Lifting of pandemic restrictions

This month, the most significant impact on my life has been the lifting of the pandemic restrictions; after three years of control measures, the sudden lifting feels somewhat disorienting.

From health check-ins that started even before I went to college, to the system of reporting to leave campus, it all overnight became history. But it had actually become deeply woven into daily life; it's now offline, but around 7 a.m. I still wake up groggy, grab my phone, and suddenly realize: oh, it's offline now, no need to check in anymore.

Yesterday's travel code also went offline, having fulfilled its mission; I finally saved a screenshot, which also serves as a witness to history.

Repatriation

It seems that many universities nationwide have repatriated students due to the pandemic; our school became the last to do so within the higher-education park, so many students began flooding Weibo with posts.

Just like the earlier Jay Chou voting campaigns, many students who wouldn't normally post on trending topics followed the tutorial step by step to post and boost for hot searches; our school's posts rose to as high as the top five.

Later, indeed? It suddenly became holidays; it seems the hot topics on Weibo can exert some pressure. This winter break is relatively long, and can be called a mini-summer vacation.

The winter break runs from December 13 to around February 18, about two months and five days, roughly the same length as previous summers.

This winter vacation I plan to still work at Zhou Li Fu; I should be considered an old employee with the higher wage. Based on past years, new part-timers earn 180 per day, old part-timers 200 per day; there will probably be a small red envelope during the New Year, which is pretty comfortable, and the vacation will allow me to save some money again.

Ma Liu Ji's 'Promise'

I'm quite fond of noodles; last month a friend recommended Ma Liu Ji's sour and spicy noodles, and I ordered right away. It seems I hit the company's hype period; the chairman Wang Xiaofei's issues pushed Ma Liu Ji to traffic peak, orders could explode to 5 million in two days.

I ordered the sour and spicy noodles on November 23; due to its popularity, stock was limited, and they promised to ship by December 8.

As of the 13th of this year, I checked and it still hadn't shipped, so I followed up; the customer service replied that they would ship before March 12, 2023—emmm???

This is ridiculous: waiting four months; after I finish winter break and have been in school for a month, they finally start shipping; this promise is not worth praising... I promptly filed a complaint...