生日快樂

在美國收到的第一份生日禮物
今早美國的同事 MAISIE 叫住我，祝我生日快樂並給我一份生日禮物，是一本書-
"The secret of GOD's Presence" by Andrew Murray.
What a surprise, because I do not remember I told her it is my birthday, and I got the gift. It must be from God! I am so thankful because someone knows my birthday.
Recently (after MOM back to taiwan), I feel lonely here, my roommate is so quiet, she never shared or talked to me, always I have to start the conversation. And we go to office or go home individually, even in the same bus or same train, she chose sit acrossly the aisle, not next to me. She is very polite and afraid to bother, but too quiet and dull.
Luckily, I can talk to God, and Mom's radio really helps me a lot, I like to turn on the radio and have some "noise" at home.

早上，打電話給爸媽，只為了聽一句"生日快樂"，收到哥哥從台灣打來的電話也很高興，覺得還是台灣好。
中午和Mallory到world finance center- winter garden旁的海港野餐，想起英國Southampton的港口，溫暖的陽光掃除冬天的陰霾。下午授信科的同事合買了一個strawberry shortcake to celebrate, I am so appreciated that I can have birthday cake in the foreign country. To my surprise, many colleagues said happy birthday to me, and I got blessing email from friends in Taiwan, It is special and it is love.

原本只想要當一般的日子過，因為沒有朋友家人可以慶祝，也沒讓大家知道因為不想造成負擔，但又覺得生命真的可貴，不想隨便的度過，想讓這一天有點不同.....複雜的心情.....

Birth is your beginning. It is a window to the chance of a lifetime, the chance to fufill your unique mission.
A birthday is a time to celebrate birth itself, the joy of life. It is also an occasion to rethink your life.
A birthday can teach us the concept of rebirth, no matter how things went yesterday, or last year, we always have the capacity to try again.