“Keep yourselves in the love of God . . . ”
-Jude 21
The Bible is a revelation of the fact that God is love. Many people misunderstand the attribute of God’s nature which is love. “God is love” does not mean that everything is sweet, beautiful, and happy, and that God’s love could not possibly allow punishment for sin.

When we preach justice, it is justice tempered with love. When we preach righteousness, it is righteousness founded on love. When we preach atonement, it is atonement planned by love, provided by love, given by love, finished by love, necessitated because of love. When we preach the resurrection of Christ, we are preaching the miracle of love. When we preach the return of Christ, we are preaching the fulfillment of love.

No matter what sin you have committed, or how terrible, dirty, or shameful it may be, God loves you. This love of God is immeasurable, unmistakable, and unending!
Prayer for the day
My heartfelt gratitude to You, Father, for Your forgiveness and love. I must be acutely aware that in all my dealing with others the only yardstick I have is Your immeasurable love.

Amazing, I can't believe it.


Bad bosses may damage your heart
office stress
Feeling undervalued can cause stress

Inconsiderate bosses not only make work stressful, they may also increase the risk of heart disease for their employees, experts believe.

A Swedish team found a strong link between poor leadership and the risk of serious heart disease and heart attacks among more than 3,000 employed men.

And the effect may be cumulative - the risk went up the longer an employee worked for the same company.

The study is published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Stressful environment

Experts said that feeling undervalued and unsupported at work can cause stress, which often fosters unhealthy behaviours, such as smoking, that can lead to heart disease.

Previous work has shown that unfair bosses can drive up their employees' blood pressure, and persistent high blood pressure can increase heart disease risk.

For the latest study, researchers from the Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University tracked the heart health of the male employees, aged between 19 and 70 and working in the Stockholm area, over a period of nearly a decade.

During this time 74 cases of fatal and non-fatal heart attack or acute angina, or death from ischaemic heart disease, occurred.

All the participants were asked to rate the leadership style of their senior managers on competencies such as how clearly they set out goals for their staff and how good they were at communicating and giving feedback.



Feeling undervalued and unsupported can cause stress, which often leads to unhealthy behaviours...adding to your risk of developing heart problems

Cathy Ross of the British Heart Foundation

The staff who deemed their senior managers to be the least competent had a 25% higher risk of a serious heart problem.

And those working for what was classed as a long time - four years or more - had a 64% higher risk.

The findings held true, regardless of educational attainment, social class, income, workload, lifestyle factors, such as smoking and exercise, and other risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

The researchers, which included experts from University College London in the UK and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, said that if a direct cause and effect was confirmed, then managers' behaviour should be targeted in a bid to stave off serious heart disease among less senior employees.

They said managers should give employees clear work objectives and sufficient power in relation to their responsibilities.

Cathy Ross, cardiac nurse for the British Heart Foundation, said: "This limited, male-only study suggests that a good, clear working relationship with your manager may help to protect against heart disease.

"Feeling undervalued and unsupported can cause stress, which often leads to unhealthy behaviours such as smoking, eating a poor diet, drinking too much alcohol and not getting enough exercise - adding to your risk of developing heart problems.

"Being fit and active can give you the double benefit of busting work stress and boosting your heart health at the same time."

Keeping quite with a low profile is a good thing to do during difficult situation. It actually scares people because people just don't know what you are thinking. You keep people on their toes. What's more is silent with a stonecold confident face. Sometimes I talk to much, especially when hit with spell of emotion. How can I be keep my cool?

Ah Shar is looking at me again. She looks more like a middle-age Chinese woman in wool. More like a madam, a mother.

A Democracy Activist Beijing Puts Up With
For Hong Kong's 'Long Hair,' Location Makes the Difference
Legislator and longtime activist Leung Kwok-hung protested last month in front of Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, who was about to deliver a policy address.
Legislator and longtime activist Leung Kwok-hung protested last month in front of Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, who was about to deliver a policy address. (Associated Press)

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By Maureen Fan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, November 27, 2008; Page A16

HONG KONG -- As soon as legislator Leung Kwok-hung joined the handful of demonstrators milling outside the Hong Kong Jockey Club on a recent day, their protest sprang to life.

