Teaching-Learning-Sharing of Zena/Xena Crystal LC Huang (黃昶)

Oct. 13 (T), 2026 鎂光燈 / Limelight

2026-10-13T15:42:50.998-05:00

Oct. 10 (Sa), 2026 The heat is on...

2026-10-10T21:35:31.475-05:00

Oct. 8 (Th), 2026 油麻菜籽 - 難道不比祥林嫂幸運得多? / Who is the lucky one?

2026-10-08T18:01:35.679-05:00

提一提馬克吐溫（Mark Twain) 的一句老話 - "歷史不會重演，但總是驚人地押韻"（"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."）所以寫一段不重演, 但有似曾相識的韻角小文:

I tried to write a couple of stories about 阿明姐, and then I thought about some old events relating to "正名 - retification of names" that preceded any other stories that would share later. Here is a part of them:

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第2章 一念之無明, 影響了許多人的命運 ; 民以食為天, 決定了一樁半招贅婚.

現在要登場的這個女人, 改變了許許多人的命運. 這個女人叫做阿頭子, 身材四肢很勻稱, 但是臉上掛著過一雙閃爍飄忽的三角眼, 兩頰的顴骨高聳, 兩片嘴唇非常的薄, 合起來, 就是一條細鐵絲般的直線. 她是一個腦筋靈活, 手腳利落的女人. 栗籽的同父異母弟名叫阿黑, 就是阿頭子的丈夫. 栗籽三不五時會到阿黑的地方借住一兩晚. 阿頭子對他相當不滿意, 不喜歡這個快30歲了還成不了家的人, 來家裡打擾.

有一天阿玉子, 背上扛著沉甸甸的的裝花麻布袋, 滿頭大汗地走到鄰城新開不久的花店去交貨, 銀貨兩訖. 她與老闆稍微交談之後, 拿了錢就走了. 無意間, 這一幕, 倒是讓阿頭子看得很清楚, “ 怎麼會有這麼標緻端莊的女孩?” 阿頭子即刻向花店老闆打聽, 得知她是陳家的長/養女. 阿頭子不久前才剛生了一個兒子, 加上另外兩個調皮搗蛋的, 吃喝拉撒, 吵吵鬧鬧, 把她給煩死了, 正想要找人來替她看小孩, 好讓她脫離家庭, 到外面透透氣, 或著找點事做做. 於是阿頭子找了一個人, 到陳家去問問看, 是否有人願意幫人家照顧孩子, 月薪好商談. 阿快婆向阿玉子說了這一回事後, 那當然囉, 阿玉子滿口答應. 這個家, 實在需要這一份外快.

阿玉子很疼愛這些孩子, 把他們照顧得好好的. 阿頭子越發喜歡阿玉, 看了這樣端莊秀麗的少女, 不知道有沒有男朋友? 萬一有人向她談及婚嫁, 那麼阿玉子, 就有可能不會繼續照顧她的小孩. 那怎麼辦呢? 阿頭子靈機一動, 立刻找栗籽談話. " 看樣子她還是沒有人追的, 可能是家裡的重擔壓得太緊…” 那時候阿快婆跟阿進公, 已經生養了兩個兒子和三個尚未被賣出的女兒, 一家 9 口, 老的老, 小的小, 每天就是張羅一餐, 也都成了嚴重的問題. 阿玉子替花場頭家照顧花, 摘花批發, 幫雇主菜園挖地洗蘿蔔, 照顧小孩的工作等等雜務, 根本入不敷出.

“阿玉子她家, 大大小小要吃飯的人口多, 你要從這裡開始吧. 試試看你有沒有這個福氣." 阿頭子給栗籽出點子, 不斷給栗籽打氣加油. 栗籽就照章行事. 從料理店下班之後, 就把多餘的料理打包成兩包. 一包給阿頭子, 一包給阿玉. 這位料理店的日本老闆, 是會讓員工把多餘的物資帶回, 以避免浪費, 而員工也樂此不疲.

給阿玉子的那一份, 栗籽是特別用心地把它包裝得非常精緻, 然後到陳家, 很不好意思地說自己是阿黑的哥哥, 這次是順便路過, 把多餘的飯, 送給小孩吃. 阿玉子, 回了一聲, “哦, 我叫阿玉, 幫阿頭子姐照顧小孩… ” 第一次看到包裝得這麼精緻的日本料理, 嚇了一大跳. 那只有達官貴人才吃得起的東西啊. 一直說不好意思, 不能接受. 但是看到旁邊的弟弟妹妹們那種期待的眼睛跟表情, 最後還是收下了.

