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[Nov. 18th, 2008|10:51 pm] |
Possibly the most unintentionally funny name in the English translation of Three Kingdoms.| The following day the rebel Huang Shao himself led forth his army and made his battle array along a circle. A leader advanced on foot to offer combat. He wore a yellow turban on his head and a green robe. His weapon was an iron mace. He shouted, "I am He Man, the devil who shoots across the sky. Who dare fight with me?" | 次日，黃劭自引軍來。陣圓處，一將步行出戰，頭裏黃巾，身披綠襖，手提鐵棒，大叫：「我乃截天夜叉何曼也！誰敢與我廝鬥？」 | | Cao Hong uttered a great shout and jumped from the saddle to accept the challenge. Sword in hand he advanced on foot and the two engaged in fierce combat in the face of both armies. They exchanged some fifty blows, neither gaining the advantage. Then Cao Hong feigned defeat and ran away. He Man went after him. Just as he closed, Cao Hong tried a feint and then suddenly wheeling about, wounded his adversary. Another slash, and He Man lay dead. | 曹洪見了，大喝一聲，飛身下馬，提刀步出。兩下向陣前廝殺，四五十合，勝負不分。曹洪詐敗而走，何曼趕來；洪用拖刀背砍計，轉身一跳，砍中何曼，再復一刀，殺死。 |
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| 心愛的甭哭 ———— 陳雷 |
[Jun. 22nd, 2008|02:23 am] |
手摜傷心的行李 今夜決心來離開
看著妳滿面的珠淚 我心肝強要碎
雖然真心疼痛妳 互相勉強也無意義
送妳一卡無緣的手指 感謝妳陪伴我這多年
啊~心愛的甭哭 請你將我放抹記
啊 妳無欠我 我無欠妳
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| 我不配 ———— 周杰倫 |
[Jun. 17th, 2008|12:06 am] |
這街上太擁擠 太多人有秘密
玻璃上有霧氣在被隱藏起過去
妳臉上的情緒 在還原那場雨
這巷弄太過彎曲走不回故事裡
這日子不再綠 又斑駁了幾句
剩下搬空回憶的我在大房子裡
電影院的座椅 隔遙遠的距離
感情沒有對手戲妳跟自己下棋
還來不及 仔仔細細 寫下妳的關於
描述我如何愛妳 妳卻微笑的離我而去
這感覺 已經不對 我努力在挽回
一些些應該體貼的感覺我沒給
妳嘟嘴 許的願望很卑微 在妥協
是我忽略 妳不過 要人陪
這感覺 已經不對 我最後才了解
一頁頁不忍翻閱的情節妳好累
妳默背 為我掉過幾次淚 多憔悴
而我心碎 妳受罪 妳的美 我不配
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| 定風波 ———— 蘇軾 |
[Jun. 15th, 2008|12:38 am] |
莫聽穿林打葉聲，何妨吟嘯且徐行。
竹杖芒鞋輕勝馬，誰怕？一蓑煙雨任平生。
料峭春風吹酒醒，微冷，山頭斜照卻相迎。
回首向來蕭瑟處，歸去，也無風雨也無晴。 |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 29th, 2008|11:41 am] |
やせがまんばかりで
もう半年過ぎたが
何が変ったか
誰を愛したか
頭の中で今夢がくずれだした
何とかなれ |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 22nd, 2008|08:28 pm] |
Now let our mournful songs record
The dying sorrows of our Lord,
When He complained in tears and blood,
As One forsaken of His God.
The Jews beheld Him thus forlorn,
And shake their heads, and laugh in scorn:
“He rescued others from the grave;
Now let Him try Himself to save.
“This is the Man did once pretend
God was His Father and His Friend
If God the blessed loved Him so,
Why doth He fail to help Him now?”
Barbarous people! Cruel priests!
How they stood round like savage beasts!
Like lions gaping to devour,
When God had left Him in their power.
They wound His head, His hands, His feet,
Till streams of blood each other meet;
By lot His garments they divide,
And mock the pangs in which He died.
But God, His Father, heard His cry;
Raised from the dead, He reigns on high,
The nations learn His righteousness,
And humble sinners taste His grace.
