Interesting life question

I purchased this book named " The meaning of life" written by Bradley Greive about two weeks ago. It's a book that contains a lot of funny-looking animals photos and life questions. Let me share two of the photos with you.

"...why do we feel drawn together as a species,

yet we steadily build up defensive barriers around our innermost feelings and beliefs so we can never be truly close to anyone?" (quoted from the book I mentioned earlier)

I think it takes time for you to get to know each other before you disclose your true feelings and thoughts to a new friend. However, we may only express our true feelings and thoughts to other people selectively. Too often I will protect myself by not disclosing too much information to a newly-meet friend or co-worker. Perhaps it's because our brains are far more complicated than what we think.

Dealing with comments

I thought I should have a better EQ after working in customer-oriented environment for years.

I still feel frustrated and uncomfortable when I receive these "positive" comments. Well, I can say that these incoming comments are positive and are made with good intention. However, we are human beings. We have emotion and feelings. It does take me some time to digest those comments and convert them into positive educational experience from the failure. It seems like that all the effort I have put is worthless.

It's very challenging to face criticism when you serve God with all of your heart.

Then, I think of William Wiberforce in British Parliament (in the movie "Amazing Grace" ) This is the message I got from the movie: No matter how difficult it is to face critiscism, failure or obstacles; if you think this is what God wants you to do, just do it as if Wiberforce.

Perhaps, it's the pressure of accountability and responsiblity to God that make a young girl grows.

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My "mood" leads me to write something on my blog tonight...

To continue the story about the manager in other branch.... Cecilia called me up on Tuesday afternoon to say Merry Christmas to me. She told me her holiday plan and thanked me for chatting with her on the phone when she was lost and upset about the death of the manager who was a father of 4 children. She hoped I can continue to be a listener when other staffs in our company feel lost or upset about their work or lives. I said, " I wasn't doing anything special, I was just listening to you."

I didn't expect I would able to comfort her or cheer her up as I was shock when I heard the sad news. Thanks God: Although I haven't mastered the technique of listening completely, I realize the power of listening is really amazing.

May God continue to open my ears and heart to listen to Him and other people around me. May God teach me to practice listening as if I have to brush my teeth everyday. Please continue to pray for Cecilia and hope she will accept this gift of salvation someday.

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昨晚我真的很不開心, 我氣自己又再次犯同樣的失誤, 也氣自己不能承受那種失去錢財的感覺. 在這種情況下, 我竟然可以寫團契電郵及做其他事,我真佩服自己. 但我不是超人, 是普通人一個, 理智上知道 it's not the end of the world, 情感上仍是不開心. 天父啊,俾啲時間我去接受這個事實!

多謝阿妹的message. 多謝Wing姐与我在電話聊天,吹水,講笑話. 多謝文生弟兄的電話. 多謝朱莉的安慰, 多謝天父放這幾個天使在我身邊安慰我. 多謝天父我還生存能在這裏寫下自己的感想.

Interesting Court Ruling about insurance claims

I am working in our Metrotown branch office today as a substitute. We do not have a lot of drop-in customers and I can't do any follow-up for my existing customers. Therefore, I finally have chance to check all the work-related email messages I received during my holiday at the end of Oct, 2007. I found this interesting news article forwarded by my colleague.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071019/insurance_ruling_071019/20071019?hub=TopStories

I agree with the following comment.

DK
"Although I feel[sorry] for the plaintiffs because of their injuries, I can't believe the stupidity of this claim having to make its way up to the Supreme Court of Canada. At least the courts got it right. A judgment for the plaintiffs would have cost us all more money when renewing our policies."

The victims should have sued the other party rather than the insurer as the accidents have nothing to do with automobile accidents.

