Black Swan : Black or White

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   image from www.wwt.org.uk
 
Swan is always associated with the color White for a long long time, until someone spotted a black swan in Australia.
Some may argue that black swan is NOT “swan” because it does not have color white that has been very much a package of  “swan characteristics”. Maybe it should be called [...]

Natural Cosmetics : How to keep your facial luster

Dear Friends,
  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 [...]

Black or White: 泰否 Dynamics

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             泰                               否
The above two diagrams represent 2 of the 64 卦 (gua) in The Book of Change, i.e. that of  泰 (tai gua) and 否 (bi gua) respectively.

泰 (tai) means everything is going right in one’s way, everything is just right, peace.  The 3 solid lines below represent Yang energy and the 3 broken [...]

Frozen in Time : 天長地久

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image from     bbs.chinadaily.com.cn    /      www.flickr.com

Remember 5.12 ?

That was the day when hell arrived on Earth in Western China, with 汶川 (Wen chuan) being the worst hit. It is still a ghost town one year later. Our prayer to all those who perished and suffered.

How about Kung Yu-sum ?  Who’s that you may ask.

Last [...]

Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara : Have fun at 97

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 image from alexmillier.com
 
Most people dread about turning 60 (or even just the thought of it).
Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara is 97  now;
and his working  schedule is on par with a 30 something guy. He is so busy that his calendar is packed until 2012 !  He will be 100 by then !
He has also written some [...]

Dream, 是邪非邪 ?

 
image from www.tvscoop.tv/MartinLutherKingHaveaDream.jpg
 
What’s a dream ?

A dream is not a dream when we are still in the middle of it, for we have no way of telling it is in fact,  a dream.

A dream is a dream only when we wake up from the dream (and can still recall it).

The isn’t much headline news to cheer about since 2008, especially [...]

Of Day, Of Night

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It will be 春分 (“chun fen”) this Friday Mar 20, after which there will  be light rain around 清明 (“Qing Ming”), April 4, the day to remember our ancestors. ( “清明時節雨紛紛，路上行人欲斷魂 …”, see posting 春分 (chun fen) : beginning of 2nd Major Qi Period).
Sakura will blossom in Tokio between 春分 and 清明. The impact of  Qing [...]

Ordinary Greatness , 聖人無名

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In America, each ex-President is given some fund to build a “Library” to commemorate himself.  Wonder who will visit “George W Bush’s Library” ?
Or in all American universities, we find names attached to this hall or that building, names of either the rich or the famous. When they tried to name the [...]

雨水 (“Yu Shui”) : 2nd Jie Qi

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In 3 days’ time, i.e. Feb 18, 2009, it will be 雨水 (“Yu Shui”), the 2nd 节气 (“Jie-Qi”) of 己丑年 (“Ji Chou” year).
Around 雨水 (“Yu Shui”)  in the Northern hemisphere, Yang-Qi has just risen to the ground level, meeting the cold air just above  it , producing mist and rain. It is  [...]