I'm back! It's been a hectic weekend. Lots of stuff going on, both disastrous and amazing so. Bittersweet to the maximus I guess.
Blog more soon.
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Sunday, April 29
Thursday, April 26
Time
I don't really have time to blog right now but I will when I get back! I hopefully will remember what happened on each day thou...I probably will because we have this itinerary thing.
Today was very fun to say the least.
Tuesday, April 24
Hm
I'm too lazy to post right now. I have to wake up at 3am to leave to school for the airport..or the crappy ass low-cost carrier terminal for Hong Kong. So. I may or may not sleep. Mom's making me sleep. I'm telling myself to sleep but really, I don't want to.
So maybe I'll post something if I'm not sleeping. But if I do sleep...I'll post a little bit from Hong Kong ey.
So maybe I'll post something if I'm not sleeping. But if I do sleep...I'll post a little bit from Hong Kong ey.
Monday, April 23
Sunday, April 22
Pop
1017 I wake up
1100 I start playing my guitar
1400 I have lunch
1450 I start playing my guitar
1500 I remember that I have school tomorrow so I pack my bag
1505 I start playing my guitar
1530 I watch 'Forensic Investigators' with madre
1650 I go up to my room and start lazing around
1730 I am told we have a dinner at 1900 so....I start packing my bag for Hong Kong for ISTA. (Another possible post topic)
1900 I leave for dinner at Kayu.
2100 I get back home.
Why am I telling you this? Because I can.
Video of the day - I know the cinnamon challenge phase has passed but...Kingsley.
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1100 I start playing my guitar
1400 I have lunch
1450 I start playing my guitar
1500 I remember that I have school tomorrow so I pack my bag
1505 I start playing my guitar
1530 I watch 'Forensic Investigators' with madre
1650 I go up to my room and start lazing around
1730 I am told we have a dinner at 1900 so....I start packing my bag for Hong Kong for ISTA. (Another possible post topic)
1900 I leave for dinner at Kayu.
2100 I get back home.
Why am I telling you this? Because I can.
Video of the day - I know the cinnamon challenge phase has passed but...Kingsley.
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Power
Today, my laziness overpowers my weak, weak, weakling and my sad internet covers the house. My internet's been completely shit and it decides to turn itself off when I'm either talking to someone I really want to talk to, like Fiona, or when I'm watching a video and crying/laughing/smiling, like Colton's 'September' performance. I've given up on it yesterday night and this afternoon, so basically...I just stopped all my conversations and had to use my janky Blackberry to tweet my friends that my internet has shut down. Four for you, internet, you go internet.
Anyways, I got my new guitar today! It's a semi-acoustic and it sounds so pure. Ahh, I'm in love with it.
Video of the day - don't watch it unless you like football. Or, unless you like Liverpool FC, let's put it that way.
Anyways, I got my new guitar today! It's a semi-acoustic and it sounds so pure. Ahh, I'm in love with it.
Video of the day - don't watch it unless you like football. Or, unless you like Liverpool FC, let's put it that way.
Friday, April 20
2
Video of the Day 2 - I always cry when I watch this video okay.
Possible posts coming up:
Involved Citizen Day 2012
Columbia University
Colton Dixon
Happenings
Possible posts coming up:
Involved Citizen Day 2012
Columbia University
Colton Dixon
Happenings
Video of the Day
As you've seen yesterday, or not, I posted a video of the day and I know, I know, I get zilch readers on this blog but I'm gonna start posting video of the day links everyday, if I can. They may be an individual post on their own or just a link at the end of a post. It could be a video that you've seen, a video that everyone's seen, a video that I've just discovered. Anything. It'll most likely be a video that makes me piss with laughter or a video that I just plain relate to. I could post more than one video of the day, who knows. Whatever, I have no readers and I'm rambling.
Video of the Day
Video of the Day
0000
Right now, it's 0000 and I'm ready for bed. But I was foolish enough to make the decision to write a useless post that states that this blog post you're reading right now will be published so here I am.
