<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526</id><updated>2012-01-06T05:40:05.070+08:00</updated><title type='text'>I &amp; Thou</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>69</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114872633085910449</id><published>2006-05-27T18:37:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-27T18:38:51.176+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Brooklyn Jazz Renaissance</title><summary type='text'>High-Quality Music in Casual Cafés         By NATE CHINEN   Published: May 26, 2006      &lt;!--NYT_INLINE_IMAGE_POSITION1 --&gt;            ON almost any given Sunday, the trumpeter John McNeil walks out of his apartment and down a few tree-lined blocks to Night and Day, a bistro on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. Since February, Mr. McNeil has held a weekly gig in a rear annex of the restaurant with a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114872633085910449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114872633085910449&amp;isPopup=true' title='394 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114872633085910449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114872633085910449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/05/brooklyn-jazz-renaissance.html' title='Brooklyn Jazz Renaissance'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>394</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114872619009430588</id><published>2006-05-27T18:31:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-27T18:36:32.326+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mightier Than the Board - co-op</title><summary type='text'>  By TERI KARUSH ROGERS   Published: May 28, 2006      &lt;!--NYT_INLINE_IMAGE_POSITION1 --&gt;             IN New York City, letters of recommendation are part of the hazing ritual known as a board package, whereby a buyer must convince a co-op board that he or she would make a worthy neighbor. But in this era of cellphones and instant messaging, formal letters of recommendation solicited from friends</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114872619009430588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114872619009430588&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114872619009430588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114872619009430588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/05/mightier-than-board-co-op.html' title='Mightier Than the Board - co-op'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114650802065396618</id><published>2006-05-02T02:25:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-02T02:27:01.156+08:00</updated><title type='text'>In a Tiny Queens Apartment, 70 Cats Gone, and 28 to Go</title><summary type='text'>In a Tiny Queens Apartment, 70 Cats Gone, and 28 to Go     Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times The cats scurry under the bed when visitors arrive. Most of  them are the products of inbreeding and have similar markings.    By COREY  KILGANNON  Published: May 1, 2006  &lt;!--NYT_INLINE_IMAGE_POSITION1 --&gt; "Any evil intention against my cats and me, will come back to you, three  times three."      </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114650802065396618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114650802065396618&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114650802065396618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114650802065396618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/05/in-tiny-queens-apartment-70-cats-gone.html' title='In a Tiny Queens Apartment, 70 Cats Gone, and 28 to Go'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114580666196288788</id><published>2006-04-23T23:35:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T23:37:59.280+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hu Wants You</title><summary type='text'>As China's president tours America, the government in Beijing is on a campaign to get tourists beyond the country's big cities -- and into its vast interior.  By  STAN SESSER AND MEI FONGApril 22, 2006; Page P1   GUIZHOU PROVINCE, China -- Chen Hua Jin, a resident of the beautiful village of Langde, slung onto the side of a mountain above a fast-flowing river, has just cooked her visitors a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114580666196288788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114580666196288788&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114580666196288788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114580666196288788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/04/hu-wants-you.html' title='Hu Wants You'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114553406226698258</id><published>2006-04-20T19:50:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-20T19:54:42.976+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Suitable Attire ?</title><summary type='text'>Suit Goes in Washer, Dryer, But Traditionalists Recoil:'This is the  Antichrist'By CECILIE  ROHWEDDERApril 20,  2006; WSJ Page B1  LONDON --Tim Blackshaw still winces about the night two years ago that a party guest spilled a glass of Chateau Lafitte 1975 down the back of his Christian Dior jacket, the fine red wine ruining the expensive light-gray suit.  Yet, as the 30-year-old chef browsed the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114553406226698258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114553406226698258&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114553406226698258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114553406226698258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/04/suitable-attire.html' title='Suitable Attire ?'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114511443665137183</id><published>2006-04-15T23:20:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-15T23:21:06.246+08:00</updated><title type='text'>日本男人年過40的中年恐慌</title><summary type='text'>最近日本報紙層出不窮的40歲男子犯案事件，像是千葉法務局職 員殺妻、眾議院議員在六本木強行猥褻女生被當成現行犯逮捕、46歲和44歲的兄弟聯手殺害包括父母在內的家庭成員5人、NTT西日本員工以製偽鈔嫌疑被逮 捕、日本航海連盟的教練同時也指導北京奧運選手卻因向少女買春而被逮捕，連著名的從事耐震度偽造的姊齒秀次“ 前”建築師都是在40歲以上的年紀犯下離譜案件的男性之一。　　男性過了40歲，已經是人生的折返點，也很多男性在此時已功成名就，上述也有不少人是在不錯的公司擁有不錯的職位或頭銜，讓人丈二金鋼摸不著腦袋為何他們會去犯下這些自毀前程的事，原因就在於被日本稱為「Midlife  Crisis」的中年恐慌。　 　「Midlife Crisis」中年恐慌是指人在人生的一半，也就是過了40歲的時候，開始慢慢感覺到精神和肉體上的衰老，但自己的心中卻仍希望自己還是很年輕，但心理與 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114511443665137183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114511443665137183&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114511443665137183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114511443665137183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/04/40.html' title='日本男人年過40的中年恐慌'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114404391673014348</id><published>2006-04-03T13:54:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-03T13:58:37.053+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dump Trash, Add Scavengers, Mix and Get a Big Mess</title><summary type='text'>Zhu Feixiang, 46, leads a band of trash pickers from Anhui Province. "We don't steal," he said. "We don't rob. We only make a living." (Ryan Pyle for The New York Times)By HOWARD W. FRENCHPublished: April 3, 2006SHANGHAI, March 28 — Song Tiping, a peasant from rural Jiangsu Province, and Bernie Kearsley-pratt, an Australian executive, would not at first glance seem to have much in common, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114404391673014348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114404391673014348&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114404391673014348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114404391673014348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/04/dump-trash-add-scavengers-mix-and-get.html' title='Dump Trash, Add Scavengers, Mix and Get a Big Mess'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114329975555335338</id><published>2006-03-25T23:14:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-15T23:19:57.776+08:00</updated><title type='text'>When Life Begins at 5: A New Wake-Up Call</title><summary type='text'>From electricity usage to toilet flushing, the numbers show sleep-deprived Americans are getting up even earlier  By JOHN JURGENSENMarch 25, 2006; Page P1   The lights in America are going on an hour earlier.  As people prepare for the annual hour of sleep deprivation that comes next week with the arrival of daylight-saving time, a broader shift in wake-up times is taking place.  