复活节的疑问 New thinking on Easter

我孤陋寡闻，复活节让我大开眼界。

随两名室友到一所社区教会参加复活节活动。
那不是传统的CATHOLIC，而是PENTECOSTAL（圣灵降临节集会）。牧师并不像电影里黑袍神父那样，反而像个政治演说家那样领导祷告。和谐的圣歌是乐队伴奏的。还有，他们还为一名将走私圣经到某个国家的教徒祈祷。

用餐时，一名昨天刚从阿富汗回来的女信徒告诉我们，她在那里短短一星期就发生当地7名信徒惨遭杀害事件，眼珠还被挖出来！

回到屋里，对希腊室友说：“复活节快乐”时，冷不防他一句：“我们的复活节在下个星期...”，“什么？”， “我们是ORTHODOX（东正教）。”我满脑子问号，他解释说是使用的日历不同，另外，他还说，犹太人是不庆祝复活节的，因为他们不相信基督复活（Resurrection）。

曾经有两个朋友说要送我《圣经》，其中一位借了漫画版《圣经故事》给我，虽然当时看得津津有味，不过，心里留下许多未解的疑惑。常常从新闻上读到宗教冲突，我会想, 全世界好像只有一本《圣经》，一本《可兰经》，但落到不同的人手里就有不同的诠释，大家在争什么？

I went to Earlham Church Centre with my flatmates on Easter. I was curious about how local people celebrate this festival. The church I visited is not the traditional catholic, it is Pentecostal. The pastor led the worship in a way I had never seen, he talked like...a politician. However, the atmosphere was peaceful and happily.Anthems were accompanied by band music. They also prayed for a follower who is going to smuggle Bible... ...

A female follower who just came back from Afghanistan shared her sad story. Seven christians were killed during her stay . Their eyes were even dug out!

When I went back to my flat, I said:"Happy Easter" to my Greek flatmate. By surprise, he replied:"We celebrate next week." "Why?" "We(most of the Greek)are Orthodox. Moreover, the Jewish(Judaism) don't celebrate Easter, because they don't believe in Resurrection of Jesus."

I read a comic version of bible story lend by a friend long time ago. Perhaps, I am too ignorant of religion, everytime when I read the news about the religious conflicts, one question always in my mind: there is only one Bible, one Quran in this world, but different people interpret and preach their faith in different way, why are they acting so harsh to each other ?＃

有朋自远方来 Friend from Manchester

师妹工作两年后环游世界，路经陋屋，驻留二日，不亦乐乎。她带我尝了Norwich马来西亚餐馆的自助餐及JBWhetherspoon的Fish n Chips。
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耶稣受难日，诺理奇的天空一片晴朗，那拥有英国第二高尖塔、超过900年历史的教堂的蓝天白云的衬托得特别庄严美丽。
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夏天，还是寒风冽冽，但老街旁的花儿都开好了。
师妹，一路上要小心。

The happiest thing after I finished my essays perhaps is the arrival of my ex-university junior two days ago. She is travelling around the world after she quitted her job in Manchester. We went to the Malaysian Delight Restaurant to enjoy the delicious buffet lunch. The next day, we ordered Fish n Chips for our lunch in the JBWhetherspoon restaurant.
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It was a sunny Good Friday, some of the trees are in blossom, the old Norwich Cathedral looks magnificent under the blue sky. It had been a place of Christian worship for over 900 years.

French Market in Norwich

花开伦敦 Summer in London

天啊...大师兄沈平镜头下的伦敦花季真是美到叫人心动！！So beautiful.... Blossom in London, pictures are taken by my favourite ex-uni-senior ShumPing.

