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12/31:
Woke up at noon and went to Time Square; ready to start the long fight until the new year count down!
There turned out to be more than 50 people from Taiwan who planed on the net in advance gathered together today; I even met another friend of mine that's also being an exchange student in Arizona!
Passing the security check, time sneaked by silently when we were introducing ourselves and playing games.
By the way, there’s another group of Taiwanese people on the other side of the street as it’s easy to tell when we all have flags!
Five o’clock in the evening, we started singing the national anthem together as it’s when the national flag-rising ceremony in Taiwan, where the time should be 6 in the morning, the first day of 2011, which is also the 100 anniversary of Republic of China.
Starting from 6 p.m., the official planned performances started on the stage; in addition to the singers, there’s counting down every hour, showing other countries at different time zones.
Also, as the control area got larger and larger, we had more space and were finally able to sit down after standing for more than 4 hours.
The souvenirs and the performances are great encouragement for us to keep waiting.
Lesson learned when backstreet boys showed up: time and tide wait for no one....:S
Finally, after waiting for more than 10 hours, the last count down in 2010 ended, welcoming the first sound of 2011: Happy New Year!
Actually the crystal ball was not as giant as imagined, the firework was not so extravagant compared to Taipei 101; The atmosphere and the companion is what makes time square one of the best destination for new year countdown.
Suggestion: better to bring someone to kiss with when new year comes; I don’t know if you can also find such a big crowd of Taiwanese people and cute girls like I did.....:P
Our ten people little group went to Korean restaurant for food; $30 bucks for a set of Korean BBQ is expensive, considering the timing however, let’s just enjoy the food!
After waving goodbye to May and Ryan, our little group went back to pick up our luggage; it’s time to go visit Boston!
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睡到中午，買些食物前往Time Square準備跨年嚕，
暴民們在麥當勞集結後兩點半就前往時代廣場開始罰站嚕，話說台灣人果然是一窩蜂，在時代廣場還可以湊出四五十人也蠻厲害的，
而且除了我們這團以外在隔著走道的另一區也有台灣國旗和一堆台灣人，這就是愛台灣啦；
在一邊跟其他人混熟一邊和討人厭的大陸人&愛抽菸的墨西哥人搶位置時兩三個小時很快就過了，
其中在紐約時間下午五點h時我們大家還一起合唱國歌，剛好跟民國100年的升旗典禮同步，這也是愛台灣!
到了六點跨年活動正式開始，於是在看正妹玩遊戲以外又多了一些娛樂，
每個整點還有倒數其他國家的跨年提醒&小煙火，而且管制區域擴大所以我們甚至可以坐下來，也順利拿到了跨年發送的紀念品；
越到後面出來的明星越大咖，出現新好男孩的時候都要哭了........他們怎麼變成新老男孩了.....? 真是歲月不饒人....
在等了將近10個小時後終於來到了這一刻，超大聲的倒數聲，每個人都拿起了相機，只是倒數的水晶球其實真的不明顯，然後煙火也是....頗為遜色，大概只有每天飛舞的紙片讓人有夢幻的感覺，或許這跟身旁沒有一個可以盡情擁吻的人有關 :(
活動結束後我們的10人遊戲小組就自行帶開前往韓國餐廳，雖然很貴(我好想念亞洲吃飯的價格.......)
不過我決定要重溫一下韓國烤肉所以就燒下去了(這頓大概花了30美金吧:S)
吃完飯就跟May和Ryan說掰掰，重回小組模式回旅館收東西準備去波士頓嚕!!
Woke up at noon and went to Time Square; ready to start the long fight until the new year count down!
There turned out to be more than 50 people from Taiwan who planed on the net in advance gathered together today; I even met another friend of mine that's also being an exchange student in Arizona!
Passing the security check, time sneaked by silently when we were introducing ourselves and playing games.
By the way, there’s another group of Taiwanese people on the other side of the street as it’s easy to tell when we all have flags!
Five o’clock in the evening, we started singing the national anthem together as it’s when the national flag-rising ceremony in Taiwan, where the time should be 6 in the morning, the first day of 2011, which is also the 100 anniversary of Republic of China.
Starting from 6 p.m., the official planned performances started on the stage; in addition to the singers, there’s counting down every hour, showing other countries at different time zones.
Also, as the control area got larger and larger, we had more space and were finally able to sit down after standing for more than 4 hours.
The souvenirs and the performances are great encouragement for us to keep waiting.
Lesson learned when backstreet boys showed up: time and tide wait for no one....:S
Finally, after waiting for more than 10 hours, the last count down in 2010 ended, welcoming the first sound of 2011: Happy New Year!
Actually the crystal ball was not as giant as imagined, the firework was not so extravagant compared to Taipei 101; The atmosphere and the companion is what makes time square one of the best destination for new year countdown.
Suggestion: better to bring someone to kiss with when new year comes; I don’t know if you can also find such a big crowd of Taiwanese people and cute girls like I did.....:P
Our ten people little group went to Korean restaurant for food; $30 bucks for a set of Korean BBQ is expensive, considering the timing however, let’s just enjoy the food!
After waving goodbye to May and Ryan, our little group went back to pick up our luggage; it’s time to go visit Boston!
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睡到中午，買些食物前往Time Square準備跨年嚕，
暴民們在麥當勞集結後兩點半就前往時代廣場開始罰站嚕，話說台灣人果然是一窩蜂，在時代廣場還可以湊出四五十人也蠻厲害的，
而且除了我們這團以外在隔著走道的另一區也有台灣國旗和一堆台灣人，這就是愛台灣啦；
在一邊跟其他人混熟一邊和討人厭的大陸人&愛抽菸的墨西哥人搶位置時兩三個小時很快就過了，
其中在紐約時間下午五點h時我們大家還一起合唱國歌，剛好跟民國100年的升旗典禮同步，這也是愛台灣!
到了六點跨年活動正式開始，於是在看正妹玩遊戲以外又多了一些娛樂，
每個整點還有倒數其他國家的跨年提醒&小煙火，而且管制區域擴大所以我們甚至可以坐下來，也順利拿到了跨年發送的紀念品；
越到後面出來的明星越大咖，出現新好男孩的時候都要哭了........他們怎麼變成新老男孩了.....? 真是歲月不饒人....
在等了將近10個小時後終於來到了這一刻，超大聲的倒數聲，每個人都拿起了相機，只是倒數的水晶球其實真的不明顯，然後煙火也是....頗為遜色，大概只有每天飛舞的紙片讓人有夢幻的感覺，或許這跟身旁沒有一個可以盡情擁吻的人有關 :(
活動結束後我們的10人遊戲小組就自行帶開前往韓國餐廳，雖然很貴(我好想念亞洲吃飯的價格.......)
不過我決定要重溫一下韓國烤肉所以就燒下去了(這頓大概花了30美金吧:S)
吃完飯就跟May和Ryan說掰掰，重回小組模式回旅館收東西準備去波士頓嚕!!
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