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By Brad Shorr

He was born in 1874. He was fat, unattractive, disheveled and absent-minded. His ideas were dismissed and often ridiculed by many of the era’s most exalted men and women of letters, science and state. Nevertheless he remained popular with peers and the…

▼Finding Success On Your Own Terms…

▼How to Take Control of Your Happiness…

I only have two profiles,one was already deleted.

szs has already been far away from my life,but got a mobile message today saying I'm still talked about in one group,said though I'm nice.

Thank you,guys,for the attention.I'd appreciate if you can come up to talk to me directly or illustrate a reason why you say that,please don't talk on back,I'd sneeze :)

Spring in the 70’s in Germany, a young girl is sitting on an early Saturday afternoon in her parents living room and following on TV Captain Kirk, Mr Spock and Lieutenant Uhura.

Spring 2013 Hong Kong, a mid aged women is sitting in an cold cinema and follows Captain Kirk, Mr Spok and Uhura again, while they are cruising thru the space and saving one more time the earth from the evils.

When I read the announcement that “Star Trek – Into Darkness” is been showing in HKG I…

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm pretty sure in real life CPLASF are badasses, but stupidity of the movie makers is just astounding. Below a couple of my favorites:

Apparently, Chinese marines wear blue uniforms in forest terrain. And just to be sure, that they are clearly visible for miles ahead, they have huge red Chinese flags waving above them. 

Ground forces are a bit more subtle in disclosing their whereabouts: since their camo is digitlized green and hides them well, they…

▼Cyber Security & The Threat Landscape…

After many years of training, running, sweating, tears and pain I finally got my first trophy for a 3^rd place in my age group, for a 65 km trail run in Hong Kong.

I’m proud and looking forward to my next 72.7 km in Germany.…

Often hear other people tell me, you deserve a good guy.

I would say a good guy is a bonus to my life. Do I deserve it? I don't know, I will know in the future.

For now, I don't think life owes me anything, but I do think I deserve a life without struggling. And I think everyone deserves it.

Alright, part TWO!

So, the second of three reasons why I didn't come to China:

I'm not running away from anything.

Last year, one of my middle school students-a girl about 10 years old with great English-asked me, completely straightfaced "Teacher, why did you flee from…

An evening with happiness,then anger,then violence,then calmness,then peace,then happiness again, then playful night, and then remorse.

When you have a fair heart, then everything seems to be so easy, as nothing would evoke any feelings except stark-naked and cold analysis. Somehow,everyone has a damaged scaled for certain things. You read a bigger number this time, and a smaller number next time, or far beyond the correct number, even though,it is always the same weight. You've…

▼If It Doesn’t Nourish Your Soul, Ignore It…

We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another.

Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are.

After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with.

We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.



　We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her…