我的咖喱角 My Currypuffs

交还本学期所有作文， 心血来潮，向朋友借了炸油锅和秤，跟着妈妈给的食谱做起咖喱角！妈妈要掉眼镜了，平时我在家里连她的面粉放在哪里都不知道，这回竟自己动手做这样高难度的食物！

我用了3个小时，原本估计所用的面粉能做24个，结果，只做了15个面皮厚厚的咖喱角！失败了。还好，虽然不是马来MAKCIK他们做的皮薄馅料多的那种，试吃的朋友都说口感还不错。

妈妈说她的朋友的朋友的儿子先学了怎样做咖喱角，过来英国读书时，就是靠卖这种食物过活。还听说有同学学理男生头，来到英国帮男生剪头发都能存到钱。有一门手艺在身还是比较好，走遍天下都不怕饿死，高中毕业时，我也想过去学裁缝，最后，历史还是改写了, 呵呵。


I tried to make my favourite malay food -- currypuff. Really hard to imagine that I made currypuffs myself. I don't even know how to use my mum's kitchen scale and flour at home!

I was intend to make 24 currypuffs with the ingredients. After 3 hours, only 15 was made. The experiment was unsuccessful. Luckily those who tasted it said they are tasty!

My mum once told me that her friend's son earned pocket money by selling currypuffs when he was studying in the UK. It is really an advantage for a person to have special ability to make a living. I was also thinking of to be a tailor when I graduated from high school.

主流媒体叫他们“叛军” Rebellions in Mainstream Media-- Zapatista

系里有一个与墨西哥ZAPATISTA原住民相处了十年的研究生。他常受邀分享有关ZAPATISTA革命运动的故事。有一次与他聊天时，他ZAPATISTA不要资本主义，也不要社会主义，也不是共产主义，我问：那他们要什么？他说：“如果椅子代表权力，政治人物就是常常拿起椅子要打人的家伙，公民社会团体则要求坐在椅子上对话，而ZAPATISTA要做的是把椅子分解、拆开。”

萨帕塔运动是墨西哥境内一个为争取以原住民土地权及自治的原住民群体发起的。他们拒绝对环境资源不断进行剥削的资本主义、新自由主义、全球化。他们也因拒绝墨西哥政府处置原住民的政策而受到打压及迫害，他们出外活动时都蒙面以示“团结”，“不分你我”，也为他们的革命添上神秘色彩。

这种浪漫兼具抗争性的生活哲学深深吸引了我。他们把环境与人都看成 “主体”， 人与人、人与石头、人与树木都是“主体”，主体之间要沟通（说，听，了解，尊重）。他们的语言里没有“财产”及“客体“，他们相信，政府及资本家对天然资源进行掠夺的同时，环境与人们的身体同时都受伤、流血。

当打压及迫害是合法的，反迫害者变成了“叛军”。这样的群体活在这样的世界，注定是要拿起枪械来反抗的。不过，使用暴力不是他们的天性，唯一一次的武装起义是在1994年，综合原因包括原住民遭边缘化、贫穷、失业、新自由主义经济政策条款等长期累积的问题。此后数十年间，他们继续通过和平手段来宣扬他们的信仰。

A Mexican research student told me a lot about Zapatista Movement.He is always invited to give talks about this movement in the school. One thing he said impressed me : assuming that chairs are power, the politicians will use it to beat people, the civil society will try to sit on the chairs to discuss, but Zapatistas will cut the chairs into pieces.

These indigenous people believe that humans, songs, stones, and trees etc are all subjects. Intersubjective communication requires all subjects to "speak, listen, understand and respect each other."It is really attractive and romantic to some extent.Sometimes, I think we really need to learn how to live in harmony with Mother Nature from indigeous people who never talk about "pollution","finite resource"...etc.

When the oppressors use violence to oppress, the voiceless oppressed have no other choice but to resist and protect themselves with weapons.

However, Zapatista movement is pacific and non-violent. Although there was an armed uprising in 1994 to oppose social, political and historical injustice, they adopted unarmed and peaceful approach to promote their ideology.They are anti-capitalism, anti-neoliberalism, anti-globalization, etc. The Zapatista ideology of autonomy is unique.They see autonomy of the indigenous population as a solution to poverty ; they promote a kind of state within a state where peoples can keep their ways of government and communal way of life.

