之前看過一則新聞，
說天氣持續寒冷，
一些公屋的瓷磚，
因為用料不佳，
突然剝落，
類似個案發生了多宗。
不要以為這只是公屋才會發生，
私人屋苑也有如斯情況。
也見識個這個場面。
新年時，
去中學同學瑩媽家拜年，
兼探望小瑩瑩，
她家住馬鞍山的x典x(姑諱其名，但其實是忘了）
屋苑樓齡不算太耐，又不是住很高層，
怎料低處也不勝寒。
據知她家中廚房的一幅磚牆，
某天晨曦初上時，忽然然一聲爆裂，
好些磚塊整塊剝落，而殘餘也搖搖欲墜，
找管理處，都只是說是溫差引致，
幸好無人在廚房。
那天到訪時，他們早已清理現場，
用封箱膠紙替磚牆包紮，
見到的，是牆身貼了一個又一個的大交加，
好像以前刮風時，
在玻璃窗上貼膠紙般。
不知就裏的，
還以為瑩媽，
身體力行教小瑩瑩，
什麼叫鑿壁偷光，
而後遺症就是滿目瘡痍。
2008年3月4日星期二
Discrepancy
The sermon, talking about Christian with discrepancy between his/her behaviour and thought, delivered last Sunday stirred me a lot. Coincidently I thought about this issue in recent weeks.
To a certain extent, I might be one of the guys mentioned above.
From the sociological view, people obey the law for different reasons and hence different levels.
The lowest level is people are afraid of punishment, such as fine, imprisonment, scolding from others etc.
For the normal level, it is because that is what the Law says.
The above people can't identify the right from wrong if there is no punishment/law exists
For the highest level, people have internalized and agreed with the value set behind. For instance, people won't drop litter coz they wholeheartedly want to keep Hong Kong clean rather than avoid the $1500 penalty.
There is a set of value in Christianity established long time ago. Maybe the modern values bombard the world and dilute what the moral standard set from the Lord, it is really a long process to shake people's intrinsic belief and internalized the traditional one.
In my innermost thoughts, I still not yet internalized all of them. Sometimes I would wonder, why this and that is wrong? Why people can’t do that?…B/S would say 'That is the Bible/God says'. But..in fact, to me, I am not satisfied with this explanation I thought there should be far more than that which i am not wise enough to reach.
Like a father feeds nutritious meal to his child. It might not tasty and the child eats it because that is what his father said. However, when he grows up, he will realize the reason behind which is for his good health.
The child is too small to understand what his father does. It seemed human are not wise enough to understand everything our heavenly Father done for us.
I believed,
blessed are the people who is simple and obedient to God
blessed also are the people who is curious and thirst for more about the God
To a certain extent, I might be one of the guys mentioned above.
From the sociological view, people obey the law for different reasons and hence different levels.
The lowest level is people are afraid of punishment, such as fine, imprisonment, scolding from others etc.
For the normal level, it is because that is what the Law says.
The above people can't identify the right from wrong if there is no punishment/law exists
For the highest level, people have internalized and agreed with the value set behind. For instance, people won't drop litter coz they wholeheartedly want to keep Hong Kong clean rather than avoid the $1500 penalty.
There is a set of value in Christianity established long time ago. Maybe the modern values bombard the world and dilute what the moral standard set from the Lord, it is really a long process to shake people's intrinsic belief and internalized the traditional one.
In my innermost thoughts, I still not yet internalized all of them. Sometimes I would wonder, why this and that is wrong? Why people can’t do that?…B/S would say 'That is the Bible/God says'. But..in fact, to me, I am not satisfied with this explanation I thought there should be far more than that which i am not wise enough to reach.
Like a father feeds nutritious meal to his child. It might not tasty and the child eats it because that is what his father said. However, when he grows up, he will realize the reason behind which is for his good health.
The child is too small to understand what his father does. It seemed human are not wise enough to understand everything our heavenly Father done for us.
I believed,
blessed are the people who is simple and obedient to God
blessed also are the people who is curious and thirst for more about the God
2008年3月2日星期日
2008年3月1日星期六
典型港女
約了行家朋友到銅鑼灣宵夜，
坐地鐵，竟然搭過籠，
於是，在灣仔搭一個站回頭車到銅鑼灣，
車廂中，抓著中間扶手，
有三個女子同抓著那扶手，
應是朋友來的。
女子A：「昨晚同佢傾電話，佢掛住打機，
無講拜拜就收線，
平時次次都會錫一啖嫁嘛。」
女子B：「咁你點？」
女子A：「我sd個sms比佢咯，佢即刻打返電話來，
為咗呢樣嘢，我地嘈咗一個鐘。」
嘩，眼都突了，當堂要瞄一瞄這女子什麼樣子，
看來是未夠三十歲、一臉斯文的女孩子
女子B：「比我就唔得了，
一定會發癲，點會仲sd sms，
會在電話裏罵。」
又偷望一下B，也是斯斯文文的，
普通港女一名。
女子C在這時幽幽地說，
「通常不講拜拜的是我。」
只是短短一個站的時間，
已暗暗感覺到這些港女，
都「騎住」男友。
聽得入神，險些忘了下車。
不知是否人長大了，
對這些無謂的執著，
覺得是浪費時間，
明明可以浪漫溫馨一小時，
卻換成口角。
何不為有意義的事執著？
可以是為真理堅持，
可以是向罪的引誘說不....
