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超配合的妈妈。。。 A very sporting mother…

妈妈虽然出身贫苦,没受过什么教育,但她有个奋斗的个性,不轻言放弃。。。
非常感谢主,她也有幽默感,通常我叫她做什么,她都超配合的。。。

Though mum came from a tough and poor background, not educated, she has a fighter character and does not give up easily…
Really thank God, she has a sense of humour too, normally whatever I ask her to do, she will be very sporting to cooperate…

很可惜,几个月前摔倒跌断了脚,造成她行动不便。。。
Such a shame that few months back, she suffered a fall and broke her bone that hinders her mobility…

虽然这几个星期,在不能避免的情况下,需要暂时入住疗养院,她也不介意。。。
因在疗养院有很多其他老人好聊天、一起游戏、运动等等,而且她也常向他们传福音,我反而发现她气色和心情好了许多!

Though due to some unavoidable circumstances, she has to temporarily stay at a nursing home for these few weeks, she does not mind at all…
Because there are many old folks to talk to over there, to play games and exercise together etc, and she also constantly shares the Gospel with them, I discover her countenance and mood have greatly improved…

每次去看她一定会跟我讲很多其他老人家的故事,和一些在那边发生有趣的事情, 跟闷在家而抱怨的妈妈截然不同。。。
Each time I go and visit her, she will tell me many stories about the other old folks and some funny incidents that happened there, so different from the bored and complaining mother at home….

而且她也对教会节目充满热忱,将来临的圣经考试她也要参与,还很认真的温习准备。虽然明知道老人家的考卷超级简单和容易,她听她组长亚黄说,考平常较难的考卷比较好,她就告诉我说她也要考较难的考卷,只因为她想认识及学写更多字!真服了她!我想我们是有她的遗传,哈哈!

And she is full of zeal for our church programmes too. She will take the upcoming Bible test and is very serious about studying for it. Though she knows the special test paper for the elderly are super simple and easy, she said her group leader Ah Bong said it is better to sit for the harder ordinary paper, so she told me she wants to sit for the harder test as well, for the simple reason that she wants to learn to know and write more words! i have to salute her for that! Guess we really have her genes, haha!

在她还没入住疗养院前,有时候在家我感觉她记忆力怎么那么不好,头脑好像不太清醒;现在跟其他老人家比较,才发现原来她是那么清醒、敏锐和活泼!真的是看到信主老人家的不一样,就连其他来看他们父母亲的孩子都称赞我妈头脑很好、很棒!真感谢主让我看到妈的好见证!

Before she entered the nursing home, while at home, sometimes I would wonder why her memory was not that good and she did not seem alert. Now, compare with the other old folks, I realize she is actually very awake, alert and active! Really shows the difference of an old person who believes in Jesus, even the other children who come to visit their parents praise my mum for being very alert and great! Truly thank God for letting me see my mum’s good testimony!

再过几天,妈就回家了,求主让妈快快康复,让她能够再行动自如,阿们!
In a few more days, mum will be coming home. May God grant her speedy recovery that she can move around as she wishes again, Amen!

妈在疗养院。。。 Mum at Nursing Home…

自从五月中妈摔倒到现在已半年时间,老人家真的是不能摔倒,跌断了大腿骨,手术过后至今还不能自己走路。。。
Since mid-May mum suffered a fall and broke her thigh bone till now, it has been half a year, the elderly really must not fall as even after the operation, she still cannot walk on her own…

行动不便的她,这几个月来都由我古晋的几个姐姐轮流照顾和服侍,那绝对不是简单的任务。。。我则是在精神和经济上支持。。。
Due to her immobility, these few months my sisters who live in Kuching have been taking turns to take care of and serve her, it is not an easy feat… I can only support in spirit and finance…

但这个月,大姐自己需要动手术(大姐也是婆婆级了),二姐和三姐也有宣教行程。。。所以在无计可施之下,跟妈讨论过后,大家皆认为暂住在疗养院几个星期最安全和理想。。。结果她已在我尚在台湾时入住了古晋狮子会疗养院,至今已一星期,1月13日就会回到大姐家。。。
But this month, my eldest sister has to go for an operation herself (she is already a grandma herself(, my 2nd and 3rd sister both have mission trips… So when we were at our wits’ end, and after discussing with mum, we all thought the best and safest option was to let her stay at a nursing home temporarily for a few weeks… Consequently she had moved into Kuching Lions Nursing Home even when I was still in Taiwan, it has been one week now and will stay till Jan 13th before she returns to my eldest sister’s home…

我们当然有先调查疗养院的设备、环境等等,加上妈也愿意,才会让她暂住那边。。。那边有固定饮食时间、运动、治疗、训练等等,短短一个星期就看到妈的气色、脚力等有明显进步。。。
We of course studied the facilities, environment etc of the nursing home first, plus with mum’s willingness, before we let her stay there for a while… They have regular meal times, exercise, physio-therapy, training etc, and within just a short one week, there is obvious improvement in mum’s countenance, legs etc…

我每天都去探望她,第一天我自己有点不习惯,就想联络朋友尽量帮我找能入住的护士照顾妈,把她接回我家。。。结果妈拒绝了,原因是:在我家好像被关在笼子里的小鸟!!!
哈哈哈,原来她在那边有新朋友聊天,有运动、游戏,还有很多弟兄姐妹来探望她,她觉得生活在那边比较没有那么无聊!
I visit her everyday, and on my first day I was not used to the environment, so I wanted to contact friends to somehow look for a nurse who can stay at my house to look after my mum and move her back to my place… As a result, mum rejected the idea, reason being: she would feel like a bird trapped in a cage at my place!!!
Hahaha, that is because she has new friends to talk to over there, regular exercise, games and many brothers and sisters who come to visit her, so she feels life is not that boring there!

