I'm in Boston. Cold and grey boston.
I like Philadelphia 100000 times more!!! Ok... here's what happened the past few days:
My parents and sister and brother and brother's gf came to Philadelphia for my graduation ceremony. After that, I brought my parents and my sister to Niagara Falls. Although we were only travelling together for 3 days, it was really memorable and enjoyable. I love my little sister so much and when I'm with her I feel so happy. I played Monopoly almost every morning and night... and she kept beating me!! Anyway we stayed in this hotel called Marriott Fallsview, which was super duper breathtaking... cos we had a full view of both the Canadian and American Falls from the hotel room. We saw the splendor of the falls in all its majesty... the heavy mist in the early morning, the blue-green waters in the evening, and the magical and colorful lights at night. Being with a 9 year old on a holiday is a very refreshing experience. You know how when you're 21 you basically think that many theme parks are a waste of time and money, and when you travel you go for the cheapest stuff or free stuff? Well, you can never do that with a 9 year old. So little Yangyang wanted to go to 1. Haunted House, 2. Ghostblasters Ride, 3. Simulator rides (Dinoland, Superheros, Ride into the Falls). Of course my parents wouldn't go with her... so it was just me and my little sister. I officially announce that these things are DAMN FUN. When you go with the right person of course. So cute... we went into the haunted house and it was seriously scary. She ended up hiding behind me and tried to convince me to head for the nearest exit or asked me to "You go first" so that the scary stuff will fall on me first and then she will walk through it later. !!! And the Ghostblasters ride... you basically sit in a moving car, hold a laser gun each and shoot tiny ghost targets throughout the ride to accumulate points. We did it twice and she beat me both times. !!!!!!
Sigh. I really miss her. When I sent them off at the airport on Thursday, I was so sad... and on the drive back to Philly I actually cried. All these years abroad, there's a part of me that's earnestly waiting to go home. What's the point in getting all these paper achievements when you're missing out on so much time with your loved ones? Yah, so I guess that's why when people ask me if I will think of working in USA after my bond... my answer is quite a definite no.
I spent Friday and Saturday packing. Sunday... rented a car, piled everything in and drove for 6 hours to Boston. Over the entire weekend I spent so much time thinking alone... about my life. Packing brought back memories of Nick, especially when I found cards that he wrote to me and opened them to read. Some people say I've been so strong about the whole experience, but I think the best I've been able to do was to push it as far back in my mind as possible. When I left my room on Sunday morning... it was so surreal. I could picture the times we had back in freshmen, sophomore year... and then the times I spent alone in that room... and then... leaving it. So for that brief few hours.... the memories resurfaced again, only to be shoved aside and pushed away to bury some of the sadness.
Anyway I got to Boston at about 8.30pm at night, after much traffic jams and heavy rain. I was quite paranoid throughout the drive because I didn't buy collision damage waiver (full coverage) for the rental car so I was quite worried someone will ram into me in the rain. But heng heng nothing happened. Pedro, my apt mate for the summer, came down to meet me and helped me move my luggage up to my small tiny room. Its about half the size of the room I had in Philadelphia!! But oh well.... I'll just have to make do with it :) I'm staying at Tang Hall, an MIT campus dormitory for graduate students... it's super ulu and far from anything else, especially food. It takes me 25 minutes to walk to the nearest supermarket... how how how. No more late night 1/2 price supper from FG!!! Well... but maybe can burn more calories this way hor.
Ok i'm getting tired of writing blog. Will continue the story the next time I feel like writing. HAHA.
I like Philadelphia 100000 times more!!! Ok... here's what happened the past few days:
My parents and sister and brother and brother's gf came to Philadelphia for my graduation ceremony. After that, I brought my parents and my sister to Niagara Falls. Although we were only travelling together for 3 days, it was really memorable and enjoyable. I love my little sister so much and when I'm with her I feel so happy. I played Monopoly almost every morning and night... and she kept beating me!! Anyway we stayed in this hotel called Marriott Fallsview, which was super duper breathtaking... cos we had a full view of both the Canadian and American Falls from the hotel room. We saw the splendor of the falls in all its majesty... the heavy mist in the early morning, the blue-green waters in the evening, and the magical and colorful lights at night. Being with a 9 year old on a holiday is a very refreshing experience. You know how when you're 21 you basically think that many theme parks are a waste of time and money, and when you travel you go for the cheapest stuff or free stuff? Well, you can never do that with a 9 year old. So little Yangyang wanted to go to 1. Haunted House, 2. Ghostblasters Ride, 3. Simulator rides (Dinoland, Superheros, Ride into the Falls). Of course my parents wouldn't go with her... so it was just me and my little sister. I officially announce that these things are DAMN FUN. When you go with the right person of course. So cute... we went into the haunted house and it was seriously scary. She ended up hiding behind me and tried to convince me to head for the nearest exit or asked me to "You go first" so that the scary stuff will fall on me first and then she will walk through it later. !!! And the Ghostblasters ride... you basically sit in a moving car, hold a laser gun each and shoot tiny ghost targets throughout the ride to accumulate points. We did it twice and she beat me both times. !!!!!!
Sigh. I really miss her. When I sent them off at the airport on Thursday, I was so sad... and on the drive back to Philly I actually cried. All these years abroad, there's a part of me that's earnestly waiting to go home. What's the point in getting all these paper achievements when you're missing out on so much time with your loved ones? Yah, so I guess that's why when people ask me if I will think of working in USA after my bond... my answer is quite a definite no.
I spent Friday and Saturday packing. Sunday... rented a car, piled everything in and drove for 6 hours to Boston. Over the entire weekend I spent so much time thinking alone... about my life. Packing brought back memories of Nick, especially when I found cards that he wrote to me and opened them to read. Some people say I've been so strong about the whole experience, but I think the best I've been able to do was to push it as far back in my mind as possible. When I left my room on Sunday morning... it was so surreal. I could picture the times we had back in freshmen, sophomore year... and then the times I spent alone in that room... and then... leaving it. So for that brief few hours.... the memories resurfaced again, only to be shoved aside and pushed away to bury some of the sadness.
Anyway I got to Boston at about 8.30pm at night, after much traffic jams and heavy rain. I was quite paranoid throughout the drive because I didn't buy collision damage waiver (full coverage) for the rental car so I was quite worried someone will ram into me in the rain. But heng heng nothing happened. Pedro, my apt mate for the summer, came down to meet me and helped me move my luggage up to my small tiny room. Its about half the size of the room I had in Philadelphia!! But oh well.... I'll just have to make do with it :) I'm staying at Tang Hall, an MIT campus dormitory for graduate students... it's super ulu and far from anything else, especially food. It takes me 25 minutes to walk to the nearest supermarket... how how how. No more late night 1/2 price supper from FG!!! Well... but maybe can burn more calories this way hor.
Ok i'm getting tired of writing blog. Will continue the story the next time I feel like writing. HAHA.
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hey jas, i still have those darn Finals, but i'll be done soon, let's go for lunch or something!hopefully the weather'll get better! ~zhimin
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