Interesting Story

在一班由約堡起飛的班機上，一名看起來經濟條件不錯的中年白人婦女，被安排坐在一名黑人旁邊。她發現了之後馬上把空服員叫來，並且抱怨不已。「請問有什麼問題嗎？」空服員問道。「你沒看到嗎？你們把我安排坐在這裡，我可受不了坐在 這種令人倒胃的人旁邊，趕緊再給我找個位子！」「請冷靜，女士」空服員回答「今天班機客滿，但是我可 以去為您查查看在頭等艙還有沒有位。」幾分鐘後，空服員帶著好消息回來了，那名女士驕傲地仰著下巴，沾沾自喜地看著周圍的乘客。空服員說：「女士，很抱歉，經濟艙已經客滿了，我也向機艙服務長報告這個消息，發現只剩頭等艙還有一個空位。」不等那名女士說話，空服員接著又說：「在這種情況下將 乘客提升到頭等艙，的確是我們從未遇見的狀況。但是，我已經獲得機艙長的特別許可。然而機艙長考慮到這個特殊狀況，他認為要一名乘客和一個這麼令人厭惡的人同坐，真是太不合情理了。」空服員接著轉向那名黑人，說：「因此，如果您不介意的 話，我們已經準備好頭等艙的位置，勞煩請您移駕過去。」周圍的乘客這時都起立熱烈地鼓掌，那名黑人就在一片掌聲中移到頭等艙 .

Quoted from www.loyaukee.com

There is a time for everything...

I received a pretty sad news on Monday night. I was shock to know that one of our branch managers died (he is a guy with a wife and four children!) suddenly without notice on Oct 20,07. (The second day of my holiday). The branch manager, Cecilia, who told me the news was upset and questioned me many questions about life. She wanted to talk to me because she remembered that I am a Christian. I strongly feel that God is talking to me to take action and to show her what is love. Perhaps, God wants to use me during my holiday. Please pray for me and I will update this story later.

It's one the most wonderful time of the year...

I am taking my holiday for three weeks! However, I will only be out of town from Oct 19 to Oct 29,07. Please don't miss me too much, remember to save good jokes and share with me when I come back.

Oh, yes, I will update my blog and facebook with more photos and stories after my trip.
See ya! :)

Treasures in Heaven

I haven't updated my blog for awhile due to my laziness and excuses. Thanks for your reminder, Donna! :) I was reading newspaper online after our fellowship committee meeting in this morning. Ha...I can't resist not to post this interesting news article on my blog.

血汗錢埋地 4萬元化灰

2007年9月22日

【明報專訊】重慶一對菜農夫婦，兩年前把辛苦儲來的4萬餘元積蓄埋在泥地防賊。原想留給兒子作老婆本，但最近夫婦將銀紙挖出時，竟發現鈔票全變紙渣，銀紙變廢紙後又因修補不當，最終 4萬元僅能兌回3350元。 據《重慶晨報》報道，重慶北碚區婦人童述容和丈夫，2005年5月左右將4萬餘元現金用兩層膠袋包裹，然後埋入灶房的泥地中﹕「這些錢是我和老伴辛辛苦苦種菜掙來，供兒子將來娶老婆用的。」今年5月房子遷拆，夫婦將錢挖出時竟發現「出土紙幣」無一完整，嚇得立即烘乾銀紙碎片，再用透明膠紙修補。由於大部分紙幣已變成紙渣，夫婦索性「張冠李戴」用原屬幾張紙幣的碎片拼成一張，最後把拼出的122張「紙幣」交到銀行。 銀行出納員審核後，最終只兌換了55張殘幣，總額3350元。工作人員解釋，「張冠李戴」拼出的紙幣左右號碼不相符，而且貼上透明膠紙會影響識別紙幣的防偽標誌，達不到兌換標準。

I really can't imagine some people would still put their money in our mother earth rather than saving accounts in banks. This news article reminds me of the following scriptures in the bible:

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19

Higher saving rate is the greatest strength of many Asian countries in the economy. I guess it's because we have always been told by our parents that saving money is one of the most important elements as a good person. Saving money will make us feeling secure in controlling our financial situations and making future plans. "Store up ...treasures on earth" doesn't only mean offering money to God, but also following Jesus in our daily lives. Where my heart is today?

