最近金豹过于忙碌，没有把最新消息报告给大家，实在是亏欠！
但基于明晚是非常重要的一晚，再忙也要报告一下，让大家有心里准备。。。

原来主办单位发现进入决赛歌曲太多，需要再筛选，所以出现明晚一对一生死对决的环节，所以明晚会有一些诗歌出局。
除此之外，也发现教会实在多好歌手，为了让大决赛有最好的呈献，明晚也有歌手一对一对决，看最后在大决赛是谁代表演唱这些优秀创作。

As Golden Leopard has been very busy lately, so there was a lack of latest news for you all, my most sincere apologies!
But as tomorrow night is too important, no matter how busy Leopard is, he must report to you so you can be well-prepared…

The situation is the organizers realized there are too many songs in the final, so we need to sieve through the songs again, that is the reason for tomorrow night’s one to one life and death challenge. So tomorrow night there will be some songs being eliminated.
Apart from this, we also discovered our church has so many good singers, in order to have the best presentations during the final, there will be a one-to-one challenge for singers as well, to decide who will get to sing the outstanding original compositions in the final.

在此也特别报告，明晚观众如果有钱也可以投票，将有七轮PK赛，每轮两人淘汰一人，你可以投票给你喜欢的那一位，但一人只能投一票，每一票RM2，你如果七轮都要投票支持，那请预备至少RM14，谢谢！
Here I want to specially announce, if you have money tomorrow night, you can vote too. There will be 7 PK rounds, each round will have two singers and one will be eliminated. You can vote for the one you like, but there is only one vote per person and each vote is RM2. So if you want to vote to support in all the 7 rounds, then please prepare at least RM14, thanks!

首先，这两首歌将从其中选一首，而且创作者自己演唱，很特别的是他们彼此都会帮对方弹吉他！
但彩排时两者弹奏都频出状况，不难让人联想到彼此之间已经产生心病，暗流汹涌。。。在PK当晚不知会不会演变成假的弹错，真的陷害。。。
First of all, one song will be chosen from these two, and the song-writers themselves will sing their own songs, what is very special is both will play the guitar for each other!
But during the rehearsal both kept making mistakes while playing, not hard to imagine both have undercurrent in their hearts… wonder whether it will turn into pretentious wrong-playing and deliberate sabotaging…

大屁虾的“不停追逐”PK王报案的“回到祢面前”
David Sia’s “Unstoppable Pursuit” verses OPA’s “Returning to You”

接下来是坚持自己出兵，不让代唱者出战的甜丝姐的“寻找什么”PK报案之妻二妈胡的”Wait on You”
Next we have, Stephanie Si Jie’s “What am I searching for?”, who insisted on singing herself and refusing to let her original representative to sing verses OPA’s wife’s “Wait on You”

然后两位都是代唱者。该得零代唱假饿的“指南针”PK壳里死钉代唱月的“渴慕”，两者都有甜美歌声，包你听出耳油！
Next up, both are representing singers. Catherine singing Karyee’s “Compass of life” verses Christine singing Dorcas’ “Longing”. Both have very sweet voices, bet you will enjoy their singing very much!

上面几个，若歌手被淘汰，同样的那首歌也被淘汰！除非被淘汰的歌让人太感动，而后又从坟墓中跳进大决赛。。。
接下来的是，确定进入大决赛的同一首诗歌由两位不同歌手演绎，得胜者将在大决赛当天演绎同样一首歌。
For the few above, if the singer is eliminated, the song will be out as well! Unless the eliminated song is so touching that it might end up jumping out of the grave into the Grand Final…

第一首是猪狸的“直到最后一口气” － 由猪狸PK撕辱。
1st song is Julie’s “Until my final breath” – Julie verses Windy Si Ru.

卖石榴的“勇气” － 重味PK卖石榴。
Max Liu’s “Courage” – Zhong Wei verses Max Liu.

恨你脏的“我是谁” － 恨你脏PK大粒眼佬
Henry Chong’s “Who am I” – Henry Chong verses Darien Lau

最后这首歌没出现在第一轮比赛当中，可是在整理2011年参赛作品的当儿（是的，这比赛是从2011年拖到如今的，可见金豹要做的事情，只要耶稣还没回来他还是会做的），金豹惊见一首很不错的作品，是由鸭鼻盖作词，种泥瓶作曲的“怎能无动于衷”。
The final song is a song that did not appear in the preliminary round, but while looking through the 2011 entries (Yes! This competition has been delayed from 2011 till now, so you can see whatever Leopard wants to do, he will eventually do it as long as Jesus has not returned), Leopard stumbled on this very nice song, lyrics written by Abigail and music, Johnny Phin, “How can I not be touched”.

结果这首歌也让种泥瓶复活，因为他本来已没有进决赛了，所以若种泥PK成功，他就能进决赛！
但种泥是与谁PK呢？
As a result, this song resurrected Johnny Phin as well as he was not in the final initially, so if he is successful in this PK round, he will enter the final!
But who is Johnny up against?

这最后一位PK歌手将会给大家一个惊喜，他没有出现在第一轮，但歌声在去年歌唱比赛中一鸣惊人，叫人念念不忘的某某某！明晚来看个究竟吧！
This final PK singer will be a surprise for all of you, he was not in the preliminary round but his first crow really frightened everyone in last year’s singing competition, he is the unforgettable XXX! Come and see for yourself tomorrow!

首先报告一下，恨你脏坚持不退赛，他说：“我绝不向恶势力恶言毁谤低头，我的歌写的好我知道，听众也听得出来。。。”，果然非常有信心，那也表示就只剩下三个选手名字要透露了。

为了再加强评审折腾组没偏袒他，恨你继续说：“折腾偏袒我？才怪！我们因两年前的事件过后已没私底下联络和谈话了！”相信他所指的是两年前筹备献殿典礼的录影和音乐时与折腾的冲突，可见他还对这件事耿耿于怀。唉～ 过去的就让它过去吧，金豹说过去的不要再挖出来讲，我们也不知道是真是假。。。

First we need to announce, Henry Chong is determined not to withdraw, he said,”I will not bow down to slanderous and malicious words against me from destructive parties, I write good songs and I know it, the audience can tell too…”. Very confident indeed! That also means we only have three more finalists to announce.

To emphasize his point that Jaydon Joo would not be biassed to his benefit, Hen continued to say, “Jaydon siding me? What a joke! Since the incident two years ago we have not privately contacted or talked to each other!” We believe he was referring to two years ago when he had a conflict with Jaydon while the two prepared for the Chapel-opening video and music, obviously that incident still bothers him. Sigh~ let bygone be bygone, Leopard says do not dig out the past again, and we do not know how real that is as well…

恨你和折腾关系决裂？？
Breakdown in Henry and Jaydon’s relationship??

好，现在报告。。。
第十三位：猪狸。虽然当晚她的吉他手显然没练好，屡出状况（也不知道是不是故意），但是评审还是听得出是一首好歌，所以吉他手要猪狸掉进陷阱的计划失败。（很抱歉金豹不能透露吉他手是谁，如果那晚你们自己没来，没看见红歌帮忙弹吉他，就不能怪金豹不告诉你）

Ok, now announcing…
The 13th finalist: Julie. Even though that night obviously the guitarist did not practise well and resulted in a few awkward situations (not sure whether it was deliberate), the judges could still tell it was a good song, so the guitarist’s scheme to trap Julie failed. (Sorry Leopard cannot reveal who the guitarist was, if you did not come and see for yourself David Koh playing for her that night, you cannot blame Leopard for not telling)

图示：猪狸和吉他手红歌。
Picture shows Julie and guitarist David Koh.

第十四位：阿兵妻，家儿。虽然当晚情到深处唱得极有感触，泪如雨下无法继续顺畅演唱，为公平起见，评审还是回家多听几次而做了决定，所以不是同情分。

The 14th finalist: Alvin’s wife, Karyee. Though she sang with great emotions that night till she broke down and wept and therefore could not finish singing smoothly, to be fair, the judges went back to listen a few times again to make the final decision, so it is not mercy marks.

现在终于报告最后一位了，第十五位！到底是谁在最后在千钧一发的关头闯关呢？
但这个人，金豹一定要怒言几句，人心真的诡诈不能信任！这人本来每逢星期天晚上都会很忠心预备晚餐送来喂养金豹，可是金豹星期天中午戏言说他被淘汰，没进决赛，结果那天晚上金豹也没晚餐吃了，而那人也不再出现在金豹家！
是巧合？是威胁？是报复？金豹就留给你们下判断了。。。

Now finally announcing the final person, the 15th finalist! Who will be the final one to narrowly squeeze into the final?
But this person, Leopard must release a few angry words, human hearts are indeed cunning and cannot be trusted! This person would normally faithfully prepare dinner to feed Leopard every Sunday night but on Sunday afternoon Leopard jokingly teased this person and said he was eliminated from the final, consequently Leopard had no dinner that night and that person never appeared at Leopard’s house again!
Coincidence? Threat? Revenge? Leopard will leave it for you to conclude…

这人是：尾阉！
This person is: Wayne!

