So it’s certainly been a while! Over 6 weeks really. Wow – I’m a jerk for starting something and not seeing it through. Well – that ends now. School is over and I have absolutely no excuse to not update Chenzen again like I did in the past. I can make up excuses about why there has been no activity lately, but no one cares about that – so on to what I came here to talk about today…
And today is a photoblog day!
Back on Friday, I decided to go into the city (New York City) by myself to go to the Japanese consulate and hand in my paperwork for my visa. For those that don’t know, I’m going to Japan next semester to study abroad. Anyway, it’s not that I don’t trust the USPS with my passport but…I don’t trust the USPS with my passport. Do to a range of circumstances, I ended up at a train station I don’t usually take to go into the city.
So I got to penn station and decided to walk to the consulate. The consulate is at 299 Park Avenue, between 48th and 49th I think. It wasn’t that killer of a walk, but being that it was 22 degrees outside – it was a little longer than I would have liked it to be. It’s certainly winter! I was going to take pictures inside, but the building felt so official that I was kind of scared to. Anyway – I liked the decorations in the front though. Everyone’s in the spirit now I suppose.
And speaking of the spirit, since I was nearby, I decided to stop by the Rockefeller center to see the Christmas tree that they put up every year. It’s hard to make out in the picture, but the lights and everything made it seem really nice.
And of course, you always have people at the ice rink. It was certainly cold enough to have it too.
So on the way back, I happened across Bryant Park. There were kiosks and stands everywhere, so I decided to stop and see what was going on. Apparently they setup this every year as well. Another smaller christmas tree and an ice rink, as well as shops and whatnot all setup outside. A nice little spot to stop and take a respite.
I figured why not stop and get a bite to eat while I was there. Found a teriyaki stand where I got some rice, chicken, and vegetables. It wasn’t very good. Probably one of the worse 5 dollar expenditures I have done in New York. I ate it all though – the fundamental problem that it solved was that it was hot and I was cold. Afterwards, I hurriedly ran back to penn station where I ended up spending 2 hours trying to get home – which is usually only a 1 hour endeavor. Overall, I’d have to say that the day was good though.
Oh, and speaking of christmas tree stuff, I set my family’s up yesterday with my mother and younger brother.
Naked Tree. Just unwrapped it and such, so it looks kind of awkward.
And here it is with ornaments and lights and such. It still looks funny, but it’ll get fuller as the branches begin to go back to their original spots and such. It’s hard to see the ornaments, but there’s plenty there. I have yet to perfect the art of taking pictures in the dark and make them look good. I realize that shouldn’t be hard…but meh – I’m a nub.
I do love macro shots though. This one still came out kind of bad…
Got the idea to do this from a lifehacker competition that happened recently. I can’t wait to get my DSLR for christmas. I really want to play with all the settings and such to see if I can get better shots.
And it also snowed last night. About a foot. It was still snowing out when I took this shot, but my camera couldn’t take pictures fast enough to capture the snowflakes without sacrificing the lighting.
And then I went to bed.
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