0700 - I wake up and I get ready for school. 0830 - School commences and my day of shit begins. 1500 - The heavens allow school to be over and touch to begin. Touch was fun today, played a lot and I scored a try or two, I forgot but yeah. Fiona, Alice and I had to start off playing with the beginners for a bit. Fiona and I were on one team and Alice on the other. I have to say...Fiona and I...have fun. HAHA, oh Fiona. We scored the first try of the game, well, our team did, and we were laughing so much for no reason and yeah. Then we had to continue playing with the newborns and we got shifted into another team and idk what happened. So much team shifting but the game that got me going the most was the game against some middle schoolers who were good and I was on a team with Fiona, Mauro and three other middle schoolers. Oh, that was fun. I caught a ball I didn't think I would catch, and scored but apparently the try line was the line a foot away from the line I put the ball down on. The ref didn't tell us. Nobody told us. It was our first time on that half of the field so we didn't know. And so that didn't count as a try. FUN. But the game got going and we were doing wraps and shit. Ah, it was fun. Then we switched teams again and that was average, I guess. 1710 - I reach home, have some apples and I laze around. I go to take a shower and find out I have a dinner that I have to leave for in an hour so I rush but it turns out I still had time. Best feeling ever. So I watched as much of American Idol as I could. Colton and Phillip did well today but their performances were not the best. Josh did alright, I guess. Jessica was pretty good and Hollie did a good job. Elise sounded really nice for her 'soulful' song with her rasp and all ahh. And lastly Skylar did a really, really good job on interpreting Gaga's 'Born This Way' and switching it up to a country version. 1930 - I leave for dinner at My Elephant. I actually had a salad before I left for dinner so I didn't eat much. I only ate a few pieces of lean duck and had some fish. Yum. 2300 - I reach home.
&& HERE I AM.
Oh, and Liam did a twicam yesterday and I actually watched it. I can't explain it. It was so cute. Niall came on and my Niam heart stopped. Then Louis came on, probably drunk, and kept asking Liam to go down to the bar but he stayed. Bless. Then Harry was right next to Liam's computer but he was naked so he didn't want to appear on the twitcam but he shouted 'hi'. Oh well. Then Zayn came on looking sexy as hell with Aviators and shit.
Good thing mom wasn't home.
Video of the Day
Oh, and I wrote the times like that because I follow this blog and the writer is a college student but she is amazing at writing and at life in general and her posts are like that. I mean, the time is written like that and I found it interesting so. I decided to do it that way for this post. Haters gon' hate.
Tomorrow is ICD, which is involved citizens day. I'll explain more tomorrow but I'm really excited!
0700 - I wake up and I get ready for school. 0830 - School commences and my day of shit begins. 1500 - The heavens allow school to be over and touch to begin. Touch was fun today, played a lot and I scored a try or two, I forgot but yeah. Fiona, Alice and I had to start off playing with the beginners for a bit. Fiona and I were on one team and Alice on the other. I have to say...Fiona and I...have fun. HAHA, oh Fiona. We scored the first try of the game, well, our team did, and we were laughing so much for no reason and yeah. Then we had to continue playing with the newborns and we got shifted into another team and idk what happened. So much team shifting but the game that got me going the most was the game against some middle schoolers who were good and I was on a team with Fiona, Mauro and three other middle schoolers. Oh, that was fun. I caught a ball I didn't think I would catch, and scored but apparently the try line was the line a foot away from the line I put the ball down on. The ref didn't tell us. Nobody told us. It was our first time on that half of the field so we didn't know. And so that didn't count as a try. FUN. But the game got going and we were doing wraps and shit. Ah, it was fun. Then we switched teams again and that was average, I guess. 1710 - I reach home, have some apples and I laze around. I go to take a shower and find out I have a dinner that I have to leave for in an hour so I rush but it turns out I still had time. Best feeling ever. So I watched as much of American Idol as I could. Colton and Phillip did well today but their performances were not the best. Josh did alright, I guess. Jessica was pretty good and Hollie did a good job. Elise sounded really nice for her 'soulful' song with her rasp and all ahh. And lastly Skylar did a really, really good job on interpreting Gaga's 'Born This Way' and switching it up to a country version. 1930 - I leave for dinner at My Elephant. I actually had a salad before I left for dinner so I didn't eat much. I only ate a few pieces of lean duck and had some fish. Yum. 2300 - I reach home.
