Aimeeberlin 
In case you wonder why I started this blog at a time when YouTube has become so popular: I seldom have patience to sit through most YouTube videos . It is often because I do not have time. In addition, except for film or music videos that I truly enjoy, most videos drain my energies because: … Read more
How would you deliver effective presentations in a multicultural classroom? I am not an outstanding presenter. I have always been presentable, but was not excellent in public speaking. Recently, I began to take tremendous pride in my ability to give highly effective presentations on what may be considered difficult–and sometimes controversial–topics to classes of 20-50 … Read more
Years ago, I published an essay in a Chinese newspaper entitled “Snow in March.” I had trouble finding it online–a hard copy of it is likely lying in a small cabinet in my HK home. Because I deem it one of my best works ever published, I try to recall what I wrote and recreate … Read more
Enemies of our enemies are not always our friends. Yet why do we often hear people say “The enemy of our enemy is our friend”? This seems to make good sense. In fact, it is a strategy frequently used during wartimes: countries that might not be on friendly terms form alliances to fight against a … Read more
How can we go about applying Richard Posner’s formula to laws regulating protest slogans? American economist Richard Posner’s economic formula on free speech can be highly useful in determining whether laws are good, which, from an economic perspective, means economically efficient. It was inspired by Judge Learned Hand’s simpler formula, which compares the harms of the … Read more
Have you ever heard of compelled speech and laws on pronouns? A couple of days ago, I introduced to my readers this formula by American legal scholar and economist Richard Posner. Economists do not care as much about the nature of rights, including the right to free speech, as about economic efficiency. A good law … Read more
This post, which contains solely my views on Jordan Peterson’s “Not beautiful” comment on Yumi Nu in one of his Twitter posts in 2021 rather than my thoughts about “social media training,” is indeed long overdue. However, I did not have a blog then, and no media outlet was willing to accept my pitch. Given … Read more
I shopped primarily at two places in Zehlendorf, Berlin for my groceries: Edeka and Lieber Asia (Asia Markt). I have always preferred supermarkets to grocery stores. Edeka, at least the bigger outlets, should be known as the former and not the latter. There are at least three Edeka outlets in Zehlendorf, Berlin. The one I … Read more
Caring for aged parents who live miles away is not normally a problem that many people in my birth city would face.  Hong Kong is a very small place after all. It is true that traveling among different remote parts of the city (say, from Tuen Mun to Aberdeen) still takes an hour or two. … Read more
Hokkien fried rice. one of my favorite dishes at Chinese restaurants. Where should I begin? While I was at Vancouver’s ETEA, I remembered another family-run restaurant, called “No. 10 Restaurant,” at 10 Hogarth Place, London, which I visited multiple times in March 2023. It is in a hectic district in the capital of my great motherland. When I … Read more