精彩连续剧终于播放完毕了吗？
喂！等等等！！！还没完！！！
听说有人会复活！！！

据说刚才折腾发现决赛名单中竟然没有他极度欣赏的一位参赛者，所以经过一番折腾性的争辩后，主办单位害怕折腾杯葛赛事，所以决定让其中一位原本落选者复活！
那到底是谁呢？难道真的是“我们唱的很大声的”饥民？难道饥民真的是内定冠军？难道饥民现在没在决赛名单内只是烟雾弹？

So finally this is the end of our exciting series?
Hey! Wait! Wait! Wait! It is not over yet!!!
We heard that someone might resurrect!!!

Sources say just now when Jaydon discovered a contestant he highly adores is not in the finalists list, he struck up a fierce argument with the organizer,  and for fear that Jaydon might boycott the competition, the organizer conceded defeat by resurrecting one contestant who initially failed to enter the final!
And who is this fellow? Is it Kee Meng of “We Sing Loud”? Is it really true that after all Kee Meng is the pre-decided champion? Is Kee Meng’s exclusion from the finalists list now just a covering from the truth?

若不是饥民，难道是兄弟瘦民或瘦人？
If not Kee Meng, could it be brothers, Andy or Andrew?

或者是摇滚味很浓，但名字很娘的蕾丝女？？
Or the very rock Leslie who sports a pony tail??

或者另有他人？？
这复活消息真是让绝望的人又惊又喜，然后再度陷入绝望。。。
请锁定金豹惊爆新闻，答案比快揭晓！

Or there is someone else??
This resurrection news really makes the hopeless ones feel all excited and hopeful again, just to fall back into hopelessness again…
Please log into Leopard’s more shocking news, the answer will be revealed soon!

但真的是最后一位吗？金豹收到消息说，原本已定

好啦，不再拖泥带水。。。
第十位是：卖石榴

Ok, no more dragging on…
The 10th finalist is: Max Liu

第十一位：二妈胡（报案之妻）
The 11th finalist: Emma Ho (OPA’s wife)

第十二位：必租
The 12th finalist: Pek Choo

还有最后三位未公布的是谁呢？若恨你脏真的突然退赛，那又会加多一位。。。恨你脏会退赛吗？
Who are the final three not announced yet? But if Henry really withdraws, then there will be one more added… will Henry withdraw?

可怜金豹好像四围被骂的很惨！自己进不了决赛，新闻又报的不好，看来他应该快改行了。。。
Pitiful Golden Leopard seems to be attacked by all sides so badly! He did not make it to the final himself, and now is bad at reporting the news as well, seems like he should switch career soon….

好吧，第六位！这个不得了！当记者问她猜测谁会进总决赛时，她毫无迟疑的第一个说她自己，而且她说这不是猜测，她说她已知道！她知道！！！所以称她为女先知一点都不为过！
对了，她就是大家最熟悉和被亲切称为悯母的溪妖铁(CL Tay)！据说那晚她献唱时，哭的哭、喊的喊、晕的晕、吐的吐、发作的发作，整个场面失控！怪只怪大家没听金豹劝告要先洁净自己才能听悯母的歌。连当天另两位评审都充满惊恐和颤抖恳求说：一定要给她进决赛！一定要给她进决赛！。。。因为他们深怕受审判！

悯母果然是怜悯之母，她知道总决赛不能出事，她为了大家的安危着想，她决定决赛时找一个代唱歌手代唱，就照悯母亲口说的：“这样比赛才能顺利完成，不会有太多突然发作事件产生。”
但悯母还是劝我们不可以掉以轻心，她不能担保不会出事，因为能力也在她的歌里！“我只希望代唱歌手能把整首歌平安唱完。。。”她语重心长的说。

那代唱歌手将会是谁呢？据说主办单位还在迫切寻找这种勇气可嘉，勇于冒险的歌手；如果你自认能胜任，不妨联络金豹接洽一下。。。

Ok, the 6th finalist! This one is amazing! When the reporter asked her who she would guess to be in the final, without hesitation the first person she said was herself! And she said she was not GUESSING, she ALREADY KNEW! SHE KNEW!!! So it is not a bit over-stating when we call her prophetess!
Yes, she is the very popular and fondly called Mother Mercy CL Tay! Reports said on that night she sang, some cried, some screamed, some fainted, some vomitted, some manifested, it was a real chaos, totally lost control! We can only blame the audience for not listening to Leopard’s advice to cleanse yourselves first before listening to Mercy’s singing. Even the two judges that night was filled with fear and trembling and they kept begging: Let her enter the final! Let her enter the final!… because they did not want to bring judgement on themselves!

And Mother Mercy is indeed full of mercy, she knows we cannot allow unpleasant incidences during the Final, so for the sake of the safety of all, she has decided to find a representing singer to sing her song in the final, we quote Mercy’s own words: “Only then can the final be carried out smoothly, sudden manifestations will be kept to the minimal.”
However, Mother continued to advise us not to take it too lightly as she cannot guarantee anything. “I can only hope the representing singer can finish singing the whole song safely…”, she said with a heavy heart.

Then who will this representing singer be? The organizer is still desperately seeking this singer with such courage and bravery to take up the challenge, if you think you are up to it, do contact Leopard to discuss…

警告！在看以下几张悯母溪妖铁的照片之前，请先洁净自己！
Warning! Before you look at Mothers Mercy CL Tay’s photos below, please cleanse yourselves first!

接下来几位，金豹就不详细介绍了因时间有限，而且大家又急着想知道答案。。。
For the next few, Leopard will not introduce in details because of time and you all are also eager to know the answer…

第七位：真红（恨你脏妻，绿卡妈）
The 7th finalist: Jane Hong (Hen’s wife, Ricca’s mum)

第八位：杀了得 （代唱歌手：金）
但是在总决赛很可能是女歌手唱这首歌，是不是杀了得自己唱，还是另找一位代唱歌手呢。。。？
日后必揭晓～

The 8th finalist: Charlotte (Representing singer: Kim)
But it could well be a female singer singing this song in the final, whether it is going to be Charlotte herself, or another representing singer…?
The answer will be known~

第九位：恨你脏！
偷偷告诉你，我们的评审折腾组，给了恨你脏最高分！这跟他们师徒关系有关吗？还是恨你脏的歌真的那么好？身负这种负面传闻，恨你脏会不会一恨之下不出赛呢？会不会因此把位子让给原本没进决赛的选手呢。。。？

The 9th Finalist: Henry Chong!
Tell you secretly, our judge Jaydon Joo gave Henry the highest mark! Has this got to do with their sifu-student relationship, or is Henry’s song really good? Facing this kind of negative report, will Hen angrily abandon his right in the final and give his place to some other contestant not in the final…?

现在九位进入决赛的选手都知道了，下一次报导将报告最后剩下的六位的名单，但如恨你脏不能承受负面传闻的压力而真的突然宣布退赛，那将会报告七位选手的名字。。。所以，你们是希望六位还是七位呢。。。？
那最后几位将要报告的又是谁呢？”我们唱的很大声“的饥民会不会在决赛当中呢？他是不是真的传闻中的内定冠军呢？
请锁定金豹惊爆更多新闻。。。

Now you know the nine contestants who have entered the final, the next report will reveal the remaining six, but if Hen cannot withstand the pressure of negative report and decides to withdraw suddenly, then we will announce seven… so do you hope for six or seven…?
Then who are the remaining ones yet to be announced? Will Kee Meng of “We Sing Loud” be in the final? Or is he really the pre-decided champion as rumoured???
Do log into more shocking news from Leopard…

非常抱歉，让大家久等了，因最近金豹步步追踪最新消息，搞到金豹疲惫不堪，身体欠佳。。。
看金豹下面憔悴倦容，你就明白了。。。
Thousand apologies for keeping all of you to wait so long, but it is due to Golden Leopard unceasing pursuit to get you the latest news till Leopard became physically exhausted and unwell…
You would understand when you see Leopard’s weary and haggard look below…

