I'm reading a book, titled "On Writing Well", by William Zinsser. Thanks to Deweu, my college best friend who gave me this book. This book is really good, yet I need to struggle to finish it :D One of its sections that interests me most is the one that discussed about how to write about a place. As a practise, I want to write about Oakland, the area where University of Pittsburgh resides. - picture taken from wikipedia - Visiting Pittsburgh will not be complete without going around Oakland, the home of University of Pittsburgh's buildings, with Cathedral of Learning stands tall and proud as its landmark. As the tallest building in Oakland with its greyish color, cold, and gloomy, it attracks every eye to look at its gigantic shape, that no wonderly becomes a home for 26,000 Pitt's students. Fortunately the park around the building is full of big trees, at least it makes the face of the building a lot nicer and friendlier. However, different than the cold and gloom...
Me - myself - and my little stories