Wednesday, April 29, 2009

勇士 紅雀三連戰@亞特蘭大



Apr.27,28,29, 2009 勇士紅雀三連戰@亞特蘭大
MLB Cardinals @ Braves

夏天到了,棒球季節又來臨啦! 最近對於美國職棒的關心因為王建民一開賽就被打爆,然後又因傷被下放而有點降溫。由於洋基遠在紐約,很難直接感受到明星球隊的熱情,身為一名不專業的球迷,又不巧住在亞特蘭大,的確是應該好好花點時間來支持主場的球隊。

又因為某些原因,吸引我去現場看球。

閒話不多說,直接進場吧! 亞特蘭大勇士隊目前戰績暫居國聯東區第三,由於打線薄弱,目前苟延殘喘中。位在市中心的球場Tuner Field以身為老闆的媒體大亨Ted Tuner (泰德‧透納)命名,球場在2005年弄來了一台當時最大的HD螢幕看板,讓球迷在進行球賽之餘也可以清楚的看到球員資料與慢動作重播。


遠望球場 Tuner Field




售票處




球場前方球員的銅像 (資料待查)




從外野看過去




紅雀隊熱身中




辣妹暖場中




球場內的勇士隊博物館




Chick fil A 速食店的牛廣告 -->這家賣雞的店老是叫乳牛出來奉勸大家多吃雞




開賽前紅雀的打擊練習




開賽前最後的整理場地、畫線、灑水




前面講了勇士隊的大電視,來看一下電視的效果,這時候就要請出噗吼獅了! 比較一下場邊觀眾跟噗吼獅的鼻孔大小看看。




由於三場比賽中、勇士隊只贏了第二場,就為大家轉播第二場最精彩的第七局吧!(不是我在講,主場打線還真虛弱,實在叫買票進場的鄉親流汗)

比賽進行到第七局




投手軟掉了,兩次保送將Infante跟Jones送上一二壘。




又保送Francoeur!莫名其妙竟然滿壘了。

接著Matt Diaz敲出一支穿越二壘壘包的安打!




Infante跟Jones跑回來得分!



比賽最後就在勇士得到這兩分之下結束。現場也放起煙火。



最後再來看一下歡樂的大電視吧!只要你屁股扭的夠力,隨時有機會上電視。

On my own now~



Bye~ Kathleen,

See u in 3 weeks. Hope you have a wonderful journey in Korea.



..... who's going to be in my birthday party this year??

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

BBQ day in Piedmont park



Suddenly, the weather become summer. I remember 3 weeks ago, there was even a flurry in Atlanta, and now, the temperature goes to 91 today.

Just because the weather is perfect, our friend, Gabriel and Paz, from Chile held a BBQ party in Piedmont park this Sunday.

The park located in the cert er of Atlanta. It's our first time here. Before that, I don't know there's a park that big in the city. The lawns, lakes, running course, and everything you can expect are here. I guess it would take hours to walk around the whole park.

Kathleen's friends, Kim, Junjia, Yuka, Paula, Deniel from the ESL also attended the party. Later, Paz's colleagues came to join us.

Good food, ice beer and a bottle of wine give us a good time in the early summer.

Monday, April 20, 2009

重遊 UNC Chapel Hill



Last weekend we went back to UNC Chapel Hill for a visit.

I took one day off on Friday and drive all the way to North Carolina. In celebrate of Kathleen got her drive license on Thursday, she drove for the first 200 miles. She drived pretty good, but need more experience on the highway. To be honest, I was freak out at the first 15 minutes on her driving. Then she's doing pretty well.

It's good to go back to Chapel Hill, feel like go back to the home town.

We met my professor Dr. Lee in his office. He's still my most respected professor. Then my master, Dr. Goto, she teach and help me a lot on my phD thesis, and open a gate of synthetic chemistry for me.



my golf partner, Dr. Akiyama. A funnny professor knows everyone in the field of pharmaceutical science in Japan.



also my friends 小明、一州、珂多、周婷、老猴、 巧婷~ makes me think of the old time..