但无论如何，很专业的金豹再病再累也要把最新的消息报告给忠心鸡婆的你们，所以哒啦！总决赛名单公布啦！第一位进入总决赛者当然是众望所归，妈妈听了代唱歌手所唱版本，大赞不已，但听了原著自己唱却默默无语的：

张秀月的“仰望祢”。。。但金豹应该会逼她改歌名，please啦！这种歌名随便拿石头就丢到一个，就好像名字叫John或Mary一样。。。单单我们这几个人的比赛都出现两首歌名叫“仰望祢”！所以基本上她歌名创意分数拿零分。。。

But no matter what, being very professional, even if he is sick or tired, Golden Leopard insists on reporting the latest news to all the faithful kepoes (busy-bodies), so tada! Here is the list of the finalists!
The first to enter the Grand Final is of course the all-time favourite, the one whose mother praised to the heavens the version the representing singer was singing but refused to comment when the original writer sang her own version:

Dorcas SG’s “I Look Unto You”… but most likely Leopard would force her to change the title of her song, please ok! Pick a stone to simply throw and you can hit this kind of title anytime, just like the name John and Mary… just within our own competition entries, there are already two songs called “I Look Unto You”! So she scored basically zero for creativity for song title…

上图：原著：张秀月（妈妈不要听她的版本），下图：代唱歌手：玉环
Top: Song-writer, Dorcas SG (mother didn’t want to listen to her version); bottom: Christine, representing singer.

第二位：李玮妮（代唱：尸体飞恐）
两人的对唱造成轰动，也惹出暧昧绯闻的“祢在哪里。我在这里”，仿佛抄袭罗密欧和朱丽叶的对白。。。而且代唱歌手尸体飞恐Steve一鸣惊人，让大家认为原本demo版代唱的大泥鳅DannyQ可以留在中东无名沙漠晒到变咸鱼了，如风砂被吹，歌声被人遗忘。。。

2nd finalist: WeiNi (Representing singer: Steve Kong)
Their duet of “Where Art Thou. Here Am I”, likely to have copied Romeo and Juliet’s line, caused much stir and created some romantic rumour between them… and the representing singer Steve Kong is really “a rooster that frightens everyone with its first crow” (meaning very impressive), and everyone feels the original representing singer who sang in the demo version, Danny Q can just stay on in some obscure desert in the Middle East, like sand blown by the wind, his voice forgotten by people…

图示：为你和史提非，新版朱丽叶和罗密欧
Picture shows: WeiNi and Steve, new version Juliet and Romeo

第三位：大家已经知道的甜丝丝姐（代唱：忠卫）
原著田丝姐有翻版S.H.E Selina 和翻版蔡依林之称。虽然代唱忠卫也如同尸体飞给人一种一鸣惊人的感觉，但遗憾的是在总决赛，不会再看到他唱这首歌，因为甜丝姐坚持要自己唱，她认为没有人能比她唱得更好。当初没自己唱是刚好出门，逼不得已，本来还要用录影片段比赛！自信心惊人！

The 3rd: This you all knew already, Stephanie Thian (Representing singer: Zhong Wei)
The writer Stephanie has such nicknames like the copy of S.H.E Selina and Jolene Tsai Yi Lin. Though the representing singer Zhong Wei gave people the same feeling as Steve like the frightening first crow of the rooster, regrettably we will not be hearing him sing this song again in the Final because Stephanie insists on singing this song herself, she thinks no one can sing it better than herself. She did not sing in the preliminary round because she had no choice as she was travelling then, in fact she wanted to submit her singing in video to compete then, you can see how threatening her confidence is!

图示：甜丝丝姐田思洁和初赛代唱歌手忠卫
Picture shows: Stephanie and Zhong Wei, the representing singer in the preliminary round

第四位：王保安。
这个啊。。。也有点争论性啰，他认为他是属于红哥和蓝包那一类，因为太强而被威胁退赛的。。。你们说呢。。。？
The 4th: OPA.
Well, this one… kind of controversial too as he thinks he should be in the category as David Koh and Rambo to be threatened to withdraw from the competition for being too strong a contestant…what do you say…?

第五位：也是你们知道的，边缘者最后挤进来的大屁虾。这个就似模似样，很会装艺人形象，事实上跳舞更厉害。你看他那么有型的头发，怎样动都不会乱，但他坚称那晚他的头发根本没吹，也没做造型过！一切都是自然的他说，我相信啰。。。

The 5th: This one you all know too as he was one of the borderline contestants to finally squeeze into the final, David Sia.
As for him, well, he has the style, very good at makinghimself look like a celebrity. In actual fact, he can dance much better. Look at how nicely styled his hair was and it did not get out of place no matter how he moved, but he insisted he did not style his hair at all that night! It was all natural he said… Well, I believe him….

报告了五位，大概都是大家知道一定在决赛里的，接下来的就比较是按你们的猜测和认为，是否会出现在总决赛的参赛者了。。。金豹现在也累了，待会再继续报导吧。。。。

After announcing the five whom most of you would somehow know are surely in the final, now the remaining ones will be those whom you yourselves think or guess should be i the final…
But Leopard is kind of tired now, we shall continue later…

经过记者这几天努力奔波调查。。。整件事终于水落石出，真相大白！
高伟宏原来真的没有进入决赛，但不是因为表现不好，而是太好！结果主办单位要求他让位给后辈，找他洽谈，他最终谦卑让贤，只是最后谈妥的数目不便透露。。。
但所属消息完全正确，记者也取得以下重要证据，红哥的简讯回复！

After our hard work and hectic pursuit these few days… the water has finally recede and the rock appeared (Chinese idiom), we now know the real truth behind the whole incident!
It is indeed true David Koh is not in the Grand Final, but not because he did badly, rather too well! Consequently the organizers had to approach him to negotiate and ask him to give the juniors a chance. He finally humbly agreed to be gracious, only we cannot reveal the actual amount agreed upon in the end…
But all this information is genuine and true, our reporter has also obtained the following solid evidence, Koh’s whatsapp reply!

但现在有另一谜底需要揭开，因为另一位退出决赛选手并非之前谣传的恨你脏志恒！恨你脏被联络时还抛下狠话说“决赛见！谁怕谁？”
那另外一位退赛的到底是谁？正在猜测怀疑当儿，记者又收到这封神秘简讯。。。这个人和红哥收到一模一样的被要求退赛简讯！这又到底是谁呢？

But now we need to unveil yet another mystery as the other finalist who withdrew has been found to be not Henry Chong at all! In fact Hen even threw strong words at us and said,”See you in the final! You think I’m scared meh?”
Then who is the other one who withdrew? Just when we were guessing and wondering, we received this yet another mysterious text message… this person received exactly the same request-to-withdraw message as David Koh! And who is this again?

经过一番追踪和调查，我们也终于证实另一位被要求退赛者原来是。。。。
蓝包！！！

After some pursuit and investigation, we have finally confirmed the other finalist being requested to withdraw is…
Rambo!!!

现在答案都有了，大决赛只有15位参赛者，那这15位蒙福儿又是谁呢？
金豹稍后自会有报导。。。

And now we have all the answers, there will only be 15 contestants in the Grand Final, but who are these Blessed 15?
The Golden Leopard shall report on this next…

可靠消息称，大热门“琴与炉”的作者高大团长，被亲切称为“红哥”的高伟宏，，少年人最爱最支持的高大团长，没有进入决赛！！！
这消息可靠吗？据说他是被迫退赛的其中一名！被迫退赛的原因很简单，怕他太红，威胁了主办单位幕后老板的地位！
这幕后老板又是谁，抱歉这不方便透露。。。

Reliable sources say the hot favourite, writer of “The harp and the censer” mighty leader Koh, dearly called Brother Red, the most loved and supported leader of the youths is not in the final!!!
Is this information reliable? According to the source, he is Koh is said to be one of the two forced to withdraw from the competition! The reason is simple, for fear that he might become too “red” (popular) thus threatening the position of the boss behind this competition!
As for who this boss behind the scene is, sorry it is not convenient to reveal…

记者有企图联络红哥要证实此惊人消息，但他手机没开，他两个女儿高宁和高静也拒绝回答任何问题。。。
我们怀疑很可能他伤心过度避谈此事，或者被下令封口！

Our reporter attempted to contact Brother Red to confirm this shocking news but his mobile phone is not on and both his daughters, Laetitia and Trixie refused to answer any question too…
We suspect he must be devastated by this and avoid talking about this topic or he has been ordered to shut his mouth!

