This blog is partly devoted to the sharing of my learning of the English language (my well mastered mother tongue is Chinese and I am not an English teacher) and its *cultures*, partly to the current significant trends in Canada and in the world, and partly to my own random thoughts and little life. I am not religious, but I am somewhat interested in Christianity and Buddhism, among other personal interests. Welcome. And, have a good day.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Either working for a company or working for oneself, who hasn't ever gotten cracked by reality check?
The important things are improvement, persistence, and potential.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
I've seen a great many companies and individuals in China nonsensically talk or write about cloud computing. Duh.
Do they just want to replicate the buzzword in the west, or they want to utilize the buzzword to drive their own agendas?
Time and time again, it has been shown that the current order of the Chinese society has spawned myriads of young people who has no interest but to maximize his or her own monetary gains, even by breaching the bottom line of moral and civil laws.
That's a path to perdition, which probably lies 30 years ahead down the road.
Friday, June 8, 2012
A newly graduated geriatric doctor said that some people call elderly patients "bed blockers" and that view is ageist.
Well, ageing societies will face big problems economically and in terms of the arrangements of social welfare, I suppose.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
English appreciation
"You should alike find rain, hail, frost, and thaw lingering in that dismal enclosure when they had vanished from other places; and as to snow, you should see it there for weeks, long after it had changed from yellow to black, slowly weeping away its grimy life."
--Littel Dorrit, Chapter 15, by Charles Dickens
--Littel Dorrit, Chapter 15, by Charles Dickens
The Canadian sensation Justin Bieber has got lots and lots of fawning girl fans, worldwide.
I don't know how humble he is and how humble he should be.
People have been inundated by information about and from their friends, trivial or not, all these years.
I don't know how they will think of that when they'll look back at that in future.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Things to do in companionship and in solitude
When one goes out with acquaintances, he wants to make the society enjoyable.
When one is in solitude, he wants to conduct deep and thorough thinking.
When one is in solitude, he wants to conduct deep and thorough thinking.
Monday, June 4, 2012
English appreciation - a quote
"He remembered with what a callous selfishness his uncle had treated her, how obtuse he had been to her humble, devoted love."
- Chapter CXI of the novel Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
- Chapter CXI of the novel Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
Sunday, June 3, 2012
It's said there are innuendos about drug addiction in the song "Hotel of Calnifornia" by The Eagles, however pleasing it sounds.
By contrast, in the songs by Chyi Chin, a Taiwanese pop singer, typically there are only insinuations about love and self-seeking.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Updated - I really tanned my own hide
Problem:
Long ago, I wore a wrist watch whose belt was entirely plastic. And because I was apt to sweat a lot on my skin in the summer, the area which the watch belt covers on my wrist felt itchy from time to time. So I stupidly sprayed some Windex or something onto the watch belt and wiped it, on several occasions, then my wrist didn't feel itchy. Then few months later, that particular skin area began to look and feel significantly abnormally dry.
I treated my own wrist skin like a tanner tans animal skins. The difference is, he makes leather but I made a problem for myself ever since.
Cure:
Recently I've found that a calendula cream made by Boiron, however controversial the French company is, has been very effective in treating the above described skin problem of mine. That cream is a homeopathic medicine.
Long ago, I wore a wrist watch whose belt was entirely plastic. And because I was apt to sweat a lot on my skin in the summer, the area which the watch belt covers on my wrist felt itchy from time to time. So I stupidly sprayed some Windex or something onto the watch belt and wiped it, on several occasions, then my wrist didn't feel itchy. Then few months later, that particular skin area began to look and feel significantly abnormally dry.
I treated my own wrist skin like a tanner tans animal skins. The difference is, he makes leather but I made a problem for myself ever since.
Cure:
Recently I've found that a calendula cream made by Boiron, however controversial the French company is, has been very effective in treating the above described skin problem of mine. That cream is a homeopathic medicine.
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