Some Advice about Life under Self- quarantine Several days ago, a classmate from Europe asked me advice about keep physically and mentally healthy in self-quarantine situation. I already stay at home for two months, and I start to handle it. So, I think I can also share my advice to italki users from all over the world. Hope you guys healthy and happiness. 1. Cook for yourself or your family. I learned how to make pizza and some Chinese cuisine during this vocation. My parents like it, which I did not expect before. I also shared my recipe with friends. Food is a good topic for people under self-quarantine to chat. 2. Do not spend too much time on the News. I am an International journalism student. I know we cannot understand the whole picture of the world. Read to much News about coronavirus can only bring you sorrow. 3. A projector can improve your life quality. That is the best thing I ever bought during the last year. You can project movies on the wall of your room. I do not miss the movie theatre since I can watch films on my bed. 4. Make a plan, but do not feel bad for break it. For college students like me, we do not have too much online lessons and assignments. It’s a good time for us to learn something new. I am learning python in Coursera recently, which is both changeling and fun. These are advice based on my experience. Looking forward to knows what did you do in this difficult time.

Some thinking about Medical Crowdfunding in China I appreciate medical crowdfunding so much. About four years ago, my newborn nephew got a rare blood disease which costs a lot of money. My cousin sister was heartbroken then. She and her husband have a decent income. But their saving hardly comparable with the medical fee. It was crowdfunding platform Shuidichou help them got donation from warm-hearted strangers. Thanks for the help from friends and donators, my nephew is a robust little man now. So many families like my sister’s got medical donation through crowdfunding platform in recent years. This kind of platforms offer easy access for illnesses who need financial help to connect with good willing people. And they are trusted for their transparency and effectiveness. Medical Crowdfunding platforms also have some drawbacks. First, it’s inhumane for patients and patients’ family members to get money by show how painful they are. As a donator, I certainly want my donation to go where it’s needed most. Which means, donators will fund the people with the saddest story. Given the limited donor pool, patients who are seeking donations are trapped in competition; the best storyteller has the biggest chance of survival. What’s more, they neglected the people who need the most help. For example, patients who even do not have a smartphone have no idea about crowdfunding platforms. In China, a lot of rural residents cannot type, and most of them are aging people. Crowdfund platforms users cannot afford medical bills, but ageing rural people might not have the opportunity to go to the hospital until they die. In conclusion, the medical Crowdfunding platform did an outstanding job to help people. At the same time, we also hope that they can make improvements to their existing problems.

Reflection on Why Britons' house names reflect their class anxieties Today, I got my news consumption from The Economist. This article is about house names and class anxieties. It's not going to happen in China since only the upper-class can afford houses. Especially in Beijing, the city I live, own a house means you are super-rich. The average price of a 2500 Square Foot house in this city is about 20 million yuan (2.9 million dollar). And the average income in Beijing is 68 thousand per year per person. Twenty million yuan means a two-career family's total revenue for 150 years. The average-income family in Beijing wouldn't consider buying a house, or even an apartment, if there's parents cannot offer any financial support. But class anxieties also exist in China. Chinese netizen coined the term invisible poor, which refer to the well-educated employees in first-tier cities with decent income but no saving. The young generation purchase the latest luxuries and the cutting-edge house devices in the rental. Meanwhile, their parents' generation, the Post 60s generation, were famously frugal. Some economists claim that one of the reasons for this phenomenon is that the post-60s generation pour all their money in real-estates. Still, young people try to release the class anxieties by luxuries since the house price is too high to afford.

Reflection on So We're Working From Home. Can the Internet Handle It? Today, my news consumption is from The New York Times. This report is not so interesting, so I will just talk about my opinion towards online working. Will it become a trend? I have planned for a journalism project named "People do not need to work in Beijing" for several months. It's not about super-rich guy or full-time landlords in Beijing. This project will focus on freelancers or new careers born out of Web 3.0, such as independent programmer, influencer, freelance journalist. Maybe these are not new for western countries, but most Chinese people did not consider them as real jobs. I have talked to many "do not need to work "people. Most of them work from home, and no one said it's inconvenient. On the contrary, I was told that they saved the commute time to do whatever they want. In Beijing, commute time means 2-3 hours a day on average. Not just freelancer found they have more time. One of my friend who is working in a tech company said his boss does not seems to want him back in the office since he works more hours when he works from home. Not going to work means you're going to work all the time. Working from home sounds perfect. No commute. Sleep until wake up naturally. You can live in a place with beautiful scenery and low rent. Will we all work at home in the future? From my point of view, unless we're in home quarantine for a few months， it's a long way from that.