Sunday, May 31

應得捏和電視,又回來了!

星期五,凌晨两点半的街道,徐徐的风,扰乱了我的发丝,却吹不乱我平静的心。开着我的丰田在路上奔驰着,好舒服。好久没有那么早起床,那么早去上班了。嘟嘟噜哒哒。。上战场咯!一件T-shirt,一件牛仔裤,一双球鞋,嘿。。第一次这么轻松。

街道特别地冷清,想想,也没有多少怪胎会那么早去上班嘛。。路上还有不少名牌好车陪我,也算奇迹了。什么好命人要这么早去上班呢?他们做的是什么行业呢?Hmm。。


凌晨的机场,特别地美丽。宁静,却耀眼。红色的指示灯,昏黄的街灯,有种平静却带着危险的感觉。突然很想就停在那儿坐在草丛里发呆了。


三点,到了指定的店铺,好安静。几个店员已在上班了。突然觉得很被祝福,有那么好的一份工作,在经济萧条时,也没面对什么裁员的危机,要好好珍惜。


在店里無聊了,隨手用手机拍了些照。
五顏六色的墨西哥餅。

骨頭

不知名(1)

餅干

鳳梨 Empanadas

不知名(2)

玩玩鬧鬧地,就過了一個多小時,終於都把工做完了。送室友去机場後,回家睡多一會兒,七点多還得趕回去上班,和我们 Division 的VP 开会,吓死我了。还好我的老板没有要我上去说话。

这星期过得很匆忙,也有点压力,簡直是戰戰兢兢地走完。


星期一,老板突然病倒了,
星期三不能和我們一起去。结果呢,我得硬着头皮把他所要讲的Power Point “交代一下”,還得鼓起勇气控制大局,小女子怕怕呀!車程一共四個多鐘,要和三個男人打交道。。還要指揮和說服他們怎麼做實驗。。嗚。。我的天呀!做實驗時,十六隻眼睛都看著我。。簡直半個膽都嚇掉了!還好還好,一切都還好。一直不停地禱告,上帝呀,不要玩我啦!小女子多聽您的話就是了。還好還好,上帝給了我勇气,說了一些平時不敢說的話,做了一些平時沒勇气做的事,還異常地平靜地面對他們的天馬行空,沒有被炸得不知怎麼反應。

忙忙碌碌,又一個星期了。沒有應得捏和電視的日子,有點悶,有點無聊,但,因為有 K-Love,過得還蠻平靜的。星期六,睡個飽!已經好久沒有在星期六睡得那麼遲了!通常八點多不知為什麼就爬起來了。看來,真的是累垮了!

我嘛,要加油加油咯!要自信點,不可老是看不起自己。別人對我這麼有信心,我卻。。。我是怎麼啦?

Saturday, May 23

代禱文書插曲 (II)

不知怎地,我就成了我們團契記錄代禱事項的文書(其實是有兩個的,另一個卻每天不見蹤影)。

上周五,沒有團契,當然,我放假咯!星期三,上班上到一半,電話響了。Charlie打了電話來,問我這星期我們團契的代禱事項是否忘了電郵給教會的禱告事工?

因為這通電話,本小姐才知道還是“埋笑笑”比較好。。人家都有在看,在等嘀。。嘿嘿。。雖然本小姐總在抄寫時搞得大家啼笑皆非,但,目前還可以啦。。

上帝聽禱告,兄弟姐妹們都在為你們禱告,人生很美好。

Wednesday, May 20

我要快樂!

室友的男友,回頭了,或該說,改變了吧?

一個剛剛恢復單身的人,聽見這消息,該會妒忌或難過吧?嗯,很開心我沒有。心底深處,反而為她感到開心。看見她又笑了,我也心安了許多,心情也因此開朗了不少。默默為她禱告,希望這次就是最後一次了吧。

申命記33章里,摩西為以色列人祝福時,給了各支派不同的祝福。上BSF讀這一章時,學會了上帝給每個人的祝福都不一樣,我們不該因為沒有得到某個祝福而不開心或眼紅。知足,常樂。

Jesus Calling
﹣今天的靈修
人總愛躲在陰暗的角落,以為這樣就可以隱藏自己所犯的罪。在那兒,他們自怜自哀,否認自己的罪,自己的不義,怪責別人,怨恨別人。當你被你的罪拖著,感到內疚和心情沉重時,留在上帝的光里,向他認錯,接受他的寬恕,淨化自己的心,必能痊癒。

嗯,我要再快樂起來!我要再次可以發自內心地大笑!大塊,呵,謝謝你提醒了我。老朋友們,我必然會重出江湖的,你等著吧!

Tuesday, May 19

How do you see your life?

I am on day 5 in The Purpose Driven Life book. The question is: How do you see your life? Do you see your life as a puzzle? Roller coaster? Merry-Go-Round? Minefield?

I used to think of my life as a puzzle. You search and try your best to put all the pieces together to figure out what is the ultimate purpose. Sometimes you succeed faster, sometimes not.

When I started working, I think of my life as a roller coaster. Ups & Downs and FAST! Interesting but very intense. Every single up and down might kill you if there is a mechanical problem. I don’t really like it, just like I have lost interest in Roller Coaster after I grew up.