大姐说,搞不好到时她还不想回家呢!哈哈!
看我昨天跟她玩自拍!
My sister said who knows in the end she does not even feel like coming home! Haha!
See we photographed ourselves yesterday!

有人看了以上的照片说我跟妈长得很像,会吗?也有人说我比较像爸爸,你们说呢?(爸现在已经在天上了。。。)
Some saw thw above photo and said I really look like my mum, do you think so? And there are some who think I look more like my dad, what say you? (Dad is already in heaven now…)

那宝贵照片的故事:我的第一套西装。。。 Story of that precious photo: My first suit ever…

是的,这张照片的确非常有纪念性,而且是我唯一的一张。。。前阵子找不到时,我的确有点紧张,所以我祷告,终于让我找到了,感谢主!
那为什么这照片那么特别?你们有一些猜对了。。。

Yes, this photo is really very memorable to me and it is the only copy that I have… When I could not find it a while ago, I was a bit worried so I prayed and finally I found it, thank God!
Then why is this photo so special? Some of you guessed right…

它的确是我第一次参加歌唱比赛时拍的,当时才五年级,未满十一岁,也不知哪来的资讯和勇气会自己去报名参加成人歌唱比赛。
我想当时主办单位原本只安排前三名有奖,但大概看我勇气可嘉,也年幼可爱,就临时包了一个十块钱红包放在信封里,颁发给我当安慰奖,哈哈。。。
还记得我当时唱了刘文正的“最高峰”,在我们的小镇林梦一炮而红!哈哈!你有没注意到照片里那些哥哥姐姐们都在旁边笑,大概觉得我很可爱吧,哈哈!

但这照片还有一个更重要、更特别与叫我很感动,也是我很珍惜它的原因,那就是我身上穿的乃是我第一套西装。。。
小时候家里很穷,一年只有一次能有新衣穿,就是过年的时候;但我爸爸是裁缝师,他非常爱我。。。得悉我参加比赛,我并没要求,他竟为我量身定做一套西装,还带我去买一条领带,亲自帮我打领带,把我打扮得整整齐齐,让我去参加比赛。爸爸不善于表达感情,但那一天我永远不会忘记,我深深知道他很爱我,也很为我而感到骄傲。。。很可惜今天他看不到这篇文章了。。。

所以你们明白为什么这张照片对我那么重要了吧?

It was really taken when I participated in my first singing competition ever, I was only in Primary 5 then, not even 11 years old completely. I don’t know where I got the information and courage to register for the adult singing competition myself.
I think the orgainising committee only prepared prizes for the first three positions initially, but seeing my commendable courage and probably thinking I was small and cute, they just found some envelope to put a RM10 note inside for me as a consolation prize, haha…
I remember I sang a song from the veteran singer Liu Wen Zheng called “The highest peak” and became famous overnight in our small town Limbang, haha! Did you notice in the photo some big brothers and sisters were smiling as I sang, they probably found me very cute, haha!

But this photo has another more significant reason why it is so important, special and touching to me that I treasure it so much, and that is the suit I was wearing was my first suit ever…
We were very poor when young, we could only afford to have new clothes once a year during Chinese new year, but my dad happened to be a tailor and he loved me a lot… when he knew I was in the competition, without me requesting, he tailor-made for me this suit and brought me to shop for a neck tie and helped me to put on the tie himself. He dressed me up properly to go and sing that night. My dad was not an expressive person but I will never forget that day, I knew he loved me so much and was so proud of me… unfortunately he is not able to read this story today…

So you now know why this photo means so much to me?

过后我读中学预备班那一年(12岁多),我又参加了第二次歌唱比赛,爸爸又为我量身定做了第二套西装!他真的是很疼我。。。
这一次又是只拿了安慰奖,哈哈!我还听到有个大人说,他唱得比我好却拿不到奖,全都因为我的西装赢了他!
我的第二次歌唱比赛和第二件西装。。。

Later when I was studying in the transition class in secondary school (12 year-old plus), I joined another competition, and my dad tailor-made another suit for me! He really did love me a lot…
This time I won a consolation prize again, haha! And I overheard an adult saying he could sing better than me but he did not win any prize all because he lost out to my suit!
My second singing contest and second suit…

后来我出来古晋读书投靠姐姐们,那时没跟爸妈住在一起。
高二那年又去参加歌唱比赛。。。这一次爸爸没在,也没有人给我做什么西装了。。。而这一次比赛,我第一轮就被淘汰了,哈哈!这跟有没有西装无关,原因是其实我本来就不是很会唱歌!小时候那么敢参加歌唱比赛都是因为爸爸相信我,还为我量身定做西装鼓励我。。。上帝对我就像爸爸一样,明知道我不太会唱歌,竟然也让我成为福音歌手!爸爸的爱真是很伟大。。。

Later I came out to Kuching to study as my sisters were supporting me, so I did not live with my parents then.
When I was in Form 5, I joined another singing contest… this time dad was not around, so no one made any suit for me… and in this competition, I was kicked out after the first round, haha! This had nothing to do with wearing a suit or no suit, it was all because I actually could not sing very well! I dared to join singing competitions when young because my dad believed in me and tailor-made suits for me to encourage me… God is really like a dad to me too, knowing I can’t quite sing and yet He made me a Gospel singer! How great is the love of a father!

第三次歌唱比赛。。。没有西装。。。也没有得奖。。。
My third singing competition… no suit… and no prize too…