this planet I built for you: September 2004

MANY THANKS TO...
My parents Chu-Chu Chu and Chi-Fu Chen, friends Yin Chou, Joy, Pearl, Szu-Min Han and her brother, Adrian Workman, Jack and Steph Picconi, Susie Frase, Tomas Jankaj, Derek Motes, Brett Slansky and Gina... Thank you all for your hospitality, company and especially thanks to those who offered me accommodations so I had the best places ON EARTH to stay! \(^v^)/

Special thanks to:
。A nice lady, tho I don't know your name. It's true there are all kinds of people taking Greyhound. But actually that's the best part. Though the bus broke down in the middle of nowhere at midnight 'till wee hours on our way from San Francisco to Seattle, it wasn't all that bad.
。Ali (see pic below). It was great fun to watch the movie "The Terminal" and join the underground tour with you in Seattle.
。Bill. Thanks to you and the 42-hour train ride from Spokane, WA to Chicago, IL wasn't too bad at all. I should have asked for your secret recipes, though. :P
。Jordan, Jasmine, Kia (see pic below). You're the most friendly and beautiful ballerinas I've ever met. And Helga (see pic below). It's my pleasure to be a roommate with you all in Chicago, even if it was just for a few days.
。Michal (see pic below). Thanks for your coffee and that excellent home-made plum brandy. Mmm, Y-U-M-M-Y. :)
。Gabrial. Thanks for teaching me how to play the game "I spy with my little eyes" and being an little angel.
。A gentleman, tho I don't know your name, you did look a lot alike Chris Tucker...:P Thanks for your help to get me out of trouble when in Detroit. I can't thank you enough.
。Guitarists at the Subway 34th St. Your music just warmed every passenger's heart; mine especially.
And to everyone I forgot to mention, thank you all as well.

Ali, Helga, & Michal

Kia

Before making the Brooklyn Bridge become the most beautiful bridge I've crossed... let's take a picture first!

Mom and me (CKS Airport, TAIWAN)

For some reasons, I've always have a thing about airports. Airports are like ultimate exits for people who love exploring the outside world like I do. But this excitement...well, I can simply let my pictures talk. Do check this out, moreover, airports are places where you see someone off, and pick someone up. Either way, those people usually are whom you truly care for, big time. And I'm just so lucky to be one of them. :)

Dad and me (CKS Airport, TAIWAN)

Brooklyn Bridge, NYC

A NYC sight I saw from the bridge

...Can anyone see where the Statue of Liberty is?

Brooklyn Bridge, NYC

The detailed beauty of Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge, NYC

Wing-Tsun Shi Fu, Brett, walked across Brooklyn Bridge with me :)

Manhattan Bridge, NYC

Central Park, NYC

Call me crazy, but I almost walked the whole park within one afternoon... started from the 106th St. and ended at the 64th St. Just for the Bethesda Fountain... where was one of scenes of the movie, "It Had To Be You". :P Too bad it was cloudy that day, but the park still looked amazing. BTW, I got lost for a while... -___-;