Weekend Wednesday — First time being a UC Berkeley tour guide!

這次生日　很感謝這次的工作機會　也算是給自己一個鼓勵　邁出下一步的一個小禮物

告訴自己　不要有太多設限　要勇於嘗試
很多事情　你不試　不知道有沒有可能成功
如果真的不合適　頂多就學個經驗而已　年輕　有更多本錢可以嘗試

Ｍan proposes, God disposes
Seize the day, seize the chance 🙂

如果每天都一成不變, 一直躲在自己的comfort zone, 那很像就會浪費很多才華, 不能挖掘自己的潛力了!

P.S. 我的朋友真的很懂我　禮物不是十字架　就是粉紅色! Thank you loves!!

[English version — just for you]

My birthday this year was celebrated in an unprecedented way. I took on a campus tour guide job and gave a tour of UC-Berkeley on the day of my birthday, a symbolism of striding towards a new beginning.

As the unofficial, Chinese-speaking tour guide of UC-Berkeley, I spent a lot of time doing research, joining the “official” tours at Berkeley and running a few mock tours myself. (I’ll be giving a few more tours in August. Join me!! 🙂 )

Being the number one public school in the U.S., Berkeley is a highly visited institution where tourists from all over the world flock here year after year in hopes of having a scholastic encounter. But just by walking around, you can’t understand much of the Berkeley’s rich history, and that’s why it’s important to join a tour! 🙂

And that’s why I appreciated this opportunity. Because of this opportunity, I was able to learn about the campus in a more in-depth way and passed on what I learned to others myself.

Some of you might have been to Berkeley already, but if you didn’t join a tour, bet you didn’t know some or all of the following:

• There is a creek running through the campus called “Strawberry Creek” (what a cute name!). This landscape was one of the major reasons why the site was chosen as the location for UC-Berkeley.
• Sather Tower, or better known as the Campanile, is an inspirational piece from the campanile in San Marco, Venice, Italy.

Campanile at UC-Berkeley

Campanile at Venice (these black dots from the camera are killing me!)

• UC Berkeley students can learn to play the carillon on the top of the campanile! (I wish I could learn to play it!)

• The Free Speech movement in the 1960s led to a shut down of the university, and it also resulted in the removal of the door handles of the California Hall where the Chancellor worked out of. The students would chain the two handles of the door to “trap” the Chancellor and demanded for a meeting. At the end, the Chancellor had to “escape” through steam tunnels. Eventually, one or both of the exterior door handles were removed, and this change remains today.
• There is a circular shape in front of the iconic Sather Gate, and this was where the Telegraph Avenue cable car would make its turnaround back in the day.
• As a Nobel Laureate faculty at UC-Berkeley, you would receive a lifetime parking space on the UC-Berkeley campus!

No more staying in your comfort zone day after day!

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