In My Language
The first 3:12 of the video may not make sense to you. That's the intent. Keep watching and you'll understand (hopefully).
Labels: Learning, Reflection
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
The first 3:12 of the video may not make sense to you. That's the intent. Keep watching and you'll understand (hopefully).
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Hello
Monday, February 26, 2007
The Future
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Funny Photos
Should I follow a mistake?
Built-in Air Bag.
Most people do not believe in height restriction.
Why don't they just listen to music at home?
Labels: On the light side
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Exam Madness
Thank you Cannis for sending me this (and many others).
I don't have an exam coming up, but I have a 20,000 words paper waiting for me.
I wish it is as easy as finding x, ha ha.
Labels: On the light side
Friday, February 23, 2007
After Jubilization
Recently blog posts regarding people's Jubilization experience are popping out from all over the places. I feel really grateful that our ministry has touched so many lives. Here are some of the testimonies that moved me deeply:Spiritual death is wat had happended to me for the past 8months or maybe longer...my spirital death was like cooking a frog in warm water. it kills gradually, kills u in a way that u wouldn't even know. But, it's too late once u know. [...] God used the last fri's AFC jubilization to speak to me face to face. [...] That night, i committed to God that my life would live&build on God's words alone. Since then, i regain my love and strenghts from the Holy spirit.
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作天晚上在唱歌時我不禁想起我的基督徒生命。 從少時: 他人的完全委身﹐相對於我的小信。走了那麼多路﹐在教會中多麼的失落和孤單﹐輕視了神那麼久﹐犯了那麼多罪﹐但今天神藉著使者[...]帶了我回來... 過去的飢餓像充充地﹐完完全全的填飽。[...]感謝AFC。我很感謝神使用 Alan, May, wayne 和一班同工﹐build up 他們﹐有這個異象去作青年門徒事工。
Link
Thank you for making this effort to show how much you guys love God. It motivates people like me who has forgotten why we believe God in the first place.
Link
Watch Jubilization on YouTube
Labels: Reflection, Worship
Thursday, February 22, 2007
How to attend service 52 weeks in a row
On this date last year, I was not a member of a church and I rarely attended any church services. On February 26, 2006 I set a personal goal for myself to attend church for an entire year without missing a single week. This coming Sunday, will make it 52 weeks in a row that I attended church without skipping even once. I will give you tips on how to find a church, and how I to find the motivation to attend every week for an entire year.
阿中 introduced me to this article. It is actually an interesting read. 2 things I'd like to point out:
1. One facet that the article didn't really address is the spiritual side of spirituality. Being a good Christian is not really achieved by our labour but the grace of God. The role of the Holy Spirit should not be omitted in our pursuit of personal piety. Afterall, going to church uninterupted is not the ultimate goal, but to be like Christ is.
2. If you are patient enough to read all the Responses at the end of the article, you will find amazing hostility towards the Christian religion being displayed, and stupid (sorry for the choice of word) responses made by some Christians toward this hostility. Postmodern apologetics (itself being an oxymoron) is an important topic that Christians today should really learn about.
Any how, this will be helpful to those struggling to attend church services.
Labels: Reflection
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Who Will Change The World?
You hoped this day was coming.
Eventually, someone was going to step up and actually start doing something about the state of the world. You might have thought it would be a president - a senator, maybe - who would stand, point out at the future, and raise the alarm. Instead, it is business, and more specifically a certain strain of imaginative, entrepreneurial business, that has found the upside in addressing global malfunction.
Fast Company Annual Fast 50 2007
Business 3.0
Labels: Reflection
Monday, February 19, 2007
神的心意
昨天在霹啪959扮精神大師講流年運程，目的不過叫人明白《丈八護身，莫若明哲》。今日在明報，讀到馬家輝解讀劉皇發為香港求簽的文章，深有同感。
對於命運，重點不在於預測，不在於知道其可能的發展，而在於估其各種可能之後，到底如何抉擇。你到底要看到「過涉滅頂，凶」而就此打住腳步，還是只要把「無咎」收進眼底，繼續就自己畢生的信念與堅持而走下去呢？不論你的估算有沒有借助天意，最後的決定，還是在你自己手裏。
基督徒又有幾多時將神的心意當成問卜？又有幾多時有《即或不然》的氣魄？
閱讀全文
Labels: News, Reflection
This is brilliant
"We want to use a market-based system to give businesses incentives," he says. Last fall, Schwarzenegger championed historic legislation that's expected to have an impact worldwide. Starting in January, the California Global Warming Solutions Act goes further than any previous law, mandating a reduction of CO2 emissions by 25% to 1990 levels. Companies that reduce the greenhouse gas below the state limit could sell carbon credits to those that can't, or won't.
