so this one is for me. yes me. coz i deserve this after 3 months of writing to others and i can.
so, i am a new yorker now. and i heart NY. i am gonna change the structure of my post. since this post is for me, i am going to give it back to others by providing my personal guide to others from this NEW new yorker.
there is so much to write about NYC and i have done so much. so i will be breaking the post into a few parts and will progressively upload them when i have the time.
but before that .. just alittle bit more about atlanta. when i arrived at the airport in the morning, there were no power. can u fucking believe that ? so my flight was delayed for almost an hour. its atlanta's way of tormenting me. anyway, all was good when the plane got off the ground.
FIRST THANG: GET A TIME OUT MAGAZINE !
its a magazine that list every interesting event in NYC, starting from thursday to the following wednesday. it cost only 3 bucks. lots of tips and free listing.
Proudest moment :
so i arrived at la guardia airport. caught the local bus M60 all the way to the hotel. only cost me $2 ! gawd i m soooooo proud of me !
(sydney: no its bloody NYC !)
welcome to nyc. first thing i saw was the sydney harbor bridge. wait a minute. in nyc ? ok who copied who ? its the exact replica. just like i saw the white house in atlanta. some idiot built his house to look exactly like the white house in d.c. so really, you don't have to go to d.c. to see the white house. but then again. go to d.c. cross atlanta off the world map.
was bloody cold and was raining. did a power walk from chinatown through time square right up to central park south ! ended the day by going to florence's colleague's house party. very nice pad in the middle of manhattan.
(friday 9th November, day 57)
time square.
(NYC: time square by night)
as soon as i walked to time square, it was dark. i was blown away by the big giant projection screen. its like a theme park minus the rides. what a feeling. they literally wrapped screen onto building facades and cut out holes for the window openings.
(friday 9th November, day 57)
broadway.
ok. unlucky me. the day i arrived, broadway was on strike. 90% of the productions are cancelled. fuck fuck fuck.
nyc at a glance ...
skyscrapers.
(NYC: bricks galore)
amazingly tall and massive skyscrappers made out of bricks. fucking awesome. they are not those insipid 3 stories walk-up apartments u see in sydney. eventhough i m guilty in living in on. haha.
water tanks.
(NYC: no shortage of water supply)
love the water tanks you see up on every building. its almost iconic. i wonder wheres how it would look to have these tanks up the empire state building ?
firestairs.
(NYC: ride the stairs)
exactly like what you see in the movies except, they are everywhere. added to one of my list of things to do. climb one !!!
the fat green chick.
(NYC: staten island ferry ride - FREE)
wanna see the statue of liberty on a free ferry ride ?
take the subway line 1 to south ferry.
NOTE: make sure you are in the 1st 5 car or the doors will not open.
once you arrive, go up the stairs into the ferry terminal and on to the ferry and off you go.
(monday 12th November, day 60)
central park
(NYC: central park .. boring !)
went to central park. got so fucking bored and left after 5 minutes. dont bother wasting your time exploring.
(monday 12th November, day 60)
went back after the macy's thanksgiving parade and had lunch with my new buddies. that was whole lot nice. still the place is boring.
(thursday 22th November, day 70)
prospect park, brooklyn
(NYC: prospect park .. black or white !)
apparently the northern side of the park is fully black and the southern part of the park is fully white. you would think at this point in time, america would be a fully integrated society but no. we got off on the northern side of the park and whoa.. we were the only lighter color ones in town.
(tuesday 20th November, day - 68)
thanksgiving - macy's parade.
(NYC: macy and asses !)
got up at 7.30 to catch the parade. loads of people everywhere. apparently people started queuing up from 3.30am. idiots ! i got to see kermit's ass because most of the time i was blocked by this guy with a size 40 ass !!!
(thursday 22th November, day 70)
black friday
(NYC: people and shopping bags !)
the day after thanksgiving was major discount day. literally everyone is out shopping. some people camp overnight outside the store just so they could get those ridiculous deals. go figure.
(friday 23th November, day 71)
barcelona bar.
http://www.barcelonabarnyc.com/
923 8th Avenye (between W54th and W55th st)
new york, ny 10019 212.245.3212
subway: A, C, 1, B, D to columbus circle
(NYC: barcelona bar - completely trashed)
the one bar i went for a drink, the one night i got trashed. the place is famous for their shots.
highly recommended: full metal jacket & harry potter. and ask for linsay !
(wednesday 14th November, day 62)
TO BE CONTINUED ... xxx. j.
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