Comparing school songs ( Read more... )

The changing meaning of education ( Read more... )

Cross-posting this from Facebook for you non-FB users out there. Been wanting to write this for a long time ( Read more... )

I'm listening to some swing music that I just got and...WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! LOL. It's not the same version I'm listening to but it has the family tree to make things less confusing

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Interesting fact about shark's fins from this book called Demon Fish by Juliet Eilperin that I'm reading right now: '(Shark's fin soup) came to be considered a delicacy during the Sung Dynasty, which lasted from 960 to 1279, and it became an integral part of formal banquets during the Ming Dynasty in the fifteenth century. During that time, a ( Read more... )

Mother ( Read more... )

Happiness ( Read more... )

I lost my pink and green coloured pencil chopsticks at CNY dinner yesterday. What a klutz I am. I am desperately trying to find a replacement pair online but everything I can find is either too expensive ($10 a pair are you kidding me) or can only be bought in Japan. Please tell me if you happen to chance upon anything ( Read more... )

“The things that inspire fear - death, threat of injury - as well as the behaviour it prompts have a monotonous uniformity, like the bending of blades of grass in a wind, which is the oldest of metaphors for obedience to oppressive power. But if we ask ourselves what inspires love in the public realm the possible specific answers seem unlimited. ( Read more... )

hooked on this song

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