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很久沒有写杂记了。来了UBS快一个月了，发现IT实际上是很简单的活，IT的project management就更简单了。相较之下还是我在啤酒厂的工作挑战性更加大，一方面是因为我在AB待了7个多月，人家把我当个正式员工对待。在这里只有2个月，人家还是把你当实习生，待遇不一样。我总归感觉假如把UBS整个IT部门砍掉，都是没有问题的。

每天上班的时候都要穿过华尔街，走到世贸大厦（的遗址），然后坐联通纽约和新泽西之间的PATH。因为世贸中心仍旧是一个大坑，唯一通向PATH车站的是一条羊肠小道，顿时让我想起了300里的“hot gate”：成千上万的穿着西装的人们从新泽西涌向纽约。只有一小部分人像我是反方向走的，每天要逆着人流往前挤。有一天早上还被一个NYPD（警察）逮住，说是要抽样搜包，发现我包里有两瓶水，顿时起了疑心，把我当作是恐怖分子。看了又看那哥们跟我说：try to keep yourself hydrated, will ya? （尽量不要让你身体缺水）

我还是比较喜欢办公室里的view的，一眼望出去就是曼哈顿的金融中心，尽管那两栋标志性建筑已经不见了，但整个金融中心看出去还是密密麻麻，好不壮观。而且这边的空气更好，住起来更舒服，房租价格却不菲，在全美房价不景气的情况下这里的房价5年里已经番了四番。

上图就是我的办公大楼

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那天在给一个刚刚被lay off的同事举办farewell party的时候DJ突然把音乐切掉了，然后指向大屏幕，大屏幕是FOX News，巨大的breaking news: Michael Jackson has passed away。然后DJ就开始大放Thriller，之后的三天，我走到哪里，不管是哪个店，到处都在放MJ的音乐。iTunes的在线音乐商店里十大top albums里有六个都是michael生前的album。想想真是可笑：MJ啊MJ，你生前大家都在骂你是变态，强奸幼年儿童。你一死全世界都开始悼念你，没人再提及你是不是pedafile了。

今天早上看纽约时报上还说MJ生前欠债的统计已经是四亿美元，这个数字还在增加，看来他欠的债跟美国政府欠的债一样复杂，纠结。

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更多high line照片：

好嘛，我来用中文更新一下：上周三和三个同为摄影爱好者的同事去参观纽约上周刚开放的high line park。high line是美国上世纪三十年代到七十年代的货车运输轨道。也就是“货车轻轨”。在被废弃以后，不像中国政府喜欢把废弃的东西拆掉造新的，人家就把废弃的东西重新利用其来，做了一条绿色走廊。走廊上有许多创意设计，比如可以观看整个曼哈顿西侧的观景台，比如把巨大躺椅装上铁路轮子然后可以放在废弃铁轨上滑…

Sorry I had to post in English again. I am sitting in my office (TGIF!!!), trying to prioritize my tasks and I decided my highest priority today  is to blog on this wonderful place that we visited this Wednesday.

 High Line is a 1.5-mile section of the former elevated freight railroad of the West Side Line, along the lower west side of Manhattan. It runs from 34th Street near the Javits Convention Center to Gansevoort Street in the Meat Packing District in the West Village.  In 2004, The NYC government commited $50 million to redevelop the abandoned train track into an elevated park. The park has three sections and one section is still under construction but the rest of the two sections have opened to the public last week! Several UBS co-workers/photography enthusiasts paid a vist the Wedesday and decided this is THE PLACE to go summer 2009.

Nothern Spur 

Entry to Nothern Spur

LED lights that help grass grows during night time.

I like the design of this, you have solar panel powering all the LED lights which photosynthesizes the grass during the night and a water fountain that recycles water back to the sewege system.

 Haha I love this shot, two of my collegues that went with me, Lindsay (The one ducking in the middle of the frame) was focusing on a vintage point shot of the rail and David, borrowed my tripod and was trying to shoot HDR with his home made shutter release.

We spent 3 hours shooting until the park closed down at 10 p.m. we merely finished half of the park. So we will definitely go again next Friday!