另，也有消息指，另一名被迫退赛的准决赛选手是志恒，外号“恨你脏”，原因是他长得太像周星驰和林志颖的混合体，若他进入决赛会模糊焦点！
但记者不敢联络恨你脏，因他不喜欢接电话，怕被他骂。。。我们会从他女儿绿卡那边探听消息～

Besides, there is another news saying the other confirmed finalist being forced to withdraw is Henry Chong, nicknamed iGeek, reason being he really resembles the mix of Stephen Chow and Jeremy Lin Zhi Ying, if he is in, he will become a major distraction of the competition!
Our reporter dared not call him for fear that we might get scolded as he does not like to answer calls… but we will try to extract information from his daughter, Ricca~

这次比赛真是一波未平一波又起，太多流言和假设。。。
或者难道赛事未比赛已有结果？
难道写“我们唱得很大声”的那个”饥民“是内定冠军？

This competition really suffers onslaught after onslaught, so many rumours and assumptions…
Or perhaps the competition results are already know before the competition even starts?
Or may be they have already fixed the guy who wrote “We sing loud”, Skinny Meng as the champion?

这一大堆负面消息会不会影响收视率？少年人会不会全体杯葛这场大决赛？
一连续突发事件让主办单位措手不及，还是他们一手促成？？？
放心，我们会步步追踪，一有最新消息就会毫无保留报给大家听！
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Would all these negative news affect the rating of the programme? Would the youths boycott the final altogether?
This series of sudden incidences have taken the organizers by surprise or did they mastermind all this themselves???
Do not worry, we would pursue every clue and evidence, when we have the information, we will report unreservedly to you all!
Please stay logged into www.gtlim.com, the most reliable source comes from here, do not listen to other unsubstantiated news or sources!

蒙福敬拜团队诗歌创作比赛越来越紧张，从63名参赛者中，原本说会有18名将进入决赛，而有14名已率先进入决赛，剩下四个名额给以下7位竞争。可是今天却又惊爆只收3位，那意思不是说决赛只有17名参赛者吗？那今天顺利闯关的3位是谁？率先闯进的14位又是谁？

The “Blessed Worship Team Song-Writing Competition” is getting more and more exciting. From the 63 contestants, it was said initially that 18 would enter the grand final, and it was announced that 14 people have already been selected to be in the final and there were only 4 places left for the following 7 to fight for a place. But today it was announced shockingly that we would accept only 3 more, does that mean there would only be 17 finalists? And who are the 3 who successfully entered today? And who are the 14 who are in already?

好吧，让你们不需要再焦急和好奇，现在就报告最后进入决赛的三位蒙福儿。。。
其实经投票过后，大家的票数差别不大，所以真的需要抓破脑袋思想、揣摩、祷告等等做最艰难的决定。。。
Alright, to end your anxiety and curiosity now, we will announce who are the last 3 blessed children who made it to the final…
Actually after the votes count, the differences among the songs are not big, so it really took us to crack our heads to think, imagine and pray etc to make the most difficult decision…..

好吧，第一位是。。。
谢增福！Ok, the first person is…
David Sia!

第二位是。。。
女生。。。但是那天唱的是男生。。。
她是田思洁，由忠卫代唱～
The second person is…
A lady… but it was a guy who sang her song that day…
She is Stephanie Si Jie, the singer is Zhong Wei~

还有最后一位进入的是谁呢。。。？
是以下其中一位。。。
剩下的五位的其中一位。
And who is the last one to enter…?
It is one of the following…
One of the remaining 5.

最后一位是。。。
The final person is…
王。。。保。。。安。。。Poh Ann!

以下是最佳歌词得主，第一至第五名，但第五名有两位，所以总共有六首歌得奖。
Below are the winners for Best Lyrics, No. 1 to No. 5, but there are two No. 5, so altogether six songs here.

先报告第五名吧，第一位获第五名的是：
李玮妮的“祢在哪里。我在这里”。
We will announce No. 5 first, and the first No.5 is:
Wei Ni’s “Where art Thou? Here am I”.

第二位获得第五名的是：
田圣的“设计”。
And the second person to get No. 5 is:
Daniel KH’s “Design”.

第四名：
陈碧珠的“原来是祢”。
No. 4:
Pek Choo’s “So it’s You”.

第三名：
方修箴的“如何醒来”。
No. 3:
Jane’s “How do I wake up?”.

第二名：
李祖儿的“领我”。
No. 2:
Julie’s “Lead me”.

第一名：
黄欣欣的“拼图”。
No. 1:
Sing Sing’s “Jigsaw Puzzle”.

当然也不忘记两位最佳英文歌词得主：
郑秋霖的“祢在那里”。
And of course not forgetting the two winners for the English lyrics:
CL Tay’s “You are there”.

还有蔡万霖的“伟大建筑师”。
And Edwin Chai’s “Great Architect”.

那天报告了“最佳歌名”和“最佳歌词”的入围者，现在就公布成绩吧！
首先，先报告“最佳歌名”成绩：

That day we announced the nominees for “Best Title” and “Best Lyrics, now we will announce the results!
First, the result for “Best Title”:

第一名是：黄欣欣所写的“拼图”，得了14分，以一分之差胜了第二名！
No. 1 is: “Jigsaw Puzzled” by Shirley Sing Sing which received a total of 14 marks, only one mark more than No.2!

第二名：吴家儿的“指南针”，得了13分。
No. 2 is: “Compass” by Karyee, she got 13 marks for that.

第三名：陈碧珠的“原来是祢”，9分。
No.3: Pek Choo’s “So it’s You”, 9 marks.

就这三名。。。嗯。。。就顺便报第四名吧。。。
第四名：第一名黄欣欣老公田圣的“设计”，夫妻都入围，不错吧！
So these three… well… might as well tell you No. 4 too…
No.4: Husband of No.1 Shirley Sing Sing, Daniel KH’s “Design”, both husband and wife were nominated, not bad huh?

以下是“敬拜团诗歌创作比赛”六十三首参赛作品挑选出的十二首入围中文歌曲，和两首英文歌曲。
Below are the 12 nominees for the Chinese Songs category, and 2 for the English, chosen from the 63 entries.

(1) 领我 (Lead Me) – 李祖儿 Julie

(2) 指南针 (Compass) – 吴家儿 Karyee

(3) 设计 (Design) – 田圣 Daniel KH

(4) 拼图 (Jigsaw Puzzle) – 黄欣欣 Sing Sing

(5) 祢在哪里。我在这里 (Where Art Thou? Here Am I) – 李玮妮 Wei Ni

(6) 原来是祢 (So It’s You) – 陈碧珠 Pek Choo

(7) 重新得力 (Renewed Strength) – 谢增福 David Sia

(8) 谢谢祢如此爱我 (Thank You For Loving Me So Much) – 张玲珑 Ling Long

(9) 我是谁 (Who Am I) – 张志恒 Henry

(10) 如何醒来 (How Do I Wake Up) – 方修箴 Jane

(11) 心灵的呼求 (Cry From The Heart) – 刘家荣 Max

(12) 感谢祢给我机会 (Thanks For Giving Me The Chance) – 蔡良保 Rambo

两首英文歌是。。。
And the TWO English songs are…

(1) You Are There (祢都在) – 郑秋霖 Chiew Ling

(2) Great Architect (伟大建筑师) – 蔡万霖 Edwin

没事先通知你们“歌名”也有比赛，那是对的，这才看得出你们的认真、用心和自动自发的创意能力。
台湾的其中一位评审说他可是第一次听到“歌名”也有比赛的，所以他搞了老半天还不知道我要的是什么，结果还打长途电话来一而再的确定，哈哈！

I did not tell you beforehand there is a competition for the “song title”, this is a right move, because only then could I see how serious, whole-hearted and creative you are spontaneously.
One of the Taiwanese judges said it was the first time ever he heard of a “song title” competition, that was why it took him a long time to understand what I wanted till he had to call me long distance to make sure, haha!

是的，我认为一首歌的歌名是很重要的，它不止让人大概知道歌的内容含意，它也能让人对这首歌有兴趣，或者让人记得这首歌，即一提到就知道是这首歌。。。要不然，诗歌里有一大堆“称颂耶和华”、“伟大的神”、“赞美主”、“哈利路亚”等等很属灵或宗教字眼很强的歌名，根本不知道哪一首是哪一首！

Yes, I do think the title of a song is very important as it does not only tell you roughly the content of the song, it also creates an interest in the song or helps you remember a particular song, that is at the mention of it, you would know which song it is… otherwise, among Christian songs, there is a mountain of songs with very spiritual or religious title like “Mighty God”, “I worship the Lord”, “Praise be to Him”, “Hallelujah” etc till you do not know which is which!

