Hey guys!
A few of you recently let me know, its been a while since my last email - 6 weeks in fact! It feels like things have been pretty busy, and I've been on two of the longest holidays since I got to London - New York for 10 days and literally just got off the plane from Marakech for the last 5 days.
So over the last 45 days, i've actually been on holidays for about 1/3 .. not a bad effort hey? Christmas is coming up, so there are more holidays soon.. life is hard :P
On the work side, things have been pretty busy as well, i've actually been on back to back projects for the last 6 weeks, which is a little unusual I guess. I was hoping that with all my holidays, I'd be able to dodge projects, but unfortunately this was not the case.. yep - I am completely on cruise control mode, and treating the next 1.5 years as a total holiday where work is an inconvenience that must be tolerated to fund my travel... Luckily, I have 6 weeks of annual leave + public holidays here, which gives me about 40 odd days off per year, and because you can't build up annual leave over here like you can in Australia, I intend to use them all.
So I might as well start off be writing a bit about New York - big thanks to Lee for letting me crash at his house for the whole time, and Alex for cooking Thanksgiving dinner (this was a feat in itself but when I put it into context it will be even more impressive..)!
The trip went off to a bad start as my flight was cancelled the night before - which meant I had to rebook it and seeing as I was originally going to arrive in NY abot 9, I took an earlier flight which meant I would arrive about 7. This meant that I was not going to go into work at all, which was awkward as of course I didn't take that day off as annual leave.. but I did it anyway, and actually managed to meet up with Marto for brunch during his 24 hrs in London which I was quite happy to have done.
I finally managed to get use out of my gold frequent flier status, but the British airways lounge was massively disappointing, pretty much the same as the qantas domestic lounge - crap food, and everyone is in there anyway.... business class check in was good - but there was no line cos it was quite an empty flight...
Flying Friday
I watched a few movies on the plane, he highlight being Friends wth Benefits - some of you already know I like my girly movies but with two good looking main characters which spend a significant part of the movie in their underpants the story is predictable but still suprisingly decent. I lande at JFK at about 5 - and get into a cab to NYC to meet Alex! To prevent this from being any longer than it needs to, i'll go to bullet point mode.
- I don't really like eating on planes and i think its a combination of 3 things
1. The food is questionable quality and here is too much of it
2. I don't move after I eat and it just sits in my stomach
3. There is probably too many meals for the length of flight its because I always feel the need to everything cos its in front of me, and that i dont get to move, but I always feel a bit sick and uncomfortable after a long flight...
- First meal: Lime Paneer Burrito - a pretty tasty fusion style 'fast food' that can be found in NY
- Lee lives in West Village, which a really cool area with lots of bars and restaurants nearby
- Wonzy's birthday so his wife cooks an great Korean meal, there were about 7 guys there from ruse/ baulko/ grammar and we spend about 3 hrs on his house discussing the the usefulness of an MBA and the Eurozone crisis - i'm sure Christina and Wonzy's wife were riveted.. i can't decide whether the conversation was smart or just a complete waste of time...
- We go to bar at about midnight and stay there about 12 and stay until about 2:30am, where we discuss Peter Choi's 'decision' to propose to his girlfriend of 2 months...
- And end up at Artichoke pizza at about 3am (8am London time) which serves a MASSIVE pizza - at this point this i like my 7th meal the last 24 hrs and am stuffed - a feeling that would become extremely familliar over the next 10 days..
Seedy Saturday
- I get to bed about 3:30am and get woken up at about 6:30am - when one of lee's housemates gets up to go to the gym - this girl is NUTS. shes goes to the gym like 6times a week before work and on weekends at random times and so i would never get a good nights sleep...
- Lee and I get up about 10am to get a coffee and a walk around the area
- Coffee in New York is actually pretty good - not the drip coffee stuff but proper coffee - but quite expensive 3USD+
- It was on this morning that I get my 'New York' experience: Lee and I are walking near East village, and get approached by an Asian couple, the girl never speaks but both appear well dressed and the guy speaks fluent american english.. and the conversation goes like this:
Random Guy: Hey do you guys live around here?
Lee: Yeah, I live in West Village
Random Guy: I have a strange question to ask you...
Miles: OK - what is it?
RG: This girl wants to shoot an ADULT FILM and he wants to go somewhere to STRIP in front of some people.. do you guys know a place?
MT and LEE: WHAT?
RG: Yeah - so do you guys know of a place?
