I've become increasingly appreciative of jeans' sophisticated yet no-frills style.

Gee. ABInBev, headquartered in Belgium, owns Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Beck's, Labatt Blue, so on and so forth.

Many people run away with the notion that they can achieve things alone.

Maybe that's why securities markets across the world are saturated with individual investors.

"Then that's what your friend's business is doing. Let's watch his future destiny," J said.

To be in tune with the current emotions and feelings of young Canadians is different than to be in tune with the market demands of Canadians.

I used to mistake "better half" for "the better part".

Well, that half is better than this half. And that part is better than this part.

Boeing's Super Hornet fighter jet (超级大黄蜂战斗机) is interesting to watch.

It's involved in a dogfight for governments' contracts with Lockheed Martin's seemingly more glamorous F-35, which has failed to deliver so far and become more and more like a sitting duck if you will.

The word "ashore" looks more poetic than "aforesaid", although both appear antique.

This pic is of a restaurant courtyard in Beijing, China. Lovely, isn't it?

Reminiscent of the lifestyle of Chinese people of previous generations.

See http://www.foodnut.com/i/No-16-Courtyard-Restaurant-Beijing-China/No-16-Courtyard-Restaurant-Beijing-China-Courtyard.jpg.

The restaurant info. is at: http://www.foodnut.com/425/no-16-courtyard-restaurant-review-beijing-china/.

China's state-run banks can always get away with lending huge sums of money to relatively incompetent state-run companies, which may not even boost employment.

Is unwriting history a crime?

"I think I'll just go with a Linux single booting, and add virtualized Microsoft Windows if needed," J said.

In a world with an abundance of crises, we still do what we do.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. (大英百科全书公司) owns the venerable reference book. And it owns Merriam-Webster Dictionaries, beside others.

Interestingly, it is not a public company.

Now I more and more believe that only in kingdom come, an undemocratic country's government would PERSISTENTLY care about the life of its civilians.

T. X. had tried to get away with paper towels worth tens of dollars but got caught by the company.

In terms of vegetables consumption amounts, typical Canadian diets are so unhealthy compared to their Mainland Chinese counterparts.

Due diligence is important. But, it shouldn't be carried to the extreme where it stifles or suppresses customer needs.

I dislike the bureaucracy and red tape that I lately encountered from a sales clerk at a Videotron store.

Many aspiring entrepreneurs don't have the nous to make it.

That's life.

Stamp duty (印花税) is an interesting term.