所以，以下是六十三首参赛歌曲中入围的六首“歌名”，其它的。。。呃。。。你知道啦。。。
那，以下六首，将由国内及海外评审选出前三名“最佳歌名”，您认为会是哪三首呢？

Hence, the following 6 songs are the nominees chosen from among the 63 entries for “Best Song Title”, as for the others… err……. you know….
Then, from these 6, the top 3 “Best Song Title” will be chosen by judges from both within and outside the country, so which 3 do you think they will be?

（1）指南针 ( Compass of Life ) – 吴家儿 Karyee
（2）方向 ( Direction ) – 蔡好云 Jenna
（3）原来是祢 ( So it’s You ) – 陈碧珠 Pek Choo
（4）拼图 ( Jigsaw Puzzle ) – 黄欣欣 Sing Sing
（5）设计 ( Design ) – 田圣 Daniel KH
（6）如何醒来 ( How do I wake up ) – 方修箴 Jane

听到沙漠，你会想到什么？
很炎热？干燥？风沙滚滚？不舒服的感觉。。。
When you hear the mentioning of desert, what would you think of?
Scorching heat? Dryness? Sand and dust everywhere? Not a very comfortable feeling…

我相信住在沙漠一定很辛苦，但给我们这些游客，就会大惊小怪，急着拍照片留念，然后再急忙找个阴凉处躲避强烈的太阳，几分钟都受不了。。。旅行车里的冷气真的是奢侈享受。
I believe it must be very tough to live in the desert, but for us tourists, we were like very excited and thrilled and in a hurry to take photos, but after that in a hurry to look for a cool shelter from the scorching sun, could not even stand a few minutes… the air-conditioner in the tour coach was such a luxury.

所以，华语经典歌有一首叫“热情沙漠”。。。唱着“我的热情好像一盆火，燃烧了整个沙漠”。。。感觉这个热情一定叫人很难受，哈哈。。。
A classic Chinese song sings “my passion and love is like the fire burning up the entire desert”… feels like a very uncomfortable passion to me, haha!

但是再炎热、干燥、不舒服，沙漠也还是有它独特的地方，也有它的美丽和用处。。。
至少它让我们这热带雨林来的游客很开心和赞赏！
But no matter how hot, dry or uncomfortable it is, the desert still has its uniqueness, beauty and usefulness…
At least it makes tourists from the tropical rainforests like us very happy and impressed!

无法想像当初以色列人如何能在沙漠旷野漂流与生存四十年，上帝如何保守和供应给他们！神真的是又信实、又真实！
所以，神既然在那么恶劣的环境都能够照顾和赐福当时那超过百万人的百姓，更何况今天的你和我呢？
I cannot imagine how the Israelites could wander and survive in the desert wilderness for forty years, how God protected and provided for them! God is indeed very faithful and very true!
So if God could take care of and bless more than a million of His people then in such a hostile environment, all the more He could do the same for you and I today!

因此，如果你现在正在处于一个艰难，仿佛走投无路的状况或环境，记得来到上帝面前歇一歇脚，再仰望祂的真实、信实和伟大！
Therefore, if you are currently in a very difficult and hopeless situation or condition, remember to come to God to rest and once again look upon His reality, faithfulness and greatness!

只要你坚持相信，祂答应你必为你在旷野开道路，在沙漠开江河！
As long as you persevere in believing, He has promised to make a way in the desert and streams in the wilderness for you!

人的品味就是很奇怪，有些东西你很喜欢，别人就不喜欢；有些你不喜欢，别人偏偏又很喜欢。这些可以是服装、音乐、图画、食物。。。什么都可以！我想这样也好，很公平，就是说每样东西都有人欣赏。

People’s tastes are just so strange, certain things you may like so much but others just do not, and there are things that you just do not like while others do. It can be fashion, music, art, food… or just anything! Guess this is good for in this way everything can find someone who admires it.

其实，对自己，我们也有我们喜欢的某部分或某方面，也有我们很不喜欢的部分，所以才会感觉有时候很喜欢自己，有时候也会很讨厌自己！人就是这样矛盾，这样复杂和这样麻烦。

In fact, with regard ourselves, there are areas that we like and parts that we do not like about ourselves too. That is why sometimes we seem to love ourselves a lot and at times we seem to hate ourselves! Such is the irony of a human being, very complicated and troublesome.

就比如我本身，拍了很多照片，有些是同地点和时间拍的，但就有一些我超喜欢，和一些我都不想再看一次的。这里放的一些照片就我很喜欢的，那一次旅行拍的也不见得我全部都喜欢。原因到底是什么？服装？姿势？角度？摄影技术，还是什么？

For example myself, I have taken so many photos, some were taken at the same place and time and yet there would be some that I really like and some that I do not even want to have a second look. The photos in this post are those that I really like, but there are also those taken during the same trip which I do not like at all. What is the reason? The clothes I wore? The pose? The angle? Photographing skill? Or what?

总之，事实是，我们之所以会喜欢自己的一些照片也只有一个原因，就是觉得自己在照片里拍得很好看或顺眼；有时别人不认为我们也不管，自己喜欢就好，哈哈！其实会欣赏自己总好过看不起自己，你说是吧？

All things said, the truth is, there is only one reason why we like some of our own photos, that is we think we look really nice or pleasant in those photos. Sometimes we would not even care if others think the same, as long as we like them ourselves, haha! Actually, to be able to admire ourselves is any time better than despising ourselves, do you not think so?

有些照片很好看或顺眼，不管是由于角度或摄影技术等等，也只说明了一件事，即：从某个角度或眼光来看，我们都会有好看的时候。原来我们都有优点，我们都有价值，都能够被人欣赏。如果人能永远就用那角度或眼光来看我们，就会一直很欣赏和看我们很顺眼，那不知有多好。。。可是事实并不如此，人反而很常用严厉、无情和批判性眼光互相看待，所以世界才会有那么多的冲突与伤害。

Some photographs are very nice or pleasant, whether due to angles or photographing skills, can only reveal one thing, that is: from a certain angle or perspective, we all have moments when we look good. We all actually do have our good points, we all have some values and can be admired by people. If only people can always look at us from that angle or perspective, then they would always admire or see us as pleasant, that would be so good… However, that is not the truth, people instead often use very stringent, cold and critical eyes to view each other, that is why this world is full of conflicts and hurts.

但让我们最安慰的是，天父始终都会用慈爱的眼光看我们，始终看我们都是祂宝贝可爱的孩子。如果我们心里面也有越多天父的爱，我们也会用天父的眼光，如此充满慈爱怜悯的彼此看待了。

But the most comforting is, our Heavenly Father will always look at us with eyes of loving-kindness, we will always be precious and adorable children in His eyes. If our hearts have more of our Father’s love, we would also have the Father’s eyes and would look at each other with loving-kindness and mercy as well.

我吉他弹得不好 － 这句话其实是多余的！因为凡是会弹吉他，听过我弹吉他的人，不用说他们也知道我吉他弹得不好；但是这句话还是要说出来，因为很多不会弹吉他又不太会音乐的人，被我的外表和装出来的样式骗了，看以上的照片就知道我讲什么了，哈哈哈！

但事实上，我也没有想要骗人啦！只是我弹的时候很专注和认真（怕弹错），所以看起来才好像很会的样子。。。再看下面一张，是不是很认真？

I do not play the guitar well – this sentence is actually quite redundant! Because whoever knows how to play the guitar and has heard me play would know without being told that I do not play well. However, I must still say this out for many who do not know how to play the guitar and do not know music well have been “deceived” by my appearance and “act”. You would know what I mean by looking at the above photo. Hahaha!

But honestly I do not intend to “deceive” anyone! It is just that I look very focussed and serious when I play (scared of making mistakes), that is why I look as though I can play well…
See the photo below, do I not look very serious?

怎么说吉他弹得不好呢？原因是手指按得不够力，所以出来的声音不够清脆好听；有一些和弦是需要一根手指按住六条线的，手指不够力就要借助 capo （音像福建话“鸡婆”），就是上图靠近我左手的小道具。如果没有 capo，有些歌我就会没办法弹或会弹得很难听了！

But why do I say I do not play the guitar well? Reason being my fingers do not press hard enough, so the sound that comes out does not sound that clear and nice. Some chords need you to press all six strings with one finger, and if your finger is not strong enough, you would need the help of the capo (sounds like the Hokkien word for busybodies – “kepo”). It is that little instrument near my left hand in the above photo. Without the capo, I will not be able to play some songs, or it will not sound nice when I play!