By a wide </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114329975555335338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114329975555335338&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114329975555335338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114329975555335338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/03/when-life-begins-at-5-new-wake-up-call.html' title='When Life Begins at 5: A New Wake-Up Call'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114293738663878852</id><published>2006-03-21T18:36:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T18:36:26.653+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Google's Half Victory</title><summary type='text'>March 21, 2006; Page A14Google won a partial victory against the Justice Department late Friday night when a federal judge ruled that the company would not be compelled to hand over a sample of users' search queries.As Judge James Ware noted in his 21-page opinion, search strings like "Jessica Simpson" or "nudity" would not, by themselves, impinge on users' privacy. But a random sampling of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114293738663878852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114293738663878852&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114293738663878852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114293738663878852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/03/googles-half-victory.html' title='Google&apos;s Half Victory'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114285569016020984</id><published>2006-03-20T19:53:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-20T19:54:50.180+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Government vs. Google</title><summary type='text'>Web-Search Battle Offers Fireworks,But Look Deeper for the Real IssueMarch 20, 2006Google is fencing with the Justice Department about access to users' search requests -- the latest chapter in the federal government's quest to get a star-crossed antiporn law on the books. But the real issue in this battle goes beyond porn or kids -- it's a basic fear about privacy, one bigger than worries about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114285569016020984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114285569016020984&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114285569016020984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114285569016020984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/03/government-vs-google.html' title='Government vs. Google'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114277655878986143</id><published>2006-03-19T21:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-19T21:55:58.803+08:00</updated><title type='text'>日韓出現降黃雪怪現象</title><summary type='text'>2006年3月16日  22:30星期四  [中日關係]以前一些日韓愛情電影與電視劇在拍攝雪景時加一個淡黃filter，十分詩情畫意。現在不用加filter了，因為近數年自然界出現怪現象，日韓不時錄得 天降黃雪。浪漫嗎？不！因為這是從中國大陸飄來的?砂加上有毒粒子（超標30倍！）。中國成為美國之後另一公害輸出大國。家寶在最近的講話中承認任總理以來沒有處理好環境問題而引以為憾。他保証中國不會先發展經濟，後整治環境。他可是有心無力，地方滿是土皇帝。中國公害問題 日益嚴重，而且禍及鄰邦。俄國、日本及南韓都身受其害。環境問題也成為國際問題。繼酸雨及海上垃圾飄洋過海後，現在出現黃雪。日本對中國大陸而來的?染反應最大，也為右傾人士增添攻擊中國的話題。近年日本政府的ODA亦不少用於幫助中國種樹木、防沙漠化、設置淨水廠等與環保有關的項目。不過似乎功效有限。黃雪是中國北部黃砂引起的。一半天災，一半人禍。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114277655878986143/comments/default' title='Post 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-114277579987148655</id><published>2006-03-19T21:42:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-19T21:43:19.873+08:00</updated><title type='text'>中國國務院確立京滬高鐵以德日技術為本「自主開發」</title><summary type='text'>　　據日本的傳媒報導，中國大陸的國務院國家發展暨改革委員會表示，北京─上海間的京滬高速鐵路專案建議書，和上海─杭州間的滬杭磁浮高鐵建議書皆已獲得國家批准。　　京滬高鐵經過充分論證、科學比選，各方面就技術方案等重大問題基本上取得了共識，建設時機已經成熟；將採輪軌技術，全長1320公里，其設計最高時速350公里、運行時速300公里。未來會成立「京滬高速鐵路」公司，經營軌道建設和整條高鐵路線的運作。至於車輛則是要從德、日廠商引進技術而自主開發、製造。　　大陸政府預定在2010年整建成7000公里的旅客專用（高鐵）路線，北京─上海間的京滬高速鐵路是其中最重要的一項。（2006/3/14）</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114277579987148655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114277579987148655&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 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type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　傅婉禎　　去年因為連續劇「熟年離婚」、老後年金分割和整個離婚情況統計讓「熟年離婚」這個問題被日本重視起來了，可能很多人想說這些「熟年離婚」的人好不容易離了婚後應該再也不嚮往婚姻生活，會希望能一個人生活個痛快，但其實並不然。　「熟年離婚」是指共渡結婚生活10幾20年的老夫老妻長久累積下來的不滿，因一個關鍵點爆發而結束了長時間的婚姻生活，事實上這類的「熟年離婚」也有很多是在婚姻剛開始沒多久就埋下潛在爆發點，但礙於已生下小孩，希望給小孩一個健全的成長環境，所以一直忍耐到小孩已能獨立時才離婚。　　就在這樣「熟年離婚」的背景下，除了因為要離婚而使得一些律師或是離婚諮商公司有了新的生意之外，其實就算是已過了20年自己不滿意的婚姻生活的「熟年離婚」的人想再找個新的、投緣的「老伴」共渡一生的還是不少，這時就誕生了因應這股風潮而起的「熟年再婚」事業。　　第一是婚姻介紹所，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/114277560301504054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=114277560301504054&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114277560301504054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/114277560301504054'/><link rel='alternate' 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·2005年5月8日)在chinesenewsnet.com找到中山大學教授袁偉時批評中國歷史教科書的文章. 懇請大家耐心地看畢全文吧 !《現代化與歷史教科書》( 原載《中國青年報》冰點雜誌)21世紀的中國人﹐面對的是順之者昌﹑逆之者困的全球化趨勢。與此同時﹐中國的現代化事業進入了關鍵時刻。在這個年代﹐決定公民和國家發展成敗的最重要條件是制度環境﹐但公民的心智狀態對自己乃至國家和社會發展的影響也十分巨大20世紀70年代末﹐在經歷了反右派﹑大躍進和文化大革命三大災難後﹐人們沉痛地發覺﹐這些災難的根源之一是﹕“我們是吃狼奶長大的。”20多年過去了﹐偶然翻閱一下我們的中學歷史教科書﹐令我大吃一驚的是﹕我們的青少年還在繼續吃狼奶﹗“以史為鑒”﹑“前事不忘﹐後事之師”﹐這是中國人耳熟能詳的名言。屈辱﹑</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113879981189648069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=113879981189648069&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113879981189648069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113879981189648069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/02/blog-post.html' title='我們的青少年還在吃狼奶'/><author><name>Skybird 鳥飛</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11032374888720664774</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3609/1886/320/kahlo%20blue%20vulve.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113863305367147272</id><published>2006-01-30T22:56:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-30T22:57:33.703+08:00</updated><title type='text'>中國青年報《冰點》週刊主編 李大同的公開信</title><summary type='text'>戰友Sunfai在回應一欄中給我中國青年報《冰點》週刊主編 李大同的公開信的link.全文內容.就《冰點》週刊被非法停刊的公開抗議新聞界的同行們、知識界、法律界的朋友們、《冰點》週刊海內外的熱心讀者們：2006年1月24日，星期二，是《冰點》週刊的發稿日，《冰點》在京編采如往日一樣，齊集編輯部，認真校對將於1月25日出版的新的一期週刊。下午4點多，版樣全部出齊，送總編輯審閱付印。然而反常的是，遲遲沒有回音。我們聽到，報社領導層被全部召到團中央開緊急會議，沒有人看大樣了。這意味著將有不同尋常的事情要發生。天塌下來，報紙也是要正常出版的，這是對所有訂戶、所有讀者負責。我們將大樣中所有發現的錯漏改定，靜等事變的發生。鑒於中宣部對《冰點》的批評指責從來就沒有斷過，星期一還剛剛見到中宣部閱評小組對《冰點》刊發的袁偉時教授的文章《現代化與歷史教科書》作出的文革式上綱上線的蠻橫指責，作為主編，我估計，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113863305367147272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=113863305367147272&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113863305367147272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113863305367147272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/01/blog-post_113863305367147272.html' title='中國青年報《冰點》週刊主編 李大同的公開信'/><author><name>Skybird 鳥飛</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11032374888720664774</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3609/1886/320/kahlo%20blue%20vulve.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113861419759525225</id><published>2006-01-30T17:42:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-30T17:43:17.616+08:00</updated><title type='text'>請用文明來說服我——龍應台給胡錦濤先生的公開信</title><summary type='text'>友人Kenneth 傳來一篇文章. 關於「冰點」週刊被強行停刊. 對於中國言論自由倒退的現象實在令人擔心,之前安泰博客在space 個人網址上的言論, 被微軟space封殺,而且是殘暴地沒有任何通知.請耐心看完這篇文章,本文於2006年1月26日在明報、臺北中國時報、吉隆玻星洲日報、美國世界日報同步刊出.請用文明來說服我——給胡錦濤先生的公開信 文: 龍應台錦濤先生：國民黨主席馬英九先生在二零零六年一月中勉勵他的國青團青年學員時，說了這麼一句玩笑的話：「希望將來國青團也能培養出一個胡錦濤。」我相信這是他從政以來所說過的最不及格的笑話。馬英九先生很可能只單純想到，「胡錦濤」是從共青團體制裏脫穎而出的國家領導人，但是會說出這樣的話，也透露了他顯然不曾更深刻地細思過，共青團是個什麼樣的體制？這個領導人所領導的「國家」，是個以什麼為本的國家？他的權力來源是什麼？正當性何在？</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113861419759525225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=113861419759525225&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113861419759525225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113861419759525225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/01/blog-post_30.html' title='請用文明來說服我——龍應台給胡錦濤先生的公開信'/><author><name>Skybird 鳥飛</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11032374888720664774</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3609/1886/320/kahlo%20blue%20vulve.