1. Practice spoken English and writing.
2. Preview upcoming course content and review parts of past courses I didn’t fully understand.
3. Start reading literature and determine my research direction.

It’s time to start using my to-do app again; only self-discipline can solve these problems.

I studied phonetic symbols and practiced shadowing tonight. It’s hard to pronounce sounds that don’t exist in Chinese unless we build muscle memory through practice.

Unless gambling and drug abuse, we should give anything else more tolerance.

I redeemed an extra large coffee at Tim Hortons by points. I drank too much coffee and I first time felt the power of coffee; I thought it was useless before.

Dr. Zhao bought us some rams, so our computers get a legendary upgrade by adding another 16 gb ram. It’s very nice.

I polished and submitted the final assignment of sensing.

I prefer to the individual assignment rather than group work.

I don’t like my chair because it is a little bit tall. I will choose to kneel on the ground to use the computer.

Kourush played a piano music 🎹 for us, and Amir sang two songs for us. Chat leaded us to play the cheating game. It’s very nice.

After then, Amir invited me to go shopping. I preferred to go T&T, but he thought the price is too high, so we walked over to Walmart under very cold snow. My tummy was not feeling good, and I didn’t know what’s reason. I bought some instant meal in T&T.

It’s not a good idea to go shopping in winter in Edmonton.

I felt very sleepy today. A doesn’t want to do the common work when I was doing too much. I don’t like this.

After that, I felt boring and lazy. Went home very early.

We had our last class at noon, where we had to give our final presentation. At the end of the presentation, Dr. Mohammad asked us a question, but I was unable to answer it. I felt immediately sad and ashamed.

Ultimately, Dr. Mohammad gave us a score of 13/15. He is a very kind person, but in that moment, I felt like I had disappointed him.

These last two days have been genuinely tough. I feel like I have many shortcomings and a lot of studying that I need to do.

After the mining class, I had to prepare for the concrete exam that evening. I felt completely overwhelmed by the sheer amount of content and didn’t know where to start studying.

The first three hours flew by quickly, and then the two and a half hours I had left before the exam also vanished rapidly.

Unsurprisingly, I did not perform well on the exam. I feel terrible about it.

In the afternoon, I focused on reviewing class lectures to prepare for my final exam.

I attempted to use Copilot to develop a Zotero plugin that would export vocabulary words directly to Eudic, but unfortunately, it performed very poorly (or didn’t deliver good results).

After finishing my work, Amir and I made our first-ever trip to the Cameron Library.

Summary of Polish:

• “I polished and submitted the RFI 7 of Concrete Materials in Practice” shortened slightly to “I polished and submitted RFI 7 for the Concrete Materials in Practice course” (Clearer flow).

• “Afternoon, I reviewed the class lectures for preparing the final exam” changed to “In the afternoon, I focused on reviewing class lectures to prepare for my final exam” (Improved transition and verb choice).

• “I wanted let Copilot to develop a Zotero plugin…” changed to “I attempted to use Copilot to develop a Zotero plugin…” (More precise verb).

• “it did really bad” changed to “it performed very poorly (or didn’t deliver good results)” (More formal and polished phrasing).

• “Amir and I first time went to the Cameron library” changed to “Amir and I made our first-ever trip to the Cameron Library” (More idiomatic and emphasizes the novelty).

During lunch, Amir took the initiative to offer me a spoonful of curry.

The dynamics between us are definitely better than before. Amir and I are building a new, stable relationship, which is making me feel much more comfortable.

For dinner, I boiled a bag of instant noodles and fried some French fries. Afterward, I finished RFI 7 by remotely controlling a PC in the office.

Summary of Polish:

• “I was doing the RFI 7 of Concrete Materials in Practice” kept clear, with the course title italicized.

• “At noon, I had a Principles of Mining Engineering” changed to “Around noon, I had my Principles of Mining Engineering class” (Added “class” for clarity).

• “Amir took the initiative to give me a spoonful of curry” polished to “Amir took the initiative to offer me a spoonful of curry” (Slightly better verb).

• “new stable relationship which make me more comfortable” changed to “new, stable relationship, which is making me feel much more comfortable” (Improved tense and clarity).

• “boiled a bag of instant noodles and some French fries for dinner” changed to “boiled a bag of instant noodles and fried some French fries for dinner” (Clarified the cooking method for the fries).

• “finished the RFI 7 by remotely control the office’s PC” changed to “finished RFI 7 by remotely controlling a PC in the office” (Improved tense and phrasing).

I woke up early and found that my preparation time was much shorter than usual, thanks to having the microwave.

I spent the morning finalizing the slides for our group presentation. As is often the case, I didn’t enjoy the group meeting, and I realized I might have a somewhat unhelpful mindset.

