Theodore Roosevelt House, Karayoke, 11 Madison Park

My dessert at 11 Madison Park. It is a white chocolate cake.

Inside Roosevelt House. This is his office with the book he wrote in exhibition.

I put three different things together here, it is not because they have some connections, but because I went to these places within the same day. I enjoy my winter break in NYC and find that NYC is pretty cool place to stay. It is not the city you could like it by 1 or 2 weeks' sightseeing, but a place you need to stay longer and feel its culture, international, and change.

I went to Theodore Roosevelt birthplace with my friend yesterday. It is in East 280, 20th Street. Theodore was born there in Oct.27th, 1858, who occupied White House for 3 times before U.S. changed Constitution that each president could only be elected twice. I don't quite know Theodore before I went to his birthplace, but I knew his wife a little bit from Hillary's book "Living History". Elliot Roosevelt was a very strong First Lady, who partially created current NYC. My current living area Sunnyside is one of her contributions. Normally, First Lady keeps herself away from politics and tries to become a housewife, like current Mrs.Bush. But Elliot had strong political opinion, which also influenced her husband and made herself famous in history. Well, her intervention wasn't unwelcomed at that time. I don't know how Americans think about Roosevelt, but I guess they must think highly of him, otherwise, they won't elect him three times. There is a funny story when I walked around his birthplace. It is a story about "Teddy Bear". Once, people captured a bear and asked him to shot it, but Theodore couldn't do it, so they named that bear as "Teddy Bear", and made it a famous toy around the world. I like Teddy Bear and also got one for myself before, but I never knew the name came from Roosevelt.

In east 14th Street, there is a Karayoke place, and you could sing both Chinese and English songs there. The quality is not as good as the one in my city, but it is still cool to see Karayoke in NYC. I went into and tried with my friends, and it was a fun thing to do. We enjoyed a lot. Then, we went to a very good restaurant at 11 Madison Park. Their dessert is so good and I can't stop eating. Got some pictures attached.

Year of Pig, and Queen of the night!

By using EST, today is the Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, year of Pig. Wish all my friends, family members have a happy, healthy new year. I am glad that you are all around me no matter where I am. Thanks, everyone.

I went to Fifth Avenue yesterday to buy some new year presents for myself. I got face cream, lip stick, and etc from Saks Fifth Avenue, then I went to Junior Bakery to get my favourite cheesecake. I also went to MOMA (museum) to get a special designed ice-cream scoop, and stopped by Barns & Nobles to get a classical fiction for my roommate. I expected Manhattan to have a parade for Chinese New Year, but I didn't see any sign of it, disappointed~ Well, my new year shopping is nice.

Last Friday night, I went to an Irish club with my roommate to see our friend's band. Our friend Robert is the main singer of that band, who also plays trumpet very well. He is a very cute guy, Vegetarian, never drinks any alcohol (even beer). He has a full-time job somewhere in NJ, and uses his spare time to play his music in some nice clubs in NYC. He had a performance in a Texas-styled pub couple of weeks ago and also invited us to go, but it was raining at that time and both of us were lazy to go out. Last Friday was his last performance in NYC in Feb, so if I missed it again, I've never had chance to see it, so I got over my laziness. The whole performance lasted about 2 hours, we had a splendid time there. He also taught me how to dance, and got me a very nice book for my leaving present. In his last song "Got our life", he changed the original lyrics, and wished me have a nice trip back to China. Everyone in that club gave me their wishes, which made me feel that I was the Queen of that night. Thanks, Robert! I hope I could hear your music again.

Pics of me in 2004

All right, first set of my pics during my staying in U.S. in 2004 is on theatre now. Rush to Yinster's Pic Theatre. Just kidding. I set up 10 albums, and each album has a separate link, just clink on each link below, you gonna see my album. I also give some introductions for each album and each pic. Welcome any comments.

Album 1: My first image of U.S, August.27th, 2004

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Album 2: White Mountain trip, Oct.9th, 2004

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Album 3: Campus in fall, Oct.29th, 2004

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Album 4: Celebration with my classmates, Dec.19th, 2004

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=4055&l=e1fd5&id=618835111

Album 5: Civil War Sites, Dec.22nd, 2004

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Album 6: Raleigh, NC, Dec.24th, 2004

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Album 7: Christmas Party, Dec.25th, 2004

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=4062&l=9369d&id=618835111

Album 8: Duke University, Dec.27th, 2004

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=4064&l=de801&id=618835111

Album 9: Atlantic Beach, NC, Dec.28-29th, 2004

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=4066&l=a4d42&id=618835111

Album 10: Appalachia Mountain, NC, Dec.30th, 2004-Jan.2nd, 2005

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More pics from 2005 will come out soon, just be patient.

