Monthly Archives: October 2012

My initial reaction to the question “what does comedy mean to you?” was to think about a comedy movie. Comedy movies, i believe, have skewed my perception of what “comedy” is. To me, it symbolizes something that will make me … Continue reading →

When I was in high school, I took a class called Humor in Literature.  Our final project for the class was to simply answer this very same question: What is humor?  Many of my friends in the class went around … Continue reading →

Comedy, to me, is the good-humored joking around that will make someone laugh out loud. I do not find many tv shows or stupid humor movies funny such as : Step Brothers, How I Met Your Mother, or Tosh.O. I … Continue reading →

I have chosen to research the fascinating Pirahã Tribe, a group of roughly 420 hunter-gatherers that resides on the banks of the Maici River in Brazil. What I found remarkable was the fact that this tribe does not know the … Continue reading →

“African Philosophy.” – New World Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2012. <http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/African_philosophy>. This source conveys the African philosophy of different cultures perceptions of time in relation to their religion. It talks about the existence of only the past and … Continue reading →

Comedy to me is light-hearted, good spirited humor that has the ability to make someone smile, or make them double over laughing. What can be offensive to one person, does not account for humor to me. I don’t find pleasure … Continue reading →

I would like to study the perception of time in Vietnam.  Vietnam is a country that is proud of its tradition and still lives with it’s traditional values.  At the same time, Vietnam is also a developing nation, though it … Continue reading →

a little on the history of time there as well as the strict government isolation effecting time

I will study the time in Japan because I love Japan crazily and Japanese culture is also a kind of eastern culture which is similar with Chinese culture, I want to figure out the differences between two culture.

The Incas lacked a distinct measurement for time.  They based their lives on when there was light, growing seasons, and certain religious celebrations.  They developed a minimalist calendar which helped predict growing seasons and tally days.  They were very reverent to their … Continue reading →