Exquisite life

Celtics Game at Bar
Celtics Parade
Commencement
Not easy to get along with families
Packing

在波士頓兩年,在最後的半年裡,高娃娃很努力的吃美食,幾乎已經要成了朋友口中那個吃最多的人
聽說我不來寫書很可惜 每個人都在跟我要我的餐廳list
廢話不多說 回台灣以後會好好寫這些食記
(不過要寫的好像很多,暫時先分類寫名字,想到什麼寫什麼,持續更新中 以免版主忘記自己承諾的事情)

感動的時刻來臨了，

這是一個奇妙的時刻--我和Ellen, Jill and Linda在Fenway的Game On Bar一同見證Boston Celtics改寫NBA的歷史

Garn

轉錄來自ESPN的新聞報導:

Pinar是我們班一個美麗的土耳其女同學，也是我的好朋友，
2006年暑假開始上AIM課程的頭一兩天就認識他和Andre，有一度跟Pinar很好，但因為concentration（主修）不同，加上覺得他超級喜歡在美國人圈子打轉，有一度我們其他的國際學生和Pinar都沒有像以前那麼close。

但自從三月一起去Bahamas以後，我們又成為好朋友，而且是超級好朋友，
Melissa、Elsa和我去Pinar家玩了幾次，喝了很特別又好喝的土耳其咖啡，也吃了Elsa親手做的Carrot Cake，我們一直嚷著說要組成Shopping Team去大採購，可惜在Pinar離開前我們都沒辦法橋出時間一同出遊。

今天去Charles River Kayaking
Kayaking應該翻譯划小舟吧

http://blog.roodo.com/axl520/archives/5994565.html

(居然從來沒有完成這篇感想）

兩年的辛苦就在今天不正式地劃下句點啦...
所有的報告都寫完了！耶！！！
早該上週五就可以完成的事情偏偏要拖到今天下午完成，不知道在幹什麼咧....

台北時間已經5/5了，波士頓的時間還停留在5/4的中午。

今天本來有brunch的約會，韓國同學Yunmin說早上十點會打電話給我，
結果10:50am賴在床上和Danny講完電話還沒接到morning call，想說該不會是放我鳥還是忘了叫我？
發了通簡訊過去，十分鐘後電話響起

Pajama Night

    We had a pajama party in the last night.
   
    The weather was beautiful until 9pm, after we had fried fish on the beach. It stared pouring after several thunders and lightnings. Thunders really scared me. Seriously, I didn't want to be hit by the lightening. However, Melissa, Elsa and Pinar didn't care that much cuz they had no clues about what will happen in the next minute-- you bet, the heavy showers. People who live in upper North U.S., or let's say, Boston, seldom have thunders and lightnings. There's no 熱雷雨(or thunder shower). However,people from the tropical or sub-tropical areas are so familiar with this phenomenon.  We brought the umbrellas with us and still walked to marketplace. We would like to have some drinks such as Bahama Mama or other cocktails. Pinar wanna try coconut drinks. After fooling around for a while, it did start rain like crazy. So we decided to have a pajama party indoors.

I am sitting in Fulton 150, having my last MP4 class, or my last business class in Boston College.
It's 4/30,2008.53F (about 10C) outside. Not too cold and with little sunshine.
I am sitting in the last role with Min,Meellng and Namho as usual.
There's no lecture today but group presentation for 2 GE cases.
Can't believe that all 8 teams do the same case. Half of us get bored while half of people such as Melissa, Manasvi, Philips, Doug, Jeff Turney, Rebecca and Juan are still paying attention to the presentations.

Due to some reasons, I didn't go to Bahamas with my roommate during the spring break. Instead, I went there with 3 classmates + one first year MBA(Joanna).  It was a memorable experience to go traveling with friends with different backgrounds.
(Five of us speak 4 different mother tongues.)

It's Elsa who initiated the plan and Pinar picked up the package. We chosen the Grand Bahamas Island, Freeport, instead of Nassue, the capital of Bahamas. I just followed up and asked Melissa and Joanna to join this small group.

