Archive for December, 2006
Journey to the West – Part V – Meteor Crater
Friday, December 29th, 2006On the way to our next stop, Sante Fe, we passed by this Huge Sign. It says ” METEOR CRATER”, so being curious we decided to make a pit stop there. It turns out that Meteor Crater is the site of the World’s First scientifically proven impact crater and most well preserved.
A piece of the [...]
Journey to the West – Part IV – Red Rocks and Chapel of the Holy Cross
Friday, December 29th, 2006From Grand Canyon we headed over to Sedona, home to Red Rocks National Park and the Chapel of the Holy Cross which is basically this church that is built into the rocks. Red Rocks National park consists mainly of rock formations formed by sandstone. Nothing to say, just pictures
Grp Shot
The Bell
Rocks
Rocks and more Rocks
The Chapel
Side [...]
Journey to the West – Part III – Grand Canyon
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006“We sat at this point & let our eyes wonder across the canyon. All worries seeped away into the stony stillness & there was silence.” – Gena McCafferty, Ireland
Day 3 saw us arriving at the Grand Canyon. Why is the Grand Canyon so cool? Its amazingly amazing and [...]
Journey to the West – Part II – Viva Las Vegas
Friday, December 22nd, 2006Viva Las Vegas!
City of Lights…. Sin City.. whatever you call it, Vegas is just exciting. The Strip is full of extravegant casinoes, ranging from something traditional like the MGM Grand to something totally uber cool like Caeser’s Palace and New York New York.MGM Grand
New York New York
Luxor
Paris
Arriving in Vegas, we checked into the Hotel known [...]
Journey to the West – Part I – San Diego
Friday, December 22nd, 2006The final big trip.
Journey to the West.
Me, Char and Deliang flew towards San Diego to start our west coast Journey.San Diego is a nice relaxed place. Being by the sea, it has this very nice relaxed pace of a coastal city. We started the first day by visiting Old Town and the San Diego Bay [...]
How do you measure a year?
Friday, December 22nd, 2006All good times must come to an end. With the graduation ceremony of Batch 7, another chapter closes in my life. I always remember the song “Seasons of Love” from the musical Rent. I heard it at the last graduation and I always been thinking, 525600 minutes, how do you measure a year? Ultimately it [...]
Good Morning Baltimore!
Sunday, December 17th, 2006“Good Morning Baltimore” ~~ that was the opening song for the musical “Hairspray”. This time however I really did went to Baltimore! A friend of mine since primary school, Kai Lee was studying in Baltimore so i decided to take a break from EAS 446 and visit her.
Upon stepping off the greyhound bus
While waiting for [...]
Bahamas!
Sunday, December 17th, 2006Ok finally got the chance to begin updating about my previous exploits. So first on the list is my trip to bahamas over the thanksgiving long weekend. Headed there with Estee, Char, Deliang and Tim to escape the cold of Philly before an even colder winter sets in. The Bahamas is made up of 700+ [...]
Apologise for lack of updates
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006Times is tight. Meeting work deadline as well as EAS 446(my module at Penn), but next week after 11th dec I will resume with a mass updating of past events!