My coworker told me, she thinks life is a Merry-Go-Round. Sometimes you go up, sometimes you go down. Some of the time, you just go round and round. Interesting, eh?

How do you see your life?

Saturday, May 16

脆弱。生命。

生命,是何等地脆弱啊!願大家都能好好地珍惜,不要在上帝划下逗號時,你就自己寫上了句號。

從姐那邊聽來了關於您的消息,除了難以接受和震驚之外,還有深深的難過。也許生命會很苦,也許日子會很難過,但,放棄活著,真的是對的選擇嗎?心里濛上了一層愁霧。

看了“Grey's Anatomy”這季的結局,更加令我感歎。也許我們每天都沒有像他們一樣接觸死亡,所以偶而,或,每天,都會活得吊兒啷鐺,毫無目的,過著過一天,算一天的人生。生命,很脆弱吶!好好珍惜身邊的一切。

保重了,三姨丈。雪,希望妳會好好地。

我還是堅持我的盡力而為,不留遺憾的原則。也許有時會很受傷,也許有時被人看起來像個傻瓜,但,沒有遺憾就好,自己心安就得了。

Sunday, May 10

It will be Good

Things were kinda going downhill today as I was not very happy in the first place. It was a good day but I was not in the mood. The refrigerator just broke out of nowhere and I was fuzzing over certain things. I was so exhausted and tired mentally to even think about what to do. I know what I need to do but I just do not have the initiative to do it or to even find a point to start. I needed someone there to help me by telling me what to do and where to start. That reminded me of the time while I was trying to move the apartment by myself in Iowa. I stood there and was very lost. I think I actually did sit there and cried for a while before I started packing. I started praying deep in my heart for strength and help.

Thanks to God, I calmed down eventually. Thanks to God, I felt the love that are surrounding me. Thanks to God, he taught me what to do. Thanks to God, he helped me to do it. Thanks to God, for all the friends, I was over it.

The refrigerator is not fixed yet, but I am. God is good. I will be fine. It will be good.

Thursday, May 7

錢

金錢──可以買「床舖」,但不能買「睡眠」;可以買「珠寶」,但不能買「美麗」;可以買「紙筆」,但不能買 「文思」;可以買「房屋」,但不能買「家庭」;可以買「食物」,但不能買「食欲」;可以買「娛樂」,但不能買「快樂」;可以買「諂媚」,但不能買「忠 誠」;可以買「伴侶」,但不能買「朋友」;可以買「服從」,但不能買「尊敬」;可以買「權勢」,但不能買「智慧」;可以買「肉體」,但不能買「愛情」;可 以買「武器」,但不能買「和平」。

今天,和老板聊起了福利和扣稅的話題,他說,他的年薪沒怎麼得扣,後補上說,再過個五年,我就會和他一樣了。照常理來說,人聽見這,都會很開心吧?而我,卻好像無動於衷,反而令我陷入沉思。錢和事業,雖然重要,但並不是一切。更重要的是,那不是我最想要的東西吧。夠吃,夠用,就很足夠了。太多,可能會更煩呢。。。

我就是這麼怪。

Sunday, May 3

饅頭。。饅頭。。

很想早點睡,好讓明早不必趕得太匆忙,但,怎麼都睡不著。太精神了。

突然好想吃饅頭,有味道的饅頭。記得小時總愛繞著饅頭的旋轉,一圈圈地吃。現在,好像也沒怎麼改變,除了有別人在的時候,才心不甘,情不願地乖乖吃,免得人家覺得噁心。我要竽頭饅頭!饅頭。。饅頭。。饅頭。。饅頭啦。。

今天,第一次把蛋糕弄好。以前有弄過,但很失敗。這次,好多了。

由於太匆忙了,沒為它照到太多相。中間是有草莓片和奶油的哦!可惜字不是我寫的,因為沒有紅色的奶油,必須去餐廳前買,要在車上寫,是極大的挑戰,只好讓室友來寫了。

下星期室友不在,可以自己來弄巧可力的清蛋糕了!嗯。。希望教會的野餐後,我還不會太累啦。

這星期一有個裝飾蛋糕的課程,該不該報名呢?好想學。。卻有點擔心會太累。需要買個好的秤來好好地玩了。也要買個裝蛋糕的盒子了。。嘿。。當做是給自己的生日禮物。

好一個失眠夜。。。

饅頭。。饅頭。。饅頭。。饅頭。。

Saturday, May 2

代禱文書插曲

I am in charge of writing and sending out prayer request in email every week. Last week, a married friend's prayer request was, "Peace & tranquility at home..." and people started asking questions since her husband was there as well. They thought they had a fight. So, I didn't hear the last part "for pets" as she has 2 dogs, hamsters and rabbit. So, I sent out the prayer request...without the "for pet". She received like 5 emails asking her if everything is alright.

Today, her prayer request is, "Willingness to go back to cooking food and cleaning house and do all the wife stuff". So, I jokingly asked her, "How about we short it to 'Willingness to go back to be a wife?'" Everyone started cracking up.

Misunderstanding happens all the time. =)