早期“出道”或刚出来诗歌服事时很常都会自弹自唱，因为唱累了就可以缩短或尽快停，唱不上可以把调调低等等。。。可是后来要背的歌越来越多，和弦越来越复杂，技巧有限，再加上出门带把吉他也挺不方便的，渐渐的就用伴奏带比较多了。

When I first started going out to sing or serve in songs, I very often played the guitar myself because if I felt tired, I could shorten the song and stop faster, or when the song was too high, I could lower the key etc…. but towards the end, there were more and more songs to memorize, the chords were getting more and more complicated, my skill was limited, coupled with the inconvenience to bring a guitar while travelling, I began to use the minus-ones or soundtracks more.

你可能说，那为什么不要努力把吉他练好？
你以为我不想啊？有些人没天分就没天分啊，好不好？我吉他都弹了三十年了还是这个水准，你还要我怎样？
再加上，现在的我那么忙碌，可怜我一下吧。。。

You may say, why do I not work hard to practise my skill well then?
You think I do not wish too? Some people just do not have the talent, ok? I have played the guitar for thirty years and still stuck at this level, what more do you require of me?
Plus right now I am really super busy, so do have mercy on me…

那你可能又要问另一个问题：既然我吉他弹得不好，那我是怎么写歌的？
啊哈！奇妙就是奇妙在这里！
明明技巧就不好，明明只会基本的和弦，却也能创作出好几百首诗歌！这不是神的恩典是什么？这不是神迹是什么？
所以我说，我们这一生，决定你成功与否的不是你的背景或你拥有多少，而是你信靠和仰赖那全能的上帝多少～

Then you may want to ask another question:
Since I do not play the guitar well, how then do I write songs?
Ah ha! This is the amazing part!
Yes, obviously my skill is not good, and yes, obviously I only know the basic chords, and yet I could write hundreds of songs! If this is not God’s grace, tell me what is it? If this is not a miracle, tell me what is it?

So I say, in our lives, the deciding factor of our success does not lie with our background or how much we have, it depends on how much we trust and rely on the Almighty God~

這世界的東西，就跟人一樣，化妝了有時候一時看不出真相，真假難分；可是日子久了就比較看得出來了，所以不要急促下定論，搞不好把好人和壞人顛倒，祝福和包袱也搞亂。。。

Things of this world are just like human beings at times, once disguised or putting on make-up, you cannot really tell the originality immediately, hard to discern what is real or fake. However, as time goes by, it becomes easier to distinguish, so we must not be hasty to conclude as we might mistake and switch the good people from the bad, or confuse blessings from burdens…

寫這個，我是有感而發。。。
因為我昨天才去處理掉一個本來是應該帶給我好處的“祝福”，可是後來這“祝福”對我來說卻變成一個壓力和包袱；這也讓我聯想到我們人生都常常面對這種狀況與抉擇。。。

I am writing this as inspired by my own encounter…
That is because yesterday I have just gone to settle some “blessing” that was supposedly to bring me some benefits, but this “blessing” later became a pressure and burden for me instead. It caused me to relate to the many situations and dilemma we have to face in life ever so often…

其實我去解決的也不是甚麼大件事，也只不過是再平常不過的銀行戶頭和信用卡。。。
只因為推銷員的口才或朋友的介紹，我們很常就開了一些帶給我們很多“好處”的戶頭，或使用很多“好服務‘的信用卡。事實上，我是沒需要用到，只是被所謂的”祝福“吸引，人自然”貪小便宜“的心理作祟，就也接受了這些”好服務“。結果是，很正常的每個月收到提醒你這個、提醒你那個的提醒信，而我又是屬於那種拖欠人幾塊錢都會很不舒服和沒平安的人，所以這些銀行的提醒信對我來說是一個壓力和負擔。

最後我就狠下心腸，決定去把戶頭和服務關閉；但如同所預料的，服務職員又會讓你覺得你的決定會讓你失去”祝福“，或又介紹另一個”更好的祝福“給你！可是，我已經下定決心，不要就是不要了！
從銀行出來時，我感覺放下心頭大石，輕鬆無比，呵呵呵～

Actually what I went to settle was not any severe matter, it was just something so ordinary as a bank account and credit cards facilities…
Due to the good sales technique of the promoter or recommendation by some friends, we quite often opened some accounts with a lot of “benefits”, or started using some credit cards with a lot of “good services”. In actual fact, I had no need of such, but I was attracted by the so-called “blessings” and due to our human nature of “wanting to take advantage of some benefits”, I accepted those “good services”. Consequently, as in very normal, I received reminding letters reminding you of this and that every month, and I am that type of person who feels uneasy and not at rest even if I owe someone just a few dollars, so the reminding letter from the bank was to me a pressure and burden.

Finally, I determined in my heart to go and close my account and facilities. However, as expected, the servicing officer would make you feel your decision was causing you to lose some “blessings” or start introducing another “greater blessing” to you! But I have already made m firm decision, no means no!
As I emerged from the bank, I felt a heavy burden lifted from my chest, I was so free and relaxed, hehehe~

你可能覺得我很小題大做，大驚小怪，那麼平常的事也把它當成那麼嚴重；但事實是，我們生活當中就是有那麼多小小的事沒解決，後來累積起來就越來越沉重，無形中成為每天的煩惱和壓力，最後就影響我們的情緒和甚至身體健康。。。

May be you think I am making a mountain out of a molehill or over-exaggerating as you think this is such a simple and ordinary matter, but I treated as if it was so serious; but the truth is, our daily living is full so many unresolved tiny little things that become heavier and heavier as they accumulate, and unconsciously they become our daily worries and stress and eventually affecting our emotional and even physical health…

我改天還有一些例子可以跟你分享，甚麼是變成包袱的“祝福”或好處。。。改天也要跟你分享，相反的，看似包袱的，結果卻是帶來大祝福和好處。。。
你本身有這種經歷和例子可以分享嗎。。。？

I will share with you again some other day some other examples of “blessings or benefits” that end up becoming a burden… and I would also want to share with you something in reverse, that is the seemingly “burden” that ultimately brings great blessings and benefits…
Do you have such personal experiences and examples to share as well…?

心情 － 甚麼是心情？就是心裡的感覺和情緒吧？
到底甚麼影響我們心情好還是壞？
從生理到心理，從環境到遭遇，從人際到東西。。。仿佛很多東西都可以影響一個人的心情。。。

Mood – what is it exactly? It is that emotion or feeling in your heart I guess?
What can affect our mood to be good or bad?
From biological to psychological, from environment to encounter, from human to things… it seems there are many things that can influence a person’s mood…

一個美麗的風景、舒服的環境、自己喜歡的地方。。。都可以讓人有好心情。。。

A beautiful scenery, comfortable environment, and a place that you like… can all give a person good mood…

適當的休息、可口美味的飲食、我們喜悅的禮物、舒暢人心的好消息與故事。。。

Good and proper rest, tasty and delicious food and drinks, gifts that we delight in, good news and stories…

一個關心的問候、一個友善的笑容、一個意外的祝福、一個友好的陪伴。。。

A caring greeting and concern, a friendly smile, an unexpected blessing, the company of a good friend…

其實很多東西都可以讓人有好心情，可是我們偏偏喜歡專注在破壞我們心情的事務上；更莫明其妙的，有時候一睡醒，都還沒甚麼事情發生，就已經壞心情了！

Actually many things can give us good mood but the trouble is, we tend to like to focus on things that spoil our mood; what is even more puzzling, sometimes upon waking up and even before anything happens, we are already in a bad mood!

多年前，我也常很苦惱自己每早上醒來就心情不好的狀況，尤其是在大學時代。我也常常禱告求上帝幫助我及把我從這爛心情的問題釋放出來。。。

Many years back, I was often very disturbed by my upon-waking-up-bad-mood each morning, especially during my university years. I often prayed to God to help me and set me free from this lousy mood problem too…

然後，不知曾幾何時，在我還沒察覺的情形之下，這問題已消失的無影無蹤！
我相信最大的原因就是不斷讓聖靈充滿。。。
我們的神是喜樂的神，如果祂的靈不斷充滿我們的心，我們怎麼能持續有壞心情呢？你說這有沒有道理？呵呵～

Then, I do not even remember or realize since when, this problem has disappeared and is gone a long time!
I believe the biggest reason is to be continually filled with the Holy Spirit…
Our God is a joyful God, so if His Spirit is always filling our hearts, then how can our hearts remain in a bad mood all the time? Does not this make sense to you? Haha~

所以，只要又開始感覺心情不好，就要趕快開口禱告，求聖靈再來充滿，很快的就會雨過天晴，心情又漸漸變好了。。。
鼓勵你不妨也試試看。。。上帝賜福你～

Therefore, whenever I start to feel a bad mood rising, I will quickly open my mouth to pray and ask for the Holy Spirit to fill me, and very soon the sunlight will shine through the dark clouds, and my mood will improve again…
I encourage you to try this too… God bless you~

你知道自己是誰嗎？你知道你的身份有多尊貴嗎？你知道仇敵、惡者、魔鬼很怕你嗎？

Do you know who you are? Do you know how honourable your identity is? Do you know the enemy, the evil one, the devil is very afraid of you?

