Passed CET-4/6 on the First Try, Zero Prep
Reposted from my QQ post: passed CET-6 with 583, no prep at all.
Archive
The English archive for Akari, ordered by date.
The University Life GalGame I'm Planning — Notes from the Trenches
Turning four years of university into a GalGame: from college applications and online lectures to family pressure, the Fall Line, the Surrender Line, the Million-Yuan Line and a hidden True Ending.
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The Junior High Overpass, a Refuge You Can't Go Back To
I used to write only about the bad parts, but junior high had beautiful memories too — standing on the overpass at night watching traffic, getting dragged out by friends, going on adventures. Most of the good things were concentrated in junior high. High school was fully closed, semi-Hengshui model. University gave freedom but youth was already gone.
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The Overpass, the Aviation Obstruction Light, and GQuuuuuuX
After watching GQuuuuuuX, I remembered my first love. He pursued me actively; I was too socially anxious to respond, so I took him to my favorite overpass — the place where nobody else ever stood, just me spacing out. Watching the traffic, heart rate slowly rising, body temperature going up a little, and then we got thirsty.
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luck.moe: Lucky Moe for 120 Yuan
As a broke freshman who scrounges for one-yuan coupons at Mixue, I snagged luck.moe on Porkbun's auction for $7 — a story of luck, moe, and eating grass for a month.
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The Lobster's Enhanced Hermes-Knockoff Returns
LLM context attention dilution and the absence of physical mutual exclusion — when variables meet the void where state machines and mutex locks should be.
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Disillusionment
The family I experienced was an extremely painful process of class descent — slow and agonizing, watching everything that was once normally ours gradually disappear.
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The False Self and the Patchwork Essay
Better a floor of real shattered glass than a perfect plastic statue. When did writing's core spirit degenerate into a patchwork of pre-approved parts?
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Zero People Are Discussing This Hotly
The duck leg lady vanished from Zhihu's trending list. What algorithm can drop from millions to zero in days?
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The Boundaries of Cognition
These questions all touch upon the boundaries of our cognition — whether the boundaries of words, of language, or those beyond our field of vision.
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The Straw Man Standing in the Field
Maybe I am the paper effigy. Eyes are two holes. The smile is sewn on. Standing in the right spot, waiting for someone who will never come.
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Three Months Live, 1,320 Strangers Found Their Way Here
Three months, 1,320 visitors. The analytics panel tells the story — bilingual content stood on its own, Zhihu and Bing led the charge, and a SIM card guide became the traffic king.
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Further Refining Project Akari's Mascot Akari-chan
Further refining Project Akari's mascot Akari-chan — the hard part of gacha-style card art is keeping the character consistent.
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Still Digesting Gaokao Nightmares
I don't know whether people should be nervous about the Gaokao, but I still have Gaokao nightmares from time to time.
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Project Akari Mascot — Akari-chan
After tinkering for a while, it's finally taking shape — the mascot of my software project Project Akari, Akari-chan. Took quite a few gacha pulls but she looks pretty good; will refine more later 🥺🥺
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The Absurd University under the AI Chain
Teachers use AI to make courseware, students use AI to churn out homework, AI grades AI's exam questions — the absurd AI chain in universities, and the subscription arms race that follows.
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Archiving My Posts, Less Junk Sharing
Decided to archive my old QQ posts and share less junk in the future — four reasons.
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Gone Like Smoke
The past fades away like smoke.
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Almost Bought a Course from an Economics & Finance Livestream
After listening to an economics and finance livestream, I almost paid for a membership — until I checked my wallet.
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Night Flight
A photo I took that I really like — a night flight.
Leisure Is a Scarce Resource
Short videos are nothing more than a prescription for busy modern people — leisure is the truly scarce resource.
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Downgraded to OVHcloud's Cheapest US VPS-1
A budget downgrade: switched to OVHcloud's cheapest US VPS-1. Performance is what it is for eight bucks.
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The Complete Giffgaff UK SIM Card Guide
A UK physical SIM card — no ID required, zero monthly fees, free incoming texts. From activation and number-keeping to receiving verification codes and switching to eSIM, everything you need to know is here.
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The Campus Cell Tower Is Insanely Fast
5G-A connecting to a Hong Kong IP at 105 MB/s — China Telecom, you have my respect.
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The Pride of Low Living Costs
A few coins to send a delivery rider upstairs — the comfort of being a consumer is a brief taste of the power that comes with being king.
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A Fun University Life Galgame
University life galgame opening scene — added to the to-do list. Will work on it when I have time, haha.
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Limited Liability and the Free Life
On the expectations of family, limited liability, and a nineteen-year-old's imagination of a free life.
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My Favorite Midnight Again — I'll Sleep After This One
A midnight confession: on power fantasies, exhaustion, and a premonition of how life is going to turn out.
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The Age of Ding-Dong-Ji
A cheap family car once stood for a modest rise in life; debt and job loss turned it into something that quietly disappeared.
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When a Small-Town Exam Taker Goes Home
At a village dinner table, schools, majors, salaries, and usefulness are weighed aloud, while the things truly endured go unasked.
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