Hefei:-USTCHefei:-USTC
Jun 01, 2026
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Hefei: USTC

Actually USTC is very beautiful. We have 4 campuses: High-tech, main campus, a high school, and an island. The main campus can be divided into east campus, west campus, mid campus, and north campus. I

Hefei:-Sunflower-ParkHefei:-Sunflower-Park
May 13, 2026
456 words
Hefei: Sunflower Park

Sunflower park (花世界) is a European-style park located on Jinzhai Rd (so it's the same road as USTC east campus, just 20 km south) and next to Anhui Medical University. It

May 13, 2026
511 words
Russian and Ukrainian Poems

Pushkin is known as "наше всё" (our everything) and fundamentally shaped the modern Russian language. His great-grandfather was from Africa. Pushkin was bad at math in school, but extremely talented in literature. At that time,

Mar 29, 2026
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Reviewing LLMs

I haven't written tech posts for around a whole year. I had a messy divorce with tech. But now I got Master's offers and a PhD offer, and I am graduating, hopefully things will get

Mar 13, 2026
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Applying to Grad School in the US

I am thinking about applying for masters in CS in the US. It's already February. I thought about applying before but my mind was dominated by stress and the anxiety of failing classes. I applied

Writing Practice (but in Russian) We are writing essays of 300-400 words on typical topics from old TOEFL independent writing. Then we correct the grammar. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It

Nov 22, 2025
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Organizing My English Bookshelf

I read a lot from 2016-2021. Then I stopped reading in 2023.

7.6(evening)-7.20(evening), 7.6 in airport, 7.20 evening in airport, 14 days Total Spent: ~15000 RMB Flight (WeChat): ~6350 RMB 2. Transport/Trains: ~11000 RUB 3. Hotels: (Mastercard) ~33000 RUB 4. Utilities/Bank/Sim: ~8000 RUB 5. Residual/Food/Activities: ~41500 RUB

Visiting-BobruiskVisiting-Bobruisk
Aug 17, 2025
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Visiting Bobruisk

We are going to Бобруйск. 140 km, 1 час 40 минут. 2 kids sitting opposite of me whispered, "Nihao." The young girl unexpectedly gave me some chocolate. I am so grateful for the kindness! I

Visiting-BorisovVisiting-Borisov
Aug 16, 2025
289 words
Visiting Borisov

It's 16:45. We actually woke up at 13. Anyway, we are heading to Borisov, hoping to catch the 21:45 train back. We have 34 rubles in cash, but most currency exchange offices are closed today.