I’m constantly worried about the professor’s judgment of me. Worse, I find myself adding my own negative personal thoughts to what I imagine the professors think, which then reflects negatively back onto myself. This cycle leads me to underestimate and doubt my own abilities. This process is genuinely damaging to my self-esteem.

After the group meeting, I walked over to the university pharmacy to get a flu shot. I realized that I’m becoming increasingly capable of handling things on my own, which is a great feeling. I’m truly doing well!

I also managed to complete some parts of RFI 7 with the help of the Claude Opus agent. It’s only when I actively use these technologies that I truly grasp their power and capability.

Summary of Polish:

• “I took shorter preparing time than before due to having a microwave” changed to “my preparation time was much shorter than usual, thanks to having the microwave” (More natural flow).

• “I didn’t like group meetings and I found that I have a abnormal mindset” changed to “I didn’t enjoy the group meeting, and I realized I might have a somewhat unhelpful mindset” (Improved wording; “abnormal” changed to “unhelpful”).

• “I even added some my personal negative thoughts to professors and exert back on myself” changed to “I find myself adding my own negative personal thoughts to what I imagine the professors think, which then reflects negatively back onto myself” (Clarified the difficult, internal thought process).

• “This process is really bad for me” changed to “This process is genuinely damaging to my self-esteem” (Used stronger, more specific phrasing).

• “I found I can gradually deal with a lot of things alone. I am really doing well.” combined and polished to “I realized that I’m becoming increasingly capable of handling things on my own, which is a great feeling. I’m truly doing well!” (Emphasized the positive realization).

• “Only when I use these technologies, I could found their power” changed to “It’s only when I actively use these technologies that I truly grasp their power and capability” (More precise and dynamic verb choice).

I woke up at 12 PM and then cooked some food for lunch. After that, I took a shower and took some time to relax. By the time it was approaching 4 PM, the sun had already set (or the sun was gone).

I spent some time studying my textbook, Writing Academic English. I recently discovered Zotero and found it to be a very good tool for taking notes and managing references. I plan to use it to take tons of notes going forward.

Later, I cooked a lot of food to prepare for the next few days.

Today, we had the final lecture with Mr. Mohammad. He was such a nice person and always cared for his students. I really admire him and hope to become someone like him one day.

We left school early today, and the sunset was absolutely beautiful—the clouds were so warm and vibrant.

I went with Amir to Southgate because he wanted to buy a phone for Black Friday.

Unfortunately, a staff member at the Rogers store had a very bad attitude. After we left the shop, Amir was so upset that he muttered a few choice words.

Finally, Amir wanted to stop at Walmart to buy some groceries, but I didn’t want to go. I was too tired and all I wanted was to lie down in my bed as soon as possible.

I didn’t sleep well last night, so I bought a coffee at Tim Hortons when I came school.

Amir and I wanted to go swimming, however the east pool was not available for public, at the same time, the west pool was very crowded.

We already changed our trunks and took a shower, we only could change back and leave.

Since we separated, amir was very happy and went to the karaoke.

When I got home, I found my cactus was freezing though I put it inside my room and next to the opened window.

I didn’t sleep well last night, so I bought a coffee when I arrived at school this morning.

There was a mining class; I still have some unsatisfied emotions towards Mr. Sorush.

17:02 Go home

Amir wanted to go to a talk about Venture capital to snag some pizza. I didn’t want to go; a part of the reason was my English, and another part of the reason was that I didn’t want to stay at school too late, and it’s not good if I left after eating some pizza.

Rui messaged me and wanted to treat me KFC or McDonald’s. It’s hard to order remotely and finally she sent me a red envelope.

I recorded the assignment video in the morning.

10:38 Arrive at Office

I continued to modify my presentation after arriving office.

Today’s group meeting was not bad, and I first time to tell others today is my birthday. I think this is a change to me.

15:39 Go home

I spend two hours on recording again, it’s boring and I felt my eyes painful. So I submitted it hastily. I felt better after that.

Oh, today I treated Amir for a personal pizza, for my birthday. It’s not bad. And then I bought a box of eggs, some pork ribs and a box of blueberries. Huan reimbursed me this bill.
I need to eat more vege and fruit.

18:59 Adjust the fontsize in Beamer

It’s hard to adjust fontsize in beamer, especially using Quarto as the writer.

