Out of the blue, I sensed an opportunity and then devised a scheme. I proposed to partner up with D for a side project in order to hack the thing which is called "making a living".

Hopefully it'll be a win-win for both of us.

Ideologies are critical in the real world, because the differences among them are pivotal in the real world.

For instance, the U.S. has beefed up its military presence and power in the Asia Pacific. For example, it has opened six more military ports in Japan lately. What is the drift of that move? In order to contain the possible threats from North Korea, as well as China, and protect the interests of itself and its allies. Why that then? Because of the vast differences of ideologies between the West and the two countries, still.

The arrant gun problems in the U.S. scare lots of people. Despite its relatively high living standard, its quality of life isn't really very good.

Iran never is an amenable country. Sigh. Another war will possibly strike Mideast, the oil region.

See Rising risk of Western war on Iran.

Many people essayed entrepreneurship. Yet they didn't prepare themselves well during the process.

In Canada, one exchanges courtesies with people he runs into, day in and day out. You can say it's drab. But still, it's pivotal social lubricant.

I'm apt to read and consider. Increasingly, spending time on watching movies and TV isn't my cup of tea.

The contagion of provincialism should be avoided by some Canadian companies.

For instance, if RIM were in constant contact with the Silicon Valley, then probably it wouldn't have failed like this, at least not so fast.

There are two famous people who are named 'Carnegie' in the American history. And they are not related at all.

One is Andrew Carnegie, a historic biz tycoon and philanthropist, and the other Dale Carnegie, a famous inspirational speaker.

What are the moments of truth for a childcare centre?

I don't quite understand why the modern Western medicine has nearly entirely abandoned simples.

On the contrary, the usage of natural medicinal plants are still largely alive in the traditional Chinese medicine, which has remained widely and strongly popular in China.

In life, people often think that if you have a dream or a goal, you have to meet or achieve certain conditions in order to fulfill it.

In certain cases, it is true. For example, you must be healthy, if you want not to ultimately fail in your entrepreneurial endeavor, or if you want to manage your biz and make it survive and prosper.

But, this is a big but, in most cases, the above thought is NOT true. Realizing dreams or goals does NOT need conditions. For instance, some people are fond of traveling the world, and they think they cannot do it until they become millionaires. Look, that's NOT truly conditional. Most of them will not become millionaires. But they always can go around the world by working temporary jobs along the itinerary of their dream travelling.

So it is critical to be able to discern between the truly conditionals and the falsely conditionals. That is, to discern causation, correlation, and the spectrum between them.

As a personal example though, I always think that mastering English is truly conditional for an individual to competing well and collaborating well in Canada and in the setting of a globalized economy.

How many coffee stains form and then fade on a carpet?

How much sweat and tears are shed on a computer keyboard?

It may be the case that the next 5 - 10 years will see a profound change or transformation of the structure of the American capitalism. And that the mountebanks of sophisticated financial institutions will be fixed somehow.

Music video - Querer - composed by René Dupéré

D asks her cousin for an errand of picking up her toddler son at the kid's daycare centre almost everyday.

It's good to have relatives in the city you live. However, that's not possible for my wife and me, who came from China.

Music video - Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider - Carly Simon

The MV is fantastic. One thing I don't quite understand though is why Carly Simon put the "Itsy Bitsy Spider", which is a children's song, into her performance.

I miss the raindrops of China, both oblique and straight.

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It is somewhat remiss of parents not to give their youngsters nearly the best possible education and foods. But that happens with more people than I used to imagine.