師奶和兒子

我正在和兒子在房里睡前談心，聽見丈夫在廚房打破了玻璃水瓶，我心里想：「唉，要買個新的了！」兒子卻說：「爸爸一定執玻璃執得很辛苦。」於是，我放下師奶的想法，出去關心丈夫是否要幫忙和叮囑他小心。

Coach Selene

Flying Free

There is a place I call my own
Where I can stand by the sea,
And look beyond the things I've known ,
And dream that I might be free.
Like the bird above the trees
Gliding gently on the breeze,
I wish that all my life I'd be
Without a care and flying free!

But life is not a distant sky
Without a cloud, without rain.
And I can never hope that I
Can travel on without pain

Time goes swiftly on its way,
All too soon we've lost today.
I cannot wait for skies of blue
Or dream so long that life is through.

So life's a song that I must sing,
A gift of love I must share .
And when I see the joy it brings,
My spirits soar through the air.
Like that bird up in the sky ,
Life has taught me how to fly.
For now I know what I can be
And now my heart is flying free!

這是兒子介紹我聽的歌，有興趣者可探訪這網址，可惜找不到一個比較好的音樂版。
kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/flyingfree.htm - 7k

Coach Selene

天是白色的
早上坐在窗前，白色的天空呈現眼前，腦海里突然跳出一個問題：為什麼說天空是藍色的呢？為什麼常見的天空都是白色的呢？為什麼言詞里有蔚藍的天空？為什麼有天藍色？蔚藍的天空往那里去了？

Coach Selene

行山

復活節假期，我們一家三口往悉尼和阿德雷得探望家人，在悉尼曾經行上畢直的藍山 ( Blue mountain)，兒子最初不甚願意，但在下半場，跟著姨丈一馬當先，比我還早完成。在阿德雷得也環繞Granite Island而行。後來Parentsmeetup行大潭水塘，兒子也一起同行 。三個不同的地方，不一樣的樂趣，卻同樣享受于親情、友情和大自然的環境中。我也相信兒子行完藍山，也加添了行山的信心。
行山，從來都不會是我主動提出的活動，但每次的經歷都很有滿足感。我相信有一次，當朋友聚會時，我會作出這個提議。

Coach Selene

Almost lost my life

It was spectacular moment that I wasn't prepared to face. I came into contest with other runners in a 65-kilo run around Hong Kong Island yesterday. The run started at 6am in the morning. It took me 9 hours to complete it. Although it was cool at first but heat start swelling up. By the time it reaches 12 noon. the heat was unbearable and my body was overcome by heat, start feeling chill up to my spine, at which time I knew I might have suffered a heat stroke. I slowed and stayed motionless for 15 minutes under the shade and saw all runner passed me by. At that time I completed only 45 kilometers with 20 to go. With determination that I wasn't prepared to give up by entered into the race as a senior age over 50, I intended to complete it regardless of time. I continued working on my pace and started regain some of lost energy. Timing on my first leg which was 3 hours for the first 35 kilometers was a lot faster than my second leg which took me almost 6 hours to complete. It's a horrific experience as if death just passed me by. The momentary lost of sense in front of my eyes which I've never experienced prompted me to think whether I was making a right decision to continue the race. I was thinking if I would have dropped out at that moment when I felt ill, I might have felt more responsive as a husband and father.