Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see

Finally here! And finally escaped the longest Monday EVER. Over 40 hours of Monday. UGH. Dad thought it'd be fun if we took a later plane because our one was full. So we spent like a whole day just bumming at the airport but we got upgraded to business class, which was pretty cool, sitting in your own little fully recline-able capsule.

New York is nice. The streets are really, really wide and the buildings are so pretty. And the people are either super duper friendly or kinda rude. Oh and it's freezing!

Today went to uni and finally discovered that I do, in fact, have accommodation. YAY. no park benches for me. I'm going to be living just around the corner from my school.

Right now I'm staying somewhere midtown. it's so easy to find your way around. all the streets are grid-like and numbered consecutively. and the subway is completely straightforward as well. you can buy a metro card for a week, it's unlimited and you only swipe on your way in. one time when I was looking for my metro card, this guy asked if i was alright and insisted that he swipe me in with his. so i guess if you want you can just swipe in whomever you want and be a saint.

i keep catching glimpses of the Chrysler building and it's so inspiring. i went to central park today and 5th, park and Madison ave. but i was in the totally wrong spots i think..

oh the food is really yummy here and the portions are humongous. and its super cheap as well. dad and i have been to this 24hr diner downstairs twice now. and this really tiny cafe on Madison. it was completely packed and totally NY. i had matzoh ball soup a la Carrie.

sorry I'm barely coherent..I'm like completely brain dead and i have orientation tomorrow and placement tests!!!!! they're totally going to think I'm more of a retard.

missing you guys heaps
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