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Thursday, August 12, 2010

接受滿地可七天報訪問

接受滿地可七天報訪問
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和所有人都一樣

——訪殘疾陽光青年陳樹江

記者胡憲

320,由康大(Concordia)學生黃蕾發起的青年慈善組織“Love 4 Life”(熱愛生活)在蒙特利爾中華文化宮舉辦了一場為中國殘疾孤兒募捐,以年輕人為主體的“Back to Basic”(回歸本性)才藝表演大會。舞臺上生龍活虎,舞臺下群情激昂,大會開得非常成功。而當天活動的最大亮點,不是名冠蒙城的歌星,不是才華出眾的美女,而是一位步履蹣跚登上講壇的殘疾青年。

他的才藝是演講,演講的課題是命運,命運的無常與人生的美好,在他聲情並茂的演繹中達到完滿的結合,感動了所有的觀眾。一名觀眾對記者說:“他身有殘疾,卻活得比我們更加充實,更有意義,他是我們的榜樣。”

他的名字叫陳樹江(Billy Chan)。

提升生命的價值

1980年,陳樹江出生在香港一個普通工人家庭,先天的雙足反生令他不能行走。“醫生鋸斷我的腿,再重新把腳接上……我記不得進行過多少次手術了,只記得我的童年幾乎是在醫院裏度過的。”陳樹江講得很平淡,帶著永恆的笑意:“最辛苦的是我的媽媽,她每天都要趕來醫院看我,照顧我。”

記者問:你有沒有過感覺沮喪,認為命運對你不公平?

陳樹江回答道:“當然有。小時候,小朋友笑話我,學我走路的樣子,第一次坐校車去上學,就有小朋友把腳伸到過道上害我絆倒摔跤,這些時候我都很不開心……我也問過媽媽,為什麼單單是我?媽媽說,每一個人都是獨特的,你生來就是這樣,沒有為什麼。但是很多東西人在後天是可以控制的,例如你可以用殘疾去提升你的價值,這就是很好的控制。”

陳樹江是如何做的呢?

“我認為,人們笑我是正常的,如果有一個人跟大家不同,我也會多望他一下。現在,當有人學我走路的姿勢時,我會問他,你覺得這樣走路辛苦嗎?一個人回答說,很好玩。我再問,如果你每一天都這樣走路,會辛苦嗎?這個人不說話了,去思索了。他如果從此開始想到其他人的感受,那麼我就因幫到了別人而提升了自己的價值,這就是控制。”

打不垮的陳樹江

陳樹江演講一般用廣東話或者英語,所以當他開門見山講起普通話來,記者吃驚地問,你在哪里學的普通話,你懂簡體字嗎?陳樹江笑了:“在香港,簡體字的書比較便宜,因此我總是買簡體字書,在麥吉爾大學我還學過一年的普通話。”

陳樹江14歲來加拿大時,正趕上耶誕節,法語“歡迎班”本來進度就慢,加上不斷有新生加入,學過的東西又要重來,一學期過去了,也沒學到什麼東西。這裏的叔叔阿姨們對他說:“Billy,你上不了正規大學了,因為你至少要學兩年的法語,這樣等你中學畢業就19歲了,只能上成人班了。”

陳樹江不甘心,他去找老師,跟老師說,我無論如何要上大學,有沒有其他辦法?老師被他的決心所感動,用半年的時間教了他兩年的法語課。儘管中三第一學期的法文考試不及格,還是允許他升了中四,但是必須重讀法語。他又去找校長,對校長說,我的數學基礎很好,數學課對我是時間上的浪費。能不能讓我把中四、中五的數學一起學,一起考,使我能把更多的時間用在法語上。校長允許了,但是條件也很苛刻。給了他兩個年級的教科書,但是沒有老師教。期末統考那天,他考完中四的數學,直接作中五的試卷,不得走出考場。“那天,我連續考了6個小時沒動地方。”

到了升中五時,陳樹江集中精力攻克法語,每週上12節法語課,最終完成了預定目標,和同齡人一起中學畢業。

上了CEGEP John Abbott學院,新的問題出現了,這回是英語。“我原來以為自己英語還可以,但到了第三個學期,每位同學都要考英語畢業試,可惜我沒有通過這次的考試。這時候又有人說我上不了大學了,因為離畢業只剩6個月的時間,連我的父親都說不可能趕上了。我非常感謝我的老師,我去找他想辦法,老師非常好,願意每週拿出三天來免費教我,另外又介紹一個學生給我補習。我那時每天都要寫一篇作文,三個禮拜過後,我發現被老師糾錯的紅字越來越少,6個月後我不僅順利通過英語考試,還考上了我喜歡的麥吉爾大學,雙修數學和電腦兩個專業。”陳樹江說:“這幾年的坎坷經歷,對我的成長很有好處,在‘不努力就上不了大學’的強烈激勵下我學會了如何面對困難,永不放棄。”

情商(EQ)顧問

很不巧,陳樹江大學畢業正趕上2003IT業大衰退,找不到對口工作,於是他回香港當了一名EQ顧問,設計了EQ數學家陪訓班。

EQ數學家”?

