明白了，谢谢

“Nonsense” Chinese Poetry

In contrast to traditional poetry, which has strict requirements on for rhythm and word count （不说这个专业词的话，该改成 the number of words on each line／in the poem), modern Chinese poetry is more casual and thus funny (Are more casual poems necessarily funny?) . “Nonsense poetry” (废话诗), brought to public view by poet Wu Qing, raised a （推荐你多形容一下是什么样的debate，可以说是national debate 吗？）national debate on poetry in 2012. Many criticized that publishing his poems was a waste of paper (mass noun), while many of his followers believed his artworks revealed the true （true essence 是个规定词语，不知道为什么） essence of nature. As a reader, I personally do enjoy his poems. Let me introduce two nonsense poems to you. BTW, please forgive my poor translation :)

《向一只猫要一支烟》 ---|| Title: Asking a cat for a cigarette
没有把握 -------------------------|| Not confident,
只是试试 -------------------------|| A man/He (需要主语） just tried to
向一只猫要一支烟 -----------|| Ask a cat for a cigarette.
就这样 -----------------------------|| Just like this
他问一只猫 ----------------------|| He asked the cat
有没有烟？ ----------------------|| "Do you have a cigarrate?"
猫跳下桌子躲到了沙发底 || The cat jumped down from the table and hid under the sofa.
他搬开沙发 ----------------------|| He moved the sofa aside.
对猫说了句谢谢 ---------------|| Thanks, he said to the cat.


《关于一个人》 --------------|| Title: Being solitary
我现在是一个人 --------------|| I am solitary now
真的是一个人 ------------------|| Only myself, seriously
在这个房间的外面 -----------|| Outside of this room
有70多亿人 ----------------------|| There are more than 7 billion people

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Really interesting! Thanks for sharing!

甚至“思维差异”常常被翻译成英语的“different ways of thinking“，美国人对这个词语的理解跟中国人对”思维差异“的了解不一样。之前我中国朋友生了我的气因为我回得他很慢，他以为是因为我讨厌他的，但我只是有点忙，忘了告诉他我当时没时间。（希望你们能看得懂）

About to take my final exams

I'm excited to say that I finally finished my fifth semester in Petroleum Engineering. Albeit (doesn't normally start a sentence) Although I haven't even taken the finals, the excitment is getting bigger every day because it's just 9 days left until I'm free for my freedom (needed a verb) ;D and let's be honest, 9 days is nothing (time flies by). I wish I could go to Bucaramanga and get a job at a fashion store or whatever, I don't mind as long as I get to spend some quality time with my sister, my cousins and my aunts.

I'm hoping next semester will be full of good things, good projects and good people. I want to be more proactive, as a matter of fact, I'm planning on getting onto the SPE chapter student board and enrolling with the Research group at the University. By Right now I want to relax and learn some french by myself, or perhaps take some classes. I'm feeling a little rusty with my french and would love to improve my speaking and writing skills.