Blithedale in Tokyo: 09/01/2009

9/13/2009

New York in the morning of Sept 10, 2009

New York was cloudy in the last morning -- I took an ANA
flight at 12:30PM from JFK. Everything went smoothly.
Thanks go to A & J.

See you again Mr. Lee, my new friend in NY City.

Museum of Natural History

I visited the Museum of Natural History, both planetarium and
the exhibits. After learning the birth of universe, I went to greet
with both coastal and prairie Indian people. Here are photos of
coastal Indian history and culture:

Tools for fishing

"Dan dan"

SOUTH PACIFIC at Lincoln Center

Most people Live on a lonely island,
Lost in the middle of a foggy sea.
Most people long for another island,
One where they know they would like to be.

Bali Ha'i
May call you,
Any night,
Any day.
In your heart
You'll hear it call you.
"Come away,
Come away."

Bali Ha'i
Will whisper
On the wind
Of the sea.
"Here am I,
Your special island!
Come to me,
Come to me!"

Your own special hopes,
Your own special dreams,
Bloom on the hillside
And shine in the streams.

If you try,
You'll find me
Where the sky
Meets the sea,
"Here am I,
Your special island.
Come to me,
Come to me!"

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Here is an obvious Utopian element in this
lyric. I will use this text in my fall lecture
"Utopia and dystopia in American Literature."
Students shall enjoy the music.

Fifth Ave. temporaly closed for S & C

In front of the Bergdorf Goodman, many people watching
"Sex and the City" film shooting -- The second film will have
scenes in the Bergdorf Goodman. My destination in this
afternoon was the first floor of Bergdorf Goodman
to see their beautiful collection of bags. (CAUTION: They are
good for your eyes not good for your purse. )

According to what people said, the four girls in the "Sex and the City"
were all there. So, next movie will have scenes in the Bergdorf and
on the Fifth Ave.

At Jean George, New York

Chocolate cake -- inside is melt-in-your-mouth softness

Time Warner Center, Columbus Circle

The Central Park green is right there across from the restaurant.

Today's main is chicken -- crunchy outside skin and tender
inside meat.

Health Care Reform Rally, Boston Common, Sept 7, 09

To join the rally for healthcare reform, Nina and I went to the
Boston Common on the Labor day holiday morning.

Nina and an activist man

Three New England senators from Democratic and Republican
parties came to speak. The morning rally attracted over 1,000
people. Many Hispanic speaking people were there with placards
in Spanish. Both young and adults, men and women as well as
the Back Bay and the Beacon Hill dogs were present. The crowd
took a parade from the Common to the Copley Square. Nina and I
treated ourselves coffee and sweats from the Dunkin Doughnut in
Downtown Crossing and took the Red line back to the H Square.
Boston's liberal spirits and fights for causes still go on.