Instantly recognizable by his waist-length ponytail, Leung grabbed a bullhorn and began to harangue the Sichuan provincial government officials gathered inside. The club, once a bastion of British colonial rule, was hosting a VIP luncheon to thank racing fans for their contributions to earthquake relief.

"Release Huang Qi!" Leung shouted under the watchful eye of police and club security guards. He was referring to the Chinese dissident jailed after campaigning for parents who'd blamed their children's deaths in the quake on shoddy school construction. "Respect human rights! Severely punish corrupt officials!"

Such outbursts are not usually tolerated on the Chinese mainland. But here in Hong Kong, the chain-smoking democracy activist and constant thorn in Beijing's side has perfected the art of the drive-by protest. Leung's well-rehearsed demonstrations -- many on behalf of the poor and the working class -- illustrate the differences in political culture that remain between Hong Kong and the mainland, even though both answer to Beijing. More than a decade after the British formally handed the island over to the Chinese, Hong Kong residents still enjoy a greater degree of free speech than mainlanders under China's "one country, two systems" policy.

Authorities here generally treat Leung respectfully. Even members of Hong Kong's famously capitalist middle class have come to appreciate him for daring to say no to the government, although some find his tactics tiresome.
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Now, an economic downturn and Beijing's determination to stave off democratization efforts in Hong Kong have combined to make the self-described Marxist revolutionary more relevant than ever. Leung did better than expected in September's Legislative Council elections. He received fewer votes than he did four years ago, but he comfortably kept his seat in a district contested by 29 candidates from seven political parties, just a month after a wave of pro-Beijing Olympic spirit washed over the territory.

Leung's success as a member of the radical League of Social Democrats -- and the success of other grass-roots candidates -- has surprised Hong Kong's establishment. But it comes amid anxiety among the city's 7 million residents over the economy, as well as growing dissatisfaction with the central government.

Leung, 52 and known to everyone as "Long Hair," has vowed not to cut his hair until Beijing apologizes for the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. His smoke-filled office is filled with Che Guevara paraphernalia, and he is often seen in his trademark T-shirt featuring the Argentine revolutionary.

"I love him so much," said Wong Kingyan, a 26-year-old trading company employee. "He doesn't wear a suit or a tie, he has a kind of modern and free spirit, and he says what he wants. When I see his protests on TV, I feel he really cares for ordinary people and wants to do something for us."

The son of a servant in a colonial British household, Leung learned English by listening to the BBC. His mother took him to participate in left-wing union activities when he was young, and in middle school he joined a Maoist student movement. After graduating from high school, he worked as a bartender, a laborer and a car washer. Leung then joined a political group, the Revolutionary Marxists, which helped him land his first jail term in 1979 for organizing a rally in front of the official New China News Agency. He served a month, for unlawful assembly.

Leung was a well-known street activist for two decades before he decided to run for the council in 2000. He lost that race, but was elected in 2004, an outcome that surprised many. "Leung, with no background or connections to the elite, is neither a tycoon nor a barrister with a degree from a top-tier school in the U.S. or Europe," the Beijing-based intellectual Yu Jie wrote in a recent essay, noting Leung's election by a large margin. "Behind this miracle lies the people's aversion to autocracy."

During the government-led Olympic celebrations, Leung got himself ejected from the main equestrian venue for holding up a sign that read "No Dictatorship" and shouting "End one-party rule!"

Earlier this month, as Leung climbed aboard streetcars and walked through the city's open-air food stalls, people smiled and waved, calling out his nickname and asking for news. Occasionally, they also heckled him. "Some say, 'You're a traitor,' " Leung said. "It's politics."

Many in Hong Kong say they prefer a less antagonistic approach to Beijing than Leung's. Chen Kangsong, 48, a tea-shop owner, said he liked Leung's opinions but disagreed with his tactics.

"It's not easy for us ordinary people to make a living," Chen said. "So I welcome his help. But I don't like his style very much. The protests are superficial, trying to draw people's attention. If I were him, I'd use the time to do something more useful."

Leung is known as a champion of the working class, but "rich and middle-class people also like him," said Chinese University political scientist Ivan Choy Chi-keung. "In addition to the economic crisis, Hong Kong people are less and less satisfied with the politics of the current government."

Polls show a drop in support for Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Choy said. This year, Beijing announced its long-awaited decision on Hong Kong's request for expanded democratic rights: no direct popular elections or universal suffrage until at least 2017, and then only after candidates are approved by the central government.

