Triona Ryan

Where Did All Our Time Go? A Kuaidi Kween Komments

A kettle sits in my front garden, inside a wedge of polystyrene in a cardboard box. I know for sure it is a kettle, because I justbought a new one. On Taobao.  一个水壶放在我的前花园里,在一个纸板箱里的聚苯乙烯楔子里。 我确定这是一个水壶,因为我刚买了一个新的。 在淘宝上。 The piercing whistle of the old...

Maps & Boundaries; The Greatest Human Fictions

Alexander Von Humboldt. Carl Ritter. Alfred Russel Wallace. Paul Vidal de La Blache. Jared Diamond. Yifu Tuan. David Harvey. Milton Santos.  亚历山大·冯·洪堡。 卡尔·里特。 阿尔弗雷德·拉塞尔·华莱士。 保罗·维达尔·德拉·布拉什。 贾里德·戴蒙德。 Yifu Tuan。 大卫·哈维。 米尔顿·桑托斯。 All of these geographers spent the greater part of the 18th,...

The Rise of AI in Teamwork; Taking the Team Out of I-work

"There’s no ‘I’ in the word team." “团队这个词里没有'我'。” How many times has this old chestnut been trotted out by educators and coaches worldwide to inspire and entice reluctant collaborators? Too many, probably. Definitely so many that one definitive rejoinder is now...

Our Community of Leprechauns; Just Stop Saying Thank You

I knew my nap from my siesta, my Irish stew from my cocido and my Céili dancing from my flamenco. I thought I was solid on all fronts.  我从午睡中知道我的午睡,从我的cocido中知道我的爱尔兰炖菜,从我的弗拉门戈中知道我的Céili舞蹈。 我以为我在各方面都很坚定。 And then, Nanjing.  然后,南京。 Nothing and no-one could have prepared me for the...

You Share the Same Home; But Do You also Look Like Each Other?

They are good for us, apparently. From the immune system to the health benefits to the souls, animals make us lead happier lives, or so the research goes.  显然,它们对我们有好处。 研究表明,从免疫系统到灵魂的健康益处,动物让我们过上更幸福的生活。 One Harvard study boldly claims that “pet owners are less likely...

A Chisel of Convenience; In Praise of Procrastination!

For those of us blessed with the need for convenience, at its most potent and circumspect, the ability to take no corner that may be cut, to streamline a process on par with the boarding and take-off of an...

Never Ever Have I Ever

I am moving house again. Unwillingly, for the first time ever. My landlord wants to fix all the leaks and cracks and damp and then live there, so we must once again decamp. For the first time ever, I...

Explanations for Absolutely EVERYTHING (are Part of the Problem)

Knowing the right answer. If you’ve ever spent three hours at the kitchen table sobbing over 3 x 7 = ???, you’ll intuitively understand the urgency around finding the “right” answer.  知道正确答案。 如果你曾经在厨房的桌子上花了三个小时在3 x 7 = ???上抽泣,你会直观地理解寻找“正确”答案的紧迫性。 Indeed, in disciplines such...

About Me

Educator, writer, minstrel and Collector of Rare and Marvelous Moments; Triona Ryan, born in Ireland, moved to Spain for the summer back in 2003 and stayed for a decade. Now based in Nanjing, China, she spends her free time feeding her cats, picking cushions off the floor and pondering the paradoxes of the human condition. She also sings, often and everywhere.
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