Perfect example of how government can creatively encourage business to take part in changing the world in a win-win-win situation.
Link
Labels: Reflection
Sunday, February 18, 2007
春聯
Saturday, February 17, 2007
無間佈道
估唔到《點解要屬靈》咁收得，引來不少回響。
既然係咁，整多劑由原裝梁朝偉，黃秋生和劉華主演的《無間佈道》俾大家歎下。
唔係自家出品，但證明這世界有好多好creative的基督徒！
有前途啊！
既然係咁，整多劑由原裝梁朝偉，黃秋生和劉華主演的《無間佈道》俾大家歎下。
唔係自家出品，但證明這世界有好多好creative的基督徒！
有前途啊！
Labels: Interesting, On the light side, Reflection
Friday, February 16, 2007
令小朋友懊惱的邏輯問題
原來像我這樣的老竇不只一個。治治放學，一臉微笑，興高采烈告訴我：「（校巴）姨姨話呢，如果我地邊個乖仔，就請我地食糖呀！」
爸：「咁你話佢知，我好乖仔，我唔食糖架。」
治治臉色一沉，小嘴一扁，然後哭起來……
原文
Labels: Interesting, On the light side
Thursday, February 15, 2007
明知會輸，點解要選？
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
National Campus Challenge '95 Declaration of Commitment
As Gabriel is blogging my installation service, this ancient document is being remembered again. What is said in this declaration is still important, not only to me, but to subsequent generations of students as well. Thus it is posted here lest it be forgotten.
National Campus Challenge '95 Declaration of Commitment
1. Statement of Purpose
a. The purpose of this declaration is to set out what we, the undersigned, commonly agree to be our identity, our vision and our mission in response to National Campus Challenge '95.
b. It is our intention that this declaration be used both by us and subsequent fellow Christians as a frame of reference for present and future campus evangelical involvement.
c. We acknowledge our personal and corporate commitment to serve in our roles as submitted under this declaration.
2. Our Identity
a. We are Christians primarily of Chinese descent who are committed to be Christ's witnesses in Canadian institutions of higher learning. We have adopted the Lausanne Covenant as the common basis of our confession of faith. We are obedient to Christ's Great Commission. We are a part of the world wide evangelical student movement.
b. We are a special arm of the local churches in the campus community in which we work and live. We affirm the church as our spiritual home and the campus as our mission field.
3. Our Vision
a. That every Christian student will become a vital part of the Body of Christ: by being a faithful member of a local church and by maintaining a network of educated Christians to respond to challenges posed by the rapidly changing world.
b. That every Christian student will become Christ's ambassador: from experience of personal evangelism on campus, to appreciation of the universal need for the gospel through encountering students of diverse backgrounds, to zeal for mission, both locally and abroad.
c. That every Christian student will be light and salt in society: through upholding social justice, exercising compassion to the underprivileged, and contending for Christian values in our present generation.
4. Our Mission
a. To establish a visible and attractive Christian community on each campus for mutual Christian support and corporate witness of Christ's presence.
b. To communicate Christ's message of reconciliation as we seek to become His ambassadors on campus by proclaiming His gospel to Chinese and fellow students of other cultures and nationalities. Encourage those who have heard the gospel to make a commitment to be His disciples.
c. To integrate Christians into the local churches for comprehensive discipleship, fellowship, service and worship.
We affirm, before God and fellow Christians, by the act of signing, our commitment to carry out our mission faithfully.
Labels: Reflection
真正的功夫足球
中國奧運足球隊訪問歐洲，踢了3場友誼賽，竟然3場都大打出手，有2場更腰斬收場，簡直匪夷所思。偶遇講波元老何鑑江，問算不算是國家隊的世界紀錄？他苦笑點頭，真是情何以堪！
新浪網的調查竟然有過四成的人，認為中國隊「在外受欺負，應還擊」，彷彿殘留著義和團的情結和少林足球的氣慨，輸了足球也可贏了功夫，在綠茵場上演自衛還擊戰，一洗鴉片戰爭的百年屈辱。
原文
Labels: News, Reflection
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Jubilization
還有一小時多便是今次最後一場的Jubilization。第一次一連做三場，當中有興奮，有低落，也有緊張。正如alolos所講，今次同以前，真的有些不同。
是不是人不同了？這是第一次由新的staff team和Jubilant 2.0 run的Jubilization。這兩晚完了去消夜，坐在一起的，再不是以往熟識的人。這是新的開始。
神聖靈的工作仍然強勁。以前流過的河，縱使乾涸，仍可再重頭再湧流活水。神能叫枯骨復活。
不捨得完。
是不是人不同了？這是第一次由新的staff team和Jubilant 2.0 run的Jubilization。這兩晚完了去消夜，坐在一起的，再不是以往熟識的人。這是新的開始。
神聖靈的工作仍然強勁。以前流過的河，縱使乾涸，仍可再重頭再湧流活水。神能叫枯骨復活。
不捨得完。
Labels: Reflection
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Web 2.0
The following is a video that introduces Web 2.0 in a very Web 2.0 way.