"Most Hong Kong citizens want earlier elections," said Lam Wai-man, an assistant professor of politics and public administration at Hong Kong University. "If the government can't reach consensus on granting democracy, Long Hair will gain many more supporters in the future."

Police and Jockey Club officials understand Leung's appeal. Leung had actually been invited to the Jockey Club lunch Nov. 11 as a member of the Legislative Council. Once it was clear he intended to protest, however, he was barred.

"I am part of the community they should listen to," he said of the mainland visitors. "They want money from the Hong Kong people -- they shouldn't just come here like VIPs having a banquet and ignore our opinions about corruption and political repression."

In the middle of his protest, Leung managed to get a Sichuan representative to come out and accept three written complaints against corruption. Minutes later, the bullhorns and signs were packed up, and the protesters and reporters dispersed. Relieved club officials and security guards retreated into the clubhouse.

Researcher Zhang Jie contributed to this report.

嘔電 好醜惡 很難看

Revisiting the Chinese milk crisis

About 2 months after it was publicized that melamine was causing thousands of babies to be sick, Sanlu is near collapse with many of its plants being sold and Fonterra, the New Zealand dairy giant, has sold much of its stake of Sanlu and looking at Sanlu as great lost in millions of investment. After 2 months, I still get disgusted at what happened at Sanlu, the Chinese government, the corrupted officials and those who put melamine into the milk. It really is disgusting and a shame. Sanlu was the biggest and most trusted dairy brand in China. People, millions of people trusted it, parents feed their babies and children Sanlu milk powder formula and other milk products thinking that they gave the best to their love ones, but no. The disgusting thing is that Chinese can't even trust their own brands that were controlled by the government. In another word, people can't even trust their government to make sure its people gets safe food to consume. What the heck is that? When Fonterra found out, it tried to get the milk off the shelf, recalled. Fonterra invested hundred of millions into Sanlu, thinking that it was a safe and profitable investment with up to 40% ownership of Sanlu. However, Sanlu was unresponsive. Being one of the biggest companies in New Zealand, Fonterra urged its government, the New Zealand government to talk to the Chinese government. It did and the Chinese government was unresponsive. There were evidents of a covering up campaign. Some Chinese officials were sacked and news editors struggled with holding their news reporters back from the story because of pressure from the Chinese government to keep it down until the end of the Olympics.

A short nap and a filling lunch really put the energy back into me...at least for a little while.

Lo was hard to understand but I think the leaders also were responsible for bring up concerns or topics to talk about.
However, he has to clamp down on his emo. I am not sure if he notices it but his emo really affect the people around and the
I am behind schedule by about a week or more.

I think as a relatively young person, humility and self-reflection is extremely important because there are simply too much to learn in this period to be stubborn or shutted off. The problems now is that many people are very stubborn, overly subjective, rather narrow-minded and dominant in their worldview regardless of all the different issues and available solutions and information out there. I don't want to be like that.

嘔電 好醜惡 很難看

Revisiting the Chinese milk crisis

About 2 months after it was publicized that melamine was causing thousands of babies to be sick, Sanlu is near collapse with many of its plants being sold and Fonterra, the New Zealand dairy giant, has sold much of its stake of Sanlu and looking at Sanlu as great lost in millions of investment. After 2 months, I still get disgusted at what happened at Sanlu, the Chinese government, the corrupted officials and those who put melamine into the milk. It really is disgusting and a shame. Sanlu was the biggest and most trusted dairy brand in China. People, millions of people trusted it, parents feed their babies and children Sanlu milk powder formula and other milk products thinking that they gave the best to their love ones, but no. The disgusting thing is that Chinese can't even trust their own brands that were controlled by the government. In another word, people can't even trust their government to make sure its people gets safe food to consume. What the heck is that? When Fonterra found out, it tried to get the milk off the shelf, recalled. Fonterra invested hundred of millions into Sanlu, thinking that it was a safe and profitable investment with up to 40% ownership of Sanlu. However, Sanlu was unresponsive. Being one of the biggest companies in New Zealand, Fonterra urged its government, the New Zealand government to talk to the Chinese government. It did and the Chinese government was unresponsive. There were evidents of a covering up campaign. Some Chinese officials were sacked and news editors struggled with holding their news reporters back from the story because of pressure from the Chinese government to keep it down until the end of the Olympics.

