Friday, July 3, 2009

make yourself home

ikea is a place where we visit quite often during the hot summer as i can hardly think of any other place with such a cool air-con (for me) and lots of "toys" (for rafael) : P

lying on sofa to watch tv - who are you imitating?

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it's game time - let's play hide and seek

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haha.. you got me!

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take home chef - is rafael better looking than curtis stone? : P

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he looks so serious as if there is food on his dish : P

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time to sleep - let me turn off the light

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sweet dreams!

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

a sweet but silent call

my heartbeat always goes up whenever i got phone calls from the daycare - could rafael be having a fever? oh no, could he have broken his head?

this morning the school rang and amid the heavy pounding of my heart, i managed to hear the words of the teacher: "rafael said he didn't see you this morning and he missed you, can you spare a minute to talk to him?"

oh yes oh yes!!!

rafael wasn't speaking at all during the "conversation" and it was only me who kept saying "mama will see you soon tonight" but his silence already brightened up my day.

i just wish he could be as sweet as i return home tonight - you know what, sometimes he could refuse to hug me and turn away from me, especially at times when i need to work overtime.

and one month later rafael is going to start nursery class at a new school, i just wish the teachers could be as patient to make these sweet calls for him and me.

工作其間收到育嬰院的電話總是令人心驚膽跳--該不會是發燒吧?還是跌破了頭?

今日又收到老師來電。

"靖愷媽媽,你有空嗎?靖愷說他今早沒看到你,說甚掛念,你現在有空跟他談嗎?”

有!有!當然有!

電話另一頭沒有傳來甜言蜜語,我甚至連一聲媽媽也沒聽到,但這通電話已夠我樂上一整天。

再過一個月你便要轉到新學校上幼兒園了,唯願那兒的老師也會有如此耐性,聆聽你微小的要求。

Friday, June 26, 2009

i love messy

i love you, for having no limits in making yourself dirty!

就是喜歡你比我們每一個都不怕髒。

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

eat and sleep

what is better than getting a nap after a feast? rafael can't agree with it more...

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

one wedding and four snapshots

在你參加的第一個婚宴上,你用
你的小眼細細看,
你的小耳靜靜聽,
你的小手齊齊拍,
你的心深深感受。

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

please give them a chance

昨天因工作關係到了離島區議會旁聽討論正生書院遷校一事,看到那些學生,都像綿羊,實在難以想像他們原來都曾吸毒,有段黑暗的過去。目睹攝影記者將一支又一支的鏡頭放在他們的面前來拍,學生也仍然站得筆直,我想哭。閱畢他們親筆寫給梅窩居民和鄉事委員會的信,更覺感動。

我們更加需要人的愛,我想學多點知識不再害人害己...

承認錯誤是一種勇氣,一種智慧...所以我們不怕面對鏡頭。

我也是因為感受到別人的支持,鼓勵,及愛,我才可以今天仍然站立著。

我寫這封信不是打算勸服你們任何一個,而是想告訴你們一個重生的故事,希望你們可以用你們的力量把更多的重生帶出。

會上大部分區議員都說,支持政府打擊青少年吸毒和正生書院的理念,但,請你們往別處去吧。社會上突然又有很多政界人士紛紛出來說支持正生,不知道如果正生書院要遷往的地方是他們居住的半山區,他們又是否同樣會有包容的心?

唯願事件可讓更多人認識正生的服務,和消除對孩子的誤解;唯願政府會醒覺香港是如此欠缺同類型的學校服務,和相關的公民教育;唯願每人都會有包容的愛,和看到孩子脆弱的心。

伸延閱讀:
- 流浪牛與回頭的浪子。stray cows find their home, prodigal sons find none.
- 留言當博文之正生書院

Monday, June 15, 2009

let's go work out

"a strong mind starts with a fit body" - rafael must have realised how importance it is...