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If you come visit Shanghai

I recently saw some videos about foreigners visiting Shanghai, and most had the same itinerary.

Perhaps they were following the same travel advice, or maybe they just happened to have the same friend.

Well, if you come to Shanghai, as your friend online, I’d like to share some places I’ve taken my friends to visit.

The first one is the Shanghai Museum. 继续阅读“If you come visit Shanghai”

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English Entries in Late June

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A small crab

As usual, I went jogging along the river near my apartment this evening around dusk.

Many people were fishing by the river. I like stopping to see their catches.

One of them, an old man, had just caught a crab. He needed to lift the string, remove the string from the crab’s leg, and hold the crab at the same time. But as you know, he only had two hands, so it was a little bit of a struggle for him to do it. 继续阅读“English Entries in Late June”

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English entries in early June

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The Dragon Boat Festival is coming up.

Next Monday is the Dragon Boat Festival, so we’ll have a three-day vacation starting tomorrow.

The traditional food eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival is zongzi, normally made of sticky rice.

I learned how to make zongzi from my great-grandma when I was a kid, so I can make them myself.

Every time I make zongzi I remember my great-grandma and the generous love she had for me.

For most Chinese people, the purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival is to remember the famous ancient person Qu Yuan. For me, it’s also a time to remember my great-grandma. 继续阅读“English entries in early June”

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管理注意力残留

注意力残留的定义，by University of Washington business professor Dr. Sophie Leroy in 2009：

一个人停止了任务a，正在进行任务b，但对任务a的认知活动还持续存在。

The persistence of cognitive activity about a Task A even though one stopped working on Task A and currently performs a Task B. 继续阅读“管理注意力残留”