Langkawi Permata 2008

久违的同学们，别来无恙吗？这些照片勾起了我去年和你们共同渡过的许多回忆，以及毕业旅行的欢愉。十年后的你们会是怎样的呢？Will Alice still be in her own Wonderland?

愿平安与希望常与你们同在(^_^)



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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I'm not the type of guy who celebrates the Valentine's Day. I think it's too commercialized and not necessarily meaningful for my wife and me as we have our anniversaries to embrace.

Anyhow, I did a little planning this year because I received some signals from my the other half that I ought to be more romantic and less against the world. I thought she is right. So I did. The flower, the card, the dinner and surprises. But it didn't go on as well as I thought. We had a little argument over a little thing after the dinner on this so-called the loving night. Well, the Bible had said it,"In his heart a man plan his course, but the Lord determines his steps."-Proverbs 16:9. I must be a bad Valentine's Day planner I guess.

So we were on the verge of giving up the midnight movie which I've bought the tickets earlier, the first time I did that. But thank God, we were still managed to show up at the theater on time. The film is inspired by the 1921 short story of the same name written by F. Scott Fitzgerald (also the author of The Great Gatsby), it is about a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. In simple words, all human being will grow old, but what if there is one of us who grows young?

There it goes an inspiring black humor movie, reminding us to live life to its fullest, because in either way, still, those from dust will go back to dust.

At the end, my wife and I walked out of the cinema holding each other's hands - As Benjamin said,"You never know what's coming for you."

牙牙学语

你有问过你的父母你出生后学会说的第一个字是什么字吗？

照片里的小小瓜是我二姐的小宝贝，也是现在我家里人气最高的淘气瓜（也是最讨人喜欢的），Victor。

他和他的哥哥有一个共同点，就是他们所学会的第一个发音都不是“爸爸”或“妈妈”，也不是很多婴儿先学会的“mum mum”（吃东西之意），而是 - 哥哥怀宇先学会说的是“gai gai”，逛街也！而弟弟今天一开口更令我大吃一惊，他跑到露台去喊隔壁的“kakak”!

我想姐姐此刻应是又伤心又吃醋吧。囧。

除了kakak，Victor 目前仅有的另一个词汇是“wow wow”，那就是楼下的小狗狗。不知道他几时才会叫我“舅舅”呢，我很期待。

Jesus Really Does Love You

Sharing a beautiful story (fowarded email from Veronica Wong):

Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the Pastor and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel Tracts.

This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside, as well as pouring down rain. The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, "OK, dad, I'm ready."

His Pastor dad asked, "Ready for what?"

"Dad, it's time we gather our tracts together and go out."

Dad responds, "Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring down rain."

The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, "But Dad, aren't people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?"

Dad answers, "Son, I am not going out in this weather." Despondently, the boy asks, "Dad, can I go? Please?"

His father hesitated for a moment then said, "Son, you can go. Here are the tracts, be careful son.."

"Thanks Dad!"And with that, he was off and out into the rain. his eleven year old boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel Tract.

After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet and down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted.

Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered. He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but still no answer.

Finally, this eleven year old trooper turned to leave, but something stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch! He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.

Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She softly asked, "What can I do for you, son?" With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, "Ma'am, I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that *JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU* and I came to give you my very last Gospel Tract which will tell you all about JESUS and His great LOVE."

With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave. She called to him as he departed. "Thank you, son! And God Bless You!"

Well, the following Sunday morning in church Pastor Dad was in the pulpit. As the service began, he asked, "Does anybody have any testimony or want to say anything?"

Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her feet. As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her face, "No one in this church knows me. I've never been here before. You see, before last Sunday I was not a Christian. My husband passed on some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that I came to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live.

So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof, then stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck.

Standing on that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted I was about to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me. I thought, "I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away." I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly. I thought to myself again, "Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me." I loosened the rope from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and louder.

When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long been dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, "Ma'am, I just came to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU." Then he gave me this Gospel Tract that I now hold in my hand.

As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel Tract. Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more.

You see---I am now a Happy Child of the KING. Since the address of your church was on the back of this Gospel Tract, I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in hell."

There was not a dry eye in the church. And as shouts of praise and honor to THE KING resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor Dad descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was seated.

