2019年10月21日星期一
2019年8月28日星期三
得閒做乜好？
得閒做乜好？
戶內：
- 拉筋
- 造蛋糕甜品
- 下廚
- 打掃清潔
- 洗熨衣服
- 看書
- 拉小提琴
- 聽歌 (Download Apps Spotify for free)
- 看電影/ Cartoon
- 聽網上節目
- 看網上節目
- 寫blog (正面感恩）
- 寫信給自己（過去，未來，現在）
- 寫信給其他人
- 種芽菜
- 釀水克菲爾
- 小睡片刻
- 打機
- 電腦下棋
- 清理電話舊相片
戶外：
- 散步
- 日光浴
- 緩步跑
- 行山
- 去 圖書館（天水圍，元朗）
- 彈琴
- 逛街
- 做義工（自在社,綠野林，club O)
靈性：
- 氣功
- 泛音
- 誦砵
- 音叉
- 為自己或他人手療
- 打坐冥想
- 身體掃描
- 靜觀
- 零極限
藝術：
- 衍紙藝術
- 填色藝術
- 鈎織勁巾，公仔
- 縫製衣服，小飾物
- 紙黏土藝術
- Zentangle 禪繞
- 加工照片
其他：
網上資訊，新聞
2019年7月23日星期二
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (by Dale Carnegie)
*** Seven Ways to Peace and Happiness ***
*** Seven Ways to Peace and Happiness ***
- Let's not imitate others. Let's find ourselves and be ourselves.
- Clear your desk of all papers except those relating to the immediate problem at hand.
- Do things in the order of their importance
- When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.
- Learn to organize, deputize, and supervise.
- Psychiatrists delcare that most of our fatigue derives from our mental and emotional attitudes.
- Relax in odd moments. Let your body go limp like an old sock.
- Work, as much as possible, in a comfortable position. Remember that tensions on the body produce aching shoulders and nervous fatigue.
- Give yourself a pep talk every day. "Our life is what our thoughts make it!"
- By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for, you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sign.
- count your blessings - not your troubles!
- Remember that unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.
- When you and I are unjustly criticized, let's remember to:
- Do the very best you can; and then put up your old umbrella and keep the rain of criticism from running down the back of your neck.
Good Quotes:
1)Douglas Malloch:
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley - but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush, if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush, be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can't be a muskie, then just be a bass -
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here.
There's big work to do and there's lesser to do
And the task we must do is the near.
If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun, be a star;
If isn't by size that you win or you fail -
Be the best of whatever you are!
I hand the blues because I had no shoes,
Until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.
2) Lincoln (about criticism:
"If I were to try to read, much less to answer all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won't matter. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten angels swearing was right would make no difference."
2019年7月14日星期日
How to Win Friends & Influence People
How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
Key Summary and Quotes extracted from the book for reference:
(A) Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
Principle 1: Don't critcize, condemn or complain.
Principle 2: Give honest and sincere appreciation
Principle 3: Arouse in the other person an eager want.
(B) Six Ways to Make People Like You
Principle 1: Become genuinely interested in other people.
Principle 2: Simile
Principle 3: Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Principle 4: Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Principle 5: Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
Principle 6: Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.
(C) Win People to the Way of Your Thinking
Principle 1: The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Principle 2: Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."
Principle 3: If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
Principle 4: Begin in a friendly way.
Principle 5: Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
Principle 6: Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
Principle 7: Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
Principle 8: Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
Principle 9: Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
Principle 10: Appeal to the nobler motives.
Principle 11: Dramatize your ideas.
Principle 12: Throw down a challenge.
(D) Be a Leader
A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this:
Principle 1: Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
Principle 2: Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
Principle 3: Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Principle 4: Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
Principle 5: Let the other person save face.
Principle 6: Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
Principle 7: Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
Principle 8: Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
Principle 9: Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.
(E) Seven Rules for Making Your Home Life Happier
Rule 1: Don't nag.
Rule 2: Don't try to make your partner over.
Rule 3: Don't criticize.
Rule 4: Give honest appreciation.
Rule 5: Pay little attentions.
Rule 6: Be courteous.
Good Quotes from the book:
(1) Ben Franklin : If you agree and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.
(2) Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
(3) Antoine de Saint-Expuery: I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him, but what he things of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.
(4) Trivialities not love is going hurts my days. But that it went in little ways.
(5) Opera tenor Jan Peerce, after he was married nearly fifty years, once said: "My wife and I made a pact a long time ago, and we've kept it no matter how angry we've grown with each other. When one yells, the other should listen - because when two people yell, there is no communication, just noise and bad vibrations."
