觀塘銀都悄然落幕

【明報專訊】400人坐滿9點半放映場，門外小販售賣各式冷熱小食如同市集一樣。觀塘銀都戲院門外，鼎沸人聲成為絕響，「墟」場面早不復見。屹立觀塘接近46年，老戲院於上周三悄然結業。銀都告別，代表座位多影院少的舊式戲院，逐漸步向終結。

Full Story: http://news.mingpao.com/20090714/gza1.htm

Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole

Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of warning about a serious security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet. The vulnerability disclosed Monday affects Internet Explorer users whose computers run the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating software. It can allow hackers to remotely take control of victims' machines. The victims don't need to do anything to get infected except visit a Web site that's been hacked. Security experts say criminals have been attacking the vulnerability for nearly a week. Microsoft says it's working on a "patch" - a software fix. Until that's released, the company is urging vulnerable users to disable the problematic part of its software, which can be done from Microsoft's website.

A Stimulus Story

It is the month of April, on the shores of the Black Sea .
It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted.
It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The Butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.
The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter.
At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 Euro note, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is doing business today.

Canada is Failing History

As high school students across the country sit to write their final examinations this month, Canadians may be shocked to discover that few of them will be tested on what they know about Canada's history.

For more than a decade, the Dominion Institute has commissioned surveys chronicling the national malaise about Canada's history: Four in 10 Canadians cannot name our first prime minister or identify the year of Confederation. Young Canadians often know even less about our country's past than their parents or grandparents.

Full story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-is-failing-history/article1184615/

I think I am one of them who will fail that course as well...

The first PM is Sir John A. Macdonald...(just google it)

批判的年代

Eugene H. Peterson在其著的 The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language 中說：

But it's trouble ahead if you think you have it made. What you have is all you'll ever get. And it's trouble ahead if you're satisfied with yourself. Yourself will not satisfy you for long. And it's trouble ahead if you think life's all fun and games. There'ssuffering to be met, and you're going to meet it. "There's trouble ahead when you live only for the approval of others, saying what flatters them, doing what indulges them. Popularity contests are not truth contests--look how many scoundrel preachers were approved by your ancestors! Your task is to be true, not popular.

蔡醫在第港九培靈研經會說:

...這也是個專講個人批判的年代，人們只知指指點點，去掉別人眼中的刺，自己置身事外，批評別人，叫人體無完膚。耶穌吩咐我們不可論斷，要先看自己眼中的梁木。也不可定人的罪，因為只有神才可以定罪。

Full story:http://www.hkbibleconference.org/sermon/sermon.php?yearto=2003&subjectto=92&topicto=825&topicto=825

To those who procliam themself as a matured Christian, stop the destruction and rebuild the broken relationship which you are commanded to do it. Don't just talk and think...is time to act!

創造與職場

Just attained this seminar last weekend. Didn't expect too much, but the messages from Rev Yeung were wonderful, also many echoes and thoughts were still hanging around in my mind for the second digestion. Despite all the goodies, in my opinion 4 hours wasn't enough to cover all the materials and topics , it will be even better if he can elaborate more on the verses.

Hope he can talk about the Ecclesiastes next time.

有一種快樂

作曲：嘉琳,蔡志浩
填詞：林夕
編曲：蔡德才@人山人海

從我投入你不相似的世間 便不斷的慨歎
還曾弄濕這雙眼 難明存活怎麼艱苦似攀山
然後回望我非必要的襯衫 換到甚麼讚歎
才明白你縱使苦慣 微笑卻比起一加一更簡單
從此喜悅是發覺原始不等於不快樂
為著豐盛來自分享快樂
你與我都要學

能扶著你是最高的高興
原來完美大志無須比拚
成就最大正是找到使命
散播暖意造就笑聲
擴闊生命 完全為掛念你純真反應
能為你奉獻像溫馨約定 叫我的心境 如水清

鳴謝你令我心輕得可遠飛 認清自己佔有
同樣亦該懂得捨棄 從前爬盡高山哪算了不起