New York Day 3 & 4

#3

SOHO SHOPPING. Ok is it SoHo or soho?
New sweet ass hell nike dunks.
MORE vintage tees. (It's an addiction, I swear. Got you something, Hewyyy!)
The rest of shopping was somewhat disappointing. I couldn't find pretty tops that I wanted enough. I think most of my money went to coffee that day, because I was so tired from all those late nights.
Mainly happy about the new sneaks though. Will only wear them after I spray it with leather protectant. LOL. I'm gonna take care of my sneaks from now on... After realising how beat up my other pairs have become. Nike dunks turned Nike ACG. lol.
When did I start using lol?

Got stuck in a tinyass Jap restaraunt run by Chinese people across the street from my hotel because it was pouring outside. It's been a while since I saw precipitation in a form other than snow.

#4

Went down to Times Square. Most exciting time of my life for the past few months (tragic, but true). There's just so much going on that you can't help but feel excited looking all the cars zoom by, the crowds, the massive billboards, the crazy lights... and Broadway!

Watched A Chorus Line, instead of Les Mis/Chicago/ Mary Poppins because 1. We're cheap students with starving purses and 2. Most of them were sold out for the next few days.

Found a snowboarding shop. Going to check it out asap. Heard that it's having massive blowout sales! Can't wait. Wonder how I'm going to bring all my stuff back in my suitcase. It was pretty full when I brought it here. Maybe I'll have to ship some of it back. Damn.

Going to go look up research institutes now... For when I come home in JUNE!! Can't wait. Although I'm having so much fun here right now, I could deal with not going home for a while more :p

New York Day 2

Slept at 3am trying to settle all our accom and itinery. Woke up at 11am, unanimously decided that it was too early, finally rolled out of bed at 2pm. Ness led the way. Sharveen next. William last because he literally jumps out of bed into his clothes for the day. Amazing, but true.

Chinatown = Amazing fun. Got so excited to have good Chinese food (DIM SUM IS AWE-SUM), see the shittyass Singapore Cafe (Nonya Restaurant was more Singaporean than it was). Felt strangely like walking through Shanghai at some parts, what with the large number of Chinese people... But with like black people. Don't know why there were so many in Chinatown. Must remember to go back for: Dim Sum, more char siew, wanton mee, malaysian food, chinese desserts, egg tarts.

Stumbled into Little Italy. Must remember to go back on non-Christmas day for dinner there. Had tiramisu at Cha Cha, though. Ness had amazing 3 layered brownie chocolate cake, but still think PS Cafe's was better. Maybe because it wasn't so cold, and choc tastes better warm and rich.

So excited to try out all the food!

Going to soho tomorrow for shopping! Can't wait to blow some cash hell yeaa. Gonna check out that snowboard and gear. Super excited for school to start so I can go snowboarding on the weekends. Can't imagine going to school in NYU. As convenient and happening it may be, it's not the place a Bio scholar like me should be at. DISTRACTION ALERT DISTRACTION ALERT.

How many I (heart) NY shirts should I get as tacky souvenirs?

New York Day 1

Fucked up blizzard in Madison, the morning of the flight. Gale force winds and snow was not ideal conditions for lugging luggage. Somehow, luggage ended up the size of a rhino. Flight at O’Hare got cancelled, mad as hell, tired as fuck. Didn’t sleep the night before - watched Harold and Kumar, let Tim and Adi hang out in my room while I did laundry at 1 am, practiced Melbourne Shuffle on Youtube with Tim, packed bag for New York. Not a good idea in retrospect.

Finally got to New York. Super excited because I’m back in a proper city, with tall buildings and pollution and traffic and rude fast-walking people! Loves. So many Asians here. Full of immigrants actually. Hardly see any ang mohs around but probably because it’s Christmas Eve and all of them are at home with their families. Asians got no family here, damn it.

Met up with Michelle! So nice to see her again. Miss Her Crazyness. (her fake mole fetish?!) Had awesome Moroccan food (ate with my hands!), took the subway like I knew it, took many pictures like I’d never seen one before. Camwhore here couldn’t find her memory card, so her camera has been rendered obsolete. At least the others have cameras! Camwhore for rent now.

Fucking tired. Can’t find more cheap hotels to live in after the 29th! Damn New Year’s Eve. Present hostel is relatively decent. Hoping not to catch cooties from my bedsheet. Ignoring strange noise coming from radiator. Cannot wait to go to bed and sleep in, then wake up for midday dim sum in Chinatown. Probably the only place open in New York over Christmas.

Oh yes, Merry Christmas loves!