星期六上跳舞課時又撞傷膝蓋, 我發現其實一直以來我都有這個問題, 有很多動作都是下意識的用膝蓋下地, 每次都撞到又腫又瘀, 只是我沒有留意而已。我說自己跳舞時的感覺, 就是「一仆一碌」...
四川大地震, 震憾了我們。
5.12的下午,當我在看電視新聞的時候, 知道發生大地震了, 當時都還未知道其他地方受災, 只知道成己都都已經死了很多人, 那一刻我只想到以前舞蹈團合作過的一幫老師、藝術家, 不知怎的, 那一刻心突然很慌, 馬上發訊息給劉老師, 然後才發現原來我沒有梁老師, 關導、文俊哥、崔老師的電話, 又打電話給肥仔, 叫他替我翻查舊的電郵...我跟他通話的時候都快要哭了, 也不知道為何那麼緊張, 當時想我跟他們的關係也算不錯, 這些人是我十分尊重、敬佩和喜愛的, 所以還以為只有我才對地震感覺強烈。
隨著時間過去, 我們看到的資訊更多, 看到那慘不忍睹的畫面, 方發現原來事件不只震撼我, 還有我的朋友、同事、整個香港、整個有華人的地方、甚至整個世界。還以為自己眼淺, 原來為災難的流淚的不只我一個。我一邊看, 一邊想起從前必讀的《唐山大地震》, 每天看電視, 就感覺把一頁頁的書本又一次呈現眼前...跟一個廣州的朋友聊MSN, 我們都說, 這還是第一次有這樣的災難而徹底地震撼入心底, 從前水災、雪災、什麼的都沒有這樣, 對我們來說, 應該是第一次經歷這種事情。
作為遠方的香港人, 是很迅速的舉行了籌款, 我也有份捐款, 數目在我來說也不少。媽媽問道為何我剛才說交了學費沒有錢, 我說是的(其實我也只是涮卡), 但是我不能不捐, 我們在遠方可以為他們做的實在太少, 我說情願之後節衣縮食, 這筆錢也一定要捐的。這次災難亦令我和我一家人更家懂得珍惜, 小如金錢,食物,食水,想到在災區的人民沒得吃, 沒水喝, 我們這幾天都沒有吃剩的飯菜, 也節約用水, 用電, 吃的也較便宜, 因為我一直想著, 省多點錢又可以捐給四川的人民...。
祈求天父上帝大發慈悲, 憐憫及拯救四川。 求你拯救仍被埋在瓦礫的人、醫治身體受傷的人、安慰心靈受創的, 失去父母的、失去兒女的、失去至親的, 都求你去安慰他們。又求你賜智慧、力量及祝福救援人員, 醫護人員, 前線記者, 使他們蒙你的力量繼續在自己的崗位上工作, 知道那邊的衛生環境, 資源越來越差, 求天父祝福他們有健康的身體, 使他們能夠繼續幫助更多有需要的人。又求天父祝福當地人民之後的生活, 幫助他們脫離地震的陰霾, 重建家園, 祝福那些因為受傷而導致殘廢的人以後的生活, 祝福那些小孤兒....
祈求天父憐憫他們。奉主名求, 阿們。
Grab your helmet, check the air in your tires, and hop on your bike because in many U.S. cities, May 12 - 16 is Bike to Work Week! Six Apart has a lot of biking enthusiasts, so we're very excited to support this event by encouraging all of our employees to bike to work this week. San Francisco's Bike to Work Day is tomorrow, Thursday, May 15th, and New York's is Friday, May 16th.
Six Apart is helping out its employees by providing maps (shaded according to steepness - a must in SF!) to help everyone plan out his/her route, as well as finding first-time riders buddies to commute with. We're also supporting ALL SF riders who pass the front of our office by handing out coffee, juice and snacks from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. If you're in our neighborhood, look for the sign that says "Six Apart Supports Bike to Work Day" and stop by to say hi and get energized!
Improve your health, financial status, productivity, and happiness by joining thousands - maybe even millions - of commuters around the country who are hopping on their bikes to get to work. Visit the Bike to Work Week website to find out more about events in your area.
Support the two-wheeled way of life with the "Passing Left" theme found in "Photo-Based" in the Design Area. Planning on cycling to work this week? Let us know in the comments!
As we mentioned last week, we had to postpone the maintenance that was due to occur on Thursday, May 8th.
We have rescheduled the maintenance for tonight, Tuesday, May 13th, starting at 6:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time (that's 1:00 A.M. UTC/GMT). We'll be taking Vox offline for a bit in order to move the service to a brand new home in some bright, shiny new server racks. We don't expect to be offline for more than an hour or two, but we apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
Again, thank you for your patience as we continue to invest in Vox's infrastructure!
終於收到大學寄來的入學通知書和學費單, 比我預期早了三個月, 我還以為八月份才需要交學費。第一期學費連保証金, 數目不太多, 但是我還未儲夠錢。上網登入了網上戶口, 對著一個儲錢的, 一個是平日使費兼出糧的戶口, 把兩個戶口的錢轉來轉去, 算來算去, 數算著還了必要的卡數、交了保險費, 給家人家用, 及自己這個月的最低開支後, 可以有多少可用來交學費, 原來還是沒有剩餘太多。於是又開始打電話, 發電郵, 追糧、追人家還錢, 把可以收回來的錢都給收了, 到最後發現還是差一點點, 結果還是要問媽媽借, 但相信下個月就可以歸還。
對於錢這個問題其實可以很容易解決, 可以全數問家人借, 或可以向政府高息申請Non-mean Grand Loan, 也可以向銀行貸款, 或向朋友借, 有朋友主動問需不需要借錢, 甚至替我支付學費...我就是不想, 怎樣的形式也不想, 我也不知道為什麼那麼執著, 就是覺得這是自己的事, 應該用自己的努力去解決, 就算節衣縮食都要自己解決。以往的我不是這樣的, 對於金錢的概念不很重視, 千金散盡然後就涮卡或問朋友借, 雖然現在我不否認仍然是「大花筒」, 但是卻很堅持自己花的錢自己負責, 這也許就是我還欠下卡數卻寧死不去問銀行貸款的原因吧, 也許我要時常提醒自己那些卡數是自己弄回來的, 就算被罰高利息也是應該自己負責, 就當是自己花錢的懲罰吧....
