🌄 Diaries

09:14 Trying to Write a Blog Using Voice Input By leveraging voice-to-text technology, we can speed up the process of writing blogs. Additionally, using voice input to document our lives can also train our brains, making our thinking more logical and enabling us to express ourselves freely. Moving forward, I’ll strive to use voice input daily to record my life. Domestic software’s Chinese voice recognition technology is indeed much better than foreign alternatives, especially apps like Sogou Input, Baidu Input, and iFlytek Input. This very paragraph was created using Sogou Input’s voice-to-text feature. I’ll try to maintain this method for documenting life in the future, while also reducing pauses in my thinking and improving the fluency of my thoughts. ...

The continuous rainy weather has finally stopped, and the scorching heat has arrived. It’s so hot that I don’t feel like going out at all, so I simply stayed in my rented apartment, waiting for the sun to set before heading out to buy some groceries. The morning passed by without accomplishing much. In the afternoon, I thought about brushing up on my English, so I downloaded Duolingo again. To my surprise, Duolingo now offers courses in music and math, which I found quite interesting. ...

Waking up in the morning, I found an unidentified pile of poop on the toilet seat. At first, I suspected it was Huanhuan’s grandpa, but then I learned he had gone outside to use the restroom. So I told Huanhuan I suspected it was her dad, only for her to confess that she had gotten up to use the toilet earlier. While doing her business, she had shifted her butt to the floor to wipe, unknowingly leaving some on the mat. Huanhuan’s grandpa must have noticed but didn’t know how to handle it, so he decided to go outside instead. ...

Because we stayed out late yesterday, I slept in this morning. By the time I got up and got ready, it was almost 11 o’clock. Big Huang fried some eggs for us, and I ate a big, hearty bowl. Fully prepared, we headed to IKEA—this was my first time visiting IKEA with Little Huanhuan. We ended up with quite a haul; a cozy room doesn’t actually need to be all that complicated or troublesome. ...

Today, Huanhuan took annual leave to come to Kunming for a follow-up check-up. I rode a shared e-scooter to the hospital to pick her up, timing it to arrive shortly before her train. After meeting her, we took a taxi back to our place to drop off our bags. On our way out, we noticed many unusually large carp and goldfish in the river by the entrance, so we grabbed the net we used for catching crayfish and decided to try our luck at fishing. After having rice noodles with Fangfang, we returned to the river only to find the water had suddenly turned murky, and the fish seemed to have been washed away. We walked along the riverbank and, sure enough, spotted the fish being carried along by the current not too far away. ...

I woke up quite early today, rummaged through the cabinets, and simply cooked a bowl of noodles to eat. Then, I set out on foot to forage for mushrooms in the mountains. At first, I found an entrance to a wooded area, but after just a few steps, I was chased back by a pack of dogs. Undeterred, I continued searching and followed the navigation until I finally reached a pine forest, where I managed to pick a few small red mushrooms. Unfortunately, I realized I was too late—most had already been picked by others, leaving only poisonous ones or those I wasn’t sure about. ...

Got up early in the morning because I had to go for visa fingerprinting. Rode my little e-bike and arrived there by 8:30 a.m., even though my appointment was at 9:15. It seemed like arriving early wasn’t exactly appreciated, but they still let me in to queue up. Then they briefed me, checked my documents, and directed me to a counter. After verifying my details, the staff told me to wait for my number to be called and instructed me to silence my phone and knock before entering when my turn came. ...