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```{=latex}

\begingroup

\fontsize{6}{8}\selectfont

\color{red}

```


Target content


```{=latex}

\endgroup

```

I found we can easily to control the style on some specific content. It was defined at Authoring > Markdown Basics > Raw Content This method can disable raw_text to avoid output the command, refer to Pandoc - Pandoc User’s Guide

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Target content

Furthermore, I still can create some \newcommand at header-includes or preamble.tex, and then I can use the new command in whole document. It was defined at Reference > Formats > PDF > Includes

How to give a presentation

Introduction

Hello everyone, my name is Jinpeng,
and today I’m going to talk about topic
- going to give a presentation about/on topic
- going to share about topic

The presentation will be in # parts
First… Second… Third…
The presentation will be cover subtopic 1, subtopic 2… and subtopic 3.

* Please feel free to ask questions during the presentation
or please hold your questions until the end of the presentation

Sequence/Transition words

First, I’d like to talk about subtopic 1
Why is this important?
What do we need to know?
In conclusion/In sum/To conclude, main point about subtopic 1 (to reiterate, to say something again)
…
Okay, now I’d like to move on to subtopic 2.
Lastly, I’d like to talk about subtopic 3.

• First, second, third, fourth…
• Next, then, after that, last/lastly…
• Additionally, moreover, furthermore…

Conclusions and Q&A

I’d like to conclude today’s presentation by summarizing the information.

To end today’s presentation…

Q&A: If there are any questions, I’d be happy to address them.

Record on Nov 24, 2025

I attended the Sensing techniques and Data Analytics at noon. and I used Quarto + Beamer to finish a Beamer slides. I like this things to release human productivity.

In the evening, I went to the apartment’s swimming pool to learn swimming. I should be more brave.

Thursdays are tiring days because I usually got insomnia on Wednesdays. The most critical thing is that there is the concrete class till 8 PM every Thursday, which is accompanied with hunger, tiring and boring.

Today I finished the assignment 5 of mining, and made a Tex template of Quarto for assignment. It’s really useful for produce documents. I will keep learning Latex in the future.

Grammar check

Here’s a grammar and clarity check for your diary entry:

The rest of your writing is grammatically correct and natural. The entry effectively communicates your Thursday experiences and productivity. The only remaining suggestions would be stylistic:

• Consider adding more specific details about your insomnia or the concrete class to make the entry more vivid
• You might want to expand on why Quarto/LaTeX is useful for your workflow

To Soroush

I think it’s essential to allow students to make mistakes and show sympathy. Whatever for teachers or students, the ultimate goal is not grading or marking, but patiently guiding and leading us with truth and purpose.
Don’t ignore any information from students. As a teacher, you should give your feedback to students, whether rejection or affirmation, and give your reason; rather than ignoring.

Write Assignment 5

The teacher is not good.

Create Quarto Template

1. Don’t use a blank line in math mode in Quarto
2. pdflatex can not deal with the Unicode symbol
3. Too much trouble when using latex
4. align in $$ will report an error, but aligned doesn’t.

Typst

It seems a better choice for writing, and it can excellently cooperate with Quarto.

Complete the Engg template with copilot

The copilot in Github is very strong and useful! Amazing!

Amir can swimming, but I can’t; I need to learn it. Thank my little Huan delivered gaggles and trunks to me. It’s really useful.

Dr.zhao retook graduation photos today, he was very happy, so many people said congratulations to him. The everyone of our group took a photo with him individually.

Grammar check

Here’s the grammar and clarity check for your diary entry:

The rest of your writing is grammatically correct and natural. The diary entry effectively communicates your experiences while maintaining a personal tone. The corrections mainly address small grammatical issues and improve clarity in a few spots.

There was the group meeting today, and I don’t like it due to my sensitivity. But it’s useful to let me face my sensitivity and change it.

I always thought others will judge me for my ability or my behaviors. I knew that was not right, but I can’t control it sometimes.

Amir gave me a great support, and I really appreciate him. I think I shouldn’t always emit the negative aspect to others. I need to change my mind and be brave.

Don’t assume or suspicious others will judge you first.

Notes from Gemini

https://youtu.be/fzIxD1jXn44?si=4COr4Hyzf7bhtwQX

Here are notes summarizing the key points and phrases from the video “How to Give a Presentation - Business English.”

1. Introducing Yourself and Your Topic