不知道呢...
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「我不想被你或被自己感覺我貪婪, 所以我從不會向你借錢, 也不會要你替我交學費, 直至有一天你是我最親近的人。」
這星期雖然只有兩天工作, 但感覺好像沒有真正的休息過, 密密麻麻的約會應酬, 逛不完的街, 未睡夠又撐起來去看電影, 尤其這幾天的天氣變化太大, 星期四明明是三十度, 星期六卻只有二十一度, 身體由滿身汗水變成冷得起疙瘩, 穿新涼鞋令腳指尾起水泡再變死皮然後脫落, 還有別人一時跟你親近, 一時卻變得很遠, 像是不認識似的, 這一切的事情都令我感到很疲倦。今天晚上舊同事相約去唱卡啦ok, 以往我一定義不容遲, 今天真的感覺很累了, 想到挑衣服化妝又要花很多時間, 還要以一個「我很靚」的精神狀態及儀態去應付整個應酬, 也許已經連續幾天都是這個狀態, 今天晚上倒想想留在家裡, 把頭髮亂束一通, 架起眼鏡, 靜靜的, 一個人, 休息一下。
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「那天去了坪州, 我感覺我在你生命中又踏多了一步。」
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「我喜歡的那個人叫肥仔, 不是你們認識的那個, 那個不是我的, 只有肥仔才是屬於我的。」
Tonight, starting at 6:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time (that's 1:00 A.M. UTC/GMT), we'll be taking Vox offline for a bit in order to move the service to a brand new home in some bright, shiny new server racks. We don't expect to be offline for more than an hour or two, but we apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you for your patience as we continue to invest in Vox's infrastructure!
Update: we've postponed tonight's maintenance, and will let you know when we reschedule. Thanks for your patience!
Last week, we announced the winners of the HP "What Do You Have to Say? Theme Design Contest and promised you we'd make the winning themes available on Vox in the coming weeks. After a little more thought, we decided you shouldn't have to wait a second longer to use these creative and inspiring designs on your blogs, so we made them available for you today. Who says good things only come to those who wait?
Straight to Video
Now you can share your Flickr videos on your Vox blog!
A few weeks ago, Flickr announced that pro members are now able to share videos of up to 90 seconds in their photostream. Many of you already post photos to your Vox blog directly from your Flickr account, and now we’ve made it so you can do the same with your Flickr videos.
To post a Flickr video to your Vox blog, just follow the same steps you would if you were posting a Flickr photo. (Yes, that means you’ll find your Flickr videos in “Photos,” not “Videos.”)
Not using Flickr to add photos to Vox? Find out how to connect your Flickr account to your Vox account. Plus, using Flickr means you’ll never have to upload a photo twice, or waste valuable storage space!
Around the World with Vox and CupCate
A little over a year ago, we announced that CupCate was one of the Grand Prize winners of the Vox World Tour. A month ago, Cate and her husband, Iain, packed their bags and flew to San Francisco, the first stop of a three-cities-in-fourteen-days vacation.
While they were in SF, Team Vox was lucky enough to have a yummy lunch with Cate and Iain and some of us even made it out for a late night karaoke session at The Mint.
We were also happy to hear, however, that she took some time to enjoy a glass of wine, a roaring fire, and the luxury of utter relaxation.
Then it was off to Tokyo where she saw gorgeous cherry blossoms, the Tokyo Tower and the Sensoji Temple, and even got a special tour around Tokyo with Ayako from Six Apart’s Japan office!
And it wouldn't be a Vox World Tour without Paris in the spring time, decadent French meals, and, of course, the Eiffel Tower.
It sounds like an amazing adventure. Congratulations again to CupCate. We had so much fun with you while you were in SF and we can't wait until your next visit!
It was hard to choose from the 355 entries, but the judges have announced the winners of our month-long "What Do You Have to Say?" theme design contest, sponsored by HP. And the winners are....
And while we know it's not polite to brag, you'll forgive us for a moment while we gush about the fact that the 2nd and 3rd prize winners are both Voxers!
The Second Place theme, “Live and Learn” was submitted by Li Kim Goh, or as you may know her: gollykim. We thought it was pretty cool to hear that Li, “didn't really think about winning, but mainly [entered] just for fun [while also] creating a few new banners for [her] own Vox blog.
When asked why blog design was so important to her, Li answered, ““because it draws readers' attention and makes your blog stand out from the millions of other blogs.” With such a great design, we think Li did just that.
The Third Place winner, Terri, showed off her “funky-fresh style” with her theme, “Vector Drips.” Terri said that having her theme picked made her day. You know what Terri? It made our day too!
The best part of the contest? In the coming weeks, we’ll make all the winning themes available on Vox, TypePad and LiveJournal so that you can use them on your blog!
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest and CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners!
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