The frozen lake

The similarities between slaughtering of chickens and massage; 'Defend your ears'; and my lack of filial piety

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January 14th 2007
14th January 2007 Exhausted from the day before's rigorous activities, I slept in very late. Upon waking I discovered that having originally thought that the damage done falling down the stairs was only to my pride, I was very much mistaken, with my upper body extremely stiff and sore. All that pain of the massage to work out my initial back problems, only to go back several steps! I s ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more