Lee: Umm.. how about you go to a park, do it behind some trees or something (it is about 7C in NY)
RG: err.. I don't think thats going to work..
Lee: Well you aren't coming to MY HOUSE! Is this for some kind of school project or research or something?
RG: No....
MT: Sorry dude, doesnt look like we can help..
RG: Oh OK.. thanks anyway
We figure there are probably only a few realistically reasons this could have happened. 1. True story - girl was 'testing the waters' to see if she was cut out for a career in the business. 2. we were going to be robbed. 3. this was some kind of hidden camera show...
- Lunch was at Per Se my first 3 Michelin star restaurant and arguably the best restaurant in New York - (see photos on facebook) $295pp
- Meal was technically excellent, the restaurant was fantastic, very nicely spaced out, quiet but not overly so, fantastic view of central park and the city
- Service was fantastic, even though one waiter dropped a bedroll almost in my lap
- Wine list was on an IPad which was kinda cool
- Dishes were beautiful - really well presented
- Highlight of the meal was dessert which went on and on - Palate Cleanser, Caramel Cheesecake (actual dessert course), Cinnamon balls, blood orange sorbet coated with dark chocolate, macaroons, chocolate truffles, and fudge
- Overall it was a fantastic meal but there was no single dish that blew me away that I will remember for ever - people have talked about the beef but whilst it as excellent it wont stay with me forever...
- I think what I can say is that Sydney has international quality food - a 3 hat restaurant in Sydney is comparable to the best in the world but may only be lacking in certain technical aspects and presentation.
- I had a five guys double cheeseburger (one of the best I had in NY) for dinner and we went out that night to go clubbing - first at a rooftop bar, then tried to get into a Korean club, but it was packed so we went to a k town to eat korean, then went back to the club where only lee and I got in and then BACK to KTOWN to eat again - i fell asleep on the table .. this is typical of the number of meals I would have in a single day in New York
Sports Sunday
- Sunday was a sleep in
- Sports bar for hot wings, fries and football
- we went somewhere I had always wanted to go : WHITE CASTLE. Let me just say this. NEVER AGAIN. the burgers are actually TERRIBLE. The beef doesn't taste like beef and the buns get soggy quite quickly and the texture goes pasty. gross.
- The highlight of Sunday was gong to see Eli Manning and the giants play the eagles. The game itself had its good moments, even though michael vick wasn't playing due to a rib injury
- best part of an NFL game is the 'tailgating' which is basically when people get to the stadium really early in the day and have a massive bbq and drink up in the carpark even if they don't go into the game. They make a whole day of it. They play some funny game with tiny bean bags and they literally like wood fires on the ground. Guys rock up with trucks and bbqs on the back of them and its pretty cool. People just hang out all day and have a good time.
- Giants lose when Eli throws an intercept on the final drive...
- Monday morning brings another 6:00am wake up and then a Salmon and cream cheese bagel
- The highline is a old rail line that's been converted into a park - pretty cool to have a bit of a sanctuary in the middle of the city
- Natural History museum is MASSIVE
- Shake shack has great burgers but for about $15 bucks a meal, its not cheap
- Levain Bakery has really rich cookies - chocolate and hazelnut, triple chocolate and choc chip
- Momofuku crack pie is good too
- Ippudo NY with Lee, Alex and Miranda (Best ramen in NY, 1.5 hr wait on a MONDAY NIGHT) freaking outrageous.
- $18 ramen (24 with extras) and a total bill of about $50 a head
- Unfiltered sake looks like.... 's_men'
- Good Tonkotsu ramen tho, much better than anything in London for a similar price....
Training Day Tuesday
- Cafe havana with Dush, GREAT CORN! EVERYONE HAS THE CORN. GET THE CORN. its corn with cheese, lime, spices and basically the best corn i've ever had, but then agin i've only ever had normal corn...
- Columbia University
- 125th street - 'African American Broadway' says Dush. Not quite. Its pretty ghetto. Interesting thing about New York, 30 blocks away you have the upper east side with multi million dollar apartments but at 125th its a completely different socio-demographic and ethnic group. The shops are totally different, the way that people talk are different. People dropping n bombs on the street just like in the movies. It really is nothing like the rest of manhattan. I guess you kind of get that in London with the housing estates but this appeared more in NY cos i guess there is a much larger population in an area. In that way I guess the integration in London has worked to an extent - except for the riots...
- walked down 5th ave and broadway, its a long way to walk down to 30th st...
