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| New York Bound |
THURSDAY:
My class finished relatively early, I went to work and then went with Amalee, Bobak, and Soon to Busboys and Poets to see the photo exhibit of a man who traveled throughout the Muslim world. It was pretty cool. The restaurant was amazing! Its a social justice-sy restaurant/bookstore/coffeeshop/concert venue and its environmentally friendly! Some quotes from the menu that I enjoyed reading: Peace is the only war worth waging-Albert Camus. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free - The XIVth Dalai Lama. If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends, you talk to your enemies - Moshe Dayan.
Awesome, que no? I thought so. Also, the books they sold were pretty legit. I finished my book the night before (I stayed up till 330 finishing it...it felt awesome!) and I was in the mood for a book, but lacked the funds! Oh well, I wrote the title down. Then on the way back, Amalee and I were talking, about what we were going to do for the three day weekend (we had 'fall break' starting Friday) and at 830pm an idea popped in my head. Rosita was going to be in NY that weekend starting Friday afternoon, so why don't we go to NY? We would have an apartment and not have to worry about bothering my sister!! I text her with this crazy idea and she says YES! then I go play taboo and wii (mario kart...i still kicked butt Parker!) and then I g-chat with my sister and by 1130, the bus tickets are purchased for a 830 am bus ride to New York the following day! Crazy! We invite marc because he has never been and he says yes. So we print tickets and go to sleep.
FRIDAY:
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| I'm not missing a leg... |
Wake up at 6 am, take a shower, finish packing and take the metro to the bus lot. We are early but its okay! Then we are NEW YORK Bound!! Amalee and I sit near the back and we are sleeping and its about 2 hours into the four hour bus ride when we hear this really loud series of bumps. I cover my ears and I realize for the first time how much of a coward I am. I knew someone had fallen, but I was scared out of my wits that what I did instead of seeing what was wrong, I shut my eyes and covered my ears. Sure enough, I hear a women yell "Nooooo! Ohhh Nooo, ohhh noo noo! My mother just fell!" and I cringe. I look back but by this time there are a few people standing up and the driver stopped the bus. We move her to the chair right behind me and Amalee and I see that she is an older woman with her family and that she cut her head and its bleeding pretty badly. We go to rest station and the ambulance comes, bandage her head and we are on our way. I am so ashamed of my behavior. The woman spoke spanish and I couldn't help but think of my own grandma. I miss you Mamalola! So I pull out a granola bar and eat it and offer the grandma a bar, and she accepts it and I speak spanish to her and give her my water bottle. That mollifies me a bit.
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| Rockefeller Center |
Then we are in New York. We get off, buy some gyros, get on the subway, and Amalee and I get lost on our way to my sisters place in Harlem. Fun stuff! But we find her, and we chill in her apartment while she writes out an itinerary for us to do. After two and half hours, Amalee and I ride the metro to fifth avenue. And we have a blast walking around just us two Fremontian ladies in New York! Then we wait for Marc to come because he took a much later bus and then he arrives and we go to Time Square and take a lot of pics on his cool camera. Then we eat at Olive Garden and head back to Rosi's place. We tuck down for the night, wake up at a reasonably late hour (10 am leave at 1130) and start our day!
SATURDAY:
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| The mind behind A Broad Abroad on Broad Street |
That day was fun! We get ready, go to the Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, visit the World Trade Center, Chinatown, visit a few shopping centers, take the Ellis Island ferry and pass the Statue of Liberty, visit Grand Central station. Overall a very packed day!
Then we go to the Met museum and go to the Rooftop and that was incredible! It was amazing!! The view was breathtaking. However, I must say the SF skyline is better!
Then we are hungry and eat at Patsy's Pizzeria and that was delicious. I ate an entire half of pizza! I was so HUNGRY!
We get back to the apartment and I try to do some homework that I neglected but fall asleep trying. So I hit the sack till the next morning.
SUNDAY:
Sunday was a very relaxed day. I go to Target all by my lonesome because the others are still asleep and I buy a few essentials for Jordan and Egypt. I get a bot freaked out because I leave in less than a week, but I make very smart purchases. Then we spend the day at Central Park and that was just beautiful! OF course I get us lost before we get there, and make us walk ten extra blocks, but who was counting? We take a lot of pics and I love that. We watch a show near the fountain and Amalee gets chosen as the Diva volunteer! The guys who are doing a bunch of stunts needed four people and the last thing they do is JUMP OVER FOUR PEOPLE! It was awesome! Then I see a couple walking in central park and they are taking their wedding photos! So me being a creep I snap a few shots!
