说一说…..小黄花

多年前，我和朋友到云南旅行。
一个晴朗的下午，我们的车子开在一条马路上，两边尽是一望无际青翠的草原，厚实的云层低得让你以为只要用力踮脚伸腰就触手可及，而穿过云层洒在青草上的是神圣的耶稣光……好美好美。
我忍不住请司机大哥在路边停车，跑到草原上拍照。
我顺着耶稣光的方向走去，绿油油的草原间，长满了一朵朵闪耀的小黄花。
我把长镜头对准其中一朵小黄花，想把它在阳光下的灿烂留住。

仔细一看，刹时一阵深深的感动。
这朵小黄花的花瓣是心形的，镜头里的它好像在跟我说“我爱你”。
也许是它把我召唤到这里，让我们相遇，然后把一份强大的爱赐予我。

2007年，在好友采妮（杨采妮）的发起下，我和Gigi（梁咏琪），秀秀（许茹芸）决定成立一个儿童慈善教育基金会。
为基金会取名时，我想起了那朵充满爱的小黄花，提议了小黄花这个名字。
小黄花是野花，它在艰难的环境下成长，经历日晒雨淋，暴风吹打，却勇敢接受磨练，长得越来越粗壮，最后终于开出了灿烂的小黄花，散发着属于它的光芒。
这个精神正可以用来鼓励贫穷家庭的孩子，而我们可以透过基金会的角色，把我们的爱变成滋养他们的土地和阳光。
决定了这个名字后，我把小黄花的照片递给女儿，当时八岁的她就画了今天大家所看到的小黄花标志。

2008年，回归家乡，2010年年底，进入贫民区开始提供免费午餐，2012年正式注册。

十年，从贫民窟的免费午餐计划……至今天两间中心“小黄花乐园”，照顾上百位贫穷家庭的孩子，提供他们免费营养午餐，教育，课外活动，未来规划…..至疫情管制令期间购买医疗防护用品捐赠医院，提供六百多个贫穷家庭粮食….，这一路沿着初心走来，所有参与小黄花慈善教育基金会的工作者，无不深深地感受爱的力量。

这些孩子照亮了我们内心的慈悲，让我们发现原来爱才是真正让我们变得强大的养分，而这份强大不强势，不咄咄逼人，不傲气，而是一份非常温柔和温暖的强大。

多年前，阅读了特丽莎修女的传记。
她一生的全部财产就是一尊耶稣像，三套衣服和一双凉鞋，她为印度数不尽的贫穷家庭和快要死亡的穷人服务。
她把一生都奉献给贫穷人们，让他们受到尊重，关怀和爱。

她说：
爱自己，爱他人，爱生命里一切需要爱的事物，不要任何理由。
哪怕生命微小到只是一根细小的灯芯，燃烧了，就能照亮自己，也能照亮他人。
甚至，你还可以尝试去照亮一个世界。
每次回顾特丽莎修女的事迹或是她的语录，简单的几句话，就能让我轻易感动至眼眶泛泪。

十年，从当初“一定要喂饱孩子”的初心出发，到今日得以结合大众的力量一起关爱更多的贫穷家庭，心里尽是感恩，感恩再感恩。

很多人都觉得做慈善机构很难，很难在现今追求名利的社会里找到志同道合的伙伴。
但这十年里，从事这份慈善工作，我一直都遇见了许多非常伟大，善良的同伴，更因为这份工作而结交了许多以前身为艺人没有机会接触在各个领域已很经成功，还致力从事慈善工作的人们，让我感受到了这个社会里非常强大和温暖的力量。

因为一份关爱，打开了我的心，我的眼睛，甚至我的整个世界。

行动管制令期间，因为募款的款项非常踊跃，于是小黄花的五位员工异常忙碌。
她们每天忙于接收善款，处理捐款的文件工作，回复捐助者的讯息，定期向大众更新最新的善款运用详情，致电关心各方提供的本地贫穷家庭，难民，外籍工作者的状况，安排食物订购和运送，处理医疗防护用品的订购事宜，行动管制令开始放宽后，就忙于探访特殊案例家庭和老人院，做进一步的了解，以便能提供他们更长远的援助。

她们很忙，很累，但她们说“内心很感动，从来没想过自己有一天竟然在国家陷入困境时，与许多素未谋面的善心人士一起，帮助那么多在这片土地生活的人们。”

我很爱很爱我的伙伴们，因为她们的加入，让这份工作得以持续下去，还不停成长。
因为她们的付出，让更多的贫穷人们得到关爱。

特丽莎修女虽然已经离开人世，但她的精神和能量还在发挥着强大的影响和指引。
而还在人世间的我们，也许可以就如她说的：
我们当中极少数人能做伟大的事情，但每一个人都可以用崇高的爱去做平凡的事。
Few of us can do great things, but all of us can do small things with great love.

