Are Apple products sexier? When I read an article, I came across this depiction.

"Apple shores up our sex appeal. The iPhone and the MacBook aren’t technically superior to other smartphones or laptops. But they’re undeniably sexier."

I haven't even thought apple products are sexy. Or, is it a common idea actually?

My vice-supervisor will be leaving. My vice-supervisor told me that he is going to retire in this year, and I was really shocked and upset. I would describe him as the most widely learned person I have ever met. Although his speciality is aesthetics of fine art, he can also handle a profound discussion from music, theatre play to subcultures. That's why I'm always overwhelmed as well as admire him. It might sound a little strange, but I wouldn't have expected that he would be my vice-mentor in the future when I first met him in my master course. At that time, he lectured us on arcane philosophy (have you ever read Merleau-Ponty's works?), and I was like "what does he talking about?", it was completely over my head. It is understandable that he gave me B as my evaluation, but it was definitely enough for me to feel awkward and disappointed with myself. However, surprisingly enough, after two years later he accepted me as a PhD student and let me in his seminar after all, I don't really understand what was going on at the time actually. Anyway, I have learnt many things from him since then, and became a little more capable of discussing intricate topics with him, so that I'm proud of myself somehow, and Merleau-Ponty has become my favourite philosopher. After recieving the news, I have been confused and felt helpless because I'm not really sure what I would do without his help and advice. I know I should put my things together, but it seems just hard at this moment. ​

A professor whom I admire I had a conversation with a professor this afternoon. She listened to me warmly while I was talking my concerns, and gave some cordial advice even though she was not my supervisor. I really appreciated it, but at the same time I actually felt a little strange because I really remembered well when we had first met. At that time she looked very strict, so that I was scared of her badly and even barely talked to her! However, 6 years after now, she has become one of the people that I admire the most. The reason why I respect her is because she always treats me as a researcher or a colleague of her so that I could talk with confidence and responsibility. Honestly I never imagined that I would have such a wonderful relationship with her when I met her for the first time. I really hope I can be a teacher like her someday.

Swearing in English I had a chat with an Australian guy on SNS the other day. We were just talking about nothing serious, most of them was joke thing, as typical SNS conversations. I thought he was a little drunk because he said he drank two bottles of wine, so that I told him that you should go to bed and goodnight a drunk, something like that. He denied that he was a drunk then said swearing words. I was just shocked because it was my first time to be said swearing things. However I supposed he didn't mean to hurt me because he took it back right after that and apologized, I didn't know how I should have responded to it, what I just did is told him it wasn't nice. I wasn't that upset and offended, but just wondering how native speakers felt about swearing or being sworn. I guess it is kind of joke and it isn't a big deal for close friends, but I am not a native English speaker, so how should I deal with it? Anyway I appreciate him bringing me this interesting question!