Cold Apple

Day 2 in NY. Slept in again, only this time, my bro is refusing to open his eyes...Took some pictures of him Zzzz. That should make an interesting picture. His head filled the whole screen.

Plan for today:
- Trim hair
- EAT!
- Go to Time Warner Building
- Look See around
- Barnes & Nobles
- Meeting bro's friends for dinner.

I think i shall now wake him up. Am hungry.

By the way, as this is NOT my own PC, i will download and get Picasa when i return and hopefully find out how to post pictures like other pple in their blog..Yes, i am not too blog savvy.

He who is hungry needs to eat, and eat well.
Avery Ho Yiling

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Something is wrong with my blog. I can't seem to align it to the left. Phooey. I didn't know that i was this unsavvy of blogs...oh well.

Deceided to leave to eat anyways by noon because i was so hungry and my bro was still snoring away. He got up anyways after i finished my shower and technically we were supposed to meet his friends tonight at some club but i guess from my lack of "nice clubbing clothes" i deceided not to go. Hmm..if going to the club is for the purpose of " seeing what those placese are like", then why is my bro still going then? And if according to him, his friends dont go to clubs, but rather, they frequent higher class places, then again, why are you still going? 1 word pple...Whatever!

So after an unhappy & heated goodbye, i left for chinatown in search for food.

Came across this old lady with a small table full of goods that she was peddling. I felt upset when i saw her. I Will not let my parents or grandma or aunts end up in that kind of state. Ever. She looked so pitiful! My heart ached.

I started off with a bowl of viet pho tai, and then abt 12 Shangdong dumplings and a bowl of soymilk. Mmm..that lady at hte dumpling restaurant was so engrossed with talking with her co-workers that she forgot to take the customer's order! Funny. There was an elderly gentleman that entered the store and ordered the 2 different kinds of dumplings. He asked in english what's the difference and the lady just stared back at him incredulously, trying to make sense of his questions. I just opened my mouth and said "It's the same, just that the shape is different." They both looked at me and the man thanked me and sat at the table to eat his food.

The Shandong ladies kept talking among themselves while working and i watched them as i ate. Then, the head chef pointed at me and asked if i understood chinese. We had a brief chat abt where i was from and what i was doing here yada yada yada..until another lady came in. This time, the lady spoke in chinese but with a strong cantonese accent. It also took them a while to understand each other. I was chuckling inside.

Finally, the cantonese lady asked is they had soymilk but the chef was again, busy talking and waving her hands in motions with her speech. Cantonese lady caught my eye and asked me in cantonese if they have soymilk. I said yes and finally the chef heard her.

After i left that place, i walked around chinatown for about 4 hours without stopping for sitting. My legs were on the verge of kicking my own butt. But i did see lots of interesting sights though. Went into a chinese supermarket and caught a butcher in the act of skinning frog and chopping off the webbed feet and hands. I felt my face winced as i imagined myself as that frog. But after evesdropping on what dish the grandmother was gonna cook the frogs in, my saliva glands burst open & flooded my mouth.

It was a nice supermarket. Lots of junk food, the "healthy" kinds and the gwuailos kind. Got me some stewed sunflower seeds.

Walked into a meat market and found that they sold more than meat. There was sushi, sashimi, steamed dumplings, fried dumplings, steamed buns as big as Shaq's fist, an array of different dishes for you to mix and match with rice, colourful cakes and what caught my attention was the fish tanks at the end of the store. There was this tank of Tilapias and one of it, in particular had half it's head out ot the water, pretty much vertical. It kept swimming upwards and for a moment it looked as though it is going to jump out of the water and onto the floor. Makes you think about those fishing stories about fishes jumping right into the boats, eh?

Passed this street that mainly sold fish...they are really fresh! the fishes were still flipping and gasping for air in the trays! There were live eels & turtles as well. Reminded me of home. Minus the cold.

I was still too full to savour any more food so i just kept walking....until i arrived at Little Italy. There was a flim in progress. Some guy called John Legazamo or something like that was in it. It was a holiday picture due next christmas. Pple were just standing there and watching. Here's my conversation with some of the pple there.

Me: "Excuse me sir, do you know how i can get to Canal St?"
Man: " Please stay on the other side of the street."
Me: "And then i just keep walking down that way?" (pointing direction)
Man: " Yeah, if you stay on that side of the street you can watch the fliming but no flash cameras."
Me: " But...Canal St!?"
Man: "Well, there is a canal like right there!" (points to a small drain)
Me: "huh?!"

Finally i found Canal St and headed towards the train station. It was almost dark and the wind was most picking up. Walking, walking, walking and then...i saw the Manhatten Bridge and it looked splendid! Took some pictures and then i moved on again. I had EIGHT block of walking to do before i could get to A train which would take me to Columbus Circle.

Math time!
Strong cold winds + Need to pee urgently + Walking 8 blocks + 6 subway stops = Great satisfaction when i finally pee-ed.

Walked past the New York Philharmonic building on my way to my Lincoln Sq. It looks great. I hope i will have time to pop in there and hear some great music before i leave. Got a little hungry by the time i got my bro's workplace to grab the house keys so i went to Times Sq and ate at Sapporo again. This time i had the Miso Ramen and it was good too...except that my taste buds felt the soup was too salty by the time i finished the noodles. Was tempted to walk Times Sq again but i was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay exhausted. Lucky for me, the R train was just next to Saporro! Nodded to sleep on the way back but got up just in time before i missed my stop. Lucky!

Got home, and now i am done with my day. Time to go shower and relax in front of the TV. Ahhh...