This morning, I woke up at 4:30 AM, my mind filled with thoughts about GPS devices, and I just couldn’t get back to sleep. So, I opened Taobao and started browsing for devices, spending almost an hour researching how to properly install a GPS module that could be connected directly via USB. After getting out of bed, an email in my inbox titled “GPS Data Formats: An Introduction to NMEA Format” caught my attention. I then checked out a project called GPS.Net on GitHub, finding detailed implementations on device connectivity, which I plan to dive into more deeply another day.
Hamer was a bit reluctant to get up this morning and arrived at school slightly later than usual. Last night, she stayed up a bit late enthusiastically practicing with her workbook, so she seemed a bit tired in the morning.
My day wasn’t particularly eventful. I spent most of the morning in meetings, and the afternoon was dedicated to handling a few relatively straightforward tasks. Around noon, I had an early lunch and took a short nap. Although my body felt somewhat refreshed upon waking, I still didn’t feel fully rested, as if my body was signaling a need for more sleep.
After playing badminton in the evening, I returned home and had dinner. Around 8 PM, Hamer and I sat down together to do her homework. She had an especially heavy workload today, including pages from 5·3 Daily Practice. The teacher had asked them to bring it to school tomorrow, suggesting they complete a full 33 pages. Since she had only done a few pages before, tonight’s task was a daunting one. Yet, I was impressed by her determination—she was eager to finish it all. From 8 PM, she kept at it until now, which is already 11:56 PM, with 10 pages left to go. Both Xiaoyan and I tried to persuade her to go to bed, but she stubbornly insisted on continuing. Her dedication is both heartwarming and admirable.
While helping Hamer with her homework, I also learned something new: holistic reading syllables. These are syllables that maintain the same pronunciation even when a vowel or a consonant is added. There are 16 such syllables: zhi, chi, shi, ri, zi, ci, si, yi, wu, yu, ye, yue, yuan, yin, yun, and ying.
