Friday, March 30
City
Bright lights, pale face, peeling lips, cold sticks, clunking boots, yellow taxi cabs, fat pigeons, thin scarves, strong wind, leaves rustling, 'TAXIIIII!', police sirens, honking cars, store doors closing, store doors opening, sunlight on my face, blue skies, fluffy clouds, they're so fluffy i can die, marble carvings, street signs, starbucks on every corner, the smell of pretzels, hot dogs, little dogs, fresh coffee, cold air, clean pavements, disgusting cigarettes, shopping bags, big trucks, ambulances, beautiful buildings, tourist spots, new york city.
Steps (29.3.12)
So today, I woke up at about 2:30 in the morning because I couldn't breath. Allergies, dammit. I tried to pass time by watching the Big Bang Theory and editing pictures. It worked, it was 5:00 am when my mother walked out of her room and said that I should've woken up her up, LOL. But she made me noodles and I watched the last 15 minutes or so of Nacho Libre, a movie that was not understandable. I fell back asleep at about 5:45 after I finished my noodles and managed to upload my edited pictures to Facebook.
I woke up again at 9:50 later that morning, took my shower, at my ham and egg wrap, and then we left for 5th Avenue! The weather was rather chilly. People rushed by me at 'New York speed' but I managed to catch on with the speed by the end of the day, ha. Cars were driving by, trees were swaying in the wind, the sun was shining, the sky was blue as, clouds were flying by, and leaves rustling on the pavement. First stop, H&M! The store was only two stories but it was FULL of the most beautiful outfits EVER. Ahhh, I went...somewhat crazy. I got a few tops, a hoodie, shorts, earrings and a belt. We then continued walking and stopped at Urban Outfitters. I wouldn't mind living in that store...I can die happy now that I've visited it.
Urban Outfitters doesn't only sell clothing, they sell novelty books, lomo cameras, toy cameras and actual vinyl records. Ahhh. And the clothes they sell there are just..AMAZING, I loooooved it. I bought a denim vest, a top, a tribal printed backpack, the book 'Wreck This Journal' (AHFKLSJFKLSAJFKLAS), and probably two other things I've forgotten about because I'm tired as shit and can't think straight. We then walked down 5th Avenue and went to lunch at Rockefeller Plaza.
Rockefeller Plaza was so, so nice. HAHA vague description but then again my mind is blank and I can't think of anything else I can describe it with. Flags of countries of the world lined the outline of the plaza and sunlight poured down on the famous ice rink. Oh, and I went to Nintendo World. HAHA, I felt like such a nerd because I barely knew shit there except for some Pokémon. I walked past the NBC studios and saw the set of the Today Show! 1D performed there just last week, omgomgomgomgomg. I went into the NBC Experience Store and omg, they have so much merchandise from all the shows that air on NBC: FRIENDS, Seinfeld, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Law & Order, Burn Notice, The Today Show, the Simpsons, and other shows ha. I bought a FRIENDS mug and an NBC Studios keychain with my name on it, yay! After that, we hit Tiffany & Co. and that place is six freaking stories tall, ahh. The interiors were SO pretty. Marble floors, carved plaster ceilings, huge windows, ahhh, just so pretty.
Then we just continued walking and went to some hotel to rest for a bit at the bar, LOL. After that, we took a taxi cab back to the apartment and I haven't been doing anything productive... What a day.
Thursday, March 29
Singapore - Frankfurt - New York City (28.3.12)
So my journey started on the 27th of March, GMT +8:00 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. My flight to Singapore's Changi International was just 2 hours away from when I stepped onto the airport's drop-off sidewalk. My mom, her friend and I checked in and then went to the lounge to relax for twenty minutes or so before our 3 flights commenced. When the time came, we walked over to the gate and boarded the Singapore Airlines flight to Changi International Airport.
45 minutes of sitting on an airplane, straight-backed, with little foot room and barely any entertainment. Not really torture compared to the next two flights I was about to board. I disembarked the flight and we immediately made way to this Singaporean food restaurant at Changi's Terminal 3, which was new and really modern. After our meal, we walked over to the gate and boarded our flight for Frankfurt, Germany.
