It's not a good wont to maximize profits in friendship.

Sadly, some people do that.

With mobile computing such as iPhone and iPad driving forth unabatedly, more and more developers have been diving into mobile development.

Everything is so vague in China.

How come local governments in China can terminate, at will, factories' leasehold of lands and force them to move and pay even higher rents?

Gee. That definitely can turn businesses on.

It should be exhorted that Canadian businesses get to be more aggressive and less complacent.

Who doesn't like a restaurant with an attractive courtyard and marvelous sangria?

I always forget one of the meanings of the word "foil", which is a fencing sword.

Still, I need to beef up my English reading persistently in the decades to come.

If one is completely satisfied with his current career situation, there is no chance that the world is his oyster.

"Where did you shower my daughter?" J asked.

"There's a utility sink in the daycare. I took her there and gave her a mini shower," D answered.

Bev Oda's aptness of indulging herself in luxurious spending, on taxpayers' money, had been divulged and consequently, she resigned from her post of Minister of International Cooperation of the Canadian government.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bev_Oda#Controversies_and_scandals.

If she really likes living high life, she would be better suited if she chose a profiteering career path, such as investment banking, rather than the public service one.

I am not sure how technologically sophisticated the mining and processing of oil sand is, which is momentous for Canada.

I had lunch at the Frite Alors on St-Denis the other day.

The young waiters and waitresses over there attend on customers quite friendly and professionally. And their poutine isn't bad. I recommend the place.

Sadly, the truth is that some Chinese Canadians have less etiquette than their European counterparts, especially when lining up.

In almost every movie or TV series, there are some reproachable characters.

Drinking coffee or tea is my wont.

And they do good.

Some people don't have the gumption to try entrepreneurship because they focus too much on monetary gains.

A quote

"He whom the flame of jealousy encompasseth, turneth at last, like the scorpion, the poisoned sting against himself."
-"Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None", by Nietzsche

一杯午夜一点钟的咖啡，一曲汪峰的《春天里》，几片好吃的 crackers。

最近我被汪峰的这首歌秒杀，被他的才力秒杀。

Remarkably, NASA's Mars exploration has been 50 years in the making.

The Curiosity land rover looks fantastic in action.

There are certainly some grim aspects of life.

Then everyone must learn by himself how to place his conscience in the face of those grim aspects.

I think Douban.com is a swanky way of doing social media.