The Accidental Tourist

Yesterday, I went on a whirlwind tour of NYC. And right now, I’m totally wiped out. My energy reserved has been drained. The two cups of coffee yesterday, didn’t do diddly to keep me up. Guess, I must accept the fact I’m getting old. Soon, you’ll see this short little asian girl trouncing around the city in a walker. ha ha ha. That must be sight to be seen. Perhaps. Okay, I’m being a little bit more melodramatic.

Here are the sites we hit:
• Rockefeller Center and the Tree
• Time Square
• Empire State Building
• Dim Sum in Chinatown at Tai Hong Lau
• Little Italy
• Ground Zero
• Tram to Roosevelt Island
• Lombardi’s for Pizza

In the end everyone was totally wiped out. I was a bit sad when I went to Ground Zero. I’ve passed by it many times in the past year. But I still get disturbed by the kind of tourist attraction it has become. It’s a bit of a circus with scam artist, pick pocketers, and just people trying to turn a profit off a dime. For god sakes, it’s a cementary. I’ve been fortunate enough to have not known anyone who has died because of the incident directly. But it is still sad. I can understand why people go to the platform for solace. And why they might have a need to take pictures of the site. I get so upset when people pose for pictures in front of the site smiling. There is just something so wrong about that. Do I feel this way, because I was in NY when this all happened. Or it’s just wrong.

All in all, I was a pretty productive day. My cousin Jason sort of became the accidental tourist. He’s never done the tourist thing. So it was quite interesting to watch him snap pictures like the many tourist that populate our great city this time of year.

December 29, 2002 at 1:55 pm · Friends & Family· Permalink ·

Invasion of the Relatives

Being the holiday season, it is peak tourist season in NYC. Of course, the relatives are coming. My cousin’s cousin Jenny has come down from Uni in Canada to visit the big apple. Kind to think of it, I don’t think I ever had a relatives visit during the winter. I guess they just hack the seasons or the cold weather. Got to give it to Cousin Jenny props for being so brave to weather this chilly weather. For some reason, and I don’t know how this rumor started, but I have become the family tour guide. I hate taking tours so I refuse to just throw them on a bus. You can actually cover more ground if you just do it yourself. Besides tours are for wimps, and I think Cousin Jenny much braver then that. So I’m going to be on this whirlwind tour all around NYC today. You’ll be surprised how much ground I can cover. They better be prepared with their walking shoes. *grin* Cause that’s all they will be doing today.

December 28, 2002 at 2:32 pm · Friends & Family· Permalink ·

How Are You Doing Today?

Okay. Just okay. Well not really. My emotions are influx right now. I don’t think I’m really cut out for the harsh realities of the dating and relationship world. As one of my friends would say: “your young, go out there, have some fun and get laid.” But I’m not that impetuous. The act of intimacy is something special. Not an impulse of pure carnal desire.

In all seriousness, I feel that I’m just a kind of person that is dateable, but never good enough to be that special someone. The idea of being a serious relationship doesn’t even register on the radar. I’ve also been a kind of person that depended on myself. It has always been like that my whole life. Depending on other people is just overrated. It only leads to hurt. I can hear it calling me, my pile of blankets with my down comforter. How much I want to just curl up under my blankets and never come out. I have taken some peeks at the world, but I don’t know if I really want to come out. I’m afraid. The safety of my wabbit hole sounds much more comforting, right now.

December 28, 2002 at 2:08 pm · Just Me· Permalink ·

Good ‘Ol Blues

Wow! It almost been a month since I’ve last updated my blog. Seriously, I’ve just been too bogged down at work. I really like what I’m doing, and I’m just haven’t gotten around to blogging.

Well aside from that, I just have so much going through my mind lately. Recently, I’ve been listening to this Winter Chill album I bought when I was in London last year. And it just sort of gotten me thinking. Just thinking about life in general. I find that all hell breaks loose when I start to ponder certain aspects of my life. But, life isn’t an open book cover. There still so much more to learn about life. It’s actually much harder to learn how to just enjoy life for what it is.

I’m just going to go ponder some more. How do I get out of this funk? I guess this is what they call the blues.

December 23, 2002 at 2:33 pm · Arts & Entertainment· Permalink ·

Gobble Gobble Weekend Recap

My Thanksgiving was pretty simple. I spent it with my mother. And instead of turkey, we each had a 8 oz steak. Mmmmm good. Since a lot of my friends went away for the holiday, I had no motivation to venture to the outside world. So for 2 days, I didn’t leave my apartment building. Though I did leave my apartment to throw out the garbage. Dude! I didn’t want any vermins lurking around my flat.

Finally, on Saturday my friend convinced me to come out of my hole. We had dinner and then we headed over to the a swanky bar at the W hotel. I felt so under dressed compared to my friend. I was decked out like I just walked out of a Banana Republic commerical, while my friend was freezing her ass in a skirt. Geez Louise! I would never sacrifice warmth for fashion. So illogical!

We waltzed into this swanky hotel bar to witness the NYC single scene, or should I say mating scene. All the waitress were dressed in this ultra skimpy outfits. They all definitely had the cleavage department covered, but man their thighs were huge. Well.. they were.

It quite interesting to sit back and observe. Things are so much funnier when you’re sober. Anyhow, there was woman sitting at the couch across from her and she was totally wasted. Her breast were literally falling out of her shirt. And you definitely knew she was a goner when she was fighting with the guy over a Piglet stuffed animal. Yes, Piglet from Winnie the Pooh. Finally, they departed. And they were replaced with a guy and two gals. Why is it always a guy and two girls. Of course, one was a brunette and the other a blonde. How predictable. The brunette was bit chunky. She was wearing this skimpy tank top where her excessive fat was bulging out. While the guy was directing his attention to the blonde, the brunette had leaned over and tugged on her top to reveal a little bit more cleavage. No amount of cleavage was going to help this girl. My friends and I, almost fell off the couch laughing hysterically. So the male departs briefly. And upon his return, the two gals are too busy touching each other. It wasn’t as if this guy was all that. But I guess it was his lucky night.

Despite the interesting dynamics of my people watching evening, I got bored pretty quickly. In the end I bid farewell to my friends.

December 2, 2002 at 2:36 pm · Friends & Family· Permalink ·

Hiatus

No, I have not gone into hibernation. That only works for bears, and frankly I prefer to be a wabbit. Lately, I’ve been neglecting my blog because I’ve just been too busy at work. More or less, I have a lot of things going through my mind that I’m still trying to sort through. But I’m guess I’m back for now.

December 2, 2002 at 2:36 pm · Just Me· Permalink ·