A short nap and a filling lunch really put the energy back into me...at least for a little while.

Lo was hard to understand but I think the leaders also were responsible for bring up concerns or topics to talk about.
However, he has to clamp down on his emo. I am not sure if he notices it but his emo really affect the people around and the
I am behind schedule by about a week or more.

I think as a relatively young person, humility and self-reflection is extremely important because there are simply too much to learn in this period to be stubborn or shutted off. The problems now is that many people are very stubborn, overly subjective, rather narrow-minded and dominant in their worldview regardless of all the different issues and available solutions and information out there. I don't want to be like that.

Geneva
26 September 2008
I think I am losing brain power.

vince

Sometimes I feel like as if I have two jobs. One is my real job at the publishing company and the other one at church. At the publishing company I am being paid to be used. At church, I often feel like being used and I hope that I am being used by God and not by men with self-serving intentions. That is what I am afraid of at church, being used.

Idea: Cone Speakers
Speakers that only emit quality sound at the specific direction you point them with. They are like headphones you don't have to plug in your ears. Highly portable and convenient.

We need to cultivate leaders and nurture believers with heart to serve others.

The problem with liberal studies is that I am not sure what it is suppose to be. It's like having a bunch of jigsaw puzzles and trying to put it all together without having the puzzle box cover for reference. Oh, it can also be said that I do have a cover to refer to but it changes every once in a while.

People have telling me that I look, "worn out," "dead," and "Hao Chan (好殘 ,very damaged)" and I was surprised and felt offended at first but realized that it's true. I haven't been getting enough sleep for at least 2-3 weeks now and been under some stress. It became quite rare for me to go back home for dinner for the past few weeks. Probably only 1 night per week not counting the weekends.

《海角七號》（之一）
2008-11-23

【明報專訊】請勿犬儒。

這樣說，是因為好像愈來愈多人提出以下相類的疑問：《海角七號》真有這麼好嗎？影片值得這樣巨大的成功嗎？是台灣觀眾的過敏（過激？）反應而已？就連我的學生，也這樣追問它的導演魏德聖：「你覺得你的電影是商業片還是文藝片？」顯然，他沒看到這個問題背後的弔詭：如果不是因為影片現在的賣座（而且是超乎想像中的賣座）情形，他會覺得（甚至想過）影片是部商業片嗎？

對我來說，無論從哪個角度來看，《海》片都絕對deserves它目前的成功（即使它超越了比例──但我們有必要凡事都用量化作最終的原則嗎？抑或其實是對於成功，特別是對於一直都渴望但卻沒得到的成功，我們都禁不住會有這樣那樣的jealousy？）。很簡單（但最重要）的一個理由：電影工作者在背後所付出的，都印刻在每格膠卷上。再說清楚點，是它的每個畫面，都是電影工作者最忠誠的表現（對得起電影，也對得起觀眾），並且俱有所表現。

你也許會說：電影不本來就是應該這樣拍的嗎？沒錯，只是事實不一樣。在過去很長的一段日子裏，不只在台灣，其實還包括香港，起碼有為數不少的電影，不論有沒有資源，都沒有好好的拍。《海》片最大的優點，就是即使在資源最匱乏的情况下，它依然堅持對自己的要求，不肯退縮。它沒有特別很大的野心，但也沒有因為客觀條件的限制而處處遷就，甚至削足就履。當我第一次聽到影片的製作費高達台幣四千多萬（港幣一千多萬）時（而且還是大部分靠舉債借貸回來的），我其實已嚇了一跳（魏德聖後來想我們證實總成本為五千萬）——即使在香港，上千萬製作費的電影也鳳毛麟角——而且那是一部非動作、沒有卡士的文藝片（我是樂意把它這樣classified）。我第一次（在台灣）看完影片後，這樣的想法更強烈：這其實是部製作和拍攝都相當複雜的電影（以為它「只」是一部輕易簡單的文藝片，而沒看出它複雜的地方者，均不足論）。但製作者由頭到尾都全力以赴，而且控制得宜。這就不簡單了。

魏德聖說：每次在影片出現最嚴重的（財政）危機時，我take的鏡頭的次數就最多，非要拍到我最滿意的take才肯罷休。因為我一定要拿最好的東西給人家看，這樣才能證明自己。如果因為條件限制而拍的不好，不就是證明了別人看不起你是正確的嗎？

