2015年8月27日 星期四

"Let's Go for Afternoon Coffee!"

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This is Jean's and my second visit to Lobsang Books (羅布森 書蟲房), a coffee house where there are various kinds of books for visitors (or customers) to read. It is Jean that suggested she and I go there again, for a different reason!

We visited Lobsang for the first time in July, when we joined the musical group Four Degrees C for an outing. (Jean is a member of the band.) On that day we visited two places: we firstly had lunch at Research Labyrinth (探索迷宮) and then came and had "afternoon coffee" here at Lobsang. While Jean and her good friends at Four Degrees C were having a good time sitting and chatting together in Lobsang, I spent quite a lot of time reading one of the books displayed in its Reading Corner. -- Oh! I can't really recall the story I read on that afternoon. But I just remember that it was from a book of fiction entitled "Selection of Taiwan Fiction Under Japanese Rule" or something, and that it was a sad (and realistic) story written by 楊守愚 (Yang Shou-yu, 1905-1959).

Anyway, my second visit to Lobsang Books is not for reading, though I still love reading. As Jean suggested, she and I are now "introducing" Lobsang to my sisters Sophia and Amy and Amy's husband. Jean says that she and I should meet our relatives more often, as we're both getting old. (Oh! We are getting old, that's why we would like to have "afternoon tea/coffee" more often -- with our family, our relatives, and our good friends!)

以下照片由 Sophia Liang 
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2015年8月17日 星期一

「小宣」還是喜歡爺爺的筆!

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Xiao-Xuan xihuan yeye de bi, bushi zuijin cai kaishi de; zao zai liuyue-chu, wo jiu zhuyi dao zhe keaide "xiao dongzuo" (請參閱:#2015-0602A 圖與文).

Rujin zhege "xiao dongzuo" gengjia shoulian le; yu qi shuo shi "shunshou qian yang" (與其說是順手牽羊,不如....) bu ru kan zuo "shun shou nian lai" (順手拈來), jifa dique gaoming xuduo!







2015年8月16日 星期日

美好的「小聚」

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一個濛濛細雨的日子,蠻有點兒詩情畫意的。你只要從屋子裡轉角的「格子窗」(就是那扇有不少「窗格子」的「落地窗」a French window that is a lattice window!)往外瞧瞧,你就會發現,今天窗外的景緻很美。是一種奇妙的,特別令人著迷的美。

英文部主日崇拜之後,我們受邀來到竹禾、燕鈴他們家 ----- 小聚。說是「小聚」,卻叫人感覺「大歡喜」(We did enjoy a lot.):愛喝茶的,有好茶;喜歡咖啡的(包括我),有好咖啡。男主人還提供多種紅酒和烈酒 (wine and liquor),頻頻問道,有誰願意來一杯、兩杯,語氣中充滿熱情的邀約和慫恿,好像在對大家說: "Come on, brothers! Why not try and taste a little? Just a little, no problem, you know! ..."(當然,這是我主觀的解讀;心裡頭倒是明白得很,竹和弟兄從來不強迫人喝酒的。)

總而言之:感謝主!也感謝竹禾和燕鈴!因為基督的愛 (Love in Christ),讓我們眾弟兄姊妹在平日為了「事業、學業,各式樣的服務與學習」、為了「家人、個人,以及諸多密切相關的人」、又為了其他種種充滿挑戰的所謂「世間俗事:柴米油鹽」日夜辛苦繁忙之餘,能在這樣一個美好的星期天 (Lord's day),大夥兒相聚在一起,天南地北地,閒話家常,享受著,享受著 ........ 多麼幸福啊!