It's been a PACKED past couple of weeks! WHOO! But I am HOME and THANKFUL that I don't have to spend hours of my day just WALKING places. I'm officially "city"ed OUT.
Really. I don't want to visit another big city for a while.
It's like...Chicago in March, NY in May...I NEED A BREAK!!!
That said, I will do my best to provide you snippets so 1) you get a good feel for what I've been up to, 2) you don't feel like you've been left out of fun details because I'm attempting to cut this short, and 3) we won't be here all day. lol XD
Also, due to the SHEER VOLUME of photos, most aren't edited.
Because this post would never get done if I had to wait on that, so here we go!
Off on our (mostly) unedited adventure!
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"New Jersey + New York: Goh Family Visit (Ellis Island + Statue of Liberty)"
We haven't gotten the chance to see my cousin and her family for a while because like us, they're based in the US, but WAY up north. What a golden opportunity this was for us to get to meet up with them after so many years apart! It was great to meet our "nephews" (yes, I realize that here in the States, we don't call them that, but that's how we do it in Singapore)
They literally took us all over the place and I feel very tired after the trip, but I'm very thankful that we were given the opportunity to visit NJ + NY. Thank you so much for everything, Kershing Jie (if you're reading this) for all of the places that we got to visit and all the food we got to try, per your recommendations ;)
Really. I don't want to visit another big city for a while.
It's like...Chicago in March, NY in May...I NEED A BREAK!!!
That said, I will do my best to provide you snippets so 1) you get a good feel for what I've been up to, 2) you don't feel like you've been left out of fun details because I'm attempting to cut this short, and 3) we won't be here all day. lol XD
Also, due to the SHEER VOLUME of photos, most aren't edited.
Because this post would never get done if I had to wait on that, so here we go!
Off on our (mostly) unedited adventure!
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"New Jersey + New York: Goh Family Visit (Ellis Island + Statue of Liberty)"
We haven't gotten the chance to see my cousin and her family for a while because like us, they're based in the US, but WAY up north. What a golden opportunity this was for us to get to meet up with them after so many years apart! It was great to meet our "nephews" (yes, I realize that here in the States, we don't call them that, but that's how we do it in Singapore)
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| Mandatory Bubble Tea shop visit with the nephews age (from the right) 8, 13, and 15 |
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| Loh family and 1/2 of Goh family picture on Ellis Island Kun-Zen (8) is so silly XD My cousin is the lady on the very left <3 |
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| View of NY from NJ |
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| Front of Ellis Island Museum/Building |
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| Lady Liberty herself |
HILARIOUS FAIL on Ellis Island
They wanted us to enter our country of origin to showcase how we would have traveled from Singapore to the US. Singapore doesn't exist in the system because we're too young lol XDMy mom quipped that maybe it's an error to travel from Singapore to the US?!!
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| Sister wefie with Lady Liberty |
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| Shiny. Self-Explanatory. |
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| So close and yet so far :( We couldn't get tickets!! :( |
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| Building near the 9/11 Memorial. Don't remember what it's called, but it looked cool :P |
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| One World Trade Center |
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| Beautiful memorial piece in the 9/11 Museum |
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| Mom's mandatory photo at Fox News lol XD |
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| Bryant Park Trees |
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| View of NY from Bryant Park Really nice place. Also has Wi-Fi provided by Zara I think lol XD |
We didn't get to do the scrub (we went at 11pm and the next slot was at 6am, so there's no way THAT was happening), but we got to sweat it out and eat potbingsu and ice rice drink (I think that's what that was called) and didn't get home till 2am XD At which time we decided to eat ramen. SO STEREOTYPICAL, right?!
But it was SO MUCH FUN!!
Kershing Jie stepped out in her work outfit the next morning looking like the awesome lady boss she is and we were like "WHOA our cousin is awesome" lol XD
Needless to say, it was fun :P
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"Mitsuwa + Kinokuniya + Little Japan"
No explanation needed for this bit, really.
