The Corporal

In basics the Corporal was no Christian parent’s sonsince no personcould give birth to a demonthat liked to pressothers with his bootsinto the dirt.
Not grown up yethis two stripeswent straight to his headand the PT-instructor’s crossed swordsglowed menacing on his arm.
Through ash-holes with broken glass, gravel roads with piercing stoneshe made us leopard crawlwhile live bulletswhipped up dirtand running with truck tyreson a poleto him was fun until some men fellexhausted to the ground.
Personal letters he ripped openand read aloud for everyone to hearand called unmarried peoplewith children bastardsand visited prostitutesduring the night that well-off troops paid forwhile his fiancée waited at home.
l’EnvoiOne night I saw that Corporal runwhen he disturbed meat three amin the truck parkwhere I were on guardand I cocked the FN-rifleand it sounded like feeding live ammunitioninto the barrel.
He tripped over something on the groundand got to his feetand started running away, jumping right overthree barbered wire fencesand hysterically shoutedat me not to shootand suddenly life felt really good.

Mummy Yummy

As the symbol of Chongqing cuisine, Chongqing Hotpot boasts a long history and is popular both at home and abroad. The hotpot condiment “Mummy Yummy” developed by Chongqing Pangshun Food Development Company Ltd. is elaboratedin accordance with the traditional hotpot-making. Having the flavors of the typical Chongqing Hotpot, it is fresh, aromatic, hot and tongue-numbing. Processed with natural raw materials, it contains no pigment. With a pure and full-bodied taste, it is hot but does not make your mouth dry. It can be used in hotpot, stockpot and braised dishes and is the best delicacy in restaurants and family parties and is the best present to your friends.

The Most Important of All Human Qualities is a Sense of Humor

Biologically, there is only one quality which distinguishes us from animals: the ability to laugh. In a universe which appears to be utterly devoid of humor, we enjoy this supreme luxury. And it is a luxury, for unlike any other bodily process, laughter does not seem to serve a biologically useful purpose. In a divide world, laughter is a unifying force. Human beings oppose each other on a great many issues. Nations may disagree about systems of government and human relations may be plagued by ideological factions and political camps, but we all share the ability to laugh. And laughter, in turn, depends on that most complex and subtle of all human qualities: a sense of humor Certain comic stereotypes have a universal appeal. This can best be seen from the world-wide popularity of Charlie Chaplin’s early films. The little man at odds with society never fails to amuse no matter which country we come from. As that great commentator on human affairs, Dr. Samuel Johnson, once remarked, ‘Men have been wise in very different modes; but they have always laughed in the same way.’
A sense of humor may take various forms and laughter may be anything from a refined tingle to an earth quaking roar, but the effect is always the same. Humor helps us to maintain a correct sense of values. It is the one quality which political fanatics appear to lack. If we can see the funny side, we never make the mistake of taking ourselves too seriously. We are always reminded that tragedy is not really far removed from comedy, so we never get a lop sided view of things.
This is one of the chief functions of satire and irony. Human pain and suffering are so grim; we hover so often on the brink of war; political realities are usually enough to plunge us into total despair. In such circumstances, cartoons and satirical accounts of somber political events redress the balance. They take the wind out of pompous and arrogant politicians who have lost their sense of proportion. They enable us to see that many of our most profound actions are merely comic or absurd. We laugh when a great satirist like Swift writes about war in Gulliver’s Travels. The Lilliputians and their neighbors attack each other because they can’t agree which end to break an egg. We laugh because we meant to laugh; but we are meant to weep too. It is too powerful a weapon to be allowed to flourish.
The sense of humor must be singled out as man’s most important quality because it is associated with laughter. And laughter, in turn, is associated with happiness. Courage, determination, initiative – these are qualities we share with other forms of life. But the sense of humor is uniquely human. If happiness is one of the great goals of life, then it is the sense of humor that provides the key.

Hard feelings

I was a tough feeling ineloquent person, it was a sentimental person. A kid, the parents, who often live in hardship and fight, can not tell who is right, but, life Jiujiang were forced on the catharsis, and their tolerance of this path. Accustomed to looking at their endless quarrels, but also tired of cold sadness of their appearance, I am not going to disturb them. Sometimes, they would beat me, I rarely cry, strongly endured, in the eyes there is a fear that they look. I love hiding in the door, a man quietly fantasize Zhang a time. I Zhang, and parents know what I forbear, and stronger, perhaps because of the emotional deprivation of the past, self-blame, many things that they want to care about, but will not dare to intervene, put on an indifferent look. Perhaps I had been accustomed to premature heart of their concern for the time being unable to accept their changes. Although, I always eager to mothers clutching my injured me, and comforted me. May be, this is only as an idea stuck in my mind. Because I was afraid of this luxury request was refused, I will crush the strong appearance. I can not let them think I'm a weak and need to protect their children. I always felt a kind of vague but non-perforation of the things that lie between us. At meal time, I happened to realize that they are clear of the unfamiliar, I have this feeling of shame, fear, Is thinking of their own problems? Even my retrace the past life, looking for traces of my thinking, to verify that it's correct or not; or are there other reasons, I say. Childhood environment, let my feelings with the initial outline. I seem to have formed around an implicit sense of difficulty, they thought I was an alternative. However, I told them there are on alert, I will not disturb anyone, and will not help with them, rarely have to interfere with their actions. I am very sensitive to words and deeds with others, even a look, a silk natural smile, an unintentional, then I can capture the information hidden behind them. One children have matured to speculate on other people for their attitude. Loneliness is the main theme of my childhood, I have the habit of noise to keep some distance. However, I do not hate noise, and even eager to penetrate noise in mind. I, however, is difficult to become really involved in any case, though, the dancing in noise, vapor, Kexin was back to the dark corners, quietly watching crazy dancing body, so I did not feel lonely and the neglected bleak, but feel to a busy and noisy hovering between the quiet. I would like to negotiate with the other people have feelings, but fear representations hurt. Thus, I like a man alone to observe the humble life, how hard to twist stubborn way of life. I have a kind of affinity with them, in my eyes, they are the same with me children, and the stubborn tenacity of the living.

Heart Rules

How can you teach the heart to forget?
The face, the voice it yearns each day,

To rise with sunshine, not regrets,
And thoughts of you all swept away.

How can one teach this foolish heart?
What rules be made for it to follow?

For it decides where to depart
And there, the Mind refuses to go.