-- Isaac Watts, Psalm 22 |
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| 孤單北半球 |
[Feb. 10th, 2008|02:31 am] |
Ocean 歐得洋
用我的晚安陪你吃早餐
記得把想念存進撲滿
我望著滿天星在閃
聽牛郎對緻女說要勇敢
别怕我們在地球的兩端
看我的問候騎著魔毯
飛用光速飛到你面前
要你能看到十字星有北極星作伴
少了我的手臂當枕頭你習不習慣
你的望遠鏡望不到我北半球的孤單
太平洋的潮水跟著地球來回旋轉
我會耐心地等隨時歡迎你靠岸
少了我的懷抱當暖爐你習不習慣
E給你照片看不到我北半球的孤單
世界再大兩顆真心就能互相取暖
想念不會偷懶我的夢通通給你保管 | Ariel 林依晨
用你的早安陪我吃晚餐
記得把想念存進撲滿
我望著滿天星在閃
聽牛郎對緻女說要勇敢
不怕我們在地球的兩端
看你的問候騎著魔毯
飛用光速飛到我面前
你讓我看到北極星有十字星作伴
少了你的手臂當枕頭我還不習慣
你的望遠鏡望不到我北半球的孤單
太平洋的潮水跟著地球來回旋轉
我會耐心地等等你有一天靠岸
少了你的懷抱當暖爐我還不習慣
E给你照片看不到我北半球的孤單
世界再大兩顆真心就能互相取暖
想念不會偷懶我的夢通通給你保管 | | |
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| (no subject) |
[Feb. 2nd, 2008|01:22 am] |
孔子觀於呂梁，縣水三十仞，流沫四十里，黿鼉魚鱉之所不能游也。見一丈夫游之，以為有苦而欲死也，使弟子並流而拯之。數百步而出，被髮行歌而游於塘下。孔子從而問焉，曰：“吾以子為鬼，察子則人也。請問蹈水有道乎？”曰：“亡，吾無道。吾始乎故，長乎性，成乎命。與齊俱入，與汩偕出，從水之道而不為私焉。此吾所以蹈之也。”孔子曰：“何謂始乎故，長乎性，成乎命？”曰：“吾生於陵而安於陵，故也；長於水而安於水，性也；不知吾所以然而然，命也。”——《莊子·達生》
孔子在吕梁觀賞，瀑布高懸二三十丈，沖刷而起的激流和水花遠達四十里，黿、鼉、魚、鱉都不敢在這一帶游水。只見一个壯年男子游在水中，還以為是有痛苦而想尋死的，派弟子順着水流去拯救他。忽見那壯年男子游出數百步遠而後露出水面，還披着頭髮邊唱邊游在堤岸下。孔子緊跟在他身後而問他，說：“我還以為你是鬼，仔細觀察你卻是個人。請問，游水也有甚麼特别的門道嗎？”那人回答：“没有，我并没有甚麼特别的方法。我起初是故常，長大是習性，有所成就在于自然。我跟水里的漩渦一塊儿下到水底，又跟向上的涌流一道游出水面，順着水勢而不作任何違拗。這就是我游水的方法。”孔子說：“甚麼叫做‘起初是故常，長大是習性，有所成就在於自然’呢？”那人又回答：“我出生於山地就安於山地的生活，這就叫做故常；長大了又生活在水邊就安於水邊的生活，這就叫做習性；不知道為甚麼會這樣而這樣生活著，這就叫做自然。”
Confucius was looking at the cataract near the gorge of Lu, which fell a height of 240 cubits, and the spray of which floated a distance of forty li, (producing a turbulence) in which no tortoise, gavial, fish, or turtle could play. He saw, however, an old man swimming about in it, as if he had sustained some great calamity, and wished to end his life. Confucius made his disciples hasten along the stream to rescue the man; and by the time they had gone several hundred paces, he was walking along singing, with his hair dishevelled, and enjoying himself at the foot of the embankment. Confucius followed and asked him, saying, “I thought you were a sprite; but, when I look closely at you, I see that you are a man. Let me ask if you have any particular way of treading the water.” The man said, “No, I have no particular way. I began (to learn the art) at the very earliest time; as I grew up, it became my nature to practise it; and my success in it is now as sure as fate. I enter and go down with the water in the very centre of its whirl, and come up again with it when it whirls the other way. I follow the way of the water, and do nothing contrary to it of myself - this is how I tread it.” Confucius said, “What do you mean by saying that you began to learn the art at the very earliest time; that as you grew up, it became your nature to practise it, and that your success in it now is as sure as fate?” The man replied, “I was born among these hills and lived contented among them - that was why I say that I have trod this water from my earliest time. I grew up by it, and have been happy treading it - that is why I said that to tread it had become natural to me. I know not how I do it, and yet I do it - that is why I say that my success is as sure as fate.” (Zhuangzi — The Full Understanding of Life trans. James Legge) |
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| The Gate of the Year - Minnie Louise Haskins |
[Jan. 11th, 2008|12:11 pm] |
I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year
'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.'