V-Day with snow storm

Yeah, it is snowing in NYC. Cheers!!! The snow started last night and it is still snowing heavily now, together with huge winds. We haven't got snow for a while, last time it was at the end of Jan, but only flurries. The whole northeast States are covered with snow. Snow storm finally came to northeatern, Kingdom of Snow. I got so excited last night when I saw the heavy snow, and called several friends, but their reactions were quite peaceful. They even laughed at my childish. Well, I love snowing. It makes the world pure and clean. I always hope that the snow could bring something back to my life, but it never happens.

Today is Valentine's Day. I never paid attention of this day, but it seems a big event in NYC. Streets are decorated with fake roses, advertisements are everywhere for this festival. Well, I guess the snow storm will bring a lot of inconveniences for those lovers if they want to hang out today, but it is also very romantic if you date someone duirng the heavy snow. It reminds me a sad Korean TV Show "Winter Sonata". It is a very normal day for me, working on my packing. I don't have a date to expect, but I know there will be someone, somewhere and somehow.

I got my V-Day presents from my roommate, a book and a box of candy. It is funny that getting presents from roommate on V-Day. Well, I love them a lot. I also started a big project I promised my friends long time ago, uploading my pics. I will send the link onto this blog soon. I also plan another revolution today, updating my blog more frequently. I was lazy and always found excuses not updating it, such as work, exams, parties. Now it is the time for me to conquer my idleness.

Play, Surprise, and Packing

I went to see a play last night with my roommate around 7:30pm. It is H.G.Brown's "The Lady Swims Today". It is an on-stage show, presented in Richmond Shepard Theatre. The play is pretty cool, because it is a small stage with 100 audiences around the stage, so you could be very close to the stage and see the performance clearly, even actress's tears. My roommate's boyfriend Robert Funaro is the main actor in this show, so we could get very good seats face to the stage. I even got the chance to meet all the actors and actresses of the play, and talked to them in person. It was really a nice experience.

After the play around 10:30pm, we went to a restaurant in East 23rd street, Broadway to have our late dinner, another actor in this play went to dinner together with us. We talked about the play, and my roommate and I gave them some suggestions about their performance. Right before we said good night to each other and went back home, the actor went together with us invited me to come to his play again and wanted to have dinner with me. He also expressed his feelings to me, who thought I was adorable and smart. I was so surprised at that time and didn't know how to answer. It was the first time I met a guy who told me he likes me so directly and quickly. I am so inexperienced for this situation. I could only appreciate his nice feelings to me, but I only have couple of weeks to be in this city, what's the point?

I started packing yesterday, which makes me feel sad. I did have a good time in this country during 2.5 years, and I met a lot of nice people, had nice friends, "parents". Although it is not my country, I still like it. America is not a perfect country, but nothing is perfect in this universe.

Sleepless in NYC~

Last night around 11pm, there was a strong smell all over our apartment. It smelt like gas, which scared me and my roommate. We suspected that the gas was leaking. We checked our stove several times to make sure it was closed, but the smell was still there. Finally, we called maintenance man to come over and check it for us around the midnight. Well, he couldn't find anything wrong. We opened all the windows to make sure we could get some fresh air. When I went bed, it was freezing cold inside my bedroom. I used all my blankets to keep myself warm, but I still couldn't fall asleep. I worried that I would die because of the gas leak, and I even thought that this event might become top news of NYC the next day.