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113843958550833523</id><published>2006-01-28T17:09:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-28T17:13:05.510+08:00</updated><title type='text'>China: Bachelor Bomb</title><summary type='text'>By Dudley L. Poston Jr. and Peter A. MorrisonThis commentary appeared in International Herald Tribune on September 14, 2005.In a trend fraught with troubling political and social implications, China will soon find itself with a marriage-age population remarkably out of balance, with about 23 million more young men than women available for them to marry in this decade and the next — what </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113843958550833523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=113843958550833523&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113843958550833523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113843958550833523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/01/china-bachelor-bomb.html' title='China: Bachelor Bomb'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113811300545794658</id><published>2006-01-24T22:29:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-24T22:30:05.456+08:00</updated><title type='text'>日本訪華人數339萬排第二，被韓國追過</title><summary type='text'>　　中國國家旅遊局駐日本代表張西龍透露，2005年的日本訪華人數總計為339萬人次，比2004年增長了1.67%，但訪華人數被韓國追過，降至第二。去年韓國的訪華人數為354.5萬人次，比前一年增長了24.6%。張西龍介紹，這是中國發展旅遊產業20多年來的首次。　　2005年前3個月的日本訪華人數比前一年大幅提高，增長率達到了30%以上。在中國4月發生反日示威後，至12月為止日本訪華人數均為負成長。相對於日本，去年訪問中國的外國人總數為2025.5萬人次，比2004年成長了19.6%。在2005年訪華人數前20位的國家中，日本是唯一一個成長率僅為個位數的國家。　　中日關係的緊張，對於中國觀光業確實有不可忽視的影響。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113811300545794658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=113811300545794658&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113811300545794658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113811300545794658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/01/339.html' title='日本訪華人數339萬排第二，被韓國追過'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113792497519876139</id><published>2006-01-22T18:15:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-28T16:52:09.390+08:00</updated><title type='text'>无极搞笑版 《一个馒头引发的血案》</title><summary type='text'>http://media.chinabroadcast.cn/chi/net_radio/entertainment/el060106001.wmv《一個饅頭引發的血案》：年度最紅名詞誕生記新華網 （ 2006-01-13 09:55:54 ）來源： 國際先驅導報當年趙本山讓“馬甲”成了網路別名的代稱，今年，一個饅頭所引發的一場萬眾矚目的血案，使得“饅頭”成為了年終網路關注的焦點當年，趙本山一句“脫了馬甲照樣認識你”讓“馬甲”二字成為特定稱謂，作為當年的最紅名詞火了一整年，甚至直到如今還是網路別名的代稱；而如今，在網路江湖中，網友們盛傳著的今年的最火名詞無疑將是“饅頭”。《無極》剛剛“轟轟烈烈”地在全國公映時，就有看完此片的網友在網上發貼稱：“這個《無極》不如改名叫‘饅頭’吧，所有情節居然是由一個饅頭引出的。”此話一出，眾人紛紛跟帖，表示贊同。估計大家是有料事如神的本領，當時就預感到了“</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113792497519876139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=113792497519876139&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113792497519876139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113792497519876139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/01/blog-post_22.html' title='无极搞笑版 《一个馒头引发的血案》'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113768641004086735</id><published>2006-01-19T23:47:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-20T00:00:10.060+08:00</updated><title type='text'>10句女人最憎的說話</title><summary type='text'>  1.你咪咁小器啦！女人點解憎：小器是女人擁有但又不想認擁有的特質，你明寸佢？等開拖吧！男人說這句話時通常笑笑口，點解？因為知女人唔岩聽？明知不應說但堅持說出來，就是撩交嗌？男人說這話前通常已說完「嬲完未呀？」、「唔好嬲啦？」之類的話，但游說不果；唔識?人就賴人小器，屙屎唔出賴地硬！即係話我唔應該嬲者？女人發嬲一定有佢道理，男人駁嘴即係話我螿不講理，作死！ 建議：要女人唔嬲，真的惟有等她自己嬲完，但不等 於什麼都不做，男人最好做點事來縮短過程，愈拖只會愈難TUM  基本上連個嬲字都不能提，女人好憎呢個字，唔嬲都變嬲！告訴你，叫女人唔好嬲，佢嬲得仲勁！女人在小器、嬲爆爆，男人TUM佢盞晒;氣！要軟化女人從身體入手，抱抱或緊握她手吧！2.對唔住囉！(同類說話：我唔岩;我衰囉、我錯囉)  女人點解憎：「囉」什麼？晦氣到死！最討厭是加個「咁」字在前頭，「咁對唔住囉？」，一個「咁」字包含了「</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113768641004086735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=113768641004086735&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113768641004086735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113768641004086735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2006/01/10.html' title='10句女人最憎的說話'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113759377601163207</id><published>2006-01-18T22:15:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-18T22:16:16.063+08:00</updated><title type='text'>中國出現曾令日人聞風喪膽的「痛痛病」</title><summary type='text'>日文「痛い」(itai)就是痛楚的形容詞。日本昔日（特別是戰後初期經濟高增長期）追求經濟發展，忽略環境生態，造成各種「公害病」叢生，其中以水俁病及イタイイタイ病（此譯為「痛痛病」）為害最大。想不到現在中國湖南省湘江一帶開始出現極類似日本痛痛病的病例，令人心痛及氣憤。痛痛病是重金屬鎘（做電池及半導體的金屬）汚染水源引起的疾病。患者腎臟受損，全骨骨質軟化而易於多處骨折，全身劇痛無比，呼天搶地叫：「イタイイタイ」，所以稱為「痛痛病」，至今仍無法醫冶。此病可追溯至德川時代(1603-1868)，因開鑛汚染環境造成。近代（大正及昭和）大規模在富山縣爆發。三井金屬（三井系公司）開鑛將重金屬鎘汚染水源，人們吃了含鎘的農作物相繼生病。法庭於1971年判三井金屬向五百多人賠償14億円。富山縣人民嬴了裁判卻賠上終身健康今天的中國很像1960年代經濟高成長期的日本，忽略發展對環境的破壞及引起的龐大社會成本。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113759377601163207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113733762417769150</id><published>2006-01-15T22:56:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-15T23:07:04.180+08:00</updated><title type='text'>『Dragon櫻』促使東大報考人氣上昇？！</title><summary type='text'>唐津世　　由於日本的學制與台灣和歐美不同，是採四月入學並計算學年的方式，所以升學考試是在每年的1、2月進行，而日本的升學走向也或多或少會受社會上的風氣或是一些潮流趨勢所影響，像去年就因電視台接連播出「白色巨塔」和「急診室24小時」等描寫醫院情境的日劇，使得去年報考醫學部的人數大舉增加，今年則是日本第一學府東京大學受到趨勢影響。　　根據在11月時辦理東大入學考實戰模擬考的駿台補習班表示，光是參加模擬考的人數就比去年增加了20%，而著名的河合塾「東大模考班」報名人數也是比前一年增加了23.6%，可以看得出近年未見的東大志願者人數增加。　　河合塾升學事業推進部的藤橋研二主任就表示，這次出現的東大人氣，除了說是因為少子化而將造成「大學全錄取時代」來臨，因而讓考生的志願提高了之外，跟東大今年也首度召開招生說明會也有關，但另一個無法忽視的原因則是漫畫『Dragon櫻』的影響。　　『Dragon櫻』</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113733762417769150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113733670037703940</id><published>2006-01-15T22:47:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-15T22:51:40.393+08:00</updated><title type='text'>加深中日民間紛爭的「藝伎回憶錄」　　　　</title><summary type='text'>唐津世　　現在在路上都會看到已開始打廣告的、由名導演史蒂芬史匹伯監製的好萊塢大戲「藝伎回憶錄」的廣告，雖然台灣要到明年1月13日才會正式上映，但宣傳活動卻早在12月下旬展開，不過這部電影卻是在開拍前、完成後都頗受爭議。　 「藝伎回憶錄」是翻拍自亞瑟高登的名著『一個藝伎的回憶』(MEMORIES OF A GEISHA)，內容在描述一個自小被父親賣到京都祇園地區藝伎院的小女生，歷經被紅牌欺負和成為藝伎訓練過程的艱辛，終於成為一個成功的藝伎，且因貌美出色再加上手腕高明，擄獲了不少當年權貴的心，但心中卻只掛念著一個高攀不上的男人的故事。　　在這樣述說著日本文化背景的一部片子，選角自是格外地重要，再加上是好萊嵨大片，不少日本女星也希望能靠此片登上好萊嵨電影的殿堂，選角過程中不少日本女星也參加甄選，包括曾演出「美麗境界」的奈良橋(野村)陽子、「末代武士」的小雪和東京大學畢業的模特兒女演員吉川怜等，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113733670037703940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113602729032206210</id><published>2005-12-31T19:07:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-31T19:08:10.323+08:00</updated><title type='text'>2007年日本「熟年離婚」將爆增</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　傅婉禎         日本常有些新的用語會被拿來用在戲劇上，而不少跟離婚有關，像是之前的「成田離婚」是指新婚夫婦結完婚要出國度蜜月時，即在成田國際機場吵翻進而離婚的事 情，而最近新興的離婚用語是「熟年離婚」。                                       　　「熟年離婚」剛好跟「成田離婚」相反，是相處10年以上的老夫老妻，看似安定但其實潛藏著許多不定時的炸彈，而且「熟年離婚」多數是由太太提出心裡長 期壓抑下來的不滿，最後因一個導火線而在結婚10年、20年時爆發，所以說冰凍三尺絕非一日之寒。                                       　　目前在日本秋季檔上映的「熟年離婚」，就是敘述很典型的日本傳統家庭夫婦的相處，故事是由丈夫的退休日前一晚上，已結婚35年的妻子決定要一個人開創 自己的第2人生。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113602729032206210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113602720732249387</id><published>2005-12-31T19:05:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-31T19:06:47.323+08:00</updated><title type='text'>需要隱瞞的日本女生2人之旅？　</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　　傅婉禎        女性友人2人一起結伴出遊在台灣來說或許不是什麼大事，但在日本上班族眼裡卻是不得不隱瞞的事，原因就在於辦公室的八卦滿天飛，如果跟男友一起出遊的話還 能被接受，女生1個人出遊自己都覺得未免太可憐，跟女性友人共同出遊又會有人覺得妳有問題，真是左右不討好難為了自己啊！                                       　　就有一個在日本IT企業工作的32歲女性表示，在之前的休假與學生時代的好朋友一起出國去米蘭遊玩，那時剛好沒有男朋友，就被公司的男性說跟學生時代 的朋友一起出門很怪。但其實自己心裡的OS是為什麼我要對公司的人說實話呢？基本上也不需要回答他吧！而且，心理最想說的就是在問旅行的伴侶時根本就是性 騷擾嘛！                                       　　就是這樣的內心交戰，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113602720732249387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113602713221125250</id><published>2005-12-31T19:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-31T19:05:32.226+08:00</updated><title type='text'>帶入歐美風的日本「Metrosexual」</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　傅婉禎       「Metrosexual」是由metropolis(都會)和sexual(性的)這兩個字所合起來的，簡單來說就是住在大都市、像女性一樣喜歡流行 和護膚等生活過得高尚有品味的異性戀男子，台灣多翻做「都會美型男」，也有人稱為「都市生活自戀者」。這個字是在1994年由義大利作家Mark Simpson所創出來的，並在2003年夏天被Euro RSCG廣告公司活用在廣告上，因而又再度引起一陣旋風，2004~05年其在歐美的化妝品和服飾界興起了一股新浪潮，也被稱為「Metrosexual 現象」。                                                                             　　「Metrosexual」的要素可以說是以下幾項：</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113602713221125250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-113250136441993718</id><published>2005-11-20T23:42:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-20T23:42:44.446+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Get A Life!