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8月4日

MA Taiwanese Babies!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. After ma usual piano practicing session today afternoon, I coincidentely met ma old Taiwanese 學弟妹.

That guy (called Andy) and two other people were sprawled out on a seemingly comfy sofa in Starbucks coffee and he suddenly pointed at me, dropped his jaws half way, trying to recall who I was in order to call out my name. "Irene!"  The girl (Fiona) who sat opposite him turned around, looked over her shoulder to see what was the matter and blurted out my name.
I was nearly marching out towards the exit when my gut instinct made me look in their way. And we made eye contact. WOUO~ I thought, who's that familiar guy? Hmmm...diggin into my high school memory...AHA! But I 've only seen him once before, how could he??? Wierd eh.
So, overjoyed, I accosted their table:

-Andy: (with a familiar warmth of welcome, pointed at a nearby chair) "坐這邊."

 

Instead, I butt landed right beside Fiona, dropped my bag on the sofa and stole a hug from her. AAAH...wut a joy to see them old friends again, especially friends from da same culture, MUHAHHA!!!
We talked.......aaaah, Taiwanese convos are often heavily spinkled with a taste of
??! (quoted from Fiona)

Nah! I said, it's not lah~~, it's 親切耶!  Plus tons of wickedly hilariously entertainingly random comments from 大家的七嘴八舌    Good times I had with them indeed.
However, aiya....that's wut happens when old friends gather together in public places--> dirty & highly annoyed looks from other coffee drinkers around us, as if to warn: You bunch of noisy teenagers aren't alone here, yo! Ahahaahaa, I felt so bad for those ppl lah~~~cuz they're trying to enjoy their own old friends' gathering, who knows,

They told me there 's this girl called Wendy who'd be going to UBC as well next year and she's leaving....THIS SUNDAY ??!?!?!  Wouo...SWEET. Andy snatched Huei's camera and proposed that I perform a self-intro that'll be sent afterwards to Wendy...aiya~~~ funnily spontaneous eh.

"5,4,3,2,1..start!" the guy sitting beside Andy commanded like a director.  -.-  er...okay.

Aaaaah, and so it came to pass that I introduced myself, giving her (my prospective 學妹) ma e-mail address for future contact and so on and so forth..."生日咧??" ,   "還有身高阿!"  Andy and his buddy 你一句我一句

......I was like,...你們喔 ^^;;   "喂喂~~! 三圍呀, 三圍多少??" 
"......"  Huei replied“
哇咧, 徵婚喔!” I replied“這是相親ㄇ? ”

阿呀~~~....使我懷念起 Taiwanese 的熱情, 親切....and most of all... internationalized Taiwanese 的精神!!

7月29日

Reminiscence

Memory. Aaaah, a crucial asset when it comes to discussing our roots, our place of origin, and on top of it all, our IDENTITY.
People smile when snatches or evern bits and scraps of memories spring up in their minds and you would most often hear the following sigh of pleasure and/or maybe melancholy?: "Aah...the good old times..."  eh ? :P 
Indeed..ever since humans came to exist, we've been asking ourselves this so -far- unanswered enigma: where do we all come from and towards where are we heading?  We have the tendency to trace back to our roots, our forefathers, our point of origin, the beginning of time. That is the reason why we like to recall, aaah...a word for this is "nostalgia"...a similar sensation for a traveller far away from home might be "homesickness" and another way of communicating this feeling between dear friends and close relatives when one hasn't seen them for quite some time would be "I miss you!!"
Imagine, if one did not possess this asset, "memory". HA. His/her life would be a chaos.The person would not remember where he came from or simply....he has just forgotten his own existence in the past. He has no origin, no historical roots to trace back to...ahhh.
Wut am I saying? Dunno eh....just find it quite compelling how we all treasure our memories. A Man without memory is not a man. He is existing but not living.  
So no memory = no life. :P
7月27日

Hospital

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Out of the hospital,.....finally.....mommy got ill for almost one week lah~~~~
and I stayed to keep her company...poor fragile little woman....'
Sigh......有好身體就是福. 能吃是福, 能睡更是福!
大家 take care 喲.
7月18日

Shalom

Shalom  Shalom. The word in Hebrew which means : peace.
May the peace be with you.
平安.
常聽基督徒口口聲聲說 "平安, 平安" 的 , 好像已成了一種口頭問候語一般, 有啥 special 的 ㄇ??
有! 絕對有. 不然為何說平安??
 
