This originates from a love story between the cowherd and the weaver girl in the Chinese mythology. Their love was not allowed and thus they were banished to opposite sides of the Milky Way. Once every year, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, they met each other on a bridge formed by a flock of magpies.
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Mama-san must be seventy or eighty years old, and is the diligent waitress. I love that the moment I walk into the restaurant, she greets me in English with a Japanese accent.
Continue readingI respect my friend Sue in many ways. Several years ago, she came to find new opportunities in the US, even though she only knew a few thousand of English words at the time. She’s very courageous.
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For anyone who has learned martial arts, you know that in order to make your moves effective (e.g. strikes, blocks, punches etc), you need to practice your basics to certain standards.
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For those subjects that are truly important to our lives and careers, that require a deep focus and hard work to make great progress, we need to be able to drill down into the subjects, and really work our way up.
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Knowing the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” by Marie Kondo (KonMari) for months, I finally took action to clean up my closet, starting from clothes.
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I had a few trips to a couple of Daiso stores and overall my shopping experiences were lovely.
Continue readingWe noticed was that we were moving very slow after we landed in China.
Continue readingWould making everyone with the same smartness significantly improve the human world, or would it become incredibly boring because of lack of competitions?
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