high school interview

話說昨天預備去Zac interview 的中學前(Zac已經在那裏考緊試，父母要下午到那裏interview):

我「Lukas, 原來學校要interview家長呀，我冇安排baby sitter比你，所以要帶埋你去學校，最多我比你帶部iPad 去玩，當我同daddy入去interview時，你自己要靜靜地係reception嘅位置玩，有receptionist 係度嘅，你唔走開就得架喇，我地interview完之後會黎接番你」

怎料Lukas說「唔好帶iPad去啦，比校長見到，以為我地addicted 㗎，以為我地成日係屋企玩iPad,可能唔收Zac㗎喎，不如帶本書去睇啦」（咁都比你諗到..!!)

我說「都可能會喎，咁你就帶本書去睇啦」

Lukas「不過我想係車玩ipad喎，只係車裏面玩，落車我就換本書去學校睇，得唔得呀媽咪？」

我「咁呀，好啦」

****到interview時，校長竟然叫埋Lukas入office跟著我們。

Lukas一坐下便打開他帶來的Starwars書，放在和眼成水平缐的位置看書（真的很造作耶), 一直狀似在看得很入神，可是沒有見他翻過一頁...哈哈...(我見佢努力的扮演，很想笑，但要忍，因為校長正和我們說話）

***Lukas真的很為Zac著想...哈哈***

策略型

策略型：

Vienna 同學的媽媽今早來電說要邀請Vienna 到他們家sleep over. 
隨著那媽媽告訴我一個「內幕」：
那媽媽跟我說「Vienna 前天帶了一些禮物來送給我的幼女（她長女跟Vienna 同班),還跟我長女說, 她要親手交禮物給我，因為要使我覺得她是一個很乖巧的人，那我便有可能會安排一個play day 給她倆」

我「Vienna 真的這樣跟你女兒說嗎？」

那媽媽「真的，還有她真的是很generous哩，所以我想邀請她來我家一起玩」

我「那Vienna 的策略很成功啦...哈哈！好,若果她這幾天也是乖乖的，我便讓她去sleepover吧！」

***其實那媽媽是很慷慨的，她很多時也會邀請不同的小孩到她家裡玩耍****

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昨晚，我從新聞網內抽了幾則新聞來和小孩分享討論。其一則是關於柬埔寨的極低人工（HKD2/ hr)的「血汗工廠」，使人民生活艱辛。

我對此則新聞的評語「他們真的很辛酸，做又死，唔做又冇錢，很慘啊」

怎料Vienna 的分享是「我會到這種工廠工作的，我首先會入去做工，從中學習他們是怎樣生產，設計和其他方面。學會了全部，我便會遲職，之後自己會開一間相同的工廠，請回全部的工人來我的工廠工作，我會給他們好的人工。那便可以解決問題了。」

***Vienna ，若這個策略可行，我會支持你的***

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今天晚上，Vienna親手做朱古力甜點給新鄰居和她的同學...很好的「結納策略」....哈哈！

第一次賣旗

今天賣完旗，daddy帶同Vienna & Lukas 來跟我們一同吃午餐。同時我要求Zac跟我們分享他第一次賣旗的感受和學習到的東西：

我「Zac你講下今日賣旗學到d咩比我地知？」

Zac:
1.我行路行左三個鐘啦
2.同陌生人講嘢
3.有人唔so 我都ok (即別人不理會我，也沒所謂)
4.不要以貌取人(因為賣旗早段，Zac不敢向一些他認為「貌惡」的行人賣旗，因為他說怕那些人可能會向他吐痰。但我鼓勵他嘗試，果然他的嘗試結果助他打破這個perception.

我「多謝你分享，仲有冇其他分享？」

Zac「冇喇，oh...係哩，媽咪，點解你唔係好似我同學d家長咁同我地一齊賣旗嘅（即家長和孩子站在一起，一同向路人賣旗)? 你開始有同，但之後就冇」

我「你話呢？估下我點解咁做？」

Zac「因為你想我學習唔怕自己面對陌生人？」

我「係喇，你係高年班學生，你可以做到的」
**（其實我的眼睛是一路有陪同Zac的，但只是特意站到商店旁觀察，初時，他賣完一玫旗便跑回我身邊，但我跟他說不可以站到我隔離，叫他自己找「客人」去，要作「進攻型」（他的電子遊戲術語）**

Zac想了一會繼續說「最多買旗嘅人係老人家」

我「你認為點解嘅？」

Zac「可能佢地退左休，冇咁趕時間啦」

我「可能啦。又或者會唔會因為老人家經歷比年輕人多，可能佢地細個時經歷過好慘或者好窮嘅時候，所以而家懂得幫助有需要嘅人呢？」

Zac「都有可能」

跟著又含羞答答的說「有兩個人話我係女仔囉，佢叫d小朋友入錢比姐姐囉...仲有，有一個人伸手入褲袋，我以為佢攞緊銀包出來，點知佢原來攞包紙巾出來」

我「仲有比幾個女仔話你靚仔啦...哈哈」

***Vienna & Lukas 當然藉此對Zac嘲弄一番...哈哈***

今次的賣旗經歷對Zac是不錯的見識！

house chores

It is so hard to ask kids to do house chores sometimes: 

Daddy "Vienna, can you please fold the clothes here?"

