macy's

　　
　　　
The world largest store - macy's. It is so large that you have to spend at least three hours to walk around the department store. When it is on sale, you had better go there asap; otherwise, even if you see something you like, it might not have your size. I had the exact experience. I went there during the holiday season which was Christmas, and I saw a jacket I liked. However, there was no size for me. What a pity! When macy's is on sale, it seems every one is a rich man!!

Installation Art

Installation art can be seen around our living environments. New York City has many special installations which have become famous places for sightseeing. At the convenience of my friend's coming, I collected all of them.

Burger King - King Kong Size

By the King Kong fever, Burger King provides a new meal option - King Kong Size Whopper, also called triple whopper. It was really King Kong size because I couldn't finish it by myself. Unfortunately, Burger King dose not offer this meal in Taiwan. If you want to try it, come here!

Empire State Building

　
　
Empire State Building lights up with different colors in different festivals. In the bottom and right picture, the green/red/red colors represent Christmas season. The other one which is blue/white/blue means Hanukkah. There are total 66 colors of Empire State Building. I hope I can collect all of them in this year!

Disney Store

　
　

Disney cartoons are guaranteed to be good. I believe everyone of you has watched at least one of the Disney cartoons. Mickey mouse, of course, is the symbol of Disney products. However, I prefer Nemo than Mickey.

Rockefeller Center

　


The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center always appears in everyone's camera. The skating rink has more people than usual. Unfortunately, I cannot skate; otherwise, I really want to skate on this rink; especially during the night, it was more beautiful, and the snow-like lights were turned on every other ten minutes. When the lights were on, the music also went off. If you have a chance, you must experience it because this is not something you can feel from the words.

Views of Fifth Avenue

　

The most expensive avenue in the world. In this avenue, you can find every well-known brand store. However, how many can you buy? Whenever I go to there, I always see people buying a lot of stuff. I hope someday I can be like one of them.

The New York Public Library

Have you watched the movie "The Day After Tomorrow"? Do you remember the survivors used the library as their shelter? There are so many movies made in NYC. This movie is just one in many of them.

Home-made Christmas Dinner

BoBo, my friend, came from Taiwan to celebrate the holidays. As her demand, I baked a chicken and cooked vegetables as well. While I was taking care of the chicken, Wakko made the delicious asparagus rolls and the fruit salads. Since we had a guest, I used only milk to cook the soup, which I had never made before. More importantly, it was we were so full, and were unable to finish the chicken.

Snowing

Times Square Ball Drop attracts a million people every year. It has been held more than one century, and has become a big event of NYC. The last day of 2005, everyone came from all over the world, and went to Times Square to welcome the whole new year - 2006. However, Ball Drop's charm not only lures human beings but also Nature. Sonw arrives at New York City this afternoon rapidly and suddenly. I believe she doesn't want to miss the one of the great events in the world.

Dream Comes True

Carol, back and right, my former classmate at Queens College, and her husband, Allen, back and left just opened their small drink shop - OHANA - this month. OHANA in Hawaiian means family; interestingly this word also has the same pronunciation in Japanese, which means flower. It is very difficult to open a shop, especially in America, I think. When I went to visit them, they did not have some many customers. However, it just began. From Allen's face, I can tell that he enjoys working with their small shop because this is his dream. I hope you all can make your dreams come true someday because this is the most joyful event in the lives.

The last month of this year is a nightmare

This December is a tough month to me. I worked so hard to overcome it. Meanwhile, I also took some of my very important time to write Christmas cards to you. Here is my schedule of this very busy month.

12/1 ~ 12/4 - Did Information Security (IS) take home final exam.

12/5 ~ 12/7 - Prepared for Information Systems Design and Development (ISDD) final exam.

12/8 - ISDD Final Exam.

12/9 ~ 12/13 - Wrote a program with basal interface for my project, finished the project paper, and prepared a presentation for ISDD.

12/14 - Kept writing the project paper for IS.

12/15 - Presentation Day of ISDD

12/16 ~ 12/17 - Finished Business Telecommunication (BT) take home final exam.

12/18 ~ 12/20 - Finished the project paper and prepared a presentation for IS.