I was sat by the window with a family with one toddler behind me. You know where this is going. The mother communicating with nobody but the TV, the father trying to tame the child and the child kicking at my seat and screaming because he thinks that seatbelt is going to rape him. On the entire 13-hour journey to Frankfurt, I had constant bumps and jerks on the back of my seat due to the restless child squirming around behind me. Not to mention, he could not stop saying 'NO! NO SEATBELT!' 'NO! I WANT SCOOBY DOO!' 'DADDY CAN I PLAY GAME NOW?' 'DADDY NO I DON'T WANT IT' 'NO!' 'FJKLSAJFKLSAJFKALSHFKALJAAAHAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!'. And I'm sat there tired as poo due to time zones and whatever about to murder something. There was a vast range of entertainment channels, music and whatnot to indulge myself in but I decided not to bother with it. And the channels and shows on were decent. Modern Family, the Big Bang Theory (!), Up All Night (CD), + by Ed Sheeran (CD), and other stuff that I like. But I dealt with it and went to sleep just so I won't be as tired when I arrive at the Frankfurt Airport and stuff. I also attempted sudoku. LOL.
When we landed at the airport, I dashed out of the plane with my mom and her friend. The airport was acceptable. Not the worst I've been to. But we had to rush through because we only had about 35 minutes to get from one end of the terminal to the other end and I stopped by to get a banana, LOL. And airport security ate about 15 minutes of our time. But when we got to the gate, we had to wait another 20 minutes before we could step onto the aircraft. WTF. Another 8-hour flight awaited me but this time, it was to the most anticipated location: JFK Airport, New York.
Yet again, the family sat behind me because they too were going to New York. This time, the kicking got worse and I got less sleep. JOY. But I took out my laptop and watched some the Big Bang Theory, woo. I basically did nothing for the remaining four hours but listen to music, attempt sudoku again and finished up my NY journal. We finally arrived at JFK and as we were walking to the immigration counters, all I could hear was the clunks and taps of the hard soles of people's shoes. Then there was the awkward click and clang due to the metal end of my Mulberry Alexa bad hitting my bag's handle. That was the only other sound apart from the shoes. AWWWWKKKWARRRDDD.
We had to line up for about and hour because out of 50 available immigration counters, only 4 were being used and there were about 200+ people from two different flights in line. But yeah, we got past immigration and customs, found our car and made our way to the apartment. When we reached the apartment, I finally took a long-awaited shower and started utilizing the Internet and cable TV. At about 4pm, we made way to Little Korea, which is literally a block down from we we're living. We had dinner there aaaand now I'm here.
And I found out that it's high-allergy season because of pollen and whatnot and I'm allergic to pollen so yay me. I'm sitting here trying to beat jet-lag and looking forward to tomorrow because I'm finally gonna be in the middle of Manhattan shopping on Fifth Avenue and all that.
45 minutes of sitting on an airplane, straight-backed, with little foot room and barely any entertainment. Not really torture compared to the next two flights I was about to board. I disembarked the flight and we immediately made way to this Singaporean food restaurant at Changi's Terminal 3, which was new and really modern. After our meal, we walked over to the gate and boarded our flight for Frankfurt, Germany.
I was sat by the window with a family with one toddler behind me. You know where this is going. The mother communicating with nobody but the TV, the father trying to tame the child and the child kicking at my seat and screaming because he thinks that seatbelt is going to rape him. On the entire 13-hour journey to Frankfurt, I had constant bumps and jerks on the back of my seat due to the restless child squirming around behind me. Not to mention, he could not stop saying 'NO! NO SEATBELT!' 'NO! I WANT SCOOBY DOO!' 'DADDY CAN I PLAY GAME NOW?' 'DADDY NO I DON'T WANT IT' 'NO!' 'FJKLSAJFKLSAJFKALSHFKALJAAAHAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!'. And I'm sat there tired as poo due to time zones and whatever about to murder something. There was a vast range of entertainment channels, music and whatnot to indulge myself in but I decided not to bother with it. And the channels and shows on were decent. Modern Family, the Big Bang Theory (!), Up All Night (CD), + by Ed Sheeran (CD), and other stuff that I like. But I dealt with it and went to sleep just so I won't be as tired when I arrive at the Frankfurt Airport and stuff. I also attempted sudoku. LOL.