He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably. Probably no church has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love & honor for his son... Except for One.

Our Heavenly Father also allowed His Son to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of heaven shouted praises and honor to The King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all principality and power and every name that is named.

Blessed are your eyes for reading this message.

First Love

Apart from play-acting as some cartoon characters (Power Puff Girl Z is his favourite, period), my nephew Waiyu also has his natural interest to draw. Due to that, we have to repaint our house early this year to cover his initial art works on the wall. Anyhow, a few months ago, he drew this on a piece of paper and said to me,"my love, for you." As usual, in the following he appealed for something I can't remember, but still, it's a fisrt "LOVE" I can't forget.

The Day The Earth Stood Still

It's been some time I haven't go for a movie with my wife. So, we saw the advertisements of this film whenever I log on to read the news or when we wander in the shopping mall. The pre-screening tactic was good enough to catch our attention and ensure our interest to wait for its show time.

Coincidently, we've been able to make the viewing last night due to its right time (first day of lauching plus school holiday). All I can tell is that we enjoyed the movie very much. We haven't seen many movies in a year but this one is certainly worthy to watch.

It's those types of story that makes us ponder our role as a human being and what have we contribute to the earth in a negative way. Moreover, it links to those who are christians because it is a similitude to the end-time prophesy. Although it is a remake of a 1951 movie but it is indeed an eye-opener for 2008 and our future ahead.

怀言怀宇081213

这几天老婆都在牙痛着......

刚巧......

（在车里）

宇：舅母，如果你牙痛然后牙齿掉了的话，你把掉了的牙齿放在枕头底下睡觉，第二天起来......

群：第二天起来会怎样？

宇：第二天起来你会有很多的金钱。

群：（气死）谁告诉你的？

宇：Cartoons.

The Wedding Photos of Kuen Sim and Jordan

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Sajak Usman Awang

星期六陪老婆到森州Durian Tipus的一間中學考PTP（英數理老師的英文考試）。閑著沒事做的我喜歡看看別的學校的環境、周圍。一來可以取別人之長補自己之短，二來，真的閑著沒事干。難得停下腳步那當然得做些平時嚮往卻缺乏的慢活步驟，慢慢走、細細看。

這間學校叫做SMK Teriang Hilir。有著很整齊，乾淨的建築群。設備完善，花草樹木也修剪得井井有條。只是不知道怎麽的，馬來學校的食堂總是被煩人的蒼蠅圍繞著。這也是以前在北大讀書時最受不了的一件事。所以我在食堂批改了一兩曡的作文后便躲到車上來寫網記。

這間學校的一個走廊有著非常漂亮的壁畫。主題是國家原則與航空發展。是由前任外交部長再努丁贊助的。不知是否由該校有藝術天份的老師或學生作畫？一路走向食堂的方向兩旁的牆壁都畫上各式各樣的圖案和鼓勵性的詞句。我也抄下了不少的金句，豐富自己的心靈也增添未來的教學内容。

然後我走到了一座建築物的邊墻。墻上劃上了一首詩，sebuah sajak。寫這首詩的是著名的Sasterawan馬來文學家Usman Awang。在我們的教育體制内求學的學子怎樣都會碰過他的詩。他之所以會受到馬來社會的尊崇和成爲經典，不是沒有道理的。看了這首詩，你就會明白爲什麽和所謂的sebaik-baik kata ialah yang ringkas dan mudah tetapi bermakna：

Jika hari ini seorang Perdana Menteri
Jika hari ini raja menaiki takhta
Jika hari ini seorang presiden sebuah negara
Jika hari ini seorang ulama yang mulia
Jika hari ini seorang peguam menangi bicara
Jika hari ini seorang penulis terkemuka
Jika hari ini siapa saja menjadi dewasa
Sejarahnya dimulakan oleh seorang guru biasa
Dengan lembut dan sabarnya
mengajar tulis dan baca...
-Usman Awang

現在我們手所种的,未來我們手所出的，我們不知道。唯有憑著那萬般的愛心和諸般的耐心，來到用心教好每一個我們遇到的小孩。我讀了這首詩很受感動，也確定自己的選擇是對的。

沒想到第一次來到這個地方就可以帶著一份美好的禮物，一首好詩，回家。

謝謝你，Usman Awang。