12/21 - Presentation Day of IS.

12/22 - Class canceled due to the NYC Transit Strike.

Finally, my first academic year finished. This semester was fun and busy. I have registered for next semester. I hope I will not be as busy as this semester, but it will never be true, I know it! I will keep working hard, and also please come here to check my lastest news when you have time.

In addition, there is someone I really appreciate; without this person, I cannot image how I could work this out. This person is Wakko. Thank you very much. Thanks for your support, for your patience, and for everything you have done for me.



Presenting at classroom for ISDD

Posters for IS

First snow

In the early morning of December 4, while I was sleeping, snow arrived at NYC quietly. When I woke up in the morning, I was so shocked because I didn't expect the snow. Snow's coming also indicates winter comes. Meanwhile, I heard from Kenny that Taiwan was also very cold and some people even went to some higher monutains to wait for snow. In Taiwan, obviously, snow is very precious, but in New York City, where I'm living, snow is something I'll have every winter. I even don't feel that I like snow so much, probably I have too much.

零下三度的汗水

天啊！又到了假太陽的季節, 明明是大晴天, 可是室外溫度卻只有3度, 而且是零下！雖然如此, 還是去慢跑了, 穿著一件長袖和一件外套就到那地上都結冰的公園去了, 只有一個字冷~~~ 雖然很冷, 但人還是要動, 整天窩在家裡也不是辦法, 公園裡到處都是雪人~~會動的唷~~~哈哈~~因為每個人都包的圓圓的~~~不過零下三度的汗水雖然痛快, 但耳朵很痛~~~忘了包耳朵了~~哇哩咧~~

Very Good = Very Cold

Today's weather was very good, and was good to go around as well. Therefore, Wakko and I went to Queens Center. Unexpectedly, there were lots of people, maybe because of the holiday. If I don't tell you, you will never know how cold it was today. Let me show you the temperature status.
Yes! 0 degree centigrade! In the weather like I had today, the sun is just a decoration.

Centennial Anniversary of Pace University

I feel I am very lucky because I witnessed the centennial anniversary of Times Square, and now I'm gonna vitness the centennial anniversary of Pace University. I don't know when I will encounter the next centennial anniversary event. Do you have any experience similiar to mine? Share it with me~~

Kissena Park

Let me introduce Kissena Park, where one minute far by feet from my home, to you. This is a New York City park, as you may recall, some of the photos on my site are Kissena Park. I wonder whether you can distinguish or not. I went to take some pictures when the weather was fine. There are more pictures available on the photo site. Take a look now ~

Pace University

I always feel troublesome to take my camera to school because I feel so ~~ However, I suppose you want to see how my school is, I hope so. Since I had something needed to do before class, I took my camera to school and shot this picture for you. My school - Pace University! There are more photographs on my photo web site, please take a look when you have time.

積極 與 消極

當夜深人靜時, 你會對即將入眠的自己說什麼呢? "一天過去了, 明天要再加油!" 還是 "才過一天, 時間還很多!" 當你忙碌的時候會覺得時候不夠用, 一定恨不得能把以前浪費掉的時間都拿回來用, 但當那個在浪費時間的你, 又是什麼樣的感覺呢? 浪費時間的定義又是什麼呢? 昨天剛繳了Midterm report, 今天便懶洋洋的, 一點事都不想做, 就這樣子, 渾渾愕愕的過了一天! 現在想想好像很對不起前天的自己, 如此拼命的趕在時間截止之前把Paper送出去, 另一方面, 又覺得自己這麼累, 就是想要休息一下! 這樣子就叫做浪費時間嗎? 這樣子就叫做不積極嗎? 總是被付與期望的我, 感覺很累~~ 即始是做的再好也是被認為是應該的, 若是有點差錯就是不應該~~ 忽然間有感而發, 有時候真的就想這樣子消極下去~~ 什麼都不做~~ 但, 事總是與願違~~ 我只能永遠做那個積極的人~~ 為了明天, 為了這個, 為了那個, 我只能說"一天過去了, 明天要再加油!" 希望你不會像我一樣過的這麼辛苦才好~~