Just finished reading BaoZhengShi by Xu Ben. Obviously it is not on Douban, so I am marking it here. I seem to be bothered by this topic everyday, and reading it does not make things better. Other tha

Wojciech Szczęsny retired from professional football today. I’m not a fan of him or Juventus. It just reminds me of some good old days, when our dear microeconomics professor Dr.Marengo used Szczęsny

I am no literature critic, but experienced enough to taste the difference. Reflecting the suffering and history of a nation by stories of ordinary people, some become epic, some fall into cliche. None

SurpriseI was a little bit surprised to see El Shaarawy in the line-up. In the last 20 minutes of the game against Croatia, when Spalletti chose to send in Zaccagni instead of Stephan, I thought that

Music and Society, Episode 3I came across a little collection of Chow Yiu-fai‘s essays a few weeks ago at the library. Partly due to my nostalgic obsession, partly due to the regret of not having read

“It’s hot in here, it must be Summer“ Gladly, AA is not that hot during summer months. A day could be pleasantly spent with cool breezes and not-so-strong sunshine, although some flies and mosquitos c

Music and Society, Episode 1One may assume I would talk about protest or politics music, but let’s start with some more universal humane emotions. Spring, seasons. We welcome spring back to the town.

I guess we have to postpone the “Music and Society” topic for a few days. (perhaps it is worth making that topic into series). Anyway, I am somehow obsessive in keeping certain things tidy, clean, and

I listened to a book talk the other day. The topic is sensitive so I probably should now speak bluntly. Just that famous integer power of a prime number. An Interesting joke made by the professor is t

What do you think of when you hear the word “Toledo”? First of all, it may depend on the pronunciation. People in America would pronounce it as [təˈlidoʊ] (with a short ‘i’ like in ‘hit’), while many