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  There will always be a train      This is a piece of music made by Iron Zur in the game Syberia: the world before. When Kate Walker decided to take the train to Vaghen international airport to fly back to New York, where she needs to fix all the relationships with her friends Olivia and Dan. Then she saw a train to Baltayar then she realized that Dana (her grandmother) may go to some cave in Baltayar to live with the Gorun to achieve the unfinished dream with  León after her husband died. The music started as Kate went off the train and managed to catch the train to Baltayar with the help of Mr. Ludwig, the Gorun who had a deep connection with  León, Dana, and Leni. He decided to return home after Leni died of guilt in her sleep. The game ended here as Kate headed for her new journey to Baltayar, and maybe she will meet Dana later in the real life.      My love for Kate Walker grew gradually throughout my journey in the video game. At ...

     So, get away Another way to feel what you didn’t want yourself to know And let yourself go You know you didn’t lose your self-control Let’s start at the rainbow      Do you have a time when you try to do one thousand things at the same time and then choose to do nothing? That is just what I did for this week.       Is it possible to learn Dutch and French simultaneously and reach C1 level (fluent)?      Is it possible to apply for jobs while preparing your proposals for Ph.D. applications?       Is it possible to practice piano, work out regularly, eat well and sleep early at the same time?       I know it is possible for someone who has strong determination, but sadly not me. I even feel guilty when I don't write my blog last week.      When I was young, I would like to describe myself as outgoing and determined or stubborn. Now I would describe myself as the opp...

    Abnormal sunny weather returned to Belgium again and I started to enjoy the autumn there. Another word for autumn is fall, which depicts a scene of yellow leaves falling from trees, swirling in the wind, and gently falling to the ground. In my hometown, there are more evergreen trees, but there is one specific tree called  Ginkgo (银杏) which turns all the leaves yellow in autumn. When I was young, my mom worked in a medicine company producing traditional Chinese medicine. She told me that there was one product that used Ginkgo leaves to treat heart-related diseases and laughed at me when I thought they used golden Ginkgo leaves for medicine. When leaves are turning yellow, they are reaching nearly the end of life journey. However, they do provide pleasure for kids and adults like me rustling on fallen leaves. Ginkgo is a tree native to China. No wonder I don't find them in Belgium.      I sat on the bench, bathing under the sunshine, and read the book l...

    Happy weekends and I already feel sad because of the incoming Monday. It is always tough on Mondays when you realize a new week of work is coming like unstoppable waves of zombies and you have to fight for your survival and make it till a short precious break on weekends. But who created the week to calculate time and why do we name it this way? Some planets were believed to bring good luck, others misfortune: Mars meant war and Venus, love. To each of the five planets known to them they dedicated a  day,  and with the sun and the moon, that made seven. This was the origin of our seven-day week. In English we still say Satur (Saturn)-day, Sun-day and Mon(moon)- day,  but the other days are named after different gods. In other languages - such as French or Italian - most of the days of the week still belong to the planets that the Babylonians first named. (p.20)     According to the short description from  a little history of the world , we can...