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Happy New Year, everyone!

I want to tell you some of my New Year’s resolutions for 2025.

Practicing my English listening and speaking is still one of them. My goal is to express myself confidently and fluently, with fewer mistakes. Last year, I tried to spend half an hour here and 15 minutes on Duolingo every day. Furthermore, I also participated in group chat lessons in Cambly for an hour every week. 继续阅读“New Year’s Resolutions for 2025”

12.24
Christmas in Shanghai

Every year in December, Shanghai is filled with the spirit of Christmas. Maybe this is something unique to China. Even my friend in Guangzhou asked me a few days ago, “How about the decorations in big shopping malls this year?” 继续阅读“English Entries in Late December”

12.12
A Promise to Myself

A few months ago, I compared my English score on Duolingo with one of my English-learning friends. At that time, I just had a score of around 90. To encourage myself, I said that if I reached a score of 105, I would dub one of my videos instead of just adding subtitles. 继续阅读“English Entries in mid-December”

12.2
A Chinese Proverb (2)

About two weeks ago, with a good friend of mine, I visited a scenic area known for its long history of ginkgo trees. We were supposed to see the golden leaves of the ginkgo trees, but it was not a good time because the leaves were just beginning to turn yellow. 继续阅读“English Entries in Early December”

11.21
Data Bias on Social Media

A few days ago, I saw a foreigner ask about a schedule for Chinese middle school students on Hellotalk, which was from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm every weekday.

The interesting thing was the following comments.

Almost 80% of them confirmed it’s real, while the rest complained about how useless this schedule is.

I found it interesting because not all areas in China followed this schedule, such as Shanghai. But no one mentioned that even though there were many users from Shanghai on that platform. 继续阅读“English Entries in Late November”