Day 3 of NYC (new year's eve)

Snow! First time seeing snow in a few years. Cold. Brr.. Wanted to walk through Central Park to Met, but got too cold, so ended up at Museum of Natural History. But didn't go in, cos xuxu and grace are leaving in the afternoon, so we went Chinatown to eat with them. Went to fifth ave after lunch to walk walk. Weather couldn't decide btw raining and snowing.. but was extremely wet anyway. I'm glad I brought an umbrella. Wet and dreary.. Can you imagine the people at Times Square waiting there at 3pm just to see the ball drop at midnight? Then met Shyh Chang and friends in this mall, I don't even remember the name of the place. They decided that we should crash Times Square, if we can't get in, must at least touch the walls (barricades). So we went there, and was diverted further away at every street we get to, quite crowded though.. until we finally gave up and went off.. to Ground Zero area.

Went into a Burger King and guess what? They have internet there. So the guys went to check out on a countdown party + fireworks in Brooklyn and we decided to go there, via the Brooklyn Bridge. Walking across the unsalted Brooklyn Bridge on a night after it snowed in the day. Not exactly the easiest walk but the view was great. And we could laugh at the cars trying to get into Manhattan. Found our way to the "countdown party", where there's no one around except for us and the performers, then realised that the thing doesn't start till after 11pm. So waited around and froze for some time while making crappy jokes. Was so glad when the concert finally started cos they provide free hot chocolate and hot apple cider. Helped a lot in warming me up. Still my toes were all numb and probably blue.. Songs were good and then there was fireworks. Woohoo! 10min of fireworks. Cool! But somehow ooi lost his phone some time during the fireworks and we spent half an hour combing through the area looking for the phone after the fireworks and after calling everyone to wish them happy new year. And guess what, miraculously the phone was found. Happy new year man..

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Day 4 (Happy New Year)
Slept till 10.30.. then went to Lihao's GP tutor's place. Ate at a americanish-jap restaurant, wanted to go Met finally BUT Met's closed on New Year. So walked through Central Park and saw some extremely cool roller bladers and freesbee players. They keep spinning the freesbee and make sure it stays in the air while doing acrobatic moves. Darn cool. Went to Wall Street and then Chinatown for dinner. In my personal opinion, it's a day spent slacking.. I could have gone back a day earlier and saved everyone the trouble. nvm.. went to the airport at night and spent the night at the airport before flying back to warm sunny San Diego.. I was really really looking forward to the Dallas, TX and San Diego weather..

Finally. End of trip blog. phew