Cursive Note on a Rainy Day

Winter is imminent, for summer time suddenly ended last week. My mood these days is just as sombre as the weather. The s

Wandering between Pillars

I had a mixed feeling two days ago when finding one year had passed away since I came to England. As my house mates were about to leave, they reminded me of some tourist attractions in Exeter that I had no opportunity to pay a single visit in the past …

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電子閱讀器

今日互聯網普及的速度之快,在幾十年以前是難以想像的。網上資源的流轉和豐富亦是不可想的,在網上可以迅速找到所有 1923 年以前出版的公有領域的書籍,而不費吹灰之力。這些書之所以免費,乃是基於國際版權公約之規定。那麼多書可供下載,何不利用起來呢?這樣就可以省下大把銀子去買網上沒有的新書了。長久以來,這些資料都只能在電腦熒幕上閱讀。這聽起來似乎還行,可真的讀起來,這種方式對眼睛傷害極大,身體的姿勢亦頗不適。因為現在一般的 LCD 液晶顯示器都會自發光,而這種顯示方式比起傳統印在紙上的墨水,對眼睛傷害更大。幸好技 …

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英國教會小札

英國的教會分佈非常廣泛。雖以英國國教會(Church of England)為正宗,不同旁支亦隨處可見。走在埃克塞特的大街小巷中,不經意間,那些叫不出名字的精緻小教堂便排闥而入。當然,英國許多旅遊景點裡,當地的大教堂均是保留項目。之前總以為

A Day in Bristol

It is almost four months since my first step onto the British Isles before I compose this second article. Not because that I am reluctant to write something in English, however, the pressure of reading reams of mundane theories as well as the trivial …

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