顛倒的工作時間

前陣子pass了code inspection﹐現在終於可以去lab做system testing。只是這個月lab 的時間表都排得密密的﹐而且正常的時間都被system engineer預先定下了﹐所以分配給我們group的lab time不是清早6時開始的就是深夜時分。這個月我的工作時間看來都可能經常要日夜顛倒了 T.T

希望可以有足夠的精神應付吧~

好靚靚的毛巾 ^ ^

包得好靚~ 好似蛋糕咁 比我就一定唔捨得用lu >3<

My 1st workout in gym in years > <

it's not even the next day yet and i am already feeling sore all over my body

it was intense but i didn't expect it to be this bad =.=

食魚痾油﹖﹗

最近香港報導揭發百佳超級市場以油魚當鱈魚賣的事件﹐不少顧客食後肚瀉﹐不停的排泄出橙色的油。原來這種「油魚」含有人類腸胃不能分解和吸收的脂肪﹐所以就會直接排出﹐導致部份人食後「痾油」

受害者大部份都說百佳無良﹐以這種毒魚冒充鱈魚﹐又張貼告示聲稱這種魚「含有天然魚油」﹐簡直是誤導市民。而事實上日本早已禁售這種魚﹐只是百佳仍然罔顧市民的安全罷了。

話說回來﹐記得以前老豆幾年前也試過食過鱈魚後有同一症狀﹐似乎那鱈魚應該都是冒牌貨了。

damn payroll problem

i went to the bank to check my balance on my account and found out the deposit of my paycheck for the latest pay period was $800 short =.= but when i checked online, the amount that was supposed to be sent out was correct, so that meant the payroll department screwed up and deposited the wrong amount > <

so i called the payroll department and the guy said a payroll specialist would handle the case and call me back tomorrow (sigh)... hopefully it will soon be sorted out and i'll get my due paycheck in full amount!

yet another lesson...

last night's BS and today's sermon can be kind of tied to each other, i think...

i need to learn to not reject His calling, not waste the life and the gifts He's given me, and to let myself be used by God, no matter how ordinary and mediocre i am

when i was first contacted and asked if i could join the fellowship core group, i didn't think i either had the gift or the heart to do it, but i decided to give it a try, though i still had some reservations about it

now i feel it is really God's will for me to be involved in this, as an opportunity for me to grow spiritually and learn how to serve Him. i am really thankful that i accepted to serve in the core, otherwise i would still let myself be a half-hearted Christian, waiting for another slip-up or excuse to leave Him again... but now i've pushed myself to seek Him more, because i feel more responsible to be a good witness for Him now that i'm a servant here.

i know that, just by my own abilities, it's absolutely impossible to do a good job of serving Him, so i will have to draw strength from Him through prayers and seek wisdom from Him through the Scriptures

another lesson

well i consider myself to be a cautious driver, except when i park or "un-park" my car... last night i got into another accident again > < when i arrived at the church i didn't park my car properly, and that made it extra difficult to move my car out when i was leaving, plus i was quite sleepy at that time, so as i slowly backed my car, it hit Karen's car which parked next to mine... she told me today that she'd go fix it and would give me the bill once it's done... hopefully that won't be too hefty T.T

i guess this accident has taught me to be extra careful when i park and back my car

and i'll have to save up some $$ to be ready for the bill...

but i guess this is a blessing in disguise, as now i can finally force myself to be on diet =P

好型呀﹐ 但好貴 > <

白銀聖鬥士的天琴座奧路菲 (Silver Saint -- Lyra Orphee)
傳說中最強的白銀聖鬥士﹐擁有比十二黃金聖鬥士更強的實力﹐不過這角色的悲劇色彩極重﹐為了死去的妻子自行闖進冥界﹐最後更壯烈犧牲收場。他實在太帥了﹗﹗
自冥王系列的OVA推出之後﹐BANDAI就推出聖衣傳說的action figure。本來我亦頗有興趣的﹐尤其是這位帥哥奧路菲(當然還有另一位帥哥﹐我極愛的處女座黃金聖鬥士--沙加)。但實在太貴了﹐網上看過最平的也要$45(美元哦﹗)。我又已計劃買任天堂的Wii﹐所以不能再花錢去買這個了 > < 遺憾啊~

problem w/ my new comp T.T

There appear to be some problems with the new workstation I just got on Monday...

the keyboard sometimes do not respond at all, and I had to unplug the cable and replug it back in every time I encounter that problem > < the tech guy told me there were some problems with the drivers and he would probably install some patches on my system by the end of the week...

hopefully that'll take care of the problem...

i was actually soooooo happy to get that new machine until that keyboard went MIA on me > <

