Ciao!
received you guys' mails la, already sent them...:)unfortunately at the moment i cannot read chinese in this computer,they all appears as squares...
time flies, i cannot believe that today is already the sixth day i've been in Italy, so far the weather is good and warm,but sometimes windy, and once again i experience the humidity that i can only have in hk, when i have the bath water falls like rain, the humidity and warmth reminds me of hongkong,when we have the spanish 'cow mix' in the street corner,the food reminds me of the first time i have that with mandy,yikning,winky,natalie and kei in central...
14/3
in rome we've been to Pantheon, the Pazza Nabona, Ponete Sant Angelo,so many churches, many paintings,hundreds of statues,old remains of castles...those of a thousand year of history make you imagine how big the city was, remind me of the movies 'bun hui' and colosseo the 'gladiator' which are the favourites of my mom and dad.
at night we cooked our selves the spagehtto and sai lan fa, which is not bad! and cheap, haha;)
15/3
Vantigan
we saw the pope benedictus XVI there, and the church is awesome!(Basilica di San Pietro) there are so many ppl there...and also people queue up to talk to the priest there (go gai,gaojie)even there are chinese 'go gai!) but that day no chinese priests were on duty there, otherwise i think i will say a hello to him,ha
anyway, i think human (even non-believers) have sth,so deep that they want to share with otheres, to be listened to is a basic human need, that's why i like to be a listener, and i think it's always my blessing if i can help,if that's just listen
thanks God we can pray everywhere and at anytime!
at night we tried a restaurant near the entrance of Vantigan, called lunch pizza, the price is reasonable and is not bad!i tried a pizza named pizza napolentana, the most typical and simple one, and i like the cheese so much!mozarella,it really tastes different from those in sweden and other places...maybe that's why my italian friend said they'll never had pizza in other countries...though i may not really tell wat's the difference is, but it's just like c mug nai cha and other typical hk food, if you belong to that places, you will be more sensitive to the taste of food there, somehow i think food is a part of life, and then graually it become a symbol of belongings,too
16/3
we visit a underground ghetto where many christians at the times of roman lived and where they hid from the persecution, the living condition is really bad,at the third level underground, you can imgagine how bad the air and light there can be, and how ppl live there for a long time in dark, what they have is only faith in God
ppl at that time even put death bodies together at a place without really buried them, cos they believe that sometimes soon they will be resurrected
though todays it may sounds stupid that ppl doing things like that, you can imagine how real the gospel to them, how real they experience Jesus at that time, that made them to do things that ppl around considered as crazy things
i think it's like the days at Noah's time, when Noah do the ship,every one around them laugh at them and don't understand, but what they do is keeping doing what they believe in...until the consequence came
today we can see more and more evidence the last day may come
what these hints give us message about life?
what is life?
how do we make our life more meaningful?
still today i may not give you the exact answer, for everyone's answer is different in their life, but what is real to me is that i witness every one in the world inside are weak and wanting love and recognition from others so much, sometimes they even willing to sacrifice everything they have to get this. however this love, that i witness can only be from God and God only, that this love will never change and never cease
however,when i try to tell others about this love,the problem is me myself cannot live out this love totally, and i always feel my weakness
but the only thing i can do is to say, 'turn to Him!please!turn to him!you'll get whatever you need in him'some ppl believe, some ppl don't,some ppl get their blessings and joy,some are growing gradually,some are suspicious and distracted by this world's temptation...the only thing i can tell, is the work of holy spirit,is the faith, how willing you are, how much you will try
don't be afraid--
this maybe the phrase we need most, in this times of chaos and sins and distortion...
what is the world mean to you, i would say, mostly depends on the lens you use
and ....don't use the wrong one
the joy,the happiness is already a gift in front of you, awaiting you , using faith to get it
please do
