This Will Give You Chills ...

Received this story from my friend:

No matter how religious you may or may not be, this can give you chills.
Phil. 4:13 states: "I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me."

Here's the story: A young man who had been raised as an atheist was training to be an Olympic diver. The only religious influence in his life came from his outspoken Christian friend. The young diver never really paid much attention to his friend's sermons, but he heard them often.

One night the diver went to the indoor pool at the college he attended. The lights were all off, but as the pool had big skylights and the moon was bright, there was plenty of light to practice by. The young man climbed up to the highest diving board and as he turned his back to the pool on the edge of the board and extended his arms out, he saw his shadow on the wall. The shadow of his body, was in the shape of a cross. The man felt a strange feeling, like someone was speaking to him. Instead of diving, he knelt down and finally asked God to come into his life.

As the young man stood, a maintenance man walked in and turned the lights on. The pool had been drained ! for repairs.

Thank you wholeheartedly, Lord Jesus, for your boundless mercy, and surely I will never forget You. Amen.

有一點感嘆

貝多芬音樂會終於完了。

當我在台上聽著管弦樂團演奏第九交響曲時﹝因為我的part要到第四個movement的後半部份才開始，所以我有很多時間坐著聆聽﹞，我不期然有一點感嘆，因為我沒有機會在這首交響曲裡打timpani啊！

事緣於個多月前，老師說要為這首歌的timpani part弄一個audition，因為這首歌的timpani part是應該所有有興趣於管弦樂團發展的敲擊樂手要懂的。我本人是十分喜歡這首交響曲的，我亦很想有機會在一場concert裡打B9的timpani part，所以我希望可以贏到這場audition。很記得當我預備時，首先我當然是十分努力，但與之同時我亦有點不安，因為我其中一個對手是我情如姊妹的好朋友，而她都是一個很有才華的女孩子。而且在預備時我聽了不少不好聽的說話，我被驚恐煎熬了幾個晚上。我心想，我們會否有conflict呢？我輸了給她怎麼辦﹝很多人都認為競爭只在我倆中間﹞？她輸了又怎樣？我只能祈禱，向神傾訴我的難處﹝縱然神已清楚我的feelings﹞，求神讓我輕看輸贏、順服祂的主權，以及祈求我跟那女孩的sisterly friendship能夠保持。

可能我的恐懼令我失了一點信心，而且我還有很多地方要改善，那場audition我真是輸了給她。正常的我是不多計較的，但那天我聽到結果時我整個人呆了，而且我要躲開調理情緒。之後我有一段時間跟那女孩子遠離了，但神是聽禱告的，有一次我倆終於忍不住要對大家說出心底的鬱結。感謝主，很快我們便冰釋前嫌，而且友情更勝從前。

神對我亦滿有憐憫的，雖然嬴不了頭獎，但都有「安慰獎」─上半場的樂曲只有timpani，老師讓我一手包辦，而在B9我可以打percussion parts裡最重要的triangle part。更surprising的是，音樂會前兩天的綵排，老師突然私底下跟我講了一些很鼓舞又情真的說話。Given all that, 除了感恩以外，我還可以甚麼呢？

此事的發生亦令我發現了我身邊有一位真是極度支持我的朋友﹝還支持我到底﹞，而且還很愛惜我。說起來還好笑，原本我跟他不close，但這個多月左右他忽然在我生命中pop up。如果我是嬴了這場audition而不是輸的話，我有否機會跟他這麼更深認識呢？希望神會祝福他，亦希望他會接受救恩。

整件事有點盪氣迴腸的感覺，或許神真是要我將萬事當作糞土吧。

Don't Stop Me

Have been thinking about this song that I wrote these few days ... I would share with you in this forum (with English translation). Hopefully I can sing it to my love one some time ... hehe

不要制止我
曲、詞：黃筠詠 © December 26, 2005

想去點燃 愛之火
Wanting to light up the fire of love
然而我的勇氣卻永是失落
But my courage always fails
屢次碰到挫折 怎可以一再提步
How can I start again after many setbacks?
唯有忘記愛情原是重要人生的內容
Then I can only forget love is an important element of life

* 想去衝線 振翅高飛
I want to thrive, spread my wings and fly
然而卻將真我 埋藏掩沒
But I am denying my true self
直至碰到你 方可再釋放自己
Only can I rediscover myself when I meet you
我感激你 愛念也亦泛起
I feel grateful to you, and thoughts of love arise

# Hmm … 我要嘗試將熱情天天加一點
I will try to increase my zeal to you day by day
為要得到你 要感動你心弦
Because I want you, and I wish to touch your heart

% 不要制止我去接近你
Don’t stop me, from getting close to you
不要制止我去抱著你
Don’t stop me, from holding you
讓愛掀起彷流水
Let love move like flowing water
輕輕的飄盪進入你心裡
Slowly and lightly into your heart
不要制止我去愛著你
Don’t stop me, from loving you
不要制止我去靠緊你
Don’t stop me, from leaning on you
就算一生匆匆走過
Even though life might be short
我願能共你編織愛之歌
I wish to create a love song with you
(我願能共你相愛)(I wish to be in love with you)

Repeat *, #, %

Ha … 讓我親近你的胸膛
Let me lean against your chest
讓我聆聽你那充滿動感的心跳聲
Let me hear your rhythmic heartbeat
和那令人陶醉的呼吸聲
And your infatuating breath
Ha … 讓醉心情感燙滾別要降溫
Let the passionate love heat up and not cool down
別想去逃避 來相信自己 情牽千世紀 Hoo …
Don’t run away, believe yourself; may the love carry over ages

Repeat %

Let me come to you and love you Hoo …

Grace Melodia on JJ959

Go to http://www.jj959.com and listen to their latest episode (episode 11). This is when they interview Grace Melodia! And I'm in there too ... kekekeke ...

