My better half seems to like pork attached to bones.

Normally good are the Canadian way of no frills and no fuss. But to food it shouldn't be applied.

Is Southeastern Asia in the backyard of China or India?

Bootleggers used to smuggle alcohol, cigarettes, and so on. Nowadays formula milk is also on their shopping lists.

See Hong Kong arrests baby milk smugglers. The offenders won't be able to get away with light fines. They "are subject to a maximum penalty of two years in jail and a HK$500,000 fine."

Such an international laugh at the quality of some Chinese products. Is it a tip of the iceberg?

I suspect that this information era has caused almost everyone to chase his/her tail.

Among the ranks of officials, there is always balderdash from the mouth of at least one. Be him/her an American one or a Chinese one.

But the percentage of Chinese officials who speak nonsense appears to be significantly higher than that of their American counterparts.

Do opportunities thin out in the old economy? You bet.

Worries have been pressing people, with Canada's GDP growth rates nearly razed in recent 5 quarters.

Is the fountainhead of religions the curiosity about and fears of death, which has been possessed by the humankind throughout history?

I think the Arial font is pretty.

Western countries' governments had given their imprimatur to financial firms to do almost anything they please.

That has angered most people, who have been paying a dear price for the practice.

It's apparent that financial firms' activities often cause negative externality, in Economics' terms. For that matter, some high financiers must have swooned when people and their democratic governments realized it.

When getting refused, it is in order to accept the refusal gracefully and then talk to other candidates.

That's the beauty of free market and free society.

A player occupies more space on a tennis court than on a basketball court. So, intrinsically, playing tennis is more costly than playing basketball.

"For the most part" is an interesting idiom.

Sentences run like this: "for the most part, so and so." But where are the other part(s)? :-)

When you see 10 successful entrepreneurs, you see at least 9 resolutes among them, I think.

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.