Oh, my God!

6周不梳洗 皮膚健康變靚英紀錄片製作人親身測試
2007年8月25日

【明報專訊】現代女性每天都注重使用清潔液、護膚品及化妝品，英國紀錄片製作人泰勒反其道而行，效法《不瘦降之謎》進行人體科學測試，連續6周不洗澡、不洗頭、不刷牙、不化妝、不使用任何化學清潔劑，以證明美容產品的社交與心理效應大於實際作用。
日搽200化學品 萌實驗念頭
現年42歲的泰勒表示，英國人每年花105億鎊(1640億港元)打扮，她自己每年花2000鎊(3.1萬港元)購買美容產品。「我很容易被美容產品廣告吸引。今年較早前一個晚上，我發現自己每天把超過200種化學品塗在皮膚上。雖然它們都聲稱安全，但誰知道混在一起會不會有『化學雞尾酒』效應。」
身上有異味 旁人未抗拒
她於是想出這個讓自己當「泥人」的實驗。「人體需要美容產品與保持清潔這一概念，已成為社會風土病。我想看看若我完全不清潔會怎樣？」在實驗前，她先作身體檢查，測試腋窩、口腔及陰部細菌含量，方便6周後作對比。
她在實驗期間只穿著3套外衣，包括運動衫、Ｔ恤牛仔褲及夏季連衣裙。為了保護3名子女，她每次準備食物時都戴上特製手術手套。實驗開始時，她如常外出跑步，回家後強忍不洗澡。兩周後，兒子聲稱她身上有異味，不敢再與她擁抱。但同時，她開始首次「泥人社交實驗」。她乘火車出席公司派對，途中她擔心別人會避開她，但最終沒有人這樣做，在派對中亦沒有被人懷疑。「這令我開始質疑孩子們是否反應過大。」
坦稱3周未洗手 家長即彈開
踏入第3周，泰勒嘗試與孩子學校的家長打交道。當時，她的頭髮捲成一團，趾甲顏色怪異，皮膚乾燥。最初沒有人察覺她的異樣，但當她坦稱3周沒有洗手後，其他家長反應強烈，盡量遠離她，令她感到極為尷尬。「她們看來十分迷人，我就好像衣衫不整的人。」
4周後，她的身體出現明顯變化，皮膚發生「蛻變」，看上去「比10年前更青春」。困擾她多年的腸躁症有所改善，眼袋也消失了，她估計這與皮膚停止攝入有害化合物質有關。但在另一方面，她的心理壓力卻日益增加。在實驗的最後階段，她因怕遭人排斥而缺席友人婚禮。
4周眼袋消失 身體含菌未超標
實驗完畢時，她再度驗身。研究員測出她身體的細菌數目增加5000倍，但仍屬「正常」水平，這印證了她的想法，即多日不用清潔液亦不損身體健康。但實驗亦證明保持口腔衛生極重要——由於6周沒有刷牙，她需要進行人生首次補牙手術。
泰勒表示，6周的泥人經歷證明，「我根本不需要這些浪費金錢的美容產品。多年來我使用過量化學品，有時候把自己的健康置於危險境地。我現在只需要一塊香皂、有機洗髮水和護髮素，以及一支潤膚膏」。但她亦坦言泥人生活不實際。「我永遠不會再這樣做，因為不清潔身體會影響你的友誼、家庭關係與自信。」
泰勒的紀錄片《我可以髒到什麼程度》，將於9月5日在BBC3播出。
每日郵報

I can't even imagine if I don't take a shower for more than one day! However, this news article reminds me to be careful of the facial or body products we use everyday. How many facial products do you use and do you know if the products are health-wise?

Who's taking care of number two?

