Sunday, April 8, 2012

Houston Adventures!! :)

My sister had a day off for good Friday- so we went exploring the city of Houston.
We went to Hermann Park first, where I showed her the tree which is like a swing.You literally just lower the branch of the tree, sit on it, and push of the ground- kind of like a see-saw. I was really worried about harming the tree- but I really wanted to show her as well. I learned about this tree when I came last time with my mom and aunt, and we saw about five kids "riding" on the tree. And my aunt and I actually joined them. It was really an adventure.
We also saw the beautiful Japanese garden at Hermann Park. However, if wasn't so much fun because most of the beautiful flowers were no longer there. Is spring over already? Did I miss it?


 We went to the museum of Natural Science, and had such a great time at the butterfly exhibit. I had a beautiful black and blue large butterfly fiddle with my hair! I was so excited! And we saw millions of years old dinosaurs in the museum. I felt so amazed at their enormity. Then we took the light rail and went to main street square for some random wandering, and some basic shopping at forever 21. I generally do not like forever 21, but I was really surprised to find really pretty clothes for my sister.
Then we finally went to the exhibit we were waiting to attend all day- the King Tut exhibit.
We spent about three hours in the exhibit, and read every single thing on display. I refused to read another word for at least another day after we exited. I had such a great time, and bought two great souvenirs. One of them is this Tut Plaque which is just beautiful- and it was only $8.99- which I really thought was a steal. I felt really silly when after going through the entire exhibit, I had the realization (through the help of my sister- who by the way is seven years younger than me) that King Tut was Tutankhamun. I was so confused because we read so much about so many different pharoahs, where there was a large part dedicated to the discovery of Tutankhamun, but nothing about this "King Tut."

That's all I have for my adventures for Friday. Oh- except that on the way back from main street street, I had a great conversation with a somewhat elderly man about psychology being "the sterile form of religion." I am not sure I completely agree with his viewpoint. I think religion provides a method of behavior, while psychology seeks to understand human behavior- but it was still a very enjoyable conversation. It was really awkward for a moment in the beginning where he assumed he knew me, but I had to inform him that we had never met before.

Since I was going through my phone pictures, I wanted to share this picture below of my nails during Christmas timing, and a pair of earrings I made for a very special friend. I was experimenting with a new earring style- and I think they turned out pretty. I should probably do more nail styles. I think I have become too lazy, and have allowed my nails to look dreadful over the past few months! :(


Well good night. Too tired to carry on. Forgive my grammar and spelling mistakes that probably exist please. It is 4 am- so my mind is not functioning at all. I just really wanted to share all of this before I went to sleep.



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