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讓我很被鼓勵的獎。。。 A trophy that encouraged me a lot…

在Facebook放了这张照片,让大家猜我得了什么奖,后一直没向大家公布。。。
I posted this photo on Facebook and asked you all to guess what award I won, but I have not told you the answer since…

 

 

那是第一年在纽西兰,高中进大学之前(Form 7),在我当时的中学,Hillmorton High School参加的一项比赛。
话说回来,在古晋时我已经很活跃于中英文演讲和辩论比赛一类的活动,可是到了纽西兰,虽然会讲英语,很多时候因着我们马来西亚的“腔调”,同学和老师都不太听得懂我们讲什么。。。难免会造成一点自卑。。。

That was my first year in New Zealand, when I was still in Form 7 before entering the university, I participated in a competition at the high school I was studying at, Hillmorton High School.
Before that, while I was in Kuching, I was already very actively involved in activities like speech and debating competitions in both Chinese and English, but when I arrived in New Zealand, though I could speak English, many times my classmates and teachers found it hard to understand me due to our Malaysian accent… inevitably that kind of made me feel a bit inferior…

 

 

自卑归自卑,兴趣归兴趣,所以当学校报告将举办常年关英语演讲比赛,我也报名参加了!我是唯一的外国参赛者,跟当地的学生比,很荣幸的我竟然得了冠军宝座,真是喜出望外,也让我对公众演说添加信心!

Feeling inferior is one thing, your interest is another thing, so when the school announced about an upcoming annual public-speaking competition, I registered for it! I was the only foreigner in the competition competing against the local students there, and I was very honoured to win the trophy, beyond my expectation. That also increased my confidence in public-speaking!

 

 

想鼓励大家的是,不要因着自卑而退缩,不要因着困难而放弃,只要肯努力和学习,一定会出人头地!
I would like to encourage you all not to withdraw because of feeling inferior, do not give up because of difficulty, as long as you are willing to work hard and learn, you can achieve something outstanding!

 

 

後來我。。。 Finally I…

有時候聽到一些悲傷的事,我們會很震驚。。。
有時候聽到一些喜事,我們也會震驚。。。
原因是,兩者都沒預料到。

Sometimes upon hearing some sad news, we feel kind of shocked…
Sometimes upon hearing some good news, we can also feel kind of shocked…
Reason being, both are things you do not expect.

 

 

能平靜下來,和勝過“震驚”感,我想我們待人處事的態度很重要,從上帝的角度看事情和對上帝的信靠更是重要!
今天收到一個讓我很“震驚”的消息,其實是屬於“好消息”類,然而讓我真的有點始料未及。跟一些比較親密的同伴分享過後,大家都好像很擔心我會怎樣,他們的關心讓我感動,也讓我有點不好意思要他們操心。

To be able to calm down and overcome the “shock”, I think our attitude towards people and things is very important. Looking at things from God’s angle and our trust in God are even more important!
Today I received some news that really “shocked” me, actually it can be classified as a “good news”, but did really take me by great surprise. I shared with some closer companions, they all seem rather worried as to how I would feel, their concern touched me and also made me feel bad to cause them to worry.

 

但我這邊想跟大家說,我很好,放心。。。
我的上帝始終都會對我很好。。。
But here I would like to say to you all, all is well, don’t worry…
My God will always be very good to me…

 

 

後來我。。。我安靜下來。。。
後來我。。。抬起頭來,把腳步邁開,相信前方有美好日子在等待。。。

Finally I… I calmed down and…
Finally I… I looked to the sky, I moved on and I believe there are better days ahead for my life…

 

糟了!快被我吃光了! Oh dear! Just about eaten up by me!

 

 

(***先声明以下写的只是幽默好玩,你们不要太认真。。。这世界已经很沉重,放轻松一点!哈哈哈!!)

其实每当人送我吃的东西的时候,我不会特别兴奋,除非刚好是我非常喜欢的东西,但是那个的机率很渺茫。。。
原因并不是我很挑剔,而是因为。。。

通常不可能马上吃,或吃完,因此要收起来,而我储藏空间很有限。。。
然后收起来了,我就会忘记吃。。。
忘记吃了,过期了要丢掉又会很内疚。

 

(*** Let me stress first, what you read below is mainly for humour and fun, don’t be too serious… this world is already very heavy, relax a bit! Hahaha!!)

Actually when people give me food gifts, I would not be particularly excited, unless they happen to be something I really love to eat, but the chances of that are very slim…
Well, it is not because I am very fussy, but…

Normally I cannot eat it straight away or immediately finish eating it, therefore I need to keep it and my keeping space is very limited…
Then after keeping, I would forget to eat it…
After forgetting to eat, it will expire and I would feel very guilty to throw it away…

 

 

 

不特别兴奋也因为很常收到不是我很爱吃的东西,或者说很少东西是我爱吃的,或者说我就不爱吃东西,哈哈哈!真是多事!!

Not particularly excited because many times I would receive things I do not really love to eat, or rather there are very few things that I love to eat, or rather I just do not love to eat things, hahaha! So troublesome!!

 

 

有时也担心收到很喜欢吃的,因为我们这个年龄,吃一点点就会发胖,喜欢吃的东西又会没节制的吃不停。。。

Sometimes concerned too that I might receive things I really love to eat, because at our age, we can put on weight easily just eating a little, and I may not have the discipline to stop eating when it is something I love…

 

 

那天去西马布道回来,有人送我在安顺买的饼,我一看马上没兴趣,还很不领情的说"干嘛送我这样的东西?"。。。
但后来想想,这种东西老人家会喜欢,可以转送给妈妈,所以就收下来了。。。

That day when we came back from our mission trip to West Malaysia, someone gave me some cookies bought in Teluk Intan. As soon as I saw them,  I was totally not interested and even said very unappreciatively “Why give me something like that?”…
But then I thought, the elderly like this kind of things, so I could give them to mother instead, so I decided to receive the gift…

 

 

但送妈妈也不能乱送,因为她品味很高,不容易满足她的味觉!
所以本人一定要先品尝才可以送给母亲大人。

But I have to be careful in giving mother something to eat because she has high taste, it is not easy to satisfy her taste buds!
So I myself must first try it before I could give it to Her Highness.

 

 

但因为太忙,拖了又再拖,也因为自己不太愿意吃,结果一直没拿给妈妈。。。
直到有一天肚子太饿找东西吃,看到这饼就随便拿来吃。。。
天啊!不吃则已,一吃不可收拾!一片又一片不停的吃,真的太好吃了!
若不逼自己停止,妈就没得吃了!所以今天赶快拿过去给妈妈吃。。。

But because I was too busy, I kept delaying, and also because I was unwilling to eat the cookies, as a result I still had not given them to mother…
Until one day I was feeling very hungry and looking for something to eat, I saw these cookies and just simply took one to eat…
Oh dear, once I started eating, there was no return! One piece after another piece, I did not stop eating, they were too nice!
If I did not force myself to stop, mother would not have a chance to eat them! So I quickly brought them to mother today…

 

 

哈哈,通常我不太喜欢吃这些的,但这一次真的是一个惊喜,可惜就那么一包,但也好,要不然后果不堪设想。。。哈哈!
就是这饼啦!嗯。。。这里有安顺人吗?哈哈哈!

Haha, normally I do not like to eat such things, but this time I was really pleasantly surprised but what a shame only a packet, but just as well, otherwise there would be disastrous consequences… haha!
It is these cookies! Err… is there anyone from Teluk Intan here? Hahaha!!