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Ok. I am bored right now. Sites I visit when I only have a computer with internet access and nothing else … Abe.com – Rare Books Room Abe.com is a site that sells rare books or second hand books. However, they do write interesting articles about any topics that are remotely connected to selling old [...]

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Home Sweet Home

Library book returned 221 yrs late NEW YORK – A LIBRARY book borrowed by the first US president, George Washington, has been returned to a New York City’s oldest library, 221 years late. Washington checked out the book from the New York Society Library at a time when the library shared a building with the [...]

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Anime

Black Blood Brothers After finished watching this anime, I can only say 1 thing… I WANT A SECOND SEASON!!! Nice mix of humor, fighting… easy flow of story, animation quality not lost (typical of anime) after the first 10 episodes… a story plot with the potential to develop more in depth details and something more [...]

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最近在联合早报看到这篇文章《在图像时代读书》,刊于3月30日的《现在》。作者王晓明为中国学者和教授,因感慨读书质量下降,而写了这篇文章。内容大致提到: 读书率严重下降,包括修读文科的学生 信息爆炸,应接不暇。信息太多,质量却没有进步,反而退步 最佳培养读书的习惯,就是在大学 在现在这种网络、媒体信息如此丰富的时代,想要好好坐下来读一本好书,还真是难。因为读到一半,总会有其他爆笑综艺节目或是最新的电脑游戏,在分散你的注意力。出版业也充斥了许多质量不佳的书籍,要在每年出版的几十万本新书中筛选到好书,更是难上加难。 我也不是一个经常读书的人。但因为工作关系,经常接触到书籍,看到有兴趣的书籍,还是忍不住借了回家读(结果书桌上堆满了图书馆的书,邮箱挤满了图书馆的renewal notices。。。大家可千万不能学我)。 有时候,觉得这本书好像不错。细读之下,却又让人大失所望。那种被煸又无奈浪费了时间的心情,还真是忍无可忍。可是千万不要因为这样而排斥找书来读。因为在不小心借了很多错误的书时,你已经慢慢地训练自己的品位和知识。接下来就是等着读好书的时候了。 读到一本好书的喜悦是无法形容的。它会让你心跳加速,手指兴奋到发抖地翻阅每一页。眼睛不断吞噬着每一行字。你可以三餐不吃(有点困难,因为母亲总会撕破喉咙,喊你到去吃饭为止。对不起,妈妈!),甚至因为睡眠不足,顶着两个黑眼圈去上班。在读完心爱作家所有的作品后,会迫不及待地等着下个作品,就像等着最新的游戏机面市一样焦虑。 大学的教育就是为培养有见识,有自己思想的人民。能够自我思考的人不会盲目地跟着社会潮流,甚至是政治动向行走。他们有自己的判断力和分析能力,能够适时地剖析讯息,提出独特的见解。我一直觉得教育有两种:一种是 those trained with skills,还有一种就是 those trained to think。而文科便是属于第二类。 能自我分析和思考事情,听起来好像很简单,其实一点也不容易。整个逻辑的分析、讯息的解剖都需要经过训练和不断地练习,才能变成一个成熟的技能。过程的重要一环便是要读书。不只要读书,还要看好书。经典的、最新的理论都要懂,才能有一个很好很扎实的理论框架。看大师们的著作,读他们如何收集资料、进行研究,最后得出精彩的结论。这是一种人生的体验和享受。 尤其在大学,你更有名正言顺的理由把房间的地板和床上弄得像个“书窝”(因为不用腾出位置放孩子的玩具)。只有在大学时,你才有空读书读到三更半夜(因为明天不用去上班)。只有在大学,你才能和朋友高谈阔论分享昨天读的精彩书籍(因为在这个阶段每个人都被迫读书)。只有在大学,你才能彻底地享受读书的过程。 在这里和这里与大家分享两本由爱书的人所写的书籍。

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My favorite photos

It occurs to me that I have visited a number of countries these few years, and had collected loads of memorable photographs. Here are some of them

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Anyone with Humour to spare?

I was browsing on the Internet and saw some rather funny representations of my everyday working life. Here are some of the things to share: Hahaha… perhaps when the item “book” first came out, our ancestors did act similiarly to how some of us approach the high technology products nowadays. Frankly speaking, I have find myself (and [...]

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