Movie: Into the Wild

Am I going thru DVD too fast? Soon there would be nothing interesting to watch. I thought this movie would be boring, seeing this is a story about a young man had gone into the wilderness and abandon everything he knows behind. The movie turns out quite fun to watch, despite my initial doubt.

Movie: The Counterfeiter

A friend said too many sad movies is bad for the heart. I agree with her. The movie I watch tonight is sad. It is sad because it is true, or was true. The Counterfeiter is a movie about a counterfeiting operation during World War II to fund the German war effort. We know that the Jewish people who helped the effort would be treated better than other inmates in concentration camps. It had happened not a long time ago, but soon to be forgotten. We seldom ask ourselves what does clean linen mean, because it is not a life and death decision. I seldom look up the sky and ask why am I been given much, because I want more. People say happiness stem from one's attitude. Do they realize what it means? I'm touched by lives, the lives of the people who are less fortunate. There is nothing wrong with it. In fact, it makes God's words the more alive. Matthew 25 34"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

Oh man... I think I'm on my way to a broken heart. After watching this movie, Man Push Cart, I know a bit more about life's hardship. Life can be a cruel master.

Movie: 開往春天的地鐵

The English title is "Spring Subway". It's a movie about relationship, but it's not a romantic movie. It's about the fleeting romance between the two protagonists, and the reasons that caused love to fade. This particular topic intrigue me, because it is a fresh perspective on relationship. Sometimes the Hollywood romantic movies tire me out with the perfect ending and its endless singular tale. I need a film that can cast aside the fairy vision and tell me the unfamiliar, such as fleeting love. When the tears were drifting across the girl's cheek, I almost need to pause the movie and take a breather. I understand the guy's intention to protect the girl he loves, yet he is not able to break the silence. With divorce and break up common place, I often have the question why. Talking about fleeting love is not easy. People assume when two people get together, they would be happy forever. The movie is optimistic because it assumes two people can work things out if they can be honest with each another. Would a couple can become strangers after a time? What causes that to happen? If I watch this film two years ago, I would not realize as much things as I would now. Don't you think the actress is really good? From the picture, you can tell how much she's been hurt. *sigh* Next movie: Man Push Cart

How Cells Take Out The Trash To Prevent Disease

ScienceDaily (Nov. 18, 2008) — Garbage collectors are important for removing trash; without them waste accumulates and can quickly become a health hazard. Similarly, individual cells that make up such biological organisms as humans also have sophisticated methods for managing waste. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110154032.htm

One of the brilliant sermons I have heard

In the middle of the sermon, the preacher said, "why are we still in the rat race?" I was listening. "We work and work, and look forward to vacation in the outdoor to take a break. Then we go back to the busy city life. Why are we doing this?"

Exactly.... why?

Are we doing it to keep up with our busy life style? Are we keeping ourselves busy just because we need to fill our time with work?

Yeah, okay. I'm working hard.

Awesome song.

Movie: Nights In Rodanthe

I have not seen the movie yet, just the trailer.

Nights In Rodanthe

It makes me upset, 'cause it feels like a glamourious soap opera, which is usually full of scandals and betrayals. I would just stick with super heros movies for now.

Yay, I'm simple minded.

Priority

Thank you, this Japanese girl. I did not know why I was so impacted by her words. When she is clearly suffering and yet keeps her faith in God, I have tremendous respect for her. She told me the suffering helps her focus on God. Now I know why I was touched. She apparently has seen beyond her own need, and to seek God with all her heart. Is this not what God has commanded us to do? To seek Him with all your mind, heart and soul. A Christian is not weak, not at all. I'll pray for you.

Treadmill

8:44 mins - 1 mile

Walked 12 staircase today.

What's right, what's wrong, and does it matter?

Does it matter?

I see people hold tightly of justice to their blossoms. When there is a need, they would release this hound on the aggressors who they think are wrong. In fact, no one is right. They are all wrong. They all deserve to be judged.

I think justice is the quality that everybody recognize, sometimes even atheists. I'm most surprised by people who think truth is relative, yet they would complain about people skip fare on the Skytrain. If there is no truth, does it matter if there is no fairness?

Back to justice, it has no face, it's absolute, and it's the law.

But does it matter? 

Sleeping

It seems Mansun has fallen asleep on this blog. When will he wake up?

Love and Peace.

"We are different from one another, but it's okay for you to be you and for me to be me. We can learn from one another."

The world is bigger than I think it is. The world is also much more scarier.

Please...

No more war please.

People, wake up. No more hatred. No more fighting... and no more sorrow...

Divorce

I often wonder how people would choose to divorce. http://www.helium.com/items/1002145-why-so-many-marriages-end-in-divorce http://www.helium.com/items/1065454-recognizing-the-deeper-problems-behind-celebrity-divorces?page=2 It's the lack of commitment. "Marriage, like any other commitment, can't just be an afterthought. When two people join to become one, they must give their all, not just what's leftover after all the "stuff" they're busy doing." I like what the writer is saying.

What's going on?

So man is supposed to lead, eh? It's hard to lead if one is not qualified. :P Now is leading a responsibility or a privilege?

Stick to the Stairs

Hi All, Although we might not be able to feel it yet, summer is here in Vancouver. Usually it's the exercise season. This morning I took the stairs at my work in the name of getting more exercise. There's a little silly story in it. Starting from the ground floor, I was slowly making my way up passed 6th floor. It was then I heard the door open and a pretty blond girl emerged. She was half a staircase behind me. Thus despite my fatigue condition, I did not slow the pace, thinking her destination is the 7th floor. When we passed the 7th floor, my forehead had a bit of sweat and my body in need of a slower pace. Finally she went inside to 8th floor, and I thought to myself I can rest for a bit. Just then another pretty curly hair girl came out from the 9th. Now I would not give up looking tough in front of pretty girls, would I? In conclusion, I did not slow down until I passed 11th floor, and by that time, I only have one more floor to go to my destination. Stupid pride. You can all laugh at me now. :)

Sometimes I think I was attacked when I was away from God, or maybe this is not true. Everybody has moments of weakness.

I have at some moments lost the stream of keep going. There are always false thoughts that I am able to find an solid anchor in a relationship, in material things, or an ideology. What about our eternal Father?

I have completely forgotten about Him, or rather, put him in a closet.

In Him, I find comfort and peace.

God bless, everybody.

5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. 1 Peter

I've got a new toy today, and it's quite a few bucks.

The more attached I am to these toys, the harder I am to let go.

Fortunately I have learned that the true happiness comes from God's things and not from processions. There is peace that only God can give. The phrase is from one of the songs sang in Praise & Worship tonight.

But there are still many lessons I have yet to learn.

a simple pleasure in life

Dealing with many things and questions coming from all sides, there are these kind of simple pleasure that I have skipped over during my busy daily routine.

Looking thru the window on a rainy day.

Say hi to a friend.

staring at the stranger who is looking back at the mirror in front of me.

I wish to have a busy yet simple life. Is this oxymoron?

I didn't know....

Really, I did not know that God have been teaching me wisdom. He had buried treasures in the sand and prod me to find it. All the time, I was unwilling and harden hearted. Arrrrg

Really this is just for myself. “[The Children of Abraham] To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”- John 8:31-32 Sometimes, God wakes me up in my slumber, then I realized all these time I had been living in a virtual reality.