Sunday, December 16, 2007

Madam Chin

Madam Chin is back for a short break from living her life in Brussel. Her next stop is Toronto.

i can still vividly remember her first days in RCL as a fresh graduate. Naive, passionate and BLUR like a 傻大姐. Always in white shirts, black skirts, neatly bundled hair, just like the "uniforms" of IBM and big consulting firms during the 80s. This reminds me of Apple's classic 1984 advertisement...

Chin, Adeline and Serin.


She has since morphed into the hip and confident professional that she is today, and as passionate as before.

Out of the 4 ex-colleagues that Chin gathered, i am the only person from IT, the rest are from Accounts. And only 1 person is still in RCL. The person's identity will be withheld under the Witness Protection Act, since much latest news were revealed by this witness... hahaha...

It was great catching up with old friends.

Madam Chin, see you again one year later, or maybe i will go visit you in Toronto? hohoho...

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

你怎么看自己?

有一位牧师的女儿,她天生就是一位脑性麻痹患者,全身布满不正常的高张力,且无法言语。但,她却靠着无比的毅力与信仰的扶持,在美国拿到了艺术博士,并到处现身说法,帮助他人。

有一次,她应邀到一个场合演”写”(不能讲话的她必需以笔代口),会后发问时,一个学生当众小声的问:「妳从小就长成这个样子,请问你怎么看你自己?妳都没有怨恨吗?」这个无心但尖端的问题让在场人士无不捏一把冷汗,深怕会深深刺伤了她的心。只见她回过头,用粉笔在黑板上吃力地写下了「我怎么看自己?」这几个大字。她笑着再回头看了看大家后,又转过身去继续写着:一、我好可爱!二、我的腿很长很美!三、爸爸妈妈这么爱我!四、上帝这么爱我!五、我会画画!我会写稿!六、我有只可爱的猫!七、还有八、

忽然,教室内一片鸦雀无声,没有人敢讲话。她又回过头来静静地看着大家,再回过头去,在黑板上写下了她结论:「我只看我所有的,不看我所没有的。」众人安静了几秒后,一下子,全场响起了如雷的掌声与无数感动的泪水.那天,许多人因着她的乐观与见证而得到激励。

「我只看我所有的,不看我所没有的。」这样的人生观,很健康也很惬意。 《圣经》也曾形容一些聪明人:「似乎贫穷,却是富足的;似乎一无所有,却是样样都有的。」可不是吗?幸福,不在于您拥有多少事物,乃在于您用怎样的态度去看待、享受自己现下所拥有的一切若是能这样,即便您看似一无所有,也能比那些大富豪或身体健壮但成天愁眉苦脸的人们更快乐、更富有。