 
魔鬼常尋找我們身上的破洞. 最近...懶得讀經啦, 禱告心不在焉呀...Devil 想: "嘿嘿, 機會來了!!"
晚上睡覺時被許多雜聲音嚇到坐起來禱告.  那些聲音已前聽到都覺得悉鬆平常, 因知道是來自風, 冷氣機或樓上的房客. 但昨晚...那股懼怕, 迎面而來. 撲!!
 
人阿...要警醒!
7月15日

As I wait

I'm here, to meet with U, come and meet with me
I'm here to find U , reveal urself to me
As I wait, U make me strong, as I long, drawing into Ur arms
As I stand, and sing Ur praise  
U come U come and fill this place, won't U come won't U come and fill this place.
7月11日

*(((( 感 ))))*

跟台灣人的 conversation....親切感
 
跟泰國人的 conversation....友善感
 
跟加拿大人的 conversation....自由感
 
而 ~~~ 跟弟兄姐妹的 conversation....家庭感!!!


7月7日

SPLASH!!!

It's  *POURING*....*pouring*...*POURING*... *pouring*
Aaaah...raining season eh? I thought it almost ended.

雨呀, 滴答..滴答...答....下吧!!!!!! 
的我褲子膝蓋以下全 濕 .......鞋子呢? 變落湯 鞋  *.*.*.*.*.*

7月6日

Morning

Morning...peaceful breakfast
Having breakfast alone
Bread quickly devoured...now, my icy milk.
Too cold ah......leave it there for a while.

Day dream begins...with starting to stare motionlessly at my glass of milk. Motionlessly~ Aaah...what did I dream of yesterday night ah? Psychologists explain that the dreams you remember or seem the most vivid to you are the ones that take place in ur brain just several minutes right before u wake up. Amazing eh?  Memories are a funny thing. And why do we like to reminisce so much? Why do we like to keep photo albums? Or even grin at the pix as we slowly savour the good old times through looking at them ?

Milk getting warmer...*gulp gulp gulp* Ahhhhhh.
7月5日

Whale Rider

Ou mi ya bea quea ya, backa who ti yea quea quo wai eh the pa le nei yei
Whitireia. Whitireia.

If you ask me the name of this house I will tell you.
It is Whitireia.

Po wai te te quo te quo quei lona.
Quo Paikea. Quo Paikea. Ahee.
And the carved figurehead at the top?
It is Paikea. It is Paikea.
7月4日

僑商呀

今天......是演藝會不是ㄇ?
台上的人一個個高歌了一兩曲....台下的人卻像麻雀一搬: 嘰嘰喳喳不停.
請問......各位貴賓今天是來捧場的還是來談生意??
才唱到一半, 台下的人就已開始你來我往, 迫不及待地排隊去拿點心.
Oooh please. 台上的 人不是來娛樂你們的耶. At least that's how I think, but apparently they are indifferent to it.
原來, 泰國僑商就是如此呀. 個個打扮地花枝招展卻 end up eating deserts and having business talks instead of listening to the singers on stage?? Well,.....亞洲人阿~~~不是很清楚啥是 respect eh.
Dad said: that's why I wanted to bring you here, in order to let you see how it's like, the Thai-Chinese business world. There are cases that are a lot worse than today's.
7月1日

wq#!$^%@$%^@$

Stupid $%#%^ SXXT

Gosh.....emotions, why do we suffer so????
Belonginess.....why do we crave so?????

The whole world is against me.....

