Book: Diamond Hill, Memoirs of growing up in a Hong Kong Squatter Village

I read the book review a couple of month before the book was released. - It is a must-read book for anyone who grew up in Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s! The author gives many insights into a low-income neighborhood ... actually it was a refugee neighborhood at that time. Many people escaped from Communist China in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

This book reminds me Martin Booth's book, Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood. This book is written by a Chinese native Hong Kong while Gweilo is told from a British boy who grew up in Hong Kong.

Mind, Body, Health: East wind blows West

I have been practicing Tai Chi and Chi Gong for a few years. I have tried different styles and forms. I found the following DVDs are very helpful:

(1) David Dorian Ross's Tai Chi
(2) Qi Gong for Cleansing - Daisy Lee and Francesco Garri Garripoli
(3) Qi Gong for Daily Practice - Daisy Lee and Francesco Garri Garripoli
(4) Qi Gong for Stress Relief - Daisy Lee and Francesco Garripoli

Mind goes, Qi follows -Wisdom, Peace, Balance ...

Book: My Life As a Chicken

Written by Ellen Kelley, this is a book about a chicken who want to be the first-ever chicken triathlete. I love this book - the adventure of "Pauline Poulet" is so excited. She escapes her dreary life of doing nothing but laying eggs; but she winds up in a scary REAL wood.

The story reminds my late pet chicken "Pumpkin." - She loved to explore the bushes near my property. She hid herself in the cellar. She loved to sleep in my arm with her head resting on my thumb....

Chickens are actually smarter than we thought. They also have feelings.

This children book tells us about an "unusual" life of a chicken. The story is excited but humorous. The illustrations are great. It is not only a good bedtime story, but also a story reminds us that chickens are NOT just at the bottom of our food chain. Chickens can be our best friends, or our dearest pets.

Kindle or Book?

It is a VERY common question I received in the past two months.  - "sigh"

After working at the Library of Congress temporarily, I "re-confirm" my feeling about Kindle books. I love to walking between the book shelves. I enjoy reading at the Main Reading Room at the Jefferson Building. I love to "climb up" the stairs to get the reference books I need .... I do NOT like Kindle. I love to read with an ACTUAL book - the touch of the pages with my fingers, the enjoyment of reading with imagination ... I cannot see myself to READ with my fingers on a machine!

I am OLD-FASHION librarian.