Natural Cosmetics : How to keep your facial luster

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  image from hairstyle.com
ch advised us that she has opened her shop in the posh neighbourhood of Aoyama in Tokyo.
Since she is a skin specialist, I guess given the timing of the natural forces of the 5th Major Qi Period (Dryness and Cold), it would appear her timing is impeccable, as this the environment [...]

Caster Semenya : What’s the problem?

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image from telegraph.co.uk
In posting  Sexual Orientation and Kaleidoscope (Feb 29, 2008) I tried to look at Sexual Orientation from the perspective of  道 (“Dao”).
In the logics of Dao, Yin contains element of Yang, likewise Yang contains element of Yin.
This is best illustrated by the 太极阴阳 (“Taiji Yin-Yang”) diagram :
image from zh.wikipedia.

From the above [...]

Autumn ：秋 (“Qiu”)

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image from  zhounaidong.blog.sohu.com  / www.chinaqw.com
秋 (“qiu”), autumn in Chinese, is a very important word in Chinese culture.
For one thing, it is the harvesting time (秋收, “qiu-shou”), one of the happiest moment for people in a year in rural China or in agricultural based China.
(Note the phrase 王以民为天,民以食为天, ie The subject is [...]

Retreating to Autumn: 白露 (Bai-lu)

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    image from flickr.com/photos
Next Monday (Sept 7) will be 白露 (Bai-lu), which technically means we will be seeing dew forming in the early morning as we enter Autumn.
After the 处暑 (Chu-shu, Aug 23) heat hitting close to the Earth surface, this heat will be penetrating the surface and descending further after 秋分 (Qiu-fen, [...]