Friday, May 15, 2009

From country to metropolitan/从农村到城市

Hung out today. Had Nanshian xiao long bao and grilled lamb in Flushing at noon.
Transferred subway on Rockefeller Center Station, so stopped by to take some pics. The 5th ave was ...just expensive. See the tiny Takashimaya New York(A Japanese department store), not exceeding 200 m^2 per floor, I guess.

And a tiny front door.


Here's a pic of Tokyo Takashimaya Time Square linked from other site, my own pics were lost in a computer accident...,-_-,


Many churches in there, alongside the 5th avenue and the madison avenue:

And a Jesus under the earth...and the sun.
Wanna post some pics of the big-horse-country I just came from. But...Maxinum is 5 pics? hoo...google sucks.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Popular baby names

The Social Security Administration of the USA provided a on line database of popular baby names in this 100 years.
Top 10 popular names for 2008.
The most popular female name for last year was Emma, whlie Emily droped to the 3rd place.
You can also check for the popularity changes in past years, and popularity by states, and which I thought most interesting, popular twin names: Jacob&Joshua, Daniel&David, Jayden&Jordan, so on and on. Nice information for parents have twin babies yah!

Bagworm


See the worm I picked one day on my way, when I was passing by the young library. I say 'pick' because it moves really slow, it's a bagworm moth/Psychidae/吊死鬼/蓑蛾, which often seen hanging from a Chinese parasol/梧桐树 in late spring. But this one, it's huge isn't it. I found it attaching to the fences around the construction area. It's much bigger than its alikes in China. All the things grew in the U.S are bigger! Like, the human beings, em...
I did have a lot of passion on insects during my childhood, so I loved collecting this bagworms every day on my way back home, after finished school. I especially like them because they have clothes, that made me feel safe when holding them. Poor wormie! Hahahahaha.