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