Wisdom I Pondered This Week

• “To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.” — Morihei Ueshiba
• “Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.” — Matsuo Basho
• “It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.” — Niccolo Machiavelli
• “We rise by lifting others.” — Robert Ingersoll
• “When nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. what do you call it, freedom or loneliness?” —Charles Bukowski → When it’s a choice, it’s freedom. When it’s a must, it’s loneliness.

Things I Learned This Week

• The name Munich comes from the German “München,” which literally means “home of the monks.” The city’s name traces back to a settlement of Benedictine monks near the area in the 8th–9th centuries. In fact, Munich’s coat of arms still features a monk, reflecting this origin.
• Man versus Horse Marathon 賽事起源於英國威爾斯小鎮 Llanwrtyd Wells。比賽通常在山地、林道與泥地等越野地形進行，距離約 35 公里左右，人類跑者與騎馬選手同時出發並各自以最快方式完成路線。雖然馬通常佔優勢，但在炎熱天氣或崎嶇路線中，人類偶爾也能擊敗馬匹，因此成為運動生理學與耐力極限討論中經常被提到的經典案例。
• 「卡珊德拉症候群（Cassandra Syndrome）」是一個源自希臘神話人物 Cassandra 的心理學隱喻：她擁有準確預言未來的能力，卻被詛咒永遠不被相信。現代語境中，被用來形容一個人長期感到自己的觀察、擔憂或警告被忽視、不被相信或被否定，常見於親密關係、家庭或職場情境。處於這種處境的人可能逐漸產生孤立、挫折、自我懷疑與情緒耗的感受。
• 「甜燒白（Tián Shāo Bái）」是一道來自中國四川傳統宴席的經典甜味扣肉料理。這道菜以五花肉（pork belly）為主體，先煮熟並油炸上色，再切片與糯米（glutinous rice）、紅糖（brown sugar），有時搭配豆沙（red bean paste）或紅棗（jujube）一同蒸製，最後倒扣上盤形成典型的「扣菜」造型。名稱中的「燒白」指的是四川料理中一種蒸扣肉的技法，而甜燒白則是相對於鹹味版本（如「鹹燒白」）的甜口變化。
• Bachelor party, also known as a stag party or stag weekend, is a celebration held for a man shortly before his wedding—essentially a groom’s last night of freedom with his friends. In Chinese, it’s often translated as 單身告別派對 or 鬧婚之夜.