Dealing with the Strong Fire/Heat

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North Korea blew-up the cooling tower for its Yongbyon Nuclear Plant as part of the 6-nation treaty in ultimately making Korean Penicular Nuke free.
Hey, how can one survive without the “cooling tower” in the middle of Strong Fire/Heat of 2008?
In posting 夏至(xia zhi) : Longest Day in Northern Hemisphere, I mentioned that the [...]

Harnessing the Power of Strong Fire

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For a roller-coaster, it takes a huge amount of energy/effort (man’s effort) to bring the car  from the bottom to the top of the curve against the gravity (nature).
However, just before the top, just a minimal effort (man’s effort) is needed to push the car over the curve. After which, the force of gravity (nature) will [...]

Character of Summer

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We are now in the midst of Summer in Northern Hemisphere. Should have posted this earlier.
Lets look at some of the characteristics of Summer phase :

It is the maturing phase (长). Everywhere we see plenty of vegetation at its beautiful peak.
Heavenly Qi and Earthly Qi interact the most dynamically in this season, [...]

夏至(xia zhi) : Longest Day in Northern Hemisphere

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Today is June 21, 2008. It corresponds to 夏至(xia zhi) in Chinese calendar.

Many people misunderstood the term 夏至, interpreted it literally as the “arrival of Summer”.
As we discussed in earlier posting 立夏(li xia) : Lifting the Veil on Summer Phase , the conditions for “Summer phase” were essentially established by 立夏 (May [...]

Strong Fire of 2008 takes its toll on yet another Leader

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** I wrote the following posting in early April and thought it might be interesting to revisit it.
If you are running out of soup operas to watch, switch to real-life politics in Malaysia, they all possess spicy ingredients of mega-hits in Hollywood.** (also read posting Malaysia Election Result as per Mencius).
#Quote#
Badawi is in abit of [...]

McCain and Obama : History in the making

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For all its short-comings at times, America’s political landscape is inspiring.

For Martin Lurther King said on Aug 28, 1963 on the steps of Lincoln Memorial : “I have a dream! I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons [...]