So there was no easy way to put these pics, so I am sorry they came out like that! Anyway. Then we get back, pick up our luggage and try to hail a cab and have a really hard time. Meanwhile, Amalee has to catch a bus at 545 and its 524 and we are at Pleasant and 1st avenue.... we need to be at 33 and 8th... so we finally get one, almost die by opening the door on the traffic side but we make it and the busses are all going a bit slow. Marc and I have a different bus and its delayed, all of the busses are and so we wait. Then we get on the bus and the four year old behind me is crying and I offer her my laptop to play with and it doesnt work, and so i give her my iPhone. let me just say that she was cute, but to my future progeny: if you think you are going to get away with being that bratty...you've got a big surprise comin your way. Just warning you now children! I love you! So then I get my phone back by saying that its time to sleep and sleep I do. We get to DC way late and the metro is closed and we take a taxi back with 6 other American students. The cab driver CHARGES US SEPARATELY! Marc and I pay 10.50 and then other three are charged 13.50 and the two singles are charged 10.50 each! What?! Who did this guy think he was!? It cost us less in NY! I was pissed because the entire thing should have cost each of us only 2 bucks. Ugh. Then I finally get to my bed and pass out till Monday.
Monday:
Is an internship day and I look up news and let me just say: Sharon Angle: I am not Asian and you knowingly targeted Mexicans in your ad. The elections are crazy...I had to summarize articles and so I read a lot and dear Lord... American Politics are ridiculous! heres a good article I found, the guy writes for the Huffington Post regularly. http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2010/10/201010117544100306.html
It's sadly true and I bet you don't regularly read al-Jezeera!
Then I tried to do my work but was distracted because I was researching!
Tuesday:
Last Internship day for THREE WEEKS! I was summarizing some more and that was fun because I got to read news. I recommend reading Rachel Maddows Blog, Politico, the Drudge Report and A Broad Abroad for some good balanced news. At 419, while I did some busy work, I tuned into the Giants game...number 3. And oooh Boy! Matt Cain you beast! I rush home, finish watching it on Lily's TV and Amalee barges in on me as I am doing a celebratory dance! GO GIGANTES!!!
Then I do some hw, still don't finish, but go to McD's for dinner and check out a few books from the library to take with me to Jordan and egypt: How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent, and the Joy Luck Club. I am interested in reading fiction at the moment. Odd. See what Busboys and Poets did to me?!
Wednesday:
For class we visit the Embassy of Jordan and I am pumped to go on this trip! Petra is going to be amazing!!! During class time, we discuss what we need to bring and my professor embarrasses the crud out of me by saying that "you should eat breakfast early while we are abroad and then take care of our biological needs...like Lupe, you know you should make sure all of your biological needs are met before we leave." and everyone starts laughing and I am just confused and super red, and then remember i told him I throw up before trips and I blurt out: "You mean like when I throw up?!" and he says yeah! But obviously everyone thought of a million other biological needs I may have. sad.
Then dinner is mediocre, I have a stomach ache. I do my work and then at 730 START WATCHING THE GIANTS PLAY! It's just the pregame stuff, but im so pumped that I watch everything including what the sportscasters are saying about the players and their lack of faith in Bumgarner and I hear them making their predictions.
Then the game starts and I am glued. At 830 I move to the big TV downstairs and there is a good number of people playing pool and they witness me going crazy as in the fifth inning Bumgarner lets in one run but Castillas lets in two more! What??! Then I go crazy when its tie 5-5 and Wilson comes in the 9th inning and the Phillies are done. Then we are up to bat and Huff is on first, Posey is up to bat (and let me tell you! That boy is amazing!! His rookie record for postseason games soared today! His RBIs alone are what made the Giants win!) and he hits a double. Uribe up to bat, 1 out and two on base. The ball almost hits him and he has a 2-2 count and then he hits an inside slider, a bit low i think, but the ball flies to right field and though its a pop-fly ball, Huff on third races home after the Phillies guy catches the fly ball (no need to mention his name) and THE GIANTS WIN THE BALL GAME! The series is now 3-1 and if they win tomorrow, they go to the World Series! Epic. Just Epic! I have never been more into a game, maybe for the World Cup games, but I was jumping up and down, dancing and swearing and pacing! It was soo much fun to watch and argue with the two Phillies fans in the room. I was soooo energized and I won't lie, a bit aggressive when someone made a snide comment about Panda's weight. Anyway, that was so awesome, except I STILL didn't finish my hw. However I was smart and I finished my hw by riding on the wave of my euphoria about the Giants winning 6-5. Can't wait till tomorrow! I want them to win so badly! I wish I was in SF!
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| In my humble opinion, the man of the game: Posey. Though of course URIBE did get Huff home. |
So that is all, I must get me to bed now, I have to shower in the morning since I sweated a bit watching the game, you don't understand the intensity in which I watched this game! Go Giants! Halladay who?
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| Lincecum... 'nuff said. |
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| Be Jealous. I will be here in a week. If you are nice, I can bring you some sand. It's supposed to be a rosey pinkish color. |
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