2008
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Niagara Cave
May 17, 2008While we have been living in Minnesota for 9 years now, we have never visited the Niagara Cave, which is rated one of the top ten caves in United States (or that’s what the website claims). So, on a nice splendid Saturday morning, exactly 2 months prior to my birthday, we decided to drive an… Read more…
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Twin Cities
May 11, 2008On our way back to Rochester from Andy and Jenny’s place, we visited a few places in Twin Cities, particularly the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Minnesota State Capitol Building. The weather was good – sunny and blue sky – albeit a little windy and cold… at least, that was the case for my dad and… Read more…
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Richard Yi-Ern Law (Part 2)
May 10, 2008We spent the whole weekend at Andy and Jenny’s place after the graduation, hoping to visit Albertville Premium Outlets to get new running shoes. Since it was raining the whole Saturday and the outlet mall doesn’t have stores that sell the shoe brand I want, we ended up visiting the nearby Sports Authority to get… Read more…
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The Graduation Day
May 9, 2008The graduation day marks the completion of 2 years of living hell of 36 miserable software engineers from various companies. We have finally completed the Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSSE) at the University of Minnesota… alive, eyes swollen, much higher blood pressure and half-sane. This is an intense program, and all students in… Read more…
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Richard Yi-Ern Law
May 2, 2008 to May 3, 2008Since my school semester was coming to an end, we paid a visit to Angelina’s best friend, Jenny. She had just given birth to a baby boy on April 28, 2008 at 9:58 pm. His name is Richard Yi-Ern Law. We spent the whole weekend at their place, becoming unlicensed baby sitters to provide Andy… Read more…
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Jenny’s Baby Shower
Mar 22, 2008As our San Antonio flight touched down in Rochester on Friday noon, we drove up to Andy and Jenny’s place a few hours later to attend the baby shower event on the following day. Since Angelina was the official event coordinator, I was also technically invited as the event photographer. Truthfully, this was my first… Read more…
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San Antonio
Mar 17, 2008 to Mar 21, 2008Ahhh… Spring break vacation in the middle of my final semester hell… what a blessing! While waiting at the Rochester airport, we met Melissa and another SPA that I have met for the first time, Dan. Our flight from Rochester to San Antonio begun at the wrong foot. The delay on the Rochester flight nearly… Read more…
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Rock Band & Guitar Hero 3
Jan 18, 2008With temperature dipping below zero, Corey generously invited us to hang out at his house after a “long hard” work on Friday. It was a good moment for me to enjoy my precious free time before the school semester begins the following week. Our initial plan was to relax at his place from 5 pm… Read more…
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Northeastern Minnesota
Jan 11, 2008 to Jan 13, 2008We decided to visit the Northeastern Minnesota purely for photography purpose. While we have been to northeastern Minnesota several times, we have never been there during winter season. We plotted a jam-packed 2-day itinerary to cover the following areas: Duluth, Two Harbors, Gooseberry Falls State Park, Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Shovel Point (right outside… Read more…