&& HERE I AM.
Oh, and Liam did a twicam yesterday and I actually watched it. I can't explain it. It was so cute. Niall came on and my Niam heart stopped. Then Louis came on, probably drunk, and kept asking Liam to go down to the bar but he stayed. Bless. Then Harry was right next to Liam's computer but he was naked so he didn't want to appear on the twitcam but he shouted 'hi'. Oh well. Then Zayn came on looking sexy as hell with Aviators and shit.
Good thing mom wasn't home.
Video of the Day
Oh, and I wrote the times like that because I follow this blog and the writer is a college student but she is amazing at writing and at life in general and her posts are like that. I mean, the time is written like that and I found it interesting so. I decided to do it that way for this post. Haters gon' hate.
Tomorrow is ICD, which is involved citizens day. I'll explain more tomorrow but I'm really excited!
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Thursday, April 19
Of my day
Post about my day coming later, I'm just really tired and bored. HAHA.
What even was the point of this post.
What even was the point of this post.
Tuesday, April 17
Cover
Spent like one or two hours doing this after studying mandarin, finishing math and doing a couple things I was meant to do yesterday. I actually feel proud. My previous laptop cover was red and had different pictures but yeah.
Before
After
Have a good day or night, wherever you are! x
Sunday, April 15
Joey Cottle, Jadan Lee & Josh Devine
Joey Cottle has got to be my most favorite keyboardist ever. AHH, he's so fit and nice and funny. We're bros. He's got a new girlfriend though, I've heard. AH WELL. Joey's out of this world on the keyboards. Seeing his fingers just fly and dance across the keyboards is just so..overwhelming. He's a brilliant artist/musician too! And he's so so so so cute with his dancing and mocking of Josh. You'll see it in the video below. I just love Joey okay. Just sit your ass down and stfu. And he's a July baby too, O YES. IDK man, I just wanna meet Joey one day. And we can be bamns together. And yes, we made the word bamn together on twitter. YES. And he's 5'7" WTF, SO TALL OK. Joey is only 20 and he's worked with so many artists, it's incredible.
Josh Devine is my favorite drummer ever. Fit, fit, fit. He's amazing at the drums and ahh, he's just an amazing person. He's really nice and he's a great, great musician. His sense of humor is one of a kind and the way he talks to fans and all is just so nice because well....idk, he's just a really brill person. He too is 5'7". Ahh, Joeshy, the bromance between Joey and Josh, I can't.
Jadan Lee. He has the most unique voice, EVER. His range is amazingly wide. I can only wish to sing like him. He doesn't have a very distinct rasp, well I don't think he has a rasp but I can just feel his singing, somehow. Also, the songs he sings are very...him. When I hear Jadan sing, the song is made into a whole other different song. It's a Jadan Lee song, y'know? I bet you don't. But his voice and his singing are just two amazing things. Combined, it's magi-fricking-cal.
I die.
Josh Devine is my favorite drummer ever. Fit, fit, fit. He's amazing at the drums and ahh, he's just an amazing person. He's really nice and he's a great, great musician. His sense of humor is one of a kind and the way he talks to fans and all is just so nice because well....idk, he's just a really brill person. He too is 5'7". Ahh, Joeshy, the bromance between Joey and Josh, I can't.
Jadan Lee. He has the most unique voice, EVER. His range is amazingly wide. I can only wish to sing like him. He doesn't have a very distinct rasp, well I don't think he has a rasp but I can just feel his singing, somehow. Also, the songs he sings are very...him. When I hear Jadan sing, the song is made into a whole other different song. It's a Jadan Lee song, y'know? I bet you don't. But his voice and his singing are just two amazing things. Combined, it's magi-fricking-cal.
This is We Found Love by Rihanna and What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction mashed up. Arrangement by Joey and the rest is history.
