Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Try to add some detail to sentences, and also use conjunctions more to connect related ideas. If you can think of alternatives to “and” like “to do” then use them.

Time flies. We have been fighting with Covid 19 for more than 2 years. When it just started in Wuhan, most people regarded it as something similar to SARS that would disappear in 2 or 3 months. Yesterday I was suddenly a bit depressed in the morning. Then I tried to figure out what’s happening in my mind and how to fix it. I thought I might stay alone for too long and need some company. I messaged to some friends and chatted a bit yet it did not help. Later, I thought it might be helpful to adopt a cat. Since I plan to move to hongkong for several years, I cannot take it with me then. I thought the best way is to rent a cat. Thus I messaged two friends who had several cats and asked whether their cats would be interested in traveling to my home for several months before I leave. If one cat feels lonely to stay in a new place, I can invite two cats thus they can company each other. However, both of my friends laughed with a no. Later, I calmed down and thought that I might be frightened by the blocking news. I rode a bike nearby and wanted to get some sunshine. I visited the flower shop and tried to find some plants to company me yet it closed. Only the cat of the flower shop was sitting close to the entrance. The whole city is a bit panic and my mood might be common. Everyone is either blocked at home or waiting to be blocked. This morning I saw a video saying that the government promised shanghai would not be blocked for two long and block the whole city. I feel a bit relaxed, touching and optimistic about the future. I thought it might be a good signal to the stock market and bought some stocks.

Time flies. We have been fighting with Covid 19 for more than 2 years and when it just started in Wuhan, most people regarded it as something similar to SARS that would disappear in 2 or 3 months. Yesterday I was suddenly a bit depressed in the morning. Then I tried to figure out what was happening in my mind and how to fix it. I thought I might had stayed / had been staying alone for too long and need / needed some company and / so I messaged to some friends and chatted a bit yet it did not help. Later, I thought it might be helpful to adopt a cat. Since I plan to move to hongkong for several years, I cannot take it with me when I do eventually go / when I do end up going, so / thus I think the best way is to rent a cat. Thus I messaged two friends who had several cats and asked whether their cats would be interested in traveling to my home for several months before I leave. If one cat feels lonely to stay in a new place, I can invite two cats thus they can accompany each other / they can keep each other company. However, both of my friends laughed with a no. Later, I calmed down and thought that I might have been / that maybe I was frightened by the lock-down news / by the forced isolation news. I rode a bike nearby as I wanted to get some sunshine and I visited the flower shop to have a look for some plants to accompany me yet it had closed. Only the cat of the flower shop was sitting close to the entrance. The whole city is a bit panicked / the whole city is panicking a little and my mood might be pretty common at the moment. Everyone is either locked down at home or waiting to be locked down. This morning I saw a video saying that the government promised shanghai would not be locked down for two long and will not close / lock down the whole city. I feel a bit relaxed, touched and optimistic / enthused / excited about the future and I thought it might be a good signal to the stock market and bought some stocks.

Vocabulary

i can better use the morning time – if i can make better use of my time in the morning 

raise a habit – create a habit / cultivate a habit / develop a habit

the nail in the coffin / the straw that broke the camel’s back / the last straw 

delayed feedback

when you’re doing gym – when you’re working out 

endorphins – happy chemicals

fleeting feeling / thought – very quick to disappear

it threw a spanner in the works / it threw me off a bit 

when they locked us down 

reactionary – Justine haha

I was at a fork in the road 

Grammar

they started on 7 – they started at 7

I go home
I come here
I go there

I call you
I message you
I email you

I make a phone call to you
I send a message to you
I send an email to you