(6) From article "Bits and Pieces", published by the Economics Press Fairfield, N.J.:
by Dale Carnegie
Key Summary and Quotes extracted from the book for reference:
(A) Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
Principle 1: Don't critcize, condemn or complain.
Principle 2: Give honest and sincere appreciation
Principle 3: Arouse in the other person an eager want.
(B) Six Ways to Make People Like You
Principle 1: Become genuinely interested in other people.
Principle 2: Simile
Principle 3: Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Principle 4: Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Principle 5: Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
Principle 6: Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.
(C) Win People to the Way of Your Thinking
Principle 1: The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Principle 2: Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."
Principle 3: If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
Principle 4: Begin in a friendly way.
Principle 5: Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
Principle 6: Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
Principle 7: Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
Principle 8: Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
Principle 9: Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
Principle 10: Appeal to the nobler motives.
Principle 11: Dramatize your ideas.
Principle 12: Throw down a challenge.
(D) Be a Leader
A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this:
Principle 1: Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
Principle 2: Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
Principle 3: Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Principle 4: Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
Principle 5: Let the other person save face.
Principle 6: Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
Principle 7: Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
Principle 8: Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
Principle 9: Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.
(E) Seven Rules for Making Your Home Life Happier
Rule 1: Don't nag.
Rule 2: Don't try to make your partner over.
Rule 3: Don't criticize.
Rule 4: Give honest appreciation.
Rule 5: Pay little attentions.
Rule 6: Be courteous.
Good Quotes from the book:
(1) Ben Franklin : If you agree and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.
(2) Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
(3) Antoine de Saint-Expuery: I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him, but what he things of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.
(4) Trivialities not love is going hurts my days. But that it went in little ways.
(5) Opera tenor Jan Peerce, after he was married nearly fifty years, once said: "My wife and I made a pact a long time ago, and we've kept it no matter how angry we've grown with each other. When one yells, the other should listen - because when two people yell, there is no communication, just noise and bad vibrations."
(6) From article "Bits and Pieces", published by the Economics Press Fairfield, N.J.:
- Welcome the disagreement. Remember the slogan, "When two partners alwaysa agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention. Perhaps this disagreement is your opportunity to be corrected before you make a serious mistake.
- Distrust your first instinctive impression. Our first natural reaction in a disagreement situation is to be defensive. Be careful. Keep calm and watch out for your first reaction. It may be you at your worst, not your best.
- Control your temper. Remember, you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry.
- Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding. Don't build higher barriers of misunderstanding.
- Look for areas of agreement. When you have heard your opponents out, dwell first on the points and areas on which you agree.
- Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce defensiveness.
- Promise to think over your opponents' ideas and study them carefully. And mean it. Your opponents may be right. It is a lot easier at the stage to agree to think about their points than to move rapidly ahead and find yourself in a position where your opponents can say: "We tried to tell you, but you wouldn't listen."
- Thank your opponents sincerely for their interest. Anyone who takes the time to disagree with you is interested in the same things you are. Think of them as people who really want to help you, and you may turn your opponents into friends.
- Postpone action to give both sides time to think through the problem. Sugest that a new meeting be held later that day or the next day, when all the facts may be brought to bear. In preparation for this meeting, ask yourself some hard questions:
- Could my opponents be right? Pratly right?
- Is there truth or merit in their position or argument?
- Is my reaction one that will relieve the problem, or will it just relieve any frustration?
- Will my reaction drive my opponents further away or draw them close to me?
- Will my reaction elevate the estimation good people have of me?
- Will I win or lose?
- What price will I have to pay if I win?
- If I am quite about it, will the disagreement blow over?
- Is this difficult situation an opportunity for me?
2019年5月13日星期一
2019年4月28日星期日
The Quest
One day, Tom’s uncle asked him to meet him secretly in the study. There, Tom’s uncle told him he wanted Tom to find a dragon’s egg.
Tom nearly jumped out of his skin. “A dragon’s egg?”
His uncle nodded solemnly. “Yes. Some unqualified biologists named Keepers — led by a very clever man named Marius — want to steal this egg to win themselves money and fame. We must preserve it and keep it safe.”
“There’s a cave in the center of the valley,” Tom’s uncle told him. “The egg’s inside.”
He handed him a map. “It is a very long way,” he warned. “Beware.”
He held Tom’s hand for a brief moment, then he looked away.
Tom put the map in his rucksack and left the laboratory. From there, he took a train which led straight to the mountains. When he arrived, it was already dark, and he rented an inn to stay for the night.
Three men were staying in the room opposite Tom’s. As Tom got ready for bed, he heard one of them say outside, “Do you reckon William sent him? Marius won’t be pleased.”
Tom straightened - William was his uncle’s name.
