想飛 I WANT TO FLY

I feel so bad that I had to move back to NY. My stay in DC had been great. Though it was only a month, I had tried to go to as many places and experience as much as I could. Now I am back in NY, I just miss the street on my way to work in DC; I miss the convenience to be able to live in Dupont Circle that practically all the restaurants we dined are in Dupont Circle area; and I sure miss the quality of life there. Hopefully I can find a permanent job in DC in the future. Here is the summary of what I had done in DC:

Work: Monday to Friday approximately 11.5 work hours/day from February 8 to February 29.
KTV: 4 times in Virginia（糜爛的生活？）.
Met Ming-Chuan and Charlie.
Took a drive to Alexandria, Virginia.
Dined at my favorite restaurants Teaism(has all kinds of tea (including taprioca milk tea!) and Japanese Bendo, Afterworks Cafe at Kramer's Bookstore (Cafe inside of a bookstore) and Potbelly(a great sandwich store).
Watched movies: In Brudges, Juno and Vantage Point.
Went to the following museums and attractions:

1. Phillips Collection (free).

2. National Geographic Society. I went to see "Frogs! A Chorus of Colors" exhibition. The exhibit features 150 live frogs in a variety of environments and interactive station (free).

3. National Gallery of Art. This museum is huge and has West wing (contains art within Pre-Renaissance period) and East wing (modern and contemporary art) (free).

4. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
(1)I went to see "this program on March 2" performed by New York City Ballet at Opera House. It is the best ballet performance I've ever seen. New York City Ballet actually made fun of the traditionally ballet and its pianist even played a funny role in the performance ($25).

(2)The National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists' Competition National Young Artist Division Finals (free).


Smithsonian Institution
5. National Zoological Park--went to see giant Panda Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Tai Shan (free).

6. National Air & Space Museum (free).

7. Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (free).

To see the pictures please go to http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/chaoning/DC02