Sunday Morning by Maroon 5 and Ain't Nobody by Chaka Khan. Absolutely love it.
Go subscribe to them on YouTube, ey -- joshandjoeymusic.
Twitters:
Joey - he's also 1D's keyboardist. wink.
Josh - 1D's drummer too.
Weekend
Friday 4/13/12
I'm just gonna start with my weekend on Friday because. SO, I had a pretty chill day at school that day. Mandarin was really productive. I love productive classes. Then I had a math quiz, which was easy as poo so I killed that. If that slut gets a high grade again...I will shoot. Theater Tech was death though. I had to paint the bunk beds backstage and backstage smelled like a pig's sty. And the paint smelled like puke and onions. We had no masks. Guess how that went. No, I'll tell you. It was an hour of me almost puking about seventy times, and running on to the stage because it smelled like cow's ass. ANYWHORE, after school I went to my kawan, Fiona's, house and we chilled until we had to leave for the Teacher's Variety Show. That show, mind you, was one of the most awaited events of my school year and it was....a waste of money, tbh. The only good thing about it was Lif Bomba's performance. HOLY SHIT, Mr. Sostak. HAHAHHAHA. He was goooood......lookin'. But he was good. And as I was filming with my iPod, he looked over AND MADE EYE CONTACT AHHH. Fiona and I were like 'OH MY FKING GOD OH MY FKING GOD. AH SHIT, HE'S LOOKING. OMGOMGOMG.' Highlight, ladies and gentlemen. OH, and they played Pumped Up Kicks so I naturally ran to the front of the stage along with like half the damn theater and stayed at Mr. Sostak's side and started jumping up and down with Alice and Sian. Yeaaah, that was fun.
Saturday 4/14/12
I don't know what I did during the day but Arief, Danielle and I had a performance at the DoPPel Café's monthly open night. The event's called Doppelganger Open Mic or Jom Open Mic but I like the Doppelganger one. The performance went okay, I guess. Except for the fact that I was having the world's worst gastric during it due to the nerves and my empty stomach. Ahh, I had to keel over in the car-ride back home. I came home to the news that Andy Carroll had scored the winning goal in the FA Cup semis against Everton, Liverpool's Merseyside rivals and I was so happy, I can't even explain it. Then I watched Big Bang Theory and I fell asleep unknowingly... I woke up at about 3am and went to brush my teeth and wash my face then I fell back asleep.
Sunday 4/15/12
Today was a productive day. I finished my Asian Studies presentation and my health presentation. I still have a wee bit of mandarin to do. But oh well, I basically spent my day making the presentation and tumblr-ing. I rarely tumblr nowadays but today was one of those customize days so I customized my 1D blog and my personal blog. I have two other tumblrs....lifeless. A fashion one and a boho/indie one. Then I went to dinner at Dao Rae, which was good. Thank god for touch tomorrow. Oh and I just remembered I have a grammar test tomorrow in addition to my science test. Fun.
Off to study.
Tumblrs:
1D
Fashion
Indie/Boho
Personal
Twitter
I'm just gonna start with my weekend on Friday because. SO, I had a pretty chill day at school that day. Mandarin was really productive. I love productive classes. Then I had a math quiz, which was easy as poo so I killed that. If that slut gets a high grade again...I will shoot. Theater Tech was death though. I had to paint the bunk beds backstage and backstage smelled like a pig's sty. And the paint smelled like puke and onions. We had no masks. Guess how that went. No, I'll tell you. It was an hour of me almost puking about seventy times, and running on to the stage because it smelled like cow's ass. ANYWHORE, after school I went to my kawan, Fiona's, house and we chilled until we had to leave for the Teacher's Variety Show. That show, mind you, was one of the most awaited events of my school year and it was....a waste of money, tbh. The only good thing about it was Lif Bomba's performance. HOLY SHIT, Mr. Sostak. HAHAHHAHA. He was goooood......lookin'. But he was good. And as I was filming with my iPod, he looked over AND MADE EYE CONTACT AHHH. Fiona and I were like 'OH MY FKING GOD OH MY FKING GOD. AH SHIT, HE'S LOOKING. OMGOMGOMG.' Highlight, ladies and gentlemen. OH, and they played Pumped Up Kicks so I naturally ran to the front of the stage along with like half the damn theater and stayed at Mr. Sostak's side and started jumping up and down with Alice and Sian. Yeaaah, that was fun.
