Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Monday, October 06, 2008

Jubilee



Isn't it wonderful to see smiling faces?
The secret is to enjoy the Lord as the jubilee of grace!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Monday, September 15, 2008

一份惊奇!

今天早上
一进办公室
就看见
一个大邮包

朋友从远方寄来了礼物
(更是生活供给!)
开心得了不得!
多谢!多谢!!

奇华至尊月饼
义美巧克力酥片
旺旺雪饼
极旨良选铁板烧鱿鱼丝
北海鳕鱼香丝
辣味海苔
荔枝椰果
无花果
虾味先
可乐果
张君雅小妹妹日式串烧休闲丸子

都是我的最爱 。。。

Friday, September 05, 2008

Monday, September 01, 2008

炒年糕



rice cake + fish cake + cabbage

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Pasta Salad



250g pasta
1 can red kidney beans
1 small red onion, sliced
half cucumber, diced
2 medium tomatoes, diced
Romaine lettuce, sliced
10 olives, halved
1 TBSP capers
feta cheese, 1/2 cup

olive oil
lemon juice
salt
pepper

Thursday, August 28, 2008

SCONE

我说的SCONE
可不是点心
而是系上的计算网络

一直想弄明白怎样使用
无奈没有时间

趁着暑假没人烦
就简单弄弄清楚

现在终于明白了
可以试试看喽

象吃到了真的scone一样
心满意足

Monday, August 25, 2008

Saturday, August 23, 2008

What I cooked ...

清炒四季豆


chicken


Fried noodle (actually this is the left over from Thursday's ...)

Friday, August 22, 2008

早餐

今天很想享受一个丰盛的早餐
那吃什麽呢?
milk + cereal? No
home made pancake? No
蛋饼配稀饭?
想吃点味道足的
...

泡菜汤加白米饭!!!
bacon, kimchi, onion, potato, carrot, soybean paste,
and egg

实在是美味!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

左芳,生日快樂!

有和左芳約在圖書館見面
聊天中得知今天是她20歲生日
生日快樂!

就約她來我家吃飯
煮了傳統的北方打滷面
為她慶生
很開心看到
她那充滿朝气的笑臉

我們還有讀一節聖經
創世記二章七節
她很摸著其中的“生命之气“一辭
感謝主!

主啊,摸著她,得著她!

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Dog poo

Just wondering if here is any regulation about dog poo ... I saw several on my way to work, so I had to walk very carefully. But it didn't seem to bother others. Strange.

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Friday, August 01, 2008

Rubbish collection and recycling

Yesterday was the day for both rubbish collection and recycling.

When I got home from work last night, the rubbish bag was still laid on the ground next to the door and recycling box was filled with bottles. What's wrong? Why didn't they collect them? ...

Checked my neighbor's rubbish bin, EMPTY. Well, maybe they don't collect rubbish in bags but in the bin only. Certainly this contradicts to what I was told by the city council. Better call them tomorrow to make sure this, and request a waste bin anyway (even though I have to leave the bin on the street, sorry).

What about recycling? I spent a minute to read the print on the black box and noticed that plastic bottles were not among the items! Let me see what's in my box: plastic milk bottles, water bottles... wait a minute, some glass bottles. They should be recycled. My fault. I should have read ...

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

What I baught recently ...

A bed from Warren Evans


A wardrobe from Ikea


A rug from Ikea


A bodum columbia tea and cofee press from Twoday Coffee Roasters, which serves the best coffee in Bristol!


A dish drainer from Habitat

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

DIY

Do you like DIY? I don't particularly like it, but I can do it (with mistakes sometimes).

The wardrobe which I ordered from IKEA was delivered to my house yesterday. Looking at two big heavy boxes, I wondered if this was something I could handle by myself. "No problem", I told myself. (It's just typical of me.)

