Last Year

This is the end of the year. I should list a few things I have done last year.

Spring and summer were like a dream, thousands of things jumped up and down. It’s really hard to take decisions. And, I am always one that attracts things I can’t solve :) .

I visited The Place a second time.

And with some fancy dish.

Not so many people will go such a long distance for dinner. Luckily, I can still have some partners.

I also went to Badachu park once. It was an interesting riding. And it was a nice spring.

It was a time of wish. I still don’t have anything fixed in mind. But I know I need to keep trying. I can’t get off the boat without seeing land, or drowning.

Life is so hard, like hell.

In May song came and left. Life went more on the road of absurdity.

I stayed up a lot in the past year. Reasons are becoming more and more complicated.

I went to Mianyang, Sichuan in the summer. This community service thing is stupid, in general.

Chengdu didn’t impress me. It was boring, as I finally found out. They think they have everything. But after all they are cheating themselves.

We went to Beichuan on the way, there are not so many chances to go there now. The local officer complained to us about the stupid bureaucracy system and people.

It is a nice place, actually, if you don’t count natural disasters.

After a busy time in China Theory Week, I went to Fuchow.

The famous thing there is Mawei Shipyard. Can you see the ship?

I found it really like Shenyang. But the city closes later.

Luoxing Tower is another sign, but later I found it not so famous as it said to be.

I went pass by Wenzhou on the way back. It is nothing related to what it should be in my imagination.

Soon after that I went to FOCS 2009, which was hosted in Atlanta, US. It was deep fall.

Atlanta was in rain. It’s a strange weather.

I like the cakes in Narita Airport.

Beijing got its first snow very early. I was frozen. Busy time started and I am still dealing with all kinds of trouble matters, living in another dimension.

Not so much outings after that. It was winter. And I was trying all kinds of stupid staffs. Say frustrating, the word that could describe my situation best.

In the Xmas, I had a chance to go out. Not far away, just inside Beijing. The business district of Solana.

I’ve spent lots of time in imagination, for all the past things.

I still have to fight in the gloomy days. From where I can get the strength? C’est la vie.

Trandafirii sunt roşii, violetele sunt albastre.

今天去参加了Comic的版聚

还有高中聚会.

发现唯一的一点是,大概只有我是不变的呢.

然后comic版聚的时候发现人都不认识.而且,我都一个月没有看动画了,看来估计和离开也不远了.

下面没有了.

这SODA真nb

coffee break就真的只有coffee,而且连hot water都会没有。

另外,去看了phantom of the opera,但是那些人的唱功有待加强。

Pending Travel Items

1. Stop at Niagara Falls?
2. Spend a night at Niagara Falls or Buffalo?
3. How to get to Lafayette from Champaign-Urbana? Or reverse?
4. Spend a night at Toronto?
5. How to get to Hamilton?
6. Should I leave earlier?

Path: BOS->CHI->Champaign-Urbana->Lafayette->Ann Arbor->Waterloo-Kitchener (Toronto and Hamilton)->Ithaca->BOS

Air: BOS->CHI
bus and trains for the rest, car rental might be required from CU->Lafayette.

今天去了CSAIL的party

还不错,在aquarium开party也不知道是谁想出来的。
据说以前还在博物馆里面开过,要是谁摔一下岂不是几个亿就没了?
不过两周前还自己买票进取过一次aquarium,亏大了。
顺便了解到Krystof当年还是写POI解答的人,orz。

Walden pond

今天去了Boston西北13英里的Walden Pond,翻译过来,其实应该叫做“瓦尔登湖”。

最开始的时候,我还是在肖博的桌子上看到这本书(中文; English)。我以为这是欧洲的某个湖,但是来了之后才发现就在这里附近。这两天题目实在做不出来,于是今天就跑到了这里来逛逛。

怎么说呢,就好像Thoreau说的那样:

瓦尔登的风景是卑微的,虽然很美,却并不是宏伟的,不常去游玩的人,不住在它
岸边的人未必能被它吸引住:但是这一个湖以深邃和清澈著称,值得给予突出的描写。

我可以作证,水的确很清:

