Record the day of entering the second year of graduate school…
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It feels like things occasionally go beyond expectations.
I originally planned to change dorm rooms in early August, but later they said to wait a bit longer for a lower floor.
So I decided to take advantage of this gap and go home for a while.
Recently I learned that the dorm change date has been postponed again.
If I rebook my train ticket, staying at home for a few more days wouldn’t be impossible.
However, the return-to-school date I had previously set was these past two days, so staying longer isn’t very reliable.
Too lazy to rebook, I’ll go back to school tomorrow.
What I’ll do afterwards? I don’t know yet.
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I feel that at least the administration probably won’t check whether you actually arrive at the dorm on schedule 
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This isn’t an inquiry from the school; the date submitted to the supervisor is this one. Even if it’s a few days late, it’s no big deal.
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Then I just don’t understand 
It’s about moving dorms, and I’ve asked about it many times. I still have to ask. The reason is that the freshmen have all chosen their dorms, so what’s up with my moving dorm? I originally planned to move late, intending to live on a lower floor. Not being able to live on a lower floor would be a bit painful… Although it’s just a phone call, it’s still rather annoying. On the other hand, if I don’t make a phone call to confirm, I keep having doubts in my mind.
Even if it’s truly bad news, it’s better than being kept in the dark. This could be left to someone else, but that person is a lazy dog, so I have to say it first and handle it myself. Looking on the bright side, maybe there are still vacant rooms on the lower floors, which would be ideal. Logically, since the freshmen have all chosen their dorms, I’m inclined to think there aren’t many options left. This kind of situation always feels a bit like a trap—people finish the selection quietly without any notification. So we still have to keep calling and pestering to stay in sync with them?
The painful part is that I can only stay on the high floors. At the time they said we would soon have a low floor, which feels like being completely tricked. The thought of having to live in such a junk dormitory makes me feel bleak. My mood is as gray as today’s overcast sky. But after all, every freshman has unlucky people who didn’t get a low floor. Probably the graduate enrollment has expanded, and even a crappy dorm like Jia Er is now packed.
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Come to the lab. Set up the computer and also tidy up some
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I really just lounged today. Going back to the dorm tonight might be looked down upon by my fellow lab mates, since I just moved in and already want to settle in? But I still feel I should go at my own pace; staying in a new environment always brings some pressure. When I get to the lab, theoretically I shouldn’t just stick to my workstation all the time— I should try learning to do experiments. However, I feel that learning to do experiments is a bit daunting, and I don’t even know who to ask for guidance. So I slipped away during lunch, wandering around the campus to calm my anxious mood. To soothe my anxiety.
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Now I feel that solving problems isn’t necessarily something too hard to accept. Advancing research in a laboratory environment seems much more difficult than solving problems. Solving problems tests the mind and proficiency, while doing experiments feels even more elusive. It may be because I have little experience; when faced with such practical matters, I feel that without a reliable person to guide me hand‑by‑hand, I lack confidence. So just getting started, I have to retreat a thousand times. Maybe this is the novice mindset; once I can chat and joke with the senior members of the lab, I’ll think these things are no big deal.
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Right now I’m in a goof‑off mode. Next, I’ll either look for papers at my desk and read them, or shamelessly go downstairs to the lab to learn how to do experiments. I should mainly be learning experiments, but at the moment I’m too lazy to do it because I need to find someone to learn from, and I haven’t decided who yet. Actually, in most cases I just do it myself; self‑learning is really maxed out. A high‑EQ way of saying it: it’s beneficial for developing the ability to solve problems independently. A low‑EQ way: I have to do everything myself, the advisor… I’m not going to say.
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These past couple of days I’ve been half goofing off and half reading articles; the experiments my advisor said I should learn to do haven’t been carried out. I’ve still gained something from reading over the past few days. Yesterday I had an idea: to compile everything I’ve read and organize the threads. Right now I need to find a research topic, and I hope to discover some clues through this organization. When looking for a direction, it’s easy to encounter a problem: what I think of, others have already done. I’ve dug deep into the literature these two days, and I can’t say there’s nothing that can be done. It’s somewhat productive.
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At the afternoon group meeting with my fellow lab members, he plans to present a paper. I have to present a paper next week as well, so I need to prepare one. In the dormitory there is someone who is probably a third‑year graduate student; at noon they wore formal attire, probably going to an interview. Recently it seems that the autumn recruitment is about to start. Over the weekend, I slept more, but my throat is really sore.
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The business battles in the TV drama “Da Yan Fang” are still interesting. The male lead wants to cheaply acquire the Japanese merchant’s cotton cloth, first by using a boycott of Japanese goods to eliminate most merchants, then sending people to accompany the competitor for a few days to stall them. Regarding the Japanese merchant, the male lead learns that the ship carrying the cotton cloth also has rice on board, and thus infers that the ship is transporting military grain, because the Japanese eat rice. After gathering the intelligence, the male lead understands the Japanese merchant’s mindset: the military situation is urgent, the Japanese are certainly eager to ship out, and in this buyer’s market he can bargain hard; later, buying low and selling high can earn a huge profit—indeed quite brilliant.
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At first, it seemed like the male lead was a bit bad 
But I know that decades ago, business battles were full of shady tactics everywhere, much worse than this.
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A few decades ago, most of those things required some initial accumulation; issuing a ticket with the left hand and the right hand— it feels like only people with connections could do that.
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I watched the film 《烈日灼心》. The criminal repays his conscience debt, but ultimately is brought to justice. Good and evil intertwine, and the ending is deeply moving.
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Listening to people chat in the lab is quite interesting. However, I’m still not familiar, and it feels difficult to jump into the conversation. Holding back feels a bit uncomfortable.
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Now I feel pretty motivated. The weekend group meeting requires presenting a paper, and I found one, though I’m not sure if it meets the requirements. This paper has a clear line of thought and is an excellent example. A quick read tells me how to organize the PPT for the presentation. I feel that by digging deeper, it could become a project to work on. Thinking this way really gives me the drive to get it done.
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