栗籽以後索性就多帶幾包, 並且也買了一些柴米油鹽的東西, 讓阿玉帶回家.

栗籽的出現, 簡直是喜逢甘霖, 俗話說 “禮多人不怪,” 阿玉子家的大大小小救對栗籽產生好的印象. “沒有功勞, 也有苦勞,” 29 歲的栗籽, 辛勤耕耘的結果, 終將得到回報了.

阿玉子的陳家, 老的老小的小. 自從她的繼母控制財務後, 禁止她的生父蔡阿線繼續送來每個月的生養費.

阿快婆年輕時, 賣了出生不多久的女兒, 用自己的奶, 哺育阿玉子賺點外快, 因為她的母親生產後即去世了. 蔡阿線只得找個奶娘, 照顧小阿玉. 阿玉子稍微大一點, 偶爾回去看爸爸, 但是後母很不待見. 常叫她一個人蹲在廚房吃飯, 也不准與她的異父異母弟妹 (即俗話所說的拖油瓶) 玩耍. 以後小阿玉就乾脆不回家了, 就把阿快婆阿進公的家當成自己的家. 蔡阿線是有定期送來些費用. 後來後母的地位鞏固之後, 再有沒有送費用這回事了.

於是阿玉子家裡生計越發困難, 由於感恩他們待她如親生的女兒, 讓她有一個落腳的地方, 她也就以長女自居, 幫助養家活口.

側記: 每次梅蘭問阿玉母親, “為什麼對陳家 ‘阿叔阿姑’ 的大大小小那麼好, 自己的黃家反而不怎麼樣…”, 阿玉母親就會對梅蘭說, “ 生的站一邊, 養的功勞大如天!”

栗籽也算得上是半個流浪漢. 他年幼時母親去世, 後來備受後母的虐待. 前面所說的阿黑 - 阿頭子的丈夫, 就是他後母所生的弟弟. 所以栗籽在小小年紀的時候, 就在外流浪. 後來有找到一個廚師的工作, 薪資也是左手進右手出, 結果是孑然一身, 居無定所, 但是由於與三教九流多有交往, 對外面的世界懂得很多, 加上有一手好的廚藝, 懂得弄一些滿足大家渴望的吃吃喝喝基本需求. 在多方考量之後, 這一樁結婚是有可能的. 但是阿玉身為”長女”, 不可能嫁出去, 她決心奉養阿嬤, 阿快婆, 阿進公, 和在這裡相處這麼久, 她疼愛的弟弟妹妹們. 經過和三位長者安多方商量, 決定要問問栗籽是不是願意招贅入婚陳家.

這一位阿嬤, 是阿快婆的養母, 叫陳茶花. 年輕的時候, 長得貌美如花, 又精明能幹, 父親是咖呐地區一個大地主的佃農, 養了7 個孩子, 也是食指浩繁, 好幾年收成不好, 入不敷出, 也是欠不少田租. 茶花被當地的一個姓洪的士紳士看上了, 茶花也很希望能夠幫助家裡減輕一點負擔, 就半賣半嫁地給了洪官紳當第三房小老婆. 後來丈夫死了, 在洪家也無立足之地, 更由於沒有生育, 就搬出來出來謀生, 也認養了阿快. 陳茶花非常的喜歡逐漸長大的阿玉子. 她是那麼樣的端莊大方成熟懂事, 倒是不太喜歡自己收養的女兒阿快的浮浮躁躁沒定性. 阿玉子很尊敬這一位茶花阿嬤, 常常聽到她提到阿嬤在洪家的一些知書達禮的事, “我的官人會吟詩作對喔, 不像我大字不識一個.” 阿玉子常對梅蘭說,” 你的茶花阿祖不是普通的女人家, 她是見過世面的.”

栗籽得知招贅的這件事情, 覺得很損, 又不知如何是好. 阿玉子長得那麼端莊大方, 能夠娶到這樣的美嬌娘他算是三生有幸了. 可是他跟日本人混了一陣子, 多少染上點日本的大男人主義氣息. 男子漢大丈夫怎麼可以隨便讓人家招贅. 栗籽不得已也跟阿頭仔商量這一回事.