</title><summary type='text'>Working  24/7 may seem good for companies, but it's often bad for the talent—and men  finally agree. So businesses are hatching alternatives to the punishing,  productivity-sapping norm.FORTUNEWednesday,  November 16, 2005By Jody Miller and Matt Miller  Gregg Slager saw the clock nearing midnight, sighed, and reached for the next  file. All along the 25th floor of Ernst &amp; Young's headquarters at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/113250136441993718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=113250136441993718&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113250136441993718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/113250136441993718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/11/get-life.html' title='Get A Life!'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112836002808153525</id><published>2005-10-04T01:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T01:20:28.083+08:00</updated><title type='text'>影響日本女性深遠的少女漫畫</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所傅婉禎              日本是漫畫文化十分發達的國家，在漫畫文化不發達的外國人去到日本都無一不為他們全民皆是讀者的漫畫文化感到驚訝，而其次再讓外國人感到驚訝的就是竟然特 別有「少女漫畫」這個分類。說到「少女漫畫」，台灣由於受日本漫畫影響，市面上大多數的漫畫都是日本授權翻譯過來的，所以大家對日本漫畫很熟悉，熟悉到可 能不曉得少女漫畫是日本特有的分類。                                                                             　　「少女漫畫」簡單來說有幾個特徵：                                                                             　　1.讀者和作者有9成以上都是女性。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112836002808153525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112836002808153525&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112836002808153525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112836002808153525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-post_112836002808153525.html' title='影響日本女性深遠的少女漫畫'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112835994811482324</id><published>2005-10-04T01:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T01:19:08.116+08:00</updated><title type='text'>骨盤體操成為日本女性健康新風潮</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所傅婉禎        身為女性的辛苦，除了要生兒育女之外，最常見的就是從青春期開始伴隨著月經而來的生理痛，雖說少吃性寒冷的食物可以避免生理痛，但這還不是唯一解決的辦法，在日本有整骨師經歷20年以上的寺門琢己在解決女性各種煩惱時，便開始提倡所謂的「骨盤體操」。                                       　　骨盤是會隨著女性的排卵及生理週期做開闔動作，每個人的骨盤都會有不同的律動節奏，一般來說是從排卵開始骨盤會打開，然後在生理期結束後閉合，而這個 骨盤的開闔運動，實際上會對全身產生連鎖效應。在運動不足的情況下，跟骨盤連著的肌肉和韌帶由於不常使用就會變得緊繃，讓骨盤無法順利地做開闔運動，因此 就容易造成生理痛和腰痛。如果骨盤只有打開的時候動作較好，就容易讓人看起來沒有腰身，臀部看起來也會較大，且從側面看腰不直、臀部也下垂，臀部下和大腿 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112835994811482324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112835994811482324&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112835994811482324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112835994811482324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-post_04.html' title='骨盤體操成為日本女性健康新風潮'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112685932484496029</id><published>2005-09-16T16:28:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-16T16:28:44.856+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Disney, in Its Latest Translation</title><summary type='text'> Hong Kong Theme ParkSeeks to Balance AppealTo Aficionados and Novices By GEOFFREY A. FOWLERStaff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNALSeptember 16, 2005    HONG KONG -- Americans Eric and Barbara Roque flew more than 11,000 kilometers last weekend to visit a place they already know intimately. "Oh, it looks just like ours," said 44-year-old Mr. Roque when the green metal gates opened to the public</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112685932484496029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112685932484496029&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112685932484496029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112685932484496029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/09/disney-in-its-latest-translation.html' title='Disney, in Its Latest Translation'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112653357200229778</id><published>2005-09-12T21:59:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T21:59:32.003+08:00</updated><title type='text'>日研究發現吃宵夜易胖的原因</title><summary type='text'>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     　　日本大學藥學部的榛葉繁紀專任講師的研究團隊發現了因身體生理時鐘而調節的蛋白質，且此蛋白質幾乎白天在體內都未生成，深夜時才開始增加，並且是造成「吃宵夜易胖」這個常識相關的一份子。                                       　　此蛋白質稱為「BMAL1」，它與DNA結合，並在生理時鐘正常活動調節下活動，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112653357200229778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112653357200229778&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112653357200229778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112653357200229778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/09/blog-post_112653357200229778.html' title='日研究發現吃宵夜易胖的原因'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112653352919159309</id><published>2005-09-12T21:58:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T21:58:49.213+08:00</updated><title type='text'>肥胖男性小心得大腸癌</title><summary type='text'>                                                                                   　　肥胖男性要多注意了！日本厚生勞動省研究小組發現，體格指標值（BMI）在27以上的過胖男性，比BMI值未達25的男性罹患大腸癌機率多1.4倍。 這個結果是由日本國立癌症預防中心在8日提出。                                       　　研究小組在全日本10個區域找出40～69歲男女約1萬人，進行長達9年的追蹤調查，研究肥胖與大腸癌之間的關係。結果發現有1000人罹患大腸癌， 而BMI值在27以上的男性，罹患大腸癌機率比BMI未滿25的男性多1.4倍，而女性則並沒有因為體重而有差異。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112653352919159309/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112653352919159309&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112653352919159309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112653352919159309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/09/blog-post_12.html' title='肥胖男性小心得大腸癌'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112651765149044277</id><published>2005-09-12T17:32:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T17:34:11.493+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dogs Are People, Too</title><summary type='text'> Valerie Bennett, of Slidell, La., reunited with Lady in Atlanta.New York TimesSeptember 11, 2005     By JOHN LELAND   Valerie Bennett, of Slidell, La., reunited with Lady in Atlanta.    FROM the terrificpets.com discussion board came the 12-exclamation-point alarm: "OMG !! ... I just heard on the NEWS there may be 50,000 animals LEFT BEHIND!!!!!!!!!!" As reactions to the Katrina rescue efforts </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112651765149044277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112651765149044277&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112651765149044277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112651765149044277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/09/dogs-are-people-too.html' title='Dogs Are People, Too'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112651707848685098</id><published>2005-09-12T17:23:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T17:28:19.306+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Planning the Impossible: New York's Evacuation</title><summary type='text'>Lief ParsonsNew York TimesSeptember 11, 2005 By SAM ROBERTS         ON New Year's Eve 1999, Fred Siegel writes in "The Prince of the City," his new book about Rudolph W. Giuliani's New York, authorities feared that terrorists would seize on Y2K computer glitches to strike in Times Square. In response, the National Guard was secretly mobilized in Brooklyn "as part of an emergency plan for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112651707848685098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112651707848685098&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112651707848685098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112651707848685098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/09/planning-impossible-new-yorks.html' title='Planning the Impossible: New York&apos;s Evacuation'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112651695009183335</id><published>2005-09-12T17:20:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T17:27:30.560+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Being a Landlord is Not Easy</title><summary type='text'>      FINALLY, SUCCESS : Dulce de la Cruz is now happy to be a landlord, but she initially struggled to pay bills and often had to go to court to get rent money from tenants in her Brooklyn building. (Robert Stolarik for The New York Times)       New York TimesSeptember 11, 2005By DENNIS HEVESI          THOUSANDS of fledgling landlords are scooping up small multiple-unit dwellings throughout the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112651695009183335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112651695009183335&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112651695009183335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112651695009183335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/09/being-landlord-is-not-easy.html' title='Being a Landlord is Not Easy'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112637960451219842</id><published>2005-09-11T03:12:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-11T17:01:52.393+08:00</updated><title type='text'>日本結婚新生活型態</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所 傅婉禎日本在70年代以後，由於個人主義節節高昇及核心家族化的影響，使得傳統大家族的景象不再，家族成員的關係也慢慢封閉了起來，夫妻間、家人間慢慢開始起了 摩擦，大家一個勁兒地強調結婚及養育小孩的辛苦及不安，卻忘了人與人間該如何相處。