state of shock

my neck turned left and right, up and down as i looked around me. wow. for a minute, i thought i was in manila. the buzzling traffic, the sounds of honking cars and buses, the suffocating smell of the filthy poluuted air, the gigantic buildings, the flickering lights, the pedestrians crossing to and from different directions, and yeah that distinct new yorkan ghetto-ish accent. for a moment, i was flabbergasted and had to reorient myself on my whereabouts. "yes norilen...you are here and welcome to new york city!, " I told myself.

i arrived to new york city safe and sound via jetblue airlines and with quite a culture and environment shock. new york is so different where i came from in los angeles where everything seemed to be a little laid back. here, it seems that the people are always on the go. and when i say people, i mean A LOT of people from every race from every different ethnicity and everything else. new york surely is the salad bowl of people here in east coast.

i am staying on the lower east side of manhattan overlooking the empire state building to my rignt and the view of hudson river to my left. kuya sal, my cousin, stays at peter cooper village stuyvescant square, in the downtown manhattan area. it 's a pretty decent condo compared to the other area we have been. in fact, i like it here because it's so close to everything like soho and broadway and the vilage hwere th vilage people are at. and to think that it is couple blocks from the union square and accesible to any location in new yrok city.

where have i gone so far> i just arrived from a little gambling session in atlantic sity a little two hours ago. yes, i am writing this half awake since i was the driver. on the previous days, i ws at times square, fifth ave, central park, rockefeller center. i went to the ground zero and state of liberty and empire state building. i will explore on that in details later.

have more places to see and people to meet and promise i will have a lot fof stories to tell. for now, i must go get some sleep so i can be awake when we go chow down later.

i'll keep intouch , i promose

posted by pinay freestyle @ 11:59 AM

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