没有时间 - These days I have no time 我恨高兴但是我没有时间。 我恨忙。 我想作很多的东西。 I thought I should start writing little notebook entries even though I can barely express myself in Chinese. Little by little my language may improve this way. So yeah, what I wanted to say was that "These days I have no time". I am happy with life and I am lucky in many ways but time is very limited and I am busy. I want to achieve many things so it is frustrating right now. Would be great to be able to express ^ that in Chinese.

"To lose something" When talking about losing something, what is the common way to say this in Mandarin. For example how would you say I lost my book, could you say 我遗失我的书。 If that is totally wrong. In what context is 遗失 used.

现在严重的学中文开始 我的中文很不好. I feel that even the title of the post may be wrong? It is so bad that I have to write the next sentence in English, I struggled to write the title :p. I just attempted to write the this notebook entry in Chinese but failed hard. I went to a Chinese language school for 2months and completed the first and second term of their beginners course. I took a break to focus on my A Levels. This allowed me to get in to university. I am now studying computer science @ Imperial College London (帝国理工学院). I have forgotten quite a lot of my Chinese but still remember the basics. The writing I need to revisit and practice the stroke order. Also my handwriting sucks so would be great to know how to improve it. I will be attending term 3 in February but in the meantime I will revise my Chinese. I am half Chinese and half English so throughout my life not knowing Chinese has been a barrier for me when around my Chinese family. That is a motivating factor for me as well as the many Chinese friends I have. I had a phone conversation in Chinese with my friend the other day, he complimented my Chinese despite it being basic so I am pretty motivated to get serious now. Anyway hopefully next time I can actually write this in Chinese.