Books to Read
Michael Gross, Light and Life
Lynn Margulis, Symbiotic: A New Look at Evolution
Russell G. Foster, Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing
Jared Diamond, Guns Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Edward O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Our Children Really Learn
Barbara Strauch, The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us about Our Kids
Judith Levine, Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex
Lynn Margulis, Symbiotic: A New Look at Evolution
Russell G. Foster, Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing
Jared Diamond, Guns Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Edward O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Our Children Really Learn
Barbara Strauch, The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us about Our Kids
Judith Levine, Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex
Peter Piper
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
营养食谱
1.banana -- 1 large
2.tomato -- 20 cherry
3.milk 1% -- 1 cup
4.yogurt -- 220 gram
5.whole wheat spaghetti -- 1 cup
6.whole wheat bread -- 1 large slice
7.egg - 1 large
8.broccoli -- 1 cup
9.spinach -- 1 cup
10. fish -- 1 cup
total cal: 1283
2.tomato -- 20 cherry
3.milk 1% -- 1 cup
4.yogurt -- 220 gram
5.whole wheat spaghetti -- 1 cup
6.whole wheat bread -- 1 large slice
7.egg - 1 large
8.broccoli -- 1 cup
9.spinach -- 1 cup
10. fish -- 1 cup
total cal: 1283
菜单
材料
1. broccoli / cauliflower / carrot / potato / lotus root 、西葫芦、小菠菜、豆芽、红椒
2. 排骨汤 （海带、白菜、萝卜、冬瓜）
3. 西红柿鸡蛋面 、 菜面、扁豆面、意面
4. 各种粥、菜饭
5. 包子、饺子、饼
6. 香肠、牛肉、火腿、鸡翅
7. 毛豆、豌豆
8. 豆腐，豆干
9. 鱼（鳕鱼片，带鱼），粉丝，鱼丸
食谱
1. 萝卜丝带鱼 （带鱼煎后烧）
2. 大拌菜 (生菜，小菠菜，红椒，西红柿，糖，醋，盐，加水）
3. 粉丝蒸鱼片
4. 自制pizza
菜单
一、米饭、broccoli，胡萝卜肉片，牛肉（米饭，红椒，豆芽，牛肉）
二、菜饭，香肠，豆干 （包子，小菠菜，粥）
三、意面，小菠菜，西红柿 （扁豆面，豆干，香肠）
四、粥、红薯、土豆丝、红椒 （蛋饼，粥，土豆丝，broccoli）
五、粥、毛豆、鸡翅、菜花 （米饭，鱼丸白菜汤，玉米豌豆肉丁，胡罗卜丝）
六、花卷，排骨汤，broccoli，玉米 （火锅）
日、西红柿鸡蛋面 （饺子）
1. broccoli / cauliflower / carrot / potato / lotus root 、西葫芦、小菠菜、豆芽、红椒
2. 排骨汤 （海带、白菜、萝卜、冬瓜）
3. 西红柿鸡蛋面 、 菜面、扁豆面、意面
4. 各种粥、菜饭
5. 包子、饺子、饼
6. 香肠、牛肉、火腿、鸡翅
7. 毛豆、豌豆
8. 豆腐，豆干
9. 鱼（鳕鱼片，带鱼），粉丝，鱼丸
食谱
1. 萝卜丝带鱼 （带鱼煎后烧）
2. 大拌菜 (生菜，小菠菜，红椒，西红柿，糖，醋，盐，加水）
3. 粉丝蒸鱼片
4. 自制pizza
菜单
一、米饭、broccoli，胡萝卜肉片，牛肉（米饭，红椒，豆芽，牛肉）
二、菜饭，香肠，豆干 （包子，小菠菜，粥）
三、意面，小菠菜，西红柿 （扁豆面，豆干，香肠）
四、粥、红薯、土豆丝、红椒 （蛋饼，粥，土豆丝，broccoli）
五、粥、毛豆、鸡翅、菜花 （米饭，鱼丸白菜汤，玉米豌豆肉丁，胡罗卜丝）
六、花卷，排骨汤，broccoli，玉米 （火锅）
日、西红柿鸡蛋面 （饺子）
list
Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium, Dick Meyer
Trauma, by Patrick McGrath
Minders of Make-Believe, by Leonard S. Marcus
Trauma, by Patrick McGrath
Minders of Make-Believe, by Leonard S. Marcus
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
"Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience."
