Wisdom I Pondered This Week

• “Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn’t the way they actually are. People are different when you can smell them and see them up close.” — John Green, Paper Towns
• “That’s always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they’re pretty. It’s like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.” — John Green, Paper Towns
• “Now life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future—you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get a nice house so you can afford to send your kids to college so they can get a good job so they can get a nice house so they can afford to send their kids to college.” — John Green, Paper Towns
• “One is not wise because one speaks much. One who is peaceable, friendly and fearless is called ‘wise.’” — Dhammapada
• “I am Me, and I hope to become Me more and more. That is surely the goal of all our struggles.” — Paula Modersohn-Becker

Things I Learned This Week

• 平衡鳥（Balancing Bird）是一種科學演示品，能穩定地以鳥嘴或尖端支點懸空平衡，看似違反直覺，實際上是利用重心與力矩原理設計：在鳥身內安置配重，使整體重心位於支點下方，形成穩定平衡態（Steady State）。因此，即使鳥身傾斜，重力產生的回復力矩會使它自動回復直立。
• 泡泡土（Foam Clay），又稱「雪花泥」，由保麗龍顆粒、黏著劑、抗菌劑和顏料混合而成。其重量極輕，觸感蓬鬆，且具備立體顆粒感，非常適合用來製作仿真食物（如米飯）、雪地場景或立體裝飾品。
• 準公共幼兒園（簡稱「準公幼」）是與政府簽約合作的私立幼兒園，接受政府補助，必須符合政府所訂的標準，收費也比私立幼兒園便宜。
• 菊苣纖維（又稱菊糖，Inulin）是一種水溶性膳食纖維，萃取自菊苣根部。因人體無法消化吸收，能直達腸道成為「益生元」（Prebiotics），提供腸道好菌養分，幫助排便順暢。
• Doth is the archaic (= very old or old-fashioned) third person singular present of “do”. For example, he/she/it doth (= he/she/it does).