4/21是Patriot's Day，是波士頓一年一度馬拉松賽跑的日子，由BAA（Boston Athletic Association）舉辦，從Hopkinton--Ashland--Framingham---Natick--Wellesley---Newton--Brookline--Boston行經主要八個大鎮，終點在Boston Copley Station附近。(全長約26.2miles=38km）

這個全世界最古老的馬拉松賽跑始於1987年的4月19日，只有15人去跑，一直到今年已是第112屆了，從來沒有間斷過，直到1927年，協會將原來的24.5英里延伸至26.2英里（38KM）的奧運規格。一直以來，冠軍者都是得到如古希臘的月桂冠，1986年以後開始加入豐厚的獎金，今年男女雙料的獎金都有15萬美金之譜。（沒錯！如果你很會跑，跑一次就拿到台幣五百萬左右囉！）

1897-1968之間，Patriot's Day一直是4月19日，此節日似乎只在緬因與麻州等新英格蘭地區被認可，這是為了紀念當年美國獨立戰爭開打，除了碰到週日會將馬拉松順延至週一以外（因週末要上教堂吧！）均在4月19日舉行波士頓馬拉松賽跑。1969年統一規定四月的第三個禮拜一為Patroit's Day。

昨天在家舉辦一個火鍋會，起因是前幾週Melissa跟我在討論食物（是哪次也不記得了，因為我們總是在討論哪裡有好吃的）
Melissa很驚訝居然可以在家裡煮火鍋---別懷疑，外國人很難想像火鍋、咖哩飯這種東西可以自己在家做出來...
儘管Melissa是華裔，但第三代華人的背景早就讓他完全Americanlize了...更別提中文囉

Although I didn't sleep a lot yesterday, I woke up at 9am this morning.

It's a huge improvement since I always wake up at 10ish after coming back from LA. I think I got a sleeping problem recently--could not fall asleep even when I am really tired. Even though I take sleeping pill almost every night and have coffee or vitamin B in the morning, it didn't help. Friends also say "Wawa, you look so tired". So, what's wrong with me? I really don't have no clues.

Perhaps  the desire to have Carrot cake is so strong or perhaps I want to prove that I can wake up by myself without Pinar's morning call, I opened my eyes at 7:58am in the beginning. OMG! It's amazing! Although only after a second, I decided to go to bed again. Still, it's memorable to me.

在小小波士頓待久了，想念的總是大城市多樣化的美食，特別是美味的甜點...
紐約的多元文化，即可滿足舌尖的慾望....

Rice to riches
有種類繁多的米布丁，全世界僅紐約一家分店，I would like to have it in the near future.

我愛紐約，除了路上往來有型有氣質漂亮的男女、櫥窗裡美好的風景、多元的文化以外，還有餐盤裡美好的事物。
友人L對吃得品味不是我在說的好，推薦我和已經畢業的學姐和朋友到曼哈頓極西的Greenwich（格林威治村）的法國小餐廳AOC享受豐盛的brunch...

首先，cafe au lait 用貨真價實的碗公裝的，French toast不是蓋得，洋蔥湯可能太晚喝了就soso，PASTA和另一到菜也都在水準之上，重點是店經理（或老闆）是個長得還不錯的法國帥哥，三不五時來 跟我們哈啦兩句（我們家的Vivian會法文）

最近碰到很多低潮的事情，整個心情大受影響，
因此週三上完一個鳥課、開完社團的會議，趕緊印了灰狗巴士的車票開車回家，
利用短短20分鐘的時間收拾了一個登機箱的行李，千鈞一髮之際跳上了很難等的公車轉搭地鐵去車站搭車啦...

時光飛逝,從初來乍到的新鮮人馬上就要成為準mba畢業生了,
加上年紀也不小了,逍遙自在的生活或許不能再像現在般常有了,
高娃娃這學期除了仍要應付14學分的負擔外,得快馬加鞭的努力玩樂,
高媽媽說能在美國玩就多玩一點,除了投娃所好之外,大概也想到女兒都快要到而立之年了,
以後有家庭的負擔或許會有一陣子不能像這樣優哉游哉了....