In Beijing it is not done to stuff oneself, Desroches explained.
It would be a latter-day equivalent to stuffing oneself with zeppole and knishes at Coney Island.
Until recently, going faster than 300 miles per hour on two wheels required stuffing oneself feet-first into a torpedo-shaped, outrigger-equipped streamliner motorcycle.
Not pleasure as in stuffing oneself, pleasure as in enjoying, but also learning and recognising the true nature of food ingredients.
The only proper response to other people's tragedies may well be to stuff oneself with butter, but at least have the grace to do it in France.
But at that hour, most students are long gone, and as far as the Education Department is concerned, stuffing oneself with coconut macaroons and peanut butter cookies at that hour is one's prerogative.
I'm a little shocked at the responses to my recent post on serving swill to the masses while saving the good stuff for oneself.
"This stuff about 'finding oneself' is a bunch of baloney," he wrote.
While it is risky to reveal oneself in a therapy group or 12-step meeting, the alternative is to stuff upsetting emotions and memories.
Spend a few days letting yourself feel the horrible shame and stigmatizing feelings, don't stuff them, then bring all of it to the light with prayer, meditation, and caring for oneself well with good nutrition, exercise, and writing, and more writing, your feelings, and anything else that needs to come out.
At least for some, demonstrating success during the Chinese New Year holidays this year isn't just about stuffing a hongbao full of money and bringing home a suitable partner, it is also about differentiating oneself from negative Chinese stereotypes.