“我幾乎每年暑假都回香港,17歲起開始跟表哥學習EQ理論。EQ是心理學名詞Emotional Quotient的英文縮寫。通常譯為:情緒智慧或情緒智商,簡稱情商。它代表的是一個人的情緒智力(Emotional Intelligence)能力。簡單來說,EQ是一個人自我情緒管理以及管理他人情緒的能力指數。)我表哥在大學做心理學教授,我常跟著他到處演講,給他打下手。2000年的一天,他在給保險從業員講課當中突然說道:‘這個青年叫陳樹江,我們請他來講講他的故事。’我一點準備也沒有,被逼無奈只好講了我的過去。表哥說我講的很好。他的肯定非常厲害,從此我一次又一次走上講臺。我現在回想,也許我開始講得並不好,但是在他的不斷鼓勵下,我當年就成了一名情商顧問。2003年我回去後,他又給我機會單獨開課,講授怎樣處理青少年對數學不喜歡,甚至害怕的情緒。我用了三個月的時間泡在圖書館裏查資料備課。從一開始只有20名學生,到後來每期80人,我的課大受歡迎,人們叫我‘EQ數學家’。”

陳樹江強調EQ非常重要,是一個人應該研究一輩子的學問。“人們說我講話感染力強,就應當歸功於這段當情商顧問的經歷。”陳樹江說。

不怕失敗 爭取自由

記者請陳樹江發表人生感言和讀者們,特別是青年讀者們分享,他首先說的是:不要怕失敗。“

“你失敗過嗎?”記者問。

“當然!”

2004年,陳樹江想回Mc Gill大學攻讀電腦碩士,研製“有感情的Robert(機器人)”,遭到教授拒絕。“我當時人在香港,感覺很失敗。現在回過頭去看這次失敗,又不是失敗了。如果我是在Mc Gill讀研究生,還是原來的環境,原來的老師,但去了Concordia大學,一切都和原來不同,我有了全新的感受,學到了許多新的東西。我還有過法語不及格,英語不及格的失敗經歷,但現在我可以提供給其他年輕人從我的失敗中得到經驗和教訓。每當我演講完,有朋友告訴我,以後知道了怎樣面對失敗,我都非常開心。”

陳樹江第二個要說的是“做一個自由的人”。他說:“自由就是可以做出選擇。這對年輕人非常重要。如果你知道了什麼叫自由,成功就有了一半。比如說抽煙,當你說不抽就不行時,你就失去了自由;還有,有的人迷上色情網頁,影響學習和健康,欲罷不成。那我說,你能不能不把電腦放在房間?如果你說不行,那你就不是個自由的人。你不能控制自己,而是讓自己被其他東西控制了。”

人生目標

陳樹江的人生目標是“通過跟朋友們分享我走過的道路,包括我做錯了的事情,把我做人的精神傳下去。”

“你有做錯的事情嗎?”記者問。

“有的。比如很多工作都是朋友們一起幹,有時,當別人做的達不到我理想時,我會忍不住發脾氣。這說明,我在教別人控制情緒的同時,自己也要學習控制自己。我最喜歡的一句話是‘生氣不如爭氣’,當你生氣的時候,應該檢討怎樣才能避免令你生氣的事情發生,而不是發脾氣。要相信,別人不是誠心讓你生氣的。”

陳樹江有太多的社會活動,因此他名片上只有一個名字,沒有任何頭銜。他的全職工作是程式設計員,業餘時間幾乎全部奉獻給他人。他說:“我沒有一個富裕的家庭,現在還和父母住在一起,因此,我要用8個小時賺錢養家,8個小時做社會義工,剩下8個小時給自己睡覺。”

陳樹江的父母移民後買了一間咖啡店經營,“為了供我和妹妹上大學,他們吃了很多的苦,特別是我看到咖啡店裏有很多人抽煙,這對爸爸媽媽的身體健康不利,因此我大學一畢業就不讓他們再工作了。這是我的責任。”事實上,陳樹江從中學起就開始當家教掙錢了,難怪很多人感慨說,陳樹江所做到的一切,是一般正常人都難以做到的。

