A few days before new semester starts

Saturday, 21 August 2010 (Scott Park)

There is a park across the street from my new apartment. It's called Scott park. It has pretty much everything that you can find in a playground for kids. At first, I thought of bringing my
dinner and enjoy the scenery while eating over there. However, I changed my mind and decided to go there for a walk after dinner instead. I sat on the swings while watching a group of people having a picnic on the park. It feels great to sit on the swings since I can enjoy the light wind and the gentle sunlight. I think I will definitely try to visit this park more often!


Sunday, 22 August 2010(Quad Day)
The annual Quad Day falls on a Sunday this year which happens to be a day before school starts. I met my ex-housemate in the Turkish booth so I got a chance to have a coffee with her. She said I looks so different with my new hair color. After that, I met Harshita, a friend who is also a new TA and Master student in Computer Science. Harshita and I walked around the quad and found lots of interesting student organizations. I just bumped into a funny character (as seen in the picture above) while walking around so I took a picture with the cow. The weather is very hot today so both of us felt relieved when going out of the crowd. I hope that I can meet Harshita again for some other interesting events.

Turkish Airport

I stopped at Istanbul around 5 hours to wait for my flight from Turkey to Chicago. It's not really a pleasant experience. I feel like a stranger over there with people looking at me in a strange way. I tried going into the "Bazaar"(as shown in the picture above) and found that most stuffs are even more expensive than those in US. I only bought some food for my ex-housemates.