Do bountiful compliments such as "I'm so proud of you" towards a child generate too much hubris in him or her?

How long will the international accord stay in Asia?

Potential dangers are always there, right?

Russia has contributed magnificently to Arts, Science, Engineering, and military of the world.

But it has also strong-armed the world.

Chick lit is always chic.

As a matter of fact, China used to be blackballed internationally.

There are so many chances in life one's dream gets blown to smithereens.

I guess the better part of Canadians are more happy-go-lucky than I am.

It seems to me that Americans and Canadians are head over heels in love with words.

Oftentimes I am in my element at a bookstore rather than in a library.

I have the luck of the Irish to live in Canada of 21st century. What am I gonna do with it?

Well, how vividly descriptive the phrase "cow pie" is.

Don't you think parkour is very dangerous?

The knock on Humanities subject matters is that to study them does not yield employment.

But those ones are vital lubricants for human beings, IMHO.

It's been reported that the late Vito Rizzuto, Montreal's former mafia boss, had been a teflon don and a convivial golf partner among Montreal's government officials, until 2003 when he got arrested.

It's been reported that Mikhail Kalashnikov has died. He's the designer of the rugged AK-47, the world's most popular assault rifle.

In Canada, many men look good with stubble on their chins.

It's sad to see so many Chinese people almost solely gun for money.

Interestingly, the English word "oaf" is etymologically related to "elf" and "boob".

So many young people are pudgy in Canada.

It seems that many Chinese immigrants in Montreal never really buckles down to mastering English.