United Nations + Metropolitan Museum of Art + Central Park + Fifth Ave

Today we woke up early and went to so many places =) Firstly, we went to United Nations. Well nothing much juz look at some pictures and sculptures. Group photo using timer! Starting from me anti clockwise: Me, Joy, Arm, Ben, Kookkik, Jill and Jay.

United Nations:

Me with United Nations as background:

Me and Joy. Hee its so small i think most people cant see me la...

Jay, kookkik and Ben:

United Nations! With all the flags. Pretty similar to the one i went to in europe (shd be switzerland if i didnt rem it wrongly).

Me holding the globe outside UN =)

Beautiful painting inside UN. There's a story relating to this painting sayin that it actually links all the way to the ocean. Dunno how to explain. Haha..

My street!! Im born in 1986 so i was very happy to see my street while walking to the museum. Hee.. Easily satisfied hor.

Outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is one of the most famous museum in NYC.

Me and Joy posting in front of this very beautiful christmas tree.

See how detailed it is... I think SueAnn would love this tree.. With all the christian like figures... Hee

Inside the museum. This is one of the King's bed in the past. I tot it was realli beautiful. But i cant imagine fallin off from it *BUMB* Haha

After viewing the museum we had clam chowder soup and hotdog buns outside the museum, sitting on the steps. So kelian hor!! But the soup was very nice!

We then walked to a very beautiful park: Central Park. We took a slow stroll down the park, looking at people jogging or taking a stroll too. I really admire some people. Its like so cold yet they can just wear one tshirt or even a singlet and jog. Sibei power lor... If me i doubt i can even walk la... Frozen...

Me and my nice big meaty butt infront of a nice pinky tree!! Haha

Look at how romantic Arm and Ben are... So now u know what happened in this 4 month they were stayin together in the same room...

Kookkik, Me and Jay

Artistic Picture... (bcoz IM IN the pic & nt only bcoz of the background hor.. =P)

I like how the dark triangular green tree contrast with the round light tree. I can totally imagine a black skinny person standing infront of a white plump person! Hahaha...

I 3 couples taking wedding shots there at central park. Apparently it is very common coz central park has very scenic view. So i took a sneak shot of this couple. The poor bride muz be freezing. And its funni how the bridesmate wear their gown with jackets. Dun match la!

This is the most popular part of the park; the fountain. So, me and Jill decided to take a romantic shot...

At nite, we went to fifth avenue for some shopping. It was veri nice... Veri nice to shop! Haha but then i didnt buy much yet coz im conserving for black friday! (for those who dunno, black fridday is the day after thanksgiving where they will be major discounts and shops open as early as 4am, and retarded people start queuing as early as the night b4) Ha sounds like Donut Factory to me...

Oh we also went to Madison square garden where the most major events are held at. I dun see anything fancy about it but everyone says that it is very grand blablabla....

Me and my bodyguards... U know... When u are too popular and pretty.... HAHAHA (OK juz kidding. Dun leave tags at my chatbox sayin i thick-skinned).

And after a long long day of walking... On the subway going home...

New York City Day 1

Whao! New York is freezing... The temperature is about 0 degress celcius to bout 8 degree celcius i guess.... Anyway i went to many places today =) After arriving in nyc early in the morning, we proceeded straight to kookkik's uncle's place to drop our luggages and then set off to tour. Kookkik's auntie was very nice to bring us around today and showed us how to use the subway.

We went to Clinton castle, which is the place to get on the ferry to liberty island. However, we didnt go to liberty island todae due to time constraint. I actually went to Wall street! The famous wall street. Hee actually there was nothing much la. Juz like if u go to nyc u got to go to Wall street. We also went to Times Square and Rockerfella center. It was realli nice. New York is very different from LA or SF as it is realli city like. Very fast paced, croweded and lively. Alot of advertising cluster especially in Times square. No wonder people always say that if u wan to go into advertising, u have to go to new york.

It was a nice and tiring day. But at least i fulfilled my dreams of actually going to New York =) Sorry for the very late post coz im waaaay too busy liaoz. Got like a zillion projects and presentations, as well as midterms coming up. HATE STUDYING NOW! Hahaa i juz wan to travel around wif my parents. As the date draws near i get more and more excited...

Im in New York!!

Hi everyone! Hee im in New York now and i didnt bring my laptop. Fortunately Arm brought his along so i borrowed his lappy to give a short introduction of my stay here. I have been here for 3 days and we covered so many places!! Oh ya by the way im here with the thai ppl and one of their fren, stayin in Kookkik's uncle's place. They are very nice and warm and treat us so nice =) Its so nice that i can save on accomodation so that i can spend it on shopping. Haha apparently kookkik's 2 other frens are here too and they spend like USD$200 a night on hotel. So imagine im stayin here for like 4 nights so tt sums up to a savings of USD$800!

Ok let me recall where i have been to. We went to Wall street, Madisson Square Centre, Central park, Metropolitan State of Art Museum, Times Square, Fifth Avenue and Liberty Island. We went to SOO many places and walk and walk and eat and eat. Haha my legs and feet hurts like hell la! I went to Sanfrancisco and walked like mad. Haven had the chance to rest my poor feet and here i am again walkin and walkin. I think im going to break down soon.

