It's Kwan here

I stayed in the lab for the whole day, doing what my tutor had assigned me. And the weather was getting better. I had felt what a full life like, getting better like the weather. My senior in the same lab gave me a tasty cake for my hard work today, making me so warm. I had been asking him questions constantly, but he rewarded me… After that he found something to eat. Now I come to realize more clearly that what a beautiful present to receive sincerity from others!

The weather trends to get good cuz it doesn’t rain so far. Today is the time for me to hurry for my homework. The word “deadline” is worthy of the name cuz every time I run to the final line, I’m almost dead. Tomorrow is a new starting point. I need adjust myself to a new competition.

As expected, we gather together to talk and play, enjoying ourselves. However, something imperfect, strikes me. We just tell the facts objectively, nothing about personal feeling. Without communication from heart to heart, people may get more and more unfamiliar, though sometimes they’re sitting closely. Perhaps male is a kind of animal lack of expression of emotion. Thus, I can come to a ridiculous conclusion: that’s why beer is always popular among men…

Tomorrow my classmates at college will come to see us remaining at school. I’m looking forward to the little gathering, although I had gone out with these guys for three times since graduation.

 

Living in Jiading campus made me feel that I’m an animal in the zoo. Many animals were liberated when graduation and at times one or few of them came back to see me…May I appreciate them? Maybe… If I have to be an animal here, I would rather be a carnivore, of course, full of knowledge. I hope I won’t waste time in the 2 years.

It has been raining for several days. Although it can’t bring happy feelings, at least I have got used to the wet weather, which might make me depressed when I just came to Shanghai.

 

“You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself.” The sentence seen in the book looks helpful to me. I’m trying to be the owner of myself.

It’s cold not only outside, but also inside. I can’t smell spring’s coming.

 

Hiding in the dorm for the whole day, I try to memorize some new words. Time will verify my effort. Anyway, the words are so lucky to have met me, cuz most of words in the book don’t have the opportunity. Thus I hope they won’t go away with my breath…

 

 

Today is the first day of this term, but I don’t have much passion. Maybe I need some time to adjust to my present life. For example, I’m carnivorous at home, but I have to turn to be herbivorous at school…

 

It's my first oral English class, also the very reason for the birth of this journal. I’m not complaining about it, but grateful to it, also to my teacher, Mrs Sullivan. Sometimes I must be obliged to do something good for myself. Cuz this kind of thing is hard for me, so I always beat my brains, not to make it, but to avoid it. When the hard and helpful thing turns to be “obligatory”, I have to face it. So, the above is the reason for my gratitude. 

 

Mrs Sullivan wrote “I am the best of the best” on the blackboard and ask everybody to say the sentence. After that Mrs Sullivan took photos for each of us. At that moment I backed to the wall, feeling that I was a prisoner before imprisonment. If I was holding the label with name, it would be truer…  

 

PS: This is a journal written today about yesterday.

    I took part in a party the day before yesterday.Lots of international exchange students with different complexions here,consisted of German,Thai,Spanish and so on.Almost for the whole time,we(the other classmate and I) just sat there looking at others,as lookers-on...

    In the end,it's time for free communication,our last opportunity.We must accost the foreigners.Then we made it through hesitation and consideration for period of time.It's a coincidence for me to know the German named Toby.He also majored in mechanical engineering and in the same lab with my roommate.So I had heard of him before.

    In the course of communicating with foreigners,it often happened to me that I found no words to say after a few sentenses' talk.Um,it's an embarrassing time. - -! Then I talked to myself, even though the one who I was facing was a strange Chinese person,I also didn't know what to say,did I? I've always no idea about how to accost other people and to go on with the topic.Character makes it...And sometimes I have to change the passive situation.Sb. and sth. changes with time going.So just leave it aside and continue my life...

    Recently I'm listening to the new music album of Mayday,"Poetry of The Day After".I strongly commend it to u.

    Three discoveries:

    1.accidently=accidentally

    2."Accost",one crucial word,should be memorized...It embarrassed me a lot in my bachelor time,so I'm still a bachelor now...BTW,"Bachelors' Day" is coming,aha,a good excuse for celebrating with delicious food~Celebrating a festival and having my favorite food with appropriate reasons is an essential  competence，which I've learned in the university.

    3.I commence studying guitar recently.It came to me suddenly and surprisingly that "Two tigers" and "Study song" are uniform in the first 4 notes with "do re mi do".

    Finally,a joke for u guys:

    "Your future depends on your dreams." So go to sleep. 

    Accidently I found out some letters in the 1st or 2nd year of my university time.Letters can record things that happened years ago.Also they're able to commemorate that time...