啟示其實來自自己。

舒琪

What can us, individual do during the so-called "financial tsunami"? We are no federal reserve bank or the IMF but I think there are some little things we can do. For those of us with stable jobs and can afford it, I say continue to spend money and buy stuff. For those with reliable income (e.g., government jobs, teachers and educators with tenure and etc) and little risk of losing their jobs, now is the best time for bargain shopping as the holiday season closes in and bad economy prompting mega sales at shops and department stores. Spend at least what you would a year ago when economy was relatively much stronger (at least on the surface).

Controlling temper is very important because blowing off actually might cause a lot of regrets. Need to know when to be angry (and show it) and when not to.

Since the past week I started on a new assignment to work on the new LS textbook with the chapter on the economy. It's not a topic I am too familiar with yet I have to make myself knowlegable in it very quickly. While working on the manuscript the past few days, I felt like I was in the dark without a sure footing on what is expected and what the finished products was to be. On Friday, we had a meeting and the format was being changed again. To say the truth, I wonder if we have very clear idea or vision of what this text is suppose to be. I actually wonder why EDB even put out a LS curriculum for. EDB's curriculum, which we have to follow, is actually quite "liberal", and "airy". Personally, I think EDB (the government) is trying to teach kids commeonsense on the one hand and to channel (narrowing ) the thinking of young people on the other hand. It's a contradiction (as in how the big slogans and policies of the Communist Party of China contradict themselves). It is true that Hong Kong kids need commonsense, somehow our cultures and society deprive them of it despite all the emphasis on education, learning and all kind of education and development activities avaliable to the masses now. It probably has a lot to do with the parents.

I just realized, we have no real leader in the deacon board. Wong is an incapable and unreceptive person that lacks intelligence and lack character. Wei is self-serving, jealous, has poor spiritual base, lack intelligence, spread rumors and manipulative. Hung is incapable, foolish, blind, ignorant, self-centered and basically useless.

I probably need an organizer.


I realize the manuscript of my writer basically copied text from a book or in with worst term, plagiarized from page 176 of Global Transformations by David Held under the subtitle, 3.5 Historical Forms of Trade Globalization: the Transformation of Global Trade. The wordings are almost exact. From Held: "In these respects individual firms are confronted by a potential global marketplace while they simultaneously face direct competition from foreign firms in their own domestic markets." From the manuscript I have, "In these respects, individual firms are confronted by (a potential) global marketplace while they simultaneously face direct competition from foreign firms in their own domestic markets." Humm, I think they are actually the same with exact wording. I found out when I searched "potential global marketplace" on google becaues I don't know what the heck it is. (I know what "potential", "global" and "marketplace" are separately but I have little idea when thay are meshed together as a term.) That's pretty BSing because, the manuscript is suppose to be for high schoolers and what I have here is "plagiarized" text from a college level academic textbook. College students would need a professor to guide this type of text and I would need one too and high schoolers would need more help than that. So, the task before me is: how do I translate this plagiarized college level stuff to high school level reading introducing globalization when I am barely learning economic globalization myself. Confusing isn't it? And yea, I also have to "un-plagiarize" the manuscript while transforming into high school text.

3-4
Primary 1
Year 3
Year 7
7th Grade
9th Grade
Sophomore
Junior
Work 1
Work 3

About 2,000 years ago, there was a guy who hung out around the Judea province of the ancient Roman Empire. His name was Jesus and did some crazy stuff, especially from the point of view of 21st century human beings. Jesus provided free health care, eye care, facial, dermatologic care. People who had eye problem, skin problem went to him and he cured them for free, and for life. He turned water into first-rate wine for no money.