You need to establish who you are and what you are talking about immediately. Adjust your language based on the formality of the situation.

• Introducing Yourself:
  • Formal: “Good morning everyone. For those who don’t know me, my name is [Name] and I work in [Department].” or “Before we begin, let me introduce myself briefly. I’m [Name]…” [01:01]
  • Informal: “Hi guys, if you don’t know me, I’m [Name]…” or “I see some new faces so I’ll introduce myself first.” [01:18]
• Introducing the Topic:
  • Simple Topic: “Today I’m going to be talking about…” or “I’d like to talk to you today about…” [01:45]
  • Complex Topic (Roadmap): Break it down into stages. “I’ll begin by outlining… and then I’ll go on to highlight… Finally, I’ll briefly discuss…” [02:10]

2. Engaging the Audience

Good speakers work hard to earn attention; bad speakers assume they already have it. Use these three techniques to hook your audience early on:

• Establish a Problem & Solution: Connect a boring topic to the audience’s pain points.
  • Example: “Have you ever felt unfairly treated at work? … We’ve been working on new policies to ensure fair recognition.” [05:22]
• Mention a Surprising Fact or Statistic: Grab attention with data.
  • Example: “Did you know that the average office worker only does four hours of productive work a day?” [06:06]
• Tell a Short Story: Stories add an emotional dimension.
  • Example: “I once met a young salesman…” [06:34]

3. Organizing Your Presentation (Signposting)

“Signposting” uses specific phrases to show the audience where you are in the presentation. It follows the rule: Tell them what you’re going to say, say it, then tell them what you said. [07:44]

• Moving to the next point:
  • “Next I’d like to talk about…”
  • “Let’s move on and discuss…”
  • “At this point, I’d like to turn to…” [10:28]
• Adding detail:
  • “Let me go into some more detail about…”
  • “Let’s examine [topic] in more depth.” [10:54]
• Concluding/wrapping up:
  • “To wrap up, let’s remind ourselves…”
  • “Let’s review the key points from this session.” [11:04]

4. Dealing with Problems

Things often go wrong. Use these phrases to recover smoothly without panicking.

• If you lose your place / forget a word:
  • “Where was I?”
  • “So, what was I saying?”
  • “What’s the word in English again?” (Look at your cue cards instead of staying silent). [13:15]
• If you make a mistake:
  • “Let me rephrase that.”
  • “Actually, what I meant to say is…”
  • “To clarify, I wanted to say that…” [13:51]
• If you forgot to mention something important:
  • “Let me just add one more thing.”
  • “Let me return to an earlier point briefly.” [14:15]

5. Handling Difficult Questions

Use the “Three D’s” strategy when you can’t (or don’t want to) answer a question immediately.

• Delay: Give yourself time to research or think.
  • “I’ve allocated time for questions at the end…”
  • “I’m not in a position to answer that right now, but I’ll get back to you later.” [14:52]
• Deflect: Pass the question to someone else.
  • “That’s an interesting question. Before I answer, I’d like to know what’s your take on this?” [15:20]
• Dismiss: If the question is irrelevant.
  • “Thanks for your input, but I don’t see how that’s connected to what I’m saying.”
  • “I don’t mean to be blunt, but I don’t think that’s relevant to today’s discussion.” [15:49]
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I mainly improved the project of sensing techniques.

Dr. Zhao met a problem about machine learning, and I tried to help him solving this problem.

20:14 Sync

It took about 40 minutes for commuting.

14:51 My phone fell into the toilet

One second before, I thought whether my phone on my leg would fall into the toilet and the next second it fell.

23:15 Write journal

I found that Amir likes to hangout around especially at supermarket.

Tonight, he wanted buy a trunks, so I accompanied him to go to Walmart, but finally he didn’t buy anything, and I bought a lot groceries.

In addition, ZJ told me that he thought we can have another roommate. It’s crazy in my heart, however I only said I don’t recommend to do that. Moreover we only have one bathroom.

He might be thinking that I’m kind and easy to get along with. Perhaps he didn’t know all these are from inclusive roommate, or called tolerance.

grammar check

Here’s a grammar, spelling, clarity, and naturalness check of your writing in table format:

The rest of your writing is grammatically correct and sounds natural. The main issues were:

• Some awkward phrasing that could be more natural
• A few missing articles (“the”, “a”)
• Some verb tense inconsistencies
• A few missing prepositions

Would you like me to explain any of these corrections in more detail?

I got up early and cooked some pasta for lunch because I didn’t cook last night.

I arrived at the office about 09:48, and got off work at nearly 5.

I accompanied Amir to buy his trunks, but there isn’t any shop selling it. Damnit.

I should be used to write diary on my phone. Turning on my laptop is a thing which is full of obstacles.

And I need to write more words to practice my writing.