陳樹江是多倫多、溫哥華和蒙特利爾中文電臺的義務主持人,他在華人教會任青年領袖,他還到處去做演講,之後還要回答人們的諮詢,他還愛彈鋼琴,並喜歡自己作曲……有人問他,你走路都已經很辛苦,幹嘛還要做那麼多,他說,每一個人都有自己的長處和短處,一個人應該知道自己的長處是什麼,並貢獻給社會。如何知道自己的長處在哪里?要靠學習和實踐,同時也是每一個父母要作的功課。陳樹江說:“我的長處是數學好,EQ高,擅長講話,我要把這些長處充分發揮出來。我之所以願意在電臺作義工,是希望利用這個平臺,教移民的孩子如何學中文,怎樣建立自信心,如何提高口才。”他還說:“最浪費你時間的人是你自己。我從西島家到工作單位(Eaton Centre)要坐25分鐘的火車,我每天都拿本書讀。時間就是這樣擠出來的。”他建議年輕人養成讀好書的習慣,例如“EQ,這本書教我們怎麼做人,怎麼對人,怎麼生存。”他接著說:“有些家長在教育孩子上有問題,有一天在唐人街一個孩子把冰激淩紙扔在地上,他媽媽說‘撿起來,扔到垃圾桶裏去’,孩子不聽,媽媽提高嗓音說,‘你不照做我就打殺了你!’孩子還是不理,媽媽又說,‘你不聽話我把你一個人留在這裏’,孩子就跟沒聽見一樣。我常用這個例子告訴家長,你為什麼要說根本不會去做的事情呢?你會殺了他嗎?你會把他留在唐人街嗎?孩子也知道你不會那樣去做,所以他才不聽。你其實可以用孩子的語言跟他說,你這樣做,地球媽媽會死的。這就是EQ。”

陳樹江最後說:“我和所有人都是一樣的,要說有不一樣,那就是我每天都笑,因為我覺得自己非常幸運。我不能去的地方,總會有人幫我去;我忙不過來的時候,總會有朋友幫我分擔。還有我的爸爸媽媽,他們對我太好、太好了……”說到這裏,愛笑的陳樹江眼中泛起了淚花。

有的人四肢健全,卻無所事事;有的人衣食富足,卻怨天尤人。陳樹江是活動在我們周圍的一面鏡子,在他的面前,我們每一個人都應該駐足看上一看,想上一想……

2010.04.22

Monday, September 14, 2009

THE WAY 6 - A Different Way 不一樣的路



THE WAY 6 - A Different Way 不一樣的路 reached MONTREAL !!!!!!

熱爆全城 Photon 音樂光子推出 THE WAY 6 - A Different Way 不一樣的路


收錄05及08年度世青節主題曲中文版、加東營07及08年主題曲、加西營08主題曲,以及多首全新本地創作天主教歌曲。

THE WAY 6 和你結伴走向天主國


Billy Chan 全力推介 !!!

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Hello everyone,

Yes, The Way 6 is here in Montreal. Please contact me as soon as possible if you would like to get a copy. The original price is $20. If you get it before Oct 31st, you can get the special price >>>> $ 15 ONLY!!!!! Get it fast.

Thank you,
Billy

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** My song Light our Way - 祢光照我途 is also in this album.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Cola War

Recently, I have been very busy on my radio works. When I look back, I can't believe that I have working on the Catholic Radio for 3 months!!!! These 3 months remind me that I do not know a lot on my religion. On the other hand, I have learnt a lot from it.

Of course, during these 3 months, I got lots of good comments and bad comments too. When I received good comments, obviously, I felt very happy. When I received bad comments, I actually always found that not appropriate. My first reaction always think like how come we need to be that formal when we talk about the catholic faith? Can we change it? Can we change the tast of the Catholic Teaching?

However, I linked this to the Cola Wars*:

By the mid-1970s, the Coca-Cola Company was a lumbering giant. Performance reflected this. Between 1976 and 1978, the growth rate of Coca-Cola soft drinks dropped from 13 percent annually to a meager 2 percent. As the giant stumbled, Pepsi Cola was finding heady triumphs. First came the “Pepsi Generation.” This advertising campaign captured the imagination of the baby boomers with its idealism and youth. This association with youth and vitality greatly enhanced the image of Pepsi and firmly associated it with the largest consumer market for soft drinks.

Then came another management coup, the “Pepsi Challenge,” in which comparative taste tests with consumers showed a clear preference for Pepsi. This campaign led to a rapid increase in Pepsi’s market share, from 6 to 14 percent of total U.S. soft-drink sales.