- got caught in TORRENTIAL rain - was late to meet dush and katy at Rub BBQ in Chelsea
- over ate again - burnt ends (win), pulled pork (good), brisket (bit dry), ribs (hurricanes is better), onion strings (addictive), chips (above average)
Wet Wednesday
- More Torrential rain
- World Trade Memorial
- Brooklyn for Grimaldis - better than Lombardis. The way they do their pizzas is that you get a magherita pizza and you add stuff to it.. Grimaldis usually has an hour line but i got lucky and got a seat straight away
- Tried to walk to Williamburg but got pretty lost and ended up in an area full of what i orignally thought were amish people, but were actually hisidic jews. These guys don't even speak english and they literally have like a 1km square area where its like being in israel or something but there are literally no one except hisidic jews there.. they must have wondered why the hell there was a random asian toursit walking around
- eventually get to williamsberg and have a coffee and wait for alex...
- pick up the the 14lb (6.5 kg) turkey for thanksgiving on Thursday
- Go back to Lee's place to drop off the turkey and they go to Blue hill farm for dinner with Alex
- BLue hill farm - the whole idea is great quality produce from the farm and cooked simply. at $80pp i think this was a good value meal which you can have once in a while in nice causal surroudings. There were kids here for dinner, and Alex made a good comment - i'm not taking kids to anywhere good/expensive until they are of an age to appreciate - at least 10-12! otherwise its a waste of money - they can just eat McDonalds :P
- Went home and out to the meatpacking district where we stayed till about 4am - then off to a some random cafe for.... breakfast? till about 5am... then we went home.. Alex to Brooklyn, lee and I across the road
Thanksgiving Thursday
- Alex turns up about 10am - at which point lee and I are still trying to sleep
- Despite the fact that Alex has had probably less than 5 hrs sleep, being the trooper she is turns up for a full day of cooking..
- Watched foot ball on tv all day.. while alex cooked. Any time you can find a woman who is willing to cook all day when you sit on your a$$ and watch sport on TV, you know you have found a real keeper!
- Turkey, Stuffing, mac and cheese, green been casserole, smooth mash potato - my first thanksgiving meal EVER and one that will be hard to top
- Football in some kind of concrete soccer court somewhere
- Alex's friend who works at Per Se turns up semi drunk and has interesting insights on the high end fine dining industry
- We play Cranium - I win.
Black Friday
- Apparently, this is not actually a public holiday so Lee and Miranda go to work
- I head out to SOHO to do some shopping and pick up some bits and pieces, nothing major
- Meet up wth Delinda and Danny for lunch at Lombardis - 45 min queue, Good pizza
- More shopping afterwards and go to a BBQ place up in Harlem with Yao and Kristiina , Lee and Dush
- THey have this 'squealer' challenge which is basically a pulled pork sub with super hot chilli. You can't drink water while you eat it and you cant drink water for like 10 mins after...
- I had a quater of a sub while drinking like 1L of water. It was brutal. The table next to us had a guy that did it, he was a machine. This sh!t was seriously HOT. I had stomach problems for the most of the next day and that was just eating 1/4 of it.
- Seinfeld restaurant and home
Sad Saturday
- Last day in Manhattan as I will meet up with relatives in Flushing later in the day
- Wander around manhattan a bit more as Lee studies, I actually dont eat much that day until...
- I take the train out to Flushing
- FLUSHING IS CHINA
- IT is like 80% Chinese out there, shops are all in Chinese and its like the hisidic jews, all over again but they are chinese and the speak English
- Meet my two young cousins for the first time and go to my cousins place in queens
- compared to my flat in London or Lees apartment in west village it is HUGE
- 3 stories with a korean family living on the ground and kitty and tat living on the 2nd and 3rd floors as well as having the basement as an entertainment area
- They said it was small, but maybe they were being modest but it was seriously spacious
- Korean BBQ for dinner IT WAS GREAT. Man I missed good KBBQ. I don't think they have good ones in London - if any of you guys know different let me know, New Malden was dissappointing.
- Slept in a bed and had my own room for the first time in a week whic was FANTASTIC.
Sunday
- Airport, business check in and the TERRIBLE lounge where not everything is free. American Airlines SUCKS
- Watched crazy stupid love and was inspired by Ryan Gosling's super hot body (no homo)
- Am inspired to get that cut for just one time in my life
Total weight gain in NY - 2.5kgs
This is already ridiculously long. Congratultions if you go this far.Its taken me about 3 hrs to write this, whilst watching nigella, eragon and aeon flux on TV...
Marrakech next time..
Hope you are all well and write back!
