I've just heard of Dr. Samantha Nutt, who is actually still young. I highly respect her efforts.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Nutt .

Canada is usually kinetically engaged in the NATO-related military operations overseas.

It seems that this country's military forces are constantly trained in the field, proportional to the modesty of the nation's power.

It's impossible not to get laughed at. But what distinguishes people around you is who laughs at you and who helps you.

The houses and streets are static. You can't get many ideas by looking at them with your naked eye.

In contrast, the life in those houses and streets is dynamic. You can get lots of ideas by peering at it with your mind's eye, with the help of words and formulas.

In that afternoon, I moped about the Sherbrooke street.

The Great Mogul empire (a.k.a. Mughal Empire), which was Muslim, ruled much of India from the 16th to the 19th century.

I guess many of the descendants of its people are in Pakistan now.

(The famous Taj Mahal in India built by a Mogul emperor / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Taj1.jpg / Public domain)