Tuesday, June 14, 2005
new yorkan withdrawal
(written may 24, 2005)


soon, i am leaving again. when i am stressed out, i leave and i go somewhere far. i wish my work permits me to leave and go on vacation. i need to get away from los angeles.

new york city!!! here i come again!!!!

last year, i decided to leave to new york and fly up to niagara falls and toronto, canada to meet my friends halfway there. weird thing is, i am goign to new york again!!! i guess, i am having the new yorkan withdrawal again.

i miss new york=(

i miss going up the empire state with the VIP pass and kickin it at my aunt's office at FUBU ( FYI: my aunt works for as a financial exceutive at Fubu which is located on the 63rd floor or empire state). i miss looking down from the top of the empire state building as i try to pin point the places i visited there. my cousin kuya salde told me, " if you think you are lost, just look up and find where the empire state building is, and we are on the east side of it---i am three blocks away from the empire state building---the only view i see as i wake in the morning).

the lower east side of manhattan is a blast place to be when you are in NYC. what about eating out at the village in east side manhattan at 4 am (yes, ALL the restaurants are open in east manhattan because it is the night spot ---kuya sal kept reminding me that i was not in LA because i kept asking him if he was sure). i miss watching the fireworks right behind kuya salde's condo in lower east side manhattan overlooking the hudson river. Union square is walking distance from me. I see everyone there. I do everything there while I wait for the N subway in the morning ( Yes, i guess, i am somewhat an expert of the New York subways now--after gettign lost so many times, i perfected the downtown and uptown routines.

what about annoying the crap out of mike to come see from jersey city? i miss the lights in atlantic city and believe itor not, i am also beginning to miss those toll polls as you exit on the tunnels of new jersey ( you have to be in new york to relaize what the heck i am talkign about!) who can forget about the shopping spree with aileen and kuya sal? we went to "no tax shopping" at the new jersey outlets, to the over populated rockefeller center and century 21 near the twin towers and of course, the always glammed up fifth avenue with all the designers bags and shoes that i love (special mention: louis vitton and mark jacobs and manolo blanik).

i miss new york...if i had known that someone was going to break my heart when i came back from new york last year, i would have stayed longer.!!!

sigh.
take me away new york city!!! i am tired of LA!

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but eventually, some people gained access to my secret place. so i opened my doors to them in the purpose that i could inspire them: to be better versions of themselves and to share themselves to the world. slowly, i embraced my readers as a part of my life. i welcomed the strange idea that my untold life stories and unconcealed revelations could be of help to others, to love and accept themselves as they are. and i, i came out from the animosity. i eventually became just the regular LEN - the nickname my family & friends call me.

i developed stories of love, of letting go, of falling in love all over again. i made great friendships. but if there's one thing i was particularly proud of, it was my undenying love for the LORD. i wrote and made soul searching, heart wrenching entries i entitled, "SPIRITUAL REVERIES" which you will find many here. it was my productive way to heal myself from twinge and while i am at it, i could also mend others spirits along the way and bring them back up to par with their faith and relationships with God. it has not stop there. it's still a constant journey.

and so, for as long as i can, i vowed to tell my memorable reflections,i have unmasked the hidden me. and the seeking and searching of life's meaning and purpose is not over. LIFE is a long road of discovering. and i still yet to discover many wonders of this world and satisfy my unending curiosity. but be warned. you can either love me or hate me. but i don't care. this is me: sripped and bare as i can be.

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