寒流

天氣突然的轉冷﹐現在終於像個冬天的樣子了。今天下班出來﹐走往停車位時﹐吹來的風真是冷得厲害﹐幸好今早看天氣預報﹐早有準備﹐否則可能又要小病一場~

天氣冷﹐但只怕人心更冷。最近足球的超級巨星David Beckham 決定在今年7月約滿後離開西班牙班霸皇家馬德里﹐並已與美國Major League Soccer的LA Galaxy簽下5年2億5千萬美元的巨額合約﹐平均每星期將賺100萬美元﹐不過消息公開後﹐就即被皇馬雪藏﹐領隊亦宣稱以後不會再讓Beckham上陣﹐反臉反得真快。其實對於萬人迷Beckham來說﹐加盟LA也是無可厚非。巨額薪酬當然吸引﹐而美國足球水平不高﹐可以說是輕而易舉就賺一大筆﹐還有他妻子Victoria也應該很高興來到荷里活﹐有望重振歌唱事業﹐而且他在皇馬付出了不少努力﹐表現也尚算可以﹐但今年卡比路執教鞭之後就一直屈居後備﹐Becks心灰意冷之下﹐離隊也屬正常。現在皇馬官方立即反臉﹐未免太小家子氣了﹐也令人感到心寒。但相信球迷都會appreciate Beckham在皇馬數年來付出的努力的﹐即使他表現只能差強人意。

wahahahahahaha new computer in my cubicle!

Surprise! When I stepped into my cubicle this morning, the first things that came into sight was a brand new Sun Ray 2FS, a brand new Dell flat screen monitor, brand new keyboard and a brand new mouse! The ancient HP unix machine was gone~ yay! First reaction I had: Thank God! :D

When I first came into the company I was given the option of using either the older HP unix machines or the newer (only relatively... ) Sun machines. The HP machines were basically garbage but choosing them would give me a better chance of getting a brand new machine later, probably after half a year or so. Knowing that, I decided to choose the ancient HP desktop. I waited for half a year, but there was still no plan of an upgrade for me. Then I had to suffer with that trashy machine until today. A brand new machine today finally appeared! Hooray! Yay! woo-hoo! I was just ecstatic! And I almost bursted into laughs as I compiled my program on the new machine, because it was 10x faster, or maybe even more!

Children of Men

Clive Owen has really become one of my favorite actors, since I first discovered him in the movie Closer, as Julia Roberts' character's seemingly cool, calculating husband. Then in Inside Man, he again gave a brilliant performance as a smart, calm and cool-demeanored bank robber on a mission.

In the new movie Children of Men, his character is actually quite atypical comparing to his previous works, yet he handled his role very well. His character, Theo, was once a political activist in a world where all human beings had suffered infertility, but became lethargic after his son died. His son's death also led to an eventual fallout between him and his wife Julian, who was also an activist. Since then, he has just been living a loser's life, drinking and smoking, and does not care about anything about the world.

While everyone in the world is mourning over the death of the youngest person on earth, an 18-year-old young man, Theo does not seem to care at all. Then a woman, who has become miraculously pregnant, changes his life. He agrees to escort her to a group called Human Project, where she and her baby will be safe and receive good care. But the activist group he once belonged to want the pregnant woman for themselves to use as a hostage to achieve their political cause, so Theo has to protect her from every kind of danger through the journey.

Clive Owen really did a great job in his role, as a man who struggles with the reality of having lost his son and then his wife (killed by the activist group early in the movie), but somehow finds the strength to go on to protect the hope of saving humanity from extinction. Cinematography is also excellent, with the camera following the movement of our characters, making the actions seem more realistic and lively. The frantic pace also makes the movie even more effective as a thriller. To sum it all up, this thought-provoking thriller (sounds like a paradox haha) about hope in humanity really is one of the greatest films I've seen during the past year. It's definitely worth seeing!

Little Arabelle~

剛與家姐在電話談了一會﹐現在BB已開始牙牙學語了﹐常常發出一些聲音模仿她爹地媽咪說話﹐實在太kawaii了~ 而且BB自己也開始發展出自己特定的BB語了(哈)﹐例如如果感到不滿就會發出某兩個syllable﹐另外她又已懂得向媽咪爹地say "Hi"﹐真是個聰明的小女孩哦(她還只是3個月大啊)﹗

也發覺家姐越來越成熟了﹐做了媽咪的確令她有很大的改變呢。我和家姐的maturity level的距離又更遠了...

徵兵實屬抱薪救火之舉

布薯終於提出增兵計劃﹐當然他是希望在任期完結前至少穩定伊拉克的局勢﹐讓美國人民對共和黨恢復信心。不過人民已因不斷增加的死傷數字而厭戰﹐此舉自然不會得到支持。但布薯應該會一意孤行﹐所以只能希望已被民主黨操控的國會想辦法作出制裁﹐不讓布薯得逞。

事實上﹐美軍根本正在打一場沒可能戰勝的仗﹐比當年越戰的勝算更渺茫。越戰時美軍起碼也有戰鬥的目標(越共)﹐但現在美軍於伊拉克打的是誰﹖根本就沒有敵軍。有的只是隱藏在平民當中的亂黨﹐乘美軍部隊落單時(尤其是趁小數部隊運輸物資途中) 實行突襲﹐根本是防不勝防。輸送是必須要做的﹐但當然又不能每次輸送物資都勞師動眾的派一大支軍隊護送﹐這是費時失事。要增兵守衛更多的地方來痲痺亂黨的活動嗎﹖但要多少兵才可以令美軍遍布整個伊拉克﹐來達到痲痺亂黨的目標呢﹖若不能達到這目標﹐增兵也是毫無意義﹐美軍照樣會在落單的時候被偷襲﹐這樣只等於叫更多的年青人去送死。試問美國人怎能夠支持布薯增兵呢﹖

