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  Look outside, beautiful Shing Mun River view. Experimenting it is  gift 禮物 … Practice tidy up right the way. Organize stuff in upright manner. Ha Ha! Right hand is the table, left hand is the tea set. I don’t have to get up. Feel like sitting in one large table! The bed is tall enough to be my desk. Under the bed, there is big drawer. Only one chair? Take turns. Other person enjoy this personal tea table. I can hang my washed clothes here! What a smart design. SMILE. Toilet covered is a nice seat. 在此吃火龍果。 Nov 15, 2024 有枱、有凳坐，又想安靜，禮拜六外面人潮湧，在公共圖書館享受我的空間。感激前一天的 旅程 。 I really wish to have a desk, a chair in a quiet place - public library. YES! Nov 20, 2024 It is first time I want to use claustrophobic to describe how I feel after 21 days, when both of us have not dating anyone today.  Looking at computer searching more other options, with more space to stay next month. Now I like the shower chair! 香港一人房出租，18 平方呎，每月多少錢？ HK$2500. monthly! 18 square feet room for rent! ‘Old ag...

  Bee Bee is now 112 years old. Mr Kwong said. I saw this little dog walking alone. I asked two people around if they were the owner. Head shook. After 5 minutes following him/her, found this gentleman turning back, waiting with a little stroller. Poor Bee Bee, what happen to you left leg? “I adopted him when he was two years old from Humane Society . I have taken care of him for 14 years already. He used to love playing games, balls… but now too old. Just want to sleep.” Mr Kwong said. Though the left leg is not walking “normally”, Bee Bee still loves to walk. Mr Kwong let him walk, but watching closely. Spend quite a lot of money, eh? Oh, $1000 for one vaccine. He eats your food?  No salt. Boiled chicken breast. He has his own dog food as well. I saw a few people passing by come to pat Bee Bee. Old friends in Shing Mun River la! Mr Kwong and his wife are living in 博康邨 Pok Hong Estate which is next to 沙田圍村 Sha Tin Wai Village, my previous home before I left Hong Kong in 1991....

  2029-10-29  6pm 到香港機場 Arriving Hong Kong Airport  Surprised to know we have free shuttle directly to Shatin Regal Hotel! Gift. Checked email, The writing course was canceled. Disappointed. Gift ? Contemplation started. Arrived at Regal hotel, The room is 1/3 size of the one we had last year. We are not allowed to use the kitchen. Because we had registered not the 長期住宿計劃, (long stay) Interesting, 31 nights is NOT long stay. Let me stay with this gift. No judgement. If this is a gift from God, my participation and interaction with the situation is very critical in terms of experiencing this gift. I appreciate myself how beautifully organized my stuff in such a small closet and tea stand. 2024-10-30 10am Such a nice view from the window. Overlooking to Shing Mun River. Gift  .

                   “Weapon of Choice” by Minami Ivory            Exhibition in Central Public Library Singapore 

   Singapore  Melody 離開多倫多前一天，有機會跟她認識，她看過我的回憶錄，今天帶我去看彼此支持的空間，這個讓LGBT及任何有興趣加入活動的朋友可以歇息的地方，牆上是一位 gay artist 的藝術作品，其他有興趣的塗上不同的顏色。看著這些色彩，給我不少活力！ She left Toronto the day after I met her. She read my memoir. She took me to a place for LGBT people and anyone looking for a place to chill and chat. This art work is a collective art project led by a gay artist. Other people involved put in different beautiful colours. Looking at this colourful picture, I feel energized. Just feeling so grateful today.

  星加坡很熱，下午不能欣賞大自然，商場的確現代化，我的「祕密」步行徑，靜、冷氣、有洗手間，圖書館是首選！ Clementi Mall 5th floor library. We visited 4 times already. So cool! 當我們離開前，應該是「金文泰畢業生」！ 老公看完這小說，鼓勵我用這方式寫下一本書！

  「三體」的科幻小說作者劉慈欣國際知名了。第一次看他的電映「流浪地球」是5 年前在東莞。 Now I found the comics here. How nice. Library here is excellent. Take selfie to entertain myself to kick away the hotness outside.

      你在淡水老街等？ 店舖都是「現代化」 街邊喜見苦瓜茶 塑膠盛器唔好掛！ 失望之餘見「誠品」 忙向店員求幫忙 「王鼎鈞書只兩本」 𥖁在書架前良久 我站在旁陪伴她 她能聽到你呼喚 淡水竟有我至愛 帶你回家 不留痕

  終於找到王鼎鈞的「碎琉璃」，欣賞了「一方陽光」這篇，雖沒有圖書証，享受了這禮物，心滿意足！ Toronto Public Library does not carry this book, my favourite. Just stay in Taipei Lo! 金庸小說呀！ 留在這裏，天天可以看書！ Staying here, I can read the Chinese novels every day. 民宿的主人很和善，是退休的陶瓷人，做Airbnb不為賺錢，每早預備不同的早餐，不限時間，我們起床我見到放在餐桌上。 Every morning the breakfast is different. 第一天，屋主Franco 帶我們附近走走，認識環境。 Franco showed us to know the surrounding area. Host Franco is retired from his pottery art works. His specialty is wine pots. I will come back again very soon.