Practice makes perfect!

Here are some grammar suggestions for your diary entry [[2025-11-12]]:

1. “This week is reading week, which means it doesn’t have any classes.”

   • More natural: “This week is reading week, which means there are no classes.”

2. “I arrived at the office about 09:48, and got off work at nearly 5.”

   • More natural: “I arrived at the office at about 9:48 AM and left work at nearly 5 PM.”

3. “I accompanied Amir to buy his trunks, but there isn’t any shop selling it.”

   • Correction: “I accompanied Amir to buy his trunks, but there weren’t any shops selling them.”
   • (“trunks” is plural, so “shops” and “them” should match)

4. “I should be used to write diary on my phone.”

   • Correction: “I should get used to writing my diary on my phone.”
   • (“get used to” + gerund is the correct form)

5. “Turning on my laptop is a thing which is full of obstacles.”

   • More natural: “Turning on my laptop is something that’s full of obstacles.”

The rest of the entry is grammatically correct. The quote “Practice makes perfect!” is perfect as is.

Would you like me to suggest any stylistic improvements as well?

Submitted the RFI 5 of Concrete.

01:21 Sleep

the guy who offend me yesterday, bought some donuts as a gift to me for apologizing. Amir and Chat said I took it.

15:45 Donuts

I shared the donuts to Mohanmod and group members.

I was attending a mindfulness workshop.

It’s snow today, Amir and I were very happy, we took some photos.

13:25 Thank Chat

In the noon, a guy said his friend taught him a Chinese sentence, and asked me wheather know about it.

But that sentence was a dirty and rude one. I told back: fuck you!

Later, I told this thing to my friends, just right the guy came across. Chatrangha called the guy and scold him, and the guy immidiately apologized to me.

16:50 Go to the Concrete class

The Concrete class was really tough, cold, tired, boring, hungry.

17:49 Get off work

10:10 Buy some clothes and shoes

14:21 Buy Snipaste

I have become extravagant with my money. I spent ￥81 on Snipaste to unlock the Pro version.

16:41 Tired

I hate the Sorush who teaches the MIN E 610, and the assignment is useless.

17:04 Dizzy

If I buy a black coffee, I can drink it all day.

17:59 Get out of work

20:36 Confuse

It’s hard to communicate with my roommate.

15:44 Go out for haircutting

An old lady cut my hair, she was really dedicated but really bad at haircutting.

I haircut again by myself after going home.

Received the parcel from Huan. It’s very happy.

15:27 Stellarium

This App can observe the sky.

16:42 Advanced Ethics and Academic Citizenship

Finished the Ethics and Academic Citizenship and Advanced Ethics and Academic Citizenship.

21:38 Deswik.CAD Essentials

Finished the Deswik.CAD Essentials module, Open Pit Metals - Scheduling to constraints, Short term ramp design.

18:59 Go home

I finally finished the project on sensing and submitted it. Felt a little release.

Today’s group meeting, Shiva pointed me out as the chairman. Unbelievable!

Prof. Liu said Don’t work too much. We should focus on our mental health.

23:05 Study the Ethics and Academic Citizenship

Went to Triffo Hall with Amir after the sensing class.

15:36 Special list

Dr. Wu

15:36 Sensing techniques and data analysis

Felt tough, due to unable focus on.

16:10 Can not concentrate

A singer sang some songs at university, his voice is very beautiful.

The third one arrived at the Office.

12:14 Preview the lecture 16 mining

However, the lecture teacher used is lecture 14; he made a mistake in the last class.

14:36 Sleepy

16:02 Fail to use SCSS in Hugo

I have to write the concrete assignment now.

16:07 Achieve the line break function in quick record

This is a test line.

22:14 Can't understand The Twits

It seems there is a lot of irony.

22:25 Wash

Recently, my eyes have always felt uncomfortable. I need more good sleep, or I need to go to the hospital to do a medical exam.

I applied a training program and was selected, I sent an email to Prof. Liu to inform him and get his approving.

12:02 Buy a coffee with Jian and Chat

It seemed that coffee is not effective for me.

12:11 Achieive directly record

Upgrade the now.ps1 to perform direct recording.

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function now {
    & "D:\A\Jeapo's blog\assets\code\now.ps1" @args
}

12:25 Have lunch with Jian and Chat

Bitter gourd was not bad.

13:25 Test recording via PowerToys

13:28 So convenient

Test the enter function， it doesn’t work well.

13:32 TBA means To Be Announced

Stupidly, I thought the room TBA is a room named TBA. Amir told me that means to be announced.

15:31 Drink Jasmine Tea with Jian and Chat

Drink some hot water is good for us.

16:56 Have a toothache

Toothache is so painful, due to eating KFC fried chicken last Sunday.

17:31 Get off work

I couldn’t continue working now, just get off work.

22:41 Wash the dirty socks

Tired

23:33 Follow and read the movie: The Twits

I took a tablet of melatonin and feel sleepy now.

Good night.