Those who get this video get it.
Those who don't understand this video, sorry. You have a lot to catch up.
YouTube
Those who get this video get it.
Those who don't understand this video, sorry. You have a lot to catch up.
YouTube
Labels: Interesting, Recommend
Friday, February 09, 2007
打工... 陸續有來
The following is a simple illustration on why Donald Tsang's slogan is sending the wrong message:
我以前返廣告公司, 老闆擲份file係我檯面叫我幾多幾多點前做好份proposal, 我會講"I'll get the job done." 當年攞架壞車去車房整, 個技工會講"I'll get the job done." 或者一個阿媽叫屋企菲傭買餸煮飯洗衫湊BB, 會講"I'll get the job done."
舉個例, 當年唱片公司簽我俾機會我出碟, 我絕對唔會講"I'll get the job done." 有人俾一個我好渴望既機會或者工作, 我一定唔會講"I'll get the job done", 因為我有謝意同誠意要去表達....
Then we have a sarcastic script for a TV spot:
長城嘉裕關一位將軍，迎風而立，然後對著鏡頭說：我會做好呢份工！
MI湯告魯斯從天花吊下來，四肢張開避免觸及地面，然後對著鏡頭說：我會做好呢份工！
發哥戴上黃金甲，盤膝而坐，進行寒冰治療，腳下冒煙，閉目養神，然後對著鏡頭說：我會做好呢份工！
旺角街頭，古惑仔剛避開對方一刀，然後對著鏡頭說：我會做好呢份工！
斷背山上，牛仔策騎而至，然後對著鏡頭說：我會做好呢份工！
藝伎小百合衣衫不整，被不明男人壓著，表情痛苦，然後對著鏡頭說：我會做好呢份工！
And worries about this slogan:
我真係好驚呢句slogan會變左大家既口頭禪, 再慢慢又口頭禪變做座右銘, 再由座右銘變為香港人處世之道....
如果每個香港人都只係當佢做緊既任何野係一份"工", 一壇"job", 做完就算, 做又三十六唔做又三十六, 永遠只係以"夠交功課"為目標, 只係settle for good enough and not go for the extra mile...... 香港會變成咩地方呢?
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Labels: Discontent, On the light side, Reflection
Thursday, February 08, 2007
搞教會
前天的就職禮，今日在預備的週會，都在提醒我作為一個傳道人的使命。我的目標是甚麼？
以上的文字來自我的其中一位老細，我為此感恩。我經常要提醒自己，不是要更高更多更大，只是要神的榮耀國度更興旺。這不是我的國，不是使者的國，是主的國。祂必興旺，我必衰微。
這是我為就職禮挑選的回應詩，是我的心聲。
原文
人人都知道牧師﹐傳道人是在教會工作。但我們做的﹐我們忙的﹐是否就是為了“搞教會”﹖換句話說﹐我們是否為了要有教會而作教會工作﹖
以前人喜歡尊稱傳道人為“神職人員”。既稱為“神職人員”﹐顧名思義﹐就是要擔任神在世上的工作。我們試想想﹐今天神在這世界要做的﹐是否就是建立一間一間宏偉漂亮的禮拜堂﹖我們作為牧師傳道人﹐我們的工作是否就是“辦教會”﹖
以上的文字來自我的其中一位老細，我為此感恩。我經常要提醒自己，不是要更高更多更大，只是要神的榮耀國度更興旺。這不是我的國，不是使者的國，是主的國。祂必興旺，我必衰微。
這是我為就職禮挑選的回應詩，是我的心聲。
Enough
Greg Fergusan
What You give me is enough
I'm empty now but nothing is beyond You
You feed thousands easily
And You'll move mountains if I believe
Oh, You'll move mountains if I believe
How You made me is enough
There's no point in being a pretender
To play the role of someone else
It's enough just to be myself
Oh, you invite me to be myself
My best is all You ask of me
I don't need more than You provide for me
I'll do the best I can with what I have
And what I have will be enough for me
How You use me is enough
I Don't need a greater reputation
I will harvest gratefully
The plot of land You gave to me
Oh, the plot of land You gave to me
My best is all You ask of me
I don't need more than You provide for me
I'll do the best I can with what I have
And what I have will be enough for me
What You give me is enough
Copyright 2002 Ever devoted Music
原文
Labels: Reflection
主的路只有一條
Are you ready to be poured out as an offering? It is an act of your will, not your emotions. Tell God you are ready to be offered as a sacrifice for Him. Then accept the consequences as they come, without any complaints, in spite of what God may send your way.
