Journal

2019 in Review

Well, this year, this blog has been quiet. There are more Instagram cross-post here than there are new text-based posts in this blog. There are only 4 non-photo posts. It’s not without effort though, I have 12 more posts in the drafts! The reason of not publishing them is just because I lost interest before I finished writing, and sometimes after I finished, I found that the central argument was quite weak and didn’t deserve publication.

Anyway, this post is about reviewing 2019, not to rant about why I published so little.

2018 in Review

I started this post pretty late in the year. I hope I could finish it in time.

So 2018 had been a mixed year to me. I had fun, I cried; I met new people, I said goodbye; I reminisced with the past, I started to plan for the future.

June 2018: Explore Canada

Back in June 2018, I’ve taken a very long leave to go for a vacation with my family to Canada. The main purpose was to attend my brother’s PhD convocation, with side purpose of having a well-deserved vacation. I haven’t been taking any week-long leave since January. Even for Chinese New Year, I only took 1 day of leave. So yeah, this time, I took a leave for 3 weeks, encompassing almost the whole month of June. I only had 6 working days in June 2018. …