就在這種情形下，因而展開了許多種不同的結婚新生活型態。在日本雜誌的訪問下發現，最入門級的結婚新生活型態是「部分同居」，例如在夫妻的兩人生活中，加入了妻子的女性朋友。而「部分同居」的意思是指一起吃 飯，由於妻子的女性朋友就住得很近，再加上妻子喜歡熱鬧，且結婚後的兩人世界裡夫妻能對話的內容有限，妻子的女性朋友跟丈夫同是上班族，也可以拓展話題， 妻子因為多了一個女性閨中好友在也可以天南地北聊天來解除壓力，再加上煮飯不管煮幾人份，花的工夫及費用是差不多的，所以就展開了這種「部分同居」的生活。除了「部分同居」外也有真的跟朋友所組成的大家族，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112637960451219842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112637960451219842&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112637960451219842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112637960451219842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/09/blog-post_11.html' title='日本結婚新生活型態'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112617565036046354</id><published>2005-09-08T18:33:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-11T17:08:00.843+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Deepest Thoughts on a World Tour</title><summary type='text'>By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOMPublished: September 8, 2005IN 1916, on a troop ship from Australia, a pair of soldiers stuffed a piece of paper in a bottle. "Two young men, soldiers on our way to the Front," they had written on it, "would like the person or persons finding this note to write to us as we are very lonely." Like so many bottle-borne missives, it was an attempt to call out to strangers in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112617565036046354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112617565036046354&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112617565036046354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112617565036046354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/09/deepest-thoughts-on-world-tour.html' title='Deepest Thoughts on a World Tour'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112603003897056262</id><published>2005-09-07T02:06:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T17:28:01.973+08:00</updated><title type='text'>享受孤獨－日本「一人之旅」悄悄盛行</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所傅婉禎           日本的飯店及旅館在今年暑假時為了能多招攬一些客人，因而想盡辦法吸引一些個人戶上門，以往都會再三詢問是否只有一個人住宿的飯店及旅館，現在就算是一個 人上門消費也是大大的歡迎，除了希望提升業績外，這年頭喜歡一個人旅行或是在飯店小住一晚的人增加也是一個很大的要因。                                  　 　以往的個人戶通常都是以女性居多，像是全日空飯店今年暑假推出的在房間就可以享受護膚沙龍跟按摩等的住宿一晚服務，一個人的費用是從3萬9000日圓 (約台幣1萬1700元)起跳，跟單住一晚飯店的費用4萬2000日圓(約台幣1萬2600元)要划算很多，而且護膚沙龍完後也不用馬上化妝，可以好好在 房間裡休息，因此招來了7成的女性客人，未來也計畫推出以非住宿者為對象的午餐附加護膚沙龍的方案來吸引客人。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112603003897056262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112564651414927757</id><published>2005-09-02T15:33:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T15:35:14.150+08:00</updated><title type='text'>煩惱時前男（女）友是商量的最佳對象？</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　傅婉禎 　　「因不了解而結合，因了解而分開」這是常上演在很多男男女女之間的事，因為有了覺得下一個男人或是女人會更好的心理，而選擇跟原本的戀人結束戀情變回普通朋友，但在因緣際會下再度相遇，男婚女嫁後或交了新一任男女友後，才發現彼此是可以談心事的最佳對象，這時的狀況可就有點微妙了。　　在日本有受訪的女性表示，在工作上正需要一些男性的意見時，覺得跟現任男友商量會破壞了彼此約會的氣氛，剛好又在工作時遇上了前男友，由於自己的想法、喜惡及長處等，前男友都十分了解，再加上前男友又是很會說話的類型，怎麼想都覺得前男友是在遇到煩惱時的最佳商量對象，而且前男友所說出的話像是有著魔咒一般，聽了他的一些分析後，自己便能帶著自信解決問題。　　而另一位受訪的男性則表示，雖然自己結了婚，但是老婆是家庭主婦跟她講公司的事也不懂，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112564651414927757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112564636941663489</id><published>2005-09-02T15:31:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T15:32:49.416+08:00</updated><title type='text'>在少子化的日本「娶老婆」ＶＳ．「入贅」　　</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　傅婉禎　　日本社會在每年只有千分之1多一點點的出生率下，逐漸步入嚴重的少子化社會，一般夫婦有一個小孩就已經堪稱是對國家有貢獻了，若是這一個小孩是女生，長大了又要嫁出去，父母除了不捨、頓時也失去了依靠，所以現在很多家裡有獨生女的家庭都希望未來的女婿可以入贅到自己家裡，「半子」也就順利成章的變成「一子」，原本會被稱為賠錢貨的女兒，因為現在能讓女婿入贅，搖身一變成了賺錢貨，不過，入贅的後續問題卻不可說是不大。　　最理想的女婿入贅就是女婿家裡的小孩不只一個，而且女婿又不是長子，也就沒有繼承家業或是延續姓氏的責任，這樣也比較好說服男方家長願意讓兒子入贅到女生家裡來。而入贅也並不一定要與岳父、岳母同住，但通常會是住到離女方家很近的地方，因此若有生小孩的話，女方的岳父、岳母也會協助帶小孩，因岳父、</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112564636941663489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112564628083235461</id><published>2005-09-02T15:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T15:31:20.836+08:00</updated><title type='text'>風靡日本的低碳水化合物減肥法破滅　　</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　傅婉禎　　去年在日本引起一陣風潮的「低碳水化合物減肥法」，是由美國的ATKINS博士所帶起的風潮，以少吃碳水化合物為主，其他東西可以憑自己喜好大吃特吃都沒關係，光是這樣就能減重對很多減不了肥的人是一大福音，而其所出的「ATKINS博士的減肥革命」一書更是大賣，但是這股風潮隨著ATKINS博士所開的減重公司重整，而讓世人頓時清醒，也發現了「低碳水化合物減肥法」的恐怖之處。　　「低碳水化合物減肥法」的主要理論其實與「低胰島素減肥法」相同。是以少吃醣類的東西，來使得體內的消化酵素減少去分解葡萄糖成身體的能量，而如果身體沒有消耗完這些能量就容易轉換成脂肪堆積，因此ATKINS博士就提倡了這項以少吃碳水化合物為主的減肥法。　　由於基本上這個減肥法是以低醣類、高蛋白質及高脂質的飲食生活為主，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112564628083235461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112499884472974191</id><published>2005-08-26T03:37:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T03:40:44.736+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kind of Blue: In Asia, Elite Offices Show Off With Icy Temperatures</title><summary type='text'>By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   August 24, 2005; Page B1Question of the Day: How is the temperature in your office? It is a steamy 91 degrees here in Hong Kong, but conference organizer Patricia Shiu is sitting next to a portable heater inside her modern office tower."It is unnaturally cold here," Ms. Shiu says of her office, which falls to a brisk 64 degrees in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112499884472974191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112499884472974191&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112499884472974191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112499884472974191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/kind-of-blue-in-asia-elite-offices.html' title='Kind of Blue: In Asia, Elite Offices Show Off With Icy Temperatures'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112499745252822912</id><published>2005-08-26T03:11:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T03:17:32.536+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Gets Better. What's Up With That?</title><summary type='text'>August 25, 2005EVER heard the old joke about the two psychiatrists who pass in a hallway? One says, "Hello there." The other thinks, "I wonder what he meant by that?"In high-tech circles, that's pretty much what people are saying about Google these days. If you hadn't noticed, Google is no longer just an Internet search tool; it's now a full-blown software company. It develops elegant, efficient </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112499745252822912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112499745252822912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112499745252822912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112499745252822912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/google-gets-better-whats-up-with-that.html' title='Google Gets Better. What&apos;s Up With That?'