I finally fell asleep around 3 or 4am, I wasn't quite sure, but one of my stupid friends called me at 6:30am this morning to make sure I was still alive. Well, after that phone call, I couldn't go back to sleep anymore. It isn't that romantic like the movie "Sleepless in Seattle". Alas, make sure to switch off your cell when you sleep. I normally switch off my cell right before I go to bed, but I kept it on last night in case I might call 911. Well, the whole thing went wrong. This morning, we called the manager of our apartment and finally figured out where the smell came from. They painted the floor of our building's lobby, so the smell came from the wax. At least, they should put a note to inform us. Weird~

I went to see a documentary film with my friend last weekend. It talks about the priest sexual abusing children in Christian church, which is kinda disgusting. It destroys people's faith, so if you heard about that film, don't see it in order to keep your faith. Oh, this year's Super Bowl was over last Sunday, I guess people came from Chicago would be very disappointed. Well, I am not a big fan of American football, but I like the advertisement during the match, which is pretty cool~

Skiing

Oh, my recent life is busy and splendid, maybe because it is close to the time I leave U.S. I always had nightmare recently about saying goodbye to my friends here. I woke up suddenly and felt scared. Anyway, I am still in U.S, so just enjoy my life at this moment.

I went back to NH again last weekend, which I didn't suppose to, but my friend's party invitation attracted me. I went to NH on Friday late night and caught the ending of that party, getting some nice Japanese food. I went skiing at Mount Sunapee with 4 other people, 3 of whom could ski very well. This was the first time for me to ski and I had no idea about it, I even didn't know how to put my ski boots on. It was embarrassing that my friend had to help me to wear my ski boots. I stayed in bunny slope to learn the basic technique of skiing, even the bunny slope is steep for me. Skiing isn't easy at all, especially when you are not a kid anymore. I fell down twice because I couldn't control my body very well, and I can't even stop sliding. When I fell down, I couldn't even stand up with my ski boots on. It took me a long time to get up. Fortunately, both my friends and people there were nice to me, they taught me how to ski patiently, and even strangers gave me some hints on how to get up with your ski boots on. I like people there, they are very nice, gentle, and friendly.

I went to a pub in Dover with my friends on Saturday night. There was a local jazz band, the main singer of that band was great. Her voice is beautiful. All the people there enjoyed her performance and every young people in that pub danced together, even we didn't know each other. It is like a big party, which is pretty cool. NH is freezing cold recently, and I finally saw snowing there last weekend. I was so tired last whole weekend, but I had a lot of fun with my friends. My "parents" went back to NYC from their wonderful trip yesterday, and we had a very nice dinner at a Japanese restaurant in Times Square. I love their sushi, sashimi and seaweed salad. Thanks, "Dad" and "Mom".

I strongly suggest others to go skiing sometime, it is a fun thing to do. But if you don't know how to ski, you'd better going either with your Dad or with your boyfriend. Either way you will feel safe and enjoy. Or if your friends are not that mean to you, you could go with your friends either.

PB and 24 are coming back

Exciting news for those TV fans: the second half of Prison Break and Sixth Season of 24 Hours were coming back to FOX last night and last weekend, separately. FOX showed the first 4 episodes of 24 within 2 days, which is pretty cool. I can't say the sixth season of 24 is very good, but better than I expected, still having some surprises although I don't quite like them, such as Jack shot Cutis. I guess Cutis wanted to end up his contract with 24, that's why the director had to let him die, same story as last season with Tony. Well, this season is still attractive. I just worry that if the terrorists also watch this show, they could learn a lot from it, such as the way American government works, FBI and CIA's functions, and CTU's importance. That's kinda dangerous. lol~

Oh, my favorite PB was coming back either, I finally saw Michael Scofield. Now everything becomes more interesting. I kinda like Alexander Mahone. He always could find where Michael is and what his next plan gonna be. If Michael is smart, he is no less than him at all. He is forced to chase Michael, but he is a good man, nice husband and great Dad. He loves his wife, his family and even his job. He made a mistake, which resulted in his lost of normal life. I felt pity for him, but he did a good job. It is a very good game between cats and mice. I expected to see Sarah last night, but she still didn't show up. I guess I have to wait for another one or two weeks. I want her to be with Michael, which is the only way to protect herself.

Wentworth Miller was casting Michael Scofield in PB. He is pretty cool guy in real life either. His Dad was Rhodes Scholar, and he was born in England in 1972. He graduated from Princeton University and left to LA for his acting dream. I normally thought actors and actresses were not intelligent people, but he changed my stereotype for them. That's why he could do a good job as Michael, who graduated with his MS degree in Engeering at University of Chicago in PB. ABC's Brothers and Sisters become more interesting. I am now completely addicted to it and also influenced my roommate, who is now fond of that show either. You'd better not watching TV together with me, otherwise, I will keep you in front of TV every night. Winter is coming now, we got the first snow couple of days ago, only flurries, but freezing cold.

