yeah. agree that a lot of my friends also said it's boring here. I think most important thing is
 that our families are not here. I usually hang out with friends on weekends. There are a lot of
 public activities in Chicago as well. I like Millennium Park. There are a lot of music or dance
 performance in summer. Very relaxing and happy spot to me. ^ ^
You should be a young PHD in China, right? You got a PHD in China, why you wanna get another one
 in U of C? What's ur major?