I'm here in Oklahoma now as I'm writing this. Jus finished with the New York trip and this trip is like some sort of an amazing race. It was rush rush rush all the time. But we had great fun. All five of us. Karyn, Michelle, Preeya, Huiling and Moi. So many funny and silly things we have done. And so many problems along the way. In the end we conquered it all. If I were to write down the full details of this trip, think it can simply take up the whole page, so I guess i'll just highlight on a few things, which, let me remind u, is still not gonna be short.
From Singapore to Tokyo to New York. It was a long tedious flight. And I felt like a glutton, cos all we do is eat, sleep, watch video, play game, eat, sleep. Horrible, felt as if I put on a few kilos even beore i stepped into United States. We had lunch in Narita airport during transit, cos we figured out that we wouldn't be having Asian food for a long time to come. And so, we enjoyed the short Japanese meal during our 2hr stop in Japan. Finally after another 12 hours of flight, and irritating screaming kids torturing my ears, we got to NY. Karyn and Michelle was jumping up and down like shaken up coca cola when they saw the snow right outside the plane as we landed. They were like 2 children who didn't get their sweets when they realised that it had stopped snowing by the time we arrived, what we saw was actually what I would call "leftover snow". But they were still thrilled to see the snow at least.
The hostel we lived in wasn't too fantastic, nothing fancy, rather squeezy but it was good enough. The location itself beat all other things. We were just 5 mins walk away from Times Square. How cool is that?! We planned our tour to many places for each day, although in the end we accomplished maybe just about 60% of it (Most of it was due to the delays from umm..... shopping?), we had a great time. We explore this cold city with a map in hand and off we went, on foot or taking the subway. Credits to Michelle, our professional map reader. She provided all the directions due to her talent in map reading. HAha..
We saw wonderful architectures like the New York library and the St. Patrick church. I was really amazed by such detailed work from just the bare human hands. You really have to see it to feel it. We visited the Statue of Liberty as well, it was the most unforgettable and coldest trip for us. I swear I nearly lost my ears when we took the ship there. Freaking cold at the top of the ship, but we gotta see the most beautiful scenery. We even had a snow fight right in front of liberty. We saw snow and we jus started attacking each other. We were dorks... Haha.. but it was hilarious. Went to the fifth avenue too.. Lots of the rich and powerful. Limousines pass us by for like every freaking 5mins. I really suspect the people there just have clothes for lunch or dinner. We couldn't find any food at all along the way except for branded shops, and almost everyone is holding at least one shopping bag. oh! and I saw the Trump Tower. His "Trump Tower" was plated in Gold. Eww......
Hmm.. New Yorkers are practically as cold as the weather. I feel it's not racism or anything, they jus have an attitude problem. They are just being..... New Yorkers. Simple as that. If you think the service in Singapore is horrible, come to New York, then you'll know Singapore's Service ain't that bad after all. We had problems druing the trip, realised our irresponsible, stupid, idiotic, no brainer, scheming agent got Mich and me a different flight to OK. We argued wif the bitchy agent for like hours so that we can make that change without having to pay. Mich did most of the arguing, and boy! She was really good at it. In the end, we din manage to get what we wanted. We still have to take the early morning flight instead of the noon one like the rest. We were really pissed. We got up at about 4.30am to catch the flight and guess what! It jus suddenly snowed!! Now, we were really perked up and we couldnt stop looking at it. We went out with the snow falling on us. It was a wonderful feeling. We even stuck our tounges out to taste it. Preeya started with it. Eeeeeeeee..... Haha..
The trip in New York ended with the snowing and we thought it wasn't so bad after all.. It was all worth it. We forgot the the problems we had with the tix. When Mich and I got to the airport, we realised our trip was cancelled due to the snow storm. And.. we were automatically transfered to the noon flight which is the one the other 3 are taking. How nice... We nearly fainted on the spot. The noon flight is seven hours away for your information. If we were to wait, the 2 of us have to be stranded at the airport for that long. Fortunately, this kind lady at the counter (which was rare), got us tix to OK early, but we have to transit at Minneapolis. We never even heard of that place before! But we dun really have a choice.
To end this, let me tell u about the five people of this trip.
Karyn - Always nice, like a lost, curious, excited little kid in a big city. Always losing things. Doesn't know her way. Very blur.
Huiling - an auntie always on the wrong frequency. Always interpret our conversations into something that we can never understand. And shes got a really contagious laughter! A funny character. Doesn't knowe her way or even the adress of the hostel. Very very Blur.
Preeya - Always crack tickish jokes, a fun person. Blur, but compared to the above 2, shes much better lah. Haha.. at least she knows the way back.
Michelle - A PIG. Always hungry. Gets cranky when shes either tired or hungry. Always looking for food. Takes about 6 meals a day, which she says its very little compared to what she takes in Singapore. The time she wakes up is the time shes hungry.
Jolene (Me) - Always thinks she lost her stuff but finds it somewhere eventually. Took people things and slips them in the back pocket and think shes returned them in two occasions. Makes idiotic jokes.
This Party of Five Had The Best Time.
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