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[Storm Buster] Storm Surge

[Storm Buster] Storm Surge

Storm surge causes inundation of large swaths of coastal land. Eleven years ago, storm surge from Hurricane Sandy havocked large damages in New York (NY) and New Jersey (NJ). Today, some of those destructions are still noticeable and remain unrepaired.

【開一扇窗】植物生長與人的成長

【開一扇窗】植物生長與人的成長

沒有種植經驗的我們,記起看過在加拿大居住的朋友,他家門前的草地鬱金香盛開的照片,心裏十分羨慕。去年我們在加拿大的一間連鎖店看到鬱金香的種子,便買下來,抱着嘗試的心態,跟著包裝盒上的指示,丈夫細心地把一顆顆比栗子大一點,直徑只有一吋半的鬱金香種子埋在泥土裏。

The Eternal Meaning Behind Thanksgiving

The Eternal Meaning Behind Thanksgiving

When people think of Thanksgiving, we often think of the bountiful feast with turkey and other dishes. How often do people remember the treacherous journey of the Puritans, who came upon the shores of North America on the Mayflower and their harrowing experience as they settled upon Provincetown, Massachusetts?

【EQ在線】心理照顧者

【EQ在線】心理照顧者

我想起香港的護老院有很多冒險助人的照顧者。香港人口老化,超過六十歲的可能已經有一百五十萬人,老人院的絕大部份員工卻是缺乏心理培訓的照顧人員。在COVID的日子,在院舍照顧老人更是一種很有挑戰性及冒險性的工作,不易聘請且難以挽留員工。

【EQ在線】真的沒得救?

【EQ在線】真的沒得救?

自從寫了今年六月五號那篇「第三日」的日記,我至今已經連續寫了「耶穌的頭幾個神蹟」的反省,我建議每天看日記的讀者們,長期輯錄這些神蹟的反省短文,然後找機會傳送給沒有信仰的朋友,在邀請他們參加教會聚會之前再先看一次。

全球沸騰與末世呼聲

全球沸騰與末世呼聲

聯合國秘書長古特雷斯(Antonio Guterres)在7月27日向世界發出警告說:「全球變暖的時代已經結束,全球沸騰的時代已經到來。」根據《世界氣候歸因組織(WWA)》在7月25日從電腦進行模擬的一項有關天氣數據的分析報告,今年7月的高溫熱度可能是地球12萬年來最熱的時期。

Global Boiling: the Call for End Times

Global Boiling: the Call for End Times

On July 27th, the U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres issued a dire warning: “The era of global warming has ended, the era of global boiling has arrived.” According to World Weather Attribution (WWA) which analyzed worldwide weather patterns and statistics, the month of July was possibly the hottest period in Planet Earth’s 120,000 years of history.

【小趣奇遇】民族之間文化的差異

【小趣奇遇】民族之間文化的差異

我父母親年輕未婚時來自潮州;但我們六個兄弟姊妹都是出生於越南。全家一直住在華人聚居最多的「堤岸」。華人都是做大小生意為生的。連本地越南人都學會說粵語,特別需要在生意上能用粵語溝通,他們也讓自己孩子去華文學校讀書。

Cultural Divide

Cultural Divide

Born in Vietnam, my siblings of six including myself, lived in a Chinese town called “Cholon”. Cantonese was the business dialect that even the native Vietnamese learned to speak. Many of the Vietnamese natives sent their children to Chinese schools.

Heatwaves

Heatwaves

Heatwaves in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere captured the public’s attention. The inadequacy of the central air conditioning units in many of the northern cities testifies to the unexpected increase in air temperature across Northern Europe, Asia and America.

逃離「泰坦號」死門關的父子

逃離「泰坦號」死門關的父子

在父親節那天,也是2023年6月18日東部夏令時間上午8點,一部由探險公司海洋之門(OceanGate)的總裁兼創始人史塔克頓‧拉許(Stockton Rush)所設計並親自駕駛的「泰坦號」觀光潛艇,在加拿大紐芬蘭省港口城市的聖約翰斯向東約375海哩處潛入海裏,為要探索那艘在111年前沉沒在海底,一萬三千英呎、號稱「永不沉沒」的巨輪「鐵達尼號」。

Escape the Death Trap of the Titan

Escape the Death Trap of the Titan

On June 18, 2023 at 8 am EST, a state-of-the-art submersible led by OceanGate Expeditions’ founder and CEO Stockton Rush, made its descent in Canada’s Newfoundland province approximately 375 miles east of the coastal town of St. Johns. Its objective was to explore the unsinkable Titanic’s wreckage, which sank 111 years ago, its mysteries and at a depth of nearly 13,000 feet below sea.

Pollen Allergy Becoming a Mainstay

Pollen Allergy Becoming a Mainstay

Pollen allergy is more commonly known as hay fever. Medically speaking, it is called seasonal allergic rhinitis —- a provocation of the immune system to overreact to pollen from trees, grasses, and weeds. Hay fever occurs mainly in the spring and fall when pollen from trees, grasses, and weeds are in the air.

【問得好】上帝不也是人造出來的嗎?

【問得好】上帝不也是人造出來的嗎?

首先我們要知道,有一些無神論的人不相信有神的存在,原因之一是他們眼見很多所謂的「神」都是人製造出來的,他們知道人為了自己的慾望或需要,於是便想像出各種各樣的「神」來。例如人很想發財,於是製造不同的「財神」來拜;又例如人很希望得到平安,於是製造不同的「守護神」來拜,如此類推,人於是便製造出各種「神」來。

英王加冕大典開場時刻的智慧信息

英王加冕大典開場時刻的智慧信息

縱使有許多人認為大英帝國在歷史中,以殖民主義對其他民族採取霸權統治的手段,並不值得讚揚,加上許多媒體長年以來追蹤報導王室的八卦新聞,而這次查爾斯三世的加冕典禮,更比不上他母親伊麗莎白二世女王(Elizabeth II)在70年前的場面輝煌,然而在這個加冕典禮開場時刻,仍然隱藏著千年的智慧是值得我們深思的。

A Message of Wisdom from the Beginning of the Coronation Ceremony

A Message of Wisdom from the Beginning of the Coronation Ceremony

Despite the fact that the British Empire and its colonialism policies had drawn ire, the tabloids pursued all sorts of gossip about the royal family, as well as lackluster feeling of this coronation (compared to Elizabeth II’s ceremony seventy years ago), Charles III’s coronation’s prelude still contained pearls of ancient wisdom that we should take note of: