It's sad to get to know that for many Chinese American engineers who had immigrated from Asia, getting their first professional job after the earning of their PhD degrees is almost the high point of their lives, then it's almost all downhill from there.

And then they got laid off in their forties or fifties, and then it's hard to land another similar job, and then...

Look closer at the devouring American capitalist machine, my son.

台湾人将大陆人和香港人称之为“牛角面包”的 croissant，译作“可颂”。

How elegant.

Spider-man is always ready to save the day!

Either in the store or at home.

With its literal meaning, Victor is a good first name.

It being a last name is even better. People will call the household "the Victors". How brilliant.

It appears that Americans typically like talking away.

Male shrinking violets are everywhere, as well as so-called alpha males.

Notre Dame de Grâce.

Notre dame, de grâce!

Gare d'Autocars de Montréal.

It seems that so many Hong Kong people are so into the Callable Bull/Bear Contracts (a.k.a. CBBC).

A ticket to immense personal troubles.

American brands mass products: What you see is what get, nothing more, nothing less.

More and more young women unwisely follow the herd and wear like many a temptress.

Le français à ton goût.

À mon goût. À son goût.

Les devoirs de un homme...

"On loan" is distinct from "on hold".

Well, "Roussette au Miel" is not a dish made of dogfish, rock salmon, or flying fox. Instead, it is a type of donut sold at Tim Hortons.

"Toujours frais", pour moi, Tim Hortons.

For a piece of apparel, probably a small ticket with "designed in La Ville-Lumière" printed on it carries a little more glamour and merit than one with "designed in the City of Angels".

Regarding the latter city mentioned, Los Angeles' metropolitan area inhabits around 16 million people. It's huge, from the point of view of Montréal.

Maybe one day in the future, men will get their arms around what a woman's love is, while women will get their arms around what a marriage is and means.

Maybe. Just maybe.

When someone takes you for a ride, ...

I try to be obliging day in and day out.

But some people are just overly self-centered, or too sly, or both.

Android is androgynous.

Ballbusters browbeat their diffident male sidekicks.

Smug smiles behind the faces.

J doesn''t like cheesy products.

在非理工科的领域里，美国人知界多，知世少。

A phony is a phony.

Care for a whiskey?

Yeats is a good poet. And Yeti was a good disco song.

"Inter" is a better word than "bury". Isn't it?

For men, dress shoes are dress shoes.

If you are a stand-up guy...

What pairs of smooth women calves.

Sneakers sneak, because they have quiet shoe soles.

Runners run, because they have life purposes and rationality.

Some people imply that new age wimps are everywhere.

On the other side of the gender line, there are too many ballbusters, they say.

A traditional university campus can be downright poetic at certain moments.

I am dog-tired after a particularly long day.

Love it or loathe it, c'est la vie...

La confusion: "côte" et côté, côte-à-côte. Plus, "à côté" et "à-côté", côte-à-côte.

Est-ce que c'est jeux vidéos?

Le Devoir est un petit journal à Montréal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Le_Devoir

Bon matin, mes amis.

Une chemise et une valise.

一生要扶墙几回...

A satchel is not a suitcase.

自由社会多陷阱。

The patio season doesn't go hand in hand with me, who for one is chained to a computer chair. :-)

It's been reported that at least one militia in Ukraine has been formed and in training.

If the crisis in Ukraine continues, probably more and more militias will come into force in that country.

When some advertisers talk about "being edgy", they actually mean being racy, being risqué.

Probably many businesses are silently losing their shirts for the time being.

There are far too many crises in this globalized world. The lasting Great Recession (infamously a.k.a. "The Second Great Depression"), the food crisis, and the water crisis.

Now there's a global garbage crisis. (See http://globalnews.ca/news/952340/global-garbage-crisis-looming-say-experts/ .)

At the same time, it appears that the weather crisis is looming.

However, as individuals, we shouldn't have over-the-top worries, just do the best that we can.

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

The French word "fleuron" means jewel, or floret.

Chez Boss Gourmet. C'est le nom de un petit café.

C'est un bon nom.

Chez moi. Un bon pâté au poulet.

Un sac à dos et un sac à main.

Beside Chick Lit, there is Chick Flick.

For more and more people, entrepreneurship is somewhat a rebound from unfulfilling employment.

Un écolier avec un cœur clair.

A computer field bag is a laptop messenger bag.

Une page nouvelle.

Le travail nouveau.

La Ville lumière et le carrefour.

C'est un vrai cirque ici.

C'est le printemps.

The calm facades of Canadians on the streets belie the truth that many of them are stressed either in work, or in life, or in both.

Many young men go through work-out regimens in order to get more showy body shapes.

Is it a blessing for themselves, or a curse?

Unfortunately, some clothes are not colorfast, which are made by some Chinese companies.

I don't know. Do these advertisement words sound a bit tongue-in-cheek?: "Une école de vie... pour la vie".

Un brunch à Subway.

Un jeu de mots.

La science de légume verts.

Are some activists over-the-top worriers?

You'll see more perky young women on Friday nights than other times.

It seems that the outlands of China will face a lot of challenges down the road.

Pour argent? Pour bonté?

Pour les deux.

Most Canadian aboriginals live in outbacks.

Le anglais interdit.

"Montclair" is not a French word or place-name. Instead, it's an English toponym for "clear mountain".

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

Votre don est beau.

Les vrai-faux politiciens, juste pour vous.

Le sixième sens.

La lumière est bonne.

"Mountain trail mix" just means "trail mix".

La beauté des vêtements blanc et noir.

C'est seulement un prêt.

"Infernal Affairs" est un bon policier.

La belle saison à la belle province.

Some people attack Obama and said he's a joker.

Well.

Une étude de cas.

C'est un don de vêtements.

Soins disponible aux soirs.

It's been reported that Pauline Marois' premature Québec sovereignty remarks had quashed Parti Québécois' chance of returning to the power of a majority government in Québec.

Well, what a state of seesaw politics in Québec. And it appears that the issue always smolders of the preservation and prevalence of the French language and culture.

En la vie, les premier et deuxième leçons sont sur le aspect physique et le aspect intellectuel.

Est-ce que le troisième leçon est sur le aspect spirituel?

Le tour de Babel à Montéal.

Tout le monde est un savant ou une savante maintenant.

Meilleur avant demain.

"Dépanneur Beau-Prix" is such a good name for a corner store.

Le Mont Blanc de la province du Québec.

La beauté des cœurs, sans sagesse.

Les jours de printemps de cette saison.

Le soir noir.

It seems that all cats fall into two categories: shorthairs, and longhairs.

And research has shown they are stress-busters for human beings.

Probably people are increasingly callous.

How badly we need closure of this prolonged economic recession.