This is the first time (Hmmm...), yes, the first time, I feel I do not want to do anything--I don't want to go to school, I don't want to study, and .... I want to even quit my job! What makes me have such a feeling? No motivation? No challenge?
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t1158.htm Generally a row is horizontal, so that in English we write our text in rows, whereas in Chinese they typically write in columns (which go vertically).