It seems so to me for now. After the Europeans landed onto the continent of North America, the trauma for First Nations people has lasted till this day, because the cultures of the First Nations were sort of too primitive to accommodate or blend with the then European cultures.

Of course, that thought of mine is too naive and primitive for the matter which must be quite complex. Nonetheless, I write it down.

Under the current education system of China, there are a lot of essential elements missing.

For one thing, young students don't get to consider death the leveller, which is among the few ultimate things. Entering a university as elite as possible and gaining a job as high-pay as possible seem to be the only things which the system fosters on students' minds.

Some Chinese people are apt to be perennially amenable to speculation trends in the society. That's playing with fire, as well as not being constructive, I'm afraid.

When I was very young and in China, my gorge rose when I thought that my entire life would be expended in a very confining system which belittles personal choice and personal efforts.

Of course, China has changed dramatically. But that was my youth and my then potential life.

I don't know why all the fashion models walking on T-platforms keep that universal glassy look on their faces. There must be some deep reasons for that in the fashion trade.

I've done things which I'd wanted to do, thanks to the societal environment by courtesy of the Quebec province.

The Arial typeface seems to be becoming the de facto font of websites.

I've never seen a pretty cooking oil flagon. Should oil makers make it look more appealing?

You pick any established entrepreneur, and I can tell you that he's gone through many purgatories yet he's carried on, bearing his persistence and vision.

For some years, I had been snatching at almost every moment to enhance my English proficiency.

Now that activity can abate since my English has reached a certain level and I can treat it as a side project. It had been an outland journey.

Java used to be my favorite runtime, when I was in school. No more.

And the acquisition of it by Oracle didn't help it in my eyes.

One of the worst scenarios for this world in the coming years would be that an international war between or among major countries breaks out.

If that really happens, the world economy which has been sluggishly climbing out of the mess of the Late-2000s Financial Crisis will be traumatized again, deeper in troubles.

Let's wish it won't happen. Knock the wood.

Sarah Palin published a memoir titled "Going Rogue" in 2009. What did she mean by that book title? Gee.

I've stumbled on a 2010 movie which intrigues me.

"A fanatically devout knight and his small band of church-hired mercenaries" went "to a remote, pestilence-free village" to find out why the black death plague didn't affect them at all.

Here goes a well written flick review on NYT: Black Death (2010).

In a biz deal, the two parties involved are the supplier and the procurer. From the supplier's perspective, it wants the deal to be fair, but it may not really care very much whether the deal is truly equitable or not.

I never thought that the modern flush toilet was invented as early as in the 16th century.

There are two interesting tifles about it.

One is that the forerunner of it was called Ajax. Web developers beware, Ajax is something like toilet. :-)

1596: Sir John Harington (born 1561) published A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, Called the Metamorphosis of Ajax, describing a forerunner to the modern flush toilet installed at his house at Kelston.[7] The design had a flush valve to let water out of the tank, and a wash-down design to empty the bowl. He installed one for his godmother Elizabeth I of England at Richmond Palace, although she refused to use it because it made too much noise.[citation needed] The Ajax was not taken up on a wide scale in England, but was adopted in France under the name Angrez. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet#History

The other piece is that in the era in which it was invented by Sir John Harington, "life in England during the 16th century continued to be distinguished by a stench no modern nose could easily sustain."

“Even in the goodliest and stateliest palaces of our realm,” John Harington wrote in 1596 about his invention of an early flush toilet, “still this same whoreson saucy stink.” 

http://tv.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/arts/television/28tudo.html

By the way, it seems that on the other hand, the traditional Chinese society and mentality have quenched technological inventions and advancements so much. One example is that it seems no ancient Chinese had been involved in the evolution of the inventions of flush toilets.

There are many weapons which root from very ancient times. Cudgel is one of them. Baton (a.k.a. truncheon and nightstick) is a similar one. Specifically, cudgel has got more military war flair with it.

Search for "cudgel" on:

http://www.ehow.com/list_7320442_weapons-used-egyptian-wars.html

and

http://www.hinduwisdom.info/War_in_Ancient_India.htm

and

http://rtw.heavengames.com/history/civs/ancient_africa/armiesancientafrica/ .

And then see the images at http://www.google.ca/search?q=cudgel&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=8M1JT-CSDcHu0gH_u-SuDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CA8Q_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=675&qscrl=1 .

Here goes a pic in which there are batons hidden in the back:

(From http://goo.gl/bZxKb)

It's so hard to locate the complete changelogs of some open source software projects, if they exist at all. What boo-boos for the projects.

Sexton is such a popular last name that I begin to marvel if sexton was among the top occupations in the ancient times in the West.

I wonder whether there are profound effects left on people's mentality about and perception of the stock market by the trauma of this Late-2000s financial crisis.