生辰 - A moment of birth

明天就要到生日了。已经跟朋友定好KTV计划的我并不担心重蹈两年前分手后在生日上写柏拉图论文，一年前被约会对象踹飞后紧急改约兄弟逛游戏展的覆辙。能发生什么差错呢？

当然，我的学术生涯比我的生日计划更值得担心，因为我已经四天没有读书了。又因为赶上如此吉日，不写点东西拖延读书，我便觉得生日有些白过了。我不想写一些总结性的话语，因为很多已经写在NewsLetter里了。

大部分阅读我网站的读者不会英文，原谅我想要用母语写作的任性。我会附上机械翻译的版本。

去年的生日，我还在做数据分析的实习，姐姐请我吃了烤肉。我心血来潮地买了一个尤克里里。我太喜欢这台琴，甚至把它带到了瑞典。来到瑞典之后我总是爱抱怨天气，似乎天气是阻止我学习，让我沉迷雨中冒险的罪魁祸首。可我也没赶着太阳出来的第一时间出门与久违的太阳问好。

我很久没有写诗了。大脑空空的读的少，想写的冲动也小。做事的热情总是一阵一阵的。我或许可以长篇大论分析自己为什么写不出来诗。但那绝对不是今天可以完成的工作，因为我还有阅读没有做完。

不论怎样，生日该愉快些。 祝愿我和所有其他热爱生日的人年年有今日，岁岁有今朝。

Tomorrow is my birthday. Having already made plans to go to karaoke with friends, I'm not worried about repeating the mistakes of two years ago when I wrote a Plato paper on my birthday after a breakup, or a year ago when I was dumped by my date and had to rush to a game expo with my buddies instead. What could possibly go wrong?

Of course, my academic career is more worrisome than my birthday plans, because I haven't read a book in four days. And since it's such an auspicious day, I feel like I'd wasted my birthday if I didn't write something to procrastinate on my studies. I don't want to write any summaries, because much of that has already been written in my newsletter.

Most of my website readers don't speak English, so please forgive my whims in wanting to write in my native language. I will include a machine-translated version.

Last year on my birthday, I was doing a data analysis internship, and my sister treated me to barbecue. On a whim, I bought a ukulele. I loved it so much that I even brought it to Sweden. After arriving in Sweden, I always complained about the weather, as if it was the culprit preventing me from studying and making me indulge in adventures in the rain. But I didn't rush out to greet the long-awaited sun as soon as it came out.

I haven't written poetry in a long time. My mind is blank; I read little, and the urge to write is weak. My enthusiasm for doing things always comes in bursts. I could probably write a long analysis of why I can't write poetry, but that's definitely not something I can finish today, because I still have reading to do.

Anyway, birthdays should be enjoyed.

Wishing myself and everyone else who loves birthdays 年年有今日，岁岁有今朝 (A Chinese Idiom: I wish you can have such a good day every year.)