那天看了一部電影，事實是，類似這樣題材的故事很多：即，公主或王子化裝成平民到街上走或玩，當中碰見無賴要找麻煩或欺負。正當就要被打或傷害的時候，無賴們突然害怕或跪下來求饒。原來公主／王子背後出現一群國王派來保護他的軍兵，無賴們才知道公主／王子的身份，無不投降或逃跑。。。

Watched a certain movie that day, the truth is, such story line is very common: that is, a princess/prince disguised as a commoner and went out to the street. In the midst of that, some hooligans wanted to stir up trouble or bully. Just when the princess/prince was about to be hurt or attacked, suddenly the hooligans became afraid and knelt for forgiveness. The fact was an army sent by the king to protect the princess/prince appeared behind the princess/prince, only then did the hooligans realize the identity of the princess/prince. They would either surrender or skitter away…

其實，我們就是那公主／王子，我們的天父就是萬王之王，時刻都會看顧、保守、拯救我們。我們只要知道自己的身份，也常活在神的保守之下，我們的一生都會很平安。不要愚昧的遠離神，拒絕祂的愛和保護，這世界有太多邪惡的事，我們必須時常禱告、敬拜、親近神；這樣，一路想要攻擊我們的仇敵或惡者都要跪下和退去了！

We are actually that princess/prince, our Father God is the King of kings, He will take care, protect and save us. All we need is to know our identity and live under His protection, then we shall have peace all our lives. Do not be so foolish as to leave God or refuse His love and protection. There are too many evils in this world, so we need to constantly pray, worship and draw near to God. In that way, the enemies or evil ones that come to attack us along the way will have to kneel or flee!

“所 以 ， 神 將 他 升 為 至 高 ， 又 賜 給 他 那 超 乎 萬 名 之 上 的 名 ，
叫 一 切 在 天 上 的 、 地 上 的 ， 和 地 底 下 的 ， 因 耶 穌 的 名 無 不 屈 膝 ，
無 不 口 稱 耶 穌 基 督 為 主 ， 使 榮 耀 歸 與 父 神 。” ～腓立比書2:9-11～

有時候，被人誤會、被人錯怪，我們覺得很不公平，很生氣。。。
有時候，被人出賣、被人背叛，我們覺得很不公平，很無理。。。

At times, we are misunderstood, or being blamed wrongly, we feel it is very unfair, and we feel very angry…At times, we are being betrayed, or being back-stabbed, we feel it is very unfair, and we feel it is so unreasonable…

有時候，對的被講到是錯的，錯的被講到是對的，我們覺得很不公平，很生氣。。。
有時候，好人被當成是壞人，壞人被當成是好人，我們覺得很不公平，很無理。。。

At times, what is right is being twisted to become wrong, and what is wrong is being promoted as right, we feel it is very unfair, and we feel very angry…
At times, good people are being treated as wicked, and the wicked are being treated as the good, we feel it is very unfair, we feel it is so unreasonable…

有時候，壞人橫行霸道，好人無奈被壓，我們覺得很不公平，很生氣。。。
有時候，有錢人欺壓窮人，窮人求助無門，我們覺得很不公平，很無理。。。

At times, the wicked do as they like, and the righteous are being oppressed, we feel it is very unfair, we feel very angry…
At times, the rich oppress the poor, and the poor cannot find help anywhere, we feel it is very unfair, we feel it is so unreasonable…

有時候和有時候，這世界還有很多又很多事情讓我們覺得很不公平，很生氣，很無理。。。
數不盡、數不清。。。
但永遠都不要忘記，這些耶穌都經歷過，這條路祂走過。。。
全世界最不公平的事，莫過於耶穌被釘十字架。。。
不要以為上帝會忘記，不要以為上帝會置之不理；暫時但必須的黑暗，並不表示因此就沒有黎明。。。

At times and at times, this world has so many and so many things that we feel are so unfair, and we feel so angry and feel everything is so unreasonable…
Endless and countless…
But do not ever forget, Jesus has experienced all these, and He has walked this path…
The most unfair thing in this world will always be Jesus’ crucifixion on the cross…
Do not think that God will forget, do not think that God will ignore; temporary but necessary darkness does not therefore mean dawn is not coming…

我就是如此常常提醒自己，常常如此被鼓勵。。。

And this is how I always remind myself, and this is how I am always encouraged…

有时候我们真的会比较负面，发生一件事情，都还不知道真相，就先往不好或最坏的方面去想。。。
后来发现事实都不是如此，真是白担心一场！更糟糕的是，有时候还误会人，乱生气一场，真的是很笨！

Sometimes we tend to be more negative, when something happens, even before knowing the truth, we start thinking the worse or something bad…Then we discover the fact that is otherwise, really worrying for nothing! What is worse, sometimes we even misunderstand others and get angry with them wrongly, it is really silly!

但的确有时候事情本来是负面的，上帝却很奇妙的把它转为正面，让我们看到祂是独行奇事的神，我经历了这样的神迹蛮多次。。。
现在回想一些曾经发生过的，还真是千钧一发，不可思议！

But indeed sometimes it can be a truly negative thing but God amazingly turns it to become positive, to show us He is a miracle-working God. I personally have experienced this kind of miracles numerous times…
As I recall certain incidents that happened before, the apparent “narrow escape” a few times were really unimaginable!

这一次又经历了一个意想不到的好事。。。
收到一个我不想收、不想碰、不想开的东西，我马上就开始思想该如何丢掉这东西，因为我想象其来源会让我很不舒服。。。但结果却是相反的！
原来是我喜欢的东西，来源叫我很安慰感动。。。

I experienced something good again this time something I did not expect…
I received something I did not want to receive, did not want to touch and did not want to open, my mind immediately started thinking as to how to get rid of it because I imagined the source would make me very uncomfortable… but it turned out otherwise!
It was actually something I like and the source was very comforting and touching…

现在想起来也真好笑，我还差点把它送给别人，甚至丢掉！哈哈！
还好收到消息的匿名人士，急忙传简讯给我说东西是来自它！我真的是万万都没想到是他！
真是虚惊变惊喜！上帝真的很幽默，也很爱我，我那么胡乱想象，祂仍然赐福我，我真的是不配！

It is really funny as I think about it now, I almost gave the thing to others or even threw it away! Haha!
Just as well the “mysterious” person heard about that and quickly sent a text message to me to tell me the thing was from him! I really did not have the slightest thought that it could come from him!
This is really a false alarm that turns into a pleasant surprise! God is truly humourous, and He loves me so much too, knowing how I would simply imagine the worst and yet He still blesses me, I am really so undeserving!

收到谁的简讯会让你兴奋？
收到谁的简讯会让你紧张？
你又会期待谁的简讯？

Receiving whose text messages would make you feel excited?
Receiving whose text messages would make you feel nervous?
And whose text messaged do you hope to receive?

读到什么样的简讯会让你感动？
读到什么样的简讯会让你难忘？
到底那天我收到谁的简讯，让我的心那么感动？

Reading what kind of text messages would make you feel touched?
Reading what kind of text messages would be unforgettable to you?
And whose text message did I receive that day that touched my heart so much?

那天我收到这一则简讯。。。是我没有预料的，来自一个不是很常会传简讯给我的人，即使有，通常他也只传“官方”内容的简讯，可是这一次不一样。。。
这一次的内容让我惊讶，是出乎我所料的，但却深深温暖了我的心。。。
就是以下这则简讯：

That day I received this text message… something I did not expect, not someone who would usually send text messages to me, and if the person does, the content would be quite formal, but not this time…
This time the content surprised me, something I really did not expect, but it deeply warmed my heart…
It is this text message below:

那是星期日早上，我在家预备去教会，简讯说：
“牧师早安！记得带那台湾饼干给那特殊小孩哦。。。”
这有什么那么感动的？原来背后有段故事。。。

That was Sunday morning as I was preparing to go to church, the message reminded me to bring to church some biscuits I brought back from Taiwan, to give to a special child.
But what was so touching about that? There is a story behind…

有一个家庭，不久前因着家里有这位特殊儿而来到教会，孩子特别过动且有学习障碍和难以控制，父母亲已深感无助和沮丧，一直到来了教会在耶稣里找到盼望和安慰。

这孩子特别喜欢我也挺黏我，你看连看着荧幕上的我，他都可以那么专注。每一次散会后，他会坚持上来要我祷告后才愿意回家，我每次也会确定跟他祷告和给他一个拥抱。祷告后他一定会向我要一瓶矿泉水，才开开心心的回家，要不然他就会哭闹不肯走。我的助理也习惯了，所以都会预备好瓶子给他。

那个星期六晚上，刚好没有货了，男孩无法体会就要开始哭闹，不要回家了。我就抱着他，跟他说他若乖乖听话，我明早会带我台湾带回来的饼干给他吃；他竟然听懂了，就很开心说他明天要饼干，就肯回家了。

There is this family that came to church not long ago because of this special child, the child is hyperactive and has learning difficulty and hard to keep under control. The parents were very desperate and depressed because of his condition but they found hope and comfort in Jesus when they came to church.

