May 16, 2014

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！
请锁定www.gtlim.com，最可靠消息来自这里，请勿听信其它没证实消息和来源！

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!

October 4, 2011

 

写了一篇“昨夜又梦见了你”，导致好一些人很好奇这个“你”到底是谁。。。
好奇还没关系，只要不要自以为那个“你”是自己就好了，哈哈！
今天就来给你揭开这个谜。。。

Wrote the article “I dreamt of you again last night” and caused some to be very curious who that “you” is…
It is still alright to be curious as long as you do not start thinking that “you” is yourself, haha!
Today, I shall reveal the answer to you…

 

其实有一些人还挺厉害的，一猜就中！大概是看习惯了我写作的模式而开始抓得到我的思路吧。。。？
看来我需要寻找别的方式来吊人胃口了。。。

嗯。。。我所讲的“你”其实就是我童年长大的老家！

Actually some people are quite sharp, they guessed right immediately! Perhaps they are by now used to my style of writing, so can kind of capture my trend of thought…?
Looks like I have to seek for new methods to keep people in suspense now…

Hmm… the “you” I was referring to is really my childhood home which I grew up in!

 

虽然十三岁我就离开父母及老家，出来古晋求学，可是每当午夜梦回时，我梦见的依然是我这童年简陋的老木屋。。。
很多童年情景还会出现在梦里，爸爸还健在，妈妈还年轻。。。醒来时，总有一丝丝伤感。。。

Though I left my parents and my old home when I was thirteen to come out to study in Kuching, each time if I dreamt of my past, it would always be my childhood’s old wooden house…
Scenes of my childhood would reappear, dad still around, mum still young… and when I wake up, there is always this tinge of sadness…

 

我们家境比较贫穷，下雨天屋顶会漏水，家中没有厕所。。。
下面那一张就是我们的客厅，是华人新年装饰的最漂亮的时候；照片中的我是1998年从纽西兰回来过年的时候拍的。。。

We were quite poor, the roof would leak when it rained, and there was no toilet in the house…
The photo below shows our lounge in its best, decorated for Chinese New Year. That was me in 1998 coming home for Chinese New Year from New Zealand…

 

我纽西兰好友Jamie跟我一起回来过年，二哥背后的小门通往厨房和饭厅（看下图）。。。
我背后的墙就是我们一群孩子共用的房间，我很想念，很想念这个家。。。写着这文章时，眼角也有泪水。。。

My New Zealand good friend, Jamie came celebrate Chinese new Year with me, the door behind my 2nd brother leads to the kitchen and dining (see below)…
The wall behind me is the room that all of us, the kids shared. I really, really miss this house… even as I write this, there are tears in the corner of my eyes…

 

我大哥两个女儿，美清和美声。。。
看吧，我们连像样的窗都没有，我就是在这饭桌吃饭长大。。。有些人还以为我是富贵公子出身！
我非常遗憾没有拍到更多老家的照片。。。

My eldest brother’s daughters, Flora and Melody…
See, we did not even have proper windows, and that was the dining table where I had my meals and grew up with… and some people thought I came from a rich background!
I really regret not taking more pictures of my old house…

 

 

婴孩是大哥小儿子。
你隐约可看到厨房的屋顶，右边是爸妈的小房间，我们家就只两个房间。
看了照片，你大概就会体会我所写的这句：
“虽然表面上你并不美丽
却留给我许多美丽的回忆
没有你也不会有今天的自己”

The baby is my eldest brother’s youngest son.
You can vaguely see the kitchen roof here, to the right is my parents’ room, there were only two rooms in my house.
After seeing these pictures, you can perhaps appreciate my writing this:
“Though you do not possess outward beauty
You leave with me such beautiful memories
Without you I will not be who I am today”

 

 

多少梦里，我依然在这小路奔跑
多少夜里，这条小路引我回家。。。
后面被树叶遮盖的是我家的屋顶。

In so many dreams, I was still running on this small road
And in so many nights, this small road led me home…
You can see the roof of my house hidden among the trees.

