Celtics Vs Lakers ...

Blackhawks (Chicago) won the Stanley Cup (NHL). Flyers, I must say, played very well in the last two games. The whole team tried very hard and therefore, they did not lose, they are actually No.2 of NHL and Flyers should be very proud of themselves. The last game is superb!

When I said I would also like to support Celtics versus Lakers, I did not expect that Celtics is going to take the lead against Lakers. As of this evening, Celtics indeed is leading 3 to 2 games and in the last two games, they actually played very well. On the other hand, it is clear that other Kobe in Lakers, the rest of the team are not even on par. So, let's hope Lakers players can rethink their strategy and reorganize their game plan, otherwise, we may witness another history in NBA that Celtics to win the game this year. And if you have watched today's game, you would say it is definitely the case! (And I would need to think seriously if I am going to support Lakers, as what I usually do, in the next game! Hahahah!)

FIFA 2010 finally started two days ago (11th June, 2010). I did not really watch the games, but selectively, I picked a few games and try to watch through them while I am doing something else (also called multi-tasking). Honestly, I did not really feel them as good as before, or may be like they say, "It's still too early!" I feel the pain when Argentina only scored one against Nigeria and I feel embarrassed when England could only match 1 to 1 with USA. I certainly hope they would have played better than what they did. Anyway, may be it's true that "it's too early" and they would play better at later games.

Life is filled with accidents and things that should have happened may not happen, while things that should not have happened ... happened. I don't know why (and may be I am just plain stupid), I seldom ask "why", and I usually would proceed to the next stage of "how to resolve" the issue. I usually find this approach at least can lead me to the "solution" much faster, as at least I can save the time in struggle "why". Don't get me wrong, I may still ask "why" at a later stage, or better rephrased as "to see if anything I can learn from the incident". But it's more of a priority to deal with the issues as promptly as it happens (and to reduce the pain)! Or like they say "Life is too short to complain, as life is for enjoyment!" I obviously agree with this notion! Hahahah!

You will never be able to unturn every stone. But in life, you should continue to walk tall forward and certain risks we will have to take ... whether you like it or not!

Eighteen Thumbs Up!

Celtics didn't play very well with Lakers last night. It's the first game of NBA Finals and they will still be playing in Los Angeles coming Sunday for Game 2, and then back to Boston for next Tuesday and Thursday's Game 3 and Game 4. Although I have been a supporter of Lakers for years, I still would play devil and support Celtics during the game as some of the Celtics players are very good players. One of them worth mentioning is Nate Robinson who is only 5 feet 9 Inches tall, and 180 pounds. He always plays with great passion though some audience may find him a bit dramatic. Cheer up Celtics, Lakers is very strong, but you still stand a good chance to defeat them and make history!

It was beautiful sunshine yesterday and this morning is a little cloudy. The mild temperature makes my sleep even deeper and I didn't wake up until 8:35am. Esther doesn't need to work today and after the freshing up, we ate our breakfast. The angel cake made by Katherina is so beautiful and tasty that the last piece is being consumed and settled with it's tasteful memory. (*Thank you Katherina!) By 9:30am, I am already set for the telephone interview planned with famous and experienced local radio host of AM1320, Mr Lo Ka-Lai. On a row, we recorded two episodes, each of about 20 minutes long (for a program of 30 minutes in total), and a short break for each 10 minutes. Due to the good preparation of Mr Lo, and his skillful leadership during the interview, the recording went very smoothly. The two episodes will be aired on 13th June, and 20th June, 2010, both on Sunday, at 4:00 - 4:30pm, at Radio AM1320 in Cantonese. Now it becomes our tradition that I titled today's posting as Eighteen Thumbs Up! Thank you Mr Lo Ka-Lai, thank you Pavic and Jennifer, thank you for your continuous support in this Blogger and of course, like you said, I do hope all these "positive energy" can keep growing and reproducing themselves, until the day our community is fully filled with the positive energy.

