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| After working hard for a week, I went sight-seeing in Jerash with Alan, who was another voluntary worker in the hospital (a Pre-Med student) and Husam, who is a permenant worker in the same maintenance team at which I worked (a previous patient in the hospital). Jerash is known for the ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa, also referred to as Antioch on the Golden River. It is sometimes misleadingly referred to as the "Pompeii of the Middle East or Asia", referring to its size, extent of excavation and level of preservation. Jerash is considered one of the most important and best preserved Roman cities in the Near East. It was a city of the Decapolis. There are a large number of striking monuments located in Jerash: the Corinthium column, Hadrian's Arch, a circus/hippodrome, two immense temples (to Zeus and Artemis), the nearly unique oval Forum which is surrounded by a fine colonnade, a long colonnaded street or cardo, two theatres (the Large South Theatre and smaller North Theatre), two baths, a scatter of small temples and an almost complete circuit of city walls. More photos @ http://picasaweb.google.com.hk/phicarus | | |
| Heavy work continues, 
but friendship was formed between us. 
Sometimes, we need to leave our patients, 
and go to the downtown. 
People here are quite different from where I used to live, 
but we have SMILE in common. 
In the Islamic world, 
it was a surprise to find a treasure here, 
Though we may even need to work hard, 
Our hard work is also recognized by the locals. 
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| When I first came to Jordan, I felt a slight fear and anxiety, 
as I reached a myterious place like this. 
Here, people fed sheeps, 
and only deserts are besides the road. 
After I passed the road to hospital, 
I finally reached a paradise. 
Working with companions under hot weather, 
heavy work fatigued both my body and my heart. 
But my mind got refreshed soon after we had gathered, 
and with a smile from the angel. 
(to be continued ......) | | |
| It is the 5th day I work here in the hospital in Jordan. I am assigned to maintenance work for the hospital like digging a chain for phone and internet connections, in a city called "Ma Fraq" in the northern part of Jordan. There are people from most of the Middle East Countries, e.g. local Jordanians, Palestians, Egyptians, Yamens and Syrians. Since I have not worked like a 苦力 for a long time, I feel really exhausted everyday. Hopefully, I will go to a city in the southern part of Jordan (I forgot the name !!!) and teach the children there. I really look forward to the duty there as well as the scene, as I was told by the maintenance leader here that the scene is so beautiful there. | | |
| 今朝聽完午堂講道，就坐西鐵去兆康站，等埋大昌朋友去行"百萬行"。我讀大中小學時都冇做過D咁有義意o既活動，竟然向我出o黎做野時先走去行，真係有D慚愧。不過去到發現原來咁多人都好似我咁，個心都安落返D。我地先撘十分鐘巴士去到后海灣西部通道o既起點，沿住西部通道一直行，然後去到香港深圳交滙處再折返。因為今日都比較大霧，所以其實睇唔到乜野景色。不過第一次到后海灣附近，而中途又可以遠眺堔圳o既蛇口，又幾好feel 呢。另外，有機會可以同某個我好欣賞o既同事詳談，令我覺得o黎個"百萬行"真係好值呢。 之後，相約斌少向旺角警署等去旺角大球場睇波。聽斌少講返先知，原來"賭神"係比人扔低向旺角警署門口呢！去到睇波，前面有人踢波之餘又有白鴿飛落場度"偷食"，後面又有個似黃興桂咁o既阿叔向度講波，真係睇到我同斌少笑到癲。最精彩係傑志入佐一球之後，南華一開波傳佐五球波就比T.史高斯一個遠射追平，令到全場南華球迷歡喜若狂！可惜之後一場悶戰，打和完場。 之後大家就去佐太子西貢越南湯河食D野，叫佐個西貢特色河粉同個無骨雞翼。個河粉好似冇乜特別咁，但係個無骨雞翼就真係好大隻又好好味呢！賣單每位五十零蚊，比想像中貴少少。食完就搭巴士返屋企。 遲o下有機會post 返D相先。 | | |
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