The child somehow adores me and gets quite attached to me, see how fixated he is even when watching my on-screen image. Each time after a church meeting, he would insist to come up to be prayed for by me before he is willing to go home, and I would make sure I pray for him and give him a hug too each time. Then, he would always ask from me a bottle of mineral water after prayer before going home happily, otherwise he would kick up a fuss and refuse to go. My assistants are used to that and they are always ready with the bottle for him.

That particular Saturday night, we ran out of stock, and the boy could not comprehend that and was about to cry and refusing to go home. Then I hugged and told him if he behaved and listened to me, then I would the next morning bring him some biscuits I brought back from Taiwan, and he could understand me. He happily said he wanted the biscuit the next morning and was willing to go home then.

收到助理提醒我带饼干的简讯会让我感动是因为，原来助理不但在教会很尽责，站在我背后也很专心听我跟小孩讲话，回了家也没忘记。这证明他把小孩的需要放在心上，要不然他不会怕我忘记带饼干来，而让孩子失望哭闹。。。
我真的很欣赏我助理这一点，我真的没想到他会一大早传简讯给我，提醒我带饼干给那特殊小孩（虽然我也没忘记）。
你不感动吗？换着是你，你会不会这样做？

所以，我决定原谅阿蚊上一届运动会在200米赛项跑赢我了，哈哈哈哈！！

Receiving that text message from my assistant was touching to me because, I realized he was not only very responsible while at church, he was also listening attentively when I talked to the little boy, and he did not forget when he went home. That showed he put the boy’s needs on his heart too, other wise he would not have been concerned that I might for get to bring the biscuit and thus disappointing and upsetting the child…
I was really impressed with that, I really did not expect him to text me early that morning ti remind me about bringing the biscuit for that special boy (though I did not forget too).
Are you not touched? Would you have done the same if it were you?

So I have decided to forgive Ah Boon for beating me in the 200m race in our last sports meet, hahahaha!!

所以，你也有那一种感觉，那种做了一个梦，你很想留在梦里面，不要醒来的感觉？
那你的又是什么梦呢？
当然一定都是美梦，但有不同的题材。。。

So you do have that feeling too, that wishing not to wake up from the dream you are having, but then what dream is yours?
Of course they must be good dreams, but with different themes…

上一篇告诉了你们我第一个不想醒来的梦，那第二个又是什么梦呢。。。？
你若期待很精彩和轰轰烈烈的，大概要失望了，因为它是忆起家庭的梦，特别是童年时候的家和爸爸妈妈的梦。。。
有时候我也很纳闷，都已经那么老的人了，怎么还一直做小时候跟爸爸妈妈在一起的梦？难道心里还有一个长不大的小孩。。。？

I told you in my last writing concerning the first dream that I did not want to wake up from, then what is the second one…?
If you are expecting something exciting and colourful, you might get disappointed, because it is about family memory, especially about my childhood home and mum and dad then…
Sometimes I wonder too, I am already that old, but why am I still dreaming about my childhood days with mum and dad? Or is there a child inside that has not grown up…?

爸爸逝世后，这些年来都会梦见他还在，生活如常；去年妈妈去世了，就换着梦见妈妈还在。。。
上个礼拜还梦见载着行动不方便的妈妈去看医生，一切好真实，所以才会不希望留在梦中。。。

After father passed away, these few years I have been having dreams that he was still around, living life like normal; now that mother passed away last year, I began to dream that she was still around…
Last week I dreamt that I was bringing her to see the doctor in her wheelchair, it was so real, that was why I wished I would stay on in the dream…

从梦中醒来当然会有一丝丝难过，但当我想到她在天堂没有病痛、没有软弱，能行动自如，却是快乐与主同在，我心就很安慰！
我非常感恩，爸爸妈妈都认识主耶稣，都是那么平安离开这个世界到天堂与主同住。。。

When I woke up from the dream, of course there would be a tiny tinge of sadness, but when I think of how she has no sickness and pain in heaven, that she can move around freely and is happily living in the presence of Jesus, my heart is greatly comforted!
I am very grateful that both mum and dad knew Jesus, and they left this world in such peace to be with the Lord in heaven…

有没有那一种感觉，有时候做了一个梦，你很想留在梦里面，不要醒来；或者醒来了，倒回去睡很希望能够回到刚才的梦境里，但无奈却回不去了。。。

Ever had that feeling, that sometimes you had a dream, and you wished you could stay on in that dream and not wake up; or when you did wake up, you went back to sleep hoping that you would return to that dream again, but unfortunately you could not…

我最近就有两个梦我希望能待久一点在里面，一个是梦见主耶稣行神迹，让一个荒芜的山坡成为一个丰盛的果园！在梦里我很开心，甚至高兴的哭了，一直跟主耶稣说谢谢。。。

Recently I had two dreams which I wished I could stay on longer in the dreams. One was I dreamt of the Lord Jesus performing a miracle by turning a barren hilltop into a fruitful orchard! I was very happy in the dream that I even shed tears of joy, and I kept saying thanks to Jesus…

那果园很美，让我很开心喜乐，当然不想那么快醒来。。。
后来醒来时，我很想念那园子，但我知道那是主在鼓励我，要我信靠祂，祂是能够使无变为有的神！

It was such a beautiful orchard and it made me so happy and joyful, and of course I did not want to wake up so fast…
When I finally woke up, I missed the garden, but I knew it was the Lord encouraging me to trust in Him, for He is the God who can create something out of nothing!

至于另外一个梦又是关于什么呢。。。？
时候晚了，改天再跟你们分享吧，呵呵呵！

As for the other dream, what was it about…?
Well, it is getting late, I will share with you some other time, heeheehee…?

在人生的道路上，偶尔停下脚步，整理思绪一下，稍微等候再继续旅程是很重要的。。。
因为有时候脚步太急促、步伐太匆忙，会不慎摔了一跤，又或者因太忙碌和急促做决定，而忽略了一些重要的细节。。。

Along the journey of life, it is very important to occasionally halt your steps, reorganize your thoughts and ponder and wait for a while before continuing on your journey…
Because sometimes we are too hasty in our steps or too rush in our walk that we can carelessly suffer a fall; or when we are too busy and make our decisions too quickly, we may overlook some crucial details…

能坐下来休息一下，对自己体力也有帮助，让自己重新得力，毕竟休息就是为了走更远的路。。。
但也不要停顿太久而变懒散或忘记前方还有路。。。

To be able to sit and rest a while is good for the body too, allow your strength to be renewed, because after all resting is to prepare for a longer journey…
But do not stop for too long too for you might become slack or forget there is still some road to walk on ahead…

休息等候不是漫无目标的，一定要仰望天上的父，看看祂有什么指示，有什么话说，让祂指引我们。。。
毕竟我们走的是天国的路，祂的话是我们脚前的灯和路上的光。

We are not to rest and wait aimlessly too, we must look up and set our eyes on our Heavenly Father, and see whether He has any instruction or has anything to say, let Him guide us…
After all we are walking on the road to heaven, His Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.

有人问：你不写博文了？
不知该怎么回答？是忙？是累？是提不起劲？还是什么？
其实都有。

Someone asked: are you not writing blogs anymore?
I don’t know how to answer. Busy? Tired? No motivation? Or what?
Actually, all of them.

但事实是，也不太敢开部落格来看，因会看到最后一篇写的东西，就会想起那天为什么会停止写博文。。。

But the truth is, I don’t quite have the courage to enter or check out my blog because when I see the last article I wrote, I would recall why I stopped writing that day…

但我是喜欢写文章的人，是我的兴趣，也是一种抒发，我想该开始再写了。。。
But I love to write, it’s my interest and a way of release too. I
think I should begin to write again…