Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Flow Water
I moved to a new apartment on the last weekend of July. It is my 3rd moving. As usual, A uhaul was rented. Large stuffs were moved on Saturday and I went back to the old apartment cleaning up on Sunday. I only had 3 hours' sleep on Sunday night and took the 6am flight to Pittsburgh for my defense.
After numerous naps on the plane, I arrived in Pittsburgh. The little train connecting the terminals and the hall reminded me my first arrival in this city years back. Zhong picked me up from the airport and took me to CMU. We had dinner together at Rose Tea thanks to my big face to get Zhong out of his incredibly tight schedule. :) Rose Tea became very popular during the year that I was away. I stayed at Zhong's apartment which is the last place I had stayed before I headed down south to Texas.
The next several days were normal. I cleaned my office desk, packed my leftover luggages, practised my presentations, and talked to professors and fellow students in CSSI.
On Thursday, I rehearsed my talk to Prof. Li and Kelvin arrived in Pittsburgh as well.
On Friday morning, Kelvin did his thesis proposal and I defended my thesis in the afternoon. In the evening, Larry invited us to dinner at a nice little restaurant. The foods were awesome. After the dinner, we watched an old HongKong movie, "The Killer", by John Woo and Yun-Fat Chow in Zhong's place.
I went to a finace seminar held by Zhong's friend on Saturday afternoon. Then Kelvin and I played Pingpong in the graduate lounge. It has been a long time since our last match. It was back to the days in SJTU. Then we went to dinner at Oriental Kitchen. It was sort of a tradition that friends dined there after someone's defense. After dinner, Rong, Zhong, Kelvin and I played cards. It was a close game. Zhong and I were boosted by SHE's songs and finished one step earlier. It was Mah Jong time next, until 4:30am. Kelvin left for his plane back to CA at 7am.
Zhong and I got up late in the morning and cooked a little for the lunch. Then Zhong sent me to the airport. I connected my flight in Dallas. However, due to the storms, the flight was delayed for an hour.
I was able to arrive home at 10pm.
After numerous naps on the plane, I arrived in Pittsburgh. The little train connecting the terminals and the hall reminded me my first arrival in this city years back. Zhong picked me up from the airport and took me to CMU. We had dinner together at Rose Tea thanks to my big face to get Zhong out of his incredibly tight schedule. :) Rose Tea became very popular during the year that I was away. I stayed at Zhong's apartment which is the last place I had stayed before I headed down south to Texas.
The next several days were normal. I cleaned my office desk, packed my leftover luggages, practised my presentations, and talked to professors and fellow students in CSSI.
On Thursday, I rehearsed my talk to Prof. Li and Kelvin arrived in Pittsburgh as well.
On Friday morning, Kelvin did his thesis proposal and I defended my thesis in the afternoon. In the evening, Larry invited us to dinner at a nice little restaurant. The foods were awesome. After the dinner, we watched an old HongKong movie, "The Killer", by John Woo and Yun-Fat Chow in Zhong's place.
I went to a finace seminar held by Zhong's friend on Saturday afternoon. Then Kelvin and I played Pingpong in the graduate lounge. It has been a long time since our last match. It was back to the days in SJTU. Then we went to dinner at Oriental Kitchen. It was sort of a tradition that friends dined there after someone's defense. After dinner, Rong, Zhong, Kelvin and I played cards. It was a close game. Zhong and I were boosted by SHE's songs and finished one step earlier. It was Mah Jong time next, until 4:30am. Kelvin left for his plane back to CA at 7am.
Zhong and I got up late in the morning and cooked a little for the lunch. Then Zhong sent me to the airport. I connected my flight in Dallas. However, due to the storms, the flight was delayed for an hour.
I was able to arrive home at 10pm.
# posted by yaping @ 4:10 PM 
