忙得昏天黑地之後，J 悠悠地在身體裡面嘆出一口氣。

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Vital is the management of the pipelines of insights and inspirations.

Wars of blood and gore have always been present in this world, till this moment. However, the typical life of civilians is far removed from them.

The handsome kitten scavenger is roving the street on the garbage day.

In terms of English learning, I've been trying to be a man of letters, not a wordsmith.

據說，“進士輕薄”是晚唐社會上流行的看法。如今的中國呢，“進士”輕不輕薄？

“你看水里的魚，長得那些奇形怪狀的樣子，是因為它們一天到晚在喝水，水中毒、鹽中毒。”，J 說。

在以前的中國，有一種說法是“人生的關鍵點就那麼幾個，走好了就會順，走不好就會不順”。其實，那是因為那時候的人（直到 1990 年代？）的 making choices 的機會不多。

在現在這個年代，每個中國人的每一年，都有很多的 making choices 的機會，所以上述的“人生的關鍵點就那麼幾個，...”的說法基本上已經不再成立。

在如今的中國、美國、加拿大的社會裡，對一個人的人生來說，比所謂的關鍵點 遠為重要 的是關鍵線。這幾條 縱貫線 很重要：知識、求知欲、道德實踐、taste、洞察力、性格等等。

There are too much tyrannous noises in typical Chinese cities.

(Image 'Noise' by JarleR / http://www.flickr.com/photos/29523289@N06/5544262496/ / CC)

The wannabe king dreams up his future in his moated castle that is unconnected with the world.

The thought of surety banishes possibilities from too many people's minds.

鹽味助鮮。

Well, a job holder wants monetary "respect" from his employer. However, does he respect the potential job seekers who are willing to replace him for his current job and earn the salary, i.e. his competitors with fair play?

In topology, "a sphere is an orientable surface with no boundary".

(See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle    and    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere#Topology .)

Well, the meaning of 'boundary' in topology is so confusing in my untrained eye.

Yes, Virginia, RIM will continue its decline.

When can any Canadian university set about offering world-class undergraduate education in its true sense?

The household drainage brings great convenience to people's life. But the drain clog that is naturally inevitable to be formed is a small annoyance occasionally.

See, with every solution, even where it's great, comes accompanied problems of its own.

The neighboring parching summer streets are kind of reminiscent of some distant days.

So many people's life, not existence, has vanished in the high-flying world of investment banking.