I think we are facing a breakdown in social order and familial vales. Actually, this is not new, it probably started back 30 years ago. But now I see how mistakes decades ago is affecting social values and structure, and organizations NOW. On buses and train, many young people no longer give up their seats for the elderly, pregnant women and others in need. Worst case is that there is no notion of giving up seats at all in the younger generation, and that is depressing. Basically, kids are being spoiled. And they are very self-centered and snobby. Take one real life example for instance. A very tire mom and her two kids, a daughter and a son. The son was sitting on the seat and his older sister asked, "Can I sit for a moment? My legs are tire." The little boy just plain out ignored the sister. A

Liberal Studies is weird, I am actually not sure if the EDB knows what it is doing with Liberal Studies. The teachers are somewhat confused and I am also a bit confused. What is it that we are trying to do? Are we going to teach them how to live? Teach them moral values? Citizen rights? I think the intention is to provide a certain level of citizen education, provide a framework (maybe a narrower one) for them to think and see the world, and to give them some commonsense (isn't that suppose to be learned through lessons in life? Not from textbooks or the education system). As one teacher exclaimed, Liberal Studies is a "multi-headed monster." The government (EDB) should not be the provider of values for students (the next generation of Hong Kongers). We need some separation of the governemt from messing, again, with our education system. A newly appointed co-head of the Education Department proposed the use of digital textbook. At a parent-school meeting, he was hit with criticism over how the government changes its education policy (and system) over and over again, and how parents and schools just can not keep up. The angry parent furthur asked, "Does the government know what it is doing?" I believe the answer is "No." This co or vice-head of the Education Department (EDB) has no experience whatsoever in education. He is quite young and his last job (only job with real experience) is at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, which is like the official lottery and gambling company of Hong Kong. That reminds me a lot of Michael "Brownie" Brown, who was in charge of FEMA when Katrina hit New Orleans. As we all know, Brownie's previous job was at the International Arabian Horse Association.

I think as a person, I just get pissed at disrespectful comment. That's actually quite natural. I probably say some disrespectful things and if not, in an emotional, angry kind of tone of voice which I can't help it. I used to be quite and take the abuse, but no more. Now, I go back at it and let part of my anger show. I try not to be misunderstood and try to make things as clear as possible to leave no room for misunderstanding. Also another thing is that I can't stop myself from getting red when mad and embarrassed. I can't hide myself.

主觀
subjective
主見
ideas of one's own; a definite view; will\

理性
rationality

意識;觀念,見識,辨別力

Are we on the same page?
Our identity. Are we a small group based or fellowship?
We are not a small group directed church.
1.Small groups are not run in the format of small group directed church. (e.g. No worship, message directed Bible study, dedicated prayer meeting, emphasis on growth)
2. It is a fellowship, we have big group before splitting into small groups.
3. We don't have enough mature and spiritual strong small group leaders to do small group the way small group churches do.

We need better organization and succession of leaders. We need a framework.

We can't foster a culture of gossip. Need to discuss a way to stop it. We need small group leader training. Need close guidance.

People need to be aware that we have a mountain to climb. We can't afford to sit an stay as we are. We need to grow (spirtually) and mature fast.

Weird boss

I thought we were having a meeting at 11am so I was all getting prepared, nervous and quickly read over material and worned myself out but now it's noon and she isn't even at work. She called to say she was coming back a moment ago. Well, I like to nap a bit during lunch time so goodbye to lunch nap today. I was thinking about doing my tax return also.

Every now and then, I would think of what happened this Sunday. Sunny proposed to his long time girlfriend Annie after their baptism with the whole church (at least those in attendance) as witnesses. I wonder if I would ever do something like that.

I am like so freaking unconscious, just kidding. But I am dreaming half the time while working. I even dreamed about correcting punctuation twice before realizing that I was dreaming about it and had not correct it.

I was editing an exercising book and I had to take "new" off the text with the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo several months ago. I exhaled, "Japan has 3 prime ministers in the span of a year" to myself.

I am now a paid soccer (football) player. Haha. I get HK$30 a match playing for my company. It's more of a transportation compensation.
Can I ever find something that I would wake up and feel motivated to do.

I think my superior is gonna die. She haven't been looking right since ... last week? She didn't look well as she came in late this morning.

I think I am just being given random assignment before they fire me. i have been doing stupid and meaningless tasks like adding quetions to testbank and study questions. I think it is a clear warning sign that I should start looking for another job.

Colleagues are leaving one by one like...flies.

I am now a paid soccer (football) player. Haha. I get HK$30 a match playing for my company. It's more of a transportation compensation.
Can I ever find something that I would wake up and feel motivated to do.

I think my superior is gonna die. She haven't been looking right since ... last week? She didn't look well as she came in late this morning.

