Let me quote Nick Vujicic first:

"Just because you have no boyfriend, girls,
 that doesn't mean you are not beautiful, that you are not loved.
 You don't need a boyfriend, you don't need to use your body
 as a security to make you feel that someone needs you."


有個常有很多不滿、總有很多受傷的女孩，她不想示弱、不想被人關心、不想被人發現自己的負面情緒，
所以選擇以滿面笑容示人；因為難過，看到什麼就抓，卻仍然很失落。
為了填補心靈的空缺，每每在一段戀情的結束，便上 ptt 氧氣板徵男，急著要在汪洋大海中抓住另一浮木。

但後來， 不愛了，就又分開。一次又一次。

寂寞想找人陪，但來的不都心懷好意。
雖然有100種笑聲，但不是真的快樂。

親愛的朋友，妳的心底也有個填不滿的洞嗎？

妳是不是也以為喜歡人、談感情可以填滿心底的空洞，但實際上呢？是帶著麼什麼樣的想法，進到一段段的感情裡呢？

 
親愛的朋友，妳真正需要的，不是男歡女愛，是耶穌的愛。

人的空虛不是人可以滿足的；人的價值也不是從人而來的評價。
唯有上帝按我們的本像愛我們，因祂是造我們的主；祂看人為至尊至寶，也唯有祂可以滿足人的需要：
 
「耶和華不像人看人：人是看外貌；耶和華是看內心。」 撒上16:7
是的，神顧念、眷顧人，甚至賜人榮耀尊貴為冠冕！

耶穌有一次在撒瑪利亞遇到一個婦人，請她給點水喝；她很疑惑，怎麼一個猶太人會跟素不相往來的自己(撒瑪利亞人)要水？結果耶穌對她說：
 
「凡喝這水的還要再渴；人若喝我所賜的水就永遠不渴。」John 4:13~14 
 
「我們還軟弱的時候，基督就按所定的日期為罪人死。為義人死，是少有的；為仁人死、或者有敢做的。惟有基督在我們還作罪人的時候為我們死，神的愛就在此向我們顯明了。」Romans 5:6~8

基督教的真理就是「犧牲的愛」--因著我們的不完全，耶穌以自己的完美代替我們而死，我們則因信而生。

你渴望得到永遠而完美的愛嗎？ 

或許基督教能帶給你的不是今生今世的健康、浪漫的愛情、飛黃騰達的地位，或花不完的鈔票；

但是　神能帶給你永恆的生命、從耶穌基督來的捨己真愛、上帝兒女的親密身分，以及天上的財寶。

今天的妳可以有不一樣的選擇！

I need some help! "What do avereage American 4/6th graders do in school?"

A couple asked me to help their now 3/5th grader kids; this family is going to live in united states, and they hope that their kids could "keep up with" the about-to-come new environment (school for the most part, I assume) at the beginning. Something like, be able to understand what teachers say, be able to respond in class, and even communicate efficently with fellow classmates. They think that since I have a bit of so-called "experience", I am probably good at it.

So, What do avereage American 4/6th graders do in school? Or where could I find authentic information about it? Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thank you!

Have you ever heard/played/performed "Divertimetal" and/or "Black Dog for Solo Clarinet and Winds" by composer Scott McAllister? I played the "Divertimetal" when I was in ISU with the Symphonc band, and Just heard the "Black Dog" in a concert performed by Clarinetist Gene Ramsbottom and UBC (Univ. of British Columbia) Wind Ensemble in Taipei (they are having an international tour). To my amazment, quite a set of measures are like, exactly the same from these two music. I talked to the conductor but he didn't know about McAllister that well (he said this was the first time he did McAllister's work), nevertheless he told me that might be his characters. Yeah.

A solid performance all night; Rhapsody in Blue, Blue Shades, Year of the Dragon, Concerto for Trumpet and Winds, along with few other music. Quite a load one should say.

That's about it. Next time you come to Taiwan to perform please let me know.