06/14/24 - Just don’t go into medicine, no matter what specialisation.

[Lately, a girl has gone viral on the internet for coming in 12th place in an international maths competition, but only ending up in a technical college because maths was the only subject she was good at, so her overall score was too low to qualify for real college.]

#Zhejiang University responds to whether they can make an exception and admit Jiang Ping. Lately, a student in Jiangsu technical school, Jiang Ping, came in 12th place in the world in the Alibaba Math Competition Preheats. In a previous interview, she said that Zhejiang University is her dream school.

On the afternoon of the 14th, Zhejiang University’s Marketing Department told Lychee News that they know about this, but they cannot answer as to whether or not they can make an exception and offer to admit her, since it involves sensitive procedures.

Comments say, “Nobody would object even if the top university in China admitted her.”

“There’s probably a lot of top ranked universities that want Jiang Ping now, just be patient. I hope all this news doesn’t affect her while she’s preparing for the next round of competition. She’s gonna have a great future :D”

“Respect her own choices. She’s got along life ahead of her.”

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A compilation of the differences between western and Chinese medicine:

“Western doctors can make you die knowing everything. Chinese doctors can make you live while confused as hell.”

“Western doctors: “Get the patience out and let me talk to the family. I need to tell them some things.” Chinese Medicine doctors: “Get the family out and let me talk to the patient. I need to tell them some things.”” [Doctors in big hospitals in China are well known for not telling patients exactly what they’re sick with and only communicating with the family, because they believe knowing is more stressful and worrying for the patient.]

“Traditional Chinese Medicine is the best, fuck all your arguments, because they cured my uncle’s cancer. The western doctors said he only had a year left to live.”

“My period was late for three months before it completely stopped coming. I went to see a TCM doctor and he took my pulse. “Is your husband away from home?” “Yeah?” “Go find him.””

“TCM doctor: “How long have you been dating?”

Me: “I’m not dating.”

TCM: “Yes, you are.”

My mom: [raises ruler emoji]”

“I remember a comment from someone who said a TCM doctor took his pulse and said he held onto grudges for too long, and to not overthink things. He remembered that for five years lolol.”

“Went to see a TCM doctor in the summer because of a cold uterus, and he told me to quit fruit. I couldn’t keep myself in check, and when I went back the next week, he was like, “Are you having fun eating half a watermelon a day?””

“When I was 20, a TCM doctor took my pulse and started awkwardly mumbling until everyone left. Then he asked me, “Do you have ED?””

“The day before my dad died, my grandpa took his pulse and cried like a baby despite being in his 80s. I’m guessing he must’ve felt what was coming.”

“Doctor: “Do you drink?”

Me: “Right now?””

“My mom is a TCM, and she taught me how important drinking hot water is.”

“My mom took me to a TCM hospital, and the old president of the hospital who sounded like he had a shoe in his throat went, “Your kid’s not gonna have much interest in men when she grows up.””

“I gotta mention my asshole friend then, who learned from a movie to put two potatoes under his armpit before going to see a doctor. All the blood drained out of the poor doctor’s face. Ended up having to pay the doctor 240 RMB in emotional damages.” [Apparently, if you squeeze potatoes under your armpit, it’ll make it impossible to take your pulse through the wrist?]

“My boyfriend went with me and was behind me in line. The old doctor didn’t see and asked me if I had a boyfriend, and I said yes, and he was like, “He’s not very virile.” Made my boyfriend turn green in the face.”

“TCM: “You’ve got a bad temper. You’re pretty explosive.”

Me: “Fuck you! Fuck you! How dare you say I have a bad temper!”

“TCM: “You’re pretty introverted. You don’t have a lot of friends, do you?”

Me: “I have a ton.”

TCM: “Online friends don’t count.””

“They’re really amazing. Took my pulse and said I was a very sensitive kid, used to have suicidal ideations but gave up because I was afraid of pain. I’ve never told this to anybody, but he knew. I started crying right away, and my mom just had a complicated look on her face.”

“I really feel like TCM doctors are fortune tellers. Took my pulse and asked me if we have lots of girls in my family. Really shocked me, because we have a ton of girls. My parents had three daughters.”

