提醒自己,陪他们是值得的。有谁能真正将自己的生命投资在他人的身上?这两天的时间,让我有些反思。我一直要决定:要陪他们,花时间与他们相处,因 为我爱他们。所以说“爱是要做决定的”。无论那个对象是谁,包括上帝、伴侣、孩子、教会、仇敌等等、爱始终是要做决定的。


















Quality or Quantity Time?
by Steve Arterburn

And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God. - Colossians 1:10


You’ve heard people say, “I don’t have much time to give my kids, but what I do give is quality time!”

What does that mean?

How can you predict the quality of “quality time?” What constitutes the distinction, “quality”

You can have the most well-planned, sure-fire occasion with your kids spoiled for any number of reasons; and then, on some other occasion, find that a mundane afternoon of errands provide the context for a wonderful time of bonding with them. Such is life.

Quality time can’t be manipulated. It doesn’t happen at your beck and call. Instead, quality time sneaks up on you while spending quantity time with your loved ones. The only way you can ensure quality time is to make sure there’s quantity time and plenty of it.


“The real measure of success is the number of experiments that can be crowded into 24 hours.” - Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

如果我要做妈妈,我真的要做全时间的妈妈!

September 18, 2007

只有感叹


婚姻
叫人感叹
叫人越来越了解原来,
上帝创造的男和女
是有如此的分别
这样的差异,要么让你窒息
要么让你感恩。
这就是圣经里头所说的“...你要恋慕你的丈夫,他却要管辖你”(新译本 创3:16b)
You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you.” (NET Bible Gen 3:16b)
哦人的罪啊!

June 19, 2007

democracy

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. ... The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: from Bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependence back into bondage." - Alexander Tyler, Scottish history professor at The University of Edinborough, The Fall of The Athenian Republic, 1787

May 30, 2007

30/3 星期五

今天轮到腓力生病了。但他似乎比我病得厉害。我则快要痊愈,他才开始病。喉咙痛、发烧、头痛……真可怜,原本拿假是要专心读书预备考试,怎至现在什么也做不了。

刚才中午十二点到篮球场射球。若用《两只老虎》的调子来唱……

“两个傻瓜,两个傻瓜,跑得慢,跑得慢;

一个有点头痛、一个全身都痛,

真奇怪,真奇怪。”


若不生病,也没有机会停下来。连续两个星期的事工,非常忙碌。当然。忙碌中心里也有压力。因为忙碌,没什么时间运动。然而,就在生病的时候,跑去运动,出出汗。
人真是奇怪,没到生病的时刻都不懂得珍惜健康。

但是,坦白说,这一次生病我不会觉得很不开心。因为,我珍惜这生病的时间,可以让自己好好休息。重新问问自己:我的脚步是否走得太快了?是否没有让上帝在期间慢慢带领自己呢?是否少了祷告?现在是否是时间安静下来,祷告,看看上帝的创造,背背经文,默想他的美妙呢?


既然腓力生病了,我是否要照顾他呢?

“废话!明知故问!”


看看我煮的粥!(这是我活了20多年第一次煮粥哦!)

April 16, 2007

把爱延伸出去

Below is an article i posted in year 2002.. sometime in year 2002. long time ago.. i nearly forgotten i posted such article.




今天我放工,从 Damansara 搭车到 Jalan Silang,已是晚上八点了。等转车之时,突然看见一个女人,一个很瘦,一定要用“瘦骨如柴,皮包骨”来形容的女人,大约155cm高,一眼望过去,就 让我直觉,她是个有病的人,走得很慢。一手抱着一个盒子,另一个手牵着两包纸带,慢慢地走到路边。我半关心、半八卦地走前几步,心想“她可能要过马路,也 许我可以帮帮她。”我边走过去,问她,“有没有什么我可以帮的吗?”她温柔地对我笑笑,说,“没有。”

