Technology is a tool. Thinking is the core. Keep learning, keep exploring, and understand the world through technology.
IT Infrastructure Engineer
Four days before my JLPT N2 results, I sat with the anxiety of not knowing, and started questioning what 'effort' really means. A reflection on effort, results, and learning to live in the present.
Every gain hides a quiet loss. A personal essay on hidden costs of development, the paradox of viral success, and what you lose when turning a hobby into income.
Why do friendships quietly fade when we change cities, jobs, or countries? A reflection on distance, regional limits, and the small habits that keep rare, lifelong friendships alive.
On Japan's Marine Day in Yokohama, I met three very different Japanese people in a single day — welcoming locals who greeted us in Chinese and English, a rude waiter on Enoshima, and elderly activists protesting anti-foreigner discrimination. A single act of kindness — or unkindness — doesn't define a country. The lesson: think independently, and never let one individual stand in for a whole people.
JLPT N2 is done. Months of tension suddenly released — and I sank into a strange emptiness. The rhythm of running toward a clear goal just stopped. What now?
Life is like a server — run it long enough and you accumulate tech debt, get tired, and your architecture goes stale. Changing your runtime isn't escape; it's a deliberate architecture upgrade.
From 1991 to today. 34 years on the road.
Born in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, China.
Moved to Weihai, Shandong Province with my parents.
Grew up in Weihai. Fourteen years of school on the Shandong peninsula.
Wrote my first programs in Beijing. Discovered systems thinking. Started working before graduation.
First job out of school: sent to Qingdao on a project assignment. Network admin, server deployment, technical support.
Moved back to Beijing. Network engineering, server operations, automation scripts.
Eight years building and operating IT infrastructure in Weihai. Data centers, networks, internal systems.
Studying Japanese in Tokyo. Job hunting for IT infrastructure / AI roles.