Wednesday, January 1, 2014

新年快乐 Happy New Year 2014


新年是从去了教堂后才开始!

今天早上,我们去教堂参加早上九点的感恩新年弥撒。

感谢天主在过去一年的赐予及助佑,我们继续祈求天主祝福新的2014年。

感恩2013年的恩惠,我降伏的领受了2014年的一个十字架 - 颈脊神经挤捏病症。

我的太太也得了这个病症超过五年之久,只有在最近一两年,才得到痊愈。

这可能是天主要给我“领受”太太(及许多同病者)所受过的痛,让我生活体验更丰富。

我的左手,目前感受到持续的酸痛及麻痹感,从肩部到手腕。我得常常调整颈项的位置,以减轻疼痛(疼痛源自颈脊椎挤压到神经线)。晚上睡觉是最痛苦的事。

昨天晚上是除夕夜,我和太太到吉隆坡女儿的寓所用晚餐。过后观赏远处吉隆坡市区燃放的烟花。

今天在弥撒过后,我们欢迎两位老朋友及家人的到来共进午餐。

他们也带来了几项美食佳肴 - 黄酒鸡,海味猪脚及酿鱼漂。

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Tea time 茶点

A new year does not start until we go to church.

This morning, we went to church at 9:00 am to attend the New Year Thanksgiving Mass.

Expressing thanks to God for the blessings received in 2013, we continued to ask for God's blessing for 2014.

Counting the blessing in 2013, I did not complain the Cross, instead of gift, I received in 2014 - Pinched Nerve of my neck.

My wife has been suffering from this condition for more than 5 years, and got over it only a year or two ago.

May be God wanted me to "experience" the pain my wife (and many others) has gone through to enrich my life. I asked God to grant me the strength to bear this cross.

Right now I am experiencing constant throbbing pain in my left hand from shoulder down to the wrist. It is the sensation of pain plus numbness ... . I have to adjust my neck  position to ease the pain. Sleeping is the most torturing time.

Last night, after dinner at my daughter's apartment in Kuala Lumpur, we watched fireworks displaying at the distant skyline of Kuala Lumpur.

Today, after Mass, we welcomed our old friends - Tiew King and Tiew Hui brothers and families for lunch  at our house.

They brought few delicious dishes prepared at home: Rice wine chicken, Sea food with pork knuckles, Fish Maw Special.

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