Clear Water under Sunshine in Walden Pond

Clear Water under Sunshine in Walden Pond

水是这样的透明,二十五至三十英尺下面的水底都可以很清楚地看到。赤脚踏水时,你看到在水面下许多英尺的地方有成群的鲈鱼和银鱼,大约只一英寸长,连前者的横行的花纹也能看得清清楚楚,你会觉得这种鱼也是不愿意沾染红尘,才到这里来生存的。

不过没看到鱼……我觉得这么清的水里面鱼活不了啊。

Falling Leave in the Water

Falling Leave in the Water

怎么说呢,其实没有什么太多好看的,但是如果有时间在这个湖旁边读书,那一定是很好的事情。

Peek from Bank

Peek from Bank

湖的旁边是自然保护区,就好像这个样子:

The Moss

The Moss

不过,这个地方出名还是因为Thoreau的这本书。据说每个人都会带来自己的石头给他。

Stones for Reminiscence of Thoreau

Stones for Reminiscence of Thoreau

还有他的房子。

Thoreau\'s House (Replica)

Thoreau's House (Replica)

以及房子的里面。

The Inside of Thoreau\'s House (replica)

The Inside of Thoreau's House (replica)

最后,还顺便去了Concord,这个市中心真nb。

Concord Center

Concord Center

还有去的时候路过的可能是Gropius House的东西……其实好像不是是吧?

Gropius House (maybe not...)

Gropius House (maybe not...)

另外遗憾的是太远了以至于Minuteman National Historic Park没去成,但其实好像也就是一片荒山野岭,就算再当一次战场可能也足够了。另外回来的时候还看到了Emerson’s House,不过天气太晚了就没照相。其实也没什么可照的……

10.29~10.31

cosplay节就这么错过了,凭着生活就是折腾的原则回来了。

10.24 – To Be Defined

总共用了8个多小时,Manhattan堵车太nb了。

不知道老板还在不在。。。

才知道当年居然还帮人转交过情书阿,我都不记得了,看来高中的生活好像没有记忆中那么无聊。

List of Places to Visit,… or not.

Must go:

Waterloo (visit)
Philadelphia (for FOCS)
New York (SODA, Phantom of the Opera)
Ann Arbor (nearby?)
Detroit (visa)
Princeton (to see the harry potter?)

Maybe:

Champaign (corn field, far away)
Lafayette (far away)
Madison, NJ (hard traffic)
San Jose (too far away)
Washington D.C. (need good time)
Pittsburgh (fallingwater is not good in winter… and expensive traffic, no time)
Hamilton (no accommodation)
Toronto (know nothing)
Montreal (no accommodation)
Ithaca

Anyone is interested in accommodating me feel free to write to me!

Back

意料之中,也就那个样子了。

走的行程大概就是Columbia,叫符老大去吃饭结果他说有饭局了,但是等我们去吃饭的时候他就在旁边,orz。

然后第二天去了Guggenheim,这就是所谓的museum本身也是展品的博物馆。Frank Wright以organic design出名,并以Falling Water作为美国最有影响力(好像没有之一)的建筑。

The Guggenheim Museum

The Guggenheim Museum

从里面看就是这个样子,一路上去的路都是5度倾斜的,给人一种眩晕的感觉,站在边上就想向下面跳。

Guggenheim from Inside

Guggenheim from Inside

顺路穿了一下Central Park,还在里面看到了浣熊。

The Racoon in Central Park

The Racoon in Central Park

不过可惜的是,没有看到什么东西。原本计划去Lehman Brothers或者Washington Mutual拍个照,但是最后没有时间了。而且据说上周Lehman Brothers已经换牌子了。Rockfeller之类的也没有去成,这次还是比较亏的。拍到这个广告还比较有趣。

WaMu Ad

WaMu Ad

从远处看就这个样子。

WaMu Ad

WaMu Ad

然后是Code Geass结束。Google非常弱智的租房间不帮着出无线的钱,这也太不像话了。结果这一集还是在Google里面下的,不过里面网速还不错。然后是在车站和火车上看完的。看完后感觉这不就是一个《卡利古拉》嘛。不过其实还是蛮莫名其妙的。

最后的纽约之行在和一个俄国人讨论学术问题之间结束,等我讨论完回头看里面一个人都没有了……