Then I started to assemble this three door wardrobe. I started with a serious mistake. I thought that my bedroom was not big enough so that I should do it in the living room and move it into my bedroom later. In fact, I deceived myself by false perception of dimension. Of course, I didn't realise it at the beginning. So I assembled the frame and tried to move it into my bedroom. No matter how hard I tried, I could not find a position to let the wardrobe pass the door of bedroom. DAMN IT! ... The ultimate solution was to take it into pieces and re-assemble in the bedroom. ... Pushed the bed to one side, moved the suitcases, got enough space to DIY...
Eventually the wardrobe was assembled! (Actually there were two mistakes, but I was reluctantly to make any correction.)

Even though it was not perfect, I made it! :-)

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Moving

As you see from the previous post, finally I moved into this two bedroom flat in Redland.

Friends came to help me moving on 5 July. They were very efficient and they finished moving more than 30 boxes in one hour with three cars. Many thanks to my dear friend!

Now I am still in the process of unpacking, cleaning and arranging, which seems endless ... Meanwhile, I am waiting for the wardrobe from IKEA. You may think the house is a mess. Kind of, but it is functioning properly! A bed to sleep, a kitchen to cook, a bathroom to use ...

So far so good!

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

A new home -- before moving in

Kitchen




Living Room


In the hall way

Sunday, June 29, 2008

A hymn that I have been enjoying

So, why not open up and call His name, "Oh Lord!"
Find your spirit where His grace has been outpoured.
Call His name, taste His grace, exercise before His face
He's longing and yearning.
He's hoping and waiting.
He's ever desiring for you...
To turn to Him.

Here is the hymn, enjoy!

Friday, June 27, 2008

Zero Degrees

Are you talking about temperature? No, absolutely not. I am talking about the restaurant, Zero Degrees.

ZERODEGREES is a pioneering drinking and dining concept at the forefront of the emerging trend towards fresh, handcrafted beers brewed by microbreweries.
This is what is claimed on their website.

What I experienced there is quite positive. The dining environment is modern, open, spacious, but bit noisy. Speaking of food, pasta and pizza are nice, but not extraordinary. I had half wood roasted vegetables pizza and half porcini mushroom pizza. (Good to have friend to share food!) The mushroom pizza is great. But the tomato sauces in the veg. pizza was bit too sour. Other than that, I had nothing to complain. (Haven't tried their mussels yet, but they look very nice.)

Monday, June 23, 2008

Looking away unto Jesus

太14:29-30 耶稣说:‘你来吧!’彼得就从船上下去,在水面上走,要到耶稣那里去,只因见风甚大,就害怕,将要沉下去,使喊着说:‘主啊,救我!

彼得在怀疑中只有一点信心,他是一面喊叫一面过来而到基督跟前的。在这里你可以看到眼见是一个障碍。彼得既然从船上下去,在水面上走,风浪就根本与他不相干,他所要关心的只是从耶稣站着的地方射过来的那道亮光,除此以外,即使有十个埃及他也没有必要去注意。主在水面上呼召你“来吧”时,就要高高兴兴地向前走,你的视线一刻也不要离开祂。

你不能藉着测量波浪而得胜,也不能藉着计算风力而变得坚强;越去注意危险,越会在危险前面跌倒;越是见难而止,越会遭遇困难。你应当
举目望群山而向前走——此外别无他路。

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

1st class or not?

Today we had final exam board meeting. It's my first time to attend such a meeting and I found it's quite complicated regarding that we had to go through each student's record and agree on marks and the degree class for the final year students. It's entertaining as well, in a sense that some discussions were quite thoughtful and intense.

Personally speaking, I was happy indeed, because one of my students was awarded 1st class degree eventually after 1st round discussion and 2nd round reconsideration. He deserves that. Congratulations!

Monday, June 16, 2008

以極高的代價被買回

聖經經節

彼前一18:知道你們得贖,脫離你們祖宗所傳流虛妄的生活,不是用能壞的金銀等物,19:乃是用基督的寶血,如同無瑕疵無玷污的羔羊之血。

職事的話

我們是墮落的人,在我們經歷基督的救贖以前,光景都很可怕:我們乃是在不潔的市場(虛妄生活的市場)出售的貨品。從前,我們是在撒但的購物中心,在他不潔、屬世的市場裡出售的貨品。今天整個人類社會乃是不潔的市場。雖然我們原是撒但購物中心出售的物品,但基督來買我們,救贖我們。祂付了非常高的代價─祂寶血的代價─來買我們。

