Boston-11/26

We went to Chinatown for Dim Sum, which Jason mentioned before thanksgiving.
It is really good, and even cheaper than the price in Minneapolis.
Well, hope someday they consider open a branch here.
來到波士頓總要去市區晃一晃，順便瞻仰一下哈佛以及麻省理工學院
因為起得晚，所以麻煩傑克送我們去最近的電車站然後進城
先去龍鳳吃了傑森念念不忘的港式點心才開始我們的市區觀光



Dim Sum, dessert.


Dim Sum, snacks.


Chinatown symbol. The four words on monumental archway are Courtesy, Loytalty, Incorrupt, Integrity. 中國城的牌樓啦，禮義廉恥不太會翻，請先進賜教。


cloth stand，市區到處可見賣紀念衫的地方


Then we visited downtown, and promenaded in Harvard and MIT campus.


Harvard squarrel, smarter?哈佛松鼠感覺就是比較聰明點...


Mr. Harvard. 哈先生的鞋子已經被仰慕者摸到發光了。


MIT


MIT walking. Tom's hat is the glory of U of M.湯姆大叔的帽子是明大之光阿。


Part of Prudential Center




on train home. 大家都認為剛買到的頭套相當物超所值。

Thanksgiving-11/25

感恩節後一天是所謂的Black Friday
幾乎所有的商店都會有很高的折扣
以至於可以讓整年的赤字Go black
折扣聽說從五點開始最高 再來慢慢降低
去年Jason的同事五點多就到了百貨公司搶購
今年我們沒有那麼瘋狂
正常時間起床 看到有需要的 喜歡的再買
中午去皇朝buffet又是吃到飽到不行 可是津津有味啊



在皇朝內部的庭院造景合影


佔地非常寬廣 相當富麗堂皇

下午又跑了幾間outlet去尋找特價品
特別感謝Jason母親與弟弟Jack一路相伴

晚上飯後就是疊疊樂時間
輸了人要戴可笑的飾品
第二次輸的繼續加碼
有一些丟臉的照片還在考慮要不要放上來
嗯...
我想打個馬賽克應該就看不太出來了吧...


第一輪的輸家, first round loser.


第二輪的輸家, second round loser.


好像是第三還是第四輪的,loser in whatever round...


很明顯可以看出輸了幾次...


Forgot post Winner's photo

疊疊樂還算是刺激有趣的遊戲
農曆新年的時候也可以成為一個節目啦

Thanksgiving in Boston-11/24

今年的感恩節首要感恩的對象的就是Jason
不過由於名草有主無法介紹新朋友予以回饋...只好作罷了

一早五點半從我們住的地方開始接人
四個人一起坐計程車到機場
飛了三個小時到Boston
本來Boston早上下大雪
一度Jason還以為我們來不了了(Jason是早一天飛來)
不過在機上的我們倒是沒有感覺 只是起飛前在跑道上等了二十幾分鐘的樣子
一切感謝天公作美啦


中間為湯姆大叔 右邊是眼睛故意張很大的Varisa


Boston機場，V小姐已經先跑了...

到了Jason母親家中之後，下午跑出去晃了一下，原本每年感恩節都開門的K-Mart今年好像被員工投訴所以沒開門營業，害我們白跑一趟...


感恩節的重頭戲---超級大火雞啦，據說美國人都塞很多有的沒的在火雞肚裡
我們吃的可是純正烤火雞


感動啊......很久沒吃到的滷菜、腸旺、蝦仁、干貝等等


Jason家門外的感恩節火雞裝飾品


跟火雞合影


飯後的卡拉OK歡唱，機器會自動在唱完後評分。長青組一路領先，直到最後一首小虎隊逍遙遊，卡爾森校友才險勝。

Temperature difference is strange

There is a 28~30F difference in St. Paul and Minneapolis according to weather report.
So strange to me because these two cities are very close.
And I feel no different.
JUST COLD...

Ridiculous

The past two days, temperature went up a little bit. People got excited about the WARMER weather. So ridiculous, because it was still around 32 F.
We felt better, too. Without hats and gloves, we could be able to walk outside for a longer time. It is cold in Taiwan now, but we think that when we come back to Taiwan, we will say," It's not cold at all." and just wear short sleeve or vest in Taipei street. Ha. Looking forward that day.

這幾天氣溫稍微回升，就聽到美國人很高興的說 天氣變暖了耶
一些其他外州的美國人聽到就覺得很好笑
明明就還是攝氏零度左右的氣溫
竟然說變暖了

不過經歷過下雪的溫度還是有差
這幾天沒戴帽子或手套卻也可以在外面行走
地面上潮濕ㄧ片
兩天前的雪目前都融掉了
不過
想必幾天後又是白茫茫的一片

回到台灣之後 我們應該就可以當勇者吧
冬天只穿短袖 見面就說 根本不冷 幹麻穿那麼多 身體很虛喔!!

哈哈

終於出頭天了

以下是前幾天的照片


上學途中. on the way to school.


兩個星期前還綠草如茵 黃葉片片...