Saturday 4/14/12
I don't know what I did during the day but Arief, Danielle and I had a performance at the DoPPel Café's monthly open night. The event's called Doppelganger Open Mic or Jom Open Mic but I like the Doppelganger one. The performance went okay, I guess. Except for the fact that I was having the world's worst gastric during it due to the nerves and my empty stomach. Ahh, I had to keel over in the car-ride back home. I came home to the news that Andy Carroll had scored the winning goal in the FA Cup semis against Everton, Liverpool's Merseyside rivals and I was so happy, I can't even explain it. Then I watched Big Bang Theory and I fell asleep unknowingly... I woke up at about 3am and went to brush my teeth and wash my face then I fell back asleep.
Sunday 4/15/12
Today was a productive day. I finished my Asian Studies presentation and my health presentation. I still have a wee bit of mandarin to do. But oh well, I basically spent my day making the presentation and tumblr-ing. I rarely tumblr nowadays but today was one of those customize days so I customized my 1D blog and my personal blog. I have two other tumblrs....lifeless. A fashion one and a boho/indie one. Then I went to dinner at Dao Rae, which was good. Thank god for touch tomorrow. Oh and I just remembered I have a grammar test tomorrow in addition to my science test. Fun.
Off to study.
Tumblrs:
1D
Fashion
Indie/Boho
Personal
take me back
Wednesday, April 11
Shit ____ Say
Because I'm so lifeless.
Shit Asian Dads Say
Shit Asian Moms Say
Shit Asian Girls Say
Shit Single Girls Say
Shit Black Girls Say
Shit Girlfriends Say
Shit Asian Chicks Say
Shit Black Guys Say
Shit White Girls Say...To Black Girls
All based on:
Shit Girls Say
They're all super funny. Or maybe that's just my sense of humor. Or maybe I'm just lifeless. Or maybe.
Shit Asian Dads Say
Shit Asian Moms Say
Shit Asian Girls Say
Shit Single Girls Say
Shit Black Girls Say
Shit Girlfriends Say
Shit Asian Chicks Say
Shit Black Guys Say
Shit White Girls Say...To Black Girls
All based on:
Shit Girls Say
They're all super funny. Or maybe that's just my sense of humor. Or maybe I'm just lifeless. Or maybe.
Tuesday, April 10
Saturday, April 7
Hudson (5.4.12-6.4.12)
I didn't post anything yesterday because I wasn't in the mood and I just wanted to sleep. I actually cried myself to sleep. (People WILL think I'm attention-seeking here, seriously but I'm not. I just need somewhere to let it out, so you can stfu and gtfo like NOW)
I have no time right now to post long posts so I'm just gonna list the things that I did. And some pictures.
5.4.12
I have no time right now to post long posts so I'm just gonna list the things that I did. And some pictures.
5.4.12
- Hudson River Cruise around Manhattan Island and saw the Statue of Liberty
6.4.12
- I went to visit Columbia University which is so flipping amazing. I will blog a whole post about it after I get back to Malaysia.
- Bed, Bath and Beyond for the first time.
- Saw the most perfect human being on earth at the Mandarin Oriental.
Columbia is such an amazing university and yes, it's the only university I've visited but it's definitely gone to the top of my list. I know, it's stupid because it's the only one I've seen and 'went into detail with' but you go on the tour, find out more about Columbia (I had opinion from a student's point of view) and you tell me why it's not as amazing as I think it is.
The perfect human being was this dude at the Mandarin Oriental. He was a brunette with literally clear blue eyes. Like Ian Rush's. They were so clear and light blue. And he had a good fashion sense. And his bone structure was perfect. Kill me. Metaphorically.
