Someone With Stories

It was only when I seriously wanted to share my own or others' stories with someone that I realized I had no stories. For example, last night at dinner, I wanted to share...

Extravagant Hopes

Maybe many years from now I'll still remember this passage Wang Xiaobo wrote in The Golden Age: "That day I was twenty-one, in the golden age of my life. I had many extra...

Rain

Only on days when you forget your umbrella and watch the drizzle after work, seeing female colleagues magically pull out sun umbrellas and float away, do you feel truly l...

What to Do After Thirty?

Our company has a new regional manager, looks to be in his forties, not very tall, sturdy build, dressed quite casually. No matter from which angle, he's an unremarkable ...

Chatting

A while ago the company held an event requiring every employee to go out on the streets to find target customers, give them a small gift, and then get their phone numbers...

Simplicity and Luxury

If someone increasingly yearns for a simple life—growing flowers, birds, insects, and fish; strolling through lush, dense parks; buying natural, unpretentious objects; ma...