Vienna "In your dreams"

Daddy (as Vienna started to fold the clothes) "Am I dreaming now?"

Vienna "it will be a nightmare "

*** okay, I admitted that I laughed at this but can't smile when no one helps the work sometimes****

數學題

今日二則對話：
駕車中的我「哎~~過左油站添，今日要入油呀，唯有返轉頭先入啦。」

Lukas「冇油，架車停左係路，係咪要拖車架？」

我「係呀」

Lukas「拖車嗰陣，d人係咪可以坐係入面架？」

我「係呀，要跟住架車一齊吖嘛」

Lukas 「媽咪，咁你唔好去入油啦，我覺得坐係架車比人拖住行係好型㗎，唔好入油啦，等拖車啦」

****呀仔，新年溜溜，可唔可以唔講d咁嘅嘢呢！***
..…..............................................
路過見到一位叔叔向一排磚頭灑水：

我「Lukas,你估下呢個叔叔點解會用水淋d磚頭嘅？」

Lukas 「因為黐埋囉」

我「嘅係點呀？」

Lukas「d太陽曬d磗，會分開（裂開），咁用水咪可以黐埋佢地，唔使分開（裂開）囉」

我「咦~~~你咁叻知道嘅！係咪唧係好似玩泥膠咁，乾左就...」

我還未說完Lukas便回應「係呀，加水之後咪黐番埋囉」

我「係呀，如果裂左就唔可以用來起屋，所以用淋水來防止d磚爛囉。你咁勁，咁都知道嘅，叻喎」

怎料他神氣的說「係呀，呢d只係數學題黎啫!」

**** 咦....應該係常識題喎***

helpful girl

When we arrived at the hotel room yesterday, Vienna realized that the extra bed we needed wasn't in the room. 

Then she made a phone call to the Housekeeping to organize the bed delivery without being asked ( or should I say without asking/telling us ...)

Tonight she took the initiative to read the bible to Lukas before bed time. 

Vienna, you are very helpful in this trip. Thank you.

我隻靚頭箍

今日放學，Lukas 不但不願脫下校服，無聊之下，還特意當Vienna 練琴時把手放在琴𨫡上騷擾她多次，使Vienna 尖叫喝他停手。當我「警告」完他後，他竟然拿我的化妝品來塗他的臉，之後又戴上我新買的頭箍，怎料＂pop"的一聲把頭箍折斷了。我實在嬲怒。

他見我目怒如火，也當埸哭起來，更狡辯說「媽咪，係你駡我，所以我先拿你d嘢來玩，但整斷頭箍係accident 黎嘅~~~嗚嗚~~」

我「我相信斷頭箍係accident ,咁騷擾Vienna 係咪accident呀 ??」

Lukas 小聲回應「唔係..」

我「係囉..係因為你故意騷擾Vienna,所以我先駡你!」

Lukas 繼續狡辯「咁你又話每日都要練琴？我咪練囉..」

我「你應該等Vienna練完你先練嘛! 你故意騷擾佢就唔啱，你唔使狡辯，你係知嘅！我個頭箍而家爛左，我已經冇得戴。咁你下次個job一定要做好d,如果唔係，你邊有錢買番個頭箍比我呀!」