Friday, April 6
Nothing
I'm not gonna post anything today. Nothing much happened. Just went on a cruise around Manhattan Island. Not really in the mood. Kinda pissed off with someone, who's actually not my mom.
Thursday, April 5
Lights (5.2.12)
Not gonna be a long post even though quite a lot happened today. Actually, no, not that much happened today but this post isn't gonna be long and/or descriptive anyways because I'm tired and I'm going to flop like a fish.
6:00am, I woke up, shut the window, dragged myself to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, slouched back to my headquarters a.k.a. the living room couch, fall back asleep. 8:30am, wake up, rolled around on my throne, ate my Trader Joe's O's, got ready and left for the 9/11 memorial in Brooklyn.
The drive there was really cool. We passed maaany places namely the Brooklyn Bridge. That bridge is absolutely amazing. Ahh I loved it. The 9/11 site was emotional, I guess even though I didn't really feel anything. The thoughts going through my head were: 'Wow, countless people died where I'm standing right now.' 'The two buildings just collapsed right here in front of me 11 years ago.' They are building four new buildings and a memorial right now so the site was sort of closed. You COULD go in but you needed passes and I was too lazy so ye. We looked at the buildings, took a few pictures and then left for Wall Street to see the New York Stock Exchange and initially wanted to see the Wall Street Bull but ended up being too lazy to walk to it.
The walk to Wall Street was so nice. The weather was perfect. We passed so many beautiful buildings. Ahh the architectures hits me again. When we reached Wall Street, the first thing I saw was this bronze statue of George Washington and it turns out that that was the site of the first inauguration of the United States. That was where Washington took the oath as the United States of America's first ever President. I was in awe, to be honest. I didn't expect that. HAHA. Then I saw the New York Stock Exchange and that building is great. And I don't mean like 'Your work is great' sort of great, I mean GREAT. The architecture was just so amazing.
We walked down Wall Street thinking the bull would be further down the road (LOL) but instead, we walked into Hermes LOL and the person who served it. WOW. So hot haha. Blonde, blue eyes and tall. I died. He seemed like a bit of a dick in the beginning haha but he was nice. Left Hermes, made the decision to not see the bull and just go to The Village for lunch. After hailing down a cab and sitting in it for approximately 20 seconds, we pass the bull HAHAAAA. It was big.
We basically walked around Bleecker Street until we found a place called 'August' which served really good food. I had baked chicken on a bed of potatoes (protein + potatoes, mm healthy) and then we walked around Bleecker Street even more after lunch. Such a beautiful day, really.
Juicy Couture was one of our stops and we bloody splurged lol. Bought so many beautiful pieces of clothing, ahh! Then we came home. I was wrecked but I had the strength to go down for a manicure wee. Dinner was on Columbus Avenue and 78th Street, the Ocean Grill. The place was cool. I had some fluke sashimi and grilled sea bass. I didn't care too much for the sea bass even though it was cooked very well and it was truuuly fresh.
After dinner, we went to TIMES SQUARE! Ahh, the lights were amazing. They were so bright it actually didn't seem like it was at night, as unrealistic as it sounds.... We passed by Broadway in the cab and wow. The lights. HAHA. I loved the lights. Loved. Them. They were just so vibrant and colorful and lively. Excuse my lack of vocabulary. M&Ms World was where I first hit. That place smelled likechocolate heaven. I couldn't escape the sweet smell of milk chocolate. I probably gained 20 pounds just walking into that joint. I bought cool as rainbow toe socks. Then I hit Hershey's world but I didn't get anything...sigh. I liked M&Ms World better though. More colorful, bigger and all in all just more fun.
After all that went down, we walked around Times Square completely unaware of the time and took pictures and eventually entered the huge Forever 21. I normally would've gone crazy but I was tired and there really wasn't much ahah. There were great tops but I just would've looked like a cow in then anyways. I got a couple tops and by couple I mean two and a bunch of hair ties because I always seem to be 'misplacing' them. By the time we got back it was 12. HAHA.
No pictures today, not that you care.
Highlight: Juicy Couture where I got my first trench coat and striped tracksuits.