阿頭仔其實就是撮合和這件事的始作俑者, 早就在盼望這件事的發生, 為的是要栓住阿玉幫她照顧小孩. 阿頭仔想來想去, 就跟栗籽說, “這樁婚事如果能夠成功, 是你三生修來的福氣, 千萬不能讓她跑走.” 她興高采烈的繼續的說, “ 這樣子好了, 你可以行使半招贅婚, 與阿玉結婚, 當成他們陳家的 ’長子婿’, 阿玉為不出戶嫁的長女, 你們共同照顧這一家, 孩子照樣姓你的姓, 家中大小以女方輩份稱呼, 這樣不就兩全其美了嗎?”

後記: 這就是為什麼梅蘭稱呼阿快婆, 阿進公的長子阿水為阿叔, 他的姊妹們為阿姑, 而阿水的孩子們稱呼栗籽父親為大伯.

這個腦筋轉得快的阿頭仔, 就能夠想出這麼個法子, 倒也說服了陳茶花, 阿快婆與阿進公. 這樁婚姻就這樣子弄成了.

阿玉子與栗籽的的婚姻家庭, 就在這個半招贅婚和日本皇民化運動中, 同時共同展開進行. 1940年早夭的春子, 認養的童養媳招子, 以及招來的大兒子文雄, 親生的二女兒阿妮子, 就在這皇民化運動當中一個個出生了, 也都有日本式的名字.

名字啊名字, 你的重要性有多大呀? 梅蘭想起高中時的國文課裡, 開始認識正名的意義:

子路曰：「衛君待子而為政，子將奚先？」子曰：「必也正名乎！」子路曰：「有是哉，
子之迂也！奚其正？」子曰：「野哉由也！君子於其所不知，蓋闕如也。名不正，則言不
順；言不順，則事不成；事不成，則禮樂不興；禮樂不興，則刑罰不中；刑罰不中，則民
無所措手足。故君子名之必可言也，言之必可行也。君子於其言，無所苟而已矣。」

課堂中解說成:子路說：「如果衛國的君主等待您去執政，您首先要做的是什麽？」孔子說：「一定是糾正名分呀！」子路說：「是這樣的嗎？你太迂腐了，糾正名分有什麽用？」孔子說：「你太粗野了！君子對於不懂的事情，一般都採取保留意見。名分不正當，說話就不合理；說話不合理，事情就辦不成。事情辦不成，法律就不能深入人心；法律不能深入人心，刑罰就不會公正；刑罰不公正，則百姓手足無措，不知如何是好。所以領導做事必須說得通、說話必須行得通。領導說話，絕不隨便、馬虎。」

阿玉子與栗籽對於孔子與子路之間的這段對話, 是沒有概念的, 也不是重要的．政府要你怎麼做, 你就循規蹈矩的做個順民吧. 但在半招贅婚的商量協議過程中, 倒是對 ”正名” 提出了一個解決方案. 這個名份問題, 對於後來幾件重要的事情有相當理影響.

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This video has some contents relating to the above post and current social events:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhz8OXxO79c

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Oct. 3 (Sa), 2026 競選中的小插曲 - 做蛋糕 / Amid the Campaign - Making A Cake

2026-10-03T21:38:02.875-05:00

Some comments are quite objective and critical besides languages:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juSjWoo-q6s

Oct. 1 (Th), 2026 孫子, 老子, 與黃子 - 附上視頻/影片一則

2026-10-01T18:23:00.807-05:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzWFAJrbJcI

Oct. 1 (Th), 2026 識字了嗎 ? / Can you read?

2026-10-01T13:04:24.730-05:00

識字了嗎? / Can you read?

偶爾也轉貼與本文有相關, 而且是有趣有料的影片/視頻:
Occasionally, I repost other youtubers' videos related to this article that are interesting and informative:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvdotOcxfJM

Sept. 30 (W), 2026 所處的四維座標

2026-09-30T20:40:19.827-05:00

Sept, 30 (W), 2026 Dr. Michael Parenti

2026-09-30T18:58:52.708-05:00

Dr. Michael Parenti : Sept. 30, 1933 - January 24, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypX_97MXjUQ

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Posted on February 24, 2026.

I collected some of Dr. Michael Parenti's speech engagements (150 videos):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR4PZFwrj-hML3WNsz7Ag27WSLJ6Z1hIf

Sept. 27 (Sn), 2026 Love, care, and support!