Need to be alone for a while.....I'll be fine in a couple of hours la~~~ 

Out shopping~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6月30日

A good read

Question:聽說基督徒若與非基督徒談戀愛,不論婚前或婚後必定會有很大的疏離與孤單,尤其婚後的傷痛會更加深;若有兒女,那樣的傷害就可不是婚前戀愛的傷害而已。…這不就是看不起不信主的人,只活在基督小框框裡嗎?

Answer:這裡提個例子。印度與巴基斯坦本是同一個國家,後來分為兩個。最近公共電視有在介紹新埔的義民廟,提到獻豬是給天公,獻給人是雞。我兒子就問我說,為何不獻更大的牛,不是更有誠意嗎。 我說,無論是印度教或者佛教,牛都是聖物。而在印度,甚至牛擋在路上,也不能按喇叭趕牠。

巴基斯坦信回教,印度信印度教;那麼為何不能同國?不能一起結婚呢?這就如基督教提醒基督徒,不要以為[愛情]可以勝過一切,因為價值觀終究會影響認同。認同則會影響關係。而關係不好,愛情就漸漸淡去,只剩下敵意。

牛在佛教是聖物,所以都鼓吹用豬取代之。巴基斯坦是回教,豬是不潔之物;宗教經典要求只能吃牛羊肉,不准吃豬肉。回教徒若跟佛教徒結婚,就天天看著對方一定要吃聖物或者吃不潔之物,早晚吵架。就像我有些親戚是種田的,您若在他們面前大口吃牛肉,他們會真的生氣的。

這是基督教戀愛觀所提醒的,戀愛需要真實的去考量到將來真正每天一起生活,一起吃喝,這些生活與文化中互相斥的事務,是不是會導致爭吵?因此這些對基督徒的提醒,並非歧視非基督徒,卻是現實。

就如基督教不能拜偶像或祖先,除非雙方的家人永遠不在一起過節過生日,不然,總會有一方的父母兄弟姊妹提出抗議,導致爭吵,婚姻破裂。

舉例而言,某個基督徒嫁娶了一個非基督徒,每月拿兩萬元供養對方父母,20年如一日,也相處愉快。等到父母過世只因為宗教信仰緣故而不拿香跪拜,就是大大不孝。相愛是在相互尊重的前提之下方為可行。我們的社會可以允許和尚因為信仰關係不吃獻祭的肉,卻不能認同基督徒因為信仰的關係而不拿香跪拜。或許可以先回去問不是基督徒的父母與祖父母,看看他們能否歡喜快樂的接受嫁娶一位[死後不拜]的家人。就能明白或許基督教才是被歧視的宗教,倒非是基督教歧視其他宗教。

結婚不只是兩人的事,還會有父母親友的意見在身旁繞繞環環。會讓男女兩人真不知道要如何妥協到家人滿意,認真的信徒一定會遇見極大的困難的。希望這樣的解釋,可以讓你滿意。

6月29日

Laury

Laury....quite Englishy a name eh? But it's French.

Good times we had. We talked, chatted, joked around and ate, actually....hehehehe...
How was the food Laury? Good, nice, excellent? Et bien....I think that it was pas assez pour vous quatre.

Thanks for inviting me to visit France and possible stay-overs!! I appreciate it

Remember our "chocolat blanc, chocolat noir...chocolat NOIR et BLANC!!"  AHhaahhaa....J'ai completement oublie comment ca s'apellait le chocolat au lait!

I wish that we could have gotten the chance met each other sooner...

Mais bon...on s'ecrira hein ?? Promis ? 

Bisous bisous bisous !!!!
6月26日

Enjoy!

Aaaaaahhh...good, now my thoughts are straightened out:

J'adore nager en plein air quand il y a du soleil. Le soleil....si doux et caressant.
Non pas seulement sur mes joues, mais aussi sur mes bras qui deviennent aussitot bronzes...d'une couleur rouge-brune....comme du charbon qui brule.
 
