About Me

Experience

I am currently a Ph.D. student in computer science at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore. My research interests primarily focus on 3D computer vision.

You can find my biography page here: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~zhujiay/ (Usually it may be slightly outdated).

This website serves as a platform for me to share and archive my study notes, poems (if they can be called that), and thoughts. I like to think of it as a sanctuary for secreting and rushing at night. The term "secreting" is inspired by A. E. Housman, who described poetry as a "morbid secretion". As for "rushing at night," it originates from the novel "Rush at Night" (《红拂夜奔》) by Wang Xiaobo (王小波), which explores curiosity and freedom. By the way, the name Tianke Youke, given to this website, emerged from a dream I once had. It represents the most delicious food in the world —- an illusory concept that I will continue to search for throughout my life.

主要是写给自己

座右铭：「人间送小温」。

人生观：这里没有意义，我活着一是为了满足一点点好奇，一是为了散播一点点爱，一是为了追逐一点点快乐，一是麻醉于一点点美跟诗意。

我喜欢文学和哲学但很浅薄，喜欢计算机但很蠢，是非常非常普通的一个人。

我至今仍未走到我的精神之归宿，我的灵魂之故乡。我不汲于名利，不囿于眼前，我有系天下之胸怀，有格破竹之思虑，有觅险远之好奇。

我不必顾周遭之眼光。我永远应在做我所认为正确之事。就算有不解、怀疑，我应不予理睬，遵从内心。

我本性固执，而这无须掩饰。做我所选择之事我必甘心投入所有精力，做于我有意义之事我必尽毕生。

——18岁时候的《自我独立宣言》

年轻人有自己热爱的事情，精力充沛的时候，一不小心就投入到物我两忘。他真幸运。年轻人说，他不喜欢用力活着，喜欢闲散。他还爱拿尼采的一句「闲散是天才的理想，懒惰是浪漫主义者的美德」说事。可是不管他怎么说，他活得还挺用力的，因为他有自己热爱的事情。

有一次问起来最想成为什么，年轻人居然说，最想成为一棵树。问为什么，他说，一棵树，同其他的树一样并排立着，但并不靠着。一棵树静止在时光中，呆呆地只干一件事，就是立着。一棵树什么也不做，但又什么都做过了，那是生命最本质的样子。

他可真是一个十足的浪漫主义者跟理想主义者。

——20岁生日时候的《有一个年轻人活在死与意义的追逐中》