I need to arrive at the office earlier; the daytime is too short.

22:29 Quarto shortcuts

Every day is busy, but I’m lazy; I can’t be lazy.

16:01 Submit Assignment 3 of Mining

I am still concerned about the 50% deduction on my assignment 1.

16:52 Preview study

Focus Verb. I felt calm when I focused on the verb in each sentence.

Today Jian and Chathuranga invited us to have bear together. This is the first time drinking in Canada, it was a new expierience.

I didn’t sleep well due to not taking melatonin.

10:00 Sad

I only got 50/100 scores on the assignment of Mining. I forgot to click the submit button, and I sent an email to appologize, and the techer said no worries. Damn it.

23:58 准备睡觉

今天发生了很多伤心的事情

首先是查看成绩，自己因为迟交被扣除了50%的成绩，非常难过；其次和Amirthan有一些观念上的不合，关于跛脚、作业、披萨；再就是作业实在有点多。

不设置编码会导致保存的时候乱码，切记。

回顾今天：起床，意面，学习，上课，吃饭，学习，困，看电影，回家做饭。刷抖音

Finally, I have a good relax. I haven’t been sleeping well lately.

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因为编码问题，上面的中文信息保存失败了。回想一下：主要是第一次感叹理解了傅里叶变换，脑子被打开了。3B1B 做的视频太好了，点赞。

下午做了一下午的 project，还是比较耗时间。下午去陪 Amirthan 参加了学校社团里的一个活动，聊天交朋友的。特别紧张和内向，感觉还是需要克服一下。到 Southgate 又买了件衣服，还遇到了 Chataranga 和他老婆，哈哈。

I couldn’t fully understand if I was not preview lessons in advance.

14:28 Catched by Dr. Liu

I will be catched ever time if I didn’t study.

16:44 Use Balabolka and NaturalVoiceSAPIAdapter achive read aloud

I can use computer to read any lecture materials. Nice

I felt that my speaking and listening ability had decreased.

12:49 Janice

Janice is a cross-platform open-source software, especially for viewing and simply handling JSON files. It’s perfect to help me solve the big JSON file problem.

18:15 Get out of work

Today is a focus day.

20:59 Eat dumplings

Recently, I became busier than before. I am already lazy for cooking.

Prepare to do some assignments after eating dumplings.

21:34 Improve PowerShell profile

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# Record now
function now {
    param(
        [switch]$t,
        [string]$TyporaPath
    )
    & "D:\blog\assets\code\now.ps1" @PSBoundParameters
}

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    )
    
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        $date = Get-Date -Format "MMMM d, yyyy"
        $time = Get-Date -Format "HH:mm"
        $Message = "diary: $date $time"
    }
    
    Write-Host "Adding all changes..." -ForegroundColor Cyan
    git add .
    
    Write-Host "Committing with message: $Message" -ForegroundColor Yellow
    git commit -m $Message
    
    Write-Host "Pushing to remote..." -ForegroundColor Green
    git push
    
    Write-Host "Done!" -ForegroundColor Green
}

Set-Alias -Name n -Value now

Now can directly call Typora to edit diary so that can get Grammarly support.

23:00 Learn how to input en dash(–) and em dash (—)

An en dash is used to express a range and to build a relationship.

An em dash is used to express a stop or supplementary explanation and tone shift.

It’s perfect now.

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# ===== CONFIG =====
$hostname = $env:COMPUTERNAME
if ($hostname -eq "DESKTOP-KC9K3N7") {
    $vault = "D:\blog"
} else {
    $vault = "D:\A\Jeapo's blog"
}

Set-Location -Path $vault

# ===== DATE INFO =====
$yyyy    = Get-Date -Format "yyyy"
$month   = Get-Date -Format "MMMM"
$mm      = Get-Date -Format "MM"
$dd      = Get-Date -Format "dd"
$curtime = Get-Date -Format "HH:mm"
$isodate = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ")

$folder  = Join-Path $vault "\content\diary\$yyyy\$month"
$file    = Join-Path $folder "$yyyy-$mm-$dd.md"

# ===== Ensure folders =====
if (-not (Test-Path $folder)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $folder | Out-Null }

# ===== Create file with template if missing =====
if (-not (Test-Path $file)) {
@"
---
title: "$yyyy-$mm-$dd"
date: "$isodate"
categories:
  - diary
series:
tags:
mood:
weather:
location:
rating: 1
stime:
release: 0
draft: true
---
"@ | Set-Content $file
}

# ===== Input Mode =====
# Write-Host "Wow! What did you do just now?" -ForegroundColor Cyan
# Write-Host "Type your entry. Press Enter 3 times to finish." -ForegroundColor DarkGray
Write-Host "`r`n### $curtime " -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -NoNewline

$lines = @()
$emptyCount = 0   # 记录连续空行次数

while ($true) {
    $line = Read-Host
    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($line)) {
        $emptyCount++
        if ($emptyCount -ge 3) { break }
        $lines += ""
    } else {
        $emptyCount = 0
        $lines += $line
    }
}

$entry = $lines -join "`r`n"

if ($entry.Trim().Length -gt 0) {
    Add-Content -Path $file -Value "`r`n### $curtime $entry"
    Write-Host "Saved to $file"
} else {
    Write-Host "No entry written."
}

00:21 Good Night

Go to bed.

10:45 improve the add note script

I probably won’t update it anymore, it’s very useful.

15:30 get some free pizza

During the class break, I and Amir went to triffo hall to get some pizza. Because we heard that there will be a lecture today, and there will be free pizza.