撒但不要基督買我們。撒但的計畫是要我們被別人所買。所以,撒但領悟基督是來買我們,就製造許多難處。他不願釋放我們,讓我們去,就興起許多障礙和隔閡,攔阻基督買我們。雖然如此,基督卻死在十字架上,並流出祂的寶血來救贖我們。從我們這面說,我們是被買回;但從撒但那面說,我們是被救贖。

救贖我們的血是一種特別的血─神人耶穌基督,生命達到最高標準之人的血。主耶穌是與神調和的人。所以,這人死在十字架上的時候,神也經過死。沒有人的言語足以解釋這點。惟有基督的血有資格並足以救贖我們,買我們。我們曾被霸佔我們的仇敵撒但出售,但我們的救贖者基督付了極高的代價買我們。彼得在十八至十九節說到這點。

(c) 2008 Living Stream Ministry。闡釋部份取自彼得前書生命讀經,第118~119頁。美國加州安那翰市,水流職事站出版。

Sunday, June 08, 2008

Silent Movie

Last night I went to see a silent movie, King Of Kings, directed by Cecil B. DeMille in 1927, with organ improvisation from International Concert Organist David Briggs. Both the movie and music are very impressive!!!

Monday, May 12, 2008

La Perichole

Last Saturday night friends and I went to see opera, La Perichole. It was great.

Here is the link to Bristol Opera.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

詩篇 第 二十三 章

詩篇 第 二十三 章
23:0 大衛的詩。
23:1 耶和華是我的牧者;我必不至缺乏。
23:2 祂使我躺臥在青草地上,領我在可安歇的水邊。
23:3 祂使我的魂甦醒,為自己的名引導我走義路。
23:4 我雖然行過死蔭的幽谷,也不怕遭害,因為你與我同在;你的杖,你的竿,都安慰我。
23:5 在我敵人面前,你為我擺設筵席;你用油膏了我的頭,使我的福杯滿溢。
23:6 我一生一世必有恩惠慈愛隨著我,我且要住在耶和華的殿中,直到永遠。

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Verse from Psalm 139

Psa 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my hearts; try me, and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there is some harmful way in me, and lead me on the eternal way.

Monday, April 07, 2008

Being Guarded by the Power of God

I enjoyed the 1Peter 1:5 very much last week. It says, " Who are being guarded by the power of God through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed at the last time". Thank you Lord that we are being guarded by the power of God through faith. The power of God is the means by which we are being guarded. Faith is the secondary means through which the power of God becomes effective in guarding us. Thus, the power of God is on God's side, and the faith is on our side. This indicates that we need to cooperate with the power of God. If we cooperate in this way, we shall be kept in the right position to enjoy our heavenly inheritance. The result of this guarding is salvation, which is full salvation, ultimate salvation.

Friday, April 04, 2008

Hay fever

Recently I have been having itchy eyes and running nose, sneezing and coughing. At the beginning I though it's kind of cold or flu. I didn't make the connection to hay fever. Wait a miniute, it didn't look like either cold or flu. Haha, hay fever. Well, I have to live with it until the summer is here (hopefully).

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

UK International Conference, March 2007

The messages are available online here. The subject of this conference is the characteristics of the overcomers as the dispensational instrument to turn the age.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A Little Frustration

I always say that I enjoy teaching. Yes, it is true in general, but not for today.

I planned to go through random variable and probability distributions in the lecture this morning. The class started as usual, but it was so hard to move forward. Everytime when I asked them a question, I rarely got any response. Then I thought they didn't understand the question. So I explained it again to make sure that they understood, and worked with them together step by step. Very slow. After I finished the binomial distribution, it was already 40 minutes passed. I thought I would finish the lecture with Poisson distribution, but I was behind. Anyway, I didn't rush into Poisson distribution. Instead, I gave them another example of binomial distribution. (A very good choice!)

I was very frustrated after the lecture: 1. behind the schedule; 2. lack of response from students; and 3. my own attitude (tried to cheer students and myself up, but it was not a success).

