December 10, 2009

这次例外人的MV“太迟了”有一段凄美爱情故事，主要取景于两个地方：（1）砂拉越文化村，和（2）咳！咳！又是我家。。。哈哈！
今天让你们看看一些文化村美丽的风景。。。
This time the Remnant’s MV “Too Late” has a beautiful and touching love story, most scenes were basically taken at two places: (1) Sarawak Cultural Village, and (2) Ahem! My house again…haha!
Today we’ll show you some nice scenery of the Cultural Village…

别有一番风貌的建筑物。。。
Buildings with a difference…

我们引以为傲的砂拉越优美风景。。。
Beautiful Sarawak scenery that we are so proud of…

砂拉越是一个很绿、很和平、很宁静的地方。。。
Sarawak is a very green, very peaceful and very serene place…

多数情节都在这伊班人长屋里取景。。。
Most scenes were shot in this Iban longhouse…

帅气壮硕的男主角，大卫亚弥尔。麦克。。。（ 他是我的外甥哦。。。吓？又是跟我有关系？？亲戚嘛好办事，即使不给钱他都愿意帮舅舅一把的，哈哈！）
Handsome and muscular male lead, David Amil Michael… (and he is my nephew… Huh? Related to me again?? Ya, easier ‘cos related, he would help his uncle even if for free, haha!)

漂亮女主角葛蕾丝。伊美黛。。。（ 不要说又是我的亲戚啊！！不好意思！不好意思！真的又是我的亲戚，哈哈！她是男主角真正的太太。。。所以很省工也很省钱，哈哈！）
Pretty female lead Grace Imelda… ( Don’t tell me related to me again!! Sorry! Sorry! She is really related to me too, haha! She is the real life wife of the male lead… so it really saved a lot of work and money, haha! )

讲述的是原住民单纯生活被城市文化破坏的爱情故事。。。
It’s a love story about how simple ethnic lifestyle being destroyed by city culture…

我们也有荣幸请到我国所剩无几的原住民音乐手在MV里客串表演，我们这位叔叔（我的朋友的父亲）只能用马来语跟我们沟通，他可是在国王面前表演的国宝级乐手哦！
We also had the privilege to invite a real “remnant” of our ethnic musicians to appear as a guest artiste in our MV, this uncle ( father of a friend of mine ) can only communicate with us in Malay, he is really a musician of “national treasure” status playing in front of our king!

砂拉越原住民音乐跟例外人，真的是绝配！
Sarawak ethnic music and the Remnant, an unbeatable combination!

感谢主那一天给我们很好的天气。。。
Thank God for giving us a wonderful weather that day…

November 20, 2009

在我上一篇介绍我“新专辑”的文章当中有提到我除了忙教会事工，也忙着别人的唱片，其中占据我很多心思和时间的不外是“例外人”了，我相信他们是神所呼召来祝福很多人的乐团，所以当他们正式出来时一定要大大支持和鼓励他们哦！

想要更认识和了解他们，请拜访“例外人”网站：www.liwairenmusic.com

另，也可搜寻我其中一篇文章“为什么例外人？”。。。

求主亲自带领、恩膏与保守“例外人”，让他们由始至终都讨神喜悦、荣耀神！阿们！

In my previous article on the introduction of my “latest” album, I mentioned apart from being busy with church work, I have also been keeping busy with others’ albums, and one of those that occupies a lot of my time and thoughts is the band “The Remnant” ( Li Wai Ren ). I believe God has called them to be a blessing to many, so when they are officially out, do greatly support and encourage them!

To know more about “The Remnant”, please visit their website : www.liwairenmusic.com

Also, you can search and read my article on ” Why The Remnant? “…

May God Himself lead, anoint and protect ” The Remnant “, and may they be pleasing to the Lord and glorify Him from beginning to end! Amen!