Dr. Lee and Mrs. Lee set up a reunion for KMU pharmacy includes 老猴, 巧婷, Kathleen, me, and himself at Cheesecake Factory in South Point Mall. That's a really nice place and great food they serve.

The next day we went to the Maple View Farm for the best ice cream in the world!!



Ken & Ting's cats



Wednesday, April 15, 2009

美國報稅截止日期 Tax Day - ITIN大奮戰

今天是美國報稅截止的日期,大家都必須在今天截止之前把報稅的單子寄出去,以期拿到合理的退稅或補繳稅。當然,我們也不例外。

困考我很久很久的ITIN號碼,在上個月底已經在IRS解決,今天面臨到的情況是在沒有拿到ITIN的情況下怎麼報州稅?

先來回顧一下ITIN好了,我有SSN,ITIN當然跟我沒有關係,但是申報為我的配偶的Kathy沒有SSN,為他為他申請ITIN號碼能夠大大的減低我的稅賦。ITIN號碼只有在報稅的時候可以申請,之前我們想要提早去申請就被IRS打了回票,裡面的老黑告訴我,ITIN的申請表要和1040報稅的表格一起寄出,或親自送到IRS。如果要用郵寄的,則必須有公證過的資料(如護照,去銀行可以免費公證),如果親送到IRS就不需要了,他會要求看原本的證件。ITIN號碼在送件後8-10週會寄給我們。

問題來啦,在報州稅之前我們還是沒有辦法拿到這個號碼,因此必須要去州的稅收機關,在亞特蘭大這裡叫做Department of Revenue,送一張延後報稅的申請表(Form 303,可在網路找到),繳了這張表以後就可以延後六個月報稅,也就是等我們拿到ITIN號碼之後再報就行了。

幫自己作個筆記,拿到ITIN之後要再去Department of Revenue一樓入口處的Customer Service繳交
1.GA 500表格
2.COPY的form 303
3.W2一張

就可以拿到退稅了!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Change 終於把頭髮剪掉了



終於終於終於~

受不了自己的爆炸頭了。

已經8個月沒有剪的頭髮,慢慢變成了爆炸頭,回復小時候的模樣。

下個禮拜去見李老師,為了不讓他受到驚嚇,

決定一口氣通通剪掉。

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Finally, after 8 months, I decide to get a hair cut.

Back to the normal looking and will keep it until my weeding date.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

冬季 阿拉斯加之旅 遊記整理




從阿拉斯加回來了一個月才把照片跟遊記整理好,有興趣的鄉民待實驗室之餘可以逛逛~


冬季阿拉斯加之旅 Day 1 從亞特蘭大出發

冬季阿拉斯加之旅 Day 2 南方小漁港舒華德 Seward

冬季阿拉斯加之旅 Day 3 Alyaska滑雪

冬季阿拉斯加之旅 Day 4 阿拉斯加野生動物保育中心 &阿拉斯加皮草節

冬季阿拉斯加之旅 Day 5 極光列車直奔費爾班克斯

冬季阿拉斯加之旅 Day 6 費爾班克斯市區風光

冬季阿拉斯加之旅 Day 7 狗拉雪橇 & 契納溫泉 & 極光出現

冬季阿拉斯加之旅 Day 8 北方極地博物館

冬季阿拉斯加之旅 Day 9 回溫暖的家



花費/兩人份 約$1800 (美金)

交通:$700
-飛機 - 用哩程換的機票,$20稅金
-遊船 - $138+tax = $166
-火車 - 特價 $198
-安克拉治租車+三天全險 - $127
-費爾班克斯租車三天 - $115
-油錢 $80

旅館八晚共 $750
-Days Inn $72
-Holiday Inn $83
-Alyaska $218 (含滑雪)
-Millennium Alaskan $82
-Wedgewood Resort 兩天 $162
-Chandalar Ranch 兩天 $130

門票娛樂共 $125
-冰雕展 $20
-北方博物館 $25
-雪具 $70
-溫泉一人 $10

飲食:約 $250