    In theory,short messages won't ever take the place of letters.Cuz letters can be conserved for a long time while short messages don't manage to. Time always represents certain feelings: happiness, warmth, excitement, depression, pain or sth. else,whatever,meaningful...Letters exist with time together.The longer, the better.

    While in practice,short messages have replaced letters which have almost died out... Time goes shorter for communication and life goes easier for convenience.Nevertheless, who cares our emotion? Simple life makes simple sense...

    Every meal I always put my sight on beauties around me.Unconsciously,it becomes my habit. According to the theory in my previous blog, we can draw a conclusion: I have done it for at least 21 times ... Sometimes such a bold behavior maybe tough for me that I pretend to have my meal intently.Um, what bad influence for living in Jiading too long!

    We met some classmate twice in these two days.And everytime he took a look at us with the words "Have you finished your lunch?" which always made us silent...He didn't expect our answer, did he? Therefore,we an't bound to reply.It's fair.Our life has changed a lot these years and eating our fill is no longer a problem...Perhaps we should develop some better way to greet each other.Whatever, I don't know.As usual,I raise my head slightly to transmit a warm message.Meanwhile,a friendly smile,shines others...

    Recently we find a new entertainment named "board game".It origins from the Occident. "Board game",worthy of the name, is played on the desk.Among the games,we're addicted to "三国杀" and "uno". No more explanations,if it interests you,just google it.

    Today I come back to the basketball court after being out of here for months.By all appearances, I'm back with the same body, but not the same state.After running and jumping for a short time,I nearly wear out...Breathing seems to be  a tough action to me.It is said that drifting along outside,you'll pay off what you owe soon or later.I usually drift along in my dorm,but I'm still punished...

    Yesterday in English class,the teacher told us that people often said "faithfulness(信), expressiveness(达),and elegance(雅)" was the criteria of translation.However, it's out of date.Cuz elegance is no longer an essential principle.For instance,when we come to the words "fuck"、"damn" and so on,how should we make it elegance to express the addressor's fucking or damned mood?

    There're also some jokes in English translation caused by unseemly expression.

1.Do u ever think about how to express "小心地滑" in English? U certainly know the usual one,"caution,wet floor".But I'll tell another understanding,"skat carefully"...

2.It is commonly known that "White Elephant" is a famous brand of battery in China,but in the dictionary it means"An article, an ornament, or a household utensil no longer wanted by its owner." How could the brand go out of China...

3.A popular Chinese lipstick with the trademark "芳芳", but "fangfang" sounds terrible.U can look up the word "fang" in the dictionary... I guess it will receive the same result with NO.2 abroad...

4.Several years ago English wasn't so popular in our nation.At that time , some old women with a red armband supervised the order in the street. A foreigner was confused why so many old women didn't enjoy their time at home and came to the street.A person "good at English at that time" explained to him,"they are street women!" The foreigner was much more confused......

"Street woman" means harlot...

PS: I have just changed my desktop.Give u some color to see see...

    Life is so boring that I would rather go to heaven.I only have a body without soul... 7 days have gone away from my fingers, which are always used to hold the mouse.I've no power to do anything except eating and sleeping.I can't even master myself,and how could I come to be a master ? However, I've already become a "bachelor",worthy of the name,cuz it's so easy to make it...

    Doing nothing with two days past.Of course,nothing to me means "eating,sleeping,playing dota".Don't ask me who is dota.Dota is not doudou,and certainly it doesn't have the bad luck of doudou,who is that penguin always struck by other congeners...(If u haven't heard that joke,just forget what I said...)

    However,based on some responsibility,I come here to say sth.It is said that every habit may be formed in 21 days.After the 21 days,u can do it without thinking cuz it's so-called "habit",which is always named "second nature".But how long the 21 days are!Ur...Let's change another subject cuz the present is so lumbersome.

    Teacher Bian's word in class several days ago made me can't forget until now.A student who always obeys the teacher usually has no idea of his own.In my mind,the parlance is justifiable.Immediately it came to my mind that can we use the word as a reason for skipping classes we aren't interested in?Aha,good idea!We should be persons of own idea,an't we?

    It's a joke.Task of today is over.

    So,after imagining many times without action,finally I'm here.Like the majority,I'm a person with imagination,However,without action.Today,being here is a success to me.Of course,first step of success.

    For a long time,maybe since I was born,insisting on sth. is hard to me.Now,I will challenge myself.I hope I can catch on with the bus of blog,to grip the beautiful scene of life and share it with u guys,my friends.

    I'm not good at writting in Chinese,not to mention in English.U may not appreciate my essay,cuz my English expression is limited.Usually there's some mistakes in my English blog,I will be very glad to accept ur correction.So I can make progress in English.

    In the end,enjoy ur time here,my friends!