“Nah, he can’t have. Hurry up, Jordan - we’re going to the valley straightaway tomorrow.”
As Tom lay down in his bed, his heart hammered in his chest.
The Keepers! They were here!
Tom woke up early and went all the way to the valley. The Keepers appeared not to have arrived yet, and relief washed over Tom’s face.
The valley was dry and rugged, with rocks scattered over it. Tom walked on.
“Ow!”
He tripped and twisted his ankle badly.
“Rats,” he grumbled.
Tom limped towards the valley’s center. A small cave came into view, and he launched himself inside. A huge dragon’s egg was shining in the middle.
Suddenly, as Tom’s fingers brushed the egg, a loud voice sounded. “Rowle! It’s up here!”
Rowle came up. “Royal?”
“I’ve found the cave, come up here now! JORDAN!” Royal bellowed.
The three men entered the cave. Tom’s injured leg lagged behind him as he thrust himself up to a tree stump, his arms hugging the dragon’s egg — he felt a feeling of despair — he would never reach the stump in time —
“GET THAT BOY!” Royal howled.
Both Jordan and Rowle lunged at once. Tom stumbled and ran as fast as he could out of the cave.
“STOP RIGHT THERE!”
Tom’s shoulders sagged in relief.
“Don’t move,” his uncle emerged. “I’m calling the police.”
“My nephew’s a witness,” William said later to the police. “You can get Marius for questioning - and these here.”
“Very good,” the policeman nodded. “We’ll arrest them.”
As he handcuffed the three and left, William put his hand on Tom’s shoulder.
“I’m quite proud of you,” he said gruffly. “You managed to get the egg back before the Keepers - and outsmart them in time. Good job, Tom.”
Tom nearly jumped out of his skin. “A dragon’s egg?”
His uncle nodded solemnly. “Yes. Some unqualified biologists named Keepers — led by a very clever man named Marius — want to steal this egg to win themselves money and fame. We must preserve it and keep it safe.”
“There’s a cave in the center of the valley,” Tom’s uncle told him. “The egg’s inside.”
He handed him a map. “It is a very long way,” he warned. “Beware.”
He held Tom’s hand for a brief moment, then he looked away.
Tom put the map in his rucksack and left the laboratory. From there, he took a train which led straight to the mountains. When he arrived, it was already dark, and he rented an inn to stay for the night.
Three men were staying in the room opposite Tom’s. As Tom got ready for bed, he heard one of them say outside, “Do you reckon William sent him? Marius won’t be pleased.”
Tom straightened - William was his uncle’s name.
“Nah, he can’t have. Hurry up, Jordan - we’re going to the valley straightaway tomorrow.”
As Tom lay down in his bed, his heart hammered in his chest.
The Keepers! They were here!
Tom woke up early and went all the way to the valley. The Keepers appeared not to have arrived yet, and relief washed over Tom’s face.
The valley was dry and rugged, with rocks scattered over it. Tom walked on.
“Ow!”
He tripped and twisted his ankle badly.
“Rats,” he grumbled.
Tom limped towards the valley’s center. A small cave came into view, and he launched himself inside. A huge dragon’s egg was shining in the middle.
Suddenly, as Tom’s fingers brushed the egg, a loud voice sounded. “Rowle! It’s up here!”
Rowle came up. “Royal?”
“I’ve found the cave, come up here now! JORDAN!” Royal bellowed.
The three men entered the cave. Tom’s injured leg lagged behind him as he thrust himself up to a tree stump, his arms hugging the dragon’s egg — he felt a feeling of despair — he would never reach the stump in time —
“GET THAT BOY!” Royal howled.
Both Jordan and Rowle lunged at once. Tom stumbled and ran as fast as he could out of the cave.
“STOP RIGHT THERE!”
Tom’s shoulders sagged in relief.
“Don’t move,” his uncle emerged. “I’m calling the police.”
“My nephew’s a witness,” William said later to the police. “You can get Marius for questioning - and these here.”
“Very good,” the policeman nodded. “We’ll arrest them.”
As he handcuffed the three and left, William put his hand on Tom’s shoulder.
“I’m quite proud of you,” he said gruffly. “You managed to get the egg back before the Keepers - and outsmart them in time. Good job, Tom.”
