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新加坡最幸福的女佣。。。 Happiest maid in Singapore…

昨天报章上读了这篇有趣也“感人”的报道,一个忠心照顾主人24年的菲律宾女佣在雇主去世时,继承了雇主在遗嘱里留给她的新币六百万遗产。。。

从报道来看,她仿佛的确是一个好女佣,而且跟雇主感情良好。

我觉得感人的地方在于她回答记者的问题,当被询及继承了那么庞大数目,她是否觉得自己是全新加坡最幸福的女佣,她回答:“不管有没有那笔钱,我都是新加坡最幸福的女佣。”

很有智慧的答案吧?

I read in the paper yesterday this interesting and “touching” article. A Filipino maid who faithfully served her employer for 24 years inherited S$6 million from her employer when the employer passed away….

From the report, she seemed a really good maid who had a very good relationship with the employer too.

The part I felt touched is how she answered the reporter when being asked whether she thought she is the happiest maid in Singapore after inheriting such a huge amount. She answered, “I’ve always been the happiest maid in Singapore with or without that amount of money.”

A very wise answer, right?

一首歌勾起一段回忆。。。 A song rekindles a certain memory…

“触景生情”是很确实的一句话。。。

有时候某个画面、景色、歌曲,甚至味道等等,都会让人想起一些往事。。。
当然这些回忆未必是伤心的,也有甜蜜的、有趣的。

歌曲特别会勾起我有一些回忆,因为我从小就喜欢听歌和唱歌,所以在成长过程中曾经很流行的歌曲,再听到难免会让我想起那段时间所经历或发生的事情。。。

信了主也一样,一些诗歌让我印象深刻,包括很多自己写的歌,背后都有一段故事。。。

记得有一首歌,好多年前在祷告会唱曾让我哭得肝肠万断,因为当时发生了某些事,以为这人因此也完蛋了。。。
我哭了几天几夜,如果要数做了牧师曾经历过的失望和伤害,这大概是我记忆中其中最痛的一次吧。。。

多年后,在教会又听到这首歌,在台下的我看到我原以为已经完蛋的人,却已重新在神面前事奉。。。不知该如何形容心中的感动和感恩。

当年唱这首歌时,这人曾让我流下多少伤心和绝望的眼泪。。。
可是那天再唱这首歌和看到这人,我所流的是欣慰和希望的眼泪。。。
那天,我看见了上帝的怜悯。。。

It is true that certain scenarios could provoke certain memories…

Sometimes just a picture, scenery, song or even fragrance can rekindle certain memories in your life…
And of course it does not have to be a sad memory, it can be something sweet or even funny.

Songs especially can rekindle some memories in me as I loved to sing and listen to songs from small. So songs that were very popular as I grew would somehow provoke memories of some incidents or experiences if I hear the songs again…

It is the same after believing in the Lord. Certain songs formed deep impression in me, including many songs I wrote myself, they all have a story behind…

I remember there is a certain song, many years ago when I sang it in a prayer meeting, I had never cried so much… because a certain thing happened then, I thought that was the end of this person…
I cried for many nights and days. If I were to recount the disappointments and hurts I had encountered as a pastor, this could well be just about the most painful in my memory…

So many years later, I heard this song again in church. As I stood there in the congregation watching this person whom I thought was lost many years back serving the Lord once again… it is hard to describe how touched and grateful I felt.

Years ago when I sang this song, this person had caused me to shed tears of pain and hopelessness…
But that day as I sang this song again, they were tears of gladness and hope…
That day, I saw the mercy of God…

见到妈妈,感动与欣慰。。。 Seeing mum, touched and glad…

抵达美里就一直在医院里陪妈妈,两个姐姐也在那边。。。听她讲话,按摩她脚等等。。。

妈说了一句话,让我觉得有点心酸。。。
她说手术过后的第二天,就是姐姐吩咐我一定要过来看妈妈的那一天,妈真的很虚弱。。。当时妈以为自己撑不下去了,她就对主说:“耶稣,如果祢真的要带我回家了,就带我回家吧!但如果祢愿意让我留下来看到我们教会要兴建的美丽新教堂,我也会很高兴留下来。。。”
就是在那时,她问我姐说:“义忠会来看我吗?”。。。
听了真让我感心酸。。。不止想到我,还想到教会。。。

还没去机场飞往美里时,姐的简讯写了妈的另一句话却是让我感欣慰的。。。

就是妈吩咐要我带吹风筒和一面镜子过来,因她担心头发乱,有人来拜访她时不好看。。。姐还附加一句“她的爱美回来了。。。”,读到那里,我笑了,因妈已恢复正常,意思是人好起来了,这让我感欣慰。。。哈哈,我妈可爱吗?

Been staying in the hospital accompanying mum after arriving in Miri, two of my sisters were there too… listening to mum talk, massaging her legs etc…

Mum said something which made me feel quite touched…
She said two days after her operation, that is the day my sister texted to say I must come and see mum, she was really weak…
At that time mum wondered whether she could survive, so she said to the Lord,”Jesus, if You want to bring me home now, then I will go! But if You want me to stay to be able to see the completion of our beautiful new church building, then I will gladly stay too…”
It was at that moment she asked my sister, “Is Gee Tiong coming to see me?”…
I felt quite touched when I heard that… she was not only thinking of me but of the church too…

Before I went to the airport to fly to Miri, my sister texted another thing my mum said which made me feel glad…

That is, mum instructed that I bring her a hair-dryer and mirror as she was concerned that she is not in her top form or her hair is messy if people come and visit her… My sister added this sentence “Her vanity has kicked in…”, I smiled when I read that because I knew mum had returned to normal, meaning she was already getting better, that made me feel glad… haha, isn’t my mum cute?