I for one wonder how many remote places in China are gradually becoming somewhat lawless.

The officials over there think they can do anything to the local people?

Tar sands (a.k.a. oil sands) can also be called "bitumen".

In the job market, there's an imbalance which job seekers often don't pay attention to, I think.

For the most part, when a person applies for a job position, he actually needs a job, otherwise he wouldn't bother to apply for it. On the other hand, when an employer posts a job position, it may not have real intention to get it filled, for whatever reasons.

Shall we call it an "imbalance of good faith"?

Do I sound like I'm grumbling? Anyway, I'm not looking for a job right now. Just some observation of mine from others' examples, some of whom are job seekers and the others of whom are (potential) employers.

Apple's decision makers seem to be so resolute in the keeping of their walled garden so far.

For instance, Apple hasn't ported their iTunes software to Linux. That's to their own detriment, IMHO.

Samsung has run away with the consumer hardware battle, in terms of market share.

Is it entering the consumer software field now?

Long is the list of the word "list"'s definitions.

"List" is a good word, as Lisp is a good programming language.

Beijing and Shanghai will always stay to be real squashes with the government policies of China tremendously favoring the two mega cities and so people flocking there.

I guess the better part of people would roll their eyes if you talk with them about job security.

In this information era, we are using so many software technologies. The better part of them appear to be erroneous from time to time.

Life is chaos for an information consumer like me.

I for one am afraid that moans of despair will emerge about actual polluted food chains resulted from oil sands extraction in Alberta, Canada.

Some people run away with the idea that powerful or capable businesspersons can keep making a lot of money by simply making phone calls and things like that.

People in the skirts of China, so to speak, cannot imagine how busy a typical Canadian's life is.

The life of Canadians and Americans is too technologically complicated. That's bad. People need to slow down.

A yard isn't always necessarily green.

It's that people often make it green out of their own preferences.

The world in various historical and cultural contexts

I'm fluent in two exclusive languages: Chinese and English. To me, the world still appears to be a difficult place to explore and maneuver, in historical and cultural contexts. Latin America, Oceania, Southern Asia, Southeastern Asia, Northern Europe, and Eastern Europe. Any of their histories I don't know. And their historical figures and their names look so strange and foreign to me.

For example, Bhai Baghel Singh "is celebrated in Sikh history as the vanquisher of Mughal Delhi." And the architectural wonder Taj Mahal in India "was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal." So these two historical items are closely related, cue the keyword "Mughal". But look, how many foreign words there are simply in those names!

I guess that if what one wants is a steady income, then he may vaguely or clearly regret over unimproved opportunities in the latter half or the end of his life.

I for one like the look and flair of Scotland Yard.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New-Scotland-Yard-Victorian-building-Big-Ben-1890.jpg / GNU Free Documentation License)

The American mettle has somewhat influenced the Canadian one, I guess.

Obstreperous factions, blocs, influences, and forces are everywhere.

A food court is within the building, and a court/courtyard is outside and adjacent to the building.

Raising a baby is super busy and gnarly, but having no baby probably will be eventually tragic.