Indeed, we got some pizza there, but we backed the class late. In addition, We made some disturb to the lecture.

So, I was regret for this and I think I won’t do that anymore.

16:11 Profile config

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# ? $Profile ??????

function now {
	& "D:\A\Jeapo's blog\assets\code\now.ps1"
	clear
}

# ===== ??????? =====
Set-Alias -Name n -Value now

Now, I can conveniently add note to diary without startupping Obsidian.

23:39 give up to set writing at startup

It is very convenient to use alias start recording.

23:42 Optimize line break

now can automatic add a line break at each record.

I just did an assignment of Principles of Mining Engineering

I played the Red Dead Redemption 2 for a while after school.

It was a tiring day.

It’s so sad. I have a group meeting at noon, and I have to be the host. I will come back after the group meeting.

In the afternoon, I went to get a free haircut with Amirthan. I didn’t like the fact that my hair was cut by three people.

Today I stewed pork ribs myself and made beef spring rolls in the evening. They were very delicious.

In the afternoon, I went to help Amirthan solve his homework problems for the afternoon.

Chat PGT is still not very reliable when it comes to complex issues. The more you help, the more confused you become. You still have to rely on yourself.

I still spent a whole day doing homework. It was still quite complicated, but I didn’t find it difficult.

I made some dumplings myself in the evening and they were quite delicious. I’ll freeze them and eat them later.

There is a big age gap and a generation gap between us, which always feels a bit awkward.

We redeemed the pizza voucher I’d redeemed for my phone card. It was delicious, though a little light on the chicken.

After we finished, we headed back home.

Supplementary recording on September 30

I don’t even dare to pick up the water.

I don’t have classes today and I have already forgotten what I did today.

Supplementary recording on September 30

In the morning, I felt colder than before. I quickly washed my face and brushed my teeth, and then took some rice into my lunch box.

I was the first arrival at the office. I just did some check-in procedure; the time went to noon.

There was a group meeting at noon. I was a little nervous about the group meeting because I hadn’t done too much last week.

In the afternoon, I just replied to some emails and helped Amirthan with the assignment for the sensing technique class.

Maybe I should spend more time at home.

附记

昨晚接到诈骗电话说给我送快递，说没联系上（我确实最近有买东西），然后帮我查询，然后说是我寄出去的，是违禁品，被海关查了，然后要给证据啥的说明，然后就开始不对劲了，说接到广州海关警察那边，我已经发现90%诈骗了。我继续跳转，发现警察口音明显装模作样的，我直接开始大骂，那边一开始还没反应过来，反应过来我挂了。然后开始搞我了

The weather is getting colder day by day. It seems there are a lot of things that haven’t been done yet.

14:26 After class and lunch

Talk to Chatragan about our experiences.

Then I took a nap, and then Prof. Liu came to the office to talk with Chatragan. I was a little embarrassed.

In the morning, I talked to the Bell staff who helped me get a phone card. I told her that I solved my problem yesterday. She was very happy and asked about the conditions of using Tellus. I even taught her how to set the DNS to boost the Chinese service.

Then I went to the TD ATM to withdraw some money, and then I deposited this money into the RBC bank.

I bought a hot dog, which cost me CA$7.89. This is a simple robbery. Unfortunately, some sauce from the hot dog accidentally dropped on my pants. The spot position was just in the middle of my groin. I’m so embarrassed. Fortunately, I bought a tissue today.

I had an appointment with Mr. Robert. I was a little afraid of talking to the teacher. The ending is good because Mr. Robert is very patient and kind.

Today is a shy day. I studied for a while in the morning. Afternoon, I had some coffee with my classmate, Dr. Zhao, who ordered for me because I forgot to link my bank card with the App.

I went to a mixer with Amirthan. I am always shy and introverted in these situations.

I hated myself. Especially the English is very poor.

So, I talked to the Bell staff for 1 hour after arriving at school.

There were two classes today. The class at noon, I am always getting sleepy. I had a little blame to myself.

I did some assignments on the day.

In the afternoon, Dr. Zhao, Dr. Chatranga, Amirthan and I went to buy some coffee. I don’t like drinking coffee, but I would like to hang out with someone.

After getting back home, ZJ made some noodles to share with me. It’s not bad.

Perhaps due to drink too much coffee, I felt sleepy, but I can’t get to sleep.

Writing in English is still a little difficult for me, and it is related to my speaking capacity. My brain is still a Chinese brain. Before speaking, it needs to be translated into Chinese first.

Therefore, what I should to do is insisting practice my writing and speaking skill by writing diaries and speaking everything.

Writing diary

In the morning, Tellus’s staff followed the appointment and called me to install the WiFi router. I came out of the apartment to pick him up.

