John McCain/Sarah Palin : Hmmm, what’s that ?

Dear Friends,

imafe from www.statesman.com // www.usmagazine.com
We have looked at the PCO compatibility of Obama-Biden team earlier in Obama-Biden : Practical though imperfect couple.
So what magic did McCain pull out ?
He chose 44 year-old Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, a post she holds since late 2006. Before that she was mayor of Wasilla city [...]

The Dao of Owning Heaven and Earth

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image from http://media.monstersandcritics.com
Meng-zi (孟子, 372~289 BCE) has made it clear to all rulers and people aspire to rule (i.e. people who want to exercise 王道, the “Dao of the rulers”) that the fundamental principle is :

“得天下有道：得其民，斯得天下矣；得其民有道：得其心，斯得民矣。”

i.e. “Those who win the hearts of the people capture the mandate to own the Heaven and Earth”.

孟子 [...]

Barack Obama/Joe Biden : Practical team

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imagaes from http://en.wikipedia.org
In earlier posting McCain and Obama : History in the making, we have seen Obama vs McCain from the perspective of Personal Cosmic Orientation.
Now that Obama has picked his VP partner Joe Biden. Is it good enough against McCain’s Strong Water ?
The following table shows the PCOs of Obama and Biden [...]

Have a Break, Have a Pavilion.

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image from www.chineseartpaintings.com
In Chinese classical gardens, classical landscape paintings etc, you will invariably find a very interesting element. The pavilion.

The Chinese character for “pavilion” is 亭 (“ting”). It denotes a vertical structure built firmly on the ground. It is a place for a short rest.

The Chinese character for “stop” is 停 (“ting”). The word [...]

Did the Wind Blow ?

Dear Friends,
        
There was an interesting comment by a top clergyman in Malaysia. Did you see that before ?

“Our prayers become unfocused and our sleep is often disturbed.”

“…..Malaysia’s Muslim men are suffering sleepless nights and cannot pray properly because their thoughts are distracted by a growing number of women who wear sexy clothes in public…”

for [...]

What is Liu Xiang ?

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image from www.bbc.co.uk                    image from Reuters.
Well, the local audience at Bird Nest has waited this big moment : Liu Xiang in action.
Before Liu Xiang appeared, the Bird Nest Stadium was fully packed with some 91,000 spectators. After the brief appearance of Liu Xiang and his decision to quit the race, about 80% of [...]

Gold, Silver and Bronze

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Olympic Game comes only once every 4 years. (So you can justifiably call your son an Olympic Son if he is born on Feb 29).
Wow ! Did you watch the Men’s 100 meter Sprint live yesterday ? That’s one of those great Olympic moment, simply mesmerizing. Usain Bolt was literally flying !

image from http://ap.google.com
Usain [...]

To tell or Not to tell

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cao Lei (middle), image from http://english.people.com.cn
Gold after Gold in Olympic Women weight lifting. Definitely it is quite eye opening, since I guess most would probably think Chinese women are harding, but not super weight lifters.
Cao Lei (曹磊) captured another Gold Medal today for China in the Women’s 75Kg category Weight Lifting. She also broke [...]

Character of Autumn

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image from http://pics.livejournal.com
“Hey, aren’t we a bit early for Autumn?” you may ask, with all the heat still hanging out there in the atmosphere. Not at all.

The conditions for Autumn Phase are basically established from around Aug 7, i.e. 立秋 (“li qiu”). By Sept 22, it will be 秋分 (“qiu fen”), which is [...]

Olympic 2008 : American Psyche

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image from sina.com
While most Americans continue to celebrate their hero Michael Phelps in the swimming pool, today’s other top Olympics without doubt were the Women Team Gymnastics and Cuba vs China Women Volleyball.
China’s Women Volleyball team could not close the match after winning first 2 sets, allowing the Cubans to make a very strong come back to take [...]