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Triona Ryan

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Water; Meeting Point of Chinese Philosophy and Martial Arts


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"Nothing in the worldIs as soft and yielding as water.Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,Nothing can surpass it." Preeminent Chinese philosopher, Laozi (老子) The Old Boy, Laozi, is one of China’s most renowned philosophers. Hailing from Quren, a hamlet in...
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Midway Upon the Journey of Our Life

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“Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within a forest dark / For the straightforward pathway had been lost.” (The Divine Comedy; Dante Alighieri) Do you remember when you were little, thinking “I can’t wait ‘til...
Local Reviews

Mega Brunch Makes Debut in Nanjing

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2020 has been a long decade. But it is indeed true that good things come to those who wait. Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment you have all been waiting for! Brunch in Nanjing, at the Ritz Carlton.  We ventured downtown...
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Thou Shalt 
Not Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reclutter!

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Recently, I moved house, because 2020 wasn’t stressful enough.  A trek on par with that of Hannibal and his elephants ensued. Friends and neighbours gaped aghast at the endless moving vans, three wheelers and scooters of boxes that zoomed across...
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Blown Away by Cosy Thai Retreat in Jiangning

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High in the mountains outside Nanjing lies a little-known jewel. Qijia Village in Jiangning District is home to Racha Thailand, a cosy resort on a miniature scale, its size in no way indicative of the stunning quality of the...
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Our Summer’s Been Shanghaied, or Nanjinged!

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“This time 3 years ago…” Facebook, my former social media friend, has become a taunting menace this summer. Serving up fresh pictures of cerulean blue skies, endless horizon shots from 5 in the morning ‘til midnight creeps close, Galician delights...
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Innovation; Did China Teach the World How to Fail Better?

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There is a common connotative warmth associated with the term innovation. In a culture that glorifies success and celebrates triumph over adversity, innovation is applauded, while the flipside of Icarian plummets is less lauded. It may seem paradoxical, a fallacy, a...
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Opening a Can of Bats; Face-Masked Fusions of Fashion

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“We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it” is one of my father’s favourite sayings. “Until the cows freeze over” is another. A blended idiom or cliché is called a malaphor. The combination of two hitherto unrelated concepts makes...
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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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