11/29/24
test
11/11/24
https://medium.com/@jenhao_yang/connecting-to-a-windows-pc-via-ssh-from-a-mac-to-utilize-gpu-compute-power-a9609fde789f
11/01/24
right back teeth hurts
10/24/24
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.08196
09/18/24
INTERVIEW OVER LETS GOOOOO
09/15/24
i NEED to cook Mille Feuille Nabe
09/10/24
assistive access on iphone challenge
08/27/24
i wanna try Kongguksu
08/18/24
also the same day i got to visit the commons. such a nice place to work on stuff and be inspired by people around you
so crazy that i met ava today and her fluffy dogs and her readers, i love being in sf
“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.” — Steve Jobs
07/13/24
an anxious slab of butter
06/28/24
sitting alone in a crowded and open and bright restaurant is the most anxiety-inducing thing ever, i felt like i was watched and judged constantly
06/27/24
Demod in public for the first time, was nerve-wracking and the words weren’t coming out of my mouth, but people actually liked the idea. it’s a nice feeling to see your idea validated.
06/24/24
can’t believe I’m equating flying to the US with dying, but it’s because I’m counting down the days and I can’t imagine what’s next, thinking “I’m not ready to go”
regretting not learning a piano song for the past 6 months, one that I can play on command. the feeling of regret is the worst
they come to malaysia from nepal and its been a month without a job and they’re out of money and food, while I’m going to the US to burn money that can support an entire village for years. Perspective again. There’s so many people in the world that need help, can perfect equality exist in our society?
Playing random songs and guessing the chords on the piano is fun, but my lack of skills is showing, how am I still so average after years of playing
I wanna work in a bakery or a bookstore
06/23/24
A little worries I’m spending too much time introspecting and not enough time doing.
TIL cats show affection with eye kisses: staring with half-closed eyelids and slowly blinking repeatedly
06/19/24
how would I rank the importance of power, money, and beauty
06/18/24
“we think we are individuals but we are possessed by our societies”, social technology is the thing that holds society together, church is a technology, so is marriage, soccer, christmas, fashion, vegan, and many other things.
"How you talk about your experiences will dictate how you feel about them. Reframing our goals and rewriting our stories are powerful tools. Nobody can tell us how to feel about something. We can make our shortcomings into something beautiful if we want to. How we label an experience can completely change how we perceive it." – Alexi Pappas
I’ve seen doctors for my stomach, teeth, skin, and now musculoskeletal, hopefully this one is the last one, also this is arm and legs which is essentially how i do everything so i hope 12 days is enough time to treat it too
first time doing a full spine xray, so cool to see what my bones look like, was trying to observe whether I could feel radiation flow through me, i rmbr feeling dizzy right afterwards
wow i have mild scoliosis
06/17/24
First time trying pork heart today
Im so allergic to chinese songs at this point
Freedom to do anything caused anxiety, structure with a degree and planning feels claustrophobic, feels like I have to be a different person to achieve all this, but in the end is that the person I want to be? Am I just chasing money? asking myself what it is exactly that I want to do again and it’s such a hard question to answer considering all the other factors like expectations and pressure to “succeed”
06/16/24
believe that when the time comes, you’re capable of anything and you’ll be ready to face it. you can start sowing the seeds now, make small steps, figure out which direction to aim, but don’t worry about anything else that’s in the future, focus on what’s in front of you every minute, and do that.
i keep seeing my past 6 months as a waste of time for not prepping for interviews it’s so frustrating, my dad said I’ve done a lot, while all I see is all the things I didn’t set out to accomplish. definitely a glass half empty person
hi “ben one year from now” if you’re reading this, I hope you already have at least one offer with FAANG, I’m doing everything I can for now, I hope it all turns out well :)
went for a light jog after years of not running and I got heartburn, either I have to slowly reintroduce running again or I’m forever like this, I am dejected
06/14/24
think with the model, plan with the code
can’t rmbr if I was always this slow in comprehending things, I feel like my mind was snappier and faster before. my brain is now fuzzy with math and sometimes reading too.
06/13/24
so hard to not treat every second of my existence as an opportunity to do things, to achieve, to make progress, and not just enjoy being, living, it’s like balancing ambition and contentment
06/12/24
tiny desk concerts are amazing
face is burning and teeth is aching, not a great combo
06/11/24
hope this is the last time im doing laser. its so uncomfortable and EXPENSIVE
Mom’s friend telling me nowadays wives beat the husbands, so I have to be 坚强.
shopping for shoes and dress and bags for friend’s weddings is one of the more frustrating things for women?
I cannot stop thinking about Ethan
I am so not a fan of pork
Is laughing style learned or a natural thing from birth?
06/10/24
regretting not working on AI projects and doing research at ISU now, realizing the significant disadvantage I’m at for getting a good job
TIL docent, a person guiding people in museums, art galleries, zoos, etc. thinking of volunteering at a book fair in SF, that sounds fun.
06/09/24
mixed babies are so lucky, better genes
lately when i wake up from my naps my heart is really heavy and my mind confused and I’m worried, maybe it’s because I’m leaving in a few weeks and everything is scary, but also exciting.
