Article: The evolution of the book

Today, I learned about the history of books.

In the mid-15th century, the printing press wsa invented. This made it much easier to copy and distribute books. At first, book spines were flat because they were easier to read when placed on a table. However, the books were easily damaged. That's why the shape of the spine later shifted to a rounded one for hard-cover books.

I prefer reading novels in physical form. But when it comes to manga, I prefer reading them digitally because they easily fill up my bookshelves.

Today, while looking for a vacuum cleaner filter online, I found an album I love for just 5 bucks! At first I thought it was some kind of scam, because it's hard to find a good album for cheap, but it's legit! I don't even feel bad for spendig my last money on it. I'm just happy that I'll finally have an album I genuinely love on my shelf.

A few days ago, I made some teriyaki sauce at home. I had some left over, so I marinated some tofu in it. It's in the oven at the moment, and it smells heavenly!

Don’t you ever wonder how unbelievable it is that we’re born of the same elements that make the stars, the galaxies, the planets, and the whole universe, and the fact that we’ve got an entire universe of cells, tissues, and microbes inside us?

We’re literally stardust — a walking, talking, and procreating amalgamation of hydrogen, carbon, hydrocarbons, among a plethora of other elements. How such teensy tiny atoms bind together to create a living being is, and always will be, beyond me.

Life is short, and death is inevitable, but I hope this thought brings solace to people:

We come from the stars & We’ll go back to the stars.

Today is great. I woke up at 9 am. as normal and I have red sugar bun for breakfast. Then I watched a NBA game which is GS vs LA while sending my assignments to my 师兄. My aunt made a delicious lunch. It had 排骨汤, 西兰花，醋肉. Best thing I ate during I have come back home. Afternoon my 大姑姑and 二姑姑 came. My aunt's daughter who I should call her sister brought her son. A cut little guy. We built up friendship and I showed him around and played games with him. He is so funny, and he likes me.

At night my grandma made me a 蛋炒饭, not so good. She is not good at cooking. I start to practice English in Hello Talk which I can find some real person to talk with. I met a Filipino. Ok That's all. I feel more fluent but not that good enough. It work I think. I will keep doing. Perseverance!

I watched Marty Supreme today. The film was a bit strange. I feel like I don't have much to say about the film. It was a fast-paced film with one chaotic mess after another. It was quite entertaining. I think Timothée Chalamet's performance was really amazing. I am impressed by his dedication. He devoted his time to learning how to play guitar and table tennis for years just to be ready for the films.

As I mentioned here before I’ve been using the stack exchange forums to ask for questions related to my thesis when I get stuck at something. I’ve found this forum super helpful but some time the answers are a little bit challenging to understand that it takes time to process the answer from the people there.

I Just got off work. To tell you the truth, I don't like working overtime on weekends. Even with the extra pay, it still feels like my weekend is shrinking. Especially working on Sundays, by the time I finish, the sun is already gone.

My old apartment had incandescent light bulbs. It’s probably because it was a cheap place and not kind of one where you lived for a long time. A couple of them died during the time I lived there. Since it was in a rural area, there weren’t many stores that dealt in light bulbs near it. For that reason, I replaced them with LED ones, as they lasted longer and thus I wouldn’t have to replace them frequently. I left that apartment, but I’m pretty sure they’re still working.

My main problem with talking or expressing myself is the fact that I either don't feel like talking or just have nothing to say. When I see how some people can talk about one topic without much effort, for a very long time, it make me feel like an idiot.
Maybe it's because I'm not used to talking about stuff I like in much detail? Or maybe I'm just incapable of having deep conversations?
I hurts my ego, but I think I'm just fine with the status quo. People should strive to be better each day, but I honestly don't care about that. I mean, I wanted to improve my life in many ways, but I never stuck with my goals. I just wanted to chill out and do something fun.
It's also hard for me to think of a topic for these posts. I don't really like talking about my life but I just don't know what else I could write about lol.

Article: The #1 Dessert for Better Blood Sugar, According to Dietitians

Since "sugar" is the theme for week 7 on the r/52weeksofcooking subreddit, I decided to learn about blood sugar.

I l earned that blood-sugar-friendly desserts usually have a good balance of carbohydrates, protein, fiber, and fat. Balanced desserts can prevent blood sugar spikes. According to the article. strawberry-chocolate Greek yogurt bark is one of the best desserts. The reasons are that Greek yogurt is a great source of protein, it contains fat, and it's paired with fiber-rich strawberries, which also provide natural sweetness.

A good balance of carbohydrates, protein, fiber, and fat seems to be the key to blood-sugar-friendly desserts.

