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Monthly Archives: April 2012
What’s Wisdom?
Would getting older at least make you wiser? For Americans, that appears to be true. Japanese, on the other hand, become wise much younger. More interestingly, first time I glimpsed at the definition of wisdom. There are five elements of … Continue reading
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Got No Respect?
An employee came to me, frustrated, seeking a transfer. After 30 minutes or so, I came to the realization, “So what you are saying is that people don’t value your opinion?” He agreed that was the source of his frustration … Continue reading
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My First Steve Berry
On one of my trips, my fellow passenger was a hedge fund manager from Idaho (never got his name). His wife stuffed this book into his bag and he highly recommended it. I reserved the eBook from Seattle Public Library … Continue reading
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Tagged 978-0345505514, Cotton Malone, Steve Berry, The Jefferson Key
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ä¸æ–‡æˆ–英文
我很少去看我這blog的讀者é‡. 開始時,天天關心有多少人看我的大作. ç¾åœ¨åŸºæœ¬ä¸Šæ˜¯å€‹å…¬é–‹çš„日記,æ•´ç†è‡ªå·±çš„æ€è·¯,ç·´ç·´æ–‡ç†. 所謂”ç†è€•”,大概就是這æ„æ€å§. 誰看誰ä¸çœ‹,我寫我的. 今天心血來潮,發ç¾æœ‰åŠæ•¸çš„讀者是以ä¸æ–‡ä¸Šç¶².而我多數的”作哔是英文. 嘿!
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American Irons
Buying a car is so hard. Large sums of money are involved. The consequence of making a mistake is very regrettable. The purchasing process is arduously unpleasant. And there isn’t enough information to make good decisions with. Fortunately, there is … Continue reading
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智化寺
智化寺在二环边上,æœå†…å°è¡—东,金å®è¡—北,禄米仓胡åŒçš„最东一段。ä¸å¥½æ‰¾ï¼Œä½†å€¼å¾—一游。最精彩的是西é…殿,å«â€œè—殿â€ã€‚ä¸æœ‰ä¸ªè½¬è½®è—,木雕精美完整,å¯ä»¥æµè¿žç»†çœ‹ã€‚æ£æ®¿ç¥å¦‚æ¥ä½›ï¼Œå°åŽæœ‰ä¸ªå£ç”»ï¼Œä½†å…‰çº¿æ˜æš—,难以欣èµã€‚西边有个达摩åƒï¼Œæˆ‘看了就喜欢。 è—殿的藻井早年被盗,现å˜ç¾Žå›½The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art。 è¿™å¯ºæ˜¯æ˜Žè‹±å®—å® å¹¸å¤ªç›‘çŽ‹æŒ¯çš„å®¶åº™ã€‚æ®æ˜Žå²è®°è½½ï¼Œâ€œæŒ¯è·‹æ‰ˆä¸å¯åˆ¶ï¼Œä½œå¤§ç¬¬çš‡åŸŽä¸œï¼Œå»ºæ™ºåŒ–寺,穷æžåœŸæœ¨â€ã€‚王振的个家庙就如æ¤ï¼Œå¯æƒ³è§å…¶ä»–。英宗于æ£ç»Ÿ14年率50万大军御驾亲å¾å…¥ä¾µçš„瓦刺。大败被俘,王振æ»äºŽä¹±å†›ä¹‹ä¸ã€‚å²ç§°â€œåœŸæœ¨ä¹‹å˜â€ã€‚明æœå¤ªç›‘干政,始予王振,也自æ¤ç”±ç››è½‰è¡°ã€‚看智化寺的精美,åƒæçŽ‹åºœä¸€æ ·ï¼Œæƒ³åˆ°å’Œç…也是个“倾国倾æœâ€çš„宦官。 å¯ºå†…çš„å‡ ä¸ªèµ‘å±ƒï¼ˆbi4 xi3)å±…ç„¶å‡ ç™¾å¹´è¿˜å®Œå¥½ï¼Œç»†èŠ‚ç”ŸåŠ¨ï¼Œç¢‘æ–‡ä¹Ÿè¿˜èƒ½è¯»ï¼Œä¸å®¹æ˜“。三进的大殿是二层楼也ä¸å¸¸è§ã€‚好åƒå±±é—¨ä¸ç»å¸¸æœ‰éŸ³ä¹è¡¨æ¼”,我没赶上。
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Qing Ming
Several years ago, China has three golden weeks every year. Those are week-long national holidays that wreak havoc to the whole country. Everyone must go somewhere; all tourist spots busted in seams; transportation system ground to halt; international transactions disrupted. … Continue reading
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