Saturday, March 26, 2011

fAntabulous spRing brEak

Well, at least a little update of what i had been doing during my spring break.

the journey begins...


1st stop: Pittsburgh, the steelers country

the university that i almost ended up to XD

Panther...their mascot

inside the cathedral

they hv different classrooms with different culture.....chinese, france, italy, UK,...& many others














Dinner at Grandview Saloon which is located high up on the hill

the night scene reminded me of KL


visited Carnegie Mellon University too, the design of their building is aweSome!....thx to Jyo Lyn, our CMU tourguide!



That's Pittsburgh!...a food paradise=)




Next up: Washington DC, capital of the United States


Capital in DC which is very much alike with the Capital in Madison




hUge Lincoln












my look if i am Homo-neanderthakensis...lol

Obama in the hOuse!







exhausted after so many zillion miles of walking in few days






end of DC trip....

Thx to Wai Kit!....a humorous & helpful guy=)




That's Washington DC, a busy city flooded with people rushing to work early in the morning....& lots of huge roads to accomodate lots of cars....again, it reminds me of KL.




Final stop: Baltimore, which is famous for crabbiesss!

this is a library full of booksSss...cOol!

this picture is taken from outside a lab that's having a research/experiement sort of thingie...it's about computer integrated surgical system & technology....an easy way of saying it, a technology using robot/machine in surgical procedures.
The coOlest thing i've ever seen!




sunset....

Thx to Wui Yarn who spent a day with us =)




There goes our 1 week Spring break! dead tired...damn broken(i mean wallet)....but fabulous experiences!
There're more nice photos of nice places....but i couldn't afford to upload all of them.
It's always nice to get a chance to visit other schools in the states....it's an eye-opening experience indeed!

Well, mid-term marathon started right away when i came back to Madison.
Busy time ahead & i'm pretty sure i'm gonna survive over it...afterall, i'm already half way through the semester!


I would like to end my post with a sincere THANK YOU to all of u who were our hosts, tourguides, & companions throughout our stay in this few places.
Do come & visit Madison sometime, a place full of whole bunch of familiar people! XD

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

stay tuned

yes i am back from my spring break.
no time to update anything as the marathon has officially sets in right after my break.
gonna work super hard this time...afterall, it's the only turning point i have in this semester!

Friday, March 11, 2011

oFf to sPrinG break! ciAo~~~

Thursday, March 10, 2011

crazyness b4 spring break!

So i pushed myself to the max on the last few days b4 the coming of spring break!
exhausted...tired.....dead!
out from home for more than 12hours in a day....but i never regret of what i've decided to do.
I earned friendship besides a cool experience!
I volunteered myself to be a part of phone bank.....i didn't know what phone bank was before this, & i had no idea what a live studio looks like & how people broadcast live show that we usually watch on tv.
It's my very 1st time to enter a live studio at Wisconsin Public Television...I was amazed at how those sophisticated equipments hanging on everywhere around the studio....& it's my 1st time to actually get involved in the Phone Bank team.
FYI, Phone Bank team is a group of people answering call & taking pledge from the public as a donation to the Wisconsin Public Television....the TV program is broadcasted live throughout the states.
It also amazed me at how people in the states are so super generous to donate $$ to the organization....me alone has taken more than 10pledges worth around $2000!!!! Some of them even refuse to receive the thankyou gift we offered, they want the $$ they donated all go into the organization without getting any product for free!

a really good experience i had today...i shall do it again sometime later!



this is what u call MESSY!

me the fake tv reporter >.< here's where we worked

=)

real LIVE STUDIO!!!

that's us in the live studio of Wisconsin Public Television




i made the right choice to squeeze out some of my time for this
=D

100dAys

The 2nd 100th days in the states.....***

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

another strike?

The 2nd strike is easier to take....easier although i never expected it to be.
2 of u...appear infront of me after 8years long.
I was down to the bottom when i first saw u....just when i'm in the midst of recovering, another u came appearing before me....i'm kind of shock, but also, i'm getting 'immune' to see u.
I realized that i hv been so grade-oriented, & perfectionism all these years...
I realized that this mindset of mine need to be changed in order to be happier...
Perhaps i'm giving excuses on behalf of myself, i don't know...?

I just thought of a lesson which i learned from watching a movie in my philosophy class,
"Having succeed in achieving ur goal doesn't make u happy, in fact, the journey itself does"