 

我爱我的家，因为在这家里我找到爱。。。
它让我明白有爱可以不计较环境
它让我体会有爱就会有最美的回忆

I love my house because I found love there…
It taught me that with love the environment is not an issue
It made me realize where there is love, there will always be beautiful memories

June 23, 2011

我到医院了解状况，医生说因为他喝了杀虫剂，他的喉咙、气管和胃都烧坏了，不能再吃和喝东西，情况很糟糕，应该过不了今晚。
我走到他床边，他看到我，他很清醒，还能说话。我握住他的手，我说为什么要这样做？
他很激动的看着我，眼泪在眼眶打转，说：牧师，对不起，我不要死，我現在真的不要死了。。。耶稣会原谅我吗？

我为他祷告，求主赦免和怜悯，也求主彰显神迹。我午夜十一点左右离开，那时他还不能吃东西，本以为他那晚就会去世的。。。

神迹发生了！第二天早上医院传过来的消息说，他精神很好，而且竟然能够正常的吃和喝！但X光明明显示那是不可能的，因为喉咙、食道、一直到胃等等，真的都烧坏了！
我都很怀疑医生的诊断或有没有看错，医生却还是很肯定，只是没办法解释这现象。。。
他继续正常几天，我开始相信他会活下来。

第四天，院方来消息说。。。
他死了。
我很震惊！

据说，第三天下午他把母亲叫来医院，求母亲原谅，说他不是一个好儿子，没好好照顾及供应给母亲。
然后，听隔壁床的说，他那天晚上就一直轻轻的唱诗歌到凌晨，然后就很安静了。
隔壁的以为他因为累而睡着了，哪知护士来检查时，他已安然去世，没有痛苦、没有挣扎。。。
自己轻轻赞美敬拜主而离开这个世界，我想这是主给他的怜悯吧？我也相信是主亲自来把他接回天家了。

在丧礼的那一天，他母亲特别走过来告诉我他儿子说，虽然他很没用，但是这世界还有一个人爱他。他告诉他母亲说牧师爱他，每次都会抱他一下。。。
想到这里，我感到惭愧，这么容易的一个举动，有时候我都不太愿意给，可是这个小举动 却让他感受到世界还有人爱他。
然而，我也感恩我有顺服神在我心中的感动。。。

主啊，让我的心永远不要刚硬，让我时刻能体会你的心，而会甘心顺服你旨意。。。

I went to the hospital to understand the situation. The doctor said because he drank pesticide, his throat, trachea and stomach were all burnt and damaged, so he could not eat or drink anything anymore. The condition was very severe, the doctor predict he could not survive through that night.

I walked towards his bed. He looked at me, he was very alert and could still speak. I held his hand and asked why he did that.
He looked at me with much emotion, tears circling his eyes and said, “Pastor, I’m sorry, I don’t want to die, I really don’t want to die now… Will Jesus forgive me?”

I prayed for him, for the Lord to forgive and have mercy on him, and also for God to manifest His miracle. I left at about eleven midnight, at that time he still could not eat anything. I thought he would pass away that night…

Miracle happened! News from the hospital the next morning said he was very alert mentally, and he could even eat and drink normally! But the X-ray report clearly stated that was not possible because his throat etc all the way to the stomach were all damaged! I really doubted the doctor’s conclusion or examination, the doctor was still very adamant though could not explain the phenomenon… He continued to be normal for the next few days. I began to believe that he was going to survive.

On the fourth day, report from the hospital…
He died.
I was very shocked!

I heard, in the afternoon on the third day, he called his mother to his side. He asked for forgiveness from his mother saying he was not a good son, that he did not take good care of and provide for her. Then, according to the patient next to his bed, that night he was singing songs of praise softly and continuosly till dawn, and he became very quiet.
His neighbour thought he must have grown tired and fell asleep, but when the nurse came around to check, he had passed away peacefully, no pain, no struggle…
Singing softly to the Lord till he left this world, guess that was God’s mercy for him? And I also believe it was the Lord Himself who came to bring him home.

On the day of the funeral, his mother came over specially to me and told me her son said, though he was useless, there was still someone who loved him in this world. He told his mother that his pastor loved him and would hug him everytime…
I felt ashamed as I think about this, such an easy act and sometimes I would be so unwilling to give. And yet this little act caused him to feel there was still someone who loved him in this world.
However, I did thank God I obeyed His prompting in my heart.

O Lord, may my heart never grow hard, may I feel Your heart every moment and willingly obey Your desire…