When we landed at the airport, I dashed out of the plane with my mom and her friend. The airport was acceptable. Not the worst I've been to. But we had to rush through because we only had about 35 minutes to get from one end of the terminal to the other end and I stopped by to get a banana, LOL. And airport security ate about 15 minutes of our time. But when we got to the gate, we had to wait another 20 minutes before we could step onto the aircraft. WTF. Another 8-hour flight awaited me but this time, it was to the most anticipated location: JFK Airport, New York.
Yet again, the family sat behind me because they too were going to New York. This time, the kicking got worse and I got less sleep. JOY. But I took out my laptop and watched some the Big Bang Theory, woo. I basically did nothing for the remaining four hours but listen to music, attempt sudoku again and finished up my NY journal. We finally arrived at JFK and as we were walking to the immigration counters, all I could hear was the clunks and taps of the hard soles of people's shoes. Then there was the awkward click and clang due to the metal end of my Mulberry Alexa bad hitting my bag's handle. That was the only other sound apart from the shoes. AWWWWKKKWARRRDDD.
We had to line up for about and hour because out of 50 available immigration counters, only 4 were being used and there were about 200+ people from two different flights in line. But yeah, we got past immigration and customs, found our car and made our way to the apartment. When we reached the apartment, I finally took a long-awaited shower and started utilizing the Internet and cable TV. At about 4pm, we made way to Little Korea, which is literally a block down from we we're living. We had dinner there aaaand now I'm here.
And I found out that it's high-allergy season because of pollen and whatnot and I'm allergic to pollen so yay me. I'm sitting here trying to beat jet-lag and looking forward to tomorrow because I'm finally gonna be in the middle of Manhattan shopping on Fifth Avenue and all that.
Sunrise in Frankfurt
Sunrise in Frankfurt
Sunrise in Frankfurt
East 33rd Street
Madison Ave.
East 32nd Street
Something I had for lunch
Something I had to hopefully wake me up -- it didn't work
On the way to NYC from JFK
I apologize for the super long post but I'll be doing this everyday of my trip so deal with it or leave, bye. x
Story
SO, I'm in NYC and I'm gonna be posting daily just to be able to get all my opinions and thoughts out of my mind. And I might write as if I were writing a story book, JUST SAYING.
Tuesday, March 27
Bye
YES, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT. I'm off to Singapore, then Frankfurt, both for transit, and then TO NEW YORK CITY! I researched JFK and the airport is sooo....amazing. But I just can't wait to get to New York even though my ass will be flat by the time I get there because of the longass flights.
I just imagine myself being the Asian that looks like a toad amongst the New Yorkers and having them look at me because I'm strange.
I just want to be able to walk down an avenue, boulevard or something with a Starbucks in hand, DSLR hanging off one shoulder and my bag off the other, without a darn care in the world. But that probably won't happen.
I have so much I want to see and do, I feel like I won't have the time to do it. But I'll definitely make the time to blog everyday, tweet and skype. Because the Internet Killed Television. This is my last post for today AND tomorrow because I'll only be arriving in NYC in the morning, NY time, which will be at night for Malaysians. NY time is basically 12 hours behind MY time. So yeah.
Ahh the excitement. ANYWAYS, TOODALOO.
I just imagine myself being the Asian that looks like a toad amongst the New Yorkers and having them look at me because I'm strange.
I just want to be able to walk down an avenue, boulevard or something with a Starbucks in hand, DSLR hanging off one shoulder and my bag off the other, without a darn care in the world. But that probably won't happen.
I have so much I want to see and do, I feel like I won't have the time to do it. But I'll definitely make the time to blog everyday, tweet and skype. Because the Internet Killed Television. This is my last post for today AND tomorrow because I'll only be arriving in NYC in the morning, NY time, which will be at night for Malaysians. NY time is basically 12 hours behind MY time. So yeah.
Ahh the excitement. ANYWAYS, TOODALOO.
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