Ten playful antics for you to enjoy after Labor Day

The following 10 items may be useful for readers of Sino-American Economics to seek mindful health mindset as human capital in USA and in China.

1. To cuddle a panda bear may be fun but would be subject to attack. Beware of Panda who may be hungry for your fingers or your arm?

2. Clinophobia is a fear of going to bed. But we need to have good sleep to maintain good health. Sleep without a bed would be a person with "Gongfu" in Pin Yin system for extra skills.

3.The zebra fish glows brilliant red under the lights. It is the world's genetically engineered pet. Red color is good luck especially for folks in China.

4. Lisa was an acronym for "local integrated software architecture) It was introduced in 1983 with the name of the daughter of Apple co-founder,Steve Jobs. That apply is not eating apple!

5. If you want to be a gourmet, you put salt on your toothpaste. Try it and you may or may not like such flavor. Hehehahahoho all the way to be a centenarian.

6. The bees have sticky hair due to their use of honeycombs. Concur or demur?

7. The difference between a phrase and a cat is that one has a pause(not paws) at the end of its clause. Moreover,there is a difference between an adjective clause and adjective phrase. But grammar is a hassle for most folks except English majors.

8. The septuagenarian wife asked the husband if he still loves her. He replied,"Why not? Haven't I loved you through six other shades in past six decades?"

9. It would be better to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy NOW with the following words: kind, thoughtful, generous,caring,funny, reliable, resourceful, honest, humble, loyal, and more adjectives to describe your mannerism.

10. Happiness is not material consumption over desire only but intellectual pursuit,spiritual satisfaction,good health with good humor must be added for our daily living with real fun.

Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao, an admirer of Mark Twain, the greatest humorist par excellence!

September 8, 2009 at 10.36 a.m.