A few of you recently let me know, its been a while since my last email - 6 weeks in fact! It feels like things have been pretty busy, and I've been on two of the longest holidays since I got to London - New York for 10 days and literally just got off the plane from Marakech for the last 5 days.
So over the last 45 days, i've actually been on holidays for about 1/3 .. not a bad effort hey? Christmas is coming up, so there are more holidays soon.. life is hard :P
On the work side, things have been pretty busy as well, i've actually been on back to back projects for the last 6 weeks, which is a little unusual I guess. I was hoping that with all my holidays, I'd be able to dodge projects, but unfortunately this was not the case.. yep - I am completely on cruise control mode, and treating the next 1.5 years as a total holiday where work is an inconvenience that must be tolerated to fund my travel... Luckily, I have 6 weeks of annual leave + public holidays here, which gives me about 40 odd days off per year, and because you can't build up annual leave over here like you can in Australia, I intend to use them all.
So I might as well start off be writing a bit about New York - big thanks to Lee for letting me crash at his house for the whole time, and Alex for cooking Thanksgiving dinner (this was a feat in itself but when I put it into context it will be even more impressive..)!
The trip went off to a bad start as my flight was cancelled the night before - which meant I had to rebook it and seeing as I was originally going to arrive in NY abot 9, I took an earlier flight which meant I would arrive about 7. This meant that I was not going to go into work at all, which was awkward as of course I didn't take that day off as annual leave.. but I did it anyway, and actually managed to meet up with Marto for brunch during his 24 hrs in London which I was quite happy to have done.
I finally managed to get use out of my gold frequent flier status, but the British airways lounge was massively disappointing, pretty much the same as the qantas domestic lounge - crap food, and everyone is in there anyway.... business class check in was good - but there was no line cos it was quite an empty flight...
Flying Friday
I watched a few movies on the plane, he highlight being Friends wth Benefits - some of you already know I like my girly movies but with two good looking main characters which spend a significant part of the movie in their underpants the story is predictable but still suprisingly decent. I lande at JFK at about 5 - and get into a cab to NYC to meet Alex! To prevent this from being any longer than it needs to, i'll go to bullet point mode.
- I don't really like eating on planes and i think its a combination of 3 things
1. The food is questionable quality and here is too much of it
2. I don't move after I eat and it just sits in my stomach
3. There is probably too many meals for the length of flight its because I always feel the need to everything cos its in front of me, and that i dont get to move, but I always feel a bit sick and uncomfortable after a long flight...
- First meal: Lime Paneer Burrito - a pretty tasty fusion style 'fast food' that can be found in NY
- Lee lives in West Village, which a really cool area with lots of bars and restaurants nearby
- Wonzy's birthday so his wife cooks an great Korean meal, there were about 7 guys there from ruse/ baulko/ grammar and we spend about 3 hrs on his house discussing the the usefulness of an MBA and the Eurozone crisis - i'm sure Christina and Wonzy's wife were riveted.. i can't decide whether the conversation was smart or just a complete waste of time...
- We go to bar at about midnight and stay there about 12 and stay until about 2:30am, where we discuss Peter Choi's 'decision' to propose to his girlfriend of 2 months...
- And end up at Artichoke pizza at about 3am (8am London time) which serves a MASSIVE pizza - at this point this i like my 7th meal the last 24 hrs and am stuffed - a feeling that would become extremely familliar over the next 10 days..
Seedy Saturday
- I get to bed about 3:30am and get woken up at about 6:30am - when one of lee's housemates gets up to go to the gym - this girl is NUTS. shes goes to the gym like 6times a week before work and on weekends at random times and so i would never get a good nights sleep...
- Lee and I get up about 10am to get a coffee and a walk around the area
- Coffee in New York is actually pretty good - not the drip coffee stuff but proper coffee - but quite expensive 3USD+
- It was on this morning that I get my 'New York' experience: Lee and I are walking near East village, and get approached by an Asian couple, the girl never speaks but both appear well dressed and the guy speaks fluent american english.. and the conversation goes like this:
Random Guy: Hey do you guys live around here?
Lee: Yeah, I live in West Village
Random Guy: I have a strange question to ask you...
Miles: OK - what is it?
RG: This girl wants to shoot an ADULT FILM and he wants to go somewhere to STRIP in front of some people.. do you guys know a place?
MT and LEE: WHAT?
RG: Yeah - so do you guys know of a place?
Lee: Umm.. how about you go to a park, do it behind some trees or something (it is about 7C in NY)
RG: err.. I don't think thats going to work..
