I am typing this using my trusty notebook and hooking up in the Efung's apartment's wifi.
The last few days in NY had been a great experience for min and myself. I had been to some cities, but nothing beats the New Yorker experience - passionate, fair and exciting...
Was at Ground Zero, which is just at the door step from Efung's apartment. Minds start to recollect what happened during Sept 11. Tragedy or conspiracy - you decide
Efung is a living example of a modern new yorker, as well as newly found friends of Min, Sailing and Aloyious in Cafe Wha. (Yes, I am out there drinking in moderation again). Listening to a six piece band, singing "I will survive" and a bride-to-be having a hen's nite doing the butt shake. I had been to St James live performance, but that cames hardly close to what I experienced in cafe Wha! www.cafewha.com
NY is so full of "life"...so full of "passion". Everyone is proud to be a piece of NY and the city never sleeps. Subway wriggle through the underground 24/7, hip hop dancer doing extraordinary street dancing, a saw violinist who uses a saw to play music, visit the Museum of Modern Art and listening to a 3 piece band playing bossa nova music while relaxing with my coffee and New York Cheesecake,
Had such a great time catching up with Efung. I obesrved that although NY is a fast paced society, it had several "slow yourelf down" installations. An example is the cheesecake cafe that we had been to earlier. Sitting there makes mi start to think - about the family who are based in Singapore. I also ponder about the major decisions that I made till now.
I also reflect on my character. Fair vs Nice. Which one do I want to be? Everbody wants to be the Mr Nice guy, but do such a person ever exist in the first place? Do nice guy always finish last? Sometimes, it is nice of you to be tactful, but does it provide you with additional problems? How abt the Fair guy? He is assertive, dare to speak up, able to communicate effectively and provides a win win situation for both parties? This is what I learn today and I am going to experiment with this for a while - be a FAIR guy.
So much things to do in New York, yet so little time!
:)
aliying
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
life in NY...great so far!
Dear all,
life in NY had been great to mi so far....here are some of the things that had happened till now...
5 jUN 07
Did my personal best of a continuous flight to NY direct... a total of 18.5hours of flight time. Min and I were very lucky to be able to get on board the flight as the flight was really full. The airbus 340-500 ULR flight was really impressive, in terms of the aircraft type and the service rendered to us... So many people are snacking away with bread, tibits and eating instant noodles...tough job tough job for the cabin crew.
Finally arrived at Newark, then took a while to figure out the way to Penn station and took a cab to Stefen's place. My first impression of NY are - fast pace, modern, artistic...
fast pace because all the New Yorkers seems to be rushing around all the time...I hardly see anyone standing around or chatting with people...they just move!
Modern because there are so so many high rise buildings - gothic yet modern
Artistic - hip hop dancing in the subway, yang qin + trumpet + guiter performance, rapper, art pieces, library(the NY central library ie NYCL is such a cool place to be in to create a fashion statement)
Efung just came back from his photography lessons and it was such a great feeling to be able to meet up with a good friend overseas...Hugs and kisses
06 Jun 07
We made our way to the statue of liberty. I am actually expecting it to be bigger...but nevertheless, "been there done that" is our mission for that.. The statue was a gift from the people of France to the people of America. Temperature wise, although it is summer, it is still rather cold with the wind chill factor, say 14-22 deg. we walked to Times square and had a coffee at Bryant park. It FEELS so good to be able to relax our legs in the middle to the city, have a coffee and spend quality time catching up. Had yakitori near NY University to round up the nite.
07 Jun 07
Factory outlet shopping the whole day - Man, 220 shops to choose from - the list of boutiques, you do not want to know...shop shop shop...never shop the whole day in my life b4. Start at 10am, end at 830pm.
08 Jun 07
Fri is "visit the museum free"day. Will be making our way to Museum of Modern Art, Gul museum, check out the music scene at Cafe Wha tonite, with finger food, good live music and beer. Supper may come at the Corner Bistro - serve cheap burgers, fries and drinks at approx 10USD.
Things to come
Central Park
Union square
Empire state building
Brooklyn Bridge
Chinatown
:)
aliying
life in NY had been great to mi so far....here are some of the things that had happened till now...
5 jUN 07
Did my personal best of a continuous flight to NY direct... a total of 18.5hours of flight time. Min and I were very lucky to be able to get on board the flight as the flight was really full. The airbus 340-500 ULR flight was really impressive, in terms of the aircraft type and the service rendered to us... So many people are snacking away with bread, tibits and eating instant noodles...tough job tough job for the cabin crew.
Finally arrived at Newark, then took a while to figure out the way to Penn station and took a cab to Stefen's place. My first impression of NY are - fast pace, modern, artistic...
fast pace because all the New Yorkers seems to be rushing around all the time...I hardly see anyone standing around or chatting with people...they just move!
Modern because there are so so many high rise buildings - gothic yet modern
Artistic - hip hop dancing in the subway, yang qin + trumpet + guiter performance, rapper, art pieces, library(the NY central library ie NYCL is such a cool place to be in to create a fashion statement)
Efung just came back from his photography lessons and it was such a great feeling to be able to meet up with a good friend overseas...Hugs and kisses
06 Jun 07
We made our way to the statue of liberty. I am actually expecting it to be bigger...but nevertheless, "been there done that" is our mission for that.. The statue was a gift from the people of France to the people of America. Temperature wise, although it is summer, it is still rather cold with the wind chill factor, say 14-22 deg. we walked to Times square and had a coffee at Bryant park. It FEELS so good to be able to relax our legs in the middle to the city, have a coffee and spend quality time catching up. Had yakitori near NY University to round up the nite.
07 Jun 07
Factory outlet shopping the whole day - Man, 220 shops to choose from - the list of boutiques, you do not want to know...shop shop shop...never shop the whole day in my life b4. Start at 10am, end at 830pm.
08 Jun 07
Fri is "visit the museum free"day. Will be making our way to Museum of Modern Art, Gul museum, check out the music scene at Cafe Wha tonite, with finger food, good live music and beer. Supper may come at the Corner Bistro - serve cheap burgers, fries and drinks at approx 10USD.
Things to come
Central Park
Union square
Empire state building
Brooklyn Bridge
Chinatown
:)
aliying
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