2026-09-27T19:38:29.125-05:00

Love, care, and support!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gy3rxUFYf8

I came across this YouTuber's channel.
He visited several independent /private animal rescue shelters and interviewed the staff at each one.
In this video, a rescuer named Ms. Xyu chatted about her selling houses to pay the medical, food, and other costs for 80 cats. She is geuninely taking good care of these cats.
The story of her love and care is very touching.

Sept. 26 (Sa), 2026 Debate / 辯論

2026-09-26T12:30:58.669-05:00

Just found this video for today: 博主的正言若反- 有些料.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbkYZiYvqdw

Sept. 24 (W), 2026 How to unpack a human package? / 拆人裹 - Here are a couple of well-known entry points.

2026-09-24T13:40:00.817-05:00

Packaging is "the science, art, and technology of enclosing or protecting products for transport, storage, sale, and use."

How to unlpack a human package? Here are a couple of well-known entry points.

雖是老話題, 這視頻有些料, 受者自行判斷.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nej-sFOzTo8

Sept. 22 (T). 2026 天生諸才, 適有其用

2026-09-22T16:17:38.817-05:00

Sept. 18 (F), 2026 曾經是寒天飲冰水, 囡仔轉大人的兩大身心制約措施

2026-09-18T14:37:31.792-05:00

Some relevant posts: March 17, 2021

My sister: Sept. 3, 2022

Crystal: Nov. 11, 2021

Sept. 13, 2020

Oct. 10, 2021

Sept. 17 (Th), 2026 真假太子太孫的紅利

2026-09-17T14:17:48.957-05:00

Sept. 14 (M), 2026 But... what else can you expect besides being a good AI teammate?

2026-09-14T20:22:58.011-05:00

Some relevant posts:

July 10 (F), 2026 Finally, someone said and did something...

https://ci8395.blogspot.com/2026/07/july-10-f-2026-finally-someone-said.html

Sept. 12 (Sa), 2026 沒有你們這一票, 戲還演得成?

2026-09-12T17:00:09.260-05:00

類似貼文, May, 21 (Th), 2026.

May 21 (Th), 2026 戲/Dramas-抓麻
https://ci8395.blogspot.com/2026/05/may-21-th-2026-dramas.html

Sept. 10 (Th), 2026 戰事側記 (Notes for Campaigns)

2026-09-10T13:08:23.013-05:00

剛才外甥傳來西朝鮮國干預臺灣選舉的產業鏈與流程圖, 我把它加在貼文中.

As the campaign season heats up, my nephew just sent me a diagram of the chain of operation and a flowchart of the CCP regune's interference in Taiwan's elections. I added it to my post.

Sept. 6 (Sn), 2026 Probably, who would be the winner to reach the socially built trophy? / 路邊花兒任人踩, 錦上添花人人愛! 為什麼階級複製易, 躍升難…?

2026-09-06T10:53:10.344-05:00

The over-privileged, the privileged,

may not be aware of (or deny) what the privilege is...
The issue is -
why some people adore, even worship the privileged?

Krystal Huang

Martha W
Scholarships can only be based on need. Apparently need is based only on your financial assets, which I suppose you could hide somewhere.

Krystal Huang
Dear Martha, ya, some scholarships are need-based and some, merit-based due to different operating systems.

The background story of this poster is about a governmental official's son, getting special treatments which are under people's scrutiny now in Taiwan.

In short, the mayor claims to be a grandson of Chiang Kai-shek (while avoiding a DNA test) due to his mother's complex past affairs with different lovers in China long ago; nevertheless, many mainland Chinese residing in Taiwan and some local Taiwanese still believe this "royal-Chiang" political lineage narrative.

The mayor's father was a former minister of Foreign Affairs, who keeps intimate relations with the CCP regime. Due to his high position, his son- later a mayor, had the privilege to bypass the throat-cutting National Entrance Examination to enter into a high-ranking university. Since the male citizens are required the complusory military service, and he claimed some physical uneasiness, with only 12 days, he got the opportunity to withdraw from this important duty.

Later, he got a law degree from the US. then he travelled to China. What so ever "reasons, or causes," he declared (in Shanghai, China) to build a political career (to be a politician) in Taiwan.

