US trip continued

Finally I am well enough to blog about this long trip. Blogging while waiting in school for the dance people to return from rock climbing.

What to say about this trip, well it is one of the memorable trips i guess. A lot of good things, but a lot of bad things happened as well. However, all the bad things were eventually solved and I learnt a lot more about people around me. Lets start from the very beginning.

After 25 hours of long flight, Mr Tam and I first arrived at JFK airport where my dear senior Ah Fu kindly picked us up and brought us to his apartment in Manhattan. We travelled in the MRT, and were lugging our luggages all around, thank goodness there were few people. His apartment was warm and cozy, and very accessible to everywhere. Thank goodness he could lend us his place, cause we really saved on accomodation. Mr Tam and I then went to explore and found Whole Foods Market!! Being greedy me, I immediately bought food for breakfast the next day, wahaha. It also became my official favourite grocery shopping place! That night, Ah fu treated us to jap cuisine which was very nice. But on the way to and fro, I almost freezed to death though I was fully geared.

Scenery from the planeAh Fu's cozy home Washington Square Park

The second day Mr Tam and I went to take MRT ourselves to Times Square. Goodness, it is a musical paradise! However, the crowd is too much for me to take. We first went to Madam Tussaud to take pics with the wax statue. Initially I wanted to go inside the Chamber of Horrors but when the staff told me there would be live actors, I freaked out. Rather, I chickened out. Haha, after that we went on to explore the huge Toy R Us, M&M and Hersheys shop before we we make our way to Rockefeller Center to catch a glimpse of the huge Christmas tree and the all so famous outdoor Skating rink.

Trying to show that I am the third party, haha...I look like pussy in boots!Mr Tam like Bush.Mr Tam's twin brother

In Saturday we explored about downtown manhattan, where mr tam and I got lost. Haha, but we managed to go to the Union Square Flea Market which was quite fascinating. Oh yah, and this is the day which we slept for 16 hours to catch up on our jet lag.

Sunday Ah Fu brought us to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Long long walk but it was quite worth it. Though I must warn people, dun go the open deck on the boat to Statue of Liberty, at least not in winter. It is cold like mad. Initially we wanted to go to the top of Statue, but it turned out that required booking. Oh well, at least I've been there. After that we went to watch a dance performance and then dinner with Ah fu's dance friends.

Monday we went to the Museum of Natural History which Night at the museum was filmed. It is a huge huge museum. We only walked like 3/4 of the museum and my leg is giving way already. Their exhibits were great, especially the way they displayed the different animals. It is really very different from those in Singapore, thus opening our eyes to how creative even boring exhibits can be. After that we went on to explore Central Park, which is very scenic.

Next day we were just loitering about, and at night we went to watch the famous ballet, "The Nutcracker". Both of us nearly fell asleep in the first part, cause it was mostly acting and not much dancing. The second part however was very impressive. A pity the fire siren kept going off during this time, much to the dismay of the audience.

Wednesday was the day much awaited for! We were going to take a train to Rhode Island where I would finally see the kids! However, the train was delayed for like two hours. Nevertheless, I reached the place with much anticipation and when I saw Kelp with my mum and all the kids, the feeling was so great. Isaac was happy, but Leanne and Jayson looked a bit hesitant. Days at Rhode Island was very simple and nice, thus I would go on fast. We went to Walmart, Old sturbridge Village (where they had marvellous maple butter), Wrentham Village outlets. An important point to note is that we thought we saw snow in New York (small white styrofoam balls they looked like) but we were very wrong. It was snowing heavily in Rhode Island for many days and the kids had much fun sliding down a snow slope, sitting in a sledge and building a snow man (well, technically mr tam and I built it). It was fun for the both of us as well, rolling the snowman. It was not easy and it was heavy, thus explaining why our Frosty only has 2 parts instead of 3.

We also went to Florida as a family, to places like Busch garden, Disneyland and going on a sunset cruise. It was nice to escape from the cold though Florida isn exactly warm either.

Ha can see my entry for the last 2 weeks are very short, not because I am lazy but well, there is too much to tell. Every moment with my family was great. It was until I was there when I realised how much I missed my parents. Not just them cooking, but well just talking to them and even sitting on my dad's car. It was so comfortable that it didn feel like travel, it was like home. And of course, Kelp and my sis and the kids. It was so much fun being with them. I look forward to every morn when I wake up and walk down the stairs and I would see Isaac and Jayson eating thier breakfast. (Leanne is still sleeping, cos she sleeps later than the other two. Why she sleeps later? Cause she can talk and talk to herself the whole night.)

And of course, it was comfortable with mr tam as well. This trip took our relationship to another new height. It is the first time we spend 3 weeks together and I grew to be more and more dependant on him. No doubt we still had tiffs during the trip, but he was always there when I needed someone. I guess I could never make it up to him considering this is an expensive trip and we didnt really see many places because of the kids. But I guess he understands that the aim of my trip this time is to spend time with my family. And I am very grateful to him for that.

Well all in all this trip was worth it, I can proudly say I have been to New York and it allowed me to see my family again. Nothing is more valuable than that.

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