And he replied, 'Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way!'
So I went forth and finding the Hand of God
Trod gladly into the night
He led me towards the hills
And the breaking of day in the lone east.
So heart be still!
What need our human life to know
If God hath comprehension?
In all the dizzy strife of things
Both high and low,
God hideth his intention." |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 25th, 2007|11:04 pm] |
Will the Lord cast off for ever?
And will He be favourable no more?
Is His mercy clean gone for ever?
Doth His promise fail for evermore?
Hath God forgotten to be gracious?
Hath He in anger shut up His tender mercies?
我主豈遐遺？棄置不復顧。
仁淵寧枯涸，信義不復著。
聖心詎能變？忘慈而懷怒。 |
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| Twelve Lotus Flowers |
[Dec. 22nd, 2007|10:06 pm] |
第一可憐囉蓮花 出生風場昧快活
凄慘落泊就是我 做牛做馬也著拖
第二可憐蓮花酸 苦命蓮花心頭酸
後母無為仔打算 想欲嫁尪也久長
可憐呀蓮花呀 實在可憐代
第三可憐蓮花姐 坏命做工到半暝
頭燒目暈那是病 破病也著去賺錢
第四可憐蓮花代 好坏人客阮招待
十分招待嫌阮坏 欲打欲罵又欲塞
可憐呀蓮花呀 實在可憐代
第五可憐蓮花鍾 有人實在無同情
也无外多錢阮用 欲打欲罵又欲鍾
第六可憐蓮花城 流落歡場歹名聲
後母愛錢無愛仔 迫到阮啊無路行
可憐呀蓮花呀 實在可憐代
第七可憐蓮花紅 阮是可憐歹命人
後母當阮不是人 害阮痛苦一世人
第八可憐蓮花頭 流落歡場昧出頭
後母顧前無顧後 害阮暝日目屎流
可憐呀蓮花呀 實在可憐代
第九可憐蓮花時 做了這行已幾年
可憐家人無相見 阮嘛不知企叨位
第十可憐蓮花光 歸暝做工到天光
想到有厝無湯返 終身再也難見光
可憐呀蓮花呀 實在可憐代
十一可憐蓮花怨 想到身世真哀怨
後母迫我做這款 越想心内越超煩
十二蓮花無了時 墮落黑暗難見天
少年賺錢是一時 老來怎樣過日子
可憐呀蓮花呀 實在可憐代 |
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| 生命之寶 —— 康熙皇帝 |
[Nov. 8th, 2007|05:13 pm] |
天上寶日月星辰，
地上寶五谷金銀。
國需寶正直忠臣，
家需寶孝子賢孫。
黄金白玉非為寶，
只有生命一世閑。
百歲三萬六千日，
若無生命最可憐。
來時糊塗去時亡，
空度人間夢一場。
口中吃盡百和味，
身上穿成朝服衣。
五湖四海為上客，
如何落在帝王家。
世間最大為生死，
白玉黄金也枉然。
淡飯清粥充一飢，
錦衣那着歲千年。
天門久為初人閉，
福路全是聖子通。
我愿接受神聖子，
兒子名分得永生！ |
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| John Wesley, 4 January 1739 |
[Sep. 9th, 2007|10:36 pm] |
My friends affirm I am mad, because I said I was not a Christian a year ago. I affirm, I am not a Christian now. Indeed, what I might have been I know not, had I been faithful to the grace then given, when expecting nothing less, I received such a sense of the forgiveness of my sins, as till then I never knew. But that I am not a Christian at this day, I as assuredly know, as that Jesus is the Christ. For a Christian is one who has the fruits of the Spirit of Christ, which (to mention no more) are love, peace, joy. But these I have not. I have not any love of God. I do not love either the Father or the Son. Do you ask, how do I know whether I love God, I answer by another question, "How do you know, whether you love me?" Why, as you know, whether you are hot or cold. You feel this moment, that you do or do not love me. And I feel this moment, I do not love God; which therefore I know, because I feel it. There is no word more proper, more clear, or more strong.