Mais, qu'est ce-que c'est que ca? Oh! Trop de graisse, ici et la, oui.
Aaaaah, mais j'ai bien essaye de faire des excercises, des pompes, des....whatever u call it.

Et bien...got a fancy dinner tonight to attend to...with this French family. Sigh...hope I won't stammer out weird words....

Random, quite random

Seems as if am constantly waiting for something to happen.
Breaking off of routine? Maybe...
But revolving around routine gives u a sense of security, sureness.
What am I to do now?
Aaaah...need to go swimming....to straighten out my thoughts.

6月22日

Pigeons? Got attitude man

That black speckled white plumage...stood out to me.
That walk...poised yet alert at all times.
Head high. Motionless gaze.
He/she...*not sure of its gender*...was cruising along other hundreds of jerkish and fidgetty grey, pudgy, greedy pigeons. He shone, with pride and...indifference perhaps? Or maybe just with patricial grace?
Never did he/she hurry to peck pigeon food from my half opened tantalizing hand.
No hurries, he/she thought. I shall not hustle and bustle like starving hectics just for those grains. My time will come.
And so I noticed...he/she flew up to the level of my hovering fist full of freasy grains.
I opened up for him/her. He/her ate...one by one, no hurries, no signs of fear or concurrence among his/her fellow competitors.
Then he/she sat still...simply perched on my fingers. Poised once again. As if that spot was specifically reserved for him/her. Still, perfectly still.
Now, picture taking time!!
What is this...is he/she staring at my lens?
Very well.....if u wish,...*click click click click*
Mmmm....a pigeon model! How's that?

6月19日

BLAH!

噁.........吃壞肚子了.
泰國的食物好不乾淨.

深更半夜被痛醒.
跑廁所去.........

怪夢連連~~~~

今一大早, 陣痛不斷.
Aaaaah. 像熊貓也.

有啥好東西可 clean 一下 my intestines ?

6月18日

Ooooh.....說教時間

Yesterday night....

My mommy was scolding my brother for not being fully aware of the priorities of him being a high school student.


Mom: "你現在要升 11 年級了耶. 還 一天到晚打電動 ?! 你有沒有危機意識呀??? 阿??!! 我一直在
         替你著急耶, 而你呢? 一點都不自動自發! What is ur plan for this summer?  Playing video
         games everyday? 你有沒有擬定一個 summer vacation 計畫阿? 眼看著就要升大學, 你將來
         如何應付?!! SAT 和 TOEFL 啥時考呀? 你最好早一點 prepare. 你看你 sister, she knows
         how to plan her life, 多學學阿!"

I was beside her and 有些心虛啦....嘻嘻嘻. The 屬靈書籍 I was planning to read was put away for a while, 都快發霉了.....when was the last time I read it?  Mmm....last week? Gosh....The English vocabs that I promised myself to memorize every single day...put away as well....放在那兒當裝飾品,.....hehehe   -.-   And I was planning to watch a movie that night,....but CHANGED my mind immediately, given that my mom just finished chastising my brother for being lazy and unproductive. So.....hum....no movies tonight, ehhehehe, off to bed you go, Irene.

Mmmm.....we all need to be reminded to face the reality sometimes....and continue striving!!
讀書去.....

6月16日

Never gonna do that again?

A guy looked for the word "dictionnary" in the dictionnary.
He found it and saw the definition: It's the thing u'r holding, stupid.
So he flipped to the word "stupid".
And the definition shows: Is that YOU again?

Very often God is just devastated with the sins we commit and/or dire behaviors we demonstrate. God is obliged to say: Is that YOU again??
And we would often, pray like this: God, I'll never do that again. I'll NEVER do that again. I'll never do THAT again. 

------------------------- from Praise 106.5

6月15日

Aviator

-Wanna hear the good news or the bad news?
-The good.
-Ok. The good news is there aren't any bad news.
-.........what's the bad news then?
-The bad news is that what I just said was false.

Wait...does this make any sense to you?  Mmmmmm...