Tomorrow: Semi-circle cruise around Manhattan and shopping.
Friday: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AHH!
6:00am, I woke up, shut the window, dragged myself to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, slouched back to my headquarters a.k.a. the living room couch, fall back asleep. 8:30am, wake up, rolled around on my throne, ate my Trader Joe's O's, got ready and left for the 9/11 memorial in Brooklyn.
The drive there was really cool. We passed maaany places namely the Brooklyn Bridge. That bridge is absolutely amazing. Ahh I loved it. The 9/11 site was emotional, I guess even though I didn't really feel anything. The thoughts going through my head were: 'Wow, countless people died where I'm standing right now.' 'The two buildings just collapsed right here in front of me 11 years ago.' They are building four new buildings and a memorial right now so the site was sort of closed. You COULD go in but you needed passes and I was too lazy so ye. We looked at the buildings, took a few pictures and then left for Wall Street to see the New York Stock Exchange and initially wanted to see the Wall Street Bull but ended up being too lazy to walk to it.
The walk to Wall Street was so nice. The weather was perfect. We passed so many beautiful buildings. Ahh the architectures hits me again. When we reached Wall Street, the first thing I saw was this bronze statue of George Washington and it turns out that that was the site of the first inauguration of the United States. That was where Washington took the oath as the United States of America's first ever President. I was in awe, to be honest. I didn't expect that. HAHA. Then I saw the New York Stock Exchange and that building is great. And I don't mean like 'Your work is great' sort of great, I mean GREAT. The architecture was just so amazing.
We walked down Wall Street thinking the bull would be further down the road (LOL) but instead, we walked into Hermes LOL and the person who served it. WOW. So hot haha. Blonde, blue eyes and tall. I died. He seemed like a bit of a dick in the beginning haha but he was nice. Left Hermes, made the decision to not see the bull and just go to The Village for lunch. After hailing down a cab and sitting in it for approximately 20 seconds, we pass the bull HAHAAAA. It was big.
We basically walked around Bleecker Street until we found a place called 'August' which served really good food. I had baked chicken on a bed of potatoes (protein + potatoes, mm healthy) and then we walked around Bleecker Street even more after lunch. Such a beautiful day, really.
Juicy Couture was one of our stops and we bloody splurged lol. Bought so many beautiful pieces of clothing, ahh! Then we came home. I was wrecked but I had the strength to go down for a manicure wee. Dinner was on Columbus Avenue and 78th Street, the Ocean Grill. The place was cool. I had some fluke sashimi and grilled sea bass. I didn't care too much for the sea bass even though it was cooked very well and it was truuuly fresh.
After dinner, we went to TIMES SQUARE! Ahh, the lights were amazing. They were so bright it actually didn't seem like it was at night, as unrealistic as it sounds.... We passed by Broadway in the cab and wow. The lights. HAHA. I loved the lights. Loved. Them. They were just so vibrant and colorful and lively. Excuse my lack of vocabulary. M&Ms World was where I first hit. That place smelled like
After all that went down, we walked around Times Square completely unaware of the time and took pictures and eventually entered the huge Forever 21. I normally would've gone crazy but I was tired and there really wasn't much ahah. There were great tops but I just would've looked like a cow in then anyways. I got a couple tops and by couple I mean two and a bunch of hair ties because I always seem to be 'misplacing' them. By the time we got back it was 12. HAHA.
No pictures today, not that you care.
Highlight: Juicy Couture where I got my first trench coat and striped tracksuits.
Tomorrow: Semi-circle cruise around Manhattan and shopping.
Friday: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AHH!
Wednesday, April 4
Tourist (3.4.12)
My day started officially when I walked out of my apartment building and walked in the direction of one of the world's tallest buildings and one of the most spectacular buildings ever, the Empire State Building. We've already gotten out CityPasses so we got to skip the almost non-existent line outside (LOL, because we went at like 10:05 and that place opened at 10). BUT, we walked into the building, there was a line. Joy. But the line was pretty fast-moving so that was good, I guess. K, gonna skip the boring part about the line, security and elevators and I'll get to the main part. The observatory. The 'main' observatory is on the 86th floor where I went and there's a higher observatory on the 102nd floor but I didn't go to that. It was super cold due to the strong winds outside. Ahh, I loved it but my fingers were numb, felt like they were going to fall off and felt like frozen fish sticks. I didn't care, I needed good photos and I wanted to take New York City in.