And I know it also by St. John's plain rule, "If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." For I love the world. I desire the things of the world, some or other of them, and have done all my life. I have always placed some part of my happiness in some or other of the things that are seen. Particularly in meat and drink, and in the company of those I loved. For many years I have been, yea, and still am, hankering after a happiness, in loving, and being loved by one or another. And in these I have from time to time taken more pleasure than in God. Again, joy in the Holy Ghost I have not. I have now and then some starts of joy in God: but it is not that joy. For it is not abiding. Neither is it greater than I have had on some worldly occasions. So that I can in no wise be said to "rejoice evermore;" much less to "rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory."
Yet again; I have not "the peace of God;" that peace, peculiarly so called. The peace I have may be accounted for on natural principles. I have health, strength, friends, a competent fortune, and a composed, cheerful temper. Who would not have a sort of peace in such circumstances? But I have none which can with any propriety be called, a "peace which passeth all understanding." From hence I conclude, (and let all the saints of the world hear, that whereinsoever they boast, they may be found even as I,) though I have given, and do give all my goods to feed the poor, I am not a Christian. Though I have endured hardship, though I have in all things denied myself and taken up my cross, I am not a Christian. My works are nothing, my sufferings are nothing; I have not the fruits of the Spirit of Christ. Though I have constantly used all the means of grace for twenty years, I am not a Christian. |
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| What, you didn't know that? |
[Aug. 20th, 2007|09:37 pm] |
| What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Science/Math Nerd (Absolute Insane Laughter as you pour toxic chemicals into a foaming tub of death!)
Well, maybe you aren't this extreme, but you're in league with the crazy scientists/mathmeticians of today. Very few people have the talent of math and science is something takes a lot of brains as well. Thank whosever God you worship, or don't worship, so thank no deity whatsoever in your case, for you people! Most of us would have died off without your help. | | Drama Nerd | | | Literature Nerd | | | Anime Nerd | | | Gamer/Computer Nerd | | | Social Nerd | | | Musician | | | Artistic Nerd | | What Be Your Nerd Type?
Quizzes for MySpace |
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| Straits Times, July 30 |
[Jul. 31st, 2007|10:36 pm] |
Ethnic costumes are not racism level indicators
Students more inclined to learn racial sensitivity from example
By Tessa Wong
HARMONISE, or else.
That was the underlying message of a secondary school's authoritarian decision to discipline more than 30 students two weeks ago during its Racial Harmony Day celebrations.
When students there failed to turn up in ethnic costumes, they said they were forced to stand outside the school office for 1½ hours, missing out on some festivities.
After that, they had to fill out a feedback form on racial harmony.
It's an approach that's heavily ironic. The principal had said the school didn't think it had excluded a lot of people, only 'a minority' of the student population - this, on a day meant to celebrate tolerance and inclusiveness in Singapore.
Such an approach inadvertently sends mixed signals. How could a student learn anything from such a rigid attitude so lacking in the good will inherent in the message of racial harmony?
While promoting the message of racial harmony is indisputably a good thing, I don't see the point in strictly enforcing a practice meant as a bit of fun for students and taking it way too seriously.
When one becomes too by-the-book in a bid to remain politically correct, one also ends up coming across as overtly preachy and puritanical - a big turn-off for any student, if you ask me.
In any case, I'm not quite sure how wearing an ethnic costume is supposed to show you are a racially harmonious individual in the first place.
The school's logic - that not turning up in ethnic costume warrants suspicion of racist sentiments - seems awkward, at best.
After all, for students, it's a fun exercise for them to play at dress-up.
