Some (vague) memories of my NYC trip

More than 2 months have passed since I went to the Big Apple. Since then, I have asked another friend to get the Benefit Dandelion powder for me, and I have done a hundred and one things that NYC seemed so far behind. Washington? Netherlands? Did I go there????

Got to jot things down before they get blurred by time.

I only had a measly pathetic evening out by myself. :( So, I happily went to hit Macy and the times square. Without time to prepare, I basically pop on to a train, and when a friendly local chatted with me, I asked him where I should to to see some NYC character. He told me to drop by the "village", and try to get a meal there. I could not believe that I actually love New Yorkers. Must be because I spent too much time in stuck up and snobbish London. I actually love the Americans cause they are so friendly (comparatively!) and looked totally genuine compared to a Londoner!!

Well, i did. Excitedly, I popped into one of the first diners I saw. The shopped was nearly full, and i thought I would be safe- both physically and in terms of my taste buds.

Turned out the food is not to my liking :( .Anyway, I had fun guessing which ethnicity the workers belonged to. Answers? some Mexicans (who looked positively east Asian), 1 Greek woman and an Italian man. People watching in NY would be a total fun.

The soup from a "diner set meal".

Home- tired

I am home, after an "exciting" flight. Manhattan night view was beautiful enough to have someone risk the lives of a plane full of people! That selfish woman used a digital equipment when she should not! Ban her from flying!
Photo: Manhattan view from my hotel

I really hope that people like her will be banned from flying!!

That was the exciting part. Other than that, I was so tired, and drugged with dyphenyramine, that I slept soundly until breakfast was served. As I always take low fat meal on flights, I was only given a banana and juice by BA.

If you take a night flight and hope to sleep as soon as you get on board, take any "special meal". That means you get your food first, and then you can go to sleep. Naughty trick, but useful when you really need to sleep. But beware, if you have a b*tch sitting next to you, she may grumble and grumble because you get your food first.

Finally- the best hotel so far!!

I stayed in 4 different US hotels in about 15 days??

There was a Marriot, a super expensive Sheraton, and a posh posh Hyatt.But finally, it is this "airport hotel" that I LOVE! Sheraton 4 Points at NEwark Airport!

for USD 110, I got a nice room, free internet access, and i just bought a nice supper for 5.35USD!!! I must say it is the most satisfying meal so far (and the cheapest!). Arghhh.. soup with rice and vege! it is so so so good! And I am told that the soup was made by the restaurant, but sell it in the "cafe"- not your canned soup, ok! That was only USD3! They also sell lots of really yummy food-ranging from NY cheesecake to HUGE cookies which are the size of my big face, to salads, sandwiches and oatmeal porridge. Woah.... Staff super nice too!

And the best thing? YOu need anything? Slippers? razors? Needles? shoe mitt?? No prob. Give us a call and we will give to you. Compared that to 4 days of walking around in my work shoes in the room when the stupid hotels told me to get slippers from the souvenir shops (>10 USD for some ugly cheapo things). Compare that to the hotels which tell you to buy the toothpaste -- 3or 4 usd for a small tube when you dont have toothpaste!

My complain of those hotels have been

• No water given to you in your room!!!- except the super ex Sheraton.
• TOTALLY EMPTY mini fridge! And .... nothing for you to eat after 10pm most of the time. That means going down to their "souvenir" shop to buy a super sweet muffin if you have midnight pangs.
• No slippers!- all. even that sheraton and hyatt. Cant even get it if you call. 5 star??
• Got headache? BUY a USD9/box aspirin sold at the souvenir shop.
  
• INTERNET access is 9,99 "per day". The "day" ends at 12 pm, usually even when you bought your "air time " at 10 am. Today, I was disconnected while sending out an impt email at 830 am and was fuming mad when the reception told me that i was lucky, usually it disconnects at 7 am if you check out that day. I was like ^%&^ " I have not checked out!!!I still need to work!". Then she was like, o"hhh, what time you buy your air time? Maybe lapse?"12 am. 12 am, because i only came back at 12 am. ok??