今年我哥就有幸在他的同事的引领下接触到了基督教。他从一个百分百的宅男转变成一个会参加社团活动，会想认识朋友，会主动关心别人的人。今天圣诞，他毅然决定要接受洗礼，成为一个真正的基督徒。
[I try to translate it, the content will be slightly different, I'm not that pro k!] My brother was a total Otaku before he got to learn about Christianity, his life was about online games and only online games. Now, we can see has changed to become a more caring and socially active person. And he decided to get baptized today on the Christmas.
我母亲也没有反对，她见他从电脑网络的虚幻世界走了出来，还有正常的社交活动,开心都来不及。
My mother wasn't against the idea,in fact, she was so happy to see the positive changes in him!
这是我第一次参加教会活动，我本身并不是基督徒。教堂里首先迎接我们的是天使般的声音。我好久没现场观赏这般美妙的歌喉了，让我全身鸡皮疙瘩。（其实这行程最让我印象深刻就是这一组唱诗班了）
This was my first time getting involved in a church activity,(my first time entering a church too) I myself isn't a Christian. The first thing that greeted us was the beautiful voices of the fellow chorists. I had not been watching such wonderful live performance for the longest time! They just made me broke into goosebumps.
女高音天籁般的歌喉独唱，太好听了！
The soprano solo was just perfect!
过后牧师演说了圣诞的意义与来由。
And the pastor explained the real meaning of Christmas.
再来就是重头戏，洗礼仪式。
Here comes the climax of the day(at least to me), the baptism.
右二褐白间条上衣就是我二哥。
The second from right, in brown and white stripes is my 2nd brother.
牧师：“今天..., ....你是否愿意?"
Pastor: "Today......, do you agree that...."
众人点头,呢喃: "愿意!"
People nodded and mumbled: "I do." (Apparently not only in wedding ceremonies they ask this question.)
牧师把圣水洒在信徒头上并为信徒祷告.
Pastor wetted fellow followers' heads with Holy Water and prayed for them.
这位老兄,你挡到我了.
Hello, you are blocking me.
颁发证书.
Giving out certificates.
大合照.
Group photograph.
为另一批信徒祈祷.
Another group of followers.
这座教堂很漂亮,是吉隆坡卫理公会福建堂/Chinese Methodist Hokkien Church.这是从二楼拍的照片.
This church was very beautiful, It's the Chinese Methodist Hokkien Church, this pic was taken from the 2nd floor.
是不是很宏伟叻?
Isn't it very grand?
过后我还做了什么叻?
What else did I do after that?
就是上了洗手间,顺便自拍咯.
I went to the washroom and camwhored.
我不是主角,没人替我拍照,唯有自己拍咯.
I wasn't the protagonist of the day and no one took photograph of me, so I took my own pictures. Especially when I purposely dressed up for this event!
过后还和我哥的两位弟兄姐妹到Ｋｕｃｈａｉ Ｌａｍａ吃鱼头米粉．
After that, we went to Kuchai Lama for Fish Head Bihun.
就是这家，你不管哪一天去都要排队．
This is the one, you'll have to queue any day you go.
这是地图，我自己也不会看．
This is the map, I myself couldn't read it.
远近驰名的鱼头米粉，我这碗是鱼滑粉．
The famous Fish Head Bihun, mine was Fish Balls Bihun,these fish balls aren't those ordinary fish balls you eat, they are more original and doesn't taste so 'processed'.
说回正题，和三位基督徒去吃饭，我就预料了会发生什么事．
Back to the topic, I already expected how it's like to have lunch with three Christians.
也不是第一次，他们开始向我说教义，和主的伟大．
It wasn't the first time already. They started to tell me how good is the religion and how great is God.
＂那个谁谁谁，原本是乩童，可是接触了基督教后．．．．．＂
＂Ｂ小姐，原本并不快乐，但是．．．．＂
＂我自己自小就没家庭温暖，家里两天一小吵，三天一大吵，可是．．．＂
＂Ｃ先生原本很抗拒耶稣，可是他来了教堂之后．．．．＂
They told me stories of Mr. A and Ms. C who embraced Christianity.
我对基督教并没抗拒，也没怀疑他们说的话，也觉得他们很真诚，但是我心里就是少了一份感动．
I am not against Christianity and neither did I doubt their genuity, but I wasn't touched by what they told me.
我不知从哪里读过，上帝的救赎是白白给你的礼物，如果你发自内心接受这份礼物，接受耶稣为救主，那你就和上帝建立了个人的关系．
I remember reading from somewhere, God's Salvation is a gift to you and only when you accept it sincerely by believing, then you start reconciling with God. (Something like that, I'm not very good in all the terms.)
可是我心里还带着怀疑和不确定．其他信徒们从怀疑到拥抱主，都会经历一个过程，就是．．
But I still have doubts and feel unsure. There is a typical process other followers will undergo from not believing to embracing...
＂我就是听到这首诗歌，眼泪就开始不住地流，我感受到主在我身边．．．＂
"It was when I heard this hymn, tears started rolling down my cheeks, I could feel Him..."
＂在我最沮丧低落之时，我听见一把声音．．．．＂
"When I was most depressed, I heard a voice telling me that..."
我都没有这样的感受，或许这和我本身比较冷酷和慢热的性格有关．信与不信，不能强求，若真有主，相信祂会有让我感动的一天．
I haven't felt anything like that, maybe this was due to the fact that I'm innately cold. Whether to believe or not, this isn't something you can change merely by words of mouth. If He is real, He will touch my heart one day.
而且，我对观音还有感情，虽然我也不是很虔诚的佛教徒．如果主是我＇父亲＇，观音就是我奶妈／养母了，我长大的过程中都是她在我身边，如果你从小是养母带大的，你会因为长大后重遇亲身父母而将养育你长大的养母的养育之恩忘个一干二净吗？
I'm not a devout Buddish but all the while it's GuanYin who stood by me (at least She is who I pray to when I have problems.). So put it this way, If God were my Father (this was what they kept telling me!), then GuanYin would have been my foster mother/nursing mother. If you are brought up by your adopted mother, will you abandon her when you find your real/biological father?
我哥的弟兄姐妹在午餐时说了一句话：
They also told me during the lunch:
＂主才是你的父亲，你不认自己的父亲而去认一个印度人为父亲！＂
"God is your real Father, not only you don't embrace Him and you go and treat an Indian as your Father."
啊，你这是种族歧视吗？
Hello, I smell racial discrimination here. God is good because he is a Caucasian?
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