昨天拿起結他, 突然浮現一些不知從哪裡來的靈感, 想立即寫下來, 但寫了一半就 stuck 左。

剛剛, Generation Church, 怎料那 topic 完完全全的一樣。

現在, 思想很混亂, 不能夠一時將它表達出來... 只知道充滿了以下這些字:

     Patches(補貼)
                                Will Power (意志力)                                                              
Grace (恩典)
                                                   Surrender (投降)
               Desire, "want to" (慾望)
                                         Duty, "have to" (任務)

暫時給大家一些問題思想下:

你是否在「努力」去做一個更好的基督徒?
換句話說,
你是否努力去嘗試做一個"好"人,「因為你是基督徒」?
你是否盡量行為檢點,「因為你是基督徒」?
你是否盡量不去想污穢的思想,「因為你是基督徒」?
你是否盡量返教會、讀聖經、祈禱,「因為你是基督徒」?
你是否去侍奉,「因為這是基督徒的責任」?

如果你答「是」的話... 那你一定很累很辛苦吧?

From a friend:
(highlighted are the ones that stood out the most for me...)

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THE GREATEST ADVICE -
Rick Warren, the Purpose Driven Life

To make yourself happy, pursue your passions & be the best of what you can be.

Simplify your life. Take away the clutter.

Get rid of destructive elements: abusive friends, nasty habits, and dangerous liaisons.

Don't abandon your responsibilities but don't overdose on duty.

Don't date because you are desperate.

Don't marry because you are miserable.

Don't have kids because you think your genes are superior.

Don't philander because you think you are irresistible.

Don't associate with people you can't trust.

Don't cheat. Don't lie. Don't pretend.

Don't dictate because you are smarter.

Don't demand because you are stronger.

Don't sleep around because you think you are old enough & know better.

Don't hurt your kids because loving them is harder.

Don't sell yourself, your family, or your ideals.

Don't stagnate!

Don't regress.

Don't live in the past. Time can't bring anything or anyone back.

Don't put your life on hold for possibly Mr. Right.

Don't throw your life away on absolutely Mr. Wrong because your biological clock is ticking.

Learn a new skill.

Find a new friend.

Start a new career.

Sometimes, there is no race to be won, only a price to be paid for some of life's more hasty decisions.

To terminate your loneliness, reach out to the homeless.

To feed your nurturing instincts, care for the needy.

To fulfill your parenting fantasies, get a puppy.

Don't bring another life into this world for all the wrong reasons.

Don't live life recklessly without thought and feeling for your family.

Be true to yourself.

Don't commit when you are not ready.

Don't keep others waiting needlessly.

Go on that trip. Don't postpone it.

Say those words. Don't let the moment pass.

Do what you have to, even at society's scorn.

Write poetry.

Love Deeply.

Walk barefoot.

Dance with wild abandon.

Cry at the movies.

Take care of yourself. Don't wait for someone to take care of you.

You light up your life.

You drive yourself to your destination.

No one completes you - except YOU.

It isn't true that life does not get easier with age. It only gets more challenging.

Don't be afraid. Don't lose your capacity to love.

Pursue your passions.

Live your dreams.

Don't lose faith in God.

Don't grow old. Just grow YOU!

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.

Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give to someone is your time.

Relationships take time and effort, and the best way to spell love is T-I-M-E because the essence of love is not what we think or do or provide for others, but how much we give of ourselves.

God is good all the time!

九型人格

做了九型人格測驗, Oh my God I am so 極端 !!!!! :o

好明顯, 我是 Type 4, 跟著就是 Type 5 和 Type 9... 點解其他的會負數架, 我是不是有問題, 一個仲要 -8 添, 有沒有搞錯.... ><

Type 1: -5
Type 2: -3
Type 3: 2
Type 4: 8
Type 5: 6
Type 6: -1
Type 7: -5
Type 8: -8
Type 9: 6

"Your highest score will indicate you basic type, or it will be among the top 2-3 scores. Low scores in some type might come out negative. That's perfectly normal. For best results, you should answer all the questions that apply."
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And looking at the Myers-Briggs categories, I strongly believe I am an INTP.

哎, 我想我真的是註定 Type 4... 搞這麼多, 證明我要 "understand self" 的慾望真的很強...

