Christmas in Cleveland, Ohio

Niagara Falls welcome us. The falls are amazing~


Two lovely girls in Erie Lake on Christmas day.

Beautiful lake near Case Western Reserve University campus.

My Christmas holidays are quickly gone, and I am now back to NYC again. Oh, I still felt that I was in Cleveland. I spent 4 days with my friends there. The trip was awesome. I went to Cleveland on the 24th, Christmas Eve and we had nice fish, duck and cheesecake that night. I visited my friend's campus (Case Western Reserve University) and Cleveland downtown on Christmas Day. Cleveland is pretty, similar to Boston, and well-organized. I love that quiet, neat city.

We drove to Niagara Falls on the 26th. The weather wasn't that good, but it didn't ruin our trip. Niagara Falls are beautiful, difficult to describe. It is just amazing. 3 different falls get together and show us the beauty of nature. I got so excited when I saw the falls. Unfortunately, the sightseeing boat wasn't running that day for the safty reason, but we still got chance to go to the bottom of the falls, where we could get very close to the falls. In order to take pictures of the falls, and enjoyed the nice view, I got completely wet for my body. The water was freezing cold, and I nearly took a shower with iced cold water. Pictures will show up soon. Oh, I love the nature. I hope I could see the summer view and night view of Niagara Falls in future.

Maybe I got too excited that day, I fell asleep when we drove back to Cleveland, but nice Korean barbecue woke me up. On the 27th, I went to Outlet with my friends for shopping. Girls like shopping, that's the general rule. Got some nice clothes for myself, together with some kitchen utilities. It is weird that I like kitchen utility a lot and always buy a lot, although I seldom use them, and as everyone knows, my cooking technique is awful. Oh, my silly friend in Cleveland is good at cooking, I love her food. We also went to Little Italy in Cleveland, and had hot chocolate with Tiramisu. I love Italian sweeties, especially Tiramisu and some Italian pastry.

I came back to NYC yesterday although I hope I could stay in Cleveland for the rest of my life. Happy time is always short. Well, New Year will be around the corner. I don't think I gonna go to Time Square to celebrate New Year Eve together with many New Yorkers, but I guess I should make some plans at NYC either. Wish all my friends, parents, and myself have a nice 2007. Hope some good things happen to me next year. Thank you, silly Jing, you gave me a wonderful Christmas. Happy birthday to my Dad, you will receive a lot of unpaid bills from me as your birthday presents, lolz~ What a terrible daughter I am.

One year anniversary

Just a short post to memorize at the same time last year, I did the most stupid, funny, brave thing in U.S. I've ever done in my life. Time passes so fast. It is already a year, and I am still proud of what I did at that moment, although I hope I could do it earlier.

Don't judge people based on their nationalities~

Usually, we have some stereotypes about people from different countries, such as we normally think Americans are more open and talkative; French are romantic; Russians like drinking Vodka; and etc. Well, it is not always the case.

Most foreigners here I knew all thought Chinese people are quiet and shy. Yes, some Chinese are, I admit, but not all, such as myself. Chinese are vivid and funny if they are with their friends, but not with strangers. Compared to Americans, Chinese are generally shy and quiet. It is a nice trait from our history and culture. Unfortunately, it never happens to me and some of my friends. We just could talk 24-hour a day even with strangers. How about shy? Yes, it did happen to me sometimes when I met a person for the first time, but not always.

What do you think about Germans? Most people will give me an answer like humorless, serious, etc. I sadly realize recently that it is not always the case either. I had a German friend (or acquaintance maybe), he is far more funny than me. I even failed to make fun of him or fool him. So my conclusion here is that don't judge people based on their nationalities, otherwise, you will always make mistakes or even make yourself stupid.

Christmas is around corner, this is the third Christmas I spent in this country. Each Christmas is quite different for me, this time, I am heading up to Cleveland, Ohio. Oh, time flies, I can't believe 2006 is nearly gone. Woo~ ~ ~ Merry Christmas to all my friends.

Fall season TV Shows~

This season's TV shows are disappointing. It doesn't mean those TV shows are bad, but the Broadcasting companies are sucks. Fox announced that they gonna stop showing Prison Break last Monday without any reason. Second season of Prison Break is awesome, but Fox only showed half of the season and promise to show the second from Jan.22nd, 2007. I don't understand why Fox always did this kind of stupid things. They showed half of season one of Prison Break last fall, then showed the whole season again last spring. Now they repeat the same story. It is only on air once a week. For all the fans, we have to wait for a week to see only one episode, now they completely stopped. When it comes to next spring, who gonna still remember what they are talking about in the first half of season two? It is just ridiculous.

Besides Fox, ABC is sucks too. They showed previous episode of Desperated Housewife and Brothers and Sisters last night. It wasn't a mistake. I don't understand why they did that on purpose even without an announcement. At least, Fox announced the decision on their website. I even don't know whether they gonna show the new episode next week or still previous one. Moreover, they did a great advertisement for Six Degree. You even could see its advertisement inside the subway, now they stop showing Six Degree without any explanation. They completely messed up this fall season.