Lee: Well you aren't coming to MY HOUSE! Is this for some kind of school project or research or something?
RG: No....
MT: Sorry dude, doesnt look like we can help..
RG: Oh OK.. thanks anyway
We figure there are probably only a few realistically reasons this could have happened. 1. True story - girl was 'testing the waters' to see if she was cut out for a career in the business. 2. we were going to be robbed. 3. this was some kind of hidden camera show...
- Lunch was at Per Se my first 3 Michelin star restaurant and arguably the best restaurant in New York - (see photos on facebook) $295pp
- Meal was technically excellent, the restaurant was fantastic, very nicely spaced out, quiet but not overly so, fantastic view of central park and the city
- Service was fantastic, even though one waiter dropped a bedroll almost in my lap
- Wine list was on an IPad which was kinda cool
- Dishes were beautiful - really well presented
- Highlight of the meal was dessert which went on and on - Palate Cleanser, Caramel Cheesecake (actual dessert course), Cinnamon balls, blood orange sorbet coated with dark chocolate, macaroons, chocolate truffles, and fudge
- Overall it was a fantastic meal but there was no single dish that blew me away that I will remember for ever - people have talked about the beef but whilst it as excellent it wont stay with me forever...
- I think what I can say is that Sydney has international quality food - a 3 hat restaurant in Sydney is comparable to the best in the world but may only be lacking in certain technical aspects and presentation.
- I had a five guys double cheeseburger (one of the best I had in NY) for dinner and we went out that night to go clubbing - first at a rooftop bar, then tried to get into a Korean club, but it was packed so we went to a k town to eat korean, then went back to the club where only lee and I got in and then BACK to KTOWN to eat again - i fell asleep on the table .. this is typical of the number of meals I would have in a single day in New York
Sports Sunday
- Sunday was a sleep in
- Sports bar for hot wings, fries and football
- we went somewhere I had always wanted to go : WHITE CASTLE. Let me just say this. NEVER AGAIN. the burgers are actually TERRIBLE. The beef doesn't taste like beef and the buns get soggy quite quickly and the texture goes pasty. gross.
- The highlight of Sunday was gong to see Eli Manning and the giants play the eagles. The game itself had its good moments, even though michael vick wasn't playing due to a rib injury
- best part of an NFL game is the 'tailgating' which is basically when people get to the stadium really early in the day and have a massive bbq and drink up in the carpark even if they don't go into the game. They make a whole day of it. They play some funny game with tiny bean bags and they literally like wood fires on the ground. Guys rock up with trucks and bbqs on the back of them and its pretty cool. People just hang out all day and have a good time.
- Giants lose when Eli throws an intercept on the final drive...
- Monday morning brings another 6:00am wake up and then a Salmon and cream cheese bagel
- The highline is a old rail line that's been converted into a park - pretty cool to have a bit of a sanctuary in the middle of the city
- Natural History museum is MASSIVE
- Shake shack has great burgers but for about $15 bucks a meal, its not cheap
- Levain Bakery has really rich cookies - chocolate and hazelnut, triple chocolate and choc chip
- Momofuku crack pie is good too
- Ippudo NY with Lee, Alex and Miranda (Best ramen in NY, 1.5 hr wait on a MONDAY NIGHT) freaking outrageous.
- $18 ramen (24 with extras) and a total bill of about $50 a head
- Unfiltered sake looks like.... 's_men'
- Good Tonkotsu ramen tho, much better than anything in London for a similar price....
Training Day Tuesday
- Cafe havana with Dush, GREAT CORN! EVERYONE HAS THE CORN. GET THE CORN. its corn with cheese, lime, spices and basically the best corn i've ever had, but then agin i've only ever had normal corn...
- Columbia University
- 125th street - 'African American Broadway' says Dush. Not quite. Its pretty ghetto. Interesting thing about New York, 30 blocks away you have the upper east side with multi million dollar apartments but at 125th its a completely different socio-demographic and ethnic group. The shops are totally different, the way that people talk are different. People dropping n bombs on the street just like in the movies. It really is nothing like the rest of manhattan. I guess you kind of get that in London with the housing estates but this appeared more in NY cos i guess there is a much larger population in an area. In that way I guess the integration in London has worked to an extent - except for the riots...
- walked down 5th ave and broadway, its a long way to walk down to 30th st...
