There are some somewhat annoying insects living in wall crevices. Please go away.

The cedilla in French is an interesting tidbit.

Sovereignties' foreign relations are all about horse-trading.

Vigils for Nelson Mandela have been held around the world.

I've got only a vague idea about what he'd done in his life. Maybe I'll read more about his life.

The high tide of the American style university education system has already passed, I'm afraid.

I'm telling you, first-generation Chinese immigrants in Canada are sort of like shock troops, figuratively speaking, but unfortunately, many of them, if not the most, die on the beachhead, because they didn't equip themselves with profound foresight.

K. L. thinks his money is a magic wand. Duh.

The flour canister in my kitchen seldom spends a day idle. :-)

Cooking is fun.

American intelligence agencies' nozzles must be everywhere in the world.

In French, how come the trema, circumflex, and grave accents of the vowel 'e' are pronounced exactly the same?

Duh. It's been reported that Vancouver was recently named as the worst gridlock city in North America.

If one doesn't invest some of his time and energy into his own intellectual and ethical growth in his day-to-day life, then the real difference between his days is vanishingly small.

I don't think "the helplessness of life" is a suitable English translation for the Chinese expression "人生的无奈". Then what's the right one?

It's hard to purchase a pair of earmuffs for men in Montreal, where of course muffs for men are omnipresent.

For me, alcohol can dispel tiredness.

So, drinking moderately can help life.

I only eat Western dishes sporadically.

I must look gormless many a time, because I am often absent-minded. :-)

Modern life oftentimes is like shards of glass -- broken, fragile, and superficial.

Maybe a man's chief asset is his character.

To consort with K. L. is not what J wants to do.