November 2011
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Interesting Chinese facts about 11/11/11
Chinese people celebrated every year on November 11th as the “Bachelor Day”, a day for the single people. This is not a traditional festival, but as more and more people noticed the interesting combination of the four same numbers “1”, they gave the day the meaning of being alone and single. Thought it is called “Bachelor Day”, but girls are in too, hey,...
“Roy: “We don’t need no, education…”
Moss: “Yes you do, you just used a double...”
– The IT Crowd (via we-are-very-concerned)
October 2011
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“I think for me there are so many memorable events and experiences in my life...”
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Where is the Love?
Here’s the headline news I read today: In the city of Foshan, Guangdong Province in China,a two-year-old girl Yueyue was hit and ran over by two cars and left there lying in the street with the lower part of her body severely injured. A few minutes later, she was ran over by a truck and the pain aggravated even more. It is reported that within 7minutes, 18 people passed her by but no one wants...
Frenchman Set Up A School In China
Frenchman sets up first European-run Chinese language school in the capital[http://iphone.chinadaily.com.cn/statics2/201110/14/30647.html]
The Rumor →
tetw:
by John Updike
When Sharon first heard the rumor that Frank had left her she had to laugh, for, far from having left her, there he was, right in the lamplit study with her, ripping pages out of ARTnews.
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Can Time Travel Be Possible In the Future?
There’s a very popular TV show in China about a young lady working in the big company travels to the past (Qing Dynasty) after she had a car crash and became unconscious.
It’s basically a love story, especially when the lady becomes one of the members of the royal family; she falls in love with the crown prince and so does he.
I am fascinated with the story—not the love plot—but the idea of time...
On Dreams
I did have nightmares once in a while, but I couldn’t seem to remember any of them at the moment. I can still remind of the horrible feelings that I had. But what was in the dream? I would never know.
I didn’t remember most of my dreams, even the good ones. I had a lot of dreams at nights if I was busy in the days. It’s been said that too much dreams will affect the sleep quality,...
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A simple tool to save web pages for reading later. →
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September 2011
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It was the first book to teach women about sex,... →
discoverynews:
This is a fascinating look at how the evolution of society has forced an iconic, once progressive book to change.
But has it changed enough and is is still relevant? What makes the text still an important educational tool?
“In the beginning, it was about educating women about what they didn’t know,” says Kiki Zeldes, the book’s senior editor. “But it’s become more about...
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Give It A Try, Shall We?
Submissions are very welcomed and will be pulished on this blog.
I found this on the other website and it’s funny. About 3 years ago the Washington Post ran a poetry competition asking people to write a two-line rhyme with the most romantic first line and the least romantic second line.
These are the winning lines I guess.
My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife,
Marrying you screwed up my...
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Elisandro had a point here
Ms. Juve: OK, we're going to talk about adjectives today. They describe nouns. For example, what color is a tree?
Elisandro: Brown.
Ms. Juve: Trees are not brown!
Elisandro: Fine, white.
Ms. Juve: Elisandro! TREES! What color are they?!
Elisandro: Ms. Juve, I get you, the leaves are green. But you said the tree. The tree is actually brown!
Reblog From Ms.Juve
Girls: Ms. Juve, is your hair naturally yellow?
Me: No, it's blonde.
Girls: Oh, so you just color it yellow?
Ahaha this is funny! I had a difficult time telling these colors apart too.
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Cell phone owners between the ages of 18 and 24...
mentalflossr:
[via Pew Research]
the source?
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“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we...”
– John Lennon (via avgoustos)
Who Dares to Give A Speech?
I would really love to be a stand-up comedian who could tell jokes and stories and make people laugh anytime they want. I could never do that. I suffered tortures thinking about all the public-speaking moments, by which I was immensely intimidated. I can read, I can recite in my loud voice in front of a crowd, but a speech—never! When I stand in front of people, my mind just get lost. I can’t...
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Life Could Have Been The Other Way
Sometimes I am just wondering how many possibilities are there behind every decision that had been made. I realized at a very young age that once you made up your mind, things could be very different. A friend invited you to lunch, you go there with him, you’ll meet a lot of people which could include your future husband or someone who could be of great help to your career.
Otherwise you might...
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“I will never understand why they cook on TV. I can’t smell it. Can’t...”
– Jerry Seinfeld
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“The saddest people I’ve ever met in life are the ones who don’t care deeply...”
– Nicholas Sparks, Dear John (@estincelle)
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Confessions of Pop Culture Addict →
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“Then it was all dark, and his white crib and the dim faces that moved above him,...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, from Tales of the Jazz Age (via the-final-sentence)
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“Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“I have never been here before:my breath comes differently,the sun is outshone by...”
– Kafka
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'X Factor' threatened with FCC complaint over nude... →
popculturebrain:
The Parents Television Council is not happy about an incident from Wednesday’s X Factor premiere in which contestant Geo Godley dropped his pants to sing for the judges and studio audience. So unhappy that they have filed an official complaint with the FCC.
“Perhaps the ‘X’ in X Factor stands for the MPAA rating,” said PTC president Tim Winter, whose organization filed the...
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Bonjour !
awesomefrench:
I’m french, and I’m willing to help people with their french-related questions.
I can help you no matter the problem is, grammar, pronunciation… But also if you’re wondering something about french culture, if you need an explanation of why french people are so weird..
Feel free to submit :)
I’ll also make you explore french culture and give you little tips ;)
I guess...
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““Seems to me the basic conflict between men and women, sexually, is that men are...”
– Jerry Seinfeld (via rachelborovik)
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Seinfeld: Season 6, Episode 12
Newman: I'm a little disappointed, Jerry.
Jerry: You're not a little anything, Newman.
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eat, nap, drink, workout and make out
B: i wanna hear how you pull this off
J: oh its not hard
J: he's yr age - all he wants to do is eat, nap, drink, workout and make out
B: hahaha i don't know what to say to that!
J: its true! just replace "nap" with "file" and its true of you, too
seems it's true for everyone.
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“In two weeks it’ll be the longest day in the year….Do you always watch for the...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (@edgarkennedy)
tumblrbot asked: WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?
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Me: Where does the idea of Book Mania come from?
Book Mania(Archie): Put it this way: It's like the moment when an arrow hits the bullseye, and you get the championship trophy right away.
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“About a quarter to eight a dead silence hung about the whole room. Learned men...”
– From the book “Letters of E. B. White, Revised Edition” 