I always take a walk in a trail at the back of my workplace during my lunch break. I walk by this sign almost everyday but never find it interesting until today.

I always wonder, " Why am I doing this job while nobody seems to care? If my colleague hadn't asked me to answer the same question again and again, I would have more time to complete more tasks in my workplace. Why do I always have to correct clerical mistakes that my colleague made?"

I always find it hard to surrender all of my will and heart to God. I started to feel tired to complete tasks that anybody is perfectly competent to manage. I am willing to serve God in the fields that I enjoy, such as singing in worship team and organizing programs in fellowship. However, I will treat it as a "job" when I have to serve in the area I don't enjoy very much. (Ha...I can't mention it here or I will be scolded.)

God reminded me that both Number One and Number Two are important, as well as my favourite job and my least favourite job. Every little bit counts.

"Be willing to sacrifice your agenda for His greater purposes. What if Noah had told God, 'I don't do boats!' What if Joseph had not given his brothers and failed to protect them from the life-threatening famine? Or what if Jesus had refused to die on the cross? Surrender is the tipping point. When we make that choice, God can use us to do great things for Him."
Quoted from Daily Bread, Aug 23, 07

News Sharing

I haven't posted anything on my blog for awhile due to my laziness. I can't resist not posting this news article on my blog after reading the whole thing. I feel scary to try new air carrier and frustrated for the airline company's reckless attitude toward the passengers. I will only post the first paragraph of this news article here, you can always find details by reading current event section in HK news.


港客乘泰東 驚恐12小時引擎冒煙急降 轉機引擎故障折返
2007年8月15日


【明報專訊】近500名港人前日從泰國布吉乘搭廉價的泰國東方航空公司(Orient Thai Airlines，解稱「泰東」)班機回港，一波三折，經歷了驚慄的12小時。事緣飛機從布吉起飛後，引擎突然冒煙，客機緊急降落曼谷機場，乘客被安排轉乘另一泰東航機時，引擎再次出現故障，飛機要從曼谷機場停機坪折返，乘客大感恐慌，有4名港客更出現休克徵狀，而大批港客也一度拒絕再乘搭泰東安排的第三架客機。擾攘一輪後，第三架客機終於在昨早清晨安全抵港，但有乘客投訴事故「好恐怖」，令他們有「搭飛機」恐懼症。 Quoted from mingpaonews.com

How would you feel and what would you do if you were the passsengers??

Devotional Sharing

I find today's Daily Bread passage pretty inspiring and I want to share it with all of you.

Read: Isaiah 55:6-9

"Visiting Alaska for the first time, I was excited that we were staying at the Mt. McKinley Lodge. As we were checking in, I caught a glimpse of a mass of rock through a large picture window, and I hurried out to the deck facing the mountain. 'Wow, ' I murmured softly as I took in the view. A man standing a few feet away said, 'Uh...that ain't it!' As I discovered that day, visitors to Alaska often miss seeing all of ' The Great One.' Standing at 20,320 feet, the mountain is so tall that most of it is hidden on cloudy days. I was seeing only a part of the whole.

Often we're satisfied with our limited view of life.........With God's omniscient, panoramic view, He sees the people He wants us to help, the things He wants us to accomplish, the character traits He wants to develop in us.

Proverbs 16:9 says, 'A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.' Our view of life is restricted by our humanness, but we can trust ourselves to the One who has an unlimited veiw!" Quoted from July 18's Daily Bread, written by Cindy H. Kasper

Too often I cannot see the whole picture because my eyesight is far too dim and narrow. Or sometimes I am too busy to listen to His voice. I pray that I can simply trust Him and know He will have a good plan on me.

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以為今天上班時找到一個好的泊車位置，想不到放工時看到我的車子上有一點點像手指甲那麽大的白點，原來是下雨加附近的大樹汁造成的. 我的車子由靚仔變成暗瘡男!

