INTRODUCTION     After reading Bunge’s thesis “language: the psyche of a people”[1], I feel that it is really a profound and comprehensive depiction of the relationship between language and identity. His main statement is: “a people who lose their language and the view of the universe expressed by that language can no longer survive [...]

    Between-group communication and conflict resolution in assurance and chicken games By Gary Bornstein, Zohar Gilula    From the Journal of Conflict Resolutions     This paper is a review of Gary Bornstein and Zohar Gilula’s article about game theory. It briefly summarizes the main points of the article and highlights some of the most interesting aspects. [...]

Christmas Instead of staying this year, I celebrated my Christmas with my friends in Vancouver this year. In Vancouver there are a lot of Christmas celebrations around the city, even though there usually isn't a lot of snow. For two weeks in December you can watch the Carol Ships, which are a procession of boats [...]

Not only me , every Chinese student, when they return to China from amercia during breaks, they will be asked: what is america like? What have you learned there? …   If you were born in China, you would be very curious about foreigners and foreign countries. The reason for that I think is very [...]

It's getting late. Around 11:30PM. I know I should be getting to bed soon; I have to get up at 8:00AM to get ready for an appointment. But, I figure I'll just pop FIFA into my PC and play for a little bit. Just to get past the next section. I'll save at the next [...]

Telling a story is an act as natural as breathing. We tell them everyday, and they are part of our work and personal life. What then is the difference between the story telling we do in daily life and the narrative essay- an essay that uses story as its framework or as a technique like [...]