Ah, the start of summer. After reading the itinerary of my internship, I know I will learn so much this summer. There are lectures every week and something is always due every Friday. I am so glad I applied for this program and am very excited to see where it will lead me.
Currently it’s 3am and I’m sitting on the couch at Susana’s house. I’m staying with her family because my move-in day for NYU is after they kicked me out of GLC. Her family definitely reflects how she acts in real life, which is not a bad thing at all! They are all very fun and I think I’m slowly getting better at Cantonese. On a side note, it’s very cool that Sining and Jane will be here as well. It’s actually a nice feeling that we’ve all grown up so much and are all in a big city. It makes me feel very proud of us and gives a sense of accomplishment. We have definitely come very far, literally too.
Even though I’m in the city that never sleeps (wait…is that Vegas?). Uh…even though I’m in the Big Apple, I really have to try and focus on GRE and graduate school applications. These couple of days has been a good schedule and hopefully I’ll follow it after later with work added in. It goes: wake up, eat good food (including dimsum), go to library and study, Chinese pastry, go back to chill, eat more good food (Indian, home cooked meal, etc), watch TV, sleep. Obviously, you can tell that eating is very important in my life.
This is my first time actually ‘living’ in NYC and the first thing I have to mention is that the libraries here are so different than back home! They have many stories with security guards. You are not allowed to sleep or take your shoes off. They get mad at you over the slightest things and are pretty annoying. I also saw my first live protest. It was about how the city is cutting down on library funds by 25 million and that would result in the library opening only 3-4 days a week. People of all ages and ethnicities were there, waving signs in all different languages. It was really nice to see a community come together like that, despite all the cultural barriers in everyday life.
The last day before my move-in, I went with Susana’s family to a wedding. I believe this is called wedding crashing haha. Anyway, at first it was a bit awkward and boring because I knew no one, so I just sat there while everyone took pictures. Then, the good came. It was such good Chinese food! Anyway, there is a reason that I’m writing this. When it was everyone single’s turn to go up and catch, I went up, thinking I don’t want to catch this, I’m too young! However, somehow they threw it right at me and I had to catch it or it dropped to the ground lol. So, I didn’t know what happened next since the last wedding I went to was a while ago. They threw the garner and this random guy got it. He then had to put it on my leg with his mouth haha, it was so awkward, because he was kinda old. Later, I found out he was 27 and his name is Terry, so I guess it wasn’t too bad. The first thing he asked me was how old I am LOL, cause I guess I look like I’m 13. Anyway, everyone then danced a lot until almost midnight. It was the most interesting and fun experience this week haha, but I don’t wanna get married that soon.
I have made a list of top 10 things I want to do this summer and hopefully it will be crossed off before I leave. In no particular order:
1. Watch Broadway
2. Watch a fashion show (I doubt this is likely…)
3. Sew a tote bag
4. Take nice pictures (especially at night: Brooklyn Bridge, Time Square after midnight, long exposure airplane in sky, etc.)
5. Some museums like MoMA
6. Six Flags New Jersey
7. Skydive at Long Island
8. Shop
9. Eat: Try most of the famous cart foods and cool/interesting restaurants.
10. Bake macarons
This is what happens when I actually make money during the summer L
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