今天Heidi 告訴我 weather forecast 說Saturday會有80%機會下雨, 我們有機會搞BBQ嗎？我想到頭痛才想到Plan B, 我可以做什麼？

有人不開心話身邊太多改變，我會安慰他/她,若這個世界每樣事情也平平無其,不是很悶嗎?但今天的我也對在我身邊的"轉變"感到無奈,我可以跨過這些高台嗎? 我的反應怎樣才可以變得敏捷點去面對每天的挑戰? 神啊，祢知我的反應慢,不夠細心,記性像倒水般流失快,求祢幫我, remind 我,快快的聽,慢慢的說,小心的記住,慢慢的動怒. 求神保守Saturday 的天氣, 無論是Plan A or Plan B, 願我們能與其他弟兄姊妹有good gathering time. Amen.

大家有沒有增強記憶的方法?

悠閒遊盪

今天天氣炎熱,吃完晚飯後很想去做些輕量又出汗的運動. 我叫媽媽與我去散步,她嫌我防礙她與友人談心,我便獨自一人散步去. 自從我擁有自己的汽車後,已經很少走路. 起初我想找個目標, 在我家附近公園繞圈走２次. 後來, 想起每天也是"衝衝衝,忙這忙那",於是,我決定看到什麼便走到那裏. 我一直向南走,經過教會新堂址,然後走到 Petcetera, 到那裏探訪了久違的老朋友,包括 hamster, bird, and goldfish. 然後我慢慢的走回家. 全程用了差不多４５分鐘. 原來不用思考,不用計劃的走一走感覺是這樣的好. 我下一次又會走到那裏?

My old school photo

I've just found out that my old high school in HK had posted class photos for the last 35 years on its website. Here is the last photo taken before my immigration to Canada. Can you find me in this photo?

I am very bad in keeping friendship with my oversea old classmates or friends, especially when we are living in different time zone. I wonder is my teacher Sister Virginia still alive? What are my classmates doing? Are they feeling happy in their lives? Are they busy at working or taking care of their children? Best wishes to

all of them! :)

Good Love Institute's 12 commandments

I went to "Have a Good Date" talk in Richmond with a few friends on Jun 16,Saturday. I wanna share these meaningful commandments from the organization's website with you.


-只考慮基督徒作為發展長遠關係的對象，若心儀的對象不是基督徒，暫作普通朋友交往，等候 神的帶領；
-與異性交往，雙方關係當保持清晰明確（普通朋友、考慮拍拖或已開始拍拖等），不可含糊隱晦，或用「好朋友」、「兄妹」、「契兄妹」等名稱掩飾；
-已有固定伴侶的，願意與其他異性保持距離，以示尊重伴侶及避免誤會；
-願意定期約見導師或守望你的長者，並為關係作階段性評估；
-把約會當為神所擁有的，神有主權。若關係沒有進展，願意放手，並為神在此「暫時的」關係中感謝祂；
-即使分手，也尊重對方是曾經愛過的人，不作傷害他的事及不說傷害他的話，也不作傷害自己的事；
-當面對分手，願意給自己時間療傷（一年或以上），不趕急進入另一段關係；
-積極培養有助建立成熟關係的質素和能力：獨立自主、能作決定、穩健理財、表達與聆聽、幽默感、有愛心、忍耐、忠誠、坦白、肯認錯、能饒恕、責任感、自制；體恤別人、願意分享與承擔、能委身、能建立親密關係；
-不可作媒人撮合他人或散播別人戀情的消息，或在別人的戀情上亂加意見；
-不可有撬牆腳、一腳踏兩船、三角戀等不良行徑；
-應當竭力追求聖潔、及以聖經作為戀愛及建立婚姻的最高標準；
-婚後努力培育關係，遇有困難，及早求助；靠著神的恩典直到一生一世。

Quoted from http://goodlovemovement.org/joomla/content/view/23/139/

Shopping Experience in a Supermarket

As a girl who loves to eat and tries out new drinks/food, something came to my attention when I tried a Korean noodles booth and ice-cream popsicle booth in a famous chinese supermarket (yes, the one which is 4 blocks away from my house) this afternoon.

