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A False Opportunity
This past month has been an odd one. I almost thought I had gotten an opportunity to work, though it was not a real job. I thought I’d at least get some money and maybe would even be able to sustain myself in a year or two. But the opportunity turned out to be false,
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Headstand
Toward the end of my yoga session today, the teacher, with whom I followed the instructions through a video recording on TV, asked her students to do a headstand with her. While I started practicing yoga in the summer of 2020 and a few weeks later I was able to do headstands with the help
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Calibration
Reaching out to people, knowing how they are and what they are doing, to me, now, is not a means for friend-seeking. To a large extent, it is for calibration. To calibrate my position in the world with regard to other people. I don’t mean I will compare myself with other people, such as their
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China Observation, Two
Whether I’m a highly sensitive person is something I have been debating with myself. I used to think I wasn’t that sensitive. I can go out, I can handle talking with strangers, I don’t like traffic jams but I can put up with them if I must. I know that I tend to keep my
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Teacher or Tutor, 2.0
Besides guiding students to write research proposals for applying to PhD programs, I’ve also started tutoring English, this time a girl in her last year of senior high.
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China Observation, One
Long time no write. I thought I’d have to refill these fountain pens, but it turns out a little bit of hot water will do the trick. There’s still some in left, but the nib is slightly stuck. A dab in hot water and everything resumes fine.
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Bouldering Notes
I get used to listing a bunch of things I should improve on after finishing a bouldering session. Today I went bouldering with him at our usual gym. Here’s the list I compiled after getting back home:
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I’d Like to Have Less Sunshine
I’d actually like it not to be so sunny. I’d in fact love to have some clouds. But looking at the sky high above, nowhere are any clouds to be seen. These days have been the hottest days we’ve experienced this summer, with the highest temperature reaching 34 C and the lowest 17 C.
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My Life Stays as Usual
Apple’s weather app says today’s “partly cloudy.” It also says that for the entire following week, the highest daily temperature will consistently reach 30C. And it’s depressing to learn that things will only get worse year after year from now on, if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels right away.
Borderline Journey
世界边上的广阔风景
Borderline Journey 