little update =.=

Last week was the Fourth of July weekend. Besides watching the beautiful, breathtaking, unforgettable fireworks, I had done several other fun activities. It was a fun-filled weekend :-)

The weekend started with a birthday party for Carlos, my supervisor in OARDC. He just celebrated his 30th birthday on Wednesday. It was the first Latino party I had ever attended. I must say that the Latin people are really innate dancers. They can really shake their butts off :P And, they are also very good in "warming up" the atmosphere and making everyone dance, including the shy students from China! Good jobs! One thing I learnt about Latino party is that the party won't end until the last person stops dancing. The whole celebration, which started on 9pm, ended at 6am the next morning. You know what did that mean? Someone has been dancing from 9-6, NINE hours straight! Holy COW! It's not a lie that Latinos are great dancers! :P

The day after the party was Friday. I went to the lab do some PCR screening, and then, my housemate and I walked around downtown. We had some yummy ice cream, and took some pictures. Then, we tried to find the most delicious pizza in Wooster (or US!), but to no avail.... We didn't look up its address. FAIL! So, we had to resort to Arby's ;'( After the lunch+dinner, we walked around Downtown again, visiting the craft and gift shops, but we didn't buy anythings coz the works by artisans are never cheap :S

So, on Saturday, we went to Mohican State Park for picnicking. After having some light lunch, we walked in the wood in search of the waterfall. After 30-minute walk, we reached the destination only to find out that the waterfall has dried out in the hot summer :S Only few drops of water was visible....What a "Waterdropfall"! On the way back, we decided to take another route just for fun. Carlos, the tour guide, did not follow us because the road was too steep for his pregnant wife.
The journey back to the picnic site was supposed to take only 30 mins. However, after 2-3 hours, we still haven't found our road back. And, all 6 of us knew that we're lost in the woods!! However, we still kept our faith and strength and followed the man-made path closely. Finally, we reached a main road and found 2 park rangers. From the rangers, we figured out that we're more 1 mile away from the picnic site. It will take another 1 hr if we're going to walk back! O-O But, we're so tired that we asked the ranger to drive us back.... So, the ride in the patrol car ended our "missing in woods" chapter of the day.....

You must think that my activities of the day ended there. But, it's not coz Carlos and his friends have planned to do canoeing in the Park.. So, there we went, another hardcore outdoor activities ---2 and a half hours of canoieng. But, I really like canoe. The weather was just nice, and the scenery along the river was really nice. And, since it's 4th of July, many people took the opportunity of the long weekend to unwind. There were many RV parked along the bank of the rivers. People were BBQing, swimming, tubing, singing, listening to music or just simply sitting on the bank and relaxing. Americans definitely know how to enjoy life. This is something I must learn from them! :) Too bad, I didn't bring my camera along.... so no pictures of my canoeing...
On that night, we went for fireworks viewing. You can look at the fireworks on mylast post ;)

And, Sunday was shopping day. We walked around Uptown and shopped in few euporium. I bought avery cheap Jansport bag for only $8 and a nice sundress, which I like it very much :)
Then, we went to Walomart to do grocery for the next week... Huh, I really burned a whole in my pockets after all the shopping. But... I'm happy :D

Here is the end of my weekend. And, another wekkend just started today ....