Korean noodles booth: The female demonstrator handed the noodles sample to me with a friendly smiles. She also asked me whether I like the taste of the noodles and taught me methods of cooking the noodles. I was loving it and I eventually bought a package of the noodle!

Ice-cream popsicle booth: The female demonstrator did not look at me when she handed over the piece of popsicle to me. Her face was facing down all the time. She didn't smile or talk to me regarding the product. She was working there like a robot in an asembly line. I wondered what had happened to her life. Is it because her booth is one of the highly demanded booths in summer time? (Who doesn't want a piece of popsicle to cool down your throat in summer?)

How do we communicate with the others? OR How do other people receive our message?
55% is from Body Language (eg. eye contacts, facial expressions, gestures), 35% is from our Tone of Voices, & 5% is from words in used.

The girl in the ice-cream popsicle booth did not even want to communicate with me! I am not mad at her. I can't blame her as I think the salary she gets in this job may not able to feed her family. Yet, it reminds me how important it is to talk to my family, friends and clients with eye contacts and smiles. I am glad that I realized the importance of using body language a long time ago!

To all of my friends who are reading this blog: Please do not rely mainly on email/messenger in communicating or deepening relationship with your friends and family!

Recognition Night on May 31,07

My first impression of "recognition night" is that those people with good performance will be awarded and recognized in the event. However, the recognition night in my company is not only recognizing employees with good performance, but also people with good work attitude and ethics. All employees can give out recognition notes/encouraging messages to other employees whenever they feel they want to.

I know it's a meaningful event to attend. However, I felt lonely and not belonging to the event when I stepped in the big room in Canada Place. It's because none of my co-workers, including my manager, went to the event. (My manager had to attend her daughter's play but my other 2 colleagues did not want to go. Therefore, I had to go to that event on behalf of my department. ) Well, it turned out that I could mingle with several credit union staffs and entertained myself by taking photos.

Here is my photo album link: http://good-times.webshots.com/album/559268078iyAVEe

My day off

Hospital is a place that tests your patience and stomach...

According to the doctor's instruction, my mom cannot eat or drink anything the night before her mechanical heart rhythm adjustment surgery today.

Waiting time-1.5 hrs:
My mom and I checked in the St. Paul hospital in downtown at 9:30am (according to the instruction), but the nurse said we are too early and asked us to come back 1.5 hour later. *_*

Waiting time-whole day:
I was told the surgery will take 3 hours and it takes 2 hours for my mom to feel conscious again. So I waited at home......I got a call from the nurse and was told I can pick her up at 7pm.

Waiting time-4 hours:
However, my mom was vomiting and feeling dizzy when I arrived her room. She became impatient and grumpy and wanted to go home. I had to stay with her until she agreed to stay in hospital overnight at 10pm. (Fortunately, I brought a book with me while waiting in the hospital.) I was lucky to grab a piece of simosa in an Indian cusine snack shop in downtown but my mom hasn't eaten anything since last night! No wonder she was so grumpy and demanding. ~__~

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7.

My heavenly father, please teach me how to love others with patience like the way you love us.

Why would 2000 people complain Holy Bible as pornography publication in HK?

http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070518/mra.htm

quoted from mingpaonews.com on May 17,07.

A recent visit to a chiropractor

I started to feel pain on my lower back (a position that is a bit higher than my butt ^_^) after my snowboarding trip on March 31, Saturday. It was an unforgettable day as it was the first time I drove to Whistler and the snow was super icy on that day. I had a fun time with my friend on that day. However, every time I lay back my body (siting around 22.5 degrees against the couch) to watch TV or on the bench in our church (sunday service time), I feel a sharp pain on my lower back. I think God is using this pain to remind me to listen to His every word carefully with proper siting position! It also reminds me of Paul's thorn. "To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me...'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' " 2 Corinthians 12: 7.

