Going home

95 days in USA, 98 days from home. I'm finally going home. I just left Wildwood a few hours ago. Bidded sad farewells to some people I'll never see again and looking forward to see my friends in Singapore once more. Back to school, wack to work... mundane lifestyle once again. I loved the wonderful days at Wildwood, loved the extravagant high life in South Beach miami, loved the magical Disney world in Orlando, loved the Jazz in New Orleans, loved the beautiful Montreal and last but not least the bustling 24 hour city of New York. Now its time to go home.

Came to NYC to eat the subway and now I'm leaving NYC with a subway. Good memories I have to bring home. All's well that ends well. Now time to board my plane, first class... Haha

Ciaos USA.

Slack.

Cough Cough

Back in NYC by 4.25am so we decided to go queue for the Brian O'Connor show tickets at Rockerfeller center. Thinking that we'll be the first few, we went over the MAC to get breakfast. However, when we got there at 6am... we were already 50th in the queue! What did I say about the city that does not sleep? Haha... To add on to my amusement, Faith Hill was holding a concert cum signature signing event... at 6AM in the morning!! Oh man... New York City sure is crazy. Where in the world do you find 6am concerts? Only in NYC.

However, the 24hour city sure has lots of bad points. It is 1 of the dirtiest city in the world. The subway stations are basically just a tunnel supported by I-beams... The roads are filthy, if I left a piece of garbage on the floor and I returned 2 years later, it'll still be there. It is also super dusty. Example. I sat on the pavement waiting for the tix so I opened my laptop to watch anime. In less than an hour, it was covered in 1 layer of black dirt, sprayed from the passing buses and trucks! 1 thick layer...

Slack.

Bonjour... Merci

Montreal is a lovely laid back place. Laid back in a different way from Miami. The pace of life here is slow although it is a city center. Amazing right. No wonder Montreal doesn't appear in the world map as a business center. =) Nevertheless, it provides a very surreal and tranquil environment. Just nice for studying! Right now I sit in a Starbucks sipping mint mocha frappucino with my computer plugged into the wall for power and logged on to a free internet network like the 10 other users in here. Nice slow music plays over the stereo to add to the ambience. french people really know how to enjoy huh.

Other than the alarming number of unemployed roaming the streets, seriously worse than in NYC, I love this place. Another town, another new experience.

Slack.

Peace at Montreal

First impression. OMG! Firstly, everyone, okie maybe not everyone but at least99% of the poeple here speak French. I made my way out of the the bus station and the whole place was so peacefull unlike the energy that filled New York City. Headed straight to my hostel to dress up. The lobby was so decorated with antique furnitures, a fireplace and proper restaurant chairs and tables I thought I had entered a fine restaurant. That was not all. I walked down the stairways, it looked like a high class apartment with nice stone walls and paintings hanging on the walls. Another stunner came when I stepped into the room. The pictures I saw online did not do justice to the room. The sofa gave way to a bed pulled down from the wall. The room was laced with wood. Wooden furniture, wooden floor and wooden desk. Yes, they provided a desk like it was a unversity dorm, complete with lan socket! Did I mention that there was also a huge fridge and a microwave? The toilet was also white, spick and span. Proper bathing cubicle and even a mirror to check your bald spot. Haha... Excellent. A good start to a brand new day in Canada.

Spent the whole day visiting churches. 3 churches in all. All very grand and well designed. I guess only the pictures I took can describe its beauty.

Slack.