I heart NY

Folks, I have been to New York from last Friday until Tuesday and I compleeeetely loved it there! 'Di ko alam paano ko ikuwento sa inyo lahat. It's a really big city and i tried to do so many things in my short visit there. I honestly don't know where to start. Hehe. Sige, I guess I'll begin by posting some of my favorite pictures from the trip. Here they are:


Statue of Liberty


Times Square


Sunset in New Jersey


View of Manhattan from the Empire State Building


Drawings for loved ones who perished in the 9/11 tragedy.


At the Ground Zero

Ground Zero is that place where the two towers of the World Trade Center once stood. There's construction work going on there now and a subway station right next to it. Around the construction fence, you would see posters commemorating the 9/11 tragedy and pictures to remember heroes who selflessly helped in the rescue. The place is at the corner of a busy street, not one where you could be easily silent and solemn which is what i had thought it would be. It was a difficult place to visit, and I didn't want to take pictures so much because I thought it would be unethical to do so... I took lots of pictures anyway :(


At the Central Park, Manhattan


A pond in Central Park, Manhattan

Central Park is where Finn and Estella met and sort of kissed while drinking in a fountain years after being separated from each other in that movie, "Great Expectations". I loved that movie and just had to visit the park :)

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I also went to other places like the Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral along 5th Avenue. Take a look at the album here to see photos from these places and other pictures from New York.

Grand Central is that train station where the animals in the "Madagascar" movie tried to go to in order to escape zoo life. It's really grand and it's central, like the zebra in the movie said :)

Rockefeller Center was featured in that "Home Alone" movie where Macaulay Culkin got lost in NY. It's the one where there's a big Christmas tree right in front of a tall building.

5th Avenue is that place where a lot of people go to and shop. It's probably the equivalent of Magnificent Mile here in downtown Chicago. The NBA store and the Trump Tower can be found there.

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Feel na feel ko talaga 'tong NY. Ayoko pang umalis because the city is so interesting and the people so diverse. You won't feel like a fish out of water because everyone seems to be from somewhere else anyway. It's truly a global city.

Kahit 2AM na, marami pa ring pwedeng gawin especially around Times Square and 5th Avenue because the shops are usually open 24 hours or until late at night! Sarap mamasyal. Sarap kumain especially in Chinatown. Sarap mag-shop dahil mas mura duon compared to Chicago. You can buy shirts for $2.50 and art works for $5. This is really cheap because in Chicago, the cheapest shirts would cost around 9$. And you hardly find art works or anything sold in the streets. Akalain mo, madaming bangketa sa New York!

It's such a big city and there are so many sights to see and things to do. I really didn't want to go home yet... grabe, I heart NY.

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Salamat to my friend Mac who took care of everything for me. Sobra, thanks Mac! Sana makabawi rin ako when you go home to Manila. Ikaw naman ilibre ko! Thanks, again!