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.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Warlike peoples are very apt to view honor to be even higher than their own lives.
One example is the ancient Japanese samurai which are quite well known to Chinese.
The other one is that pre-Christian Romans preferred to commit suicide rather than live a life which is ignoble in their view.
The other one is that pre-Christian Romans preferred to commit suicide rather than live a life which is ignoble in their view.
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
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