Today is Thanksgiving and in America, Thanksgiving Day is a verybig thing. Kookkik's family prepared a very sumptous Thanksgiving dinner for us. She baked a humogous turkey and omg it was ssooo good i cant believe it is home made. We also had ham, mashed potato and some other dishes. I realli miss home cooked food. MUMMY AND PAPA i miss having dinner with u all at home and drinking wine while chilling out.

Anyway i haven shopped much for the past 3 days coz im conserving it for tomorroW!! The day after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday and most stores and malls give major discounts! The stores open like 5am in the morning so tomorrow we will have to wake up at likt 330 to get ready and make sure that we can fight the crowd (yes people actually camp outside some stores such as Best Buy which sells electrical appliances). I cant wait!! Its like shopping heaven. We will also be going to Empire State tomorrow whereby u can view new york from an elevated view and it is a must to visit there when u are here.

I realli had alot of fun here =) But the weather is cold. Bout 5 degrees; up and down. Tomorrow will be my shopping day and i think i should go get some quality rest to gear myself up for war tomorrow. Hahaha. Anyway i will post the beautiful pictures taken in San Francisco and New York when i get back in Sunday morning. Oh my there are so so many pictures i dunno how to load them. Haha till then, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I miss u guys. Hugs and Kisses...

Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme doughnuts!! Ok how many people are envious of me now (Apparently this applies to only those who knows and have tried this brand). Haha apparently i bought 12 doughnuts and ate like 6 of them!!! Hahhahaha over like 3 days of course. The good thing bout Krispy Kreme is u can keep it and when u heat it up again it still taste as good.

Krispy Kreme is like so cheap la. 6 bucks for a dozen. And the best thing is there isnt any line at all la!! Haha and it taste waaay much better than the donut factory or vincco doughnuts! So far 2 of my frens have already placed orders for me to buy them Krispy Krem doughnuts when i get back. I will see how much i can carry coz i also got to buy for myself, frens and relatives too =)

New Port Beach

Hola! Whao i juz got back from Sanfrancisco and i looooveee it there =) I know this blog is like one week late but then i toooo busy la =) forgive me ok? At least i still got the heart to introduce all of u to New Port Beach =) Its realli beautiful. Think its much nicer than Venice or Santa Monica Beach.

Actually we went on a Monday and i skipped class just to go to the beach. Haha i've been starting to develop the "i realli shouldnt bother too much bout my grades" attitute. End of the day not like there will be a difference if i get an A or a C coz i onli need to pass! Haha geared with this attitute, i went to New Port Beach guilt free, forgetting that i had a presentation that day in class... But well... The experience at New Port was nicer.

We walked by the beach and i collected some seashells. The merging of the sea and sky, with the sun as a backdrop was really beautiful.

Anyway i will blog bout my WONDERFUL and SUPER TIRING trip to Sanfrancisco soon... I have a mid-term and presentation tomorrow which i have not prepared. In fact i have a project meetin later, then i got to unpack my stuff, and then pack my stuff again coz im going to New York tomorrow night!!! SHOPPINNGGGGG!!!!

Ronnie & Me Day 3

On Saturday, Ronnie accompanied me coz he didnt have to go to work =) We had breakfast at farmer's market, located at the pier. Then we took a ferry to Sausalito island, which is like a small town. We had this great tasting burger there! Actually i wasnt hungry but looking at them make the burger made me hunry. The wonders of external stimuli... Then we took a bus to Golden Gate bridge. It was bad.. Coz it was SOOOO foggy then i could see nothing. The whole bridge was covered in fog la. But well at least im gonna go there again in dec wif my family. Hopefully it will be better then.

Ronnie also brought mi to Haight street, which is a shopping street. We also visited carson street where all the gays go to. It was fun =)

THANK U RONNIE FOR HOSTING ME. I REALLI APPRECIATE IT.

SaN francisco Day 1 & 2

San Francisco is SOOO beautiful. After visiting UC Berkeley, i suddenly regretted choosing USC for my exchange program. Not tat i dun like USC or wad, but UC Berkeley has a beautiful compound. Its definitely a place u wont dread going to everyday. On top of that, Berkeley town is a nice, quiet and peaceful neighbourhood with a hint of warmness. I love it!

I arrived at Sanfrancisco and took a train to meet Ronnie at the train station near his home and he showed me how to get to his place. He passed me a set of spare keys so i can have access to his place. He's realli very nice and treated mi with much hospitality. Thank you Ronnie. I owe u alot. And OMG Ronnie's place is AMAZING. I was totally shocked when i saw it. Its not that big but it is very clean, spacious and elegant. Ronnie's place is paid by his company & the monthly rent is like close to 3000 USD la! Coz it is juz too nice! They have 2 blocks which is like a community. There's indoor basketball court, pool table, pool and gym. And the reception will open the front glass door for u when u wan to go out... Haha... I almost didnt want to leave la. Compare it to my Sierra housing in LA... Makes me feel like a refugee.

Anyway i visited Berkeley and Downtown SF for day 1 coz it was already evening when i got there. For day 2, i nearly died of exhaustion coz i freaking hiked the the whole day la!! My legs, back and shoulders were aching so bad and my feet felt as though it was gonna break. I conquered fisherman's wharf, hiked Alcratraz Island, hiked up the almost 45 degrees street to Lombard street (world's most crooked street), then i walked to chinatown, and then to union square. ALL MY FEET LA!!

But it was a very nice n satisfiying day =) At nite i met Ronnie when he knocked off from work and he treated me to a nice dinner.