這兩天在面書上欣賞神學院同學和美麗的妻子、可愛的小兒子在挪威旅行的照片,其中一張照片中湖光山色之美,令我寫下了四個字:「人間天堂」。
不到廿四小時,我正悠閒地躺著欣賞韓劇之際,DAN走進來說挪威市中心發生爆炸,至少死了一個人。我差點沒有跳了起來,第一件事是想知道挪威當地時間是幾點鐘?我的同學和家人正在市中心觀光嗎?心定下來後知道現在最「有效」的行動,不是立即上面書問同學情況如何,而是立即為整件事祈禱,無論受傷的是誰,祈求神的醫治、看顧。
今早起來看新聞才知道原來除了爆炸,還有亂槍掃射青年營,死傷幾十人事件。上面書看見同學報平安,心中釋然。十分難受,為這個一向沒甚麼重大新聞的國家,這個擁有攝人心魄的冰川的國家深感哀傷,為我的同學、家人、團友感難受,美麗的旅遊回憶,添上了一層黑紗。
一個人的決定、行為,只消一瞬間,造成無數家庭不可磨滅、不可彌補的傷痛,就只在一瞬間。
If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world. ~ C.S. Lewis
Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Two lists
Where is the best place to live?
The United Nation just published the 2007/2008 Human Development Index rankings, the index used 2005 figures for life expectancy, educational levels and real per capita income to rank 175 nations of the world. For better understanding the index, go to their website.
How rotten is your country?
Another list is of my interest also, since much is debated as to how much corruption is going on in the Philippines, check out The 2006 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index. Well, if you have any sense of what corruption does to a country, you will find that the more corrupted a country is, the harder it is for anything to work at all, I mean anything! We have experienced it first hand in the Philippines.
The United Nation just published the 2007/2008 Human Development Index rankings, the index used 2005 figures for life expectancy, educational levels and real per capita income to rank 175 nations of the world. For better understanding the index, go to their website.
How rotten is your country?
Another list is of my interest also, since much is debated as to how much corruption is going on in the Philippines, check out The 2006 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index. Well, if you have any sense of what corruption does to a country, you will find that the more corrupted a country is, the harder it is for anything to work at all, I mean anything! We have experienced it first hand in the Philippines.
2007/2008 Human Development Index rankings
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