P/S:
1) 感谢所有在疫情期间帮助我们的义工。
2) 小黄花教育基金会聘请新员工，如果你有兴趣可以联络我们 (017-384 4123)。 (只限女性) 😊


Let’s talk about….. Little Yellow Flower

Many years back, I went to Yunnan with my friend. It was a sunny afternoon. Our car was driving along the road, both sides covered in vast fresh and green grassland. The heavy clouds were hanging so low that you will feel as though as it is within reach just by stretching out your hands while tip-toeing. Also, passing through the clouds, were the divine looking crepuscular rays sprinkling over the grasses…. It was really, really beautiful and magnificent.

I just could not help it but to request for the chauffeur to pull up by the roadside, running into the grassland to take a picture. I walked and followed the ray’s directions in the lush green grassland towards a spot where there were just many small little radiant looking yellow flowers. I pointed the long camera lens towards one of the little yellow flower, wanting to keep its brilliances while under the sunshine.

Taking a closer look at the flower, I was suddenly deeply moved. The petals of this little yellow flower are heart-shaped. It seems to be saying “I Love You” to me through the camera lens. Perhaps it was the one who is calling me, letting us meet and bestowing me a sense of powerful love.

In the year 2007, with the initiative from Charlie Young, who is one of my best friends, and together with Gigi Leung and Valen Hsu, we decided to set up an education charity Foundation for the children.

When we were naming the Foundation, I thought of the little yellow flower which was full of love and proposed to use “Little Yellow Flower” as the name of the Foundation.

The little yellow flower is a flower which grows in the wilderness. It has to grow under the harsh environment, experiencing the beating weather like the scorching hot sun, drenching under the rain and bracing itself in the forceful windy storms. Yet it endures and accepts it bravely, growing into a splendid looking little yellow flower, shining radiantly and brightly.

This spirit can be used to encourage the children of poor families and communities. Through the Foundation, it enables us to transmit our love to nourish their soul and become their sunshine.

After deciding to use this name, I gave this picture to my daughter and the Little Yellow Flower logo which you all see today is actually drawn by her who was only 8 years old at that time.

Year 2008, I returned to my homeland. End of 2010, we started to provide free lunch for the children in the slum area and in 2012, we are registered formally in Malaysia.

10 years… from providing free lunch program in the slum areas, and now at present, we have 2 centers known as “Little Yellow Flower Wonderland”; Taking care of more than one hundred children from poor families, providing them free nutritious lunch, education, extra curriculums, fun learning and future planning…..During this pandemic and Movement Control Order period, we have purchased, donated Personal Protection Equipment and goods which are medically treated to the hospitals and also provided essential needs and food for over 600 poor families and individuals.
During this journey, with the original intention of the Foundation, all the staffs in Little Yellow Flower Education Foundation, sensed the deep power of love.

These children have lighten up our innermost compassion, allowing us to realize that love is the nutrient that makes us more powerful. However, this strength is not intensive, not aggressive, not arrogant but rather one that is much gentler, tender and warm.

I have read Mother Teresa’s biography many years ago. Throughout her life, her entire assets consist of only a Jesus statue, 3 sets of clothes and a pair of sandals. She served countless numbers of the poor and cared for the sick who are at the brink of death in India. She devoted her life to the poor, allowing them to be respected, cared for and loved.

