13:33 “For beginners, ‘over-intelligent’ tools are often the biggest obstacle to learning.”

Since I am using a “cleaned-up” tutorial, I shouldn’t obsess over the missing ‘X’ in the exercise. The core purpose of Lesson 1.4 is simply to learn how to use i to append missing characters. As long as I identify where a line is missing text and manually complete it, I’ve achieved the goal of the exercise.

Afternoon

I headed to the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) before sunset. The library is beautiful, though it was actually a bit crowded. I definitely plan to spend more time there in the future.

After leaving the library, I dropped by the bun shop next door. I picked up a box of buns but momentarily forgot to pay. The cashier got very angry with me, even though I had only just turned around and hadn’t even taken a single step away. I apologized to her, but I really didn’t appreciate her attitude.

I suspect that similar things must have happened to her before, which might explain why she reacted so poorly.

今天早上早早的去领了学生卡，然后去到办公室找赵师兄，师兄带着我去到老师的办公室。这是我第一次见到老师，老师给人很亲切的感觉，说的英语我也能几乎听懂。最后还用中文给我谈了好一会儿，挺安心的。

然后 chathuranga 和师兄给我搬了电脑，没几分钟就中午了。和 amirthan 一起去上课，他的胡子是真的茂盛。感觉他们说话有点听不懂。

到教室开始第一堂课，采矿概论。老师不是很熟练的样子，连怎么连接电脑都不会。老师是博士候选人，干起来很强壮的样子，说的英语我是一句也听不懂。

课程结束我就去办电话卡和银行卡了。结果银行卡没办成功，需要预约。电话卡办好了不能用，弄了一下午，最后搜小红书设置才搞好。不过居然要 80 刀的开台费，有点肉疼。

最后做了 40 多分钟的公交回来，到家已经比较晚了。发现大家都没有开台费，于是便自己在网上开始搜索。属于是中国人专坑中国人了，因为这件事导致我一直很郁闷。

晚上发现床垫上面有血渍，也是挺膈应的，我还是喜欢睡地板的感觉。

PS：对了，办卡被坑归被坑，但了解到了 ua 硕士的申请，并不是想象中那么困难。办卡小姐姐的情况和我和欢欢简直一模一样，要是她也能来这边就好了。