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12.12
A Promise to Myself
A few months ago, I compared my English score on Duolingo with one of my English-learning friends. At that time, I just had a score of around 90. To encourage myself, I said that if I reached a score of 105, I would dub one of my videos instead of just adding subtitles. 继续阅读“English Entries in mid-December”
12.2
A Chinese Proverb (2)
About two weeks ago, with a good friend of mine, I visited a scenic area known for its long history of ginkgo trees. We were supposed to see the golden leaves of the ginkgo trees, but it was not a good time because the leaves were just beginning to turn yellow. 继续阅读“English Entries in Early December”
11.21
Data Bias on Social Media
A few days ago, I saw a foreigner ask about a schedule for Chinese middle school students on Hellotalk, which was from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm every weekday.
The interesting thing was the following comments.
Almost 80% of them confirmed it’s real, while the rest complained about how useless this schedule is.
I found it interesting because not all areas in China followed this schedule, such as Shanghai. But no one mentioned that even though there were many users from Shanghai on that platform. 继续阅读“English Entries in Late November”
11.12
Flowers and Birds on my Windowsill Garden
Finally, I had another video about birds on my windowsill garden.
It’s difficult to capture the birds because they’re too smart. 继续阅读“English Entries in Mid-November”
11.2
Sentences that touched my heart today
Today, when I was browsing Weibo, some sentences touched me deeply.
They were from an interview with Wang Haoze, the third Chinese woman to participate in a crewed spaceflight mission.
She recounted a story from her time in grad school. Her advisor gave her a challenging project. She asked her advisor why she needed to do this since she might not become a scientist. 继续阅读“English Entries in Early November”