She has said: “Love yourself, Love others, Love everything in life that needs to be loved. Even if life is as tiny as a wick, when ignited, it is able to illuminate oneself and also others. So much so that you may even try to light up the whole world.”
The corners of my eyes would easily tear up whenever I look back at Mother Teresa’s achievements or quotes, even though it is just those few simple words.
With the intention of “Must feed these children” from 10 years ago up to today, to be able to combine the strength from the public together to care for these poor, I am forever, over and over again filled with gratefulness.
Many people think that to serve in charitable work is very difficult. Difficult to find like-minded partners in this modern society where it is all about fame and profit. But during these 10 years, ever since engaging in this charitable work, I have met many great and kind-hearted people. It is also because of this work, I am able to meet up with a lot of successful people from various industries (people who are not in the entertainment industry). These people are also actively involved and committed in charitable work. This reminded and gave me a great sense of energy, strength and warmth still exists in the society.
Because of this care and love, it has opened up my mind, heart, eyes and my whole world.
During the Movement Control Order, due to the enormous responses from the fundraising event, all the 5 staffs in Little Yellow Flower were extremely busy.
Every day, they are busy receiving donation, processing documents, responding to the donors’ messages, regularly updating the public about the funds raised and used, finding out about the condition and needs of our local poor families, refugees and migrant workers. Making orders, preparing and delivering out essentials and food to these families in need, handling orders and making arrangements for the medical personal protection equipment.
When the Movement Control Order restrictions were relaxed, they are now busy with visitations to households of special cases and nursing homes to further understand their situation, to be able to provide them long-term support.
They are awfully busy and very tired but they told me this: “We are deeply moved. Never have we thought that there will be a day when the country would be in difficulties and we would be heavily involved, working together with so many kind people whom we have never met before to provide assistance to the people living on the same land as us.”
I love my workmates very, very much. This work is able to continuously grow and develop because of their participation. It is because of their efforts, more poor people are being cared for.
Although Mother Teresa has left this earthly world, her spirit and energy is still exerting powerful influences and guidance. To those of us who are still in this secular world, as she has said: “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
P/S:
A) Thank you very much to all volunteers who have helped out during this period of time.
😎 Little Yellow Flower Education Foundation is now hiring. If you are interested to join us, you may contact us at 017-3844123. (FEMALE ONLY) 😊

#说一说
#letstalkabout
#小黄花慈善教育基金会
Little Yellow Flower

《天氣熱。15分鐘上桌🍝 》#英國媽媽封城日記 #第68天
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這兩天英國🇬🇧高溫27度🌞豔陽高照！（真不好意思，英國超過25度就警戒高溫了😬）。是說英國人崇尚自由？還是難得艷陽關不住了！英國的海岸勝地Brighton跟Bournemouth人滿為患！
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當然，去海邊哪有什麼社交距離？哪有什麼戴不戴口罩？大家都在比誰穿得少😂 雖然政府已經稍稍放鬆一點點？但也不至於去密度這麼高的海邊吧？🇬🇧每天依然是300-500人死亡案例發生！
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讓我不禁為英國疫情擔憂😔！
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＃孩子準備回去上學了?

英國的學校也在準備6月3日要階段性復學，小吐司跟小可頌的學校是infant school（3-7歲而已），所以他們學校目前規劃是，只有 ＃年紀最小的 nursery跟reception 恢復。雖然是政府規定哥哥念的年級year1可以復學，但我們學校還沒有計畫。反倒是我很訝異，最沒自我保護衛生概念的3歲妹妹可以復學！🧐
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校長發給全校的信是說，計畫小班＆中班孩子，一週分別錯開時間，各上2天早上，上學的孩子拆散成10個人一個group，配合一位老師跟一位助教，分開使用獨立教室跟廁所。午餐也改成午餐盒lunch box方式。
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＃聽起來好像滿有規劃的？根本是比照私校師資比例！不過老實說，我們還是傾向選擇「不復學」，直接放暑假等到9月開學再來說。畢竟，家裡只有妹妹可以回去上兩天，哥哥還是整天在家。
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有人說，那不就剝奪孩子學習的權利？孩子以後會不會有社交問題？孩子也需要有自己空間，孩子之後會不喜歡上學.....＃你們覺得呢？
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＃我的決定 其實來自很簡單的「大原則」：

1. 我能負荷繼續孩子在家的生活嗎？ Yes
2.我能很自在的心情送他們回去嗎？ No
3. 不回去上學這5周（因為馬上又放暑假），會影響孩子一輩子嗎？No
4. 不回去上學，學校會保留學籍嗎？Yes
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大方向知道了，就不用怕被人影響了。
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#當媽媽最難的地方 ＃無畏旁人眼光
#媽媽最閃耀的亮光點
#來自於溫柔堅定的信念跟立場

