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Monday, October 20, 2008
The day started with a really nice breakfast buffet at the hotel. The guys woke up earlier to prepare the stuff for us, grab pastries and juice. Nothing fancy, but it's seriously one of the best breakfast spreads I've seen since my time here. And of course, we grabbed breakfast cereals up the bus to munch on for the rest of the journey today... It's embarrassing how much we secretly stuffed in our bags, but we really did finish all of them by the end of the day! We were laughing at each other when we saw each other's secret stashes in our bag lor! So Singaporean huh!   The first stop of the day was my favourite for the day- the Top of the Rock Observatory Deck :)70 storeys up! The view was breathtaking! And I really liked the weather at New York. It's really getting too cold in Toronto! (the temp is going down to -2 from Tuesday! :S)   I hopped up the wall to take this photo at the moment the security guard looked away. Isn't it gorgeous! I think if you look hard enough, you'll find the empire state building...     Then the group of us went to walk around the vicinity before we hopped on the bus... And we chanced upon this iceskating rink... And look what else I found! THE SINGAPORE FLAG! I miss home!!  We then went off for a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to Pier 17... We were rushing through the bridge cos we were behind schedule, but we still took loads of photographs.       And were given an hour to grab lunch! We queued for Broadway tickets, but found the tickets there to be more overpriced than those in Times Square, so we decided to get the tickets that night instead.... The tourguide then took us on a long walk around the city.... See Andrew stuffed between this bull's ass? Apparently, touching the bull's ass is supposed to bring you wealth or something. haha!  And we also walked along Wall Street!!! I've been studying about the Great Depression since secondary school, and it really felt quite surreal to be walking along Wall Street.... Finally I get to come here.    We also had a chance to see Ground Zero and the ongoing recovery efforts since the World Trade Centre disaster, and witness the construction of the Freedom Towers.   Another landmark was Trinity Church...    Sam and Meryl went off to the toilet, and the whole tourgroup kinda walked off without them, so we improvised this technique whereby we would "stretch the line" and have each of us walk in a singular path a distance away from each other, so we would catch up with the tourgroup. It was hilarous but the technique worked!!!    AND THE MOST EXCITING PART HAD TO BE THIS!!!I finally get to meet the Statue of Liberty. FINALLY! Happiness!    We went off to Times Square for the night, and Noam invited those above 21 to a private party at some nightclub in New York, so a few of us went off to check out the night scene there. And boy, did we party! Andrew partied till he lost his voice, and my muscles were aching from all the dancing that night... But I had so much fun! :)
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