I went Japanese shopping at various parts of NJ and NY, overspent as expected, and don't regret any of it. :P
FOOOOOOOOOOD :D
I'm Southeast Asian. Can ya tell? :P
The picture on the left is what Ash and I ate for lunch at Mitsuwa.
The middle is a small macaron corner in a dessert shop in which I got (pictured on the right) a green tea crepe with red bean paste and chestnuts. Yummy <3
Ash and I also got a strawberry daifuku because after playing Etrian Odyssey Fafnir Knight, you kind of HAVE to try it.
To sum it up, I got:
- mizuhiki cord (craft form and also ready-made form to study how to improve my skills)
- FFXV art book
- Bokura no Kiseki art book
- FOOD (pics above)
- geta (FINALLY found them in MY SIZE!!!! It's been 6 years that I've been looking now!)
- gifts for friends (not mentioning specifically what because said friends might read this!)
- tea fishermen (little asian fishermen figures that sit on the edge of your cup with a long hook to hold up your teabag as you make tea)
- nori rice glue (yay!)
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"Chelsea Market"
Lyfted to get there and WOW there was so much food <3
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| Chelsea Market thingy of where to go |
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| Smoked Salmon on Matcha Cream Cheese We didn't know it at the time, but apparently it's a Chelsea Market wow factor lol |
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| Mom's face when she realized that all of the fresh clams she was seeing had no chance of going home with her |
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| Self-explanatory yummies. Didn't get to eat them :( |
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| Savory pies. YAS! |
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"Reunited with Abby"
Reunited with my dear childhood friend from my elementary school days in Athens, GA!!
I haven't seen this dear one for THIRTEEN years. It's amazing that we kept in touch from when I was 12 till when I finally got Facebook at 21. I don't know how we managed that.
I'm so thankful that things worked out for us to meet up! It doesn't feel any different from when we were 12, which is hilarious because we spent most of dinner talking about where we are in life now. haha XD
We almost missed our window to meet up, but God was gracious and provided a way!
Our dinner was at a little Japanese fusion bar restaurant called Tomi Jazz, and though we only had an hour to catch up, it was SO precious and I'm still reeling at the fact that we got to meet at all.
We had great food:
- grilled mozzarella with prosciutto
- avocado sauce spaghetti with bonito flakes
- avocado salad with crab meat
Yes, you're noticing a trend here. FOOD. I'm Singaporean. Food is LIFE.
I'm simply making full use of the fact that God gave us taste buds!! :P
"Pennsylvania Visit with Juan Family"
Unfortunately, no photos because we were all travel weary at this point and looked horrid. hahaha XD
However, it was nevertheless great. I hadn't gotten much good quality time with my girls Melody and Charity and we really just managed to pick right back up where we left off, updated 3 years worth of life in 1 evening, and continued on our merry way.
I've also greatly missed my "second" mom and dad, so getting to see them and eat (particularly) Auntie Oi Lin's homemade pineapple tarts was so deliciously nostalgic, I felt like I was 15 again.
We also did a quick, impromptu trip to Marshall's (we don't have one here in C'dale, so Ash and I were keen to go) and I invested in a new tea diffusing bottle and a hat! Yes! Me!! You'll probably see it in some photos here and there as summer goes on.
-----------------------------------Unfortunately, no photos because we were all travel weary at this point and looked horrid. hahaha XD
However, it was nevertheless great. I hadn't gotten much good quality time with my girls Melody and Charity and we really just managed to pick right back up where we left off, updated 3 years worth of life in 1 evening, and continued on our merry way.
I've also greatly missed my "second" mom and dad, so getting to see them and eat (particularly) Auntie Oi Lin's homemade pineapple tarts was so deliciously nostalgic, I felt like I was 15 again.
We also did a quick, impromptu trip to Marshall's (we don't have one here in C'dale, so Ash and I were keen to go) and I invested in a new tea diffusing bottle and a hat! Yes! Me!! You'll probably see it in some photos here and there as summer goes on.
Pray for me! I EAT TOO MUCH!!
No, for real though, I'm super busy this week, which means that next week's #WeeklyWednesday is going to be chock-full (I think that's how that's spelled?) of Type A busy life goodness!! AGAIN!
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