New York Shew York and all...

...and yes the second day did look up:)!

I walked and walked and talked and talked [ as expected] ran through madison, 42nd and 43rd, 5th and the 14th, Times square, Central park, Union sqaure, Soho..etc etc....dun get caught up in the number jargon..am just pure showing off;) lol...

The numbers here seem to be living..every number has it's identity and everyone seems to understand a simple 'I'll meet you at 14th 5'...which would essentially mean 14th street and 5th avenue...they all run criss cross to each other...and the streets are the bigger ones and the avenues are the small narrower ones...mostly all one ways so you need to know your way around and even the natives get lost..so I have all the excuses in the world to errr...falter..:)

My friend showed me around all day...the lazy slacking silly stupid messy 'girl on the next bed' from school surprised when she told me to put on my walking shoes coz she will tire me out today! Her and walk! ha right....well I sure was mistaken...guess NY changes everyone..and then of course she's married....*grin*..and she's even more whacko now..in a mellowed sorta way but her cooking aloo gobi..something I can't swallow..!hehe

So we galloped and pranced through town and she had more bags than me when we got back home....hmm I need to do something about that so I'm on a mission tomorrow...will shop till I drop...my excuse? I'm on holiday! I was wrong yesterday...NY like delhi...no ways!!!!! How the night gives wrong impressions...Times sqaure has got to be the MOST lively places ever..there were concerts and we had to literally sift our way through roller bladers [I was soooOoo jealous!], shop-o-holics, sunday celebraters, people...regular people..just people people and more people...and then we landed up in the most crazy street fair on the 42nd, with loud eqyptian music..and FOOD...more than you can imagine...from burritos to shakes, from kebabs to thai soups...it was everywhere..and calling out loud and strong..so I did give in...cmon..I'm on holiday;)..**my official excuse for EVERYTHING I do and will be doing for the next week!**..the subway here is allright, of course nowhere near Singapore but then it's a jungle..and how many times do you hear of a train serving animals? Yes sir, it's dirty and confusing and goes levels below the ground..but it serves it's purpose..it's way more efficient than the one in London, and definitely more regular....as for the animals...no comments..they're cute animals though;)

I did wear out my shoes, only to decide that I will use them even more tomorrow..called in an early day coz had to catch up with another friend..it's amazing when you meet the same people you were with in school and feel you just saw them yesterday...when it's been 5 years...I guess it's a good thing:)

Agenda for tomorrow:
Wake up [duhh]
Walk to Union sqaure
Roam around Central park..and have an american breakfast pretzel[ it's a must have]..yumm I can taste and smell it already...lol
Shop..walk around..be a tourist...take pictures..
Meet Anica[a friend] for late lunch or coffee
Take it from there..

On the to do list:
See Statue of Liberty [of course! though Manhattan and Times Sq. is sooo tempting me to forget being a tourist and just bum around and enjoy the city!]
See a broadway show-going for it soon.
Go up the Empire state building
Take a day NY bus tour[maybe-I prefer using my feet for what they're best at..walking]
Times square lunch with friends
Meet colleagues[ahem]
See the Deutsche Bank office in the Financial district
Shop more...yes I'm planning to go bankrupt...so all of you be ready to lend me $ when I'm back;)!

Both the coasts are cultures apart...Seattle was gorgeous..NY is eccentric!

The city is crazy...it's alive..not the people but the city itself! People merely live the craze...

I can't keep up with the pace already...so tomorrow I will start my day early...and hopefully by the time I reach mid day I would have overtaken a New Yorker...

PS- I'm loving it..!