There are quite a few fables featuring animals I've learned since I was a child. However, I didn't know the story of "The Scorpion and the Frog" until after watching the movie "Drive" (2011). There...

It has almost become a seasonal event that our neighborhood may lose power all of sudden after a severe thunderstorm. It's so unexpected and unpredictable because you never know when and which nearby transformer explosion...

I can't recall since when I started valuing respect—the respect to myself, to the people surround me, and to the nature. And I've been teaching my kids to be respectful to people and things that...

Today is warmer but still cloudy. During my lunch break, I took a walk in the nearby park and observed this ring of light around the sun for the first time.

Last year I watched the psychological war movie "Apocalypse Now" (1979), which is loosely based on Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel "Heart of Darkness" (I've never read and don't plan to). It's a metaphor of war...