To give and take is an art. On a different note, choosing is an art.

On a combined note, it is an art to choose what, when, to whom to give and what, when, from whom to take.

BAs are not at the coalface. But they are one way to customers' hearts.

I like having a countertop in the kitchen.

Interrogating a person with several questions in a row looks impolite and intrusive.

Vox pop counts

I like to read the readers' comments on the NYT's website when I go there. Vox pop counts.

In this world, there are many achievements or prizes which are up for grabs, if you are willing to take the corresponding risks, some of which are not really significant.

The financial power and clout of some people and organizations are often boasted. But what really needs to be boasted is the edge of wise husbandry wielded by certain people and organizations, which is at the core of capitalism systems.

Personally I don't think the RCMP's livery looks groovy.

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In China, something is terribly awry with the horrifying inflation of stuff and that of workers' pay.

And that's unfair to the people who have worked the better parts of their work life or retired.

Will it happen that big corporations cease to be honeypot for job seekers?

'Rye', 'barley', 'buckwheat', 'wheat', 'malt', and 'corn' are dear words to the human beings in the Western hemisphere.

The marrow of most technological devices and equipment has been gradually moving towards software or firmware.

未被理解的文藝或者藝術，常常被指為“裝逼”。（文藝，並非特指高水準的文藝，也並非特指低水準的文藝。）

縱有千百情思......

縱然沉默......

Commercial successes usually are not replicable, where commercial failures usually are.

Comparing with their British counterparts, the Americans are so good at the business model of free stuff plus advertisements.

Discipline is like orange pith. We know it's good for us, but we want to get rid of it immediately when possible. And we tend to think people who eat it are sort of a little boring.

貌似豆瓣上還有不少長文控。

Perhaps some people's swinish pursuits of money reflect their insatiable hunger for power.

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In China, the unassailability of the Peking University and Tsinghua University may have begun to fall apart, I suspect.