The view was breathtaking. Central Park, the Hudson River, the Chrysler Building, 1st Avenue, THE WHOLE OF MANHATTAN. I don't know what else to say. The view was just amazing. I'll put up a few pictures. After the Empire State Building, we went over to THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. That place is not your average museum. It's located on 5th Ave and E82 Street. The building's architecture left me flabbergasted. I don't know what to say about it. It was just so amazing.
Now, the MET isn't just a museum, it's the Met. Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Asia, Ancient Egypt, Modern Art, Contemporary Art, European Sculptures, Medieval England, Medieval France, Byzantine Time, ahh everything. I didn't know where to start. But we did anyways. At the Ancient Rome/Greece section. The marble sculptures were very, very well preserved and very pretty. Sure, hands, heads and sadly some penises were broken off but they just added to the history element. I love these types of art, I don't know why. They didn't just have sculptures of people, they also had pieces of remarkable buildings then and I found it absolutely fascinating. Go ahead, call me a nerd.
(Okay, I'm gonna give a quick summary of everywhere I went in the MET so if you don't want to be bored skip to where I tell you to stop. You'll know where because I'll exclaim STOP HERE out of your speakers I'll type 'stop')
Ancient Rome/Greece
I saw a sculpture of Aphrodite/Venus, Hercules, some imperial members and some pieces of some Ancient Roman buildings. They were all really well crafted and preserved.
Ancient Egypt
I basically saw some mummies and some of Cleopatra's jewelry. No big deal. The mummies were really fascinating because the thought of having a mummified dead body in front of you in a clear, glass case was just so...scary yet great at the same time. There were two types of mummies that I saw. 1. The normal mummy - a wooden painted case. 2. The mummy when the Romans ruled Egypt - a wooden painted case but instead of a moulded face, a portrait of the deceased's face was slotted in.
Ancient Asia
My mom told me that most of the pieces on display in the China section were actually smuggled out of China. They weren't smuggled out by the museum. They were smuggled int he 19th/20th century. For example, some of them were smuggled out by Chiang Kai Shek when he escaped China and collectors bought the art pieces off of him. I know right, isn't it saaa cool. Oh, and also, I saw this HUGE and I mean HUGE painting of the Buddha of Medicine, which was about 40ft wide and at lest 15ft tall. It was painted on clay and the thing was actually cracked at some parts but they were restored and pieces back together. WOW.
Contemporary Art
I love contemporary art and this section of the Met just added more reasons as to why I love this genre of art. Ahh, the edginess of it all. I saw more of Andy Warhol's great pop art pieces and I was still in awe of it all. I saw 'Nine Jackies', which was basically a pop art piece of Jackie O, the widow of JFK. Another one was a huge portrait of 'Mao' that was pop art-ised. As much as I don't know how I feel about Mao, the piece was great. I've really come to love Andy Warhol's work. They're so colorful and funky. Not to mention, what he did with Marilyn Monroe's shots were amazing. Lastly, my favorite piece in the Contemporary Art section was this wall art piece. It was basically a few panels of basic colors arranged in such a way that it was a spectrum. Actually the colors were very, very shout-able. Idk, something about them that's just so appealing. I love the piece regardless of it being so simple. Simplicity. Simple but effective.
STOP
After the Met, we hailed a cab and went to 5th Avenue where Barneys was and we walked around Barneys but bought nothing. We then walked over to DKNY where I got a jumpsuit ahhh. But after that, we came home and did nothing. It was 6-ish but oh well.
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nine jackies
Photos from yesterday:
van gogh's the silent night!
Highlight: Contemporary Art at the MET.
Tomorrow: Semi-Circle Cruise around Manhattan, Wall Street, the New York Times Building and Ground Zero.
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