My Christmas Tree

This is a good looking tree!

My Christmas Tree


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Skyfall: Healing in Returning?

The latest 007 Bond film Skyfall has some psychoanalytical factors, but not too much.

Skyfall: Healing in Returning?


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The One Big Thing in Your Life 4 - For Men

It's not easy for men to find the one.

The One Big Thing in Your Life 4 - For Men

This is the last episode in this series.

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The One Big Thing in Your Life 3 - for women

It seems that women can never have that happily-ever-after life. Marriage is not a sure place to derive happiness.

The One Big Thing in Your Life 3 - for women

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The One Big Thing in Your Life 2

You can never trust what people say. They say love is the only thing, in fact, they choose bread.

The One Big Thing in Your Life 2

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The One Big Thing in Your Life

The one thing, can you name it? I am interested to know.

Here I am talking about an expression, a four character word. It is a fixed expression in Chinese, really means the one thing quite unique to Chinese culture.

The One Big Thing in Your Life

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All Kinds of Rain

It has been raining a lot this year. As a matter of fact, it is raining right now as I am typing these words.

All Kinds of Rain

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Switching to New Computer

It's cruel to treat my old computer this way. But, the new one also brings me headache.

Switching to New Computer

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3US$ for Van Gogh

Of course, not the real one, but neither the print. You can get many other famous paintings as well, if you want to.

In the end, I didn't.

3UD$ for Van Gogh

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Gold Medal Fetishism

The power we attribute to gold medal must be a puzzle to extra-terrestrials.

Gold Medal Fetishism

The ETs, of course, must have learned this young Chinese man's name.
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Zhou Zuoren (3)

Listen (or read) Zhou Zuoren's work on Beijing's snacks. I think his words have a special taste, and probably last longer than any food.

Zhou Zuoren (3) - on Beijing's snacks

I hope you enjoy it.
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Zhou Zuoren (2)

A continuation from the previous podcast. What happened to Zhou Zuoren (周作人) in his last 30 years of life.

Zhou Zuoren (2)


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Zhou Zuoren (周作人)

Zhou Zuoren is a very accomplished writer, yet many people are not very familiar with him. Maybe we can judge whether history has been fair  with him or not.

Zhou Zuoren

More on Zhou Zuoren next time.

The Capabilities of Language

This is a continuation of searching for what is (indeed, if there is anything at all) that something you have learned when study Chinese. Let's see it from a bigger picture:

The Capabilities of Language

Can you see it?

Study Chinese - Psychological Factor Considered

Do you really learn anything new? It's still hard to say, even though you may feel so...

Study Chinese - Psychological Factor Considered

Have You Really Learnt Anything New When Study Chinese?

If you think about it, you will find that, after years and years of studying Chinese, you can't really say that you have learnt anything new which a non-Chinese-learner has no way to know.

Have You Really Learnt Anything New When Study Chinese?

Further Conditions of Do As I Please

Following from previous post, it seems that it is not money, either.

Further Conditions of Do As I Please

Conditions of Do As I Please

If you are longing for a life style of "do as I please", you need to know what you are striving for. It's not work, anyway.

Conditions of Do As I Please.

Is Wine Tasting an Art?

Wine tasting is exclusive and expensive. Does it qualify it as an art?

Is Wine Tasting an Art?

As Eternal As Art (without voice over)

Now, without voice over, it's really art!

As Eternal As Art

Why do we like paintings and music so much? We find wonderful answers from Schopenhauer.

Functions of Laughter

Laughter and happiness are not necessarily connected. One example is the dancers, why are they always laughing during the performance?

Functions of Laughter

Categorizing Laughter

What kind of laughter do you have?

Categorizing Laughter

Genius, Idiot or Simpleton?

This is a continuation of math. Who are we in relation to math?

Genius, Idiot or Simpleton?

From Eternal Truth to Pizza

This entry is about math. We have gone a long way, indeed.

From Eternal Truth to Pizza