"Parents" visiting

Those are my food, chocolate fudge, jam, and my "Mom" homemade cookies.

That's my present. It is a boxology. It is made by wood and carved by hands, amazing.

It's their present for my Chinese Mom. Guess what it is inside the box: stamps, a whole box of stamps. Oh, my Mom gonna be so excited when she gets them.

Imagine how awesome it will be if your parents visit you when you are abroad alone. I experienced this wonderful moment last Thursday. My American "parents" visited me in NYC last Thursday. We met each other at noon time and took "handsome cab" to travel around Central Park. "Handsome cab" is a traditional four-seat carriage driven by horse. Then we went to the animal zoo inside Central Park. We had Japanese food for dinner (I love Japanese food, and I ate a lot that night, lolz~) and saw a funny show in Broadway "Spelling Bee". I like this show, which is so funny. It talks about the contest between teenagers. They have to give the right spelling based on the pronunciation of each word. I suddenly realized how poor my English was after watching this show. I could hardly spell any words they asked during the show.

Just like every parent, they brought me a lot of cookies and presents. I can't believe there are so wonderful American couple in this world if I stayed in China. I am not writing a fairy tale here, I know it is not easy to believe, but it is the truth. Oh, I felt warm when they were here, even though the weather was freezing cold that day. Thanks for my "parents" visiting. My stomach is happy now because of their cookies.

Happy New Year, 2007!

Same time last year, I created my blog, and I continued writing my blog for a year. Well done, Yinster. New year is coming, and hope I have more adventures this year, meeting more people and having more friends. I wish I have a more colorful life in 2007, expecting something good happen to me.

I got "holiday effect" again. Whenever there is a holiday, I will get so excited and enjoy my days off, after that, I usually get headache. I had a headache right after Thanksgiving, now it comes again, and this time, it is even worse. My stomach got sick, I felt sleepy all day, and I couldn't fall asleep during night even though I was sleepy. What should I do? (Sighing~)

My new year holiday was crazy. I went to a party with my friend. People came from different nationalities: Russian, Taiwanese, African, German, American, and Chinese. We had food from different countries, and the dessert was still Tiramisu. I love it a lot. I got lost somewhere in NYC when my friend drove me back on New Year Eve, and it was raining at that time. I am really bad at direction, especially during night. I had to stay in a friend's apartment with other 4 people, because it was the only place we could find that night. We watched a weird movie that night until 5am, New Year Day. We also saw a lot of New Yorkers celebrate 2007 in Times Square at midnight.

New Year Day in NYC was raining heavily, so we stayed at home to watch another film. This film is great. It talks about the true stories of German National Team during 2006 World Cup. There are a lot of interviews of German players, their coach, and etc. Oh, I love German National Team, they are awesome. I got so excited when I saw my favorite soccer players, Ballack, Clinsmann, Kahn, Frings, and etc. After these crazy two days, the holiday effect comes. I can't get up the next day, and my brain doesn't work at all. I feel so sleepy even now, but if I lie down on my bed, I can't fall asleep. That feeling is really awful. I guess one of my friends is right. I should attend less party, and have a normal peaceful life, which is good for my health.

Couple of my friends will visit me next week in NYC. I should recover soon, otherwise, I don't have energy to go out with them and enjoy the nice musical in Broadway. Headache, please leave me alone.

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.

First birthday out of campus!

We had a dinner in a Greek restaurant called "Uncle Nick's" in Manhattan right after Thanksgiving. The food there was so good, especially Greek feta cheese, and we all love Greek food.

It is my birthday again. I can't believe that I am already 26. Woo~ ~ ~ sighing. Many friends asked me how I gonna celebrate my birthday, actually, I have no idea. I was so tied and overwhelmed during Thanksgiving and before Thanksgiving. I hung out with my friends everywhere in NYC during Thanksgiving, watching broadway musical "Phantom of the Opera", having all different kinds of food, and etc. I also organized a party at my home for them. We drank a lot and went to pub to enjoy the light music. We had so much fun together. Now the result comes~ I had a bad headache. Today is my first birthday after I got out of school, and I have a headache. What could I do? Lying down on my bed, dreaming a good future, hopefully. By the way, I am a terrible party organizer, and I will never organize a party anymore. But I will join the party if someone invites me. lolz~

Busiest weekend ever!

