Got a free ticket from my colleague, who in turn got it from his boss. Well since I had nothing better to do, I decided to go for my second NBA game.
Building right beside Monument Circle
Name of Pacers' arena: Conseco Fieldhouse (Conseco bought the naming rights)
"Monkey" show during half time
Our boys in action...
Final score -we won!!
I attended Men's Glee Club's concert twice during my years in U of M, partly because I was coerced into doing so by my senior who happened to be a member of the club. Last weekend, I ended up in Hill Auditorium again for my 3rd Men's Glee Club concert. Sounds gay? Nope, because firstly their performances were quite good indeed, and secondly, I went there with yy :P
This year, the Friars weren't as funny as before, probably because I couldn't quite hear what they were singing from the balcony. However, I should say that the pianist did a great job again, and I was delighted that their first performance actually used a pipe organ as the accompaniment. The effect reminded me a lot of "Phantom of the Opera".
Hill Auditorium
Up close shot. If you are sleepy enough, your mind play tricks and those singers actually turn to penguins...
:)
Last week when I drove to Ann Arbor, I finally reached my second 88888. It was nothing special except that I took a picture of 88888 for my first car last time, so I wanted to do the same for this car as well:
(Yup engine light is on...had it checked and it was no big deal...)
Speaking of which, I have already put more than 5k miles on this car in less than half a year. Coupled with the miles I gained from my old car (>13k miles I think...in a mere 3 months!!), my total mileage (excluding those that I earned on other cars) would have let me complete about 70% of the journey circling the earth if I were to travel in one straight line.
That being said, having experience does not mean that you are less prone to accidents...conversely, as the Chinese saying goes: 上得山多终遇虎!
The accident occurred when I was driving Pei Ying, Huey Shann and Szu Ling to Meijer on Carpentar Road. It was raining, and I was driving on the outer lane of the southbound road. A cab cut into my lane from the right, and I was rather annoyed because he turned in rather abruptly. I did not slow down, and to be honest did not intend to due to my annoyance. Then it happened; the traffic in front of the cab stopped suddenly, and the cab tried to turn left in order to avoid ramming into the cars in front of him, but later decided against it and drove back to my lane. I hit my brakes hard, but due to the slippery road the car skidded forward instead of coming to a halt. My car finally dedicated its first kiss to the sweet ass of that cab.
I stepped out to check the damage, and thank god it was nothing serious. The cab's rear suffer a slight dent, and my left signal lights were shattered. The cab driver asked if I could follow him to Showcase Cinema, since there's where he's dropping of his customers. We went there, and had the police officer come and write a report. I could blame no one but myself for this totally avoidable accident, and I would like to apologize to my fellow passengers. Bright side: no one was hurt in this incident.
So yeah no doubt that ruined my day.
Epilogue: Firestone managed to find out a series of problems with my car when I sent it to them for the signal bulb fix and oil change. Fresh off from an accident, I decided to get most of the critical stuff repaired. Together with the citation (because ass-kissers are always at fault), I had to shell out a total of 1500 USD...yup right now I am still getting sporadic coughs of blood.
The next day we headed out to pick Steve up before going to Chinatown for a DimSum lunch. The wait was insane; we decided to go downstairs for some bubble tea before resuming our wait. I'd say that the food there wasn't that exceptional, on par or possibly worse than Great Lakes'.
After lunch we decided to walk around in downtown. I wanted to see the Buckingham Fountain and the famous Crown Fountain, since I missed it 3 years ago. To my dismay, both fountains were shut down presumably because of the cold weather. I got the chance to revisit my favorite in Chicago though, the Cloud Gate sculpture or more famously known as "the Bean".
Group photo in front of Jay Pritzker Pavillion (don't have the one with Vivian in it...dang)
The Bean!!!
What are you waiting for? Spit out some water dude!!!
Chicago river
Our next destinations included the Magnificent Mile, Ghirardelli Chocolate and the Grand Lux (dinner). The hot chocolate that I ordered in Ghirardelli (not the regular one) was just...too chocolaty. It was like drinking melted chocolate, and I suspect one could possibly suffocate to death if he or she takes a big gulp of it. The dinner at Grand Lux was great, but again I don't think it is worth the one hour+ waiting time (of course we did not wait there the whole time). I guess this is how things work in big cities...
Want to kill some brain cells?
Shrimp Scampi
The weekend was a short one, but it was sure fun to meet up with old friends!!
Eric reached IND at about 10.15 pm. Since I noticed that there was an accident that caused a massive traffic jam on my opposite way while driving to the airport, I decided to take a detour passing by Indianapolis downtown to get back home. We stopped by the Monument Circle and took some photos.
The very next day after work (a Friday), we headed to Chicago after a stroll in the park nearby my house. I was planning to show off the fall colors of the beautiful lake which I took photos of earlier, but was greatly disappointed by the view. Well, one word could sum it up - hideous!
Apartment new look (I still prefer brick color facade)
We reached Chicago probably about 9-ish, and Vivian and Felix recommended this Korean BBQ place for dinner/supper. The atmosphere of that restaurant was "great". It was authentically Asian, as smoke filled the place and people crammed themselves together, enjoying the sizzling meat and steaming soup. I pictured that it should be great if a bunch of guys hang out in this place, each having a bottle of beer and talking loudly about obscene stuff while gobbling down chunks of burnt meat (ok too much of tvb...)
We ordered too much and in the end Vivian had to request for a box. We headed back home after, and I managed to try out some wii Mario go-kart before calling it a day.
More about Chicago in next post!!
So what have I been doing in the past few weeks? None other than study, study and study...the outcome? I seriously don't know :(
Anyhow, life feels good right now. I am loving the fact that I don't have to study...for now.
Well, will update on my Chicago trip when I get the chance (reads when I am not in my lazy mode).
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