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.” — Richard Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics
06/08/24
Having trouble falling asleep lately, even with exercise, I wonder why
05/31/24
how is it June 😵💫
05/30/24
worked at a Tesla factory but today was the first time I touched a cybertruck in a shopping mall in Malaysia
05/29/24
My coping mechanism is Twitter. I open it anytime i feel anxious or bored or when I have to do something difficult.
regretting I spent all that time learning swift and not building anything useful and launching it. I hope I got something out of that either way
that ml assignment rly stressing me out. it’s like a backburner that’s constantly peckering at me while I try to do other work that has higher priority this week.
i have to start managing my finances and budget. what’s a good platform to connect all my accounts. should i just use notion. i’ll use Dime for tracking expenses. It’s messy having 3 accounts and 5 cards.
then it wakes me up from doing the things I like and enjoy and makes me go “what am i even doing, I have to be making money”, I have to focus. How are you going to survive in the US?
facing money anxiety again as I’m paying 3k for my summer school fees and it’s brining my bank account down to the hundreds again. I’ve been paying for everything myself so far, and the stark realization that I cannot survive on my own.
05/26/24
stop sneezing man pls dont get me sick grab driver. i now wish i have a face mask
got to try beer after 3+ years , tasted rly good but still experienced slight pain after, not sure if I should still consume alcohol but good to test my limits
Been getting so nauseous after eating a little this whole week
All uncle and aunties talk about is either church or other people’s children or politics
05/25/24
i never knew my entire high school education cost 80k that’s so much money
Food tastes so good, haven’t truly appreciated the fact that I can eat almost anything again, no more worrying about whether I can eat something every time I’m outside
French kiwi tastes so good, and it has high Vitamin C, adding it to my list of fruits that I will buy
Was reminded again how lucky and privileged I am, to be able to study at an international school and overseas, and how ungrateful it is to waste time overthinking and not doing, comfort really breeds apathy
So nostalgic going back to the church I grew up in, seeing the prayer meeting rooms and main hall where I played the piano and keys, the library, the uncles and aunties who are getting older saying that I’ve grown so much, sign of the times
got a sinking feeling that I won’t be able to experience this kind of happiness in my life which I find concerning, I risk self-fulfilling prophecy if I don’t actively reject these thoughts and escape the victim mindset
so many mixed emotions at this wedding, and its so weird that I don’t know anyone here, it’s like you entered the wrong room and you cant leave and you don’t know why you’re there
Bale was 55 kg in the machinist and I’m 52 rn. How is that possible??
05/24/24
I hate how my brain pieces things together and it just makes me overthink stuff and make assumptions, i would trade a life of less neuroticism (but enough for the benefit) in a heartbeat, or at least apply it on something useful and important (how to do this)
05/22/24
TIL “>” is called a Chevron
05/21/24
It’s so bad I couldn’t eat lunch and napped for 2 hours wow Tuesdays are always the worst for some reason
05/20/24
headaches headaches headaches headaches headaches headaches headaches headaches
05/18/24
chrome extension to highlight text -> does a search -> provide links for me to copy to hyperlink in my article
05/17/24
Don’t count the crops before the harvest, just keep watering the crops.
05/15/24
Never knew Canada has a housing crises and has higher living expenses than the US. That’s why so many Canadians come to the US (0.7%) every year.
Not entirely sure if my mood swings are largely caused by this or I’m just naturally like this. I think just being busy is the solution. Having too much time to think is the worst.
I strive for a dead dog in luggage story in my lifetime
I’ll be much happier in sf without a doubt
i need to improve on how to present an idea well, relates to learning how to sell, and come up with better questions to maximize constructive critcism. I shouldn’t seek validation, I should seek for reasons why it won’t work and why it will fail.
spotify needs to stop recommending me emo and sappy songs
postcards but have QR codes at the back to write messages to people instead of handwriting
05/14/24
I wonder when I’ll stop feeling this way
Winston Churchill assembling a team for an unsanctioned and unauthorized mission to take down Nazis is so cool. There’s so much about the war that I don’t know. They should make more movies like this.
Vienna seems like a nice place to live in
another day with unfinished work and headaches and longing and tiredness and being home all day and feeling useless and
05/13/24
My staring into nothingness and stuck-in-thought sessions overthinking about conversations and people all leads to the same end: I’m going to die one day so snap out of it. Just do what you have to do now
Many Indians in the embassy, saw a few students too, wondered where they’re going. I remember feeling hopeful and excited to be leaving to the US. Now it’s more pressure and responsibility and sadness.
Wake up at 7am for one day and I take a thousand naps like I’m jetlagged
Imma buy a tiny plant and name it like that vlogger in Japan
this dude has been staring at stock tickers for the past 3 hours on an iPad, day trader?
So many Ang Mos at the linc i like it
05/12/24
Louise Bourgeois inscribed into her lifelong diary in her old age — “You are born alone. You die alone. The value of the space in between is trust and love.”
05/11/24
I never thought much about green and red flags. All I could think about was curious, ambitious and artistic hmm. And faith.
Retiring by 30 is probably dumb and naive, I’m already close to 23 and I still have no solid plans. But maybe planning doesn’t work. The real issue is not having good habits and doing hard things. And surrounding yourself with other great people
I realized how insecure I am with people I’m not that close to when she kept saying “Don’t be insecure” to me so many times. I’m too agreeable, afraid of hurting other’s feelings or being judged.
I keep discovering so many new artists, I wonder if I’ve learned new patterns through this implicit learning (via curiosity and interest) rather than guided learning, or I’m just wasting time looking at art.
need more conversations and hangouts w them, they’re so funny and full of energy, grateful for them