Monthly Archives: May 2013

My Android Chinese Input Story

For Chinese typing on Android, I had Sogou, looked at Baidu. Then I figured I typed English too often and used the default Swype after learning of its swiping advantage. Later, I was introduced to Swiftkey. Not much different. Now … Continue reading

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Vocabulary: 商務艙

Business Class

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Was Jesus a carpenter or stone masonry?

This I have come across a few times, claimed by one preacher or another, that carpentry was not Jesus' livelihood. The Greek word "τέκτων" (teckton) mainly means craftsman. Hence, it is one who wears many hats. To say it means … Continue reading

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Concert by Lola Astanova - remembering the past

CCCNY got a treat from former member Jahja Ling with limited seating for his concert with pianist Lola Astanova, of the former Soviet Union. I am writing this so I can throw away the brochure. Astanova's performance, which was from … Continue reading

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J.I. Packer Suspended

Kudos to J.I. Packer. Although, I find it more news worthy that why he's there in the first place before walking out on the caucus. My guess is, it has to do with all these respect people's privacy dilemma. So, … Continue reading

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BBM on Android...coming soon, finally

Finally, this summer. This article mentions when. I can't believe how other news sources are so ignorant about this deadline fact. At least I do not have to write this program myself for iphone for my wife.

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Sharing things

reading posts shared on Facebook, I conclude: To share others' works: a book, a post, an article, etc., give a couple of summary points of the reason for sharing. Summary but not generalized. Otherwise, it's better to just share one's … Continue reading

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Meet the Chinese 'censors' who watch 700 pornographic movies every week

This happens because of the so called today's definition of "art". Solving this is actually as simple as banning all of them, not categorizing them or whether or not they have artistic value. Wasting people's tax dollars and time.

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The friendliest Evangelist

It is a popular fad nowadays for preachers and pastors to claim how many homosexual friends they have around them. This is to show how gracious they are, how open minded they are willing to be. Some made a practice … Continue reading

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Eating Insects

I eat insects. Hope they will be in more places than just Thailand.

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