Recent life updates:

1. After more than half a year of deliberation, I finally ditched my BlackBerry and switched to the Galaxy Note.

The dilemma on the right occurred when choosing a new phone model. I had always intended to stick with BlackBerry, so the 9780, 9810, and 9900 were all in consideration. Ultimately, I somewhat settled on the 9780 (second from the right). However, endless network disconnections, a lack of apps, and a small screen were major factors that deterred me from continuing with BlackBerry.

The piles of books on my desk and by my bedside are growing thicker, and my cultural debt is mounting. I only completed 9% of my 2011 reading plan, and I’m not sure how much I’ll achieve in 2012. My pace with physical books is decent, but e-books are much more taxing. It’s the weekend again, so I’ll start by tackling “The Great River.”

The most painful and confusing thing in the world is when you want to do something, only to realize that there’s another similar thing you haven’t done yet; the former is something you love, while the latter is something life forces upon you. Which one should you choose?

After holding onto my BlackBerry for five years, it finally became a thing of the past as the 8900’s casing was too battered to look at.

Undoubtedly, BlackBerry, as a tool to enhance work and life efficiency, has its unique charm and strengths. These factors were also significant reasons that held me back from switching phones, such as the physical keyboard, shortcut keys, and battery life. As a once die-hard BlackBerry fan, I had a high dependency on these iconic features, much like how I once thought I could never get used to laptops without a trackpoint. When I first considered changing phones, I still looked towards the traditional physical keyboard domain, but found little. Under the influence of Steve Jobs, the world has largely abandoned physical keyboards.

Alright, I’m behind the times, just found out that a mouse can be directly plugged into a phone… So, how do you project the phone’s display content onto a monitor?

Today’s air quality in Foshan… It can rival that of the Magic City.

Typing on Android is such a pain and frustration; BlackBerry is at least five times better than this. Not to mention the feel, just the process of selecting characters is enough to drive you crazy. Misoperations are almost unavoidable, and while English typos can be automatically corrected, for Chinese, it’s just deldeldeldel.



Just now, I got an electric shock when unplugging a plug. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and threw the plug away. Is this poor-quality power strip given by the computer city trying to kill someone? Upon further disassembly, damn, it’s all a scam!! If anyone is using this, throw it away immediately.

Android is just a power-hungry monster! All the battery is consumed by the system. Even 2500mAh doesn’t last long.

Ticket Purchase

Undoubtedly, the launch of the 12306.cn ticketing website by the Ministry of Railways is a belated but beneficial policy for the people. Fortunately, I acted early during the New Year’s Day holiday and effortlessly secured a ticket for the special train I’ve taken dozens of times during my four years at university. However, as the saying goes, “A blessing in disguise,” the immediate consequence of buying the train ticket too early was having to request leave days in advance to return home; and returning home too early meant I couldn’t purchase a return ticket because there was no internet access at home.