可對照前幾月的照片囉


窗外

雜

雙城市的瑞雪從昨晚開始
初到此地的人對於雪的初體驗都感到興奮莫名
識途老馬道貌岸然地評論暖冬造成的遲來
順便帶點優越感地鼓勵我們這些雪之菜鳥

上半身有著大折扣買來的兩件式外套
裡面只穿兩件普通衣服就可以抵抗低溫的侵襲
毛衣還派不上用場
苦的是臉、手、腳等部位
手套似乎還需要再升級一點
據說專門供ice fishing的手套可以放到結冰的湖裡還沒感覺

牛仔褲與燈芯絨材料的褲子
根據本人親身體驗的結果
只有符合禮節的效果在
其實跟沒穿是一樣的
不過因為一直走動 倒也不覺得冷
只怕萬一哪天滑倒摔斷了腿
會因為太冷的緣故而一點感覺都沒有

帽子是必備的
不到一分鐘就會覺得頭痛
有個只露眼睛的面罩目前還沒用上
倒不是沒用
怕戴上之後被當成恐怖份子射殺
走到商店店員都跑掉...

還剩下四個星期
四分之一的MBA生活就結束
認識很多很有趣的人
也努力讓自己變成有趣的人

Rockets VS Timberwolves

After MA test, a group of us went to Target Center for NBA game, Timberwolves vs Rockets.
Timberwolves took lead for three and half quarters, then two turnovers happened, everything changed. However, Yao was too weak in the field. Keep working.



KG.


Yao...


hit by the ball...


KG


T-Mac....


Ewing...


Free hotdog


Mutombo free shot






Jason got some autographs of some players.

First Snow

First snow indicates the beginning of severe winter in my life in US.
We acted like children when seeing the cars covered by a thin layer of snow. Won just asked,"Have you guys never seen snow before?" Hao added," Only in Taiwan, there is no snow."
OK. Now I expect to see how thick the snow will be in the coming future.


Snow on the car in the parking lot.


Falling snow.


A little thick....


White bushes.

Hope it could be a good excuse not go to school....

Snow is Coming!

Look at the following weather prediction for the coming week days...
It seems that we will have our first snow experience in couple days.
Wow...just wait and see if we can survive....haha

我一向還蠻喜歡走在冷空氣裡的Fresh感覺...
不過今天早上出門...整個臉好像被冰風襲擊...真的好冷~~
站在路邊等了10分鐘的公車，
整個人都躲到漢堡王的圍牆旁邊了，還是擋不了太多的風...
果然，出門之前要記得看天氣預報的兩種溫度，
一是實際溫度(Current Temperature):攝氏5度，
一是感覺溫度(Feels Like):零下1度!!!!!!!!!! (-_-b...難怪我覺得這麼冷!!!!)

天氣預報顯示從這禮拜二開始可能會開始下雪...
哈...我們的第一場雪季生活體驗即將來臨，其實還蠻興奮的，
只是不知道到時候凍壞的時候，還笑不笑的出來 :P

Good News from Ming Dao

It's amazing to hear the good news from TW. Two of my high school classmates have become close friends now. This happened arond two weeks ago and seems they spent 10 hrs to talk in a day...

It's good to know that two friends finally be brave to take further steps in their life. More luckily, they could find each other to be partner in the following days.

又一對班對出現了，而在這個年頭出現的往往很快會進入另一個神聖的階段。讓我們以誠摯的心情祝福啦。早點對彼此多點了解，對未來有共同的計畫，體諒個性與生活上的差異，決定了時間跟地點就早點宣佈了啦！

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Weather change

Today is the first day that temperature goes down to 28F,-1C. Even though it does not snow yet, I think might be in next week, there will be snow.
Hope I could have some pictures then.

Here are some photo of scene changing.

Dummy principle for Fried Rice

Just found that in order to cook an acceptable fried rice, there are only two things you really need, soy sauce and egg. When you cook those two things, you would be able to get the color and the fragrance like what you get from restaurant. Then add some vegetables and meat, fried the rice first, making it dry. Finally, just the problem that if you could tolerate what you did.

Cooking is not a big deal, eating is.

Busy week and Mock interview feedback

This week was tough for me, every morning struggled to get up at 6:30 and had group discussion every morning at 8:00 in order to complete the assignments.

It seems that a big deal, however, I need to prepare assignment in advance as a compensation that I might not contribute more during discussion part. Finally, all things done well and looking forward the coming midterms, again.

Regarding my mock interview, I feel that my English really gets some progress. There is no inside tension when I find no correct words to say. But, I really need more specific examples to impress the interviewers. Sometimes, I will think that why people get interested in stupid stories? They might not be real. Another thoughts is, hey, you forget you were a HR worker, you should know what all this about. Try to convince US HR in their way. Examples really matters for interviewers. The most important part is no one knows if your stories are really or not. Be confidence is the key.....

POWERBALL

After checking the rule of Powerball with my teammate, AL, I found that my first luck worth US$3. Net Income is $2. Should I keep trying? It seems that my goal, donating a restroom for Carlson, might not be realized as soon as expected.


Forgot to mention that Bolgger now provide word add-in function. Now, user could post blog in word file first, them post it to blog page. This article was posted in this way, but attached function is not available yet. It's convenience if you want to type something during work or in class. Word file is safer than other format.