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112412374140978390</id><published>2005-08-16T00:32:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-16T00:35:41.423+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Settling for the Upper East Side</title><summary type='text'>New York Times   August 14, 2005By TERI KARUSH ROGERSTO some, the Upper East Side is clean, prosperous and endowed with an enviable service culture that lubricates the lives of busy residents. To others, it is staid and prissy, the home of an uptight, white-collar ruling class.But it's also a comparative bargain, and that singular fact, aided by more plentiful inventory, is luring those who would</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112412374140978390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112412374140978390&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112412374140978390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112412374140978390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/settling-for-upper-east-side.html' title='Settling for the Upper East Side'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112381470370116874</id><published>2005-08-12T10:43:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-12T10:45:03.706+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Roof Garden? It's Much More Than That</title><summary type='text'>(Photo: The planting proceeds on the roof of the Silvercup Studies complex, above, in Long Island City, Queens. The green-roof idea is slowly taking hold in New York. )August 10, 2005 , New York TimesBy LISA CHAMBERLAINAs temperatures soared over 90 degrees and New York City broke records for electricity use at the end of July, landscapers were installing a "green" roof at Silvercup Studios in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112381470370116874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112381470370116874&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112381470370116874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112381470370116874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/roof-garden-its-much-more-than-that.html' title='A Roof Garden? It&apos;s Much More Than That'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112381447872789699</id><published>2005-08-12T10:37:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-12T10:41:18.736+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Boom Spreads: This House Is Valued at $350,000</title><summary type='text'>(Photo : Domingo and Milagros Rodriguez endured many difficulties in their East New York neighborhood but have never wanted to leave, despite their daughter's pleas. They bought their house, above, for $62,000 in 1987. It is now worth more than five times that.)August 7, 2005By DENNIS HEVESI.FOR years, Maria N. Rodriquez has been hoping her parents would sell their home in East New York, Brooklyn</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112381447872789699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112381447872789699&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112381447872789699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112381447872789699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/boom-spreads-this-house-is-valued-at.html' title='The Boom Spreads: This House Is Valued at $350,000'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112381408900920127</id><published>2005-08-12T10:33:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-12T10:34:49.016+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Books, Not Tales, Get Taller Before Baby Boomers' Eyes</title><summary type='text'>New York Times August 12, 2005By EDWARD WYATTThey carried dog-eared copies of "On the Road" in their back pockets during college and devoured Tom Clancy paperbacks on airplanes as young executives. But as baby boomers near retirement, they are finding it harder and harder to read the small type of mass-market paperbacks, the pocket-size books that are the most popular segment of the publishing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112381408900920127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112381408900920127&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112381408900920127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112381408900920127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/books-not-tales-get-taller-before-baby.html' title='Books, Not Tales, Get Taller Before Baby Boomers&apos; Eyes'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112372927531487966</id><published>2005-08-11T10:58:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T11:01:15.326+08:00</updated><title type='text'>M.B.A. Students Bypassing Wall Street for a Summer in India</title><summary type='text'>Jason Rosenthal, a summer intern at Infosys in Bangalore. (Photo: Namas Bhojani for The New York Times)August 10, 2005By SARITHA RAIBANGALORE, India, Aug. 9 - This summer, Omar Maldonado and Erik Simonsen, both students at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, did something different.Bypassing internship opportunities on Wall Street, just a subway ride away from their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112372927531487966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112372927531487966&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112372927531487966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112372927531487966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/mba-students-bypassing-wall-street-for.html' title='M.B.A. Students Bypassing Wall Street for a Summer in India'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112364336861402958</id><published>2005-08-10T11:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-10T11:09:28.623+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog and Grind</title><summary type='text'>Photo : "When I go into work, I switch off," Mimi says, adding, "Whatever you want, I'll name the price." (Stephanie Keith for The New York Times)August 7, 2005 By PAUL BERGER "WHEN I go into work I switch off. I feel nothing, I have no opinions. I have no sense of shame, no emotion, everything closed, tucked neatly out of sight. In that way you become a negated space, a void for people to fill </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112364336861402958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112364336861402958&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112364336861402958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112364336861402958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/blog-and-grind.html' title='Blog and Grind'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112315706889148177</id><published>2005-08-04T20:02:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-04T20:04:28.893+08:00</updated><title type='text'>日本女性為什麼要在上海找工作？　</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　傅婉禎　　隨著世界經濟及重心逐漸轉移至中國大陸，大家都看到了大陸的商機跟龐大市場所在，很多公司都開始在大陸這塊土地上紮根佈局，像之前台商至大陸工作一樣，日本也興起了一股赴大陸工作的熱潮，連女性也積極前進大陸找頭路，而且這股熱潮近來集中在最近發展極為迅速的上海地區。之所以選擇到上海，在上海工作的日籍女性說道：「因為這裡是世界的中心啊！」　　台灣企業以前被派往大陸的人員或是管理階層，薪資通常是在台灣工作的兩倍以上，但隨著時間及整個經濟情勢的轉變，現在即使是比在台灣工作的薪水少也有人願意赴大陸就業，除了因為大陸目前經濟整個起飛外，物價便宜及就業市場龐大，現在已不是求職者的賣方市場，而轉變為求才者的買方市場，人才市場也逐漸走向無國界的境界。　　比起台灣，日本由於物價水準高，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112315706889148177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112315706889148177&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112315706889148177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112315706889148177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/blog-post_04.html' title='日本女性為什麼要在上海找工作？　'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112315644995280488</id><published>2005-08-04T19:51:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-04T19:54:09.960+08:00</updated><title type='text'>現在日本女性找對象偏愛「三低男」　</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　傅婉禎 　聽到「三低男」很多人可能會嚇一跳，想說以前大家都說結婚要找「三高男」，現在的女性怎麼沒志氣到連「三低男」都可以接受了。會說這種話就表示你還不知道什麼叫做「三低男」，因為「三低男」並非是「三高男」的相反詞，而是另一個新時代的名詞。　以往所稱的「三高男」是指學歷高、收入高、身高高這三個條件，但「三低男」可不是指學歷低、收入低、身高矮喔！  「三低男」的正確定義是指：● 低姿態(即是任何事都Lady First)● 低依存(即是不去束縛對方，尊重彼此的生活)● 低風險(為公務員或持有特殊證照，工作穩定性高)   意即為現代女性所要求的結婚理想對象的條件是姿態低，而且不管經濟面或是家事都能自立自強，不依賴妻子，有份正當且安定的職業，又不會隨便就辭掉工作的男性。   日本過去也經歷過「唯我獨尊」、「</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112315644995280488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112315644995280488&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112315644995280488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112315644995280488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/blog-post.html' title='現在日本女性找對象偏愛「三低男」　'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112303535097731943</id><published>2005-08-03T10:13:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-03T10:15:50.986+08:00</updated><title type='text'>They'll Take Manhattan, for a Million or More</title><summary type='text'>August 2, 2005, New York TimesBy MICHIKO KAKUTANITwenty years ago, in an article in Esquire magazine, Tom Wolfe wrote that the crème de la crème of "the international tribe of those who want to be where things are happening" is "desperate to live in what are known as the Good Buildings," cooperative apartment houses located on two narrow slivers of land on the East Side of Manhattan.What makes an</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112303535097731943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112303535097731943&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112303535097731943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112303535097731943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/theyll-take-manhattan-for-million-or.html' title='They&apos;ll Take Manhattan, for a Million or More'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112299776376491883</id><published>2005-08-02T23:48:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-02T23:49:23.776+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Welcoming Place to Raise a Family</title><summary type='text'>July 31, 2005 New York TimesBy ELSA BRENNEREACH weekday evening, as Madeline Urena, a detective with the New York City Police Department, drives north to her home in New City, N.Y., she unwinds from the day's pressures by watching the cityscapes of Manhattan yield to the lush landscapes along the Palisades Interstate Parkway. It is a commute that functions like a decompression chamber, she said."