“I did an online consultation while pregnant, just wanted to see if I was healthy. The TCM doctor told me to send him a photo of my tongue, and he was like, “Congratulations! You’re gonna have a little princess.” I never even told him I was pregnant. And I really did have a daughter…”

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#Man spends 500K bride price but wife refuses to sleep with him. The man’s family, Mr. Gong, claims that his brother met the girl through a matchmaker and got married in September of 2023. Between the bride price and gold jewellery, they gave almost 600K to her, but after marriage, she found all kinds of reasons to refuse to sleep with his brother, even saying that his brother had such severe ED that sex was impossible for him. At first, the family believed her and took his brother to the hospital to get checked out. But the hospital said they didn’t find any problems. The wife started throwing a tantrum and even refused to live at home any longer. The family had to borrow 400K of her bride price so they could find a wife for his brother, and since she’s no longer willing to be with him, they’re asking her to return the bride price. They found her family, and her relatives’ attitudes were very good and also tried to talk her into returning the money, but she refused nonetheless.

Comments say, “Take it to court then.”

“Holy shit, what a successful business.”

“You gotta follow the times. We’re in the “contract marriage” era—everything has to be written into the contract so it can be referred to in court later. There’s no tradition, no love, no partnership, no common sense, only legal documents.”

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“Found a photo I took last year, a massive solar power plant in Xinjiang. How big is this? You see the needle-like electrical towers to the right? Every single one of them is dozens of metres tall.”

Comments say, “This is what I took this year.”

“<<Is this somewhere overseas? It looks so fancy.>>” [<< >> punctuation marks are used for titles of books in Chinese, and is a way to quote someone sarcastically on the internet.]

“The windmill formations are also really great, but I couldn’t get a good angle on them.”

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#Signed up for the Level 4 French exam instead of English, “Lol, how could you be so careless? I bet you’re the only person taking this in the whole school.”

A compilation of comments under this, “You probably didn’t even get a seat number, because you’re the only person in the exam room.”

“Well, maybe the proctor too.”

“Go. Go check out what a French test is like. At least you can enjoy the air conditioning for a while. Can’t waste your money, right?”

“Holy shit, your exam locations have AC?”

“You gotta to! I accidentally signed up for French in Junior Year and didn’t prepare for it at all so I didn’t show up. So they cancelled my right to sign up for Level 6 English. I thought it wouldn’t affect each other!”

“I’m a French major. I can go take the exam for you, if you’ll take my Level 6 English exam for me.”

“Oh, I’ve done this before. Back when I was taking my Level 4s, I completed 1000 questions in my workbook and figured I had two more weeks. Might as well get another workbook and start in on it. Ripped open the packaging and what the fuck? I recognise all these letters, but I’ve never seen the words they form before? I took another look, and it was for Level 4 French…That’s how I was forced to complete the same workbook twice.”

“The only thing I know is that bonjour means hello.”

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#These two places on your body itching might be a symptom of cancer. According to CQTV’s Safety and Law, the liver if the biggest internal organ in the human body and takes care of many biological processes. The health of your liver directly affects your overall health. Of course, because the liver cannot feel pain, even if it is damaged, it might not show overt symptoms.

These two places in your body itching is a signal of oncoming liver cancer.

1. Skin

Skin health and liver function is closely related. A lot of liver diseases, like cirrhosis or cancer, causes your liver to become damaged and no longer able to process the toxins in your body, especially bile acids. When these toxins accumulate to a certain point, they’ll reach the skin through blood circulation and aggravate your nerve endings, causing your skin to itch.

If you find your skin itching for no reason, and this symptom is also accompanied by jaundice, it might be a sign of liver function damage.

2. Eyes

Itching eyes might also be related to liver health. Abnormal liver function might cause the metabolic products of the body to remain in the body, including some toxins like the accumulation of copper or iron, which can cause dry and itching eyes. In addition, lack of blood in your liver might mean that your eyes also cannot get enough blood flow, causing discomfort.

Itching eyes under these circumstances aren’t usually caused by simple fatigue or overuse, especially not when it’s accompanied by other symptoms like blurring vision or yellow spots around the eyes. You should pay attention to these symptoms.”

Comments say, “Got diagnosed with liver cancer on weibo.”

“Is weibo owned by a pharma company now?”

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#School announces their students returned 400 worn dresses. According to Nanguo Morning News, on the 10th of June, an online store owner, Mr. Yao, said that many students from Heilongjiang’s Early Childhood Education Junior College bought from his store, wore his clothes, and then collectively applied for a return and refund.

Mr. Yao claims that he learned from his customers that their school event is no longer using this dress, and they were told to all return it. He thought the dresses hadn’t been worn yet so it won’t affect their resale, but after receiving the packages, Mr. Yao found that most of the dresses had already been worn before and had body odour and sweat stuck to them, affecting their resale value. “The dresses have been ruined. I’ve lost almost 8000 RMB.”

