Wonderful Summer Vacation - 2

My second trip in summer vacation is to San Francisco & Yosemite. This trip is totally different from Vegas one because the beauty of SF and Yosemite is so natural and healthy! 

We didn't get on the cable car. The reason is the cars are too crowded to get on and they didn't even stop for new passengers. However, these cable cars are really cute, so I must get on one of them next time!

Fisherman's Wharf is a famous place to go. Although, for me, it's not so special but there are many interesting performers on the street and the atmosphere is pretty good.

To park my car besides the steep street in SF is really a challenge. Of course, it's fun, too. I like this strange city with many many up & down hills.

The Golden Gate Bridge is very unclear when we visited since the weather was not good. Although we have heard that to see such a unclear Golden Gate in fog is not usual and we should feel lucky, we still hope we can see clearly. Maybe next time, ha!

Yosemite is a wonderful place to go camping. We stayed in tent and it really recalled my memory of boy-scout!  The air, rocks, lake and rivers in Yosemite are all very beautiful and quiet. 

This rainbow showed after we finally arrived the waterfall by tracking 2 hours. I found I need to train my body since I am getting old...

There are ten of our traveling partners. This trip became so terrific because of them. Especially the night before leaving, I really enjoyed drinking with them!  

This one is taken in Glacier Point. The background is very spectacular. We can see the track of the ancient glacier. It's an amazing place.

The trip to SF and Yosemite is so colorful that I really want to go these two places again. Also, I appreciate all the partners who travel together and help each other during these days. Thank you!

Wonderful Summer Vacation -1

The Fall semester is going to start in a few days.During this summer vacation, I was so busy that I couldn't even find a time to write my blog.

Finally, after a lot of traveling and new experience, today I have time to record these fantastic memories.

And I would like to start from the final presentation of IF program.

Aug 13th, 2008, we finished our final presentation.

An accident happened to my group and it's my job to take care of it.

It is my mistake to let that happen, so I was really not happy at that time.

I always think that I can handle my parts of jobs, but in fact, I failed many times...

However, the Karaoke after the reception helped me release my bad mood and I was so pleased to see all the classmates laughing and enjoying the singing as well as dancing!

Then, summer vacation comes.

I had two long trips and two short trips during these two weeks.

We went to Las Vegas and Grand Canyon.

Las Vegas is an amazing place which make people show and satisfy their desires.

It is a place that I think I should not stay for too long.

Just as a friend said in this trip, "You lose money and gain weight in Vegas."

Even though it is a city of desire, I really enjoyed there and I totally understood why people love Vegas!

Grand Canyon is a beautiful and amazing place, too. 

We drove there in the midnight and enjoy the fresh cold air there in the morning.

It's a very special experience!

(to be continued)

The end of July, The beginning of August, 2008

During this period, I went to Angels Stadium, Huntington Garden, New Port Beach, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Magic Mountain, and Nan's party.

The night we went to Angels Stadium is Friday night, so we got the chance to see a very beautiful fireworks show. And of course, it is an exciting game, too!

The trip to Huntington Garden is by Nan, my previous group leader. The garden is unbelievably huge. There are both Chinese and Japanese gardens which are well constructed. We really felt like we were in Japan and China. In fact, I an thinking about join the membership of this garden so that I can go there often to enjoy the peace and silence there.

We went to New Port Beach with I-place. Everyone was crazy in that trip. I felt I have an old soul inside because I could not play as insanely as all the elder friends! However, I still got serious sun burn and had a lot of fun.

My cousin visited me on last week. We went to Hollywood, Santa Monica and Magic Mountain. I did my best to take her look around. I hope she enjoyed this trip, too. She even attended the party in Nan's house. All of my friends were kind to her and she kept chatting that night. I am really glad. Nan's house is very big and with a pool. We played in the pool and everyone became crazy again. I was thrown into the pool without swimming pants!

Anyway, the life here is really fun and full of interesting stories.

I enjoy a lot.