What a trip!

hallo everyone. yes! i am back.

my small little butt is swelling from the 6 hours flight back. oh.. i'm really flying across the united states --- all the way from the east to the west.

it was a pretty good trip overall. got to see connecticut a bit and oh yah, the hotel that i was staying in, they have complimentary wine tasting every tuesday night, which was our second night of orientation -- after the orientation, a bunch of us headed straight to the bar. i must say it was very generous of them to come up with things like that. the wines that they offered us were not those typical california wines, there were all from italy and france. very nice.

as for new york. it was better than the last time i was there. i stayed away from those touristy places and hung out around the neighbourhoods. like the east, west villages and union square.

the most shocking thing was a trip to my friend's apt there. it is only 84 square feet and the rent is $900/mth. it was crazy man! it takes just 8 steps to walk from one end of the room to the other. i know that apts in new york is fricking small but reality really hits me when i saw one. unless you want to pay $2000-$3000 a month for a regular studio then you just have to suck it up and stay in a pigeon hole. it is so hilarious. my friend owns a building in maine but is staying at a 84 square feet apt in new york city. oh well, that's life.