后来我们谈天了。原来她等巴士回 家,刚放工。她很好心地提醒我注意扒手,很多抢钱包的事情发生。而且,没有人会帮你。她告诉我她曾经看见的案件。真的是没有人会伸手相助。更别说“拔刀相 助”了。连喊的人都没有。而且,这些扒手通常会抢华人的东西。我无奈,笑笑地说,“若当事人是自己,是很希望有人会帮忙的。”她却说,“免得惹麻烦,特别 我们这些女孩子。万一被人打,更加惨,还要别人帮自己。”

我听了后,很无奈。也很失望。
教会常常谈到有关伦理的课题,但这些很现实,很接近我们的事情却甚少人去关心。我没有真正遇过别人被抢劫的事情。但,我要先告诉自己:“不要这么冷漠,不要袖手旁观,一定要帮人,不要这么自私,就算被人打,上帝必会保守。他不会让我吃亏的。”

这个社会太冷漠了。若没有人“伸张正义”,坏人会越来越‘沙胆’,把你当透明。
难道我当为了免得热麻烦,而什么都不做吗?
我再次告诉自己:“不要做个自私的人。”
上帝给我们两大命令:爱神,爱人。
爱人,是舍命的爱人。
我渐渐忘了这个教训。最恐怖的是“一直以为”自己已经爱人如己。
其实,都是表面的。
只有在这种“不好”的情况里才知道自己心里其实有多少“两”爱心。

我还以为我可以帮她。怎知,她还教我提防坏人。
我内心很想告诉她:“耶稣爱你。如果遇到坏人,他会帮你的。”就如我相信:“稣哥不会让我被人打的。”
结果,我心里挣扎,不知该不该这么说,因我很想传福音给她。

结果,我就问她:“你有没有拜神呀?”她说她是个佛教徒。她又问会我,我就说:“我信耶稣的!”
然后,我又问:“你有没有常常念经?或是去佛堂?”她说:“做工较少去了。其实,我们拜什么都好的。”
我就回应她说:“但,耶稣爱我们每一个人!”她笑了。

后来,我要等的巴士来了。向她道别。她竟然还说:“改次再在这里见你啦!”我高兴地回答她:“有空去教堂坐坐啦!”她又笑了。

这一晚的经验,让我再次思考到,我们常常忘了我们身边的人。忘了把福音传给他们。
我们也忘了我们处在这个社会,就在这里的社会,是很需要爱的。
我们都太冷漠了。也许我们很热心,但只限于在教会里。
我们忘了把爱延伸出去。
就如三位一体的上帝把爱延伸出来。
这就是道成肉身。

让我们彼此提醒吧!

March 30, 2007

下半天

黄 昏时分,我的电话响了。我从书房的电脑桌上离开到客厅接电话。接了电话,原来是珊珊。没有戴眼镜的我,看见厨房的阳台有个影子,好像有人正在阳台吃东西。 我起初以为是腓力,但是看清楚后,怎知这个影子有很长的尾巴。啊!原来是两个影子!不可能使我的老公!我尖叫“老公!有猴子偷吃!”我顿时不只应该对电话 里的珊珊讲话还是对腓力讲话。我听见什么就回答什么。原来猴子正偷吃我们的“山东花生”!腓力把它们赶走后,发现原来他们也拆开了我们过年买的发菜!哦实 在糟糕!上帝的创造太美妙了!!

这是猴子偷吃的证据:

February 23, 2007

Proverbs 23

These are the verses i read again which i would love to share with you, my dear friends...
Proverbs 23:4-5
Don't weary yourself trying to get rich.
Why waste your time? For riches can disappear as though they had the wings of a bird!
Proverbs 23:29-34
Who has anguish? Who has sorrow? Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining? Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
It is the one who spends long hours in taverns, trying out new drinks.
Don't let the sparkel and smooth taste of wine deceive you.
For in the end it bites like a poisonous serpent; it stings like a viper.
You will see hallucinations, and you will say crazy things.
You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea, clinging to a swaying mast.
And you will say, "They hit me, but I didn't feel it. I didn't even know it when they beat me up. When will I wake up so I can have another drink?"
May you be blessed with these words from the Bible.