I think I am just being given random assignment before they fire me. i have been doing stupid and meaningless tasks like adding quetions to testbank and study questions. I think it is a clear warning sign that I should start looking for another job.

Colleagues are leaving one by one like...flies.

I am now a paid soccer (football) player. Haha. I get HK$30 a match playing for my company. It's more of a transportation compensation.
Can I ever find something that I would wake up and feel motivated to do.

I think my superior is gonna die. She haven't been looking right since ... last week? She didn't look well as she came in late this morning.

I think I am just being given random assignment before they fire me. i have been doing stupid and meaningless tasks like adding quetions to testbank and study questions. I think it is a clear warning sign that I should start looking for another job.

Colleagues are leaving one by one like...flies.

Becoming Hong Kong. It is true that ever since I have been to Hong Kong, my food selection has been rather limited. In Southern California where I can choose from a variety of food from different cultures (Korean, Japanese, American, Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese and etc) within a 10 minutes reach. No so in Hong Kong. Yes, there are Indian, Mexican, Brazilian and Vietnamese food but they are not very popular here. You really have to make it a mission to go to one of those places. I don't think there is a Mexican restaurant in the whole of Shatin. Some of the Hong Kong cafe Western restaurant might serve Mexican food occasionally but that's rather rare. There are a few Indian restaurants in my area but they are not around every corner. You would have to look for them and also, I don't know too many people who like Indian food. Some local people seems to be allergic to a lot of foreign food, especially Indian, Pakistani and Middle-eastern food. People here can't take too much cheese. Some of them can't stand the taste of strong cheese, goat and sheep. I actually think contemporary Hong Kongers are picky eater. They eat raw fish from sushi but can't eat steam fish blaming it on the smell of fish!?! Some don't eat green onion because because they think the inside of the green onion is hard to clean and thus dirty?!! Vietnames food here are not authentic. The soap is no good. The beef is not fresh. The pho is Hong Kong styled here to suit Hong Kong people which kills its distinctive taste. There are authetic Thai food here but again, you have to look for them at Kowloon City and other places. Most of the Thai food are not so authetic and are Hong Kongized.


I don't get how recently, the lay-out person would question my correction on the paper. She never did that before.


I was actually comtemplating whether to show up or not. Found out my superior told a sick leave for the morning.


I usually get upset and bothered on Sunday because of church and then by Thursday, I will be alright and then Friday comes again and I would start to be in battle mode again. I understand how this is one of the reasons some people don't wished to be too involved in church.

All the recent posts are about the negative side of church, being PK and so on, but I think I need to talk about the other side too.

Although it's tough at times and that I sometimes feel like I am in a battlefield at church, it's not all bad.

I do enjoy fellowship, hanging out with my brothers and sisters at church, joking around, eating, Bible study, serving with my fellow brothers and sisters in different ministries (children fellowship, being part of youth ministry by playing basketball with high schoolers, choir, leading Bible studies, planning camp for fellowship and etc). I enjoy spending time with my brothers and sisters, talking with them young and old. I actually forget about all the negative things going on Friday night as I was talking and joking a bit with my brothers and sisters at church. That's why it suppose to be like at church. And in serving, althought there are arguments and different points of view sometimes, they help us improve the ministries and comradeship is formed.

The difficulties that we go throught together make us stronger. We don't diss one another, we sharpen one another by serving, discussing different topics and etc.

Many months ago, a bunch of us went to play soccer together with another church and afterward we had hotpot at Sha Kok Village. We had a great time, we were able to talk about our future, the things we are facing and afterward we had a nice stroll walking back to the railway station next to the Shen Mun River. We often talked about and wish to do that again sometimes.

Can we all be like that?

There aer a lot of people going and coming recently. I am not sure if it is related to the financial crisis or not but 2 from the Chinese section just left last week and one of them didn't even offer the traditional farewell cake. It actually all started with the Chinese section, usually, those who passed probation would buy all the editoral stuff "tea sets." I did that with my colleagues when we passed our probation. It stopped somehow and now the farewell cake is gone too. It's just sad. I don't know what is happening.

It seems that one of my co-workers is hinting that I might be leaving. I see that some people have distanced themselves from me, actually just one or two people. And I can somewhat tell that maybe people are really warning me. My boss told me to work faster and stop going over the deadline and forgetting my magnetic card. My superior has been giving some of my work to other editors. The graphic design manager has been saying unrespecting things in a joking manner. But he has been going a bit far and crossing the line lately.