This mayor's son, an adolescent, was born in the US., but was brought back to Taipei with his parents. From an intricate bureautic operations. the son got a rare opportunity from a tight competiton to be one of the 25 selected members of the "US.-Taiwan international student" exchange program - through the mayor's subodinates' paper work. (The issue is that his son was born in the US.! He just arrived in New York!)

While the son is truly innocent in these matters, the mayor maintained that he had no involvement in the selection process.

Martha W
Interesting! I was interpreting your comment through the pressure to end multicultural services at American universities. Odd things are going on everywhere.

Krystal Huang
It was interesting to read your perspective too. Yes, langauge/communication can be a labyrinth. An event can be seen or interpreted from different angles.

Krystal Huang
This event reminds many people in Taiwan of an old movie which I watched multiple times before.
I found this version, but without English caption. It depicts how a very young, talented artist died... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1ThXOW94CI

YOUTUBE.COM
新魯冰花：孩子的天空 (Colorful Mind)｜陳至愷、周幼婷、吳浚愷、何蓓蓓｜國語中字｜2009｜美亞影院 Cinema Mei Ah
新魯冰花：孩子的天空 (Colorful Mind)｜陳至愷、周幼婷、吳浚愷、何蓓蓓｜國語中字｜2009｜美亞影院 Cinema Mei Ah

Krystal Huang
A relevant article, I posted on June 15, 2019 June 15 (Sa) 2019
The Sociological Imagination on a 20 dollar bill

https://ci8395.blogspot.com/2019/06/june-15-sa-2019-story-of-20-dollar-bill.html

Krystal Huang
Just found a relevant video:
分析平實, 帶點幽默!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR9K3zG_1ic

Sept. 5 (Sa), 2026 The forays, continued...

2026-09-05T14:02:27.578-05:00

Krystal Huang
More and more studies on AI in education are emerging, and their findings often contradict commercial marketing claims. (Learning Technology is one of my majors, and I hold an ambivalent view toward it).

Here is a recent research:
Educators Technology

"A new paper by Trent Cash and colleagues tackles this question heads-on.
The main risk concerns the skills and knowledge we repeatedly hand over to AI. Skills grow through practice and remain available through continued use.
When AI completes the thinking, summarizing, calculating, or writing, we lose some of the practice needed to learn and retain those abilities.
The authors point to a revealing study: students using unrestricted AI performed better during practice, then worse when the tool was removed. Students using a guided AI tutor that asked questions and filled knowledge gaps avoided this learning penalty.
Long-term effects on our basic cognitive abilities remain uncertain. For teachers, the immediate question is clearer: What mental work is AI removing, and is that work part of the learning?"
#CognitiveOffloading #AIinEducation #Learning #CriticalThinking #AILiteracy

Krystal Huang
Unintentionally, I retired from teaching at a tech college for 18 years right before the forays between AI and education began to escalate.

Reminds me one of the main reasons triggering me to think of retirement (not relating to AI - it was not popular yet):

I taught online, hybrid (including teleconference) and face-to -face courses for art and social sciences. Some of them had multiple sections of one subject (at that time, a full-time faculty was required to teach 5 or 7 classes, 3 preps, 18 to 21 credits per semester).

At that time, most instructors and students preferred online to other delivery formats.
From my experience, I put most of my efforts/time, energy, and student engagement into face-to-face teaching, and the least into online courses. But guess what? My online evaluations were too good to be true - beyond my own expectations—almost across every semester!

Why was that way? I felt purplexed and EVEN GUILTY for such outcomes. So, I conducted a research (not required by the tech college- teaching was everything!) just - love of labor... I submitted a proposal to a tech-ed org. for a conference. Fortunately, it was accepted and then I spend the rest of several months of my own time after teaching on completing the research part, presenting to the conference.

A side bar story:
Since research provided me an outlet of my study-interets and energy, I continued writing proposals for conferences. Some were accepted. Unfortunately, the director of professional development was just replaced by a ginger person who had different concerns. I could attend conferences as an attendee, but not presenter due to school's lack of the presentation protocals as a tech college, not a research-related institute - at that time). Thus, those accepted proposals for presentations would not get the reimbursement of the conference costs. (Later, school seemed drating rules regarding this issue).

To me, the issue was not about reimbursement at all! I just felt like____________!

The paper was buried somewhere in my folders. Let me look for the it now. If you are interested to take a look, I can share here after I find it.

