Our First Carnival



Guess what?


Our first carnival of the year just passed last last week and we (my friend and I) won back three dolls from playing!


Actually... everyone there was hugging their dolls when we went because they have sooooo many, so I guess we went too late. >________<
Heheh. Anyway, the first game we
played is basketball shooting, which
looked like the picture on the right.

We were given three soft balls and five chances to shoot at the basket. If we scored two times we win a green turtle; three times a dalmatian dog, four times a big-colorful goldfish.

YET, I only scored two times. T____T
BUT the turtle is really cute ^o^

Then we tried other games, such as hit-and-run (throw a ball at a dog-pictured board and hope for the ball to fall into the basket right beneath it) and darts (we couldn't even hit the stars!), then we went to eat dinner.

The carnival was close to the end when we came out, but we still managed to play Frisbee~ We were given three tries to shoot the Frisbees into the empty cuttings (like UFO going back home) to win points.

(<---It looked like this) And since my friend and I both aimed at the lowest point (the closest and easiest one, that is), we come home with two cute blue dolphins~ =)
It was a very happy day indeed !!!!!!!

~End~

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2009 Roth Pond Regatta

Roth Pond Regatta -- "THE GOOD SHALL SAIL, THE BAD SHALL SINK"

Is it that time of the year again
When everyone stands around Roth pond and shouts for their teams to win?

Yes!


While the original race was scheduled to be on May 1st (It was postponed to May 8th due to bad weather), there were still a lot of people who showed up for the race yesterday. The entire area was so crowded that I cannot take them in all in one shot.



And many professors, advisers, counselors, and other employees of the university brought their family with them to the race. So while the race is on, children were playing around with the Frisbee, and dogs too!

We stood behind the finish line for a few rounds, but then we thought the environment should be more exciting at the front ( more people were cheering on the participants there), so we moved to the front too~

Meanwhile, we realized there were two ducks in the middle of the pond who seem to enjoy the competition as much as we do. When the competitors were preparing for the takeoff, they would swim to the middle of the lake, face the starting point, and wait. Once the yachts got to near, they would swim away quickly, but after the yachts were gone, they would move back to the original position like nothing has happened. =P

The environment really is more exciting up front, but I still felt like it was not what I've expected. Even if there were the band, the food, the people...













... Then I found what I was looking for!

At the instant I saw them been turned over by the yacht, I couldn't stop myself from picking up my camera and shoot their expressions. Of course their faces are totally different from the glorious ones on those who have made the finish line, but even if they know they didn't win, let alone make it to the end, they still have a SMILE on their face! =D And that is what I treasures. =)



Nevertheless, I like to see the winning teams too =D
So here they are:

By the way, I declare all of the teams who made the finish line -- the winning team!

(I just searched on the internet -- Roth Pond Regatta was actually on the TV last year!)


And ... huh?
One student swam across the lake and was disqualified?


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What is "shu mui's way"?

So what exactly is "shu mui's way"?

Hey! That's a really good question! I have no idea either!
... Just kidding

When I was a student leader in SIELP, my students always pronounced my name like "show me." Eventually they called out "Show me the way!" when I was leading them from classes to classes when our TA is not there. And somehow I, too, became accustomed to the name they gave me, and began to wonder if I should present my name as "show me" the next time I'm giving an introduction.

That never happened -- I still stick to my original way of pronouncing my name -- but weird enough, I remembered it right away when I was thinking up the title of this blog. And so, here it is!

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