Coca-Cola, in defense, conducted its own taste tests. Alas, these tests had the same result—people liked the taste of Pepsi better, and market-share changes reflected this. By 1979, Pepsi was closing the gap on Coca-Cola, having 17.9 percent of the soft-drink market, to Coke’s 23.9 percent. By the end of 1984, Coke had only a 2.9 percent lead, while in the grocery store market it was now trailing by 1.7 percent. Further indication of the diminishing position of Coke relative to Pepsi was a study done by Coca-Cola’s own marketing research department. The study showed that in 1972, 18 percent of soft-drink users drank Coke exclusively, while only 4 percent drank only Pepsi. Only 12 percent now claimed loyalty to Coke, while the number of exclusive Pepsidrinkers almost matched, with 11 percent.

What made the deteriorating comparative performance of Coke all the moreworrisome and frustrating to Coca-Cola was that it was outspending Pepsi in advertisingby $100 million. It had twice as many vending machines, dominated fountains,had more shelf space, and was competitively priced.

With the market-share erosion of the late 1970s and early 1980s, despite strong advertisingand superior distribution, the company began to look at the soft-drink productitself. Taste was suspected as the chief culprit in Coke’s decline, and marketing research seemed to confirm this. In September 1984, the technical division developeda sweeter flavor. In perhaps the biggest taste test ever, costing $4 million, 55percent of 191,000 people approved it over Pepsi and the original formula of Coke.Top executives unanimously agreed to change the taste and take the old Coke off themarket.

That's why there is the word "Classics" on the Coca-Cola can.

From this, I learnt that I need to modify my talking style according to the audience. If I got comments, either good or bad, I should try to balance it out. This is what we can improve our creativity.
- Ah B


Wednesday, March 4, 2009

To All Friends that are suffering... [Suggested English song 1]

To All Friends that are suffering...

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying,
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world



God bless...

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

My Dream

Today, accidently, I read one of a letter that I wrote for applying to teaching position. Obviously, I did not get into teaching, but my tear ran down again when I read this. I would like to share this with all of you today:

The following describes my ambition and my desire in education. 1997 is a very important year for me.

In the beginning of the year, I met my first student. At that time, I was a Mathematics tutor and I was teaching secondary 4 and 5 level of Mathematics, in French. At the end ofthe semester, I received a thank-you card from her. This is the first meaningful thing I have done in my life.Even today, I can still remember the special feeling from that thank-you card. Since then, I told myself that Ihave to do more things like that to make mylife more colorful and cheerful. In same year, I went back to Hong Kong in the summer. As a coincident, I met Mr. Charles Yu, who is one of the famous Emotional Quotient (EQ) trainers in Hong Kong. He invited me to work in his company and I was so excited. During the 3 months in Hong Kong, I have learnt lots of EQ techniques.

Afterwards, I came back to Montreal to continue with my studies. Meanwhile, I continued to work as a Mathematics tutor for several levels, from secondary school to college. After my graduation from university, I worked as a teacher in a high school. The main task is to teach students who have learning disability in Mathematics.

During these 10 years, I was trying to combine EQ and Mathematics’ learning together. Since then, almostevery summer, I returned to Charles Yu Training Company to learn more teaching skills. In year 2000, I became an EQ trainer in the company. From 2003 to 2004, I started up a brand new course called “How tobecome an EQ mathematician” in Hong Kong. There were over 80 students who had registered to the course.

Last year, I have formed a training group called Billy Chan Training Team (
http://www.chanbilly.com). I have trained 6 youths to be my teammates. We created the first French Leadership Summer camp in the Montreal Chinese community. Because of the excellent feedback, we started the first EQ course right after. There were around a hundred students who took my class in the year 2006.


I have currently graduated as a Master of Science. I think it is time for me to move on to another step in mycareer. When I look at my history in terms of education, career and my passion, education simply standsout to be the best chice for me. I love to teach and I enjoy being a teacher. In the past 10 years, I have taught over 10 000 students. From their supportive and enthusiastic feedback, it illustrates that, and I alsobelieve that, I am a good teacher. By adding EQ elements and techniques in teaching can actually motivatestudents to learn. Over these teaching years, it tells me that increasing learning motivation is the mostimportant thing in the classroom. This is not only teaching students with the required materials; we can also teach them how to learn by themselves.


Last week, I attended to one of my students’ convocation. I looked at him when he was walking onto the stage to be given the degree diploma. I remembered in the old days, the time that he did not like science atall and now, he graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Science. My tears ran down and I talked to God,“Thanks for giving me an opportunity to teach.”


- It was my dream.... Ah B