Sunday, March 15, 2009

This morning we decided to wake up a weeny later (7:15 am), cuz we were really too too tired liao... We went to the New York's "backyard"- The Central Park today... Well, I was not too keen in exploring a park at first, especially so early in the morning, but it was a refreshing experience from the usual "big-city" landscape lar...It was like a morning hike, and we went to see the reservoir, Belvedere Castle, the Bethesa fountain, bow bridge, Dairy,and the Wollman Rink, heard that this ice skating ring was reconstructed by Ronald Trump leh...Really crowded with so many kids playing around...it was like any other big park, and we really walked a lot again, heng the weather was not too cold ah...I think the park would be really beautiful during spring or fall when all the leaves and flowers are still in bloom bah...

After that we went to Soho district, with the intention to visit the Queens, a historic building made of cast iron...but hor..we were too hungry liao, so we decided to visit the Chinatown (again, hehe) to settle our lunch there. For one thing, food at Chinatown is much more worth than eating at any cafe in NY city, and hor, we simply missed the authentic chinese food too much!!! hurray!!! We decided to choose a small Shanghainese restaurant, wah..the food were really good! At least comparable to Crystal Jade, we ordered Shanghai noodles, fried rice, drunken chicken and Xiao Long Bao (Cha's Favourite)!! Slurpzzz...very nice, I almost finished my big plate of noodles, totally ignoring the naggy voice which kept reminding me of the impending photoshoot we are going to take soon..but then~~ now dun eat, when still got chance??? So I dun care already, I must eat until I satisfied!! hehe..In the end, I was really very full and we even skipped our dinner later in the evening ne..

And hor before we left, we actually witnessed a demonstration leh!! Wah the protestor sibei loud..many ppl were demonstrating against the China Government for suppressing the Tibetians, ended up closing a busy road...and when we walked near them, many looked accusingly at me some more leh (not an issue with Cha cuz he looks like hispanic over here)..Wait a minute..IM NOT AN AH-THIONG OK!!! HUMPH!

We also bought some buns on the way back to the hotel to drive the long journey back home...haiz...Although the trip was very nice, but we were also looking forward to reach home soon for a long, satisfying sleep =D