My City: New York

It is May 4, 2009: I realized that I have this unfinished entry since February. I was quite impressed by NYC, and decided to start a "my cities" series. But I never bothered to finish it. As time passes, I have less and less motivation to do so, and it become an eyesore in my draft box. Let me just publish this as it is. Life is all about unfulfilled promises, interrupted dreams and unrealized potentials. At least I am content with the unfinished essays. Here it is.

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Good thing that I have been going to gym consistently in the past three weeks. I hope that I can keep it up for the rest of the year. I got a dental implant yesterday. The drilling machine broke down in the middle, so they had to get a spare one from the basement. But other than that, it was a smooth operation and I was biting anything by the end of the day. Now I have a metal screw in my mouth and need to wait for 3 months for a crown installation. One worry though: will airport security check let me pass or trigger a massive alarm? I will see.

Let me blog a city - New York. I had a pretty bad impression about NYC for quite some time. Too many people, too crowded, subway too dirty, people too good-looking, things too expensive, etc. But now I guess that I have to revise the impression a little bit.

I took a trip to New York during the Valentine's Day weekend. I guess that it was too depressing to stay at home alone, so I suddenly had this thought of going to New York alone. It was only 4 hours driving anyway. I rented a car and took off early afternoon and got to a Sheraton near the airport early afternoon. After settling down, I headed out for a Broadway show.