Snapshots of Life!

2.27am in Cleveland, Ohio

I am in OHIO....never thought I would be sleeping in the state of Ohio for as long as I am a Wolverine.

It's 2.27am and I am struggling to write a itsy bitsy part of a research manuscript which I don't think my Professor will really use. And the worst part of this is that i am technically on a family holiday, I have just graduated, and I have to get up in another 4 hours to drive to Ann Arbor and then Chicago in a rental vehicle. (Budget better give me a nice sports car to drive)

I am of course spacing out mentally and physically which explains why I am blogging and not writing the manuscript. :( So among many other random musings, I thought I should update the world on what has been going on in my life since April 26th 2006.

April 26th 2006: Professor assigns me research task. I get half of it done and know that I am doomed for the next 2 weeks

April 27th: My family arrives in town for graduation festivities. Photos have been posted online via facebook.com; I fear I am getting sick with the weather change.

April 28th: Org Studies Grad Ceremony. Loved it, lived it, breathing it. Best 2 years of my life were spent as an Org Studies student at the University of MI.

April 29th: BIG HOUSE GRADUATION. I have officially lost my voice. Bummer. Sisters help me clean up my house for move-out. I miss MOBY.

April 30th: I say goodbye to dear friends and a special someone. That makes me really sad, and I have to wear my sunglasses to hide the puffy eyes. Well....family road trip begins to Toronto!

May 1st: In Toronto, nerve-wrecking drive into Canada which involves a very confused map reader (my eldest sister) and a GPS system that doesn't work very well. My dad is totally reliant on the stupid GPS which tells us to get into Canada via Point Edward near Port Huron. I insist in my breathy voice we should go via Detroit/Windsor. I prevail!

May 2nd: Head to China town (actually we do that for the rest of the trip -- eating Asian cusine as my parents hate Western food) and walk around Queens Road. Everyone is more relaxed now.

May 3rd: Niagara Falls. Beautiful.... The wierd thing is that I was at all these places when i first came to the states 4 years ago; so visiting these locations, dining at the same restaurants makes me feel like I am really closing this chapter of my life.

May 4th: Drive to NYC. A long and really stressful drive. I continue to toil in my sickness...and have succeeded in spreading it to my brother and eldest sister. They both lose their voice.

May 5th: Paramount Hotel off Broadway Street is divine! I wish i wasn't sick and could go to Paramount Bar. Take family to Wall Street and visit the Statue of Liberty. Keep thinking of special someone all day. Meet up with Po.

May 6th: We have a family picnic at Central park. I nearly get attacked by a duck which is hungry for my lunch. I know it would be sick to feed it though because I am having duck rice (chinese food). Sit at the lake and laugh at the boaters. One fellow has no sense of direction and is stuck under the bridge....he manages to push himself away from the wall of the bridge then rows forward back into the wall. I watch him do this for 5 times and laugh at his silliness. Make faces at the dogs in the park. I wonder why there aren't many cats in NYC.

May 7th: SHOPPING IN 34th STREET! I meet up with Farid and my cousin Joan. :)

May 8th: Drive to Cleveland...dad actually lets me take the wheel though he wouldn't let me go beyond 80mph on the highway. I feel restricted. Arrive at Cleveland and hang out by Lake Erie. Watch the sunset and wish the special someone was here to see it too.

May 9th: Head to Ann Arbor to pick up my crap and car to drive to Chicago. Desperately trying to finish research assignment.

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posted by Li'er @ 2:29 PM