什麼也好，總之，不會是為一句「拜拜」。
坐地鐵，竟然搭過籠，
於是，在灣仔搭一個站回頭車到銅鑼灣，
車廂中，抓著中間扶手，
有三個女子同抓著那扶手，
應是朋友來的。
女子A：「昨晚同佢傾電話，佢掛住打機，
無講拜拜就收線，
平時次次都會錫一啖嫁嘛。」
女子B：「咁你點？」
女子A：「我sd個sms比佢咯，佢即刻打返電話來，
為咗呢樣嘢，我地嘈咗一個鐘。」
嘩，眼都突了，當堂要瞄一瞄這女子什麼樣子，
看來是未夠三十歲、一臉斯文的女孩子
女子B：「比我就唔得了，
一定會發癲，點會仲sd sms，
會在電話裏罵。」
又偷望一下B，也是斯斯文文的，
普通港女一名。
女子C在這時幽幽地說，
「通常不講拜拜的是我。」
只是短短一個站的時間，
已暗暗感覺到這些港女，
都「騎住」男友。
聽得入神，險些忘了下車。
不知是否人長大了，
對這些無謂的執著，
覺得是浪費時間，
明明可以浪漫溫馨一小時，
卻換成口角。
何不為有意義的事執著？
可以是為真理堅持，
可以是向罪的引誘說不....
什麼也好，總之，不會是為一句「拜拜」。
2008年2月28日星期四
2008年2月27日星期三
2008年2月25日星期一
Ahmalization
覺得自己愈來愈似亞媽。
今天竟然買了三條紅衫魚來煎，
是入伙以來首次煎魚吃。
以前亞媽煮餸，通常是一碟魚、一碟菜，
再加一條其他，如肉、菇、豆腐等
無肉不歡的我，最不喜歡吃魚，
其他如菇類、肥肉、醃菜、部份的菜類
通常都不會夾來吃，
雖然亞媽說吃魚有益有營養，
但總以味覺享受為先，
最多只是夾一點來虛應故事。
現在多是兩個人吃，
可以「胃所欲為」，
只揀喜歡吃來買或煮，
換言之，主要是肉的世界：
煎雞翼、煎豬排、排骨、腸仔…
菇類魚類這些健康食品，
出現的頻率非常少，
最多也是買一片甚少骨的魚來蒸。
逛街市時，想起這些亞媽以前常煮的營養餸菜，
又平又有益，自己卻求其「夾兩嘢」。
終於走去買了肥師奶提過想吃的紅衫魚，
買了草菇煮豆腐，平衡一下平時吃得過剩的脂肪，
開始明白為何亞媽明知我們不太吃的餸，
都是堅持要買，
未必最好吃，但想我們有均衡營養。
忽然想起，
英文字講的一個漸變過程，通常字尾是-ization
全球化是globalization
現代化是modernization
國際化是internalization
基督化是christianization
那麼，我應該是屬於亞媽化或師奶化
Ah-malization 或C-lization
今天竟然買了三條紅衫魚來煎，
是入伙以來首次煎魚吃。
以前亞媽煮餸，通常是一碟魚、一碟菜，
再加一條其他，如肉、菇、豆腐等
無肉不歡的我，最不喜歡吃魚，
其他如菇類、肥肉、醃菜、部份的菜類
通常都不會夾來吃，
雖然亞媽說吃魚有益有營養，
但總以味覺享受為先，
最多只是夾一點來虛應故事。
現在多是兩個人吃，
可以「胃所欲為」，
只揀喜歡吃來買或煮，
換言之，主要是肉的世界：
煎雞翼、煎豬排、排骨、腸仔…
菇類魚類這些健康食品，
出現的頻率非常少，
最多也是買一片甚少骨的魚來蒸。
逛街市時，想起這些亞媽以前常煮的營養餸菜，
又平又有益，自己卻求其「夾兩嘢」。
終於走去買了肥師奶提過想吃的紅衫魚，
買了草菇煮豆腐，平衡一下平時吃得過剩的脂肪，
開始明白為何亞媽明知我們不太吃的餸，
都是堅持要買，
未必最好吃，但想我們有均衡營養。
忽然想起，
英文字講的一個漸變過程，通常字尾是-ization
全球化是globalization
現代化是modernization
國際化是internalization
基督化是christianization
那麼，我應該是屬於亞媽化或師奶化
Ah-malization 或C-lization
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