2019 is near the end. Here is my recap of what happened this year.

January

  • Rejected by a girl and I found myself in deep sadness. Started reading 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson and The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk but did not finish either of them (even today).
  • Had final for first semester of year 4 but did poorly.

February

  • Prepare for my research assistant position in Singapore.
  • Spring Festival at home.

March - August

  • Went to Singapore and started RA.
  • Had some fun experiences in Singapore>
  • Re-unite with old friends and meet a lot of new people.

August

  • Went back to China.
  • Wait for professor’s response and went to Tsinghua University, but found professor could not provide formal contract, then decided to leave.
  • Had dinner with tuna community.
  • A paper got accepted.

September - Now

  • Went to CSE at Zhejiang University.
  • The professor is much more friendly and met most of my needs (basic income, flexible work time, friendly lab atmosphere, interesting topics).
  • Submitted a paper.

2020

In 2020, there are a lot of things I want to do,

  • Read more books. Here is a basic list to finish:
    • 12 Rules for Life
    • The Museum of Innocence
    • 市场与政府
    • How Google Works
    • The Singapore Story
    • How to read a book
    • …
  • GRE / TOEFL.
  • More papers!
  • Find direction of PhD.
    • Security
    • Blockchain
    • Deep Learning
    • …and more?
  • Google Summer of Code (GSoC): Catch it before graduation!
  • Find a girlfriend, maybe?
    • I guess I am just too nerdy (whispering…).
  • Play piano!
    • 千本桜
    • The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee
    • …
  • Play around with electronic music, maybe?
  • Pass Japanese Language Test (N2), maybe?
  • …

Before the post ends,

I wish all my family and friends a happy new year!
来年もよろしくお願いします！

2019 年快结束了。下面是我对这一年发生的事情的回顾。

一月

  • 被一个女生拒绝了，陷入了深深的悲伤。开始读 Jordan Peterson 的《人生十二法则》和奥尔罕·帕慕克的《纯真博物馆》，但两本都没读完（直到今天也没有）。
  • 参加了大四第一学期的期末考试，但考得很差。

二月

  • 为在新加坡的研究助理职位做准备。
  • 在家过春节。

三月 - 八月

  • 去了新加坡，开始做 RA。
  • 在新加坡有了一些有趣的经历>
  • 和老朋友重聚，也认识了很多新朋友。

八月

  • 回到中国。
  • 等教授的回复，去了清华大学，但发现教授没法提供正式合同，于是决定离开。
  • 和 tuna 社区的朋友们吃了顿饭。
  • 一篇论文被录用了。

九月 - 现在

  • 去了浙江大学的 CSE。
  • 这位教授友好得多，满足了我大部分需求（基本收入、灵活的工作时间、友好的实验室氛围、有趣的课题）。
  • 投了一篇论文。

2020

2020 年，我有很多想做的事情，

  • 多读书。下面是一份要读完的基本书单：
    • 《人生十二法则》
    • 《纯真博物馆》
    • 市场与政府
    • 《重新定义公司：谷歌是如何运营的》
    • 《新加坡故事》
    • 《如何阅读一本书》
    • …
  • GRE / TOEFL。
  • 更多论文！
  • 找到博士的研究方向。
    • 安全
    • 区块链
    • 深度学习
    • ……还有更多？
  • Google 编程之夏（GSoC）：毕业前一定要赶上！
  • 找个女朋友，也许？
    • 我猜我就是太书呆子了（小声嘀咕……）。
  • 弹钢琴！
    • 千本桜
    • 《野蜂飞舞》
    • …
  • 玩玩电子音乐，也许？
  • 通过日语能力考试（N2），也许？
  • …

在文章结束之前，

祝我所有的家人和朋友新年快乐！
来年もよろしくお願いします！