Gong Cheng's Blog

右下角白圈中有一个人在他家院子里发呆，不知道是不是他本人。

Ride a duck is the name of a tour starting from the Seattle Center. It takes you to pass through the Seattle downtown area, the streets along the coast, take you into the water of the lake union and eventually take you back to Seattle center. The driver of the tour is always acting and making live show all the way during the tour. What surprises me is the reaction of the pedestrians, for quite a few times, when the pedestrian saw "the duck", he will turn around and try to mimic the duck using his voice. "KuaKua~~" When some drivers saw us, they will use their car to mimic the sound of the duck. It is a really fun tour.

Today, I attended the UW graduation commence. It is a great experience, I would say, I cannot feel better.  Two things are especially impressive.

1. all the candidates need to line up before the gate. However, when you enter the stadium, you are required to unzip your lope to let the officers to examine you. I asked him, "What are you looking for?" He said " To make sure that you have clothes." Oh, they are trying to make sure that nobody is going to make naked run during the commence. 🙂

2. I really love Quincy Jones’ talk during the ceremony. To be completely honest, I am quite ignorant about pop music. I know Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, that is it. I have never heard about him before, but I fall in love with his speech right the way. One sentence I still remember is " Let your life filled with love, laugh and give, believe me, a 75 year old.". Another sentence I like is "You make a living by what you get, you make a life by what you give." I know this was from Winston Churchill.