布薯當然不會退兵﹐現在放棄伊拉克的話﹐伊拉克的局勢只會更亂﹐隨時會爆發內戰﹐到時他不但會成為美國的千古罪人﹐更是伊拉克的千古罪人﹐所以他寧願放手一博﹐抱著一絲渺茫的希望﹐只要美軍能穩定當地局勢﹐就能替他挽回失去的名聲。我實在不希望他得逞﹐因為我真的不想有更多的人被推去送死。現在我倒有點後悔入了美國國籍了... 真的有點擔心

Bowling Day~ ^o^

今日fellowship眾人浩浩蕩蕩的去bowling~

很高興今次大家踴躍的參與﹐之前還擔心沒有太多人肯參加﹐不過結果都竟然有22人到場﹐本当にうれしかった！！

也感謝新任團長的安排﹐book lanes, ride arrangement, etc... 有些其實都應該是我這個新丁的職責哦﹐不過他都替我take care好﹐實在感謝~

更感謝神讓大家都有很愉快的一日﹐即使並不是每個人都打得很pro(我就更加不堪了﹐hehe)﹐但大家互動的氣氛真是很好~ 希望有更多的機會大家可以一起活動(當然會有啦﹐哈)

令人擔心的是ray扭傷了腳﹐希望他OK啦

Sunday School: 教會增長秘笈

作為團契Core Group一份子﹐確實有需要上這班主日學。起碼能 擴闊自己的視野﹐吸納他人管理和擴展教會的方法﹐再加以分析過濾﹐取長補短﹐這樣才可以在自己崗位上做到最好﹐讓神喜悅~

今早完了主日學後就立即買了這一班的參考書﹐今天回到家中已急不及待翻開來看。

an inspiring old song -- I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances but they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)


I love the lyrics...

It tells me to remember to make the most out of my life, to always strive for excellence, not to always look for the easy way out and settle with mediocrity, and not to be afraid to take risks or face failure.

I've missed out on so much because of my indecisiveness, my fear of taking chances and fear of failure. There were so many dreams and goals left unrealized. I don't want to be like that anymore. It's about time for me to change, to get out of that comfort zone where I feel safe and secured.

Act! Don't just think!

新的開始

新年快樂~

昨晚與團契一班弟兄姊妹們一起在Connie家中打邊爐﹐還一起倒數迎接新一年的來臨。意想不到的﹐竟然有三十多人到場﹐所以真是十分熱鬧﹐這種氣氛的除夕我可是從未感受過的。以往通常都是自己靜靜的度過﹐獨自反思一下過去一年的自己﹐倒是從未試過與一大班人一起慶祝。

過去的一年實在是充滿著收穫的一年。能夠重新歸向主已是祂對於曾經叛離神的我最大的恩典了﹗而今年四月的受洗﹐不僅是為其他人作的見證﹐更是藉此向神表明我從此不再離開祂的這種決心﹐所以對於我來說也是充滿意義。而且今年也認識了很多很好的弟兄姊妹﹐從與他們的溝通當中﹐自己也漸漸走出了一直把自己困著的圍牆﹐漸漸願意去表達自己。還有在工作上學到的很多很多的東西和認識到的同僚。這一切一切﹐我真是十分的感恩 =)

昨晚的聚會完結前﹐Pastor Yu分享了一首詩﹐並鼓勵大家在新的一年裡挑戰自己﹐不要過著得過且過的生活:

Disturb us, O Lord disturb us,

O Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves;

When our dreams come true only because we have dreamed too little.

When we arrive safely only because we sailed too close to the shore.

When with the abundance of things we are losing our thirst for more of God.

When in loving time, we have ceased to dream of eternity.

When in our desire to build on this earth, we have lost our vision of a new heaven.

Disturb us, O Lord disturb us!

蠻有意思的~ 尤其是對於我這個從來不願冒險和挑戰自己的人而言更甚。這首詩將會成為我在新的一年裡生活上的提醒﹐不論是屬靈上的和其他層面的亦然。盼望自己真是能夠不斷的進步﹐迎接不住的挑戰﹐鞭策著自己﹐讓自己不會甘於在平庸的框框裡安逸的度過。

新的開始->新的Storm Door @.@

星期六下午早就與父親去了Lowe's 訂了一個Storm Door﹐今天中午前就送來了。父親不願多付數十大洋﹐所以安裝自然就要DIY了。我和父親兩人也搞了一整天﹐到夜晚晚飯時間才算大功告成﹐遠遠超過預期的兩三小時。不過也好﹐總算是個寶貴的經驗﹐又學懂多一樣技能了﹐哈~

而且父親對於自己的手工也十分滿意﹐不斷的誇讚著﹐似乎真是很有滿足感呢~