-"My Utmost for His Highest", Oswald Chambers, Feb 6
如今，誠然如你所想地，
實在需要片刻的沉思和安靜；
因為，在前面的路途上還有更多的坎坷和不平，
更多的荊棘，困苦，和泥濘。
是的，當黎明快要來臨的時候，
人世間便越顯得黝黑，艱難，幽暗；
但是，你卻這樣地說過：
是自己的手甘心放下世上的享受；
是自己的腳甘心到苦難的道路上來奔走！』
「選中」這條不自由的道路並非出於無奈，相反地
卻正是大膽地使用了自己的「自由」！
所以，
寧肯叫淚水一行行地向內心湧流，
遙望著各各他的山頂，就是至死__
也絕不退後！
-《獻給無名的傳道者》，邊雲波
AFC Good Read 好讀部落
Labels: Reflection
Monday, February 05, 2007
路走得寬闊，人顯得從容。
Sunday, February 04, 2007
死亡
寫死亡的文章很多，這篇很感人。
有點長，但不忍剪走任何一段。請耐心看完。
來自全中國最多人看的網誌
有點長，但不忍剪走任何一段。請耐心看完。
终于，2007年1月25日，奶奶走过了自己将近94年的人生，拖着已经疲倦到底的身体永远的睡去，我用手、脸温暖着她的身体，但是，仍然渐渐冷却。肉身的无力，此时此刻，被验证到了极致。难过，已经不能形容我的心情，所有的安慰也都无力。每个人都要经历的事情，终于，实实在在的经历了起来，有种沉入湖底的窒息。
这个世界上陪伴了我最长时间的人，永远的睡去了，打通那个熟悉的电话，再也听不到她清脆的声音，那个我从小生长的房间也不会再见到她的身影。她安静的睡在那里，她的皮肤仍然只有浅浅的几道皱纹，白皙，干净。
我的眼睛很低很低，不敢抬头看上去，那如浪涌一般的绞痛空洞而具体。我的世界，从未有过的塌陷。
其实，所有的结果中，这是最好的一种了，奶奶住院前的那段日子，一直是爱笑的，比平时笑的还多，跟她已经离婚了半个多世纪的，曾经最亲密的人通电话的时候，也咯咯的笑出声来，在她住院的那段时间，所有的家人都在她的身边，我说，你看，奶奶，我们都对你可好了。奶奶笑：是的，也包括你。
而现在，回想起之前的种种，不能说是没有遗憾的，如果，我可以再多去看看她，多和她说说话，如果，我可以说服她住到我的身边，如果，如果，如果。我一直觉得自己过去的生活没有遗憾，现在，真正的遗憾，发生在最爱的人身上。或许，这也不能叫做遗憾，有一种关爱，多少，都是太少，多多，也都是不够。不到离开的时候，我们永远也不会知道。
*****
1月27日，遗体告别的日子，这一天，火化，我和妈妈抱着她的遗像和骨灰回到了她住了三十几年的地方。一进门那个熟悉的门，条件反射似的差点脱口而出：奶奶，我回来了。
是的，奶奶，你回来了。
在火化炉旁边，看到了我人生经历中最残酷的一幕，骨灰，从火化炉里出来。那并不是传说中的粉末状，而是白色的，还看似人形的块状，第一眼望上去，本能的退后两步，想躲到门外去，但还是停住了。上前，紧紧盯了两分钟之后，忽然，忽然，忽然，难过仿佛具体的散去，如弥漫在胸中的一种发酥的气体正在经过皮肤，毛孔，脑子，一点一点，消散，因为，看着，看着，我看到了自己，在那一刻，躺在铁盒中的那些物质，不是谁，我肯定自己看到的，是，我自己。当你觉得看到了未来的自己真真切切的出现在眼前的时候，我以为，是恐惧，是遗憾，谁知道，其实，竟是一种从未有过的类似幸福感，和归属感的东西。
在那一刻，我知道，今后的日子，将不再有难过，而，只有想念，永远的，具体的，想念。
奶奶终于又回到了家里，就像她前几天所希望的那样，和她看着我生长的空气融为一体，那些她哄我睡觉，背者我“摇煤球”，给我做好吃的湖南饭和她并不谙熟的大饺子的时光，而我也从未向那些时光告别，即使睁着眼睛，音容笑貌也历历在目，栩栩如生，甚至还清晰的感觉到她手上的温度。我毫不怀疑，时间会停留在那些她快乐的日子，奶奶会一直幸福的，幸福得像个孩子一样咯咯的笑出声来。我也永远会在她的身边，过不了多久，我们还是会再见面，我还会拉着她的手，摸着她像婴儿一样娇嫩的脸，穿漂亮的花衣服给她看，告诉她因为有她永远的陪伴，我的人生从不会、永不会，感到寂寞。
有的人，永远也不会离开，过去，现在，未来，我们永远在一起。
來自全中國最多人看的網誌
Labels: Recommend, Reflection
Saturday, February 03, 2007
白痴IQ題
在阿Ca的blog看到的，幾得架！猜不到，就過去她的blog看答案罷！巴斯光年殺左條龍之後變左咩？
咩植物識溜冰？
皇后似咩？
讀完中五讀乜？
食乜野昆蟲會瘦？
