New York

New York is a beautiful place. Lots of cars.. Lots of people.. Lots of buildings that look like they wanna crumble any moment.. Basically its like Orchard Road, just much angrier... and dirty...


The good thing about New York, is the way the roads were designed. The entire city is filled with road intersections, ensuring traffic jams at all places all times of the day. Perfect for Taxi drivers who set their meters to jump at 40cent intervals when waiting for the traffic to move.

New York taxis are protected by this magical sheet of plastic with a hole in the centre. Necessary to protect drivers from muggers(or angry Singaporean tourists who can't believe how fast the meter jumps)

Its either Khawaja I-Bring-You-Down-To-Chinatown-For-$60 Anwar the Taxi driver, or..... the NYC Subway, which hasnt been renovated since the first World War.

Most of the subway is falling apart, instead of fixing it, they found it more effective to build a whole new line running next to the old one.. So commuters can have fun changing from line to line.. They just block off the broken line with a roll of yellow tape which stops all but the most determined of old ladies who may accidentally wander into them.



Either that, or you walk the streets of New York.. But with a traffic light crossing every 50m, you won't get very far on your 2 feet...



But new York aint all that bad.. There are tons of interesting places to go to..
ike The Metropolitian Museum of Fine Art...

Shown here in all its under-construction glory.

The museum is actually very very big.. It houses lotsa stuff from all sorts of cultures and people.. From pornographic statues from Amsterdam


To Chairs from Ikea(Sweden)


The museum's art pieces come from all over the world.


Then theres the Empire State Building. One of the taller buildings in NYC, it is a hub for tourists who can't wait to get ripped off.


Where inside, suckas are treated to a 2 hour wait, with fellow suckas alike, to pay US$15 to take the elevator up. Those who wist to cut their waiting time to 1 hour, may purchase the $30 tickets, which makes the staff close one eye while they cut ahead of the croud.


Once at the top of the building, suckas are treated to a spectacular view of NYC, covered in smog..


All this, still in the company of fellow suckas


Ground Zero, the place where the World Trade Centre once stood, is also a good place to go.. The spot where the world trade centre once stood, has been replaced by some sort of memorial..


The mood around the site remains solemn. So much so, that locals and tourists alike, all gather around it to pay respect with their cameras.

The site still remains a mess.

But fueled by the memories of those that lost their lives here once,
the good citizens of New York are slowly, but surely, building another target for terrorists to aim.


Like every major city, a Chinatown was created in New York for all the chinese to go and dirty up. Chinatown here was just like any other chinatown. Crowded and dirty, every shop looks like they'll take all your moneys away once you step in.

Nothing special. We got sick of it in less than an hour. Its just like the rest of New York, just with smaller buildings(to accomodate the smaller sized chinese).

We ended up eating at this small chinese restaurant, where we got a plate of fried rice for 8 US dollar.. Make you hollar...

We forgot to leave a tip, cos the service was bad, and they came chasing after us. That was probably the fastest they came to our service.

Anyways, that was one of the only few times we got to eat rice, cos most of New York is fueled by various sandwich joints, which serves nothing but sandwiches.

When I say sandwich, I mean Meat, with abit of bread to go with it.

Overall, New York is a pretty cool place.. It is enjoyable to visit, but not too many times.. My University amidst the fields of corn is by far, the most enjoyable place to be. As soon as i get over the fact that carrying a camera and going around taking pictures of everyone would get me beaten up, i will post pics of my campus and its surroundings(no prize for guessing what surrounds it).