RIM failed to escape its own echo chamber and missed the boat.

"May I have your name please?" J said to the assistant.

Well, the dilapidated state of Montreal's transportation infrastructure will cause tax hikes eventually, I suppose.

When a sovereignty government commits activities which would be capital crimes if they were done by civilians, how legitimate can the government be?

The brute fact is that a man needs money to survive. Anyone who ignores that fact, which rules their biz partners, is doomed to fail.

"Men turn, and see the stars"

The Odyssey's epigram, which was written by A. Lang, is so sublime.

Excerpt:

MEN TURN, AND SEE THE STARS, AND FEEL THE FREE        10
    SHRILL WIND BEYOND THE CLOSE OF HEAVY FLOWERS     AND THROUGH THE MUSIC OF THE LANGUID HOURS, THEY HEAR LIKE OCEAN ON A WESTERN BEACH   THE SURGE AND THUNDER OF THE ODYSSEY.

When two or more people collaborate, some efforts will go down the drain, why? Think about that.

Will the epilogue of the current economic recession spell the shrinking of the pattern of consumption on credit?

Americans and Canadians like to cram pizzas. Well, it's not my cup of tea, yet(?).

Our infant daughter likes to cuddle her teddy bear, naturally.

Berlin has been called "a chameleon city" by some people due to the importance of its international culture.

Are most free-range chickens free-range capons?

Only years and years of smart labor in an industry can thrash out wisdom and competitive edges.

How well known are the whiskeys of Canadian provenance?

The finiteness of the number of steps is the key requirement of recursion.

Actually, finiteness must be crucial in the theory of computability.

「其小者不能奪也。此為大人而已矣。」

「耳目之官不思，而蔽於物。物交物，則引之而已矣。心之官則思，思則得之，不思則不得也。此天之所與我者。先立乎其大者，則其小者不能奪也。此為大人而已矣。」
--《孟子‧告子上》

By being presumptuous, some people lose their potential opportunities.

Respecting others and their labor is a deep lesson to be learned.

How effective are the express signs "No loitering" which we tend to see here and there?

When a conversation is put into a book, it becomes a dialogue. When an idea is put into execution, it becomes an endeavor.

Oh, the modern seeming of the Shanghai city.

("Old Shanghai in New Hong Kong" By PAPYRARRI / http://www.flickr.com/photos/papyrist/3223211398/ / CC)