Everyone once was a whippersnapper who didn't know beans.

The inscription of a child into schools is an endless household project.

"Adorable", "lovable", "lovely" and so on. I don't know where the differences lie between them.

I feel that flutes sound nicer than recorders.

Young girls naturally like press-on nails and nail polish.

"Pedagogical director on site" is a selling point for a daycare facility.

Will the alleged dearth of good men lead to abundance of spinsters down the road?

How will China's progeny stand in the future?

To take on too much work is to flake out.

I've got a friend who's deeply into mnemonics.

Ferguson, MO. has made such a headline.

Personally I don't like songs with long-winded lyrics very much.

Singers with mortormouths typically lose me.

Have the society, the economy, and the job market gone to the dogs, in the U.S. and Canada?

One dilemma in life is that some people are thought by many others as downtrodden but they are protected all in all.

If they are "liberated", lo and behold, a Pandora's box gets opened, from the circumstances.

How I wish I can power through life's difficulties and dilemmas.

Some Chinese people are apt to shortchange life for earning money.

Who doesn't want to be chipper?

But oftentimes individuals are too unapologetically caught up in the rat race for that.

To cull one's workload in life must be one key of time management.

Strapped for time? Then save more.

"Living with intention" means "living with purpose".

Almost everyone is overtired and superbusy nowadays.

The term "acrobatic park" reminds me "Acrobat Reader", the old name of Adobe Reader.

You garment-dye a piece of shirting, you get a typically more attractive piece of clothes.

An Ubuntu PPA is a repository of software programs, usually maintained by third parties.

Why use the word "repository", not "depository" or "depot"?

Some unilateral decisions made by others are somewhat scathing to one. In that sense, it's "Hell is other people", if you will.

Well, it appears that Alberta's former premier, Ms. Alison Redford, is a jetsetting politician.

Time is cut up by household chores.

So far as judgement is concerned, American and Canadian individuals usually with insatiable desire go for money.

Wall-to-wall prettied up women.

Full of gold diggers.

"NICU" stands for "Neonatal Intensive Care Unit".

Toffee and taffy seem to be very similar things.

Have a good one.

If you are vain enough to want to appear clean-cut, ...

Almost everyone is whiplashed by information overload.

J spent that afternoon in a public library, fittingly, skimming and reading books.

Ah, the seasonality of life.

Cash is not king.

But cash is terra firma.

When those sexpots inevitably will take a hit by aging...

"Character is destiny."

"Accent rug" is an intriguing name.

Felt can be used to make hats, as well as pads.

One has money but no time. Yukky or yummy?

Maple taffy ice cream mustn't be my favorite one.

原来 “lazy eye” 就是中文里说的弱视啊。

大节自强项。

小事不强梁。

Interestingly for me, senators, the members of the so-called Upper House of the Parliament, are in fact unelected in Canada.

Instead, they are "appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Canada ).

By contrast, MPs (i.e. Members of Parliament), the members of the so-called Lower House (a.k.a. the House of Commons) of the Parliament, are elected. And, indeed, "the House of Commons in practice holds far more power than the upper house, the Senate. Although the approval of both Houses is necessary for legislation, the Senate very rarely rejects bills passed by the Commons (though the Senate does occasionally amend bills). Moreover, the Government of Canada is responsible solely to the House of Commons. The Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support, or "confidence", of the lower house." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada )

惊闻军中以篆易财者众。

恐为没溺危倾之滥觞。

Well, "Baccalaureate" means B.A., while the famous institution "International Baccalaureate" (a.k.a. "IB") offers formal educational programs for children aged 3-19.

It's one of the few instances in which the adjective "international" degrades something instead of enhancing it.

Judaists are divided into many levels, as well as branches.

Appear, with nonchalance.

There are so many culpable spouses and parents nowadays.

Well, the American government and military had removed Saddam Hussein and his government in Iraq, then they stayed a while, then they left.

Now the sorry country is in a horrible civil war. What a mess.

Can't people all over the world see an apparent pattern? And, does an American touch upon an area make the inhabitants stressed out?

Stay away from calculating freaks. That's what freedom and happiness is.

You can patronize a child, but not an adult.

There are noise ordinances in every area.

Laws are helpful.

I don't eat food treats often.

Whose brains would I like to pick?

Maybe none right now. Maybe.

It's common knowledge nowadays, worldwide, that a university education is not necessarily a bankable endeavor for an individual.

How come in Brazil, such a dominantly Christian country, so many soccer fans end up killing each other in conflicts that soccer has been turned into a blood sport by them, so to speak?

Live pretty.

But it is very expensive and may be overly selfish.

Khaki green outfits are not for me.

For J, what's happened in his life last year is for the best.

"You're one to talk, you bloodless, money-grabbing freak."

-Lester in the movie "American Beauty"

Personally I prefer garment dyed clothes than piece dyed clothes.

Have there been famous couturiers in China's history?

The rooms in which men take their whizzes must be kept clean.

Chinese restaurants in Montreal often fall short of that.

Acting, in the motion picture industry, is hands down a fiercely competitive occupation.

Hydrophobic and superhydrophobic clothes and cars have been becoming increasingly omnipresent.

Well, some middle-aged and old-aged men's bad breath grosses me out. You bet I'm not the only one.

The American way of life seems to have become more and more like: sit long, act pretty, live pretty.

Where's the substance?

And where's the time to get physical, just with only your own body?

Crap. It appears that too many young boys get attracted to it even before they will reach the age of the bull of the woods.

The cowboys who control the mass media definitely have done their job very very well.

A TYPICAL Chinese immigrant to come to the U.S. or Canada and then get ahead in his new land?

Let's forget the whole thing.

Do more and more people wear orthotics?

I'll wash away the slight smell in my glass with a cold beer.

Les femmes avec beauté, sans grâce...

How many very valuable, or even priceless, heritages of all the human kind's traditions have been discredited by the modern civilization of the West?

The West's own priceless heritages are among the discredited, too.

The culprits may include the Protestant Reformation, as well as the Enlightenment.

C'est rusé.

Mix and match is significant in Chinese cooking.

Life in the post-modern society: à mon goût, à ton goût, nothing more, nothing less.

Brad in the movie "American Beauty": "I'm one of the good guys, Les. I'm trying to level with you. This is your one chance to save your job."

Huh, human resource management, the American way.

Oh, those women who are almost constantly on their close men's case...

Young girls who don't know wear come-on clothes...

And those young men and girls who somewhat act out with their voices and deeds...

Well, Fossil is a very interesting company.

Take the instance of a paper card that comes with its new wallets. On it is printed:
[
Authentic
FOSSIL
Genuine

Long Live Vintage
]

And, well, the company itself was founded in 1984, in the U.S.

Pieces of onyx are not bad.

You don't want to be a material victor by being a spiritual loser.

The word "impetus" is better than "impulse", isn't it?

The archetype of the modern household is so perverted.

C. G. Jung is such a snappy name.

And "Jungian" is such an omnipresent and pivotal adjective.

Let's give some Chinese politicians the benefit of the doubt.

Ms. Cécilia Ciganer-Albéniz est avec grâce? Ou sans grâce?

Well, irreconcilable differences...

How will the Wall Street eventually placate the average Joes and Janes?

How many Canadian children become more and more willful over the years?

Where does goodwill among people flow in China?

Brass and cinnamon are two distinct colors.

La vodka, à votre goût.

Elevator music doesn't matter substantially.

This era screams blue murder that most people are overloaded by their lives.

But which era doesn't?

To call in the media is one good way to speed up Canadian companies' handling of consumer complaints.

Hush, Americans. :-)

Nice going, Russia. :-(

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.