My 2017 Year in Review
Life
Before the winter holiday, I was tidying up things and preparing for leaving Wuxi. At that time, I attend to the annual meeting of the company and say goodbye to my friends in Wuxi.
At the end of January, I was in my hometown Changshu. I have a lot of fun with my old friends. Most of the time, we play cards.
During February and March, I stayed USTC (University of Science and Technology of China) in Hefei on some research work with Prof. Zhang.
At the end of March, I went to Tsinghua University and stayed in Beijing for the rest of the time. I met my best friend in Beijing. He was planning to leave Beijing for Shanghai then.
At the beginning of May, I went to Xi’an for my PhD opening report so I finally met my college friends in school. Right after the day I arrived in Xi’an, I flied to Shanghai for TURC 2017 conference with my college friends.
In August, I went Changshu for attending the wedding of my another best friend. I met some of my high school classmates there and we had not met for a very long time since we graduated from high school.
In November, I went Changshu for attending the wedding of my brother. The wedding follows the traditional customs of Changshu so it is very impressive.
Last thing I want to mentioned is that my paper was accepted by INFOCOM 2018 this year. I was very excited when I received the notification on the early morning of November 27th.
Games
My life of game is quite different than usual in this year. I played Dota 2 only few times in the very begging of this year and after that I almost neither played the game myself nor watched any Dota related (live) videos. Instead, I played games on Nintendo Switch most of the time. Surely, I am always a retro game enthusiast. I spent some time on old game consoles or game emulators. The games I played this year are as follows.
| Title | Platform | Rating */5 |
|---|---|---|
| Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance | GBA | 4 |
| Love You To Bits | iOS | 5 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | NS | 5 |
| The Legend of Zelda | NES | 4 |
| Fire Emblem: Heroes | iOS | 3 |
| Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow | NS | 4 |
| Crashlands | iOS | 3 |
| Metroid: Zero Mission | GBA | 5 |
| 1-2 Switch | NS | 2 |
| Cuphead | PC | 3 |
| Stardew Valley | NS | 3 |
| Super Mario Odyssey | NS | 5 |
| Monopoly | NS | 3 |
| What Remains of Edith Finch | PC | 4 |
| Resident Evil: Revelations | NS | 5 |
Books
| Title | Author | Rating */5 |
|---|---|---|
| 不朽 | 胡适 | 5 |
| 白鹿原 | 陈忠实 | 5 |
| 远山淡影 | 石黑一雄 | 5 |
| 局外人 | 阿尔贝·加缪 | 4 |
| 被掩埋的巨人 | 石黑一雄 | 4 |
| Haskell趣学指南 | Miran Lipovaca | 5 |
| 个人尊严 | 王小波 | 5 |
| 三十而立 | 王小波 | 4 |
| 容忍与自由 | 胡适 | 4 |
| 我的职业是小说家 | 村上春树 | 4 |
TV and Movies
| Title | Year | Rating */5 |
|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks: Season 1 | 1990 | 5 |
| Twin Peaks: Season 2 | 1990 | 4 |
| A Man Called Ove | 2015 | 3 |
| Look Who’s Back | 2015 | 3 |
| A Taxi Driver | 2017 | 5 |
| Captain Fantastic | 2016 | 3 |
| Alien: Covenant | 2017 | 4 |
| Alien | 2079 | 5 |
| Kikujiro | 1999 | 4 |
| Logan | 2017 | 4 |
| Into the Wild | 2017 | 2 |
| Manchester by the Sea | 2016 | 4 |
| The Revenant | 2015 | 5 |
| Bojack Horseman: Season 4 | 2017 | 5 |
| The Attorney | 2013 | 5 |
| The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | 2014 | 4 |
| Dunkirk | 2017 | 4 |