你每天都會用到衛生紙吧！今天來聊聊衛生紙的由來。
紙，在兩千年前由中國的蔡倫發明，改變了書寫的歷史；十九世紀，才開始以木漿製紙。
在將近一百年前的二十世紀初，美國「史古脫紙業公司」買下一大批紙，因運送過程中的疏忽，造成紙面潮濕產生皺折而無法使用。面對一倉庫的無用的紙，大家都不知如何是好，在主管會議中，有人建議將紙退回供應商以減少損失，這個建議獲得所有人的附議。
該公司負責人亞瑟‧史古脫卻不這麼想，他想到在捲紙上打洞，變成容易撕下成一小張一小張的。史古脫將這種紙命名為「桑尼」衛生紙巾，賣給火車站、飯店、學校等放置於廁所中，因為相當好用而大受歡迎，並慢慢普及到一般家庭中，為公司創下了許多利潤。如今衛生紙已經成為你我生活中不可或缺的物品，給我們生活上許多的便利。
朋友，錯誤與瑕疵，並不表示就是失敗，只要能夠動腦化腐朽為神奇，往往能夠創造奇蹟。
在我們的生命過程中，每個人都必須面對許多不同的失敗，成功人士不是沒有失敗，而是懂得將失敗經過包裝而變成成功的人。 沒有人是真正偉大或完美的，他們都經歷過無數次的大錯誤，才有今天的成就。
29 May, 2007
25 May, 2007
裝修
(係大陸影既消防摩托)最近密鑼緊鼓籌備舊屋裝修事宜，趁5月24日佛誕假期返大陸做下資料搜集。我地去左笋崗既家樂居睇d裝修材料。 個度既裝修材料商場都幾有規模，無論地磚、牆紙、廚廁原材料、燈飾等等都價廉物美，好有水準，等埋合適既師父就可以拍板，願主有合適安排。
22 May, 2007
本地政府律師協會的聲明
1. 我們強烈反對政府就2006年入職薪酬調查結果所作的不公平建議。該建議下，約六成現職政府律師受影響，將要面對與新入職者同資歷卻不同薪酬的不合理安排，嚴重打擊士氣。
2. 2000年至2006年入職的政府律師，在社會經濟不景的過去數年，除了跟隨整體公務員減薪6%外，還承擔了五個至八個支薪點的薪酬扣減，薪金已較2000年以前入職者少約兩至三成不等。
3. 隨著社會經濟改善，政府建議新入職政府律師薪酬回復至2000年以前水平，但大部分2000年至2006年入職者卻只獲增加一個支薪點 (即仍較新入職者低四至七個支薪點)，造成律政司內嚴重的同資歷不同薪酬現象，該批政府律師的薪酬不但較舊同事低，亦遠遜新同事，淪為司內的二等僱員，這種歧視及分化，使受影響的政府律師士氣極為低落。
4. 公務員事務局曾承諾確保現職公務員薪酬不會低於新入職者，但在該建議下，所有受影響現職政府律師的薪酬，均會較同年資的新入職者低。
5. 這些一直承受較低薪酬的政府律師，從來沒有如局方所說的『輸打贏要』，更沒有『攞到盡』。相反，在社會經濟低迷時，他們與社會大眾一起默默耕耘，分擔減薪削起薪點之痛；但經濟環境改善時，卻不能受到尊重、公平的對待，而要繼續長久忍受歧視與不公，對此我們不能坐視不理。
6. 雖然當局承諾日後進行職系檢討，但此舉並不能根本解決司內的不公及歧視問題。
7. 律政司的職責是維護公平與公義，面對政府的不合理建議，我們無法再啞忍。律師是非常重視資歷的專業，我們強烈要求政府按我們的專業經驗，實施同資歷同薪酬的政策，確保政府律師團隊的和諧及士氣不致受損。為此，我們將竭盡一切力量，爭取到底。
2. 2000年至2006年入職的政府律師，在社會經濟不景的過去數年，除了跟隨整體公務員減薪6%外，還承擔了五個至八個支薪點的薪酬扣減，薪金已較2000年以前入職者少約兩至三成不等。
3. 隨著社會經濟改善，政府建議新入職政府律師薪酬回復至2000年以前水平，但大部分2000年至2006年入職者卻只獲增加一個支薪點 (即仍較新入職者低四至七個支薪點)，造成律政司內嚴重的同資歷不同薪酬現象，該批政府律師的薪酬不但較舊同事低，亦遠遜新同事，淪為司內的二等僱員，這種歧視及分化，使受影響的政府律師士氣極為低落。
4. 公務員事務局曾承諾確保現職公務員薪酬不會低於新入職者，但在該建議下，所有受影響現職政府律師的薪酬，均會較同年資的新入職者低。
5. 這些一直承受較低薪酬的政府律師，從來沒有如局方所說的『輸打贏要』，更沒有『攞到盡』。相反，在社會經濟低迷時，他們與社會大眾一起默默耕耘，分擔減薪削起薪點之痛；但經濟環境改善時，卻不能受到尊重、公平的對待，而要繼續長久忍受歧視與不公，對此我們不能坐視不理。
6. 雖然當局承諾日後進行職系檢討，但此舉並不能根本解決司內的不公及歧視問題。
7. 律政司的職責是維護公平與公義，面對政府的不合理建議，我們無法再啞忍。律師是非常重視資歷的專業，我們強烈要求政府按我們的專業經驗，實施同資歷同薪酬的政策，確保政府律師團隊的和諧及士氣不致受損。為此，我們將竭盡一切力量，爭取到底。
Interview with Rick Warren
This is a short interview with Rick Warren, "Purpose Driven Life" author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California that my sister in christ forwarded to me. I can't agree more.