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112299776376491883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112299776376491883&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112299776376491883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112299776376491883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/welcoming-place-to-raise-family.html' title='A Welcoming Place to Raise a Family'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112296402019392397</id><published>2005-08-02T14:25:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-02T22:59:42.626+08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Frontier : Deep Inside China, American Family Struggles to Cope</title><summary type='text'>(Photo) Laurel and John Larsen and their children, James, 4 years old, Emma, 6, (standing) and Eliza, 2, held by her father, wear Chinese-style clothes made by a local tailor. By JAMES T. AREDDY Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNALAugust 2, 2005; Page A1CHONGQING, China -- As one of Ford Motor Co.'s managers in China, 30-year-old John Larsen is exposing his family to a culture they couldn't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112296402019392397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112296402019392397&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112296402019392397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112296402019392397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/new-frontier-deep-inside-china.html' title='New Frontier : Deep Inside China, American Family Struggles to Cope'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112286928128503842</id><published>2005-08-01T12:06:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T12:08:01.293+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogs 101</title><summary type='text'>By RICH MEISLIN To get the feel of Web logs and blogging, visit some of these sites. Most blogs carry links to other blogs on related topics or that the author likes (known as a blogroll). This page is under development; feel free to suggest your own finds. Business and sports are being built, and suggestions are particularly welcome. 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Grab a Paddle and Try to Keep Up</title><summary type='text'>July 31, 2005By ROBIN SHULMANThe water was black and flat, and the guide's voice echoed across the eerie quiet."This is the largest public housing complex in the country," began Richard Melnick, an Upper East Side doorman by profession and a river historian by inclination, as his kayak skimmed up the East River past the Queensbridge Houses.Beside him in their own kayaks, his audience struggled to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112286912914211287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112286912914211287&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112286912914211287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112286912914211287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/08/nyt-want-to-see-city-after-dark-grab.html' title='NYT : Want to See the City After Dark? 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More Photos &gt;   New York Times :http://www.nytimes.com/pages/realestate/index.htmlBy TERI KARUSH ROGERSON the diving board of dashed hopes and denial paces an unhappy figure: the would-be buyer who shops for years but resists taking the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112280455213247900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112280455213247900&amp;isPopup=true' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112280455213247900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112280455213247900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/nyt-fear-of-committing.html' title='NYT : Fear of Committing ?'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112280436525379610</id><published>2005-07-31T18:03:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-31T18:06:05.260+08:00</updated><title type='text'>'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince': Her Dark Materials</title><summary type='text'>July 31, 2005 , New York Times Book ReviewBy LIESL SCHILLINGER [An arts editor at The New Yorker and a regular contributor to the Book Review.]Featured Author: J. K. Rowling : Collected coverage of Harry Potter: book and movie reviews, an interview with the author and more.LATE on an ink-black night in June in the Lebanese hill town of Zahle, a teenage boy sidled up to two travelers as they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112280436525379610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112280436525379610&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112280436525379610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112280436525379610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/harry-potter-and-half-blood-prince-her.html' title='&apos;Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince&apos;: Her Dark Materials'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112261084346099655</id><published>2005-07-29T12:20:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-29T12:20:43.473+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bucking the Class System</title><summary type='text'>As school pressures mount on kids in South Korea, some families are taking drastic steps -- by leaving the country.By KAREN MAZURKEWICH Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   July 29, 2005Jung Young Hee has tried everything to help her children succeed at public school in South Korea. For two years, Ms. Jung's daughter Bhan Ji Young, now 11 years old, attended hours of evening classes a week</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112261084346099655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112261084346099655&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112261084346099655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112261084346099655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/bucking-class-system.html' title='Bucking the Class System'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112256158707455374</id><published>2005-07-28T22:34:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-28T22:39:47.083+08:00</updated><title type='text'>In search of Bigfoot</title><summary type='text'>By Megan Lane BBC News MagazineEven the scientists who are DNA testing hair found in a suspected Bigfoot print say they expect the results to come back as bear or bison. Why is the myth of this huge ape-like beast so powerful for many cultures?Bigfoot n. - large, hairy, humanoid creature said to wander the wooded wilds of the Pacific Northwest. Also known as Sasquatch (Canada), the Yeti or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112256158707455374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112256158707455374&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112256158707455374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112256158707455374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/in-search-of-bigfoot.html' title='In search of Bigfoot'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112252439373314223</id><published>2005-07-28T12:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-28T12:19:53.733+08:00</updated><title type='text'>NYT : Owning and Renting a Home Blog</title><summary type='text'>Join a Discussion on Owning and Renting a HomeREADERS' OPINIONS Are there any derelict buildings in your neighborhood that have been renovated? Are they being resold for much higher prices? Share your stories.What was your mortgage hunt like? Share your stories. Ask questions and share your stories about buying, owning or renting an apartment, condo or house.