【英语播客】Niki的英文语音备忘录

I'm pretty sure my blood pressure surged when I saw the footage of the low-life moving garbage trying to beat the girls to death in the barbecue restaurant. I’d like to say, I hope these assholes unwell, I hope that they are put into prison as soon as possible for as long as possible, I hope that they get beaten up by other fellow prisoners just for fun, all day, every day. 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

This episode is nothing serious,  just me babbling about things, haha.  But hope you can enjoy still, being fully relaxed.  Lots of love, mua :D 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

The inspiration of this episode came from a dear listener, who is trying to start a project but has chickened out due to "a lack of confidence". She then reached out to me and asked me to give her a few tips to build her confidence, without which, she believes, she could not pull off her project. In other words, she thinks that confidence leads to action and success. But no--you always take action...

Cyndi Wong, a singer and actress from Taiwan, China, is now making  a comeback. After her performance on Sisters Who Make Waves, she is now seeing a resurgence in popularity in mainland China, probably to her own surprise.  I'm nowhere near a fan of hers, but this phenomenon caught my attention. Everyone seems to be talking about her, but I think this has more to do with ourselves than w...

I love how different people are.  Some are extroverts, who thrive in social activities and might make the life of a party. Some are introverts, who prefers spending time alone to staying in the crowd.  Remember, they are just different; don't reinforce the stigma that extroversion is a superior personality to introversion.  If you are shy or not skilled in communication, don't scape...

The other day I watched the conversation between Elon Musk and Lex Fridman, and I simply cannot rid myself of the scene when Elon said, "source of strength... well, it's just not how I think of things, I don't need a source of strength".  And then here we've got this episode.  Enjoy still! 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

This episode will be comprised of three parts, including  1. how i got quarantined 2. what my quarantine life is like 3. my thoughts and feelings about this entire thing Enjoy Still! 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

When we are awake, there is always something going on in our mind, in other words, we are always "thinking" about something.  But if we give it a closer look, not all of these "thinking" are benefiting our lives. Sometimes we are not actually thinking, but just ruminating, which is a waste of time; some other times even if we are  indeed doing some rational thinking, it can be somewhat c...

Two days ago, I got blackout drunk for the first time in my life. Not a fun experience, not proud of it, and I swear never to get this drunk again. Getting my brain a bit damaged is already unbearable, and not being able to recall the time together with my friends is no less of a bummer. So I did some research about how much is too much. Go find the answer in this episode, and enjoy my stupid stor...

I don't like the idea of trying so hard,  not because I don't want to put in the work,  but because "trying hard" usually puts a lot of emotional strain in one's mind.  And a nervous mind can hardly win; neither can a cocky mind, a jealous mind, etc.  So before we go out there and conquer the world, please first of all learn to win the inner game--to put your mind at a peaceful...

Entrance for the party: Specifics of the party: 1.We’re gonna use the app Tencent Meeting, and everyone who signs up for the event will just get into our online meeting room, you can choose to keep your camera on or off as you wish, but I highly suggest that you turn it on, cuz I am envisoning a disco party, where we are gonna dance together. Don’t worry, I’m a shitty dancer too, the point is to e...

Well, actually, this was not the first topic that came to my mind for episode 20—I kind of wanted to expand on the previous episodes and to talk about how to keep our inner peace during treacherous times. But on a second thought, I felt like the recent two episodes have both been kind of melancholic, so... I shifted my attention and talked very briefly about my understanding of romantic love, whic...

A wave of layoffs just hit the tech industry in China.  People are reminiscing about the past decade, when the tech industry was booming,  when money and opportunities seemed to be everywhere, and when people started to build certain expectation on this industry.  And now, unfortunately, how things go does not align with these expectations, which itself has become a stressor on us,...

This past week is filled with negative news,  I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about.  But shit happens, it's just the way it is.  Instead of indulging in negativity, why not do something to keep ourselves sane?  And this is why I made this episode.  Hopefully we could stay safe, healthy, and sane during insane times.  在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Tomorrow is the Chinese Memorial Day, or Tomb-Sweeping Day,  and I thought I would like to share with you guys how over the years,  my perspective towards death has shifted.  It's not without difficulty, but I feel like I am finally in a place where I am no longer scared of it... Just listen.  在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Like many others, tonight I've watched the remastered version of  Passion Tour of Leslie Cheung (张国荣先生). And then, feelings were like water, welling up in my heart. But sadly, feelings by definition are mostly felt, not described.  Next thing I know, I've got this episode in which I have no idea about what I'm doing. Enjoy still! 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Hello gamers! The more pathetic thing than not being able to play a game well, is to not know what game you are playing.  A friendly reminder, when we are out here in the society, we are no longer playing the Game of Finitude, like what we used to play as students; instead, we are trying our luck in the Game of Infinity, where we have very, very long time to test out our ideas and chase our d...

Comparison.  Omnipresent, unavoidable, like a constant of our planet earth.  To be fair, it has benefited our life in essential ways.  But if we don't watch our interaction with "comparison", we might get too close to it, to the point of hurting ourselves. Hopefully we can all learn to manoeuvre "comparison", making it serve us, instead of the other way around.  在小宇宙查看该...

This is a birthday girl making a wish. I feel like the best gift we can give ourselves is not some fancy stuff or constant pampering and positive thinking, but self-education.  Educate ourselves about the outside world, so that we both feel a closer connection with the world and make on-point comments on things happening; Educate ourselves about our inner world, so that we understand our need...

We oftentimes see the analogy that life is like a train.  We are headed to "a destination", and "people come and go".  But these are all wrong assumptions about life that potentially insinuate that we cannot assert power over our own life.  Today I would like to change the narrative.  Life is a farmland that we maintain; we don't have to have a destination, and we have a say on...

Back when I was a freshman in college, I sat through the first microeconomics lesson with excitement.  It was so useless yet so useful, too. Useless, in the sense that the knowledge of microeconomics certainly doesn't directly help me land a job; Useful, in the sense that it could potentially change the lens through which we see every decision we need to make in life.  Let's see what it...

In this episode, I just want to say that girls are really beautiful, lovely, and gorgeous creatures. We should love ourselves before anyone can fall in love with us. I hope every girl, every lady, every woman can develop a strong self, and let’s be independent, happy, and powerful! 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

After a hectic week, we deserve to do something enjoyable to make our weekend sweeter. Don't worry, the "desserts" I recommend in this episode will neither put more weight on you nor cost you a fortune. Rather, they are healthy and almost free! The pace of this episode is quite slow, and the background jazz comes from the movie A Rainy Day in New York, by Woody Ellen. I loved this flick, and you g...

Anxiety, much like any other emotion, always looms somewhere in our life and is ready to show up out of nowhere. We have been used to treating it like an enemy to fight off, but... in fact emotions do serve good purposes if we do not become too absorbed in them. So let's embrace anxiety, baby steps first :) 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

We oftentimes ask ourselves, how to get others to love us? But the real question we should be asking is, how to love ourselves more? Seriously, when we respect ourselves, become independent,  lead a fulfilling life, without extra efforts we will attract others to like us, because we are not trying to control someone or become affiliated to someone.  Likewise, instead of asking ourselves...