People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity.We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body--but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity.This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal.
God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one,or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my lifebut also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys -you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth.I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, thereis always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, "which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her. It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 millioncopies, it made me instantly very wealthyIt also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before.
I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease. So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money ,notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Planto plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back.It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism?Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say,God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better.God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity.We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body--but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity.This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal.
God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one,or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my lifebut also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys -you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth.I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, thereis always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, "which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her. It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 millioncopies, it made me instantly very wealthyIt also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before.
I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease. So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money ,notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Planto plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back.It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism?Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say,God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better.God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
14 May, 2007
快樂其實是一種習慣
一大早，我跳上一部計程車，要去台北郊區做企業內訓。
因正好是尖峰時刻，沒多久車子就卡在車陣中，此時前座的司機先生開始不耐地嘆起氣來。
隨口和他聊了起來：「最近生意好嗎？」後照鏡的臉垮了下來，聲音臭臭的：「有什麼好？到處都不景氣，你想我們計程車生意會好嗎？每天十幾個時，也賺不到什麼錢，真是氣人！」
嗯，顯然這不是個好話題，換個主題好了，我想，於是我說：「不過還好你的車很大很寬敞，即便是塞車，也讓人覺得很舒服 ? 」 他打斷了我的話，聲音激動了起來：「舒服個鬼！不信你來每天坐 12 個小時看看，看你還會不會覺得舒服！？」接著他的話匣子開了，抱怨政府無能、社會不公，所以人民無望。 我只能安靜地聽，一點兒插嘴的機會也沒。
兩天後同一時間，我再一次跳上了計程車，再一次地要去郊區同一家企業做訓練，然而這一次，卻開啟了迥然不同的經驗。
一上車，一張笑容可掬的臉龐轉了過來，伴隨的是輕快愉悅的聲音：「你好，請問要去哪 ? 真是難得的親切，我心中有些訝異，隨即告訴了他目的地。 他笑了笑：「好，沒問題！」 然而走沒兩步，車子又在車陣中動彈不得了起來。前座的 司機先生手握方向盤，開始輕鬆地吹起口哨哼起歌來，顯然今天心情不錯。於是我問：「看來你今天心情很好嘛！」他笑得露出了牙齒：「我每天都是這樣啊，每天心情都很好。」
為什麼呢？」我問：「大家不都說景氣差，工作時間長，收入都不理想嗎？」 司機先生說：「沒錯，我也有家有小孩要養，所以開車時間也跟著拉長為 12個小時 。不過，日子還是很開心過的，我有個祕密 ?」他停頓了一下：「說出來先生你別生氣，好嗎？」
當然好，只要是快樂的祕密，我這個念過心理學的都感興趣。
他說：「我總是換個角度來想事情。例如，我覺得出來開車，其實是客人付錢請我出 來玩。像今天一早，我就碰到像你這樣的先生，花錢請我跟你到陽明山去玩，這不是 很好嗎？等下到了陽明山，你去辦你的事，而現在是花季，我就正好可以順道賞賞花 ，抽根菸再走啦！」
他繼續說：「像前幾天哦，有一對情侶去淡水看夕陽，他們下車後，我也下來喝碗魚丸湯，擠在他們旁邊看看夕陽才走，反正來都來了嘛，更何況還有人付錢呢？」
多精采的一個祕密！ 我突然意識到自己有多幸運，一早就有這份榮幸，跟前座的 EQ 高手同車出遊，真是 棒極了。 又能坐車，心情又開心，這樣的服務有多難得，我決定跟這位司機 先生要電話，以後再邀他一起出遊。 接過他名片的同時，他的手機鈴聲正好響起，有位老客人要去機場，原來喜歡他的不只我一位，相信這位 EQ高手的工作態度，不但替他贏得好心情，也必定帶進許多生 意。
心理學家發現，快樂其實是一種習慣，不論環境怎麼變， EQ 高手的快樂決心是不會改變的。當我們能換一種心態去看待自己的工作，並帶著遊戲般的愉快心情面對工作，你會發覺自己的內在能量強大許多，抗壓應變的功力也因此大為增進，而這，也正是貫徹快樂決心的漂亮做法。
10 May, 2007
08 May, 2007
Wedding photos
To answer our friends enquiry about our wedding photos. We took it at Sophia Ritz in Taiwan this March. The photo album should be ready in May. The quality including clothing, stylist and photographer should be one of the best in Taiwan, but it happened that the weather was very unstable in March and we couldn't have our outdoor photos taken. It was raining the first day and raining the second day when we tried again. So, there was no photo of us running on the sand, walking in the woods, etc. What a pity. We hope that we can make it up in Bali. Here is their website and some of their pics that I find bravo http://www.sophiaritz.com/photo/index1.php
07 May, 2007
People asked me for more info of our blue point chapel...here you go!
http://www.bluepointbayvillas.com (blue point villas official website)
http://www.goweddingabroad.com/bluepoint.htm (our agent in HK)
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