10:25 Learning English I should study English at home rather than in the office, I think. I need to write more journals. 14:16 Vimium Vimium is a browser extension that can make using a browser like Vim. 15:58 Safety Training Finished the Safety Training online course, and then I could start doing the lab soon, hopefully. 16:10 About Polishing Today I learned a very important concept – about polishing. At the stage of writing, don’t worry about the format and the grammar issues. ...
Last night I had an argument with Huan again. I reflected on myself and realized that my temper isn’t very good, and at the same time I blamed her for always staying silent and not expressing her own opinions. Today, I feel that my English is really quite poor. My progress has been very slow, and I still have trouble communicating with others when it comes to complex issues. ...
There are so many things to do that I suddenly feel panicked and don’t know where to start. Practice spoken English and writing. Preview upcoming course content and review parts of past courses I didn’t fully understand. Start reading literature and determine my research direction. It’s time to start using my to-do app again; only self-discipline can solve these problems. I studied phonetic symbols and practiced shadowing tonight. It’s hard to pronounce sounds that don’t exist in Chinese unless we build muscle memory through practice. ...
The daytime is extremely short in Edmonton during the winter! I woke up at 12 PM and then cooked some food for lunch. After that, I took a shower and took some time to relax. By the time it was approaching 4 PM, the sun had already set (or the sun was gone). I spent some time studying my textbook, Writing Academic English. I recently discovered Zotero and found it to be a very good tool for taking notes and managing references. I plan to use it to take tons of notes going forward. ...
今天有两节课，有点点焦虑。早上早早的工作室了，然后在 Canvas 上面下载了课件提前预习了一下。 快中午的时候把工位的电脑装好了，有了自己的电脑和两块显示器。学习 PPT 啥的都能够比较方便了。 ...
10:18 Most of All things are settled down I already can write blog on my new computer at office. Everything is becoming good over time. 15:36 Orientation with Professor Liu objectives, money, future After the noon’s class, Amirthan and I go to the Dr. Liu’s office. He said he will give me a orientation. The key words of the orientation are about the objectives, money and future. But so many content we talk about, I can’t write all of things. The core concepts is as follow: ...