This was one of my first software that was catered to make the family tree. Before this, I used Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet and dBase. Both…
truth is stranger than fiction
This was one of my first software that was catered to make the family tree. Before this, I used Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet and dBase. Both…
We learn, memorize and own Three Hundred Tang Poems, and many would have multiple versions of it. But this particular one is my treasure because…
Guanfang Hutong, Beijing I’ve always wondered, where did Chee Hsin Pottery get their tile patterns: their own designers, from China or elsewhere? Or hired designers outside…
Fareed’s interview of Blair on how Vladimir Putin changed over his long presidency, today. From his early days was more toward west to his invasion…
Russian Orthodox Church of St. Maria Magdalena Darmstadt @ Nikolaiweg 18, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. The tiles at this small church, look a little bit like…
Sealing off a house is a widely used practice in China, seen during covid-19 pandemic, back in 2020. I would think that it was the…
Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob, by Gianni Russo (1943-), published on March 12, 2019. He’s a mobster and actor in…
South China Morning Post is the premier English language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was founded by James See (Tse Tsan-tai, 謝贊泰; 1872-1938) and Alfred Cunningham (?1870-?)…
I work from Home was a humorous piece by Colin Nissan, published on New Yorker‘s Daily Shouts in 2017, when work from home had just began…
War crime is the topic of the day Is the Russia-Ukraine’s war coming to an end? ☮️ Are anyone surprised by the brutality of the…