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22 March Love Letter to God
Today is Carmen's 18th "spiritual birthday" ( i.e. 18 years ago, she believed in Christ. Yes, she is quite old :P ) She had some review over the past 1-2 years, and the repeated theme from her past spiritual writings is that : she needs to focus more on the relation-building with God, rather than doing lots of things to seek affirmation from God and other people. It is quite difficult for her as it has become her "living mode" for years, both intentionally and unintentionally. Today she had quite a long quiet time in God: praying, singing and reading the Bible. Finally, she found something from a song which can be her "love letter" ( rather than planning ) to God on this special day. Share it with you all ( verses from Psalm 25 & Psalm 73, the Bible ) To you , O Lord, I life up my soul. O God, in you I trust In you I hope all day long. Your mercy and love are eternal Lead me in your truth and teach me, O Lord. For you are the God of my salvation. Good and upright is the Lord our God. The Lord teaches the humble his way. All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love, mercy , and faithfulness. The Lord turns to me and shows me his mercy. The Lord calms the troubles of my heart. My eyes are turned toward the Lord, for the Lord frees my feet from the snare. You hold me, Lord, by my right hand. Your presence never leaves me, Lord. Who have I in heaven but you? On earth there is nothing I desire more than you. My flesh and heart may fail, but you, my heart's rock, God forever. 20 March 再赴香山香山位于北京西郊，是北京市郊很具皇家园林特色的山林公园，最好看的是枫叶。我们的家住在西北边，所以去香山不是太远。
这里的朋友常告诉我们，去香山最好是在深秋，大概是这里的九十月吧！去年天气较暖和，到十月中我带妈妈和舅母去游览时，还没有见到很多枫叶。所以在十一月初，从香港回来后我一人再赴香山，希望看到枫叶的余韵。哈哈，果然是余韵，只见到很少的枫叶，还有天气已经比较冷，下午三点多太阳就已经躲起来呢！
北京的空气质量很差，可能比香港好一点，起码它会刮大风，吹走微尘；周围也没有那么多的石屎森林把风挡着。可是，它还是挺脏！可是香山的空气非常好，因为有很多树林，在那里，我呼吸了过去一年来最清新的空气！感谢神！Carmen 12 March 八岁到九十五岁的广东之旅去年十月底，Carmen回港跟十多位亲人一同到了我们在广东/番禺祁福新村的家，一同生活了两三天。那次真是浩浩荡荡，因为当中有小至八岁的侄女，和年龄高至八十多岁的外婆，并很多时要依赖拐杖走路的九十五岁外公，可以想像在庆高彩烈之余，我们要常常给他们特别的照顾和安排！
有一天刚巧哥哥有车，载了我们由番禺到广州来一个半天游。外公在香港一向不喜欢外出，算是典型的电视和电台老人。可是那天，他兴奋到不得了，在车上滔滔不绝，说什么年轻时去过这个地方，中学的时候又到过那个地点等......原来他阔别了这里七八十年了！实在难以想像有一天自己会回到七八十年前成长的地方！不单是不能确定自己有多长寿，更因为能够见证一个地方近百年的变化，委实是难能可贵啊！
突然对外公多了几分敬意！
原来，多年来我是如此不认识他；原来，他的内心还是很有生命力呢！
08 March Our first anniversary :)How did we celebrate our first anniversary? Your guess? ( Hey, which day? )
On 22/10/06, we were in BJ but my mum and aunt were still here. They are smart people and thus we only needed to accompany them for lunch on that day :). It was Sunday. Originally our ideal plan was to go out for fun. However, after 1 week's intensive trip with them, Carmen had already become exhausted and had some sickness symptoms. As such, our best celebration program on that afternoon was to sleep together. Yes, only sleeping!! After recharging some energy, we went to a western restaurant in front of the East Gate ( 东华门) of 故宫。It is a really nice place with wonderful food and view. It was so interesting to take western food , and to admire the river ( 护城河）& the outer gate of 故宫 at the same time!! In 100 years ago (at the end of the Qing Dynasty), it was totally unimaginable!!! As an inner city, BJ seldom has quality seafood, but we could find good fish and scallop at this restaurant ( it is called CourtYard, 四合轩). We miss it! 2-3 weeks later, we had a chance going back to HK, and we chose another day to "compensate" our celebration. Carmen received a bunch of flowers the day before (it has been the first bunch of flowers since our marriage!!) We went to some tourists places e.g. the Peak & the HK Park (haha, we are HK people but now we have become tourists) for a casual walk. We did enjoy a lot as there were very few people on weekdays! Sometimes when you just stay with the one you love and do some simple things, you are already very satisfied :) 07 March Intensive Tour in BJ! 北京密集之旅Our dear friends/fans,
I am /we are really sorry for my/our long time absence!!!!!!!!
Where were we ? Not 冬眠, just lazy!
Schedule has been relatively packed since last Oct: with the coming of Carmen's mum and 舅母, immediately followed by our going back to HK, and then Carmen was occupied by the preparation of a workshop about Christian dating in the following 2 months.....and lots of excuses!!
Actually, due to the cold weather in BJ since mid-Nov, Carmen has almost stopped taking photos ( you know she is so thin lah!), and only took some when she was in HK, Macau & Guangzhou/PanYu for some short trips. Now she has already sorted out all the outstanding photos, though she still does not have time to learn Photoshop!
Hope you can still find some interesting things in our quite outdated album!! This time is about the trip of my mum & 舅母. We went to lots of places, including 恭王府，四合院，荷花市场（晚间的pubs)，故宫，天坛，首都博物馆和香山公园等。Every night Stephen joined us to eat good food .
Carmen misses the precious time together with her relatives!! |
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