Enjoy! :-)

Enlightment

終於感受到了‧‧‧完全放手交給神那種喜悅。

我一直對愛情十分執著；如果我愛上一個人，我就不惜一切去對那個人好，希望能夠取悅他。而且我會一直等待那人，直至得到或者真的完全沒有希望為止。我會以為我不斷的付出便是愛人的辦法，但我從來沒有想過愛情是要雙向的，是互通的，而不是一廂情願的。我會以為共渡很多患難便一定會見真情，但從沒想過有時一段關係是不需要那麼辛苦地維繫的。當我愛一個人時，我的感性就一定會蓋過我的理性，常常以為吸引我的那位男士就是適合，但又是否真的適合呢？當我發現我不能接受那人的某些特質時，我就事事包容及維護，從來沒有想過這是否健康的。

最近這幾年，我開始懂得交託。遇到一個心儀的男士，我會趕快的告訴神，希望神引領，亦會問神那位是否我的另一半。但是禱告之後，我的心都不是完全交託，甚至會祈求神會成就我所想的，或者懷疑神給我的領受是否真的。有時以為神的答案是這樣，就鎖住目標盲目去等，胡亂去做一點東西話是神指示我去做的。但究竟我所等待的是真的為神而等，或只是固執地希望神會成就我所想呢？我所作的又是否神所喜悅的呢？很多時我也不知道。

我的執著令我很難順服神。但我很愛神，所以我祈求神讓我學習順服。我愈祈求，神就愈將我的眼睛張開。最近的一些際遇下，讓我看到神行事不可測度。我們沒有可能完全知道祂的作為，但祂一定會帶領我們經過一切事。所以，我終於明白，我等候愛情，不是為了一個人而等，而是等候神將祂所喜悅的帶到我身邊。

現在，我終於可以很舒服地說「一切順其自然」了。無論最後我跟那位男士一起，我都會感謝主，因為祂賜給我的一定是最好的。

多年的包袱終於放低了，真是如釋重負。感謝主多年來的引導。

I'm Too Busy ... Again.

I don't know why I always take so much work upon my shoulders. I always underestimate the amount of busyness I get myself into when I take responsibilities. Taking on too much at one time always causes me unable to accomplish what I want to accomplish in the desired time. (Well, at least it's not because of procrastination.) I even want to spend more time with God but I can't because I'm too busy!!!

I definitely need to be less ambitious. I can only work so much. It's not worth it to get exhausted all the time. Lord, help me!

Soon to Be Master Wong!!

I went to take grad photos this morning. Suddenly I realized I'll soon be graduating, and I can add this title - Quennie Wong, BMus, MMus - to my resume! Hahahahahahahahahaha ...

Also, I'm quite proud of my make-up skills now ...

:-)

First Love

Lately I have been listening to Danny Chan's songs again. This is the Nth time I revisit his songs as his songs (especially love songs) are so great in quality, and his love songs speak my mind. I would really like to share this one:

初戀
曲：陳百強/詞：鄭國江

張眼看目前﹐沒有一些可比那天。
每日與他相見都歡笑﹐
太快樂﹐我願留住每一天。
春季雨綿綿﹐在那街邊﹐
讓雨水輕輕濺。
雨水絲絲打我心都甜﹐
好比愛神的小箭。
情緣任它自然﹐愛戀會源源不斷。
舊的夢才完又有新的夢來圓。
但初戀偏惹懷念。
此際念從前﹐渡過多少歡欣昨天。
惱恨愛戀偏偏多變﹐
這快樂背後藏著了淒酸。
相對在無言﹐若有交通﹐
定會傾訴沒完。
兩顆心倘不可以相連﹐
想見又如不見。
情緣任它自然﹐愛戀會源源不斷。
舊的夢才完又有新的夢來圓。
但初戀偏惹懷念。
情緣任它自然﹐愛戀會源源不斷。
舊的夢才完又有新的夢來圓。
但初戀偏惹懷念。

This song comes from the movie 喝采, starred by Danny, Leslie Cheung (張國榮) and Paul Chung (鍾保羅), Brenda Lo (盧業媚) and 翁靜晶. When this song is played in the movie, Danny and 翁靜晶 are dating. See the video from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_HURwvY1Tw. Every time I watch it I feel really touched since this is simply too sweet, and I must say this is the kind of love I'm looking for. :-)

Well, God will give me the best love. So will He give everybody. :-)