Oh, gosh, I had a busiest weekend last week, traveling to 3 states within 2 days. It was a non-scheduled trip. I just decided to go back to Boston with couple of my friends last Wednesday, and then many things happened suddenly, but the result was awesome.

I went to Boston on Friday night around 7pm, then we had a party at one of my friend's house that night in Waban. It was a nice party. We had Tai food, Italian pastry, red wine and beer. We stayed up until 3am and went bed before we got drank. The whole Saturday, we were hanging around Boston, having dim-sum as breakfast, window shopping at Prudential Center, having coffee, Italian cake, ice-cream in Little Italy until late afternoon. However, this was just the beginning of the long day. A sudden party invitation lead us back to Dover, NH. After hanging out whole day in Boston, we drove nearly 2 hours back to Dover, then we just changed clothes, and went to Lee for the party. It took another 30 mins to drive from Dover to Lee. The party started at 7pm and last until 1am, Sunday morning.

Saturday night party was wonderful. 8 people from 7 different nationalities attended the party, American, Scotish, Australian, German, French, Japanese and Chinese. We even didn't know each other before. It was the first time we had so many nationalities get together in one party. Then on Sunday morning, we drove back to Durham campus and walked around until noon. Finally, I came back to Boston in the early afternoon, then another long drive back to NYC. I was exhausted for the whole weekend, but it was the happiest weekend ever. We learned a lot of things from different people: Scotish guy showed us his Scotish kilt without wearing underwear inside the kilt (it is the traditional way to do that); American girl showed us Japanese sword she bought from Ebay (she told us that we could buy everything from Ebay, which is actually true); German guy showed us his Chinese dictionary; American guy told us good Chinese and Japanese movies, directors. It was so funny. Foreigners knew more than natives. Those 8 people all went to UNH or still at UNH. It is amazing how the world connected.

Paste a Chinese post!

NYC was raining heavily yesterday. I got a Chinese post here to match the chilly weather and grey sky. Maybe we all experienced the same thing before, did you?

昨天看了友人的一篇短篇小说，突然也想写两句，感觉好像只有用美丽的文字才可以记录我内心最深刻的感受和感动。虽然人还没有衰老，为什么最近心确变得僵硬了呢？不再轻易的感动，不再有往日的笑容，不再有导演恶作剧的心情，不再有昔日的活力。即使是只睡3，4个小时也能精力充沛的工作20个小时的我，为什么现在每天都如此的累？好像即使是连续睡上24个小时也无法恢复的劳累，我到底怎么了？

一年前的记忆还那么清晰可见，就像一切还停留在昨天，可是已经转眼一年光阴。他的脸，他的声音还有那快乐的笑容还那么的真实，可惜已经远去。有时觉得那一切只是一场梦，总想紧紧的抓住，永远不要醒来，可是过去的终究还是要过去，生活还是要继续。好想一切从来，因此兴奋憧憬的回到初次遇见他的地方，希望能够再次听到他快乐的叫着我的名字，可是发现一切都已不在。总是不断告诉自己要把他忘记，可是为什么越想忘记越记得深刻呢？是啊，他是个不值得我喜欢的人，可是为什么放弃之后泪还是不停的滑落？即使是分开一年后， 心还是忍不住的痛呢？从来没有如此投入的去爱一个人，从来不愿意放弃自己的自尊和骄傲，从来不会这么无私的去照顾一个人，希望他快乐， 一切因他而改变。到现在也不知道怎么会对他有了感觉，而且这种感觉还如此的刻骨铭心。我不知道这一生还会不会这么去爱一个人，但是爱过还是觉得满足，毕竟我曾经这样的爱过。

Is that nice? Are you touched by reading it? Chinese is a beautiful language, really!

Birthday month ~

NYC Central Park in fall, 2006.

"Happy birthday to my favorite friend. I hope you are happy today and enjoy your birthday party somewhere in this planet, not like last year. However, I still enjoy the way we celebrated your birthday at the same time last year, although you were frustrated for your life at that time. Anyway, enjoy and all the best wishes to you. Hopefully, you can get it."

