TIANCIAO, a 26-year-old Chinese student, who is pursuing his Biology PhD in an American University, is going to have his qualifying exam presentation today. He is rehearsing his presentation to himself in the mirror while recalling his frustrating memories involving his ex girlfriend, successful childhood peer, and disappointed parents.He is further haunted by the hallucination that he is wearing a Beijing Opera mask painted on his face and is unable to wash it away.
