2am in New York

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