Sep 06 隨想 (random thoughts)

外賣琦

Something quite funny happened yesterday. I was going to see a Chinese Doctor with a friend and at the watchman station this is what happened:

Watchman: What are you doing here?
Me: Seeing Dr. Koo.
Watchman: What are you doing here?
Me: Seeing Dr. Koo.
Watchman: Do you live here?
Me: No, I am here to see Dr. Koo.
Watchman: Which floor are you going?
Me: ...

At this point, seeing obviously that the watchman was not "capturing" what I said to him, my friend intervened and told the watchman sternly that we were going to see the Chinese doctor. He then shut up.

Afterwards, my friend kept laughing because she realized that the watchman has mistaken me as a person who delivers food - I was dressed in a sort of worn green T-shirt, a pair of shorts with a pair of Crocs on, and worst, carrying a white plastic bag holding the food that we were planning to take home! So my new name for today 外賣琦!!!

Hotel Babylon

There is a TV series shown every Thu 10:30pm on Pearl called Hotel Babylon. My first Brit TV series but I quite like it. The characters are very well developed and each has a distinct personality. The head of this 5-star hotel is of course a woman Rebecca, and assisting her as the second in command is the man Charlie. Quite charming in their own rites in that Rebecca is firm and wide vision while Charlie is well-rounded. Then there is the trickster Concierge Tony and the flamboyant Reception Anna and Ben. Also is the all-serving Mother character head of house keeping Jackie, the simple and straight forward steward Gino, and the strong will house cleaning maid Tanya.

What is captivating is the things that can happen in a hotel. Quite unimaginable, and how each of these unique personalities are inter-mingled in between with their unique reactions and the warm resolution at the end. A show I recommend.

ARK

Saw Evan Almighty last Friday. Delightful and Funny. Quite meaningful too and just can't help putting this trivial thing down as a reminder.

Three scenes that especially touches me personally.

When God first appears to Evan when he prayed for "Change the World", here is God's answer, " One single Act of Random Kindness at a time". This especially moves me deeply as this just coincides with what my Teachers have been telling me about Selfless Service.

The second scene that touches me is when Evan's wife decided to leave him thinking that he is insane. I felt it deeply the kind of loneliness when one is to follow God onto one's journey. That kind of struggle as an ordinary human being to follow which way, the Man's way or the God's way.

Of course the third scene is the resolution of the conflict above by God's hand. God appeared in front of Evan's wife (Joan) and said this, "Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?"