Working at home Both working at home and at office have their pros and cons, sometimes I really prefer working at home. It provides much more flexible time to work from home, by providing the possibility to go to places like bank or postal office whenever you need to, whereas if you are in office, you need to take leaves or get permission from your boss, which is a troublesome. It can also save time spending on commuting. Especially for those who live far away from their office, this is a good news. They don’t need to get up early, spend 1 whole hour on the buses, subways and cars. By long time commuting, people who work at office waste the time and energy which could have been employed on learning new things or modifying presentation slides. In the past, people find it inconvenient to discuss things if parties involved in the communication are far away from each other. But emerging of video conference improves the efficiency of communicating between people who set apart far. But of course, working at home means you are away from the group, from the colleagues, while human beings are ultimately social animals who need social, communications, interactions. What is a better opportunity in terms of interpersonal communication than working together with a group of intelligent people with great expertise.

News and horror movies I believe things surrounded us can influence us in a subtle way, consciously and subconsciously, however unwillingly we might admit. Here is an example. There is a TV program called News Simulcast at my country which mainly broadcasts about politics, economics, agriculture and so on. My parents, like many other people of their generation, have a tradition to watch it at dinner time. But I have never found it appealing. And I thought I would never proactively watch this kind of programs. One night, my parents were out and left me alone at home. After watching a horror movie, I was totally scared and began to wonder if there was any ghost hiding somewhere in the dark corner of the house. I turned on all the lights. But it doesn’t help much. By accident, I switched the TV to the station which is showing the News Simulcast. The always serious broadcaster was presenting to the audience about farmers in a remote village who was happy about the harvest. Quite amazing, by the time his voice came, I was immediately cured. His voice was so familiar and comforting. The imaginary ghost faded away, the secular life came back. Until then I realized that without awareness, this kind of news broadcast had become psychological comfort to me. What a surprise!

Just saw someone being arrested I just saw someone being arrested at an indoor bus station. There were at least 3 policemen standing there discussing something fiercely with their body language exaggerated. on the other side of the station, there were at least 2 police cars parking in a way of blocking the exit of the station precisely. At first i thought they were waiting to catch some criminals, but very soon I saw a men, not in uniform, sitting on the ground with his two hands on his back. He looked tired and frustrated with his head hung. At the first glance, I almost mistook him as someone who was tired and just sat there to have some rest. But he kept that position for very long and didn't move at all. I don't know what happened before that.

Celebrity reality shows I enjoy watching celebrity reality shows, especially those celebrities who are known for high EQ. Many of us believe that EQ, like interpersonal skill and ability to cope with pressure, plays an important role in one's success, but very few of us have the chance to observe closely how a celebrity exercise such ability. Some celebrity reality shows give us this opportunity. We can see how they express their opinions without offending others, when their opinions differs, and how they try to manage their emotions when they fail their tasks. One my my favorite is the Korean show 'running men'. I hope there will be more such shows in the future. Thank you for correction in advance :)

Culture shock about DeadPool Last week I traveled to US and got the chance to watch the movie Dead Pool in cinema near where I stayed. It was a good movie indeed, but there was something bothered me and caused me to feel the culture shock. It is about the violent scenes.I have no issue with violent movie at all, and also understand it is PG-R level. What really scared me was that whenever someone, even if he just showed up 2 seconds in the entire movie, was killed brutally (e.g. half of his head was exploded), audiences in the cinema all bursted into laughter, accompanied with claps sometimes. It seemed they were really excited at, and highly welcomed, the sight of other's violent death. I mean, it is understandable if you are satisfied about the death of your enemy or of your favorite movie character's enemy, but does it really feel that amount of good to see someone else's death? I don't get the point. Because this was the first time I encounter this behavior, so I am not sure if it was just a couple of people in that cinema who happened to like that, or it was a widely accepted thing and I just need to get use to this culture? It confused me a lot. Appreciate if anyone could give me answer. Thank you.

Moon at noon This afternoon When I look outside window, I saw the moon in the sky, almost transparent. It was around 1pm so it really surprised me, I've never realized we can see the moon in such an early time of the day. In my recognition, only when sunlight flags, we are able to see other celestial bodies. 5 or 6pm is almost the earliest time. Anyway, it is always good to find out new world and gain new knowledge.