(Later, my dissertation also focused on this phenomon...mmm with self-restraint on some research data-collections...).

Krystal Huang
Published in 1964, Herbert Marcuse's well-read
One-Dimensional Man has foresight relevant to this phenomenon.

Krystal Huang

Teaching Schools
vs. Research Schools
vs. Teaching + Reserch Schools
have their different missioms to accomplish.
Now most of them have to spend super extra energy
to deal with AI's for-better-or-worse engagements...

Now most of them have to spend super extra time, thoughts, energy
on dealing with AI's for-better-or-worse engagements...

Krystal Huang
The advancing AI, so far as I see, like the advanced medical technology, it offers individuals like Mr. D. Rockfeller having 6 heart transplants, or the organ replacements for the pulitburo high rank-n-files of the CCP regime to live up to 150 !

Bradley P
If I had the switch I'd turn it all off, as it seems our world is not ready to be responsible caretakers of the planet; but I don't have that switch (not a fast-acting switch anyway), so I'm thinking instead about ways that people who share my values can use AI to affect a change in our society

Bradley P
I didn't mean to sound preachy. I expect you already may think along these lines. More power to you as you use your voice on various SM/tech platforms!

Krystal Huang
Brad, you have a computer science major, you know better and concern more than I do ( I do have a computer science minor).

I appreciate some good features of the popular AI as not a naive individual. But in the hands of millions, millions of the worrisome's hands, warning, rules, regualtions, international protocols...etc, may chase far behind the advancing speed of AI.

It is very very addictive, heavier than the effects of the hallucinatory substance, particularly to the younger generations.

Well, just be a good drop of water to confront the tsunamic ocean!

Krystal Huang
It reminds me of reports from the CCP regime about young people who died at their computer desks after marathon sessions of browsing, playing with AI, and gaming for several days in a row without food, water, or sleep.

Diseases that young people are not supposed to get are becoming common illnesses, such as poor posture, repetitive strain injuries, computer vision syndrome, frequent constipations, rectal cancer, sedentary obesity, sleeping disorder, communication disorder, mental health challenges.... just to name a few. They might not directly assoicate with AI, and more honest studies are being conducted.

Krystal Huang
A saying has been widely spreading in China by the young, "We will be the last generation of man-kind."

Bradley P
You have brought to mind a long forgotten Ambition I once had... to develope an oral/auditory operating system. People should at least be able to move around when interacting with AI. I guess that's basically here now, with agentic AI.

Krystal Huang
Brad, that is a great idea of your insight. Ya, a kind of physical /embodied AI makes people exert or release some energy to get what one wants (but this might be against the least effort principle...!)

German educational institutions, universities, and presentation coaches (such as CBS International Business School) frequently provide tips for lecturing. Instructors and students are advised to step away from the "safe position" behind a lectern or podium and walk around the room to keep the presentation dynamic and maintain engagement.

One of my colleagues from the previous school, she seldom sat down, even in our share-office.

Sept. 4 (F), 2026 Weekly fun sharing on facebook

2026-09-04T14:12:09.162-05:00

Krystal Huang
Origami is my favorite craftart. (I prefer one-page-no-glue style).

While it does not require much thought—unless one is creating original designs—I enjoy making variations of existing models.

Like ceramics, it is one of the best therapeutic craftarts (from my opinion). People like me can use these craftarts to keep our minds active and help prevent the onset of early dementia or Alzheimer's.

Origami and pottery are two of my favorite ways to stay O.K./sane during hard times - like under current situations. (Cooking, too. Preparations are fine/art, but the aftermath,,....well....).

Krystal Huang
The demand of theraputic arts (can be done by oneself), I think, is on the rise, particularly, during
"these difficult times" - functioning like deep meditation.

Krystal Huang
Many online tutorial sites are available.
A story behind why I became addicted to origamis due to Mumi (one of my feline majesties), will be shared in the near future).

Here is the very first site helping me develop folding possibilities step-by-step. Later, I could fold flowers, animals, insects and other items.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=372sc0vlvrU

YOUTUBE.COM
Origami Tray, Paper Box DIY (Tutorial, How to)

Sept 3 (Th), 2026 A song to share

2026-09-03T10:48:49.450-05:00

A song to share:

Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM1kzbAgo_E

Krystal Huang
Gloria Steinem passed away on Sept 2, 2026. Her legacy is without some controversies.