I had to ask for work today and my superior gave me some assignment from my colleague. Very weird.

All the recent posts are about the negative side of church, being PK and so on, but I think I need to talk about the other side too.

Although it's tough at times and that I sometimes feel like I am in a battlefield at church, it's not all bad.

I do enjoy fellowship, hanging out with my brothers and sisters at church, joking around, eating, Bible study, serving with my fellow brothers and sisters in different ministries (children fellowship, being part of youth ministry by playing basketball with high schoolers, choir, leading Bible studies, planning camp for fellowship and etc). I enjoy spending time with my brothers and sisters, talking with them young and old. I actually forget about all the negative things going on Friday night as I was talking and joking a bit with my brothers and sisters at church. That's why it suppose to be like at church. And in serving, althought there are arguments and different points of view sometimes, they help us improve the ministries and comradeship is formed.

The difficulties that we go throught together make us stronger. We don't diss one another, we sharpen one another by serving, discussing different topics and etc.

Many months ago, a bunch of us went to play soccer together with another church and afterward we had hotpot at Sha Kok Village. We had a great time, we were able to talk about our future, the things we are facing and afterward we had a nice stroll walking back to the railway station next to the Shen Mun River. We often talked about and wish to do that again sometimes.

Can we all be like that?

There aer a lot of people going and coming recently. I am not sure if it is related to the financial crisis or not but 2 from the Chinese section just left last week and one of them didn't even offer the traditional farewell cake. It actually all started with the Chinese section, usually, those who passed probation would buy all the editoral stuff "tea sets." I did that with my colleagues when we passed our probation. It stopped somehow and now the farewell cake is gone too. It's just sad. I don't know what is happening.

It seems that one of my co-workers is hinting that I might be leaving. I see that some people have distanced themselves from me, actually just one or two people. And I can somewhat tell that maybe people are really warning me. My boss told me to work faster and stop going over the deadline and forgetting my magnetic card. My superior has been giving some of my work to other editors. The graphic design manager has been saying unrespecting things in a joking manner. But he has been going a bit far and crossing the line lately.

I had to ask for work today and my superior gave me some assignment from my colleague. Very weird.

All the recent posts are about the negative side of church, being PK and so on, but I think I need to talk about the other side too.

Although it's tough at times and that I sometimes feel like I am in a battlefield at church, it's not all bad.

I do enjoy fellowship, hanging out with my brothers and sisters at church, joking around, eating, Bible study, serving with my fellow brothers and sisters in different ministries (children fellowship, being part of youth ministry by playing basketball with high schoolers, choir, leading Bible studies, planning camp for fellowship and etc). I enjoy spending time with my brothers and sisters, talking with them young and old. I actually forget about all the negative things going on Friday night as I was talking and joking a bit with my brothers and sisters at church. That's why it suppose to be like at church. And in serving, althought there are arguments and different points of view sometimes, they help us improve the ministries and comradeship is formed.

The difficulties that we go throught together make us stronger. We don't diss one another, we sharpen one another by serving, discussing different topics and etc.

Many months ago, a bunch of us went to play soccer together with another church and afterward we had hotpot at Sha Kok Village. We had a great time, we were able to talk about our future, the things we are facing and afterward we had a nice stroll walking back to the railway station next to the Shen Mun River. We often talked about and wish to do that again sometimes.

Can we all be like that?

There aer a lot of people going and coming recently. I am not sure if it is related to the financial crisis or not but 2 from the Chinese section just left last week and one of them didn't even offer the traditional farewell cake. It actually all started with the Chinese section, usually, those who passed probation would buy all the editoral stuff "tea sets." I did that with my colleagues when we passed our probation. It stopped somehow and now the farewell cake is gone too. It's just sad. I don't know what is happening.

It seems that one of my co-workers is hinting that I might be leaving. I see that some people have distanced themselves from me, actually just one or two people. And I can somewhat tell that maybe people are really warning me. My boss told me to work faster and stop going over the deadline and forgetting my magnetic card. My superior has been giving some of my work to other editors. The graphic design manager has been saying unrespecting things in a joking manner. But he has been going a bit far and crossing the line lately.

I had to ask for work today and my superior gave me some assignment from my colleague. Very weird.