Tonight's thoughts on Hillsong United Concert

Wow, what an incredible night of worship!! No CD or DVD can replace the live atmosphere of a worship concert, there is really nothing like everyone raising up their hands and jumping and dancing to praise God, I am so glad we went downstairs to the field.


Before I forget, I want to jot down some amazing things Pastor Phil Dooley said tonight. What a call to rise up from our Christian slumber. We need more brave Christians, he said, people who rise up above their comfort or convenience zones to see people in need and to get involved in helping them. And we need to be brave to proclaim Jesus' name.

He refers to the story of Acts chapter 3, where Peter and John were as usual going to their regular service and about to enter the temple, when they see a crippled beggar in front of the gate, and they heal him in the name of Jesus.

First, Christians should see things differently. We should have the eyes to see the people in need, just as Peter and John saw the beggar in need.

Second, Christians should not only see people in need, but then should do something about it. The 'religious' thing to do for Peter and John is to enter the temple as usual to be on time for service, but the 'right' thing that they did was to rise above their inconvenience and actually do something about it. Let us learn not to "be good at church", but to "BE a good church". Wow, what an incredible point.

In fact, later in Acts chapter 4, when the rulers questioned Peter and John by what power or name did they do this to the beggar and they said Jesus, they said: "But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name". And this is what is happening with our world. It's fine that you help out the poor and do all sorts of charity and humanitarian stuff, as long as you don't mention the name 'Jesus'. But how can we shut up if the very source of motivation for doing these things is what Jesus has done for us? We must be brave to proclaim.

"I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith"

This is what it's all about. To be a Christian is to say:
"It's not about me".

What a great song!!!!!!!!!

主愛大過天

好搞笑... 團契可以帶下 :)


主愛大過天【 原曲：Twins．戀愛大過天 】

學習要緊 信仰要真 可知恩主時常在左近
尋求祂必需 真意與真心
原來沒有衪 你會缺乏愛 尋求真的愛
理論從來沒記載 叫你照做全便應該

神在你身邊 主愛大過天
可知主會日夜垂念 連甜夢也看顧時
雖然現在你未成年 別要膚淺
須知主愛大過天 牢記聖經的格言
自願步向祂腳前 不須閃 神大恩 終會遇見

少女愛暗戀本是自然 但是志願以後別也變
而你是否懂得愛？想清楚你能改變

（未大個女你大概知道）天空海闊 是主真的愛
（未大個女我大概應該）尋找衪的愛 談更多未來
（未大個仔你大概知道）因這真愛 樂於鍛鍊期待
（未大個仔你大概知道）無知的愛 去愛便成害
（善用這刻我大概應該）惟願你能找到這真愛

絲襪奶茶

一直都好想 DIY 絲襪奶茶, 終於找到一些秘技!

Apple Daily 識飲識食- 絲襪奶茶始祖→ 公開沖茶秘技

跟茶檔做的訪問

Who wants to be 白老鼠? :)

Hmm... 誰知道那裏買黑白奶??

很喜歡郭文池牧師... 他和 summer camp 的瀨牧師, 是我遇過的華人牧師當中兩位最令我起敬的。可能是因為他們能夠真正流露出謙厚的態度,令人看到他們是「口哥句,做哥句」...(有時候總會看到一些牧師用囂張和指責的態度來講道,我覺得真的很矛盾... 道縱然有道理,聽下去的人不會被建立,反而可能感到反感。) 他們對神充滿著熱誠, 也對現實生活有很深入的知識和了解, 令信仰變得很實在, 很 make sense。他們是絕對知道自己信的是什麼, 思想很清晰, 不會害怕任何知識, 因為他們懂怎樣去用腦作出判斷。這就是我敬佩的基督徒。

郭牧師兩次講道, 兩次都很 challenge 我。在培靈會, 他 challenge 我們一些常在 comfort zone 的基督徒, 害怕改變, 不敢踏出自己的框框, 或常躲在教會的暖鍋中, 不敢踏出社會去 make a difference。在今天教會講道, 他 challenge 我們教會去改善我們的禱告生活和解決人事的問題。其實我們教會的種種問題, 不是沒有人察覺, 但真的要一個外來的講員來畫出腸...人真是複雜。多謝郭牧師。真的希望教會的復興快來到...

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去 Whistler snowboard 完, 又是周身骨痛... 但很好玩 :)

Two weeks ago I was very saddened by the Virginia Tech tragedy, and soon after I created a simple video slideshow in remembrance of the victims.

There is only one message I wanted to bring out: Loving and serving people around us more, serving God with all our heart, is probably the best response we can have to honor these victims. How God's love needs to be lifted high in times where evil seems to prevail.

Nature 3rd May 2007 Summary

South Africa has finally stepped up towards the AIDS crisis: By 2011, cutting infection rates by 50%; 80% accessibility to treatment. Currently, some scary stats... 1.8 million South Africans have died so far of AIDS, with an annual infection rate of 530,000. Only 30% of a million patients have access to antiretroviral treatment. Children are particularly vulnerable, because identity and family consent are usually required for testing, and many are obviously too young to have, and too unfortunate to even have a family alive. Really, statistics trivializes things so much.

The new 454 DNA sequencing technique, which is 100-times faster than the traditional clone-based techniques, is being used to identify new emerging viruses quickly. Just a little more speed can be life-saving, come next SARS (which I hope not...).

A postdoc at Cancer Research UK, compared her work with that of a circus performer, as she struggles to keep up with her todo list, at the same time as worrying about her own and her husband's homelessness:

"After all, postdocs are expert jugglers: we constantly have multiple experiments, responsibilities and commitments up in the air. We are agile tightrope walkers: from start to finish, we have to balance our professional goals with our mentor's expectations, our family obligations and our personal priorities, sometimes without a safety net. We're capable contortionists: we demonstrate remarkable flexibility when put in a tight spot. Sometimes we're lion tamers, winning the cooperation and respect of those who can be notoriously challenging to work with. Most of all, we're dedicated performers. We know, always, that the show must go on."

which makes me ponder about the prospect of pursuing the academic career... Why is it that the financial rewards in the academic career ladder can be so incomparable with industry jobs? After all, it's still a job, and I don't think it demands anything less than a normal job.

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Nature 25th April 2007: Summary

Universities are traditionally organized as discipline-based departments: physics, chemistry, biology, etc. Looking forward, some long-sighted universities have already noticed the trend that science is becoming increasingly interdiciplinary. Bioinformatics is a great example: mixing computer science, biology and statistics. Stanford, Harvard and Arizona State are pioneering to set up interdisciplinary centres, based not on discipline, but on a clear societal goal. It actually paints an encouraging picture of unity: a team of physicists, chemists, engineers, computer scientists and economists actively engaged in issues that concern all of us: poverty, hunger, disease. Scientists are no longer stuck in their little ivory tower trying to make a living out of petty questions.

By the end of this year, China will likely overtake the United States as the number one country in greenhouse gas emissions, sad... (though per capita speaking, the US is still far ahead). The good news is that the Chinese government is actually very concerned about this, because global warming will affect China significantly (lower water supply leading to lower crop yields, floods and droughts, and Beijing 2008 reputation). If it weren't for these consequences that people take heed, the world would have already exploded. One more argument for why God allows bad things to happen in this world; if actions did not have consequences, where is the motivation to do anything at all?

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