終於讀完 Linnaeus 的傳記, 簡直是停不下來... 還有一些感想想寫, 但還是留給下一天吧。

總括來講, 這天才的工作量很瘋癲, 做了一些可能別人要花幾世才能獲得的成果。如論到聖經裡才幹的比喻, 這人可以說是無愧地盡用了他的天資有餘。

最後, 留給大家一朵給他命名的花, 叫 Linnaea borealis, 因為

"Linnaea is a plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant, disregarded, flowering but for a brief space - from Linnaeus who resembles it".
- 這就是他對自己謙遜的評價。(須然他老了之後變得有點自負 :p )

搞到我突然想買來種... 不知道有沒有得賣呢? :(


Oh, 還有, 同大家宣布我的拉丁名字: Chikkus Kinnaeus。 :D

Linnaeus 啟示錄

開始讀了 Wilfrid Blunt 著的 "Linnaeus - The compleat naturalist", 敘述這個自然科學家傳奇的一生。今天很深刻的一段就是當他告訴父親他打算要自己一個人去瑞典曠野去採摘標本, 他父親跟他這樣說:

"If you are confident that this journey will advance your career, then ask God for guidance and help. He is everywhere, even among the wildest fells. Trust in Him. My prayers will go with you." 林奈那時候深知道他的呼召是在大自然。在他 25 歲生日前的那一天, 他就出發去了將會改變他一生的旅程。

也給我印象很深刻的, 就是在林奈能夠應神的呼召前往探險之前, 他花了很多光陰, 很多努力及毅力去為自己打好基礎, 因為他知道, 當這一天來臨的時候, 他會有能力去勝任。給我的啟示, 就是可能神現在並沒有叫我為他做什麼偉大的事, 但我還要好好地打理神給我的小小恩賜, 做好基礎, improve 自己, 等如果祂呼召的那一天真的來到, 我會有能力為祂去做好。其實最可惜的不是懷才不遇, 而是當機會來臨的時候, 自己的能力卻做不來。

林奈從小就對大自然充滿著好奇心, 他大了更加肯定這是他的使命。那種由內心發出來對大自然的渴求, 有人描述他: "like a wide-eyed child among new toys", 真的是天生的。其實我們每一個人小時候總會偏對某些事物特別感興趣或得心應手, 別人覺得很難, 但你卻不明白為什麼他們這樣說。可能是做科學實驗, 可能是時裝設計, 可能是彈琴作曲, 可能是人緣特別好, 或說話特別有影響力。無論是什麼, 這種最單純的感覺, 你知道不是偶然的,也很可能就是你的使命。

待續...

Carl Linnaeus 300 年

在今期的 Nature 雜誌,有一個很特別的特輯, 紀念一個叫 Carl Linnaeus (卡爾·林奈) 的科學家在 300 年前的出生。

講到科學偉人,大部分人都會聽過 Einstein, Newton 之類,很少人會聽過 Linnaeus 這個名子, 但其實每一個中學生在生物堂都一定會聽過, 他也是其中我最敬佩的科學家之一。他對整個醫學界和生物界的影響十分之深遠, 皆因他當時將整個地球所有動、植物都給他們分類起來, 從當時雜亂無章的科學名詞, 將他從此變得井井有條。現在我們每一件生物能夠各從其類, 都是因他的分類方法而起。有人稱他: "God created, Linnaeus set in order", 實在太貼切了。

他對神的創造的那份熱情, 對每一件生物的愛惜和尊重, 對每一個細節的執著及那恆久的耐心, 都永遠值得我們後人和每一個科學家去敬佩和學習。

The Pursuit of Excellence (and happyness)

我是不是已經習慣了做事,尤其是學業上面,總之「過了骨」就算了?

讀 grad school,其實真的很多東西要讀,要學,但是越學就越覺得更加多東西需要學,真的像無止境一樣... 有時這種 overwhelming 的感覺真的會令你覺得,其實係唔係都讀唔完,不如唔好讀, 應付到就算。The pursuit of excellence, 從哪裡來的力量?




"You Raise Me Up"

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

Chorus:
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

Bridge:
There is no life - no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

多謝你們的關心, 我真的沒事。

如果有一件事學到的, 就是人時常都會軟弱, 真的是靠不住的。真的只有神才是信實, 才是全真。其實如果每個人都能夠在安靜裡以禱告來到神面前, 坦然地放下自我, 那很多人與人之間的問題都能迎刃而解。



歌曲 : 禱告良辰歌
作詞 : 聖徒詩歌552首
作曲 : William Batchelder Bradbury
演唱 : 陶喆

禱告之時 甘甜之時
使我離開 煩惱之事
來到神的 座前發表
所有意願 所有需要
當我遇到 重壓憂愁
我靈卻常 得著自由
不陷惡者 所有佈置
因為有你 禱告之時

禱告之時 甘甜之時
如有隻翼 載我遠辭
來祂寶座 向祂求懇
祂是信實 祂是全真
祂既命我 尋求祂面
信祂話語 靠祂恩典
我要將我 重擔卸釋
在於你前 甘甜之時

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Do not fret because of evil men
or be envious of those who do wrong;
for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.

Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the Lord
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
Do not fret—it leads only to evil.
For evil men will be cut off,
but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.

-- Psalm 37:1-9

I should never ever have done it... I totally regret it, that was my big big mistake...

我家人二十幾年來為我所做、所付出過的事, 真的遠遠超過那幾年名過於實的 "來往", 如果真的要我選擇, 我會毫不猶豫地答你。永遠永遠不要背後抹黑一個從來未向你做過任何事、未曾跟你講過半句話的人。

剛剛 upload 完今次返澳門、香港的相, 有興趣可以去看。回去再看見家人和朋友, 感覺真的很好... 搞到我有一點衝動畢業後返去搵工... 後悔沒有在香港多影一些相。

這一陣子常常很早起身, 去梅園做它第一個客吃早餐, 其實真的幾寫意... 播著 90 年代懷舊的歌, 一手喝著杯熱奶茶, 一手拿著 paper, 真的太正了... 但這不可以持續太久, 皆因如果每天都做就太昂貴了! >< 今天聽到一首很好聽的歌, 以前都沒有聽過, 用歌詞 search , 原來是許美靜的 「明知故犯」。須然歌詞內容真的有點灰, 但無可否認, 歌曲真的很動聽。認真的題材, 配上許美靜的口音, 有時真的不知道笑好唔笑好...

同大家 share 下啦:

Nature is launching a Nature China portal in April to keep abreast the biomedical research news in China. Proves that China's research potential is not to be ignored. Interestingly, the editor is going to be Hong Kong based, which makes me think, scientific publishing could also be a good career candidate! Well, given they set up office there...

Another news that China is investing hundreds of millions of dollars on building cutting edge facilities for scientific research. But as the last paragraph says, the Chinese government really needs to beware not to prize machines over the people. Until they do that, and until they can set up a good system that honors the spirit of science, it won't yet be an attractive environment to do science.

香港終於推出網上中文域名, 即話從現在開始, "http://www.可口可樂.hk/" , 將會 work 啦! 遲 D 登記個 www.何子健.hk 玩下都好 :) 最搞笑就是很多名店明星域名都已被人登記, 但「www.曾蔭權.hk」和「www.胡錦濤.hk」竟然還沒有人認頭, 真可憐。

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受 pp959 影響, 最近很好奇去讀亦舒的小說。唔講都唔覺, 其實男仔看愛情小說真的很奇怪麼?? 我覺得都 OK wo, 咪有係小說一本... 剛剛看完她 (其實開頭我都不知道她是男是女...) 最著名的「朝花夕拾」和她最新出的「你的素心」, 其實真的很好看! 她文筆異奇地好之外, 令讀者讀得很舒服, 亦帶出一些很現實及令人反省的題材。幾好幾好... 這個作者都幾瘋癲, 原來她總共寫了 254 篇作品!! >< 唔講你唔知, 原來方中信都是因「朝花夕拾」而紅!

Today's research readings

Wiki for professionals , as described in this Nature article , is something to be looked forward to. Biologists are beginning to exploit the new web 2.0 technologies to improve research. Collaborative software such as this wiki will allow research findings to be aggregated in one place and rapidly divulged without the need for the whole journal publishing cycle, which usually takes months or years. But given such a new paradigm shift, its success remains to be seen.

US biotech companies have begun to offshore to strategic world locations such as China, India, Singapore. France seems to be one more of these strategic locations, where great laboratories such as the Pasteur Institute reside. When will be the time for Vancouver, or Hong Kong? ><

And here is a person who moved from the European Science Foundation to Singapore, also a major hub in biotechnology. Just keep this in mind, who knows what the future holds?

A Nature Medicine paper has published an interesting method to generate gene expression signatures that are associated with patient's responses to cancer chemotherapy. A common problem for cancer patients and doctors during treatment is not knowing how the patient's body will respond to a particular chemotherapy treatment until side effects (eg hair loss) are evident. This kind of signature will allow the doctor to better predict the effectiveness of a chemotherapy.

Music and Lyrics

Just watched "Music and Lyrics" by Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore... Not that great, but I really loved the song, it's called "Way Back Into Love":

Way Back Into Love - Hugh Grant & Hayley Bennett

I've been living with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on

I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need em again someday
I've been setting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it true without a way back into love
Oh oh oh

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I've been searching but I just don't see the signs
I know that it's out there
There's got to be something for my soul somewhere

I've been looking for someone to shed some light
Not somebody just to get me through the night
I could use some direction
And I'm open to your suggestions

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

There are moments when I don't know if it's real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again
You know that i'll be there for you in the end