Krystal Huang

New data exposed:

"... In 1995, 49-year-old DJT was in Hong Kong, holding a Chinese woman in his arms who looked no older than 20. She sat gracefully on his lap, smiling broadly. After the photo leaked, many people wondered: what exactly was the relationship between this young lady and Trump?
That year, he was in the midst of a financial crisis, with his business debts piling up and almost no help available in the United States. At this time, two Hong Kong entrepreneurs—Zhou Daifu, the founder of Cheng Yu Tong, and Luo Kangri, the chairman of Ruian Group, saw the development project of the "South River" land in New York and invited him to Hong Kong to discuss cooperation.
For DJT, this was like a lifeline. He flew to Hong Kong with the data and was first treated with a game of golf by the East Master, the atmosphere was relaxed and friendly, and then he hosted a banquet at Cheng Yu Tong's Shantou Bay mansion..."
"...1995年，49歲的唐納德·川普人在香港，懷裡抱著一位看似僅20出頭的中國女子，她大方坐在他腿上，笑容燦爛。照片流出後，許多人好奇：這位年輕女士與川普之間，究竟是什麼關係？
那一年，川普正深陷財務危機，旗下事業負債累累，在美國幾乎找不到援助。此時，兩位香港企業家——周大福創辦人鄭裕彤與瑞安集團主席羅康瑞，看中他手中的紐約「河濱南」土地開發案，邀請他赴港商談合作。
對川普來說，這像是一根救命繩。他帶著資料飛到香港，東道主先以高爾夫球局接待，氣氛輕鬆融洽，隨後在鄭裕彤的淺水灣豪宅設宴款待。
而就在那場宴會上，一位關鍵女子悄然現身…… "（詳細內容請見留言）
Sources: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122220136304462036&set=gm.1473312067964542&idorvanity=816469726982116

Krystal Huang
Does it sound familiar, with Russia? These capitalistic communist regimes, seemingly are "easier" to work with? Why?

Krystal Huang
Doesn't it sound familiar, with Russia? These capitalistic communist regimes, seemingly are "easier" to work with? Why?

Krystal Huang
Just found this poster: Sex vs. Gender
in this most significant institution among many.
- Sociology of Family.

Krystal Huang
Believe it or not -
not until my early 30s did I realize that I - existed...;
not until I taught sociology in the US. did I understant how society (particularly, power) operated... that is, I learned with students simultaneously since 2001.
Maybe I am just a typical type of "slow-grower"?

Krystal Huang
An relevant article written in 2012:

https://ci8395.blogspot.com/2012/01/revision-of-talk-empowering-women.html

Aug. 31 (M), 2026 Passing the buck...? 擺明甩鍋 ?

2026-08-31T23:03:16.030-05:00

Krystal Huang
https://cn.nytimes.com/.../china-nepal-floods-xi.../zh-hant/
New York Times:
China offered condolences to its neighbor but guided the narrative, emphasizing that the disaster originated in Nepal - 帶風向, 統一口徑 - 廣披遮 X 布!

cn.nytimes.com
中國慰問鄰國但引導敘事，強調災害始於尼泊爾

 Krystal Huang
Passing the buck...? 擺明甩鍋 ? Can Mother Nature herself be held responsible for these deeds?

The CCP regime offered condolences to its neighbor but guided the narrative to the international community, emphasizing that the disaster originated in Nepal.

"...On Thursday (Aug. 27), the CCP regime's Ministry of Natural Resources released what it called the "basic chain of events," stating that the disaster was triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal, which then swept down the Gyirong Tsangpo River into China, destroying a border crossing before turning back into Nepal and destroying villages there. Almost all official Chinese statements and state media reports used similar wording..."
(週四，中國自然資源部發布了所謂「基本的災害鏈」過程，稱此次災害由尼泊爾境內高位冰川崩塌引發，雪崩沿吉隆藏布河湧入中國境內，沖毀了一處邊境口岸，之後又折回尼泊爾，摧毀了那裡的村莊。中國幾乎所有的官方聲明和官方媒體報導都採用了類似的措辭.)

Krystal Huang
The CCP issued a notice urging officials to handle the aftermath of the “Nepal disasters” and to carry out international “nice-facade” maintenance (保顏面, 避責任的重大維穩工程), while concealing crucial information related to the catastrophes.