怎料他突然哭得更厲害，高聲哭著說「媽咪，你唔好用一萬蚊（元）買個頭箍呀。你咁用錢法，對呢個家唔好㗎......嗚嗚...」

Zac聽到立即說「媽咪，你唔好欺人太甚喎！」（咦...Zac 嘅中文詞彙突然好左咁多嘅？）

Vienna 頓時停止彈琴回應道「係囉...Lukas唔使驚，埋黎我哩度」

***繼而三個擁抱在一起***

Zac 先開口「Lukas,你同媽咪、Vienna 講對唔住啦，快d啦..」

****Lukas 向我和Vienna說對不起後，再擁抱著Vienna 哭泣***

Vienna 「媽咪，你咁惡，Lukas好驚你呀! 你唔好咁駡佢啦。」

***之後，三個又擁抱在一起***

***看到Vienna 跟Lukas緊緊抱著一起，突然又想起聖經的一段話「恨能挑啟爭端； 愛能遮掩一切過錯。 (箴言 10:12）

***雖然埸面的確蠻感人，但我隻靚頭箍點先？我好想講我隻頭箍是$10三隻的貨（在學校賣物會買的），係邊度仲會買到咁平靚正嘅嘢呀!

catch Santa Clause

We just found out that there is a video camera ( half hidden behind the piano cover) setting up in the living room facing a plate of cookies , a cup of milk and a note. 
The note written:
Dear Santa, Here are the milk and cookies for you, remember to drink all of your milk. Please give me some gifts. My Christmas tree is outside, just leave the gifts in the living room. 
P.S. the cookies are strawberry flavored :)
PPS. I have been good through the year :)

From Vienna

***How cute that Vienna set these all up by herself just wanted to find out what Santa Clause looks like if he comes to our house**

多謝

昨晚我在做Zac 的portfolio 時，Zac走來跟我說＂媽咪，多謝你幫我做portfolio 呀＂

我"Ok 啦，個個家長都會幫佢地d小朋友做嘅，不過真係好多嘢要做＂

Zac "媽咪，你留番一頁比我寫嘢吖，我想寫我嘅父母點樣係我學習上幫助我，support 我呀。＂

我"唔好掛...唔好搞d肉麻嘢好喎＂

Zac "但學校知道我有supportive family, 可能會加分㗎喎！＂

我＂唔使喇，唔使搞d咁嘅嘢啦＂

Zac "哦.."

***但好開心呢幾日Zac同我講左幾次多謝***

which one

After picking up Vienna from school today, she talked to me in the car: 

Vienna " mum, I want to tell you something, but can you promise not to scold me? "

Me" Hmmm.. I will if you do something like stealing!"

Vienna " Ok... I am not going to tell you then"

Me " OK, come on .. Tell me what it is"

*** Then Vienna told me the story*****

Vienna " mum, can you not tell dad?"

Me " Well, I got to tell him coz he needs to know it"

Vienna .....( silent)

**** Then when our family had time to sit down before going out for dinner tonight, I told Karl the issue****

Me " Karl, I need to tell you something but hope you won't get angry "

Daddy "ok"

Me " Vienna told me that she used your shaver to shave her leg the other day"

Daddy covered his face with his hands " oh... no.. so which one then ?"

Vienna lifted up her left leg and said " this one "

Daddy " not which leg, which shaver ... the electric one or the blade one?"

Vienna " the blade one coz if I used the electric one, there was sound, so you would find out"

*** Yes, I felt sorry for Karl coz he might have used the shaver after Vienna's turn but this cracks me up ( So I turned around and giggled)

One more thing, I am glad that Vienna still told us the truth even she thought she could be punished. I think the best way to feel peaceful is by removing the guilt inside us by telling the truth ***

hand painting

See whom I bumped into at HKIEd. I remember she was just a little girl (maybe 3 yrs old) when my colleague took her to work. Time flies..! Vienna really loves the drawing her daughter did on her hand.

故事創作

剛看到Lukas 的一本在幼稚園時的故事創作，每一頁也有字有圖，但看了三次也不是太明白：
P.1 好人來壞人的基地打架。

P.2 壞人不知道好人想不想打架，所以藏起來。

P.3 他們開始打架。

P.4 好人追著壞人，壞人斷了手。

P.5 好人打死了壞人。

P.6 有其他壞人打好人了。

P.7 好人打壞人後，遇到個好人。

P.8 新的好人告訴好人如何打架。

P.9 他們發現了一個新朋友。

P.10 還有他的孩子。

P.11 新朋友被壞人殺死了。

P.12 突然，有很多壞人來到。

P.13 好人打敗了壞人。

P.14 Yeah we win !
~~~~完~~~

下？

今天有位agent 給我電話：

我接電話" Hello"

Agent " Hello, is Lukas' mami here?"

Me " 係呀，我係呀，你係邊位呢？"

Agent "呵~~我係xxx ( agency's name) 嘅 A (his name) , 我個客想搵你最細個個小朋友拍一個TVC呀，想check 下佢嘅期得唔得。同埋佢而家幾多歲呢？＂

我"佢剛剛七歲，不過佢嘅 size 都係六歲咁,佢116 cm 高咋＂

Agent＂岩喇...岩喇..就係要搵呢個歳數，咁佢12月得唔得呀？要拍兩日嘅，一日九個鐘係TVC,之後有另一日四個鐘係print 黎嘅！但個客話一定要請假喎~~"

我"咁就唔得喇，因為佢已經讀小一，返全日，以前幼稚園半日都可以多d時間拍，而家唔接咁多喇，除非係星期六或星期日下午，都可以嘅！佢十二月都要考試呀！」

Agent "時間有得傾嘅，通常都會推遲多過提早嘅，咁你個女幾時考試呀？＂

我＂我個女好高大㗎喎，成一百三十幾cm嘅喎，啱唔啱㗎?"

Agent "唔係喎，你又話七歲嘅？＂

我＂七歲個個係我嘅仔黎㗎，我有三個小朋友，男女男，呀哥十二歲，個女九歲，細仔剛剛七歲，Lukas係男仔名黎嘛＂

Agent "下？佢係男仔黎嘅咩？"

我忍唔住笑左＂係呀＂

Agent "呵~~~sorry 呀，咁下次有岩嘅job 再搵你喇＂

我＂好啦，唔該晒，你比你個email 我，等我send 我嘅「仔」Lukas 嘅近照比你睇下啦」

Agent "要喇...要喇"

***呀仔，對唔住呀，可能我之前錯手寄左d唔應該寄嘅相比agent 呀，你原諒我啦~~~***

生果金

晩飯閑談：
Zac 「媽咪，你讚唔讚成有＂生果金＂呀？」

我「老人家收果d生果金？」

Zac 「係呀」

我「讚成，老人家做唔到嘢，比d生果金佢，等佢地有d錢用嘛」

Zac「我唔讚成喎」

我「點解嘅？」

Zac「因為佢地d仔女有責任照顧佢地㗎嘛，唔應該政府照顧囉」

我「咁可能佢地冇仔女，又或者佢地d仔女唔願意養佢地哩~~」

Zac「冇仔女可以拿生果金，但有仔女就唔應該囉，佢d仔女唔比錢佢，係佢d仔女有問題囉」

我「咁你大個左會唔會照顧我同daddy㗎？比錢我地生活㗎？」

Zac「會，梗係會啦」（實在令我感動）

我「咁你可能要搵份好工先有錢比我同daddy喎」

Zac「我知，我大個想做足球員」

Vienna 駁入「Zac, 如果你做足球員，可能你要做兩份工喎，因為你又唔係踢得好叻，好出名個d足球員先會有好多錢，你應該唔得㗎喇」（Zac 怒視著Vienna~~~)

我「Vienna, 咁你大個又想做咩工作呀？」

Vienna 「我想做scientist, 因為我鍾意做experiments 」（咁呢樣嘢，睇你間房d擺設都知嘅）

Vienna 「Lukas, 咁你呢?」

Lukas 一邊吃雞腿一邊說「我想做racing car driver」

我「呢個都好難㗎喎，唔係你話做就做，要叻，人地揀你參賽先得㗎喎」

Lukas 「咁吖~~~我揀做賊啦，但我唔會偷錢嘅,我會偷iPads,因為會多d錢同有得玩」

我們全部目視Lukas ，Vienna 正氣的搭著Lukas的肩膀說「你唔使做賊嘅，你搵份工，夠錢比媽咪daddy,又夠錢買iPad,仲唔使坐監，咪得囉」

Lukas 繼續吃他的雞腿，同時乖乖的點頭「唔！」的一聲！

****給錢養我不重要，最重要是不要犯法啊***

Nerf Gun

昨天老師笑著跟我說：
Lukas 提意我去Toys R Us買支Nerf Gun 比佢作為生日禮物。但我話太貴（五佰多元），沒有零用錢買給他，點知Lukas又介紹支價錢平d嘅比我。最後我話住得遠，好難去Toys R Us 買。

**Lukas, 你唔好去搶...真係難為了老師! ***

** 感謝老師請Lukas吃雪糕慶生，真係so sweet 呀**

prayers

今日放學後在canteen 吃晩餐時的對話：
Lukas 「媽咪，我地班咪有個小朋友隻腳有個𣕧嘅，佢運動會參加跑100米呀」

我「咁佢跑唔跑到㗎？」

Lukas 「應該超慢囉。你會唔會幫佢pray 㗎？」

我「er.......會嘅...」（其實我真的沒有想過為這個小朋友禱告，所以很猶豫的回答）

我「咁點樣pray 呀？pray d 咩呢？」

Lukas 「我想佢可以攞第一，第二或者第三呀」

我「咁其實真係幾難㗎喎。不如你特登（即特意）輸比佢啦」

Lukas 「我就算特登輸比佢，仲有其他人比賽架嘛」

我「咁不如靜靜地叫埋其他小朋友一齊特登輸比佢吖？」

Lukas 「應該唔會㗎喇，仲有P2 嘅學生，我都唔識佢地。如果只係我特登輸比佢，咁我應該會係跑最尾個個囉」

那我特意給他一條衝擊問題「咁其實真係好難㗎喎，祈左禱佢都應該唔會攞獎㗎喎，咁唔使祈禱啦，係咪？」（actually this part gave me some spiritual thoughts... Should we pray according to the potential/ possibility of the outcome we think of or base on what if not...what is prayer? )

Lukas 「梗係唔係啦 ，咁我地可以pray佢跑時唔好跌倒，唔好整親隻腳㗎嘛！」

我「係喎！你真係好識得祈禱同關心人喎，好乖喎！」

**Lukas 點頭示意後，繼續吃他的麵**

** Also it is time for me to think about WHAT prayers really mean, WHY do I need to pray, WHOM do I pray for...etc***

咁就乖喇~

Lukas 剛洗完澡：
Lukas 「媽咪，我地班有一個同學隻腳有個𣕧，好似石膏咁，但唔係石膏黎嘅. 佢跑得好慢，所以小息唔係咁多人同佢玩，所以我特登（特意）小息坐低同佢傾計」

我「咁你同佢傾d咩呀？」

Lukas 「我講d笑話引佢笑囉」

我「咁佢點笑呀？」

Lukas「咪正常笑囉，佢又唔係個口有事，隻腳有事之嘛！」

我「係嘅~~係嘅」

Lukas 「我想請佢黎我嘅生日會呀，好唔好呀？」

我正想回應，Zac剛經過說「咁就乖喇~~」

***Zac 通常路經Lukas 都會係嚇下佢或嘲弄下佢，今次比較「正面」對待弟弟，讚！****

有勇氣的眼淚

昨天一位學生分享她的內心掙扎：
事因她是part time 大學生，不能申請交通優惠，但同學們也教她可以虛填一些資料，很容易便申請成功，之後可以改回正確資料，不少人也這樣成功申請到優惠 。

她內心掙扎的想：我很想要優惠，但若這樣做，就等於詐騙，不但詐騙了學校，還詐騙了整個制度。神是不喜悅我這樣做，衪是會供應我所需的。（所以她最後沒有申請，內心也充滿了平安。）

她一邊說出她的掙扎，眼涙一邊流出來，我給她一個擁抱和告訴她的決定是正確的。

她流涙，因為在掙扎中排除別人的譏笑（死蠢；有著數都唔識攞；扮清高砑？..等等) 是一件很不容易的事，特別在一個拜金主義的社會裏。但她的涙也帶著喜樂，釋放，平安和交托。

我們可以多多為有這樣堅持的年青人打氣( 若果你讚同這樣的情操），給予讚賞和鼓勵，因為年青一代會是我們社會的未來棟樑，他們的價值塑造（人格或工作方面）將會大大影響我們將來的社會。

" More potently than by any other means, change the university and you will change the world"
By Charles Habib Malik
( former Secretary General of the United Nation)

多願香港政界人仕有勇氣流這樣的眼淚！

放棄唔追問

我「Lukas, 學校旅行個日，見到你d同學同老師都好friend 喎..d同學都好鍾意個老師，佢地成群人hug hug 個老師，幾開心喎...」

Lukas 「有個同學開心又hug,唔開心又hug 老師㗎喇」

我「係？！咁你有冇hug 過老師呀？」

Lukas 「點解要咁做先？」

我「冇...問下啫，咁你有冇先？」

Lukas 「冇喎，我淨係hug 我d朋友啫」

我追問「㸃解唔hug 老師嘅？」

Lukas 「咁有咩問題先？」

***我好怕人唔直接回答問題，我放棄唔追問!!!!!!! ****

Why girls' time is good and important?

Why girls' time is good and important?
(cut and pasted from the net).

In an evening class at Stanford University the last lecture was on the mind-body connection - the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiat

ry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her relationships with her girlfriends.

At first everyone laughed, but he was serious. Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences.

Physically, this quality time with girlfriends helps to create more serotonin - a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well-being {it’s the feel good hormone}. You know that amazing feeling you have after a great sweat session? You can partially thank serotonin for that too!

In general, women tend to share feelings whereas men often form relationships around activities. We share from our souls with our sisters/mothers and evidently that is very GOOD for our health.

He said that spending time with a friend is just as important to our general health as going for a run or working out at the gym. There's a tendency to think that when we are exercising we are doing something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are wasting our time and should be more productively engaged—not true.

In fact, he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking! So every time you hang out with a girlfriend, just pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health!

Let’s toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it's very good for our health.