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我吉他彈得不好 I do not play the guitar well

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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?

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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!

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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.

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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…

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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~

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我欣賞這女孩 I admire this girl

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第一次看她跳舞,表現很不錯,很吸睛。
後來從她父親口中得知她沒跳舞經驗,但因被選中事奉,所以她很認真的練習,她很看中服事神的機會。
我欣賞這女孩!

我注意到當晚她父母/全家都沒來,才想到她父親有通知我,因之前不知道有佈道會,所以已買了全家出門旅行的機票。
父親讓她自己選擇,她選擇留下來,因為她很珍惜這次能夠事奉神的機會。
我欣賞這女孩!

她父親又告訴我,其實這旅行是特別為了她,因為她剛考完極大壓力的高中考試,父母要帶她去玩,讓她輕鬆一下。
然而她選擇留下,因為她不要失去這個服事神的機會。
我欣賞這女孩!

我想也是因為她的單純、努力、用心和付出,讓我當晚特別注意到她吧?
說真的,我也欣賞她的父母,因為不是每個父母會高興她這樣的選擇。。。

 

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Saw her dance for the first time, she did well, quite a centre of attraction.
Later I found out from her father she does not have dance experience, but because she was selected to serve, so she practised really seriously. She really takes the opportunity to serve God very seriously.
I admire this girl!

I noticed her parents/family did not come that night, then I remembered her father did inform me as he did not know there was going to be an evangelistic concert earlier, he had already bought the air tickets for the whole family to go for a vacation.
The father let her choose, she chose to stay back because she really treasured this opportunity to serve God this time.
I admire this girl.

The father told me too, this holiday was actually planned specially for her. Because she has just completed her very stressful SPM (senior high school) examination, so the parents want to bring her out to have fun and relax.
However, she chose to stay back because she did not want to miss this opportunity to serve God.
I admire this girl!

I believe it is also because of her innocence, hard work, effort and sacrifice that I would specially notice her that night.
Honestly, I admire her parents too as not every parent would be so happy about the decision she had made…

祝福還是包袱? Blessing or burden?

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…

 

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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…

 

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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~

 

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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…

 

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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…?

 

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