我和例外人，难得穿得那么正式的一张合照。。。
The Remnant and I, a rare occasion of how formally dressed we all were…

前往欧洲的路上。。。On the way to Europe…

例外人在葡萄牙里斯本的海边，和祖很奇怪的姿势。。。
The Remnant at the seaside in Lisbon, Portugal, and Jaydon’s strange pose…

这不必说也知道在哪里啦。。。
This place needs no introduction…

神真的很恩待他们，一开始就带他们去很多人都没机会到过的地方。。。
God is really gracious to them, right from the start bringing them to places where many people never had a chance to visit …

所以他们一定不可以忘记神常与他们同在，也不可忘记神恩典。。。
So they must never forget God is always with them and must never ever forget God’s grace…

September 27, 2009

第一次遇见燕姿是在8月15日在北京她演唱会过后，万万没想到一个月后9月16日竟然会在那么不可能的瑞士雪山上再遇见她。。。对我来说，这意义非凡，仿佛上帝在跟我们，尤其是例外人讲话。。。大家都知道现在唱片市场非常不景气，想要出名和唱片卖得好几乎难如登天，偏偏神又呼召例外人这时候出来发片，走进乐坛！按人的想法，放下稳定工作，成为前途难以预料的歌手是非常冒险，甚至有点“愚昧”的决定。。。但是神的意念高过人的意念，神的愚拙总比人智慧；所以尽管别人不理解，例外人还是选择顺服神的呼召！

这在雪山上与孙燕姿的相遇，神到底在跟例外人说什么？我相信神在暗示他们说，只要继续顺服和信靠他，在他没有难成的事，不可能的也会转为可能！就如在瑞士山顶短短的观光时间怎可能遇见孙燕姿，但还是遇见了。。。“雪山上”代表世界高峰，意思是说例外人的事业和事奉必定为主攀上世界高峰；在世界高峰遇到天后巨星孙燕姿也就是说，神若要例外人成为大巨星来影响这世界也绝对有可能！

就让这预言奉主耶稣的名实现吧，阿们！

The first time I met Stephanie was in Beijing on Aug 15th after her concert, I never expected to meet her again one month later on Sept 16th on top of a Swiss mountain… To me, this is very significant, as if God is saying something to us, especially The Remnant… We all know that the music industry is struggling to survive nowadays, and to want to become famous and have good album sales are like reaching for the stars, and yet God called The Remnant out to release their album and to enter the music industry at such a time like this! Human logic will think it very risky and even foolish to give up your stable job to opt for such an insecure career in singing… but God’s thoughts are higher than human thoughts, and the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom; so even if others could not comprehend, The Remnant still chose to obey God’s calling!

What is God saying to The Remnant with this encounter with Stephanie on the Swiss mountain? I believe God is hinting to them that, as long as they continue to trust and obey Him, there will be nothing that is impossible with God and He will turn the impossible into possible! Just like this rather impossible encounter with Stephanie for those few minutes on the Swiss alp which was made possible… “The snowy mountain top” symbolizes “on top of the world”, meaning The Remnant’s career and ministry will certainly scale great heights for God in the world; and to meet with superstar Stephanie here on top of the world means it is certainly possible if God wants The Remnant to become superstars to make an impact in this world!

May this prophecy come to pass in Jesus’ name, Amen!

在瑞士雪山(Mount Titlis)上与燕姿合照    Group photo with Stephanie on Mount Titlis in Switzerland

右边两位是教会的aunties、燕姿、我 (认得出是哪一位吗？对了，最帅的那位！)，还有三位例外人 ( 有一位没在里面，是哪一位？他在哪里啊？错！他没有在帮我们拍照，照片是燕姿的爸爸拍的。) Two aunties from church on the right, Stephanie, me ( can you recognise which one I am? Yes, correct, the most handsome one! ), and three Remnant ( one was missing, which one was that? Where was he? Wrong! He wasn’t taking the picture for us, the photo was taken by Stephanie’s dad. )