Harold

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speaks: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

learns: English, Spanish

likes: reading, fantasy, podcasts, programming, walking

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I worked in China as an Android Developer for 3 years. Now I have quit my job, and I am enjoying my gap year from July 2023 to June 2024. I planned to visit Philippine(Boracay), Indonesia(Ubud), Malaysia(Penang), Thailand(Bangkok, Chiangmai), Laos(Luang Prabang), Mexico(Mexico City), Argotino(Bueno Aires).

Shenzhen, China

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Get Things Done: My Take Away

Get Things Done, a self-help book written by David Allen, introduces some basic methods to arrange your daily tasks so that you can live a productive and stressless live. Here are my takeaways. The
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Sep 16 - 2 min. read

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Get Things Done: My Groceries Stall

I was rereading Get Things Done, a book about how to do your task management. I first read the book during my time at university and used its methodology to finish a hard project: to open a stall
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Sep 13 - 1 min. read

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The cat I never met again

Different Malaysian Chinese communities obviously have different features. In Bukit Mertajam, Malaysian Chinese mainly use Hokkien and Malaysian, and I hardly met any Westerners there. People living
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Sep 12 - 1 min. read

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Morning Run

After running in the early morning with Chinese Malaysian friends, we enjoyed our Chinese tea and Malaysian white coffee. We had planned to run at 6:30 a.m. but it was raining so we waited in a
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Sep 11 - 1 min. read

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Podcasts

I found a better podcast platform than Apple Podcasts called Overcast. Despite containing ads in the bottom, it is better because it provides an important feature: that I can search an episode using
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Sep 9 - 1 min. read

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Ethereum

I've been impatient these days. My attention skipped between different things and I cannot focus on one for a long time except for reading a novel. I tried an Ethereum class and after a while
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Sep 8 - 1 min. read

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Hiking Alone

I hiked the Tokun hill today. At first I took a taxi to the St. Anne’s Church, which was at the foot of the hill. The church had a big yard, an old and small basilica and a new and big basilica. From
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Sep 7 - 2 min. read

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Tea House

I want life to be enjoyable instead of suffering. Thus I also want to make my daily English study fun instead of tiring. After weeks of using flashcards, I find English-to-English flashcards are
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Sep 5 - 1 min. read

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Butterworth town trip

I planned to take the IELTS test when I came back to China in December. And I need to combine practicing and study together to improve my English skills. My main method of study is to memorize
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Sep 5 - 1 min. read

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Beer night

My host invited me out for a beer and barbecue with him. The host couple drove with an American and I to the barbecue place. It was on a grass field near the sea. A band was performing in the stage
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Sep 3 - 1 min. read

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Penang National Park

I had met a Chinese female in the Tail consulate. And we went to visit the Penang national park together today. I took a bus to there in the morning. The entrance was located in a quiet and beautiful
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Sep 3 - 1 min. read

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Thai Consulate in Penang

I went to the Thai consulate to apply for a Thai visa. It was said that there were always lots of people lining up. Today was Wednesday, also the day before the Malaysia National Independence Day,
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Aug 31 - 2 min. read

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Food Market

This was my first day in Penang, Malaysia. Most of the day, I stayed in my room and got my documents in order to apply for my Thai visa.  I went to a Tuesday Night Market at 5pm, which my hotel's
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Aug 30 - 2 min. read

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Last day in Ubud

This was my last day in Ubud. I stayed in the hostel where I had stayed for a week in the 6-bed dormitory half a month ago. But this time I stayed in a private room, paying 2 times more money than
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Aug 29 - 2 min. read

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Shōgun

I began to read a novel called Shōgun. It told a story which happened in 16th-century Japan. A boat with some Dutch and an English pilot struggled to find a shore and unexpectedly arrived at Japan.
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Aug 27 - 2 min. read

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Anand Ashram

I lived in Anand Ashram Ubud for 3 days. It’s a place for people who are interested in Yoga, meditation and mantra chanting. Our daily schedule contains tree mantra chantings before the three meals,
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Aug 26 - 2 min. read

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My English Learning Story - Part 4

At the end of July, I graduated from the language school with happy memories on the crystal blue beach and the friendly local people. I still stayed in touch with one of my teachers on Instagram,
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Aug 25 - 2 min. read

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My English Learning Story - Part 3

I studied English at Boracay, Philippines for 4 weeks, in an international English school opened by a Canadian 20 years ago. It’s my first time to go abroad. English immersion is challenging but
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Aug 24 - 2 min. read

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My English Learning Story - Part 2

At the end of my university, I planned to go to a graduate school to learn software programming. I needed to pass the graduate entrance examination. One of the four examinations was an English level
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Aug 23 - 2 min. read

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My English Learning Story - Part 1

I am 27 years old now. I had my first English course around at the age of 10. At that time English was not a course being taught at elementary school, and it usually was taught starting in middle
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Aug 22 - 2 min. read

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