This blog is partly devoted to the sharing of my learning of the English language (my well mastered mother tongue is Chinese and I am not an English teacher) and its *cultures*, partly to the current significant trends in Canada and in the world, and partly to my own random thoughts and little life. I am not religious, but I am somewhat interested in Christianity and Buddhism, among other personal interests. Welcome. And, have a good day.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Due to an ever escalating hectic construction boom since around a decade ago, the old Beijing has largely been disappearing. Beijing, one of the mega cities of China, is not Beijing any more.
Now I know that a city is NOT a geographic term. Instead, it is a cultural term and a term of LIFESTYLE.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
I often confuse Bloomberg with Reuters in my mind.
Both are news media. The former is headquartered in NYC, U.S. And the latter in London, U.K.
Sometimes it's interesting to compare the U.S. and the U.K., which are two siblings of the Anglo-Saxon people, so to speak.
For instance, the website of the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary (MWLD) of the U.S. is largely different from that of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD) of the U.K.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Universally, Western leaders profess their belief in freedom and democracy. As a person who grew up in a closed China, I still am not capable of fully comprehending and appreciating that particular belief.
In addition, what are the differences between freedom and liberty?
The other day, the Canadian Air Force deployed 6 McDonnell Douglas CF-18 fighter jets overseas for the Libya issue. More than 120 Air Force personnels were embarked for the mission.
(Pic from http://goo.gl/tFY5a)
I had never thought before that a fighter jet, whose crew is only 1 or 2 persons, needs to be equipped with more than 20 soldiers for its mission.
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