april 2026
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recaps
2026年5月1日
There are so many things I want to do, but then I don’t do them. Bruh.
Anyways here are some things I did do.
Events
- Played trivia
- Did my taxes
- Called my family and whatnot
- I now know that if I’m tired vs hungry I’m choosing to just lay there instead of eating
- I started using Perplexity for news, it seems pretty decent. I remember trying to use it in university bc they were giving out Pro subscriptions for free but was a bit confused what the idea behind it was
Consumption
Academic
- Papers on simulated annealing, but to be honest I need to reread them because I don’t remember anything
- This was kind of a follow-up to the ML for chip placement problem I was reading about last month
- Papers on Connect 6 game
- I noted down that I read more of “Understanding Deep Learning” but I don’t remember what I read
Media
- Watching
- YouTube
- Random “Guess the Anime” videos
- Chef Anh Sung Jae videos
- WolfeyVGC videos
- et cetera
- House of Feelings S2 and S3
- Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing
- Watched some episodes of the anime then went to the webnovel instead
- Rap of China 2025
- I can’t believe I’ve been watching this show on and off now for 10 years
- Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker and Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate
- A nostalgia trip
- I feel like I used Instagram a lot less this month which is good, but there was one day which I tried summoning Chinese reels with the algorithm and it was pretty funny / good practice for Mandarin listening and reading comprehension
- YouTube
- Reading
- Monster Eater webtoon
- The Necromancer Family’s Young Heir webtoon
- Though it has now ceased to exist on the website I was reading from
- God of Money webnovel
- Online Game: I Possess a Monster Merging Simulator! webnovel
- I dropped this
- Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing webnovel
- Read books 1-6 now on 7, I might drop it
- The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real!
- Webnovel with 3 books, finished
- Blue Lock
- Gaming
- Put like 24h into “Graveyard Keeper” across 4 days GG
- Bloons Tower Defense
- Skribblio
- Dead Rail on Roblox
- Pokemon Sleep
- Was pretty actively checking everyday for a while but idk if I will keep playing
Music
Some music I listened to during this time.
Also, the new Jhung EP.
Food
Nothing super unique
- AYCE Hotpot x2
- A “hamburger salad”
- Some fish and chips which were not good, but it was free I guess
- Costco foodcourt food
- Japanese curry meal prep (ate this for 10+ meals at least)
- Highlight of the month: buying Pocari Sweat and Kognac Jellies from HMart
Creation
- I kinda started working on a project… I guess it is still in progress.
- There are also other projects I have in mind and want to do…
Statistics
- I went to the gym ~16 times
- Technically more than last month, but I was in a rut for like a week which I only just got out of
- I guess I can be proud of myself for keeping going on even with getting into a rut, better than every other time where I would just quit
- My average steps was 8020 in April, less than last month GG
- My average sleep duration was 7h55m in April with an average sleep score of ~76 over the whole month (recorded only 27 days)
- The duration is longer but I would say I slept worse on average yeah probably also because of the unrecorded days…
- For some reason I just stopped valuing sleeping early but that is really not the move
- I was kind of anxious in the second half of the month for various reaons… but weirdly is harder to manage stress now compared to past versions of me
- Not sure if it’s just water weight but seem to have lost like 4 pounds this month. Hovering around 205 now in the last week of the month.