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the hidden oracle by rick riordan

I love the story. I hope there would be more books with LGBT characters in the future because representation matters. My usually non existent pride for my country beams with glee because Rhea wore a batik dress!!! Man, I root for Rhea. She is, like, probably the best titan so far. I can’t say anything else because at this point I am still too biased to point out the flaws of this book.

I can relate so much to Apollo LOL.

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1 year and a half in china and....

I have not tasted stinky tofu.

The smell put me off, every time I want to buy the delicacy, my nose immediately goes nope nope noppity nope. nOPE.

And some said it’s not vegetarian friendly?

And the professor who taught the course “水与健康” said we should not eat too many of those.

But the main reason is because my nose immediately goes nope nope noppity nope nOPE.

So, have you tasted stinky tofu? If you have, tell me how it tastes. I am curious.

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The hardest question of all...

“How are you?”

....please don’t make me think about my life.

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母亲节快乐!

Dear mum, having you is like having all the stars in the universe.

Happy Mother’s Day.

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QQ评价!

Kind of an honest pseudo-review

QQ is one of China’s biggest social media platforms. Think Facebook, Twitter, LINE Messenger, Whatsapp mashed up into this one giant app. It can do everything; private messages, group conversation, broadcast a message, send media files, documents, zip files, everything.

As if that’s not enough, it also provides emailing service.

If you’re a university student in China, you CAN NOT survive without this beast. Since this app does pretty much everything, when it comes to group convos for group projects or even class group, QQ is the first app to be used.

Since I was coerced into using this app, I loathed this app with all my heart. I associated, well, to be fair, associate this app with group projects (read: impending doom). Whenever I got a glimpse of that colorful penguin icon, there’s this burst of dread and anxiety behind my ribs.

I hate that app as much as I hate Dolores Umbridge.

Yeap.

The app does not have a language option however, in Baidu App Store, there is an English version for this app. I installed it but it was a complete, utter garbage. Instant uninstall. So. Yeah. No language option. I was so confused what was what at first.

“HOW DO I ADD YOU??” I bellowed internally.

“HOW DO I JOIN A GROUP?!!” I, internally, cried.

“WHAT DOES THIS STUPID ICON DO?????” I raged, internally.

I blame everything on this app. Bad mood? It’s because this forsaken app! Getting fat? Definitely because of QQ! Foolishly spilled water across my phone, sending it to short-circuit and broke? Because I installed the damned app, of course.

It was not my proudest moment.

Then again, I have so little of proudest moments.

The only good thing that came out from the whole ordeal is that I spend more time reading Chinese characters, so, yes, I learnt some new words.

One thing I like from the fact that it can send any kind of files, this app can ‘recall’ a message. Recalling a message pretty much means you took back whatever the hell you just said to the other person. Your message deleted permanently from your phone and the other person’s phone. Pretty much deleted from the surface of internet.

Accidentally sent a nude to your professor? No worries, just recall the message ASAP.

That is all.

Have a good day.

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Dorm room ~aesthetic~

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my aesthetic

singing various versions of eyes, nose, lips when roommate’s not around.

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Earth laughs with flowers.

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.