To love, To be loved

When we talk about love, it is imperative to remember that love is not just what we give to others, but also what we give to ourselves.  (Okay, you may probably say the other way round that love is not only what we take from others, but also what we give to others – both works.)  

Having positive self-love is an integral part to be capable of receiving love and giving love.  The feeling of being love, whether it is by friends, family, or lovers is important to us all.  In the same respect, they need to feel loved as well and we should remember to give love to those special people in our lives.  Out of brainstorming with my lovely friends, we strongly believe that only with positive self-esteem you will be able to share and give more of yourself to the people that are close to you.  Only when you feel good about yourself you don’t need to depend on what others think or feel about you.

Love you, Love me.  Be your own best friend.

我的健康週記 -隨隨便便減10磅無難度

人大了除了開心都想哭外，還有唔食都會肥啊﹗

個子本來不高，但體重竟然創新高至143磅。怕曬怕運動的我，惟有從節食入手。

我並沒有甚麼減肥餐單，亦不想吃得無味無趣。我只是隨意在果菜店見西柚減價，便胡亂買下兩個西柚；一切就從西柚開始吧。其實我的早餐、午餐基本上沒變，仍然是任吃任喝，但晚餐我只吃一只西柚。

• 原來這裏的西柚味道不錯，不會像香港買的那樣酸。
• 原來只吃西柚做晚飯，一點都不覺得肚餓；有都可能是源自你的心魔吧。
• 原來一天只有兩餐吃得豐富，就已經足夠應付一天的活動，絶對沒有手軟腳軟的感覺。
• 原來十天過去，同一時間上磅一看：只有133磅﹗
• 原來減了十磅，外貌竟然一點都不覺瘦，可能我實在超重得太嚴重吧﹗

這個肥婆惟有繼續努力吧﹗

The Riddle of my son, The Riddle of Sphinx

人呀人，兩隻腳嘅係人、三隻腳又係人、四隻腳都係人

My son tested me on this riddle :

“What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?”

As smart as Oedipus in Greek mythology, of course I know the answer is a man, who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age.  

Though I did not want Michael to destroy himself as Sphinx did, I think I should have enslaved him as a condition of solving the riddle.  By the way, the adorable use of morning, noon, and night as metaphors for the times in human life cycle is indeed gorgeous.

唐人街與大話妹

大話妹 My Girl

從downtown開車路經China town 及East Hastings一帶的街道，遇到不少疑似妓女、流浪漢及道友的路人。兒子坦言感覺懼怕、反感，及揚言不想再到華埠一帶。無論過往及現在，我自己都極少到唐人街，不是不敢去，只是無特別需要去。但每次經過唐人街，我都會記起十五年前的一件事。

十五年前夏天的某一晚，跟朋友及幼兒一時興起，到華埠夜市參觀。到達停車場取車離開時，黑夜中竟然全無街燈。上車前，突然有白人男子攔截及問我要錢，不知當時那來的荒唐傻勁，想都沒想就直接跟他說：「我無錢，我是單親母親，沒有工作，生活好艱難，我都好想問人要錢囉﹗」那男子聽罷，竟然很内咎的向我道歉，離開前還祝我好運﹗這個大話精，其實都算好運﹗