I have to admit that several chapters into the book, I still didn't foresee how controversial the story leads to, and how powerful the writing would be. A tragedy of social classes, religion, human nature as well as circumstances.
A stirring and challenging reading.
"Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience."
I have to admit that several chapters into the book, I still didn't foresee how controversial the story leads to, and how powerful the writing would be. A tragedy of social classes, religion, human nature as well as circumstances.
A stirring and challenging reading.
Diao man wang fei
by Hua sheng
It's one of those creative cheap romance posted online and since it gets popular, you need to pay to read the ending.
It's one of those creative cheap romance posted online and since it gets popular, you need to pay to read the ending.
The Overlook
by Michael Connelly
I bought this book to kill time at the airport and finished it on the plane.
I bought this book to kill time at the airport and finished it on the plane.
Lipstick Jungle
by Candace Bushnell
The minute I open Lipstick Jungle, I regret it. Familiar wording, same characters, I should have given Candace Bushnell a break. However, like the not-so-welcoming opening of Trading up, it gets me in a few more pages. Even menopause women can make fun reading!
The minute I open Lipstick Jungle, I regret it. Familiar wording, same characters, I should have given Candace Bushnell a break. However, like the not-so-welcoming opening of Trading up, it gets me in a few more pages. Even menopause women can make fun reading!
Trading Up
by Candace Bushnell
It's a fun reading, at least. The protagonist is a little bit more complicated than a superficial social climber, and thus makes you wonder how the author gonna lead her to avoid all the cliche. Well, she achieves that, partially.
The rhythm of the story gets off beat with Janey's past memories. It picks up again toward the ending and makes her final coming to LA a bit too hasty and too easy. If only the author could slow down a few pages to explain the cultural difference between NYC and LA, or upper class and celebrities, and therefore to ease in the possibility of her rise.
The author seems to struggle between whether Janey should become who she is or was born as that. The Paris-Arab experience is first introduced as a path she was pushed onto, but then, the episode with Ian seems suggesting that she was a black widow from the beginning.
Like the prada story, this one is full of fashion and upper class life detail showcases. Yet, it's not clear whether the author is merely telling a fairy tale or delivering certain messages. The writing is decorated heavily with witty remarks on relationship and gender differences, but they fail to form a larger picture.
It's a fun reading, at least. The protagonist is a little bit more complicated than a superficial social climber, and thus makes you wonder how the author gonna lead her to avoid all the cliche. Well, she achieves that, partially.
The rhythm of the story gets off beat with Janey's past memories. It picks up again toward the ending and makes her final coming to LA a bit too hasty and too easy. If only the author could slow down a few pages to explain the cultural difference between NYC and LA, or upper class and celebrities, and therefore to ease in the possibility of her rise.
The author seems to struggle between whether Janey should become who she is or was born as that. The Paris-Arab experience is first introduced as a path she was pushed onto, but then, the episode with Ian seems suggesting that she was a black widow from the beginning.
Like the prada story, this one is full of fashion and upper class life detail showcases. Yet, it's not clear whether the author is merely telling a fairy tale or delivering certain messages. The writing is decorated heavily with witty remarks on relationship and gender differences, but they fail to form a larger picture.
On Writing
by Stephen King
I bought the book because it was available on taobao, and it was on sale. A pirate edition obviously, and costs me 5 yuan. I never read Stephen King before, never meant to. Whatever fame he has acquired, I am simply not a sci-fi person, feel creepy about some of the sensual scenes from the movies based on his works, and therefore, avoiding those movies as well. To me, he is just a famous guy living in a completely different and irrelevant world.