用身體上邊樣野可以修飾雙手？
豬肉榮賣豬肉，菠菜蓮賣菠菜；咁衛蘭賣咩？
這令我想到最近聽到的另一個IQ題：
朱太教整豬肉包，蔡太教菜肉包，那誰教叉燒包？
明日開估。
Labels: On the light side
Friday, February 02, 2007
Revival Prayer Meeting
The Revival Prayer Meeting has started a couple weeks and we are having a handful of people praying together each time. We are using a simplified Anglican liturgy as our structure. It is not emotional, but solid and grounded.
Hope that more people can join us praying for the revival of churches in Vancouver, Canada and the world.
The Revival Prayer Meeting is held every Saturday at 9:00am-10:00am at I.D.zone at AFC (Unit 2110-8888 Odlin Crescent, Richmond, BC)
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Hope that more people can join us praying for the revival of churches in Vancouver, Canada and the world.
The Revival Prayer Meeting is held every Saturday at 9:00am-10:00am at I.D.zone at AFC (Unit 2110-8888 Odlin Crescent, Richmond, BC)
點解溫哥華無？
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打工皇帝？
曾特首的競選口號"I'll Get The Job Done"，中文居然譯作「我要做好呢份工」，真係唔知邊個同佢有仇，咁大整蠱。
兩年前特首「選舉」，曾蔭權在報名表職業一欄，填上「政治家」三個大字，惹來好事之徒的揶揄和攻擊，搞得他灰頭土臉，尷尬異常。今回參選真的學精了，把40年前第一份政府工的意向拿出來，「我要做好呢份工」，層次由高在雲端的「政治家」，打落凡間變為「打工仔」。怪不得曾先生對梁家傑的願景遠景嗤之以鼻，打份工，只需要把手頭的工作做好，得到老闆賞識，升職加薪就夠了，還需要什麼勞什子的願景遠景？
我孤陋寡聞，從來沒聽過一個行政首長的職務，只當一份工來打。曾先生「我要做好呢份工」的競選口號，充滿「一國兩制」的香港特色，是曾班子的發明創造，政治學者，完全可以作為經典個案的研究材料。
政治家要看下一代，政客只看下一任，打份工，眼睛盯著的，只是一份工。這個水平與香港人的平均要求極為接近，我們長官的層次，仍停留40年前的水平。算了吧，別要求太高，大家都是打份工而已。
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Labels: Discontent, News
Thursday, February 01, 2007
龍應台的香港筆記
最近在斷續的看這本書。第一次認識龍應台的名字是在讀大學的時候，一位對中國歷史和文化很有興趣的弟兄介紹我看她的書。當然，那時還未有這樣的深度去對龍應台發生興趣。
十年之後，在明報世紀版讀到龍應台寫globalization。精彩。從此著迷。
我佩服她的學識淵博，思想精密，見解精辟。才到香港不過幾年，但對香港的問題的見解已比許多香港的所謂精英與名咀透徹得多。讀這樣的書，是快事。
深盼一天，我也能有這樣深的思想功力。
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- 正如林一峰話齋，閱讀，也是一種 state of mind。
- 所以不限文字，還有聲音影像一切雜崩能東西，都在涉獵反思消化乾坤大挪移之列。
- 看重的只有一個字：Insight
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