Being able to NOT think about work on weekends is a superpower

I need to stop late evening snacking😑

It seems that many westerners don't know what pomelos are. Let me show you - here's one I've just bought:

People discouraged me from reporting it to the police, saying the police won't catch the thief. But I still reported. And the police has registered the case in their system. I think it's everyone's duty to report crimes. The more information the cops get, the better they can help future victims.

Lol, everyone is asking everyone else if they have already been to the Christmas markets

Why are 'grapefruit' and 'pomelo' two totally different words in English? They taste similar!

Ah I should've tried soursop earlier. It's such a creamy fruit. I love it.

I always wonder how much uncredited work has been done in academia. Much of the data I collected was not published and will never be published. Some of my data was published without my name in the author list. I'm sure many early-career researchers have experienced the same shit. #AcademicSky

It always takes me long long time to write emails, but the receivers don't necessarily read them carefully 😒

The political climate in China is terrible now. I got censored too many times on Chinese social media these years. I can't imagine how many words are in their 'sensitive words' lists.

Many people on Twitter are saying they use AI to summarise journal papers. I've just tried, but the AI summary is shit. It doesn't understand the paper at all.

I normally don't feel lonely at work, but when the whole team get together and talk in their language and only I can't understand what they say, I feel lonely and isolated. Whenever it happens, I start to browse job boards, hoping to find a job that provides a more international work environment...

I wonder how coffee became so popular across the world 🤔 I hate coffee

How's my writing going today? I've just spent three hours writing two sentences 🙃

It's Monday again. I'm feeling undervalued again.

Lol, many people these days ask ChatGPT about everything 😅

I don't understand why I feel so embarrassed whenever I see someone wearing a same coat as mine 🥲

Ah shit, I just got pickpocketed on the tram. But fortunately I was alert enough and hopped off the tram and ran fast after the thief as soon as he pulled my phone out of my coat pocket and ran away. After about 100 metres of sprint, both the thief and I got tired and stopped running. 1/2

I've just learned that some people don't wash their dishes. They just wipe the dishes and reuse them. Ugh.

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I feel so sad seeing the price of my favourite cake increase again. Why are prices increasing several times a year whilst my salary stays the same?!

I've reached a point where I hate small talks so much that I've started imagining beating up those who force me into small talks

Almost everyone who doesn't try to keep their legs warm outdoors in the cold weather has developed knee problems

Only non-adults are celebrating the snowfall 😑 I as an adult know what the snowfall will do to my utility bills 💸

I spent this evening in a bookstore browsing this book. It seems that only 30% of what the book says is difficult for me to do, so I guess I'm roughly qualified as an adult 👏

Midweek blues + my spectrometer not working today

Being bilingual/multilingual is not always cool. Sometimes I forget how to speak my native language properly 🤦‍♀️

The level of misogyny on Twitter...

Ah, it's so hard not to put on any weight in this season 😭

Lol, sometimes I can't find my boss anywhere during the day until the moment I'm ready to get off work. When I put on my coat, grab my backpack, and walk to the door of my office around 6-7pm, he suddenly shows up and says something like 'hey, we need to talk about the spectra you took' 😬

I can't survive Mondays without chocolates

I can never understand why people love night clubs. They're such noisy places that I can't even tolerate their levels of noises when I walk past them on the street.

Those languages that don't adopt the SVO (subject-verb-object) order are really a big headache for me

Every time I open Facebook, I feel old

Am I the only one who's not excited about Christmas markets? Normally everything there is overpriced...

Ah shit, I've wasted an hour reading about which animals can walk backwards and which can't, and I forgot to eat the snacks for my afternoon break 😑

🤣 Yeah, but actually 90% of it is not urgent at all

Ah, but I admit that the post-travel depression also hits me hard

Travelling is such an expensive hobby, but I can't live without it. It's good for my mental health.

I love the cruise ship I chose this evening on Danube. There are endless performances. I enjoy listening to cimbalom.

Watching the sunset in Budapest

I was today years ago when I saw this Dyson 2-in-1 tap. Tap and hand dryer combined together, so convenient! This is the Hungarian National Museum's bathroom, by the way.

So far I love my trip to Budapest. Budapest is so warm that people are still eating and drinking outdoors everywhere in the city. I've also just enjoyed an al fresco lunch (but it was overpriced, as I was eating in a very touristy area). This Hungarian pork dish was delicious! 😋

Talked to a Polish lady yesterday. When I mentioned 'Marie Curie', she had no idea who she was🤦‍♀️ Later she figured out who I was referring to, and she told me she only knew the scientist's maiden name and didn't know she was referred to as 'Curie' by people who are not from Poland🤦‍♀️

Why do I feel relieved to hear that James Watson has died?

Whenever there's an awkward social situation, I tend to ask ChatGPT what I should say, and its answer always looks nice. But unfortunately I can't always adopt what it tells me to do, like "Don't over explain"😭 I just can't stop over explaining all the time😭

My supervisor said to me, "I'm sure you know our institute gives us an extra day off, so we're gonna have a long weekend." I nodded and was ready to tell him the trip I booked for the long weekend, but then he said, "here are some papers for you to read over the long weekend." 🤦‍♀️

Yeah, YouTube has recommended some AI-generated songs to me, and those channels don't tell you the songs are AI-generated. It's annoying.

Wow, that's convenient when I want to show people some papers at parties

The small research institute I'm working at has recently recruited a new advisor for its international office to help international students/staff deal with visas. This person has worked for the UN & later for an embassy. I can't believe a person with such a splendid resume is willing to work here😮