200 Mark

I was ecstatic to receive notification that my hiking group broke 200 memberships since it's inception two years ago. Number is one thing but the influence it has to make more people hiking-induced certainly is the reason for joy.My hiking group has registered different culture, people of different origins. The good thing I can gleefully hike with like-minded people and chat with many different topics that are beyond my scope of knowledge.

Sometimes I purposely flout all hiking etiquette, if there is any, to allow more flow of free spirit that won't happen in other groups. I love this group and believe there are many years to enjoy hiking as a dose of healthy exercise. Hope many more will be attracted to hiking as a past time.

正羲俠士

今早醒來，快九歲的兒子爬上床來要玩正羲俠士 ( Justice League)。今天的孩子正留意新一代Bionicle—Mahri 何時抵港，他卻同我玩正羲俠士，我們是否有些不合時宜呢？其實幾年前，我和兒子已開始了暑假的早上在床上製作故事劇，故事人物有兇惡的野狗，這些野狗的心在連續劇集下會變得良善，正羲俠士執行公義時會幫助壞人良心發現，他們會在BBQ時收到命令，有時是烏龍笑話，創作無限…，今天他加插了Bionicle，但他已稱這個遊戲是Justice League。我猜不到他仍鍾情于這個遊戲，我也喜歡這個屬於我兩母子的時刻，正如兒子喜歡在星期六的早上爬上床找爸爸摔角一樣，形成了一種獨特的家庭關係。

coach Selene

Weekly Grocery

Never before appeal to me that grocery is a great way to get closer to my teenage sons and daughter. Although we talk often, not all subjects are of their interest. Once these kids choose what they want in snacks and in the process of grocerying, many more conversations resulted from snacks and foods that never come up before. What a weekly ritual!

Childhood

Received calls from hot line last night. One call is particularly heart wrenching. This guy in mid 20's has been depressed for a couple months. For some reasons, he has nightmare every time he sleeps that really bothers him a great deal. He rekindles his story where he was physically abused by grandma and uncle, while his parents were still in mainland (eventually parents got divorced, another blow!). He vividly recalled an instant where he was stripped bare, beaten and kicked out naked in front of dozen relatives. He recalls these realtives were laughing at the other side of door. He just couldn't let go with this instant that haunts him to this day. Frankly, this guy spoke eloquently and articulates his points very well. If inertia continue like this, he is worried what future lies with him. Sometimes trauma in childhood has done harm to many. Although this man has ability to survive, he nonetheless has been incapacitated by past experiences. Unless he repeals not represses all these bad experiences, he has a long way to go to become psychological sound again. Not feel well at all after hearing this call.