• wall of kindness 友善之墙

    16-04-19 Over the weekend, hooks and hangers have appeared on the side of a Qingdao building under the words: If you need it, take it. This wall of kindness , the creation of local charity Chuangyi Workshop, invites passers-by to leave their spare warm cloth...

  • Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿 - Chapter 16

    16-02-18 The narrow streets and courts, at length, terminated in a large open space; scattered about which, were pens for beasts, and other indications of a cattle-market. Sikes slackened his pace when they reached this spot: the girl being quite unable to s...

  • Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 23

    15-11-13 Next day the town was quieter than a cathedral city on Monday morning. It is usually the case after a riot. Except for the handful of prisoners, everyone who could possibly have been concerned in the attack on the Club had a watertight alibi. The Cl...

  • A Nerd, a Nude, and a Bike

    15-10-21 A nerd was walking on campus one day when his friend, another nerd, rode up on an incredible shiny new bicycle. The first nerd was stunned and asked, Where did you get such a nice bike? The second nerd replied, Well, yesterday I was walking home min...

  • 金星语录

    15-08-23 女人,该给你的都会给你,还没给你的,等着。等待是一门学问。 Woman, everything meant for you will come to you. If they have not come, just wait. Waiting is a skill that is learned. 像咱们靠谱一点的端午节中秋节是好的,西方节日你那么激动干什么,你看现在...

  • 第一次穿新衣之前需要洗一遍

    15-05-31 That dress looks perfect right off the rack, and that crisp button-down shirt is never going to be any brighter or whiter than the moment you buy it. So is it really necessary to go to all of the trouble of washing those brand-new garments before yo...

  • The spendthrift and the swallow 败家子和燕子

    15-05-15 A spendthrift, who had wasted his fortune, and had nothing left but the clothes in which he stood, saw a swallow one fine day in early spring. Thinking that summer had come, and that he could now do without his coat, he went and sold it for what it...

  • 悬牛卖马

    15-04-23 One day, Ling Gong, King of the State of Qi, had a sudden whim. He liked to see women wearing men's clothes and let all the women in his harem do so. Soon afterwards, all the women in the whole country followed the fashion and dressed like men. Seei...

  • 新疆拟出台草案遏制宗教极端势力

    15-03-13 The legislature of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to draft a regulation by 2016 to curb religious extremism. It may include a ban on wearing clothes in public linked to religious extremism such as full face and body coverings, the head o...

  • Matinee

    14-12-10 Matinee Mark Kraushaar I'm not a marriage counselor. I don't know what's going on, and I don't want to know, but I like you. I always liked you. -- Joel and Ethan Coen, Blood Simple He's the one driving, the man, younger than her husband, nicer too....