How to calculate the Easter date?
Quite a number of times, my non-Christian friends asked me how to calculate the date of Easter. As a Christian, I was supposed to know it, they expected. However, every time I encountered this question, my answer was "I don't know". To me, the true meaning of Easter is far more important than the date, so I did not bother to search for the answer.
Today, I was asked the same question again but this time, I felt a bit ashame. How come being a Christian for over 10 years, I still could not answer this simple question? Suddenly, I realized that all these years, I had been making excuses for my laziness. Late is better than never. Immediately after I went home, I looked for the answer in the internet and got a really comprehensive one from the hyperlink below: http://staff.ccss.edu.hk/jckleung/xue_qu/calendar/calendar_3.html
Simply put, Easter is on the first Sunday after a full moon on or after 21 March. And 21 March is the date of Spring Equinox (「春分」).
Excitingly, I emailed this interesting piece of knowledge to my friends together with a few lines explaining Jesus Christ's resurrection. I prayed that my friends' thinking of Easter connects more to Jesus Christ's resurrection than to chocolate eggs and bunnies.
Hiking at HK Trail Section 1 & 2 (2008-3-1)
Yes, it's hiking again. Initially, I wanted to skip it because I just finished the tough Pak Sin Leng trip not long ago. Although struggling, I still decided to go, risking my joints being worn out, since it was the first time to join hiking organised by my existing colleagues.
We set off outside the Peak Galleria at 11:30am. Thank God, it was such a beautiful day with plenty of sunshine and warm air. Campared with Pak Sin Leng, this one was really a relaxed and leisure walk. Therefore, we had the space and time to chat and get to know each other. Luckily, I brought Shir. Her presence energised our conversations. Not until then did I know one of the young colleagues studied French for 3 years and the most senior colleague is Mrs. Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai's U-mate. To me, the best fun of hiking was two folds, getting close to nature and
understanding more about lives of others.
Towards the finishing point, which was near the Aberdeen cemetery, an interesting conversation went like this. "Oh, our end point is at a cemetery," I exclaimed. Senior colleague laughed, "True, most people's end point will be at a cemetery afterall." Shir added, "Should then our journey begin at a hospital instead?" "Probably we should," senior colleague replied. My friend, this route's starting point indeed was not far away from the Matilda Hospital!!! So funny! Well, thanks to Jesus Christ, I knew my journey will end in heaven, not cemetery.
As a reward for all our effort, Senior colleauge bought us noodles at "謝記" - a particularly well-known shop - served its last customer for the day at 6pm. I ordered fish slices noodle. How amazing they had 籟粉 (not the normal rice noodle) in the menu. Both the fish slices and the noodles tasted fresh and original, without much additional seasonings. Yummie yummie =P...... What a perfect ending of the terrific journey!