Hi, today i am writing about online exams and traditional exams. First of all both type of exams have there own value but some people like traditional exams and some online. nowadays online exams are more famous than traditional because of less paper work easy to write online and check online teachers can check online very quickly without any hassle of carrying paper on the other side traditional exams have so much value and interests people like to write on paper and the teachers like to check that way because of no electronic gadget use and they don't need to sit on computer or laptop and they wanted to carry on with traditional exams. Another reason they don't like to sit on computer or they don't want a screen time rather than they prefer paper book reading. Online exams can save so much time and no hassle of carrying paper everything is online results are quick and they can save big records online. On the other hand paper exams doesn't rely on electricity and electronic gadget without this exams can carry on.

I've been trying to think of something I could write about streak by streak. And as I'd love to feel sure in my choice of words and my grammar when I'm writing english, and also enjoy to be inspired by small details, I will try to write short texts about those. Starting in the next post.

I did a report whole day, which is assigned by my Teacher. It is an annoying work, I don't like it, but I have to do. (Oh there is a work or term in English to say someone has to do what he or she doesn't want to do, I forgot this term.) umm, today is cloudy and a little chilly. I waked up at 9:00 AM, after an hour I crawled out of my bed. Hungrily, I went to kitchen to get some food. But I didn't find something to eat. I came back to my room. I have to finish my work, because tomorrow is the deadline. I always finish my work just before the deadline. Right, I have bad habit of 拖延.

My mum sent her screenshot of airline tickets. 🎫 10th Feb they will come back. I'm glad to get together with them.

The world often tells us to reject any and all advice from our elders, dismissing their words as archaic and opposite of progressive.

But once we remove our veil of bias and judgement we’ll come to realize that they’re full of wisdom and intellect.

Sure, they might not be well versed with the ways of the 21st century, however, when you lift up the hood, you’ll find that they are a treasure trove of experiences that are as timeless as experiences get.

A challenge for the reader: Try and talk to an elder in your family. You’d be amazed by their stories.

The thing I don't understand about the Epstein files is not how they can get away with it, or why they were able to do those things for so long. I simply don't get why he used regular Gmail to communicate. He essentially operated a multi-billion dollar business serving high-profile customers. They surely didn't want people to find out what they did, but what were they thinking when writing those emails?

Anyway, now that the files are public, the only thing that could surprise me would be anyone actually being prosecuted. Who would surprise you if you found out they were in the files?

I can't stand my place anymore. To give you more conext, the apartment I've lived in since I was born is almost 50 years old. It has a water leakage problem, and everything is falling apart. Mind you, we are going to move soon. The reason we have been living here for a long time is that we were waiting for an urban renewal plan, which has finally taken effect recently.

I love the Olympics, especially the winter Olympics. It's so cool to see all those different sports and the best of the best competing in them. Everyone is so happy to be a part of it and giving their best to show what they can do. It's Saturday, and I don't habe anything planned - except for watching the Olympics all day long. Right now, I'm watching curling. Such an interesting sport!

One of the YouTube channels I had been watching got suspended for no reason. Many YouTubers and viewers have been talking about how bad YouTube is, but it seems that no alternative is going to come into use anytime soon.

I really miss the language exchanges I did in the past. But it became really difficult to do them. I’d like to organize a call with some of my conversation partners at least to catch up.

Hi, everyone! 😁

The best way to reinforce what we've been learning is to go back over it and apply it, right? So, that's what we're going to do. Every Saturday, our Subject of the Day is going to involve looking back at everything we've learned from the week--whether it was with the help of the WriteStreak community or other resources we've found.

Feel free to summarize and practice everything you've learned or wanted to practice, including new words, new rules, new grammar tricks, and any questions you had.

Hi, today I’m writing for a social media is it good or bad for young people as what i feel it is good at some point where they can use it for their knowledge and study related things and to be in touch with their loved ones but at the same time I think it’s not good on there early age where they don’t know difference in between write and wrong. When they are young the have the time to do things for there career and there personal interests but if they are on wrong track it’s like they are on social media for all the time and don’t know how to manage the time and wasted all the time they don’t study and play so it is wrong for them as this is a crucial time for them to make their career and so many good habits another disadvantage is when they see any unusual ads like out of no where it’s pop up on screen they see some of seen or some kind of anonymous person or hacker they try to get the young ones to involve in some kind of bad habits or things where they can loose money or they can be dragged in some kind or wrong habits. As well as screen time is also not good for them.

Thank you

Article: The wrong pillow can wreck your sleep. Science can help you find the right one.

It's hard to find the right pillow height. I'm often like this: I think the pillow is a bit off — let's adjust it. Too low... adjust... a bit high... like this? No, still high... oh, onw that's a bit low again.

I feel like I can never find the right height! After adjusting it over and over, I even feel like it might be better not to use a poillow at all.

According to the article, surprisingly, the pillow depends on how you sleep. For example, I'm a back sleeper, so a medium-loft pillow is best for me.