禮拜一到溫哥華機場，沒有了一件行李， 當職員問我行李裏面有什麼，例如書，我馬上答：「Braiding Sweetgrass by Dr Robin Kimmerer.」 I lost my check in luggage. The staff asked me, what’s inside, that’s the book name I told her. 禮拜二跟多倫多讀書會zoom meeting,  「禮物」是這書給我最重要的啟迪，土地是禮物，跟別人分享， Sweetgrass是禮物, 不能用錢來買… Dr Robin shared: Land is gift to be shared. And so are Sweetgrass. 讀傳道書，智慧文學, yes,  是 禮物 Gift    行李即使不見了，是身外物。現在得回了。是禮物。 當然，本來準備送出的禮物，沒有機會送出！ 本來計劃  Original plan: 這些都是Ping送給我的，我想送給溫哥華的朋友。現在要帶去其他城市了。

  首要到洗手間報到，10 人排隊等候，舉頭望，發現你倍伴。 又有 禮物 gift Washroom visit first of course. Oh,  10 people lining up, how nice I discover you when I look up! 欣賞這設計：行人和單車人都各得其所。 Love this design! My Singing: “Sunset” .  The song I always enjoy when I was working in garment factory first month graduated from Chinese University in Hong Kong, 21 years old.

  來到溫哥華可以看見紅葉呀！要離開多倫多，早已打算今年秋天的美不屬於我的。 I left Toronto before the Fall. I persuade myself not to miss the beautiful Fall leaves this year. However, all kinds of beautiful colour when I arrive at Vancouver. I have been reading Ecclesiastes in by following YouTube of  Dr Philip Young, one of my two most respectable teachers, from creation theology perspective, I am being awakened. Different situation in my life are gifts from Heavenly Father. Now, I name the theme of this following journey as “Gift”. 讀傳道書，楊錫鏘醫生牧師引導我們以創造角度看這智慧文學，開眼界。 視我所得的是從天父來的禮物， 是我沒有想過得到的， 是送給我的， 不是我努力得來的， 更不是計劃之中會得到的。 盼望這旅程開始學習，「禮物」成為這旅程的主題。 天父所給我的一份，好好享受吧！ 珀麗灣有個主題公園: 挪亞方舟，而我則題名這次「主題旅程」是「禮物」。 這是早餐時的默想，當見到放在鋅盤要洗的東西，就感到煩惱，生活需要勞動，努力才可以環保，不是單單坐著，默想，看手機，聽喜歡的資訊，答朋友WhatsApp傾吓偈，寫電郵給保育大地120粉絲，紙上談環保！

第一晚來到這個Airbnb，看見洗手間這個「番梘盒」，一個瓷碟，放着兩粒石卵，上面才放肥皂，既環保又雅緻，得了啟迪！ "On the first night I arrived at this Airbnb, I saw this "soap dish" in the bathroom, a ceramic plate with two oval stones on which to place the soap, an elegant and eco-friendly idea. What an inspiration!" Yes, Creation care is to continue to learn from God to be creative!

  October 7,  2024    6am   Getting ready for airport. Going four cities.  Finally I have time to do this. Guess what I am doing? 臨行執拾行李咁忙碌，都要做呢件事，猜猜為什麼？ 估中有獎。😆

  English version below 昨晚是讀書會： 「耶穌的環保學」第八次聚會，沒有失眠，今朝一早心血來潮，去樓下coffee time 試試 early bird breakfast, 帶自己的杯，刀叉，蜜糖，婉拒了包裝的果醬，喼汁，鹽及胡椒。 我不想要 fry potato，她給我多兩塊brown bread, 這年青的女士真好！不愧為我的好鄰居， 哈哈！ 「參加了這讀書組，越來越享受看書。」Paul 說。他第一次參加保育大地120小組活動，這次聚會由他帶領，喜歡他提的問題，我們有空間發表意見和分享生活體驗，又讓我們自由提出問題，一起討論。 「西方國家與消費文化密切聯繫，同意嗎」？ 「什麼叫消費文化？」Ka 問。 你一言、我一語⋯⋯ 「西方人這樣生活方式，全地球的人若都如此，要有三個地球才足夠！」 哎吔吔，地球就得一個，窮困國家就要繼續窮下去… 腦間出現一個美國的大肚腩肥佬、非洲的一個黑黑瘦瘦的兒童… 對「輕盈生活24:1」特別感興趣。作者分享小小的第一步：用尿布 - 拒絕用紙尿片以減少垃圾的經驗，好！！ 原來我們群組的孩子都是用尿布渡過嬰孩階段的。你講、我講、唔講都唔知！ CC120 一位粉絲秘密跟我分享，她兒子下班，就是負責洗尿布的。她為人低調… 「是啊，我的女兒也是如此照顧BB的。 呀，還有一樣：她們處理月經，並不用即棄tampon or 衛生巾，她們用小小的筒放進身體裏面收集了，倒了，清洗，又再用。」Mon 接著分享。 嘩啦啦，長知識啊！ 原來現在的下一代，前衛的下一代，如此關愛大地！ 「Hey Hey,  想起一些情景呀，那次跟Iris 見面，她用再用的紙包着後院摘來的韭菜送給我； 昨天Monica 摘蘋果，那用過很多次的紙袋包著四個送給我，我手觸摸着那些用皺了的雞皮紙袋，好像和大地更加接近，心裏感到溫暖。」 「我家裏的物事，用到不能用才掉到垃圾桶，紙？最後一步是用來墊垃圾桶，濕水的垃圾就可以被它吸了，免得骯髒啦！」Ka 慢慢的，以平常心的聲調說。雖然帶着助聽器參加zoom meeting 有點挑戰。 增加了「紙的再用」各種方法。 「共享」是何等美好的狀態！ 「我要提出問題…」R 靜了多時，開始發聲了。 「作者說： “我並沒有徹底轉成素食者，因為耶穌也不是一個素食者”,  這種思維邏輯有問題吧!」 又講，又猜，我...