On the evening of the 11th, said school announced that, “Some students did return merchandise after using it,” and that they have already given those students a stern lecture and assigned someone to communicate with the store owner to deliver their apologise and discuss a solution to this problem.

Comments say, “This is a teaching university? These people are gonna go out and educate others?”

“The school should be responsible for the losses.”

“Oh, now I see why so many kindergartens return all of their costumes after a performance, and why some teachers are actively doing this. Lol, this is our teachers.”

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“I’ve finally figured out why college dorms were never designed for humans. College dorms have turned a place where people are supposed to rest into a place for socialisation. Nobody always has energy, always knows the right thing to say. And roommates are such an awkward relationship, where you can’t be too stand offish but you can’t get too close. It’s not enough to allow me to be myself 100%, but I can’t not interact either. And everyone is constantly being looked at and listened in on. You might think you’re chatting to one person, but 7 pairs of ears are listening in, and everyone has their own interpretation. Not only can college dorms not provide me with a comfortable physical space, it even invades my emotional space.

Honestly, none of my roommates are weirdoes or anything. If they were just my classmates, I’d be super happy. But it’s so exhausting trying to balance my relationship with them day in and day out as roommates. I’m already exhausted after a day of class, and I can’t even take off my mask and rest in my dorm. This is even worse than middle-aged couples living like roommates, because they’ve only got each other, whereas I’ve got to deal with 7 people every day.”

Comments say, “They’re forcing everyone to give up their personal space. You even get some personal space when living at home with your mom and dad, because everyone’s got their own room. You’re squeezing so many people into a single room in a dorm, that every move you make stands out.”

“Upvoted. Your bedroom is supposed to be where you recharge, but since there’s always other people there, it becomes a drain on your energy.”

“But playing video games together in your pyjamas and eating barbecue together and playing poker and drinking beer is some of the best time in your life. You never had this opportunity once you graduate.”

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“The Gaokao is over, and now it’s time to fill out applications and choose majors. How should you choose your major? It’s up to your interests and the future of the field.

But futures are something that nobody can fully predict. Computer majors got very lucky in those years where the internet was developing quickly, but now all the big IT companies are full of crazy involution, and there’s a ton of unemployed code monkeys.

So I think people should prioritise their interests.

Take myself as an example. My major was Electronic Information [I think? Not sure how to translate this—电子信息].

Why did I choose this major? Because in my eyes at the time, this was a major that let me bang out code in front of lots of big computer screens—it looked very cool.

It was only after I started studying that I learned this major wasn’t that cool at all. Not only did I have to deal with code everyday, but also circuits. I had to learn C Language, and HDL, and how to draw circuit diagrams and how to use a microcontroller. The worst part is, you also had to learn how to electrically solder iron, use a wrench, read an oscilloscope.

In other words, whether in school or in my career, life would be very boring and routine. There aren’t that many cool scenarios. That’s the difference between my idealisation sand reality.

No matter what major or industry, there’s always a gap between your dreams and reality. And what can support you through that gap is your interest and your passion.

I still remember, I failed basic circuitry first year, failed C Language in my second year, and only in my third year did I realise, “My logic skills and ability to learn actually sucks.”

But at that point, I had no way back. I can only use what remained of my “interest” to support me, and throw myself into becoming an engineer in the electronics manufacturing industry.

No weekends? Doesn’t matter.

Low pay? Doesn’t matter.

Start off working on the production line? Doesn’t matter.

I don’t care so long as I’m learning something.

After many years, I’ve moved from the electronics manufacturing industry to the semiconductor industry, and I’m still working in my field of study.

What’s different from before is that after many years of struggling, I’m no longer the same me that failed most of my courses. I have mastered many skills.

I was a little lucky too. While the internet’s been developing quickly, so has networking. No industry can get away from “electronics” and every place needs basic circuitry to support their work.

Sometimes I worry about losing my job too, but then I’d think to myself, we’re a manufacturing giant, after all. Even if I lost my job now, I can still go to an electronics factory and work on the production line, and I’d still be doing something in my major. That comforts me.”

Comments say, “It depends on your interests. I really wanted to be a teaching, so all my applications were for teaching colleges.”

“Just don’t go into medicine, no matter what specialisation.”

“I watched The Italian Job back in the day, and one scene had a hacker controlling the traffic grid, and I was like, “That is so cool!” So I applied to the same major, and I sucked at it.”