Sport

I got up bright and early, listened in on the group chat’s puzzle-setting conference, and drove to school for soccer—only to discover that “starts at 11:00” was pronounced “first match at 12:40,” while my team would not play until 1:20. I stormed off to seize a computer at the campus esports center. At long last, Zhuge Tianyao briefly got his hands on a machine with an i9-14800 and RTX 4080. The students around me: FPS, MOBA, team-based competitive gaming, every stat maxed out. Me: rhythm games. It was all very… ...

Today was tourism on special-forces difficulty: I finished the Great Wall at Juyong Pass in three hours, then went to the northern section at Badaling that afternoon. But this is exactly the time to run around while I am still a student. After all, I visited two sections of the Great Wall for the price of one adult ticket! I’m exhausted and going to bed early, so here is a quick record of the route and expenses. Almost everything was half-price with a student ticket, for reference only. (The route too, probably. Does anyone else actually climb the Great Wall like this?!) ...

The gale warning has already expired, so why is the wind still this strong today…? At last, I got up and ran! After only a few weeks away, Aobei Forest Park seemed completely transformed. Flowers of every kind bloomed beside the path, and one “good morning” after another opened the new day. Running really should happen right after a gale. At least the willow fluff cannot attack you and achieve maximum lung penetration ( ...

After basketball today, the kids and I made a promise. If you have followed the previous entries, you may have noticed that the geocaching content is reaching suspiciously high levels. The truth is that I have become thoroughly obsessed with this game, born in the year 2000. After finding so many caches, it was time to hide one of my own! We happened to need someone to give a short talk after basketball, so I told the story of me and geocaching. To me, searching for hidden things carries the strange pull of exploring the unknown. Judging by the children’s half-understanding expressions, they may not have shared my enthusiasm. ...

0:00-1:00 Playing a little MC, lights out 1:00-8:00 Washing up, sleeping 8:00-9:00 Getting up, washing up, making coffee, morning reading (1 John 5) 9:00-10:00 Morning reading, watching videos 10:00-11:00 Watching videos 11:00-12:00 Puzzle hunt, threading beef onto skewers 12:00-13:00 Roasting beef, eating lunch, watching videos 13:00-14:00 Watching videos, puzzle hunt 14:00-15:00 Rushing to basketball 15:00-16:00 Playing basketball 16:00-17:00 Playing basketball, listening to Mingchao’s talk 17:00-18:00 Cycling home, buying dinner, watching videos 18:00-19:00 Getting home, eating dinner, playing a little MC 19:00-20:00 Puzzle hunt, playing a little MC 20:00-21:00 Puzzle hunt, playing a little MC 21:00-22:00 Puzzle hunt, solving Dong’s puzzles, playing a little MC 22:00-23:00 Puzzle hunt, playing a little MC 23:00-24:00 Puzzle hunt, playing a little MC

0:00-8:00 Sleeping 8:00-9:00 Getting up, washing up, downloading videos, making coffee, eating toast, calling a classmate to wake him up 9:00-10:00 Morning reading (2 Peter 3), clearing my desk, playing a little MC 10:00-11:00 Playing a little MC 11:00-12:00 Playing a little MC 12:00-13:00 Playing a little MC (can we still call this “a little”?! Hey!) 13:00-14:00 Watching Kuuga, eating roast chicken 14:00-15:00 Rushing to basketball 15:00-16:00 Playing basketball 16:00-17:00 Playing basketball, celebrating a classmate’s birthday 17:00-18:00 Rushing to PKU for a magic lecture, writing my diary, listening to an audiobook 18:00-19:00 Magic lecture 19:00-20:00 Magic lecture 20:00-21:00 Magic lecture, geocaching at PKU 21:00-22:00 Geocaching at PKU, catching the metro home 22:00-23:00 Solving Ji’s puzzles (another double first solve, hooray!), washing up, sleeping 23:00-24:00 Sleeping Honestly, magic is fascinating! And I really got to see all that for free? ...

0:00-8:00 Sleeping 8:00-9:00 Waking up, reserving PKU campus entry, writing diaries, washing up, making coffee, calling classmate 9:00-10:00 Morning reading (2 Peter 1), roasting mutton, preparing backpack 10:00-11:00 Eating lunch, heading to the bookstore, recording books 11:00-12:00 Recording books 12:00-13:00 Recording books 13:00-14:00 Resting, rushing to play basketball 14:00-15:00 Playing basketball 15:00-16:00 Playing basketball 16:00-17:00 Playing basketball, listening to classmate’s 5-minute share 17:00-18:00 Rushing back to the bookstore, buying dinner, buying lemonade, recording books 18:00-19:00 Recording books 19:00-20:00 Tea party (James 2:1-9), eating fruit, performing in a skit, watching classmate drink Douzhi 20:00-21:00 Group discussion (showing favoritism in the church?) 21:00-22:00 Group discussion (treating people differently?), sharing prayer requests 22:00-23:00 Solving Ji’s puzzles, going home, washing up, washing feet (got blisters from playing basketball today, ahhh), getting into bed 23:00-24:00 Lights out, watching videos (seriously, why are there so many eccentrics in Pingzi-kun’s Confession Radio) Recording books is so exhausting that I’m questioning my life… There are so, so many other things to do, and absolutely no time… ...

Mom: What are you doing? We can call now, I’m free. Me: Played basketball in the afternoon, then ran to meet friends to play soccer, then rushed to a tea party. It just ended. So busy… Busy indeed. It feels as though a day contains fewer than twenty-four hours. So often I am halfway through something when I realize how late it has become, and the whole thing trails off unfinished. (This entry, for example, was filled in the next day.) At the tea gathering, a friend went straight to the heart of it: “Could it be that you are interested in too many things?” ...

The cold wind sighed this morning; the world rocked east and west, and I alone came apart inside it. In plain language: THE WIND WAS SO STRONG ON MY RUN AAAAAAH I’M NOT COMING TOMORROW ( Stayed in the bookstore until closing and felt as though I had accomplished nothing, so I cycled like a maniac to restore my psychological balance. (What kind of emotional outlet is that?) Looked up and somehow found myself at Olympic Forest Park. Wow. How mysterious. (Monotone.) ...

I stayed up late two nights in a row solving an overseas puzzle hunt, hence the missing updates. My sincerest apologies! Next time something like this happens, I will warn you in advance! But how did you know our team was the twelfth to finish all twelve puzzles? The meta drops at 2:00 tomorrow morning, so tonight I absolutely must sleep early! Hence the early post ( Over the past few days, my exercise volume has decreased slightly, but at the same time, my interactions with my classmates have increased. Sometimes I wonder if running to the library all day is really the right choice (after all, I also slack off in the library, cough cough), and activities with my classmates should also be an important part of life. ...