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112252439373314223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112252439373314223&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112252439373314223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112252439373314223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/nyt-owning-and-renting-home-blog.html' title='NYT : Owning and Renting a Home Blog'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112252403841445736</id><published>2005-07-28T12:13:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-28T12:13:58.416+08:00</updated><title type='text'>NYT : Bold Bathroom Tiles</title><summary type='text'>Room to ImproveBy STEPHEN TREFFINGER Published: July 21, 2005Q. I'd like to replace the tile in my bathroom with something besides the usual plain four-inch squares. What styles and patterns can you suggest?A. It's scary how many bathroom walls look exactly the same, as if there were some law dictating their appearance. Fortunately there isn't, so feel free to shake things up. Think about playing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112252403841445736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112252403841445736&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112252403841445736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112252403841445736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/nyt-bold-bathroom-tiles.html' title='NYT : Bold Bathroom Tiles'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112252383398036851</id><published>2005-07-28T12:09:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-28T12:10:33.986+08:00</updated><title type='text'>NYT : Futuro Flashback: The Prefab From Another Planet</title><summary type='text'>July 28, 2005By PHIL PATTONRICHARD PISANI caught his first glimpse of a Futuro house beside a lake in Illinois in the early 1980's, outlined against the setting sun. "I was just out cruising and there it was in some subdivision," Mr. Pisani said, "like a prop from a sci-fi movie."For the next 15 years, he saw the house often, and could not get its flying-saucer form out of his mind. Finally, in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112252383398036851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112252383398036851&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112252383398036851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112252383398036851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/nyt-futuro-flashback-prefab-from.html' title='NYT : Futuro Flashback: The Prefab From Another Planet'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112252282656492238</id><published>2005-07-28T11:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-28T11:53:46.576+08:00</updated><title type='text'>WSJ : Avocados, Gorillas and Other Favorites</title><summary type='text'>THE NUMBERS GUY By CARL BIALIKJuly 28, 2005[ABOUT THIS COLUMNThe Numbers Guy examines numbers and statistics in the news, business, politics and health. Some numbers are flat-out wrong, misleading or biased. Others are valid and useful, helping us to make informed decisions. As the Numbers Guy, I will try to sort through which numbers to trust, question or discard altogether. And I'd like to hear</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112252282656492238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112252282656492238&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112252282656492238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112252282656492238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/wsj-avocados-gorillas-and-other.html' title='WSJ : Avocados, Gorillas and Other Favorites'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112246623447535945</id><published>2005-07-27T20:09:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-27T20:10:34.483+08:00</updated><title type='text'>WSJ : The Secret to a Happier Retirement:Friends, Neighbors and a Fixed Annuity</title><summary type='text'>July 27, 2005; Page D1You've waited 40 years for this. Try to enjoy it.After four decades in the work force, the oldest of the baby boomers will call it quits over the next few years. Today's question: How can these folks improve their odds of a happy retirement?For an answer, I turned to economists who have done work in the emerging field of "happiness research" -- and came away with seven </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112246623447535945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112246623447535945&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112246623447535945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112246623447535945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/wsj-secret-to-happier.html' title='WSJ : The Secret to a Happier Retirement:Friends, Neighbors and a Fixed Annuity'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112135726975137904</id><published>2005-07-15T00:06:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T00:07:49.756+08:00</updated><title type='text'>日本女人的38度臨界線</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　傅婉禎日本有一種說法：38歲是女人生命中的一個很微妙的時點，可能會在某一天突然感到自己老化，但是又不想被人稱為「中年」，而這個38歲的時點該如何巧妙地處理，也關係到人生的後半段。　　為什麼是38歲呢？因為到了40歲，大家就不會把妳再當做是女性來看待，而是當做歐巴桑；如果是單身想結婚的話，最好也要搶在30幾歲之前把自己嫁掉，到了39歲才在為了快達到40歲而焦慮似乎是過晚，所以38歲就成了一個很特別的時刻。而且一般女性在變成30歲時很少會有什麼感慨，但在跨入40歲的那天卻會有莫名其妙地失落感，再加上一踏入40歲就會很明顯地感到這已是人生的折返點，而突然地覺得恐怖起來。　　雖然不少女性雜誌宣稱女性的魅力跟年齡是沒有關係的，但在40歲的大關前徘徊猶豫的女性還是很多，而30幾歲時自認還能穿敞胸露背的衣服及迷你裙等</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112135726975137904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112135726975137904&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112135726975137904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112135726975137904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/38.html' title='日本女人的38度臨界線'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112135615075084997</id><published>2005-07-14T23:48:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-14T23:49:10.753+08:00</updated><title type='text'>主掌日本女性流行雜誌最大賣點　</title><summary type='text'>台灣日本綜合研究所　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　傅婉禎  　　台灣雖然也有本土的女性流行雜誌，但很多販賣的年資很淺，再加上對於抓流行時尚抓感覺不快，所以有很多台灣女性就算看不懂日文，但只要能看圖片掌握流行感，從很早以前就是以看日本女性流行雜誌為主，但事實上女性雜誌除了要抓住當時的流行感之外，但還有一個很大的關鍵就是「模特兒」。        在日本針對20歲前半的女性所推出的雜誌，像「CanCam」、「JJ」、「ViVi」、「Ray」等大型女性流行誌每月都是同一天上架販售，但是連東京新宿的紀伊國屋書店的雜誌負責人都在意的就是，總是有一本賣剩的會比其他本少很多，那就是「CanCam」──這本雜誌一個月平均實賣約50萬1528本(2004年7月~12月)，而且一年還可以成長9萬本，但競爭對手的「JJ」才約賣32萬本左右，而且比前一年還減少了4萬本以上。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112135615075084997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112135615075084997&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112135615075084997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112135615075084997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/blog-post_14.html' title='主掌日本女性流行雜誌最大賣點　'/><author><name>Henry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14479498893972649033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WoDEMuBV7GM/ScY4h0eqO7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/fdIgfozMvaw/S220/P1010761.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12910526.post-112135590325021232</id><published>2005-07-14T23:44:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-14T23:45:03.256+08:00</updated><title type='text'>不遜於男性「御宅族」的日本「腐女子」</title><summary type='text'>傅婉禎   台灣日本綜合研究所　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　之前曾介紹過聚集在日本東京秋葉原地帶，沉迷於漫畫、動畫、電玩、電器用品的日本「御宅族」(日文為：おたく，音為otaku)，不過上次所介紹的「御宅族」是以男性為主，但實際上女性的「御宅族」也是存在的，不過她們通常不被稱為「御宅族」，而是自嘲稱為「腐女子」。 「腐女子」的由來        被與正常男女戀愛不同的男性同戀所吸引著(當然性愛也是一部分)，男性同性戀中間所遇到之障礙越多越會令她們「萌」(日文原文：萌える，音為mo．e．ru，原指草木萌芽的意思，後來被「御宅族」當作是對於某種事物或是人物有砰然心動或是突然墜入情網中的感覺，也可以音同義異的雙關語「燃える」來暗示自己為該事物或人物而燃燒。)熱衷此道的女生們常常幻想自己所看到的一些美男子們其實是在交往的同性戀人，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/feeds/112135590325021232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12910526&amp;postID=112135590325021232&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112135590325021232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12910526/posts/default/112135590325021232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://i-and-thou.blogspot.com/2005/07/blog-post.html' 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