Month: July 2016

Weekend Trip to Washington DC, Day 2 on July 31st, 2016

Second day in DC. Having checked in last night at our Airbnb apartment, I was planning to head out again for some night view shots. However, the rain didn’t seem to stop, we retired to bed early, which… Read More

Weekend Trip to Washington DC, Day 1 on July 30th, 2016

The second weekend in US at my discretion, as I was planning somewhere different than New York to spend the weekend. I was basically choosing between Boston and DC, as I lived in Ithaca and needed to travel… Read More

Day Trip to Niagara Falls on July 16th, 2016

For the four weeks of summer workshop here at Cornell University, the organizers arranged a day-trip to Niagara Falls on the first Saturday, hoping that we get to know each other. For them, booking the bus to/from Niagara… Read More

Flight Log of American Airlines Flight 3627 from Chicago O’Hare to Syracuse on July 11th, 2016

This post continues on the last one on flight AA186. After quite some waiting, we went through immigration, rechecked our bags, took the train to Terminal 3 and were ready for more waiting.

Flight Log of American Airlines Flight 186 from Beijing Capital to Chicago O’Hare on July 11th, 2016

It was a school-sponsored month-long summer program at Cornell University. Originally, given AsiaMiles’ double mileage promotion for students residing in China Mainland, I was more than eager to persuade the travel agency to book me on Cathay Pacific… Read More

Downtown Beijing Day Trip, National Museum and Zhongshan Park

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Assassination Classroom Season 1&2, a Japanese Animation Series that didn’t get enough to deliver

I came to known the Assassination Classroom series because my friends were watching it on a train ride. I decided to give it a try, which ended up as just another topic for our casual chats, no more.