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• Simply post a picture to the blog that you have taken between 07/29 - 8/14 and describe its meaning to you.  Your answer must combine both Text and Image together in a creative way. Anything goes!  See below for examples.

Alice in Wonderland in Central Park with four new friends

Alice in Wonderland in Central Park with four new friends

              On a sunny day,we went to Central Park,looking around and finding something special.And then,we found this statue of Alice in Wonderland.Falling in love with these lovely statues,we played with them.Each of us had different gestures which mean diverse presentation.First,a man who wore black shirt,sitting on the biggest mushroom represented"innocence".With innocence,we could travel and adventure the Wonderland by using our imaginary.Second,a man who wore a sunglasses and stripe shirt,hugging Alice represented"I support you whenever you need me."Third,the only girl(Actually,that is me.)who kissed to the rabbit,it represented"love".I love fairy stories and abounding dreams.Last but not least,a man who wore red shirt was determined to make the dream coming true,it representes"fulfill the dream".All in all,we want to have courage to dream,making it possible to realize,not only just a dream.    

Intrepid sea-air-space Museum

Before I came to New York, I have been know about this museum for a long time. This legendary ship went through the WWII and damaged so many times but still remain unshakable. It decommissioned in 1974, and the navy give it to New York city as a gift in 1982. That's just some brief details about it. When I finally came to here and went up to the deck by elevator, I was too exciting that cause me can't spoke anything. Wow, it's carrier, the real carrier just in front of me. A huge three floors high's iron monster. In that moment, my dream finally came true, and I really think that kind of feelings was so great!!

Roosevelt Island Tramway

Today our ACE's boys were going to the Roosevelt Island Tramway to see the sunset.

And this is one of the picture I take when us on the tramway.

It's really beautiful. Isn't it?

a bird with curiousity

Some day we go to the central park zoo,when I take a photo of it.

It seems that it is interested in me.

What a cute bird.

A Real New Yorker

Are you a real New Yorker?  Here we are before listening to Ms. Amanati Kline talk about her experience living in New York for the last ten years.  She is originally from Malawi. 

Don't Even Think of Parking Here
I thought some of you might be interested in the view out here in Brooklyn. I took this picture in my neighborhood, and it is quintessentially NYC. It is not enough to say "No Parking." One must say, "Don't even think of parking here." Along with wearing black, walking fast, and not stopping on a street corner to look at a map, try to be really opinionated about everything. Exaggerate how great everything is, and don't even think of letting anyone intimidate you. - Shea

ID card of NYU

                                                                 
                                                                        ID card of NYU

          When I took this ID card,I was so excited,because it means I become a NYU student from that time!!!Being a NYU student,I couldn't only use the card for meal,but also enter different building of NYU.Though I just could be a temporary student only for three weeks,I still feel honor being a NYU student.It seems that I could pretend an excellent student,haha.In addition,I put this photo on Facebook typing a status about"Excuse me,i didn't tell you guys until now-I transfered to another university."hahaha!Thus,many friends ask me "When?Why?How come?How did it?Wow..etc"hahaha,I really enjoy having this card besides having fun on this trick. :D  

Pat-Bing-Soo

Strawberry Pat-Bing-Soo

          Pat-bing-soo or pat-bing-su is a Korean shaved ice that can be personalized in many ways.  This particular pat-sing-soo that I tried, was a strawberry pat-bing-soo from Caffe Bene in Times Square.  Pat-bing-soo usually contains red beans (the "pat" in pat-bing-soo), but I'm not a big fan of red beans so my order was red-bean-less. Although there were no red beans in this dessert, it still had a lot of flavor and sweetness and I thought it was pretty delicious. Pat-bing-soo was new to me, but in the past, I have had two types of Taiwanese shaved ice.  In comparison, the pat-bing-soo was much creamier and the toppings were different too.  With Taiwanese shaved ice, I always had grass jelly, tapioca etc. as toppings, but for this pat-bing-soo, there were strawberries, strawberry syrup, strawberry ice cream, and milk included in the order as toppings.  Another difference between pat-bing-soo and Taiwanese shaved ice is the milk used.  For Taiwanese shaved ice, it is more common to use sweetened condensed milk, but for pat-bing-soo, regular milk is used.  I have also never had shaved ice with ice cream before, so this was new to me.  I would reccomend this dessert as something to try, but if you are going, bring a friend!  It's a really large bowl!!