Sep 14, 2010 I Think I Can

We had our first seminar this term this afternoon. Newcomers introduced themselves and our boss expressed his Moon Festival greetings ahead of time. He also brought us two boxes of moon cakes and asked us to share them when the special day came.  I have to say, he is a nice boss :)

Several of my colleagues got rewarded for their papers. I was a little bit jealous because it was a pretty penny for a student and I really wanted it. However, my paper is still in pregnancy and I am not sure when it will come out.  I hate myself for procrastiting because I am wasting money, but I don't know what to do with it! (what is it?? being slow or the paper?) 

Well, life will move on, no matter how much I hate it.  I won't give up, because I'll get what I want when I think I can.

When you write something in past tense, everything must stay in past tense. You cannot say "He walked in the door". Followed by " and hands us our papers." It is better to say, "he walked in the door and handed us back our papers."

Sep 14, 2010 I Think I Can

We had our first seminar this term this afternoon. Newcomers introduced themselves and our boss expressed his Moon Festival greetings ahead of time. He also brought us two boxes of moon cakes and asked us to share them when the special day arrives. I have to say, he is a nice boss :)

Several of my colleagues got rewards for their papers. I was a little bit jealous because it was a pretty penny for a student. I really wanted it, but my paper is still in pregnancy and I am not sure when it will come out. So, sometimes I hate myself for being so slow. I am wasting money but I don't know what to do with it!

Well, life will move on, no matter how I hate it. And I know I won't give up; I know finally I'll get what I want when I think I can.


"this ... this"
Try and avoid repeating words in a sentence if you can.  An alternative might be "This afternoon, we had the first seminar of the new term."

"a pretty penny"
This is a rather anachronistic idiom.  Slightly better would be "a tidy sum", or just "quite a lot of money"

".... still in pregnancy and I am not sure when it will come out"
What a marvellous sentence, it made me laugh and I just love it!! Well done!