- got caught in TORRENTIAL rain - was late to meet dush and katy at Rub BBQ in Chelsea
- over ate again - burnt ends (win), pulled pork (good), brisket (bit dry), ribs (hurricanes is better), onion strings (addictive), chips (above average)
Wet Wednesday
- More Torrential rain
- World Trade Memorial
- Brooklyn for Grimaldis - better than Lombardis. The way they do their pizzas is that you get a magherita pizza and you add stuff to it.. Grimaldis usually has an hour line but i got lucky and got a seat straight away
- Tried to walk to Williamburg but got pretty lost and ended up in an area full of what i orignally thought were amish people, but were actually hisidic jews. These guys don't even speak english and they literally have like a 1km square area where its like being in israel or something but there are literally no one except hisidic jews there.. they must have wondered why the hell there was a random asian toursit walking around
- eventually get to williamsberg and have a coffee and wait for alex...
- pick up the the 14lb (6.5 kg) turkey for thanksgiving on Thursday
- Go back to Lee's place to drop off the turkey and they go to Blue hill farm for dinner with Alex
- BLue hill farm - the whole idea is great quality produce from the farm and cooked simply. at $80pp i think this was a good value meal which you can have once in a while in nice causal surroudings. There were kids here for dinner, and Alex made a good comment - i'm not taking kids to anywhere good/expensive until they are of an age to appreciate - at least 10-12! otherwise its a waste of money - they can just eat McDonalds :P
- Went home and out to the meatpacking district where we stayed till about 4am - then off to a some random cafe for.... breakfast? till about 5am... then we went home.. Alex to Brooklyn, lee and I across the road
Thanksgiving Thursday
- Alex turns up about 10am - at which point lee and I are still trying to sleep
- Despite the fact that Alex has had probably less than 5 hrs sleep, being the trooper she is turns up for a full day of cooking..
- Watched foot ball on tv all day.. while alex cooked. Any time you can find a woman who is willing to cook all day when you sit on your a$$ and watch sport on TV, you know you have found a real keeper!
- Turkey, Stuffing, mac and cheese, green been casserole, smooth mash potato - my first thanksgiving meal EVER and one that will be hard to top
- Football in some kind of concrete soccer court somewhere
- Alex's friend who works at Per Se turns up semi drunk and has interesting insights on the high end fine dining industry
- We play Cranium - I win.
Black Friday
- Apparently, this is not actually a public holiday so Lee and Miranda go to work
- I head out to SOHO to do some shopping and pick up some bits and pieces, nothing major
- Meet up wth Delinda and Danny for lunch at Lombardis - 45 min queue, Good pizza
- More shopping afterwards and go to a BBQ place up in Harlem with Yao and Kristiina , Lee and Dush
- THey have this 'squealer' challenge which is basically a pulled pork sub with super hot chilli. You can't drink water while you eat it and you cant drink water for like 10 mins after...
- I had a quater of a sub while drinking like 1L of water. It was brutal. The table next to us had a guy that did it, he was a machine. This sh!t was seriously HOT. I had stomach problems for the most of the next day and that was just eating 1/4 of it.
- Seinfeld restaurant and home
Sad Saturday
- Last day in Manhattan as I will meet up with relatives in Flushing later in the day
- Wander around manhattan a bit more as Lee studies, I actually dont eat much that day until...
- I take the train out to Flushing
- FLUSHING IS CHINA
- IT is like 80% Chinese out there, shops are all in Chinese and its like the hisidic jews, all over again but they are chinese and the speak English
- Meet my two young cousins for the first time and go to my cousins place in queens
- compared to my flat in London or Lees apartment in west village it is HUGE
- 3 stories with a korean family living on the ground and kitty and tat living on the 2nd and 3rd floors as well as having the basement as an entertainment area
- They said it was small, but maybe they were being modest but it was seriously spacious
- Korean BBQ for dinner IT WAS GREAT. Man I missed good KBBQ. I don't think they have good ones in London - if any of you guys know different let me know, New Malden was dissappointing.
- Slept in a bed and had my own room for the first time in a week whic was FANTASTIC.
Sunday
- Airport, business check in and the TERRIBLE lounge where not everything is free. American Airlines SUCKS
- Watched crazy stupid love and was inspired by Ryan Gosling's super hot body (no homo)
- Am inspired to get that cut for just one time in my life
Total weight gain in NY - 2.5kgs
This is already ridiculously long. Congratultions if you go this far.Its taken me about 3 hrs to write this, whilst watching nigella, eragon and aeon flux on TV...
Marrakech next time..
Hope you are all well and write back!
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