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淒風苦雨 之後是 萬里蒼茫。萬里蒼茫 之後是 胸中丘壑、色彩、深度。

我早已在發心以後即登程。

The St. Denis street in Montreal has got a lot of local amenities. The French people knows to enjoy life.

It seems that in Canada, the baby boomer generation, who are currently retiring, has been and will be using up lots of financial resources that government funds possess.

And that will make the subsequent generations have less resources to enjoy, which has venomed some people of later generations.

With such a glut of young students around the world willing to pursue PhD degrees, if one hasn't shown very promising signs at a very early stage or one doesn't have the stamina to tough it out, it'll be a fool's errand for him to try to get a permanent job in the academia at all after his future graduation from his PhD program.

“豆豉” 应该怎么读？

我用谷歌拼音输入法时，总是没办法找出“豆豉”。所以，以前我都用“豆shi”暂代。

谷歌拼音输入法不能找出“豆豉”的原因是我打的拼音是“doushi”，其实正确的读音是“douchi”（“chi”为三声），我刚才查了字典找到的。我的家乡话里把“豆豉”读作接近于普通话里“豆shi”（“shi”为二声）的发音，可见我家乡的小城市的多数人都读这个白字。

可见，
1. 人还是要多跟有文化的人在一起，最少最少可以少读白字。
2. 当周遭环境不是最好的时候，文章、书籍、字典、工具书等等是破除无知、提升自我素养和能力的利器。

If one goes to work for a company whose the most major client is Canada Post, does it mean that he's lost his marbles?

Because it seems inevitable that the company, which mainly serves Canada Post, will have a big downsizing and shake-up down the road, at least.

Service companies provide services to customers, and then get commissions in return. Product companies offer products to clients, and then get payments back.

Ideally, it should always be mutual support and mutual respect between a biz and its customers. Of course, the reality always has different variations of that principle.

For the nonce of freedom of choosing, people have to bear the hassles of selecting and trying out different choices.

In Christianity, the Holy Grail is also called Holy Chalice.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Chalice#Association_with_the_.22Holy_Grail.22 .

Water from the sky falls in the form of either rain or snow. Air is always in its perennial form.

I don't know much about the Earth. And I don't know much about myself, a being with human nature.

Out of the blue, I sensed an opportunity and then devised a scheme. I proposed to partner up with D for a side project in order to hack the thing which is called "making a living".

Hopefully it'll be a win-win for both of us.

Ideologies are critical in the real world, because the differences among them are pivotal in the real world.

For instance, the U.S. has beefed up its military presence and power in the Asia Pacific. For example, it has opened six more military ports in Japan lately. What is the drift of that move? In order to contain the possible threats from North Korea, as well as China, and protect the interests of itself and its allies. Why that then? Because of the vast differences of ideologies between the West and the two countries, still.

The arrant gun problems in the U.S. scare lots of people. Despite its relatively high living standard, its quality of life isn't really very good.

Iran never is an amenable country. Sigh. Another war will possibly strike Mideast, the oil region.

See Rising risk of Western war on Iran.

Many people essayed entrepreneurship. Yet they didn't prepare themselves well during the process.

In Canada, one exchanges courtesies with people he runs into, day in and day out. You can say it's drab. But still, it's pivotal social lubricant.

I'm apt to read and consider. Increasingly, spending time on watching movies and TV isn't my cup of tea.

The contagion of provincialism should be avoided by some Canadian companies.

For instance, if RIM were in constant contact with the Silicon Valley, then probably it wouldn't have failed like this, at least not so fast.

There are two famous people who are named 'Carnegie' in the American history. And they are not related at all.

One is Andrew Carnegie, a historic biz tycoon and philanthropist, and the other Dale Carnegie, a famous inspirational speaker.