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Queen Bunthot and King Myrestrand, originally uploaded by willowyangcn.

It looks like a riddle that I put only the picture here. It is actually a very romantic story. Mr. Myrestrand disappeared from the office a few weeks ago. Before his leaving, he told me that he was going to Thailand for vacation. We talked a lot about his coming vacation, since I once visited Thailand. But till then, it was all just about a one-man vacation to Thailand. Then a few days ago, I found him in the office again and he told me that he is getting married! It turns out that the trip is planed to meet with his fiancee. I am so happy for him and moved by all the details about how they communicate with each other across such a long distance and fascinated by the interesting life in the east-northern party or Thailand.

I sincerely hope them a happy life and wish I can help shooting their Thai-style wedding. That would be really cool.

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Roger, originally uploaded by willowyangcn.

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Bye, New York, originally uploaded by willowyangcn.

It is just about half a year ago that we had a party celebrating Clare's moving into her new apartment. Now she is moving again, to HongKong, another Metropolitan, left behind the days in New York. Since Clare is so well connected, a lot of people came to her farewell party. And she kindly introduced her friends to each other, so the life here in New York can keep rolling. One thing for sure, we gonna miss Clare, and hope to see her soon anyplace around the world soon.

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View from Long Island City, originally uploaded by willowyangcn.

Mrs. Cui came visiting Amanda from Peking Univ. I am happy to find that she also likes taking pictures. We spent about 20 mins in a chilly 14F nite.

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With Bill and Roger, originally uploaded by willowyangcn.

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Lance survived as a hero, Timothy didn't make it, he died as a hero, both of them fight for what they believe in. Tim is a pretty controversial person. He started as a good boy in highschool with scholarship, but ended up hanging out with the "wrong people" and started to use drug. He felt being deserted and the world being "cold". He went to Alaska and found that the fearsome bears are actually more friendly than the human society. So he decided to stay and spend time with the bears, watch them, play with them, protect them. I believe that Tim started his life with bears trying to fill the huge void in his heart. The ultimate danger made him feel so real. It is like a person numbed by drugs usually seek for more excitemnet. This is what I tend to believe and sorry Tim, if I get you wrong. But at the same time I believe what matters is not how a person starts but how he ends. During more than a decade of time, he is sober, more sober than ordinary people. Maybe he is crazy, but still he is sober.
His action became not just pure seeking thrill, but something meaningful. He was not craving for death, on the contrary, he strived to live. You can never realize how important life is, unless you know it can be taken from you at ANYTIME. And still Tim risked his life, lived in the open wild, with his bear friends. He fully understood that he could be killed, but he would peacefully accept it if it is inevitable. If I die, I die, as long as for a meaningful thing that I am aware of.

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