July 15, 2008
節錄自明報2008年7月3日港聞教育版：
「油麻地天主教小學學生林瀚斌自從小六下學期起，每日清晨四時起床溫習，寒窗苦讀只為入讀心儀英文中學。昨日升中派位揭盅，他如願入讀名校九龍華仁書院…母親林太喜極而泣，邊拭淚邊稱讚兒子努力，凌晨四點起床溫習，有時會溫習至半夜十二時，成績有進步，平均分由80增至90分…林太更自兒子小一起就為他報讀鋼琴、小提琴、英文班及面試班等…」
小學也要早上四時起床溫習？套老友媽媽的名言：「小學的書要溫習的嗎？」
怎知表妹說，這位林同學，正是她的鋼琴學生。林同學確實是派進了九龍華仁，但他並沒有早上四時起床，也沒有每天只睡四小時，他有學鋼琴，但沒有學小提琴，而是學中提琴，文中（還有附圖）的「母親林太」，姓氏是對的，不過是林女士，不是林太，那不是林同學的母親，而是姑姐…
天啊！那不就是說，整篇報道，除了林同學的名字是對的，他獲派九龍華仁是真的，學鋼琴也是對的，其他都是錯的？
July 9, 2008
What a site! Overloaded?
Alternative option: http://www.fmnew.com/thread-122-1-1.html
You will have to keep the tab active to keep it running. What I usually do is open this link in a new window then just put it in another space and let it run by itself. I like 881 programs but I really dislike the 881903.com.
July 8, 2008
Was reading Mingpao today and read this article:
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The original text from New York Times is here.
So what if this tablet shows that Christianity is originated from Judaism? Didn’t everybody know that Christianity IS originated from Judaism?
So what if Jesus’ teaching is based on Old Testament? Didn’t everyone who has read the Bible know that, too?
And how about the prediction of death and resurrection of Messiah? OF COURSE there were such predictions. Many scriptures from the Old Testament are related to that!
“it suggests that the story of his death and resurrection was not unique but part of a recognized Jewish tradition at the time…Resurrection after three days becomes a motif developed before Jesus, which runs contrary to nearly all scholarship. What happens in the New Testament was adopted by Jesus and his followers based on an earlier messiah story…He notes that in the Gospels, Jesus makes numerous predictions of his suffering and New Testament scholars say such predictions must have been written in by later followers because there was no such idea present in his day. But there was, he said, and “Gabriel’s Revelation” shows it.”
So, one single tablet can prove that it’s a motif developed before Jesus, a recognized Jewish tradition? Now I understand why some believe that no one died in June-4 Incident as there’re more than one who have said so.
I really don’t see how this may ignite debate over Messiah and resurrection. The tablet is, of course, worthy of study. It shows something from the past. It may fill some gaps… or it may create more gaps. Either way, it is good for understanding history. But to have the core of Christianity shaken by this finding… It’s unlikely to happen.
July 5, 2008
七．一那天，與母親大人和好友到馬鞍山飲茶。飲茶期間，坐在鄰桌的小女孩裝哭撒野。她的「裝哭」演技十分差勁，只是五官縐成一堆，半滴眼淚也沒有，有聲無畫，連她的媽媽也是說了她兩句，也不想理她了。不過，她雖然演技差，毅力卻不錯，不斷播哭聲播了不短時間，起碼足夠我吃完牛肉，再吃完一條腸粉，還在播。
我的坐位剛好就是正面對著那小女孩的，我一直在等，等她正眼看著我的那一刻。終於，讓我等到了！然後，我把食指放唇上，狠狠地發出一聲：
「噓！」
頓時，她呆了，連裝哭也忘了，連她的媽媽也發現了。她在呆，我在笑，她的媽媽也笑了（應該很感激我吧!?），然後… 本來有哭聲沒眼淚的廣播劇，變成了有眼淚沒聲音的默劇。她終於滴出了兩滴眼淚（真的只有兩滴！），要拿紙巾去抹。母親大人問會否令她蒙上飲茶陰影，不過，沒多久，她便跟爸爸玩得笑聲連連，應該是沒有吧！
小時候在教會的小孩，都說母親大人很惡，是惡人皇后。
我，果然是惡人皇后的女兒 - 惡人公主。
July 4, 2008
Have to address clearly that the interpretation of Matthew 13 posted here a few days ago and the traditional interpretation are not mutually exclusive.
For example, the mustard seed can be Jesus and disciples/believers at the same time; The merchant who seeks fine pearls can be Jesus and disciples/believers at the same time as well.
But I think the two interpretations come in hierarchy: First comes the mustard seed and the merchant being Jesus, then comes the two being disciples/believers.
Simple explanation is: “disciple” means learner. Who are we learning from? Jesus. So the mustard seed and the merchant refer first to Jesus then to disciples.
July 2, 2008
881903.com changed its interface about a week ago. The day after the interface was changed, I went to the website (I go to this website everyday) and tried to open the online broadcast through the drop-down manual but it failed. And there’s a new thing called HKToolbar but it’s for Windows only. It’s very frustrating as I usually listen to radio online. I was a bit disappointed that they neglected Mac users and ironically, right under the drop-down manual that didn’t work, there’s a Mac ad.
So, I clicked the “contact us” button and left a message there asking them to fix the problem. It was June 26.
And today, I finally got a reply from them and the problem is fixed. Mac users may now listen to online broadcast from the drop-down manual which is now named “Mac用戶網上直播”.
So, voicing out does work with a responsive company. But gotta say that… they shouldn’t have launched a website that is not ready for everyone yet. And 881903.com is now a “beta” version only. I don’t feel that bad as I’m not a paid client. I’m just an ordinary listener enjoying free online broadcast. But I were a paid client, I’d be really pissed off.
July 2, 2008
June 30, 2008
I remember back when I was in high school, we had this discussion about professions in feline society in a lesson.
It started like this: One day, one of the girls in the class asked this question during recess that we have all sorts of professions in human world like teachers, nurses, doctors, and so on. And she saw a cat in the campus and she began to wonder if there are different professions in the feline society. Are there cat doctors who are there to attend to other cats when somecat got sick? Are there cat teachers who’s responsible for teaching other cats…and so on…
And then the discussion extended into our lesson time. Our teacher thought it’s a good topic for discussion and so we spent like the whole 35 minutes on it.
Well, most of you (or even us back in the class) think that it’s a silly question and a silly discussion. Got too much time to waste on… well, watch this video and maybe the discussion wasn’t that silly after all.
June 23, 2008
Did my friend a favor some time ago and so he bought me a dinner the other evening at Shakey’s @ NTP…
It’s good… especially it’s paid by someone else!
