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Before I knew it, it’s already been a month since school started. I’ll jot down a bit about this month.
Time Flies
How is winter break already over?? Out of guilt for slacking off the whole winter break, I’ve been thinking about this for the first week of school.. Once I sorted it out, I felt a bit better.
Recently my grandparents were clearing out and renovating the old home, and dug up a lot of old stuff. Among it was a VCD of my grandpa’s birthday celebration from more than ten years ago, and they had me copy it onto the computer.
Apart from the kids in the video having all grown up, everyone else looks basically the same—just with grayer hair. Even so, I still want to sigh at how fast time passes..
So, I want to spend more time with my family going forward.
Plants and Flowers
I spent a few weekends tidying up the succulents I used to grow—repotting, trimming roots, and so on..
This pot is one of the better-looking ones; the rest are basically so green it’s alarming.
Also, the Japanese maple I bought on Pinduoduo a while ago has been in the yard ever since I planted it, and it seems to be growing pretty well.
The leaves at the bottom are a little green—probably because they don’t get much sun.
2022/12/22 Update: These two and another ginkgo tree didn’t survive the severe drought in Sichuan in the summer of 2022.
At School
The grade director was replaced by our Chinese teacher. He’s the type who can spend a whole class dishing out motivational chicken soup and still not want to stop when class ends. Now he says he wants to give the grade a “makeover”.. Then he put up headshots of the top twenty in the city on the final exams on the lobby wall, and plastered slogans all over the stairwell.. Boring.
Then they adjusted the schedule. The fourth period in the afternoon used to be for exams; now it’s a regular class, and exams are pushed back to 6:30. I don’t like this arrangement. Before, once exams were over I could relax and go eat; now even eating has to be timed. And I have an extra class for no reason.
Also, as usual at the start of the semester, we got regrouped, and I’m not really used to it. I no longer have the joy of a silly desk mate.
Some Plans
Even though starting to make plans in March 2021 is a little late, I still want to record them here..
- Sleep early and wake up early!
I wasted the holiday mornings sleeping in; all told, a day was only half as long as a normal school day. The main reason I want to sleep early is to be able to pay attention in class. Also, over the past six months my tinnitus at night seems to have gotten noticeably worse, so going to bed early should help a bit. - Care more about / spend more time with family
Nothing much to say—cherish the present. - Spend sensibly / cut down on spending on virtual goods (i.e. in-game purchases)
miHoYo, RNM, refund! - Study hard
It went from 1,000 days originally to only 400-something days left now—I still have to keep pushing.
In Closing
Next week is exam week, and apparently the questions are hard (they’re required to keep the average score around the passing line). Good luck to me (
And then next Saturday we’ll finally get the Qingming holiday!