Castles on the Sand

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Recently I came across a very interesting book by Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind, and a documentary based on the content of the book. It offers the author’s study and investigation on some psychoactive chemicals as a professional writer and journalist. The book and the documentary, especially the documentary, holds an agressive propaganda, which might be agreed or disagreed by the audience. Except for its political purpose, this work focuses on some controversial knowledge at first hand, which is quite valuable in the context of psychology and cognitive science in my opinion.

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Chinese Food Styles in North America

Finally, here comes my favorite topic: fooooood! And it is Chinese food in specific, which I’ve been with all my life.

To be honest, it is a very broad concept, as China is a large area with a long history. Chinese food as an entity definitely won’t fit into a 5-7 minutes speech. So today I’ll be focusing on a couple of the most available Chinese food styles here in North America, to make this speech an introduction to food that everybody could go and try.

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