What should I do? Ignore the students, just deliver the lecture anyway? I doubt ...

Through lectures I want to make sure that students get the main idea and the big picture of the subject. For the details, if they do not get them in class, they can work out by themselves, with the help from textbook and etc (this is also an important part of their learning process). When I ask them questions, I just want to get feedback and check if they get the big picture or not. When there is a lack of response, I dont know where they are. (I cound not tell from their faces this mroning. BLANK!) Maybe I need more preparation. Think about the challenges students may encounter ...

(I tell myself it is OK not to be perfect.)

Monday, March 10, 2008

用得了安慰的心操練我們的靈認識基督是神的奧祕

歌羅西二2:要叫他們的心得安慰,在愛裡結合一起,以致豐豐富富的在悟性上有充分的確信,能以完全認識神的奧祕,就是基督。

我們要認識基督,就不只要操練我們的靈,也要叫我們的心得安慰。這意思是說,我們的心要受顧惜、得溫暖。再者,我們的心思必須清明自守,我們的情感必須受規律,我們的意志也要降服。我們裡面的每一部分都必須正確且正常的盡功用。這就是保羅題到完全認識基督是神的奧祕時,說到心要得安慰的原因。

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Happy Birthday!

Dear Mom, happy birthday to you! With my love!

Saturday, March 01, 2008

A lovely day

When I have lunch in the kitchen, it is just so lovely. Plenty sunshine with hot noodle soup, a great combination.

I am going to visit Birmingham this afternoon. A sister just called to inform me that there would be a meeting at the new meeting hall tonight. Looking forward to meeting the saints there.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Today's lunch

A very satisfying meal! What is it? Home made hamburg. Minced Beef, tomato, lettuce, mustard, pickle and small pitta bread. Easy to make, taste great!

Friday, February 22, 2008

Fruit and Veg. Box

It has: banana, orange, grape, onion, zucchini, eggplant, broccoli, carrot, leek, and lettuce for £7.5. It is great, isn't it?

Monday, February 18, 2008

The Roman Baths Bath

Here is the official website.

Sands Restaurant

Sands Restaurant is a lebanese bar and restaurant. We ordered Mezza meals for two. Jawanih Bil Toom (chincken wing) is excellent.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The Grammy in Mathematics

Here is the link to the article.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Happy Chinese New Year

With a surprise package from a friend.

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Bridge Cafe

Bridge Cafe is located in Avon George Hotel. It has a great view of suspension bridge. The dining area is comfortable, the food is good. The only comment that I have is the quality of the chocolate, which they served after the meal, does not match the quality of the food. I think it is a shame.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Blue Monday

Blue Monday is a name given to a date calculated to be the most depressing day of the year. Yesterday was the Blue Monday fo 2008.

The data was calculated by Dr Cliff Arnall at the University of Cardiff. The date was calculated by using many factors, plugged into a formula. The factors include: weather conditions, debt level (the difference between debt accumulated and our ability to pay), time since Christmas, time since failing our new year’s resolutions, low motivational levels and feeling of a need to take action.

It is up to you to believe or not.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Being constituted by and with the Lord as the life-giving and transforming Spirit

2Cor 3:17 And the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2Cor 3:18 But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

January @ Bristol

January is miserable at Bristol. Why? Because of rain, it is so wet. BTW, rain has already caused lots of flooding in this area.

It was bit of sunny yesterday afternoon. So I seized the opportunity to take a walk. But the weather changed so quickly . Unfortunately I was caught by rain and ended up with sitting in my office with damp clothes.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Invigilating

Happy New Year!

On the first day back to school, the first year undergraduates have to take their mid-sessional examinations. I was scheduled to invigilate for an extra-time exam at 9am this morning. According to the instruction, I arrived the class room at 8:30am and got everything ready. It was 9 o'clock, but nobody else was there except me. Strange. What's going on? I kept waiting for the students in the room and thought I would wait until 9:30, if there were no one then I'd leave. ( It's based on the instruction too.)
Rebecca then informed me that students went to the wrong location and they were coming. What an incident! Ten minutes later six students showed up. Exam started at 9:30am.