This is a birthday month. Except the one mentioned above, two of my best friends from different countries will celebrate their birthdays this month. Although both of them are far away from me, my wishes still could fly over Atlantic Ocean and arrive at their hands. Please note that when you celebrate your birthday, eat less cookies, otherwise, your faces will like mine, more and more like pancake. (sighing) Now we all reach the golden age of our lives, although we still didn't get a lot of money or settled down, we still enjoy our lives in our own ways. Give one of my lovely pictures here as part of your birthday presents, hope you guys like it.

By the way, do anyone need candy? I prepared a lot of candies with my roommate on Halloween, but no kid came to our place for candy, huh! Woo~ ~ ~ Now our apartment is like a candy shop.

Traveling to Greece?

I heard a lot about Greece from my Greek friend, so whenever I thought about this country, the beautiful beaches, all different kinds of islands, nice sunshine, gorgious architecture would come into my mind. I admired their culture and history. It will be a nice trip to Greece, that's what I thought. Well, it isn't always the case for everyone.

One of my friends told me a funny story when he travelled to Greece right after he got out of college. He was single, handsome (based on his description of himself), naive, young, vivid at that time. When he got out of the airport, he saw lots of people standing outside of the airport to find their guests. Because there are many travelers coming to Greece each year, so many people rent out their guest rooms to get some extra money. My friend didn't book a hotel room at that time, so he was wondering whether he should take this idea. Well, here comes an old lady with her granddaughter, who had a nice vacant room in an island near that airport. Her granddaughter was very pretty, my friend took their room without asking any info, even the location of their house, the price for one night because he saw this breathtaking girl. He went together with her grandma. She took him there, and showed the room, which was located in a nice island, neat, clean, and one mile walking distance from the beach. There were nice coffee shops, theaters near the house, and it only took $25 per night. It was awesome.

Well, for a single young man traveling abroad, it is really nice to stay in this place. My friend planned to stay 3 days there, but because of that breathtaking girl, he stayed there for 6 days in order to meet her again. It would be very romantic to live near the beach with this beautiful Greek girl. But the funny point is that he never saw this girl again except meeting her grandma to pay for his living expenses. He stayed there nearly a week dreaming that he would meet her in the dinning room or near the beach, so he could take her for a cup of coffee, but it never came to that point. Finally, he decided to leave because he figured out from other travelers that it was a trick. Those Greek people used their beautiful family members to attract travelers in order to rent out their rooms. He wasn't the only one being fooled at that time. He thought it was pretty fortunate that the room they rented to him was not expensive and indeed pretty nice. He told me several times that those Greek people were smart. Of course, they are smart, otherwise, it could only show that you are stupid. And he is happy that he isn't the only one being fooled. (sighing)

Until now, he still couldn't forget about that breathtaking girl. He told me that sometimes he dreamed about her, and it was already more than 5 years after his trip to Greece. He even thought about coming back to Greece to find her, but he didn't want to be silly again. Even now, he is always saying "She is very adorable, and her skin is so smooth, but I will never meet her again". Oh, well, except laughing, what can I say?

Colbert Report on site

The day before yesterday, I went to Colbert Studio with couple of my friends to see Colbert Report on site. It is a talk show from 11pm to 11:30pm Monday through Friday. I didn't know this TV Show before, but my roommate was fond of it and she got the ticket for me. It was raining heavily that day, and we had to go to his studio around 6pm, but the Host Stephen Colbert is a very funny guy, who cheered us up. They started to shoot around 7:30pm, which would be on air at 11pm that night, so we were the first audience to watch it.

It is quite different feeling when you saw a TV Show on site. We could get more information and see their mistakes, which you would never see on TV. It was an anniversary for this program that day, and the special guest they invited was a writer Richard Dewkins who wrote a book named The God Delusion. The writer just wanted to state that there is no God in the universe. Unfortunately, most audience even Colbert himself believe the God. They may not Christian, or Jewish, but they believe their own God in certain ways. The interview went so funny, because Colbert tried to convince the writer that there is a God in the universe, and most audience on site were by his side. You could watch that day's episode online at: http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml

If you see it clearly, you could find my face at the end of this interview. I was sitting in the third row. Because the total number of audience was around 80 that night, so it was not too difficult to find my lovely face. Cheers!