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＃15分鐘快速上菜

今天中午實在太熱，我用義大利🇮🇹的橄欖油、麵條、＃番茄罐頭，＃再利用冷凍蔬菜丁 、泰國🇹🇭的冷凍蝦，越南🇻🇳的魷魚，拌一拌！就可以上桌，大人版的再自己配上日本🇯🇵的蒜味辣椒🌶️！完美！
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最後用我自己成功水耕的 ＃九層塔 (Thai Basil) 提味！比西方羅勒葉basil更有香氣！滿滿 ＃偽夏天熱炒的特色。老公孩子們，吃得津津有味！
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行动管制第39天 #4月25号# #covid19# #florencecook# #秀丽美食# #covid19diary# #lockdown# #locktown# #stayathome# #dudukrumah#
24-34度 阵雨

今天大马增加51累计5742出院99累计3762占65.5%死亡2累计98人
每天都在祈求肺炎病毒赶快停止
信念和行动可以战胜一切

下星期跟韩国订的20万个covid19 test kit到了
下星期的数据是关键
祈求一切平平安安 大家平安健康
今天晚上在窗户边唱陈洁仪的Home
感谢大家的付出和努力 一起对抗疫情
其实大家都感动的。。。
生活不易 大家加油 只要坚持 一定可以
早上脸书直播分享头疼按摩和脸部紧肤按摩
儿童早操和郑多燕操加tabata
每天家里成员都互相鼓励
让早上的直播更精彩 让每餐都更美味
让彼此心灵都成长 让大人工作不受影响
小孩学习一直进步 妈咪后勤打点一切正常运作
每个人都出一份力 很喜欢这可爱的家庭
连脸书微博的朋友也感受到我们的家庭气息
早餐：多拿鱼鸡蛋面包
午餐：咖喱米粉
晚餐：火锅

Today day 39
Morning Facebook live Florence陈秀丽 sharing about massage to relieve headache and face lifting massage.
Please join us for morning exercise at 10am at Facebook: Florence 陈秀丽
Today sing ‘home’ with millions of people at 7:55pm to thank you frontliners and worker.
Breakfast: tuna, two eggs, mayonnaise mix apply on bread
Lunch: Vea cook laksa
Dinner: steamboat

（布城25日讯）首相丹斯里慕尤丁指出，尽管行动管制令导致停工、停业让国家经济一天蒙受24亿令吉损失，但是我国别无选择，因为冠病会致命，必须立即阻断传播。

（八打灵再也25日讯）吉隆坡City One公寓住户昨晚下楼进行冠病检测。

冠病（COVID-19）疫情
全球累计确诊病例突破284万 累计死亡人数突破19.8万

破九十万1个： 美国
破二十万1个： 西班牙
破十万5个： 意大利 / 法国 / 德国 / 英国 / 土耳其
破万25个： 伊朗 / 中国 / 俄罗斯 / 巴西 / 比利时 / 加拿大 / 荷兰 / 瑞士 / 印度 / 葡萄牙 / 厄瓜多尔 / 秘鲁 / 爱尔兰 / 瑞典 / 以色列 / 奥地利 / 沙地阿拉伯 / 墨西哥 / 日本 / 智利 / 新加坡 / 巴基斯坦 / 波兰 / 韩国 / 罗马尼亚

韩国：仅新增10宗 累计1万718宗
新加坡：狮城新增618确诊 总病例达1万2693起
菲律宾：新增102宗 17死亡 30痊愈
印尼：新增396确诊 31死亡 40痊愈
泰国：新增53病例 1死亡 57痊愈

【大马】
连续9天两位数增长！大马新增51确诊
殃及医护员和病患·峇厘岛回国感染43人3死
大城堡集会2112确诊
韩20万快筛试剂下周收到
祖基菲里：非进食或饮水‧拭子测试没违反斋戒
沈桂贤：强制隔离有效阻传染·返砂确诊者 有37%无症状
李国忠：有更高灵敏度·可采集唾液检测冠病
卫生顾问：曾接触确诊同事·“护士非缺PPE染疫亡”
营造家庭氛围 免病患感压力·沙登方舱医院 温馨设计
李俊：武汉大规模推广·中药治冠病效果显著
杨士芳:近距接触·不建议冠病妈妈母乳喂养
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