This pain has been hurting me slowly for a month and I finally take action to deal with it. I went to visit a chiropractor, named John, in this morning on my day off today. It was a great experience to visit a chiropractor as my back pain problem was explained in details nicely. John also thought my back pain was caused by my snowboarding trip at the end of March and mentioned "misalignment of sacrum". I wonder what is it and do a bit of research on the net. http://www.products4health.com/diagram.htm Sacrum is the bone lower than L5 on my spinal nervous system. John said the scanner showed that my sacrum was shifted to the right side of my hip. That is why I feel pain when I have a "lay back" position.

Thanks God as I feel my muscle and bones are more relaxed and comfortable after the visit. (ha...I can even exercise in Killarney fitness center in the afternoon!) Thanks God that the cost of chiropractor visit is covered under my extended health plan from my workplace. I pray that I will get well soon so I can go snowboarding in this winter! :)

PMS Survival Kit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCwKbUVyHLY

I still found it funny after I watched it in the second time.

Is drinking alcohol shrinking Paris Hilton's brain?

It came to my attention when my co-worker told me that Paris Hilton will go to 45-days county jail for "violation of probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case" yesterday. She was stopped by police officer three times for not having a valid driver license to drive (or speeding,drink & drive).

"She said that when an officer who stopped her in January made her sign a document stating her license was suspended, she thought he was mistaken and did not actually look at the document.... [Her spokesman Elliot] Mintz testified that to his knowledge Hilton did not drive during the 30-day period. He said he then advised her that he believed her license was no longer suspended." Of course, the judge did not believe Mintz's testimony and questioned Paris Hilton why would she sign something she did not know?!

Another interesting statement was made by her mother Kathy Hilton, "This is pathetic and disgusting, a waste of taxpayer money with all this nonsense. This is a joke."

Paris Hilton's news is quoted from: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/04/paris.hilton.ap/index.html

Without too much effort in doing research, this article comes up on my msn homepage: "Drinking alcohol shrinks brain"
http://healthandfitness.sympatico.msn.ca/Drinking+Alcohol+Shrinks+the+Brain/News/ContentPosting.aspx?isfa=1&newsitemid=183351052&feedname=CP-HEALTHSCOUT&show=True&number=5&showbyline=False&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc

"A small amount of alcohol is beneficial for the heart," noted lead researcher Carol Ann Paul, "but there is a continuous negative correlation between alcohol consumption and total brain volume. It seems that there is not a beneficial effect of even small amounts of alcohol on brain volume."

"The researchers found that the more alcohol people drank on a regular basis, the smaller their brain volume. People who had more than 14 drinks per week had an average 1.6 percent reduction in brain volume compared with people who never drank. "

Perhaps, Paris Hilton's brainless answer was not only affected by the amount of alcohol she consumed, but also her inheritance and irresponsible teachings by her parents (especially her mother!) Did Paris Hilton learn from this trial? Well, I really don't know. She is still filing an appeal to the higher court for this 45-days jail sentence.

First Post May 5,2007

"I can't think of a good name for my blog!", "I won't have time to write my blog", "Nobody will have interest in reading my blog", "I can't type Chinese and my English is not good enough"....they are my excuses of not creating a blog. Why do I only leave comments on other people's blog but not able to express my own thoughts? However, I 've learned in my sunday school that if I don't take the first step, I can never make it happen. That's how I come up with the name of this blog. Well, it may not be the best name but it's good enough for me to begin my first post.

Here is the biblical story behind "First Step":

Crossing the Jordan River:
"..the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them (the Israel people). Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and the feet touched the water's edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing...the water flowing down...was completely cut off....The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground." Joshua 3-14-17.

I always wonder would I have the courage to take the first step if I were the priests?