I don’t know whether I should have paid a tip to him. ChatGPT said, You don’t need to pay a tip to him, because they are the employees of Tellus.

After finishing it, I ate a banana and then took the train to go to school. I bought Spotify Premium with a student offer yesterday, so I installed this software on my office computer this morning.

A few moments later, I went to the Sensing course. This classroom is very cold, at least for the three of us, that’s the case. And the course time covered the whole noon, we didn’t have time to have lunch. It will be better than the afternoon in winter, the teacher said.

Writing more words is always good. Today is a nice day, and I found that I could gradually understand what others said.

There were two classes yesterday. The first one is Principles of Mining Engineering, and the second class is Concrete Materials in Practice. The first should be easy for me, but it became difficult in the English environment, so I need to put in extra effort to learn it after the class. About the second class, there are too many chemical terms and concrete terms. That’s why I feel it’s difficult; even my classmate who is from Shiri Laka also felt it was a little difficult.

It’s already 8 PM after class. ZJ made some pasta for me. My sister and mom called me while ZJ was cooking.

Not a bad day.

This command is very useful when syncing files between different devices.

15:08 Prepare to go home

In the morning, I went out to practice my English speaking on the lawn. Learning a language by speaking is a useful method. I think I should insist on this way.

At noon, I submitted the Mine 610 assignment to Canvas and sent the concrete assignment to the teacher’s email. I felt a little bit nervous, because I want to get an excellent score, and this is my first assignment in English.

The time in the afternoon is always tiring and boring, so I want to go outside to enjoy the nice weather and the beautiful nature.

I am afraid of I don’t have enough time to eat, so I ate my lunch early.

In the morning, I pre-learned the content of today’s lecture, and I might feel better while in class.

15:02 Feel a little tired

Communication via Email is a very efficient way. Today I received a lot of Email about my roll-in, funding. I only see the school’s staff in person once, due to re-image my computer, otherwise we just sit in front of the computer, and then all things will be done.

Starving

Because I ate too less lunch, I felt hungry and sleepy. So I went home at 4:30 PM, and I cost $10 to buy a pan of India food.

I was still hungry, I quickly went to the University station, and then take the train to go to home. I cooked some pasta and double-cooked meat for dinner.

The oven had a some spots which was dirty after a long cooking. I do my best to clean it, and it just had a little effect. Whatever, I cooked the eggs with tomatoes for tomorrow’s lunch.

I’m so tired that I didn’t finish the journal in the office.

Since I received a $120 bill from Fido the day before yesterday, I was still feeling a bit upset about it. So today I think I should go ask Bell, because the people at Bell had promised me that no money would be charged.

The Bell staff spent an hour helping me, but still couldn’t get in touch with anyone from Fido-totally ridiculous. In the end, I asked the person who helped me open the account, and even the manager of Bell, who was already at work. The consistent answer I got was that no money would be deducted, which put my mind at ease.

At school, I started working on my coursework. Doing assignments in English is still quite difficult for me, and I don’t even know how to get a lot of resources I need.

By the afternoon, I had basically finished the homework, so I got ready to slip back home and cook. At home, I fried some rice and boiled some vegetables. Cooking for myself feels a lot more casual and free.

Oh, and since I bricked my old phone yesterday, today I secretly took a break and flashed Lineage OS on it. With the school’s network, it should work pretty well, and all the Google apps are connecting normally.

I already can write blog on my new computer at office. Everything is becoming good over time.

15:36 Orientation with Professor Liu

objectives, money, future

After the noon’s class, Amirthan and I go to the Dr. Liu’s office. He said he will give me a orientation.

The key words of the orientation are about the objectives, money and future. But so many content we talk about, I can’t write all of things. The core concepts is as follow:

• We must learn how to concentrate on our research
• Do not work for long time, 40 hours a week is enough
• Do save money, take care of ourself
• Keep the private time, keep respect with each other

Finished the Config of New Computer

There is nothing in my home. So I don’t want to go home even after 5 PM. I utilized this time to set up my blog config and complete the internet appointment.

May be I should learn how to relax and enjoy Life. Canada is a beatiful contry, We should take more time for the nature.