Ting-A-Ling's Photo Blog

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Graduation

This has been such a crazy, fun, exciting, and memorable weekend. Yesterday was Convocation and we listened to a bunch of speakers talking to us about going out in the real world to chase our dreams and make a difference. Ed Helms spoke as the convocation speaker and gave us advice on being a fool, be the fool that's not afraid of failure and to live in the present. I thought he was a pretty good graduation speaker, giving advice and mixing in jokes here and there throughout his speech. Then the rest of the afternoon was spent at the Farmer's Market and napping until at night we went to Taughannock Park to have a picnic with almost alll the freshmen crew. Haven't hung out with everyone in one huge group since freshmen year and it was nice being together again. School work has really made everyone so busy in the past few years, involved in different stuff on campus and we're never free to hang out together. At night we sake bombed and celebrated Matt's birthday.

Today was commencement. Woke up early to meet my family, my grandparents flew all the way from Taiwan to see me graduate! Met on Arts Quad at 9 and it was so hot in black gowns. It was super sunny, but perfect weather for commencement. The entire class of 2014 marched from Arts Quad to Schoellkopf and sat in seats on the field. The number of people in the stadium was overwhelming, the entire stadium was filled with parents and graduates. Skorton gave his speech followed by the graduation ceremony by college. Then had the ORIE graduation at Sage Chapel, which was pretty quick. Professor Jackson called us up one by one to shake hands and receive this envelope with our class picture. Obligatory photos on Ho Plaza afterwards. Everyone was there and we took so many group photos it was great. It was so hot but well worth it spending time with everyone. And just like that the past 4 years flew by and we're no longer students at Cornell. Definitely had a blast here despite the intense workload. The people I met here are wonderful and they're what made the past 4 years awesome. Gonna miss everyone and all the memories made here at Cornell, and looking forward to all the fun we'll have in the future when we're in the real world.

Congrats to the Class of 2014!

Beautiful sunset at Taughannock Park!

Convocation!

The crowd at Convocation.

The walk into Schoellkopf was overwhelming.

Yay for fans!

Gonna miss being immature college students with everyone.

The princess. <3

The best people, ever.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Stewart Park Sunset

At 7ish today Sally, Steve, Mui, Kevin Mui and I went to Stewart Park to see the sunset. At first it wasn't very pretty, but when the sun just went down behind the mountains it was really colorful and pretty. We sat by the waters on a rock and just hung out and then chilled by the docks with our legs dangling off the docks. It was such a relaxing time and felt so carefree. Never thought Ithaca would be this nice and relaxing. It felt a little nostalgic sitting by the piers and it's kind of sad that we'll be leaving here in just 2 weeks.

Poooooop.

Cornell!

Sunset over Cayuga Lake!

Creepily took this photo of the couple. Heh...

Not so creepy.

The doccccks!

Monday, April 21, 2014

Taughannock Falls

The weather was sooo nice today. After my meeting, Sally, Steve, Mui, Hannah and I went to Taughannock Falls to hike! First time hiking in Ithaca and it's actually pretty nice. The trail was more like a nature walk and less of a hike, and we went to this giant waterfall that's 3/4 miles from where we started. And since that was such an easy hike, we decided to go on another trail that's mostly stairs. Got us working a bit, but still not too difficult and it led us to the top of the waterfall. Afterwards, we went to the children garden and played lacrosse there. My second time playing and it's pretty fun! Still have trouble catching though, but I shall practice.. I hope the weather stays this nice so we can go on more hikes!

Taking one of our many breaks on the way to the waterfall.

The waterfall at last!

Children....

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Spring Break 2014 to The Bahamas!

Spring Break 2014! Sally, Steve, Mui, Matt, Stephen, Patty, Jason and I booked a cruise aboard the Explorer of the Seas with Royal Caribbean. We went to Nassau, Bahamas and Coco Cay (in Haiti apparently?) But it was sooo much fun! Started on Saturday from Port of Bayonne in Jersey and we spent a day at sea traveling to Port Canaveral in Florida first. The weather was still kinda meh, cloudy and not that warm, but the next day we arrived at the Bahamas! It was beautiful! Sunny everywhere and the beach was so nice. We went to Love Beach and swam in the clear blue waters. Walked around downtown Nassau for a while and ate the local Conch salad it was sooo yummy! The next day we were at Coco Cay and the weather was even nicer. We went parasailing, my first time, and it was so much fun! After that we just chilled on the beach for the rest of the day and collected seashells by the water. Then we had two days at sea traveling back up the east coast towards Jersey. Did a lot of activities on the ship, like going to shows, playing sports, and drinking. A lot of drinking. We got the unlimited drink package and we definitely brokeeven. The cocktails were so good and we kept getting them. And the food was so good. Our waiters Ronald and Rebello were awesome! We always ordered multiple appetizers and entrees and they always give us a few extra dishes. In the end we made them a card that says "Thank you for all the Yummy Yummies and enlarging our Tummy Tummies!" And when we got back home we all added Ronald on Facebook haha. Too lazy to expand on each day, but I wrote about them on my 365!

Now back to Ithaca in the cold weather. I miss the sun already.