And I never thought I could find a book on writing fun to read. Not that I am not interested in writing. My feeling towards penmanship is rather complicated. I was brought up to believe being an author, an author of literature or scholarly research is one of the most honorable profession in the world. I spent many of my primary and middle school days writing essays and poems. Some of them found their way to kids magazines, and some, even real literary ones. I made a small fortune with it as well, considering most of the students at that time, around that age didn't even dream of having an income by themselves. As I grew older however, I started to doubt this vision of me becoming a great writer, and most important, I lost my respect for penmanship, all sorts of.
I don't know how this happened. My mom blamed my boyfriend at the time, thinking he distracted me from many good practice and virtue. I doubt it. In retrospect, though I wrote from time to time, and read too, but I have never been a voracious reader as some of my classmates or people around me. I turn to books when I need to find something, I read what was trendy among teens of my age, but I can do without reading quite well.
Reading the first part of Stephen King's book, it becomes clear to me that why I never took the path and would never be able to take it. To be a writer, as King tries to show us, one need to be a tireless reader, be passionate about at least one or two genres, and above all, be persistent in writing. Persistence means you keep writing everyday, even though you are living in a shelter, even though no one rewards your effort, yet. Of course you need to have certain talents and training, but for me, those are the only things I have, and therefore, not important.
I feel some intimacy toward writing, but no passion. I got reward for my writing from the very beginning, so when I write, instead of listening to my audience, I am thinking about money and fame.
Besides helping to analyze my want of achievement, King's book also clears my thoughts on certain traits of a writer. For example, he talked about jobs he held. He could write when he worked in a laundry, but found it difficult when taught. In other words, a job you don't care at all, especially a blue collar labor, seldom gets in the way of you and your ambition. Yet, a job you care, even just a little, distracts you from your dream.
He also talked about his wife. Self-reliant is the word he used. I guess that means she can leave him alone when he needs to be alone, no matter how long it is and under what circumstance.
I bought the book because it was available on taobao, and it was on sale. A pirate edition obviously, and costs me 5 yuan. I never read Stephen King before, never meant to. Whatever fame he has acquired, I am simply not a sci-fi person, feel creepy about some of the sensual scenes from the movies based on his works, and therefore, avoiding those movies as well. To me, he is just a famous guy living in a completely different and irrelevant world.
And I never thought I could find a book on writing fun to read. Not that I am not interested in writing. My feeling towards penmanship is rather complicated. I was brought up to believe being an author, an author of literature or scholarly research is one of the most honorable profession in the world. I spent many of my primary and middle school days writing essays and poems. Some of them found their way to kids magazines, and some, even real literary ones. I made a small fortune with it as well, considering most of the students at that time, around that age didn't even dream of having an income by themselves. As I grew older however, I started to doubt this vision of me becoming a great writer, and most important, I lost my respect for penmanship, all sorts of.
I don't know how this happened. My mom blamed my boyfriend at the time, thinking he distracted me from many good practice and virtue. I doubt it. In retrospect, though I wrote from time to time, and read too, but I have never been a voracious reader as some of my classmates or people around me. I turn to books when I need to find something, I read what was trendy among teens of my age, but I can do without reading quite well.
Reading the first part of Stephen King's book, it becomes clear to me that why I never took the path and would never be able to take it. To be a writer, as King tries to show us, one need to be a tireless reader, be passionate about at least one or two genres, and above all, be persistent in writing. Persistence means you keep writing everyday, even though you are living in a shelter, even though no one rewards your effort, yet. Of course you need to have certain talents and training, but for me, those are the only things I have, and therefore, not important.
I feel some intimacy toward writing, but no passion. I got reward for my writing from the very beginning, so when I write, instead of listening to my audience, I am thinking about money and fame.
Besides helping to analyze my want of achievement, King's book also clears my thoughts on certain traits of a writer. For example, he talked about jobs he held. He could write when he worked in a laundry, but found it difficult when taught. In other words, a job you don't care at all, especially a blue collar labor, seldom gets in the way of you and your ambition. Yet, a job you care, even just a little, distracts you from your dream.
He also talked about his wife. Self-reliant is the word he used. I guess that means she can leave him alone when he needs to be alone, no matter how long it is and under what circumstance.
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