Taking ethnic dressing up as a real indicator of one's level of racism is completely off point and pays the notion of racial harmony mere lip service.
Dressing up in an ethnic costume represents the wearer's affinity with his own or others' racial and cultural traditions.
It does not necessarily represent the wearer's level of racially harmonious feelings.
After all, a Chinese student could be forced to wear a cheongsam, sarong kebaya or sari for the day, but end up in a fight with a Malay or Indian classmate after school.
I'm sure students recognise this as well.
The issue of race is and will always be a major issue of course.
But increasingly, I find such superficial expressions of racial harmony are becoming irrelevant to the younger generation, who have long been taught to embrace our national identity and respect one another as fellow Singaporeans.
In the end, there is no point sledgehammering home the idea of harmonious multi-culturalism.
What will work is practising what one preaches.
I am sure schools work hard to educate their young charges on racial sensitivity via the curriculum and activities such as educational games or plays.
It would be even better if educators, instead of being too rigid in enforcing political correctness, could be more sensitive to the messages underlying their actions.
After all, aren't the young most inclined to learn from example, rather than a lecture? |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 28th, 2007|08:28 pm] |
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
I'll play the game and pretend.
But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity.
Like emptiness in harmony,
I need someone to comfort me. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 17th, 2007|09:10 pm] |
| 我是否主十架精兵， | Am I a soldier of the cross,
| | 跟隨羔羊前行？ | A follower of the Lamb,
| | 是否懼怕為主作工， | And shall I fear to own His cause,
| | 羞於承認主名？ | Or blush to speak His Name?
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| | 別人為主奮勇作戰， | Must I be carried to the skies
| | 血汗滿披沙場， | On flowery beds of ease,
| | 難道自己獨享安逸， | While others fought to win the prize,
| | 逍遙進入天堂？ | And sailed through bloody seas?
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| | 豈可安逸如無仇敵？ | Are there no foes for me to face?
| | 豈無洪波當堵？ | Must I not stem the flood?
| | 世俗豈與主恩為友？ | Is this vile world a friend to grace,
| | 豈能助我向主？ | To help me on to God?
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| | 若要得勝必須爭戰， | Sure I must fight if I would reign;
| | 膽量求主加添； | Increase my courage, Lord.
| | 不辭勞苦，忍受辛酸， | I’ll bear the toil, endure the pain,
| | 靠主真道向前。 | Supported by Thy Word. | |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 6th, 2007|04:27 pm] |
From ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dunkindohnut
Your Score: The Oracle 33% Extroversion, 100% Intuition, 27% Emotiveness, 100% Perceptiveness 
Heuristic, detached, and analytical to a fualt, you are most like The Oracle. You are able to tackle any subject with a fine toothed comb, and you possess an ability to pinpoint nuances and shades of meaning that other people do not have and cannot understand. Accomplishment and realization of ideas are, for you, secondary to the rigorous exploration of ideas and questions -- you are, first and foremost, a theorist. You hate authority, convention, tradition, and under no circumstances do you accept a leadership role (although, you will gladly advise leadership when they're going astray, whether they want you to or not). Abstraction and generalities are your interests, details and particulars are usually inconsequential and uninteresting. You excel at language, mathematics and philosophy.
You are typically easy-going and non-confrontational until someone violates one of the very few principles that you deem sacred, at which point you can fly into a rage. Although you possess a much greater understanding of process and systems than the people around you, you are always conscious of the possibility that you've missed something or made a mistake. You don't tend to become attached to particular theories, and will immediately discard mistaken notions once they're revealed to be incorrect (but you don't tolerate iconoclasts who try to discredit validated theories through the use of fallacies and bad data). Despite being outwardly humble, you probably think of yourself as being smarter than most other people. That's because you are. In fact, in your dealings with people your understanding of their motives is so expansive that you know what they're going to say before they say it, and in world affairs, you usually know what is going to take place before it actually does. This ability would make you unbeatable in debates if only you were a little less pensive about your own conclusions, and a little more outgoing.
Famous people like you: Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, John McWhorter, Ramanujan, Marie Curie, Kurt Godel
Stay clear of: Apollo, Icarus, Hermes, Aphrodite
Seek out: Atlas, Prometheus, Daedalus
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