Such information included, but not limited to - the safety data concerning more than 193 hydropower plants constructed or planned over the past two decades (with the number expected to reach 300), as well as the construction-safety information surrounding the Modog Dam, reportedly three times the size of the Three Gorges Dam. Information about the early disaster-warning mechanisms, the mobilization of rescue efforts, current casualties and damages, and subsequent developments was likewise censored or sealed off domestically—locked inside the black box, in stark contrast to what Nepal has done.

One news reporter sighed, “Asking the locals in Tibet is harder than asking people in Pyongyang, North Korea.”

Silence is golden—Big Brother is watching you, no matter how catastrophic the consequences may be.

Krystal Huang
No wonder. I just watched several seemingly 'authoritative' YouTubers and media platforms with large suscribers/followers, jumping on the same narrative bandwagon—that the disaster originated in Nepal and "firmly" emphasized natural causes.

Why were they so "confident" to say so?
For what sake?
For whose best interests?
What has the CCP regime "worked" on them?

Krystal Huang
Indeed, Nepal is not a large country, and much depends on the benefits it gains from numerous “cooperative” projects with the CCP regime.

Now come the entangling issues: the consequences of this Construction Maniac’s (基建狂魔 - it earns the title from the international coummity, not from me) more than a dozen heavily engineered gigantic hydropower plants and projects scattered throughout the valley (the disastrous regions, see photo attached below); the landscape and hydrology transformed by colossal construction machines—dug, bombed, drilled, and excavated; the missing early disaster-warning system; and the overdeveloped mining industry of the past decade in these geographically fragile regions.

Ironically, the similar disasters happened before, but the business is business - even bigger, more profitable constructions were added!

When human lives are cheap, when the super-Nationalism under the Capitalistic-communism is calling, the ruling class of the CCP regime always wins!

If evidence can establish a connection between these activities and the resulting disasters, they could potentially raise issues under public international law, particularly the law of state responsibility and the principle of transboundary harm.

As the complexity increases and the damages mount, what can Nepal do?

Fortunately, at least, many countries have offered various forms of assistance to Nepal during these difficult times.

Krystal Huang
What is this Construction Maniac (基建狂魔) trying to prove at the cost of demaging the ecosystem?

Don't forget that Covid 19 (a.k.a. the Wuhan Coronavirus) Pandemic is still under investigation!

You can make tons of cheap stuff from the earth to dump to the world,
but the Earth is never as cheap as you think!

Aug. 31 (M), 2026 Something relating to N. Korea

2026-08-31T20:31:37.010-05:00

An ongoing creative competition challenges participants to rename territories and objects based on different sides of political executive orders:

The following one, thnaks to Ms. Osh's sharing:

Krystal Huang
Afew years ago, I began to call this regime - West Korea (ya, associating with N. Korea).
Now I put them together to see the big picture:

Aug. 31 (M), 2026 A New Executive Order Is Available...

2026-08-31T14:29:09.084-05:00

Krystal Huang
Congratulations to their new positions! I am sure they will complete their missions much better than____ - ya, in the Meow Kingdom ...

Aug. 30 (Sn), 2026 Something behind the Map

2026-08-30T13:38:48.745-05:00

Thoughts are with the bereaved families during this immense tragedy, wishing strength to the survivors and rescue workers.

I gathered some information (just for reference, more verifiable details are coming up) and made a map to visualize this catastrophe.

Krystal Huang
What is the most important goal behind the many “generous” deeds that the CCP regime offers to countries, individuals, and groups around the world?

Which country has been using every means at its disposal to isolate Taiwan from the international community - not to mention the daily military threats around this Island nation?

Which regime pressures the countries over which it exercises politico-economic leverage, not to vote for Taiwan on important issues at the UN, not to establish—or to sever—official diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and to adopt various other politico-economic “policies” designed to prevent Taiwan from becoming a full and respected member of the international community? Otherwise, all the “sweet things” they enjoy may suddenly disappear.

Isn’t a free country like Taiwan, located so close to this dictatorial Party, dangerous to the legitimacy of the regime—and therefore absolutely intolerable to its ruling class?

Krystal Huang
Aren't money/bribery and honey traps/female espinages - perhaps, two effective tools among many of this regime, working very well all over the world. You might say that I am biased - maybe. But facts are available!

Krystal Huang
Reminds me of a page done a while ago relating to the above topic: