Snow in the night

No white Christmas this year, but snow falls on New Year's Eve instead. It's gonna be beautiful tomorrow.

Esplanade

This shot was taken when I was last back in Singapore for vacations in July. My friends from my army days and I were hanging out at the Esplanade. Two more weeks, and I'll be back home again.

Christmas Eve in the Big Apple

New York City is about an hour and 40 min's train ride away from New Haven. The Metro-North line starts from New Haven, and terminates at the Grand Central Station, NY's main station in Manhattan.Time Square is one of the most popular spots in the world for the year-end countdown.
The Christmas tree and...
the ice-skating rink are regular items at Rockefeller Center every Christmas season.

Photo from Japan

One of the best things being a graduate student offers is the numerous opportunities to meet other researchers from different parts of the world. Recently, a friend from Tokyo University sent me this photo taken near Sanzenin, Kyoto.

East Rock

On a rare lazy Sunday morning, I decided to take a short drive up East Rock on the northern part of New Haven.
Mill River that flows along the foot of the hill has one of the favorite walking trails of the residents in the East Rock neighborhood.
The summit of East Rock overlooks the city, and it was a pity the road leading to the peak was closed over the winter weekends. Going as far up as I could, a couple of kids were having loads of fun sledging down the hill.

First snowstorm of the winter

The Northeast was hit by the snowstorm today, some parts of New Hampshire accumulating as much as 14 inches of snow. This was the view of Temple Street from my laboratory early this morning, as I was getting ready to start off my day.
By early afternoon, the storm had subsided. Science Hill was completely covered in white.

Wall Street

Almost everyday, a few of us will walk along Wall Street as we head towards our favorite lunch spot on Broadway. (Not to be confused with the better-known Wall Street and Broadway about 80 miles down south in NYC.) Today, the sunshine offered some comfort in the bitter-cold afternoon. On the left stands the Sterling Memorial Library, the biggest library on campus. Towards the center, we have the Hall of Graduate Studies, and on the right, the law school building.

Hillhouse Avenue

This is the street along which the laboratory I work in is located. It is sometimes referred to as the most beautiful street in the US. It is especially pretty in the fall when the trees that lined both sides of Hillhouse turn golden and red.

The onset of winter

I took this shot as I was leaving church Sunday noon. It had snowed the night before, and Cross Campus was covered in white. This is the second day it snowed since Thanksgiving. Winter in New Haven is long and harsh, but it certainly has its charms.