2019年4月22日星期一
一天醒來，我發現我的眼睛看不見了
《一天醒來，我發現我的眼睛看不見了》
「叮叮噹……」
我的鬧鐘響的時候，我馬上睜開眼睛。 我嚇了一跳 - 為什麼什麼都看不見呢？
我不知所措，只能靠摸索走出睡房。突然，我聽到姐姐說：「為什麼突然撞過來呀，你沒長眼睛嗎？」 我很尷尬，只好說：「我什麼都看不見呀！」
姐姐很不耐煩地回答：「我沒有時間跟你玩遊戲，你今天還要練習鋼琴，難道你忘記了嗎？」
我心想：究竟發生了什麼事， 令我突然變成了個瞎子呢？我好不容易梳洗完，再到飯桌吃早餐。
但是，我非常頭痛。應該怎樣練習鋼琴呢？ 我連鍵盤也看不見，當然不用說可以演奏出歌曲吧！我只好十分笨拙地在鋼琴上摸索。
可是，我不久後又聽到爸爸說話的聲音：「你怎麼彈不到任何東西呢！你今天沒精打采的，是不是病了呀？」
我因為怕他們擔心，所以不敢跟他們說看不到東西，或許只是暫時性的失明呢。因此我盡量在鋼琴上摸索，但是，還是不能彈到一首樂曲。媽媽很生氣地說：「如果你再不彈好一點，我就不讓你學習鋼琴了！」我十分擔心，因為我本來十分喜歡彈鋼琴，但是現在應該怎樣做呢？
我當天上琴課的時候，還被鋼琴老師好好駡了一頓。不能看得見，做任何東西都變得非常困難。那天晚上，我帶著很不舒服的心情睡著了。
那天早上，我起床的時候睜開眼睛。我又回復視力了！我真的又驚又喜。想到昨天因為沒有視力所經歷的困難，
我明白到要好好保護眼睛並珍惜視力。
Rain Raider
Sometimes, important
outdoor events are cancelled because of the rain. If I could invent a machine,
it would solve this problem by absorbing the water in clouds.
I
would call it the Rain Raider. It would be extremely tall with a long solid
silver tube made of steel. Being waterproof, it would have a huge container to
hold the water. The tube sucks water from the clouds like a vacuum cleaner. Powered
by electricity from its solar panels, it could charge on sunny days. When the
water flows from the tube into the container, it generates electricity that
helps power itself and other electronic devices. Therefore, the Rain Raider
could save energy.
The
Rain Raider would ensure that the rain does not affect our daily activities. People
could organize activities more conveniently with such an amazing invention.
With more bright and sunny days, I am sure children would love this machine
too!
(152
words)
Poem: Dilemma
#Dilemma
Hong
Kong is a busy place
For
people of all kinds
People
rich, people old
Homeless
people in the cold.
Hong
Kong is a peaceful place
For
many people of any race
While
some people leap and play
Wage-earners
will worry all day.
Dilemmas
in Hong Kong, problems to resolve
Some
so big that everyone’s involved
Open
your eyes and help Hong Kong
To
fix the dilemma and help keep us strong.
Unite
the poor, change their lives
Fix
our dilemma, and we will survive
Donate
to the poor, and the charities
To
help people of different varieties.
There
is dilemma to be made right
The
rich and poor fighting day and night
Hong
Kong can be a better place for us all
If
we all answer to each other’s call.
(18 lines)
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2019年3月31日星期日
What are true friends?
Friendship is a true thing, but not every friend is true, and how do you know which is true, which is fake? You could look at your friend and real friends usually say “Hi” or “Hello”. If they don’t say these words, that means they are not real friends.
If they said, “We are best friends forever!” You surely don’t know the truth. You could try and look at her/him and see if she/he smiles.
However, if friends burst into tears, what shall you do?
You should make her/him happy, and try to make him/her think you are a true friend.
But some friends not only have you to be his/her friend. So, if another friend of him/her comes and make your friend happy, try not to think that she/he isn’t your friend, try to help another friend to make them happy.
Fake friends don’t play with you, but true friends think about how much they respect you. You should respect them to make them feel you are real friend. Don’t try to lose friends and especially true ones.
Treasure the chance getting so many friends, think about other people, think of the ones having few or no friends.
If you see your friend at a place, say “Hi”or “Hello”, but if you see your friend at the cars and see that your friend is looking at his/her dad or mom’s phone, ask her don’t do this. However, do it after the bus/car ride, but you have to be clear that he/she is a real friend. Otherwise, if you don’t know he/she is real or fake friend, then don’t say anything.
Don’t guess by looking at them, use ideas (behavior) to know them. If you guess, I’m not sure you’re right, because you are not an angel. You are just a dog/human, try making friends by looking back at times they argue. Trust friends that love is real, because trusting friends make you find that it’s really true.
If you forget, try to remember. Otherwise, do it again. However, if you don’t want to, I can’t help you.
Editor’s comment:
This is Emily’s philosophy about friendship, how to tell if a friend is true or fake, and we should treasure our friendship.
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