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		<title>Long Time Coming, Madame Bovary.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been much longer than I had hoped to be back here.  There has been many times that I wished to be writing, but for whatever reason, I am back now, at last.

 
After a very prolonged 3 months, I finally finished reading Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.   Contrary to its fame, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiren.wordpress.com&blog=1400176&post=135&subd=nikiren&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/long-time-coming-madame-bovary/</link>
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		<title>There&#8217;re always two sides to a coin, I choose the sunny side.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is not so often that we come across inspirational words that actually inspire and do not sound like a desperation attempt to maintain false calmness before announcing bankruptcy the very next morning in a crisis time like now.  Fortunately, however infrequent it may occur, such small pockets of light do sprout out in our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiren.wordpress.com&blog=1400176&post=128&subd=nikiren&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/therere-always-two-sides-to-a-coin-i-choose-the-sunny-side/</link>
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		<title>To Whales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We saw a number of whales but none so close up as that first one.  I would be alerted to their presence by their spouting.  They would emerge a short distance away, sometimes three or four of them, a short-lived archipelago of volcanic islands.  These gentle behemoths always lifted my spirits.  I was convinced that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiren.wordpress.com&blog=1400176&post=126&subd=nikiren&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/to-whales/</link>
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		<title>The Question of Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came home from China 3 days ago, on Valentine&#8217;s day.  People from both countries celebrate this holiday, yes China does as well.  I&#8217;ve been inform by a friend living in China, apparently the price of a single rose rises from 10 RMB to 100 RMB on the day of Valentine.  Unfortunately, the holiday itself [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiren.wordpress.com&blog=1400176&post=120&subd=nikiren&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/the-question-of-valentines-day/</link>
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		<title>Back to Jet Lag Book Posting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of me feel guilty for posting my thoughts on books only during my jet lag sessions.  Something I need to work on, clearly!  But for now, here&#8217;s the latest lines that I found interesting from Pi,
&#8220;You may be astonished that in such a short period of time I could go from weeping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiren.wordpress.com&blog=1400176&post=110&subd=nikiren&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/back-to-jet-lag-book-posting/</link>
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		<title>10 Suggestions for President Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of the historical inauguration today, I asked a class of 3rd graders to write 10 suggestions for President Obama.  All twenty of these students are immigrants or children of immigrants from Mexico or another South American country, hence the grammar and spelling errors in their writing.  Despite that, their wishes and messages are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiren.wordpress.com&blog=1400176&post=106&subd=nikiren&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/10-suggestions-for-president-obama/</link>
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		<title>2009!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Happy Ox year!!!  Mooo&#8230;..
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		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/2009/</link>
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		<title>Another sleepless night &#8211; lines from Life of Pi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of me, sharks beneath me, a storm raging about me.  Had I considered my prospects in the light of reason, I surely would have given up and let go of the oar, hoping that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiren.wordpress.com&blog=1400176&post=97&subd=nikiren&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/another-sleepless-night-lines-from-life-of-pi/</link>
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		<title>mine of wisdom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a late adventurer for reading, and also an extremely slow reader.  I&#8217;m not sure which came first, I didn&#8217;t like reading when I was young because I was a slow reader, or I am a slow reader, because I didn&#8217;t read much when I was young?  Nevertheless, I love reading now, even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiren.wordpress.com&blog=1400176&post=93&subd=nikiren&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/mine-of-wisdom/</link>
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		<title>Even the Little Ones Love Him.. GObama!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m subbing a 2nd grade class this whole week.  And of course, today its a special day.  It&#8217;s election day.  All the kids know this.  Although they are too young to vote for real, the concept of voting should still be taught early.  And that is exactly what we did. 

The entire school had our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiren.wordpress.com&blog=1400176&post=89&subd=nikiren&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nikiren.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/even-the-little-ones-love-him-gobama/</link>
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