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Today is June 4th, for most of the Chinese who borne before the 80s may still remember what happened 21 years ago in Beijing, or now simply called "Tiananmen Incident". Time may be able to wash away some of our memory, but some of the memories simply more difficult to be washed away. It was little hard for me to forget our marching to the Xinhua News Agency in Wanchai under typhoon signal No.8 (and later reduced to No.3). Our body was wet from head to toe and from outside to under. We set in the middle of the road, blocked traffic in both directions and holding our fists high up in the air, against the strong wind and rain, and shouting with full lung. We later, in another event, joined millions other to walk to horse-racing track inside Happy Valley. We were sitting among strangers but all were there for the same objective. There were no seats and we simply put out butt on the grass. We sang songs and shouted slogans with our full breathes. None of these could change what was happening in Beijing. After a few sleepless night and in the early morning of 4th June that we learned about the incident and what happened in Tian An Men, which is now part of our history and memory. May the dead ones rest in peace. You surely died with a clear and meaningful purpose!

This picture has won a lot of news photo award, but yet no one can identify and finally found the guy standing in front of the line of tanks. The power of this picture is more symbolic than actual, a human being with human fresh has the gut to stand in front of the troop of tanks to stop them doing something disastrous. Imagine the courage of this man, or some may rephrase it as mere stupidity. Once your will power lead your thoughts and behavior, miracles can happen! Never under estimate your ability. If you think you can, you can! And people will remember! We will remember!

It's Saturday Again!

It's a long awaited Saturday because the SUCCESS Chinese Help Lines staff and volunteers planned for a BBQ outing. Originally, the weather forecast was saying "cloudy with 40% chance rain", but starting the noon time, the rain, though soft and small, was kind of non-stop and make the front car window quite wet. It's very thoughtful that the organizer has planned a few tent for the location, and when I arrive there, they have started enjoying the hot-dogs, and I also see some deserts coming along way. It's only a pity that I did not wear appropriately for the location and I was feeling chilling inside. Therefore, I did not really stay for long. I chatted with only a few of the volunteers, took a few photos and have to apologize and left.

I hope you all understand that although the encounter was short, I felt very warm inside me as I haven't met you guys for long. It's good to shake hands and hug with you guys in order to feel my existence and also to show you physically that I am progressing well (except that my spine still hurt me even under pain control). No doubt that I shall continue to try my best to progress and yes please continue to provide me with all the prayers and best wishes! Thank you!

In the evening, after 6 months hard practices, Olivia's performance with Vancouver Academy of Dance (VAD) took place in Gateway Theater in Richmond. It's actually the second day of performance. The whole evening is packed with great performance, starting from a dance paying tribune to Michael Jackson (or simply put MJ), and then hip-hop, ballet, Jazz and Modern dance, Chinese dance, ball room dance and even acrobatic. The performers age from 2 and above and it's really an enjoyment to see them perform. It's also quite incredible that how Ms Annabel Ho has built VAD up and now in it's 15th anniversary. Great job!

The show wouldn't finish until the clock passed 11pm. This also means that I have been sitting for 4 hours and it's a kind of long record for me. I was feeling a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but then slowly I altered my position every now and then. This uncomfortable feeling can easily be off-set by the nice feeling of meeting up with old friends at the location. When I lied down at my bed finally by mid-night, I can almost hear my spine saying "thank you for relaxing me as I needed it badly"! All I can say to my spine, "Sorry about this, but you have brought me such a wonderful evening and thank you for that!" Hahahah!

There have been a few other things happened also yesterday. For example, the Blackhawks won the Flyers of 6 to 5 in the first game of Stanley Cup final. It was actually a very nice game to watch as both sides played very well and very close! Then, LA Lakers also won Phoenix Suns by 111 versus 103 in Game 6 of the Western Conference. The final now is set for LA Lakers versus Boston Celtics. Being the Canadian is not too happy as both the final teams for the Stanley Cup are from the US, while Steve Nash, who is the icon of Canadian basketball in US now lost and will not join the final. In sport, I guess it's more important to enjoy the game itself. Just like life, it may not go the way we want, but at least we can find our way to enjoy it (or merely to reduce our sufferings)!

It's such a wonderful day! Thank you everyone and wishing you all the best, and good health!