"The natural wealth that leaves these lands doesn't travel over just these three roads (leading to Chiapas). Chiapas is bled through thousands of veins: through oil ducts and gas ducts, over electric wires, by railroad cars, through bank accounts, by trucks and vans, by ships and planes...And what tribute does this land continue to pay to various empires? Oil, electric energy, cattle, money, bananas, honey, corn, cocoa, tobacco, sugar, soy...and Chiapan blood flows out through a thousand and one fangs sunk into the neck of southeastern Mexico." --Quoted from The Zapatista Movement

TWINS 最经典: 丢架

今晚写到第一千三百个字，评估一种为环境定价的民意调查法，无聊之极，环境怎能有价？ 上网重听香港TWINS唱的《丢架》， 林夕的词，真是极品，第一句“咖啡杯都企（站）不稳”，就叫人联想到女主角手在擅抖，心在淌血的伤感画面。

TWINS其它歌都我没啥留意，唯有这首，百听不厌。偶而还是会想起，很多年以前，自己也曾如此当街丢架... ...


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丢架

Sa: 咖啡杯都企不稳 我忍 自称不想我伤心你要小心 临别亦要那么狠 语带兴奋 什么他真比我衬 觉得不应该再等
Gil: 傻女　为何要苦笑 明明我可以大叫 架己丢 或者就快不能了 Twins: 我的信心崩溃了
Sa: 终于我哭了不必坐通宵 或者当初你只贪我喜欢笑 你我早已失去这需要
Gil: 当街痛哭了不好意思打扰 或者应该亲口请你快走了 好走了让我知道我们完了
Gil: 小心摸亲你的手　你知 大家相识那么久　我哪知丑 宁愿拨去你的手　怕你一踫 十打纸巾不会够　泪一点出不会收
Sa: 谁管　明晨眼肿了会怪我的气量窄 福气少　大癫大肺玩完了 Twins: 甚至化妆都不要
Gil: 好彩我哭了　不必坐通宵 或者当初你只贪我喜欢笑 你我早已失去这需要
Sa: 当街痛哭了　不好意思打扰 或者应该亲口请你快走了 好走了 让我知道我们完了
Let it flow Let it flow I can't control So let it flow Let it flow Let it flow I lost my soul So I'll let it go
Twins: 好彩我哭了不必坐通宵 或者 Sa: 当初你只贪我喜欢笑 你我早已失去这需要
Twins: 当街痛哭了　不好意思打扰 或者 Gil: 应该亲口请你快走了 好走了
Twins: 让我知道我们完了

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隔壁班同学 with MscED folks

我修读纯发展学，却选修了三门与环境有关的科目。因此，与环境发展学的同学混了两个学期。今天是本学期“环境发展政策与课题”的最后一堂课，我参加了他们为班上两名同学主办的庆生会。

在众多与发展学有关的选修学科中，从选修人数就可以知道各项问题在人们心目中的比重，政治与经济是最热门的。我是否可以以此假设，女生比男生更关心环境？因为环境发展学只有两位男同学。环境问题与人类的生存息息相关，但它往往却是人们最后选择关心的问题。

过去几个月，让我印象深刻及启动我的思考机器的几个问题简单来说包括了：
（1）环境本身是多变的、动态的。人类与环境是相互依赖的，如果人类自以为是主体，环境为客体，人对环境、资源的索求将是无止境的（结果出现了现代人对于污染、资源匮乏的担忧）。
（2）关注不同群体的人们对环境问题及环境风险的不同理解。有时候，所谓的“科学家”、“专家”常自以为是，而忽略了“当地人”对于利用与保存环境资源的传统知识。
（3）处理环境管理时须留意及回应不同层次的管理问题。
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This picture was taken at a birthday party after our last PIED lecture with my coursemates in MSc in Environment and Development. Although I am a MADS student, I have attended 3 optional courses which are related to environment issues, therefore I spent most of my lectures with them in the last two semesters.

The most interesting thing is: there are only two boys in the class, can I assume that girls are more concern about environmental issues?^_^ However, it is truth that among many issues in development, environment is always the last thing that people want to think about and do something.

In the past few months, there are several issues which always make me to reflect :
(1)Environment is DYNAMIC. People and environment are interrelated. When people think of themselves as subject, environment as object, there will be overconsumption and overuse of natural resources.
(2)Concerns about risk perception of different groups. Divergence between expert knowledge and local knowledge in dealing with environment problems.
(3)Be aware of different SCALE of managements when we are dealing with environmental issues.
(4)etc... ...

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