Diary

This morning, Chat invited me to have coffee as soon as he arrived at the office. So, he, Jian, and I ended up talking for about 30 minutes, which made us start our lunch an hour late. I spent the majority of the day working on Huan’s visa application, which is proving to be a bit annoying and complicated. I am struggling to understand my roommate’s actions. I noticed that the apartment temperature had been set to the lowest possible setting, meaning the heat was completely turned off. It is bitterly cold outside today—nearly $-25^{\circ}\text{C}$! ...

I didn’t sleep well recently, plus last night worked on Huan’s visa. I felt very sleepy today. A doesn’t want to do the common work when I was doing too much. I don’t like this.

I didn’t do too much work today, we had an office hour today. After that, I felt boring and lazy. Went home very early.

Today had a group meeting in the noon. I became the social leader on the meeting. I and Zhiqiang need to hold a coffee time on Friday. I worked till midnight for the office hour of tomorrow.

I didn’t sleep well again last night. When I finally woke up at 10:30 AM, Huan was still asleep. It was a boring day. I boiled some rice noodles for lunch, but I didn’t have much of an appetite due to having eaten so much at yesterday’s buffet. In the afternoon, I focused on working on Huan’s visa application. I honestly think her colleagues are completely selfish. They don’t care about your actual needs; they only care about things that might affect their own work or future. So, all they say is, “We can only give you this.” But is that what you actually need? I really dislike their attitude. ...

Today, Dr. Liu treated our group members to Yangming buffet to celebrate the Christmas advance in winter season. Kourosh kindly gave Amir and me a ride. Although the weather was very harsh, I felt incredibly warm today. Everyone was so kind and optimistic. During the buffet, Mr. Rob released the scores for RFI #7 and the final exam. I was so scared that I didn’t dare to open Canvas to check my total grade. To encourage me to check the result, Amir and I made a bet on who would be the “loser.” ...

I didn’t sleep well last night and felt very down. Today was equally difficult. We had our last class at noon, where we had to give our final presentation. At the end of the presentation, Dr. Mohammad asked us a question, but I was unable to answer it. I felt immediately sad and ashamed. Ultimately, Dr. Mohammad gave us a score of 13/15. He is a very kind person, but in that moment, I felt like I had disappointed him. ...