Wednesday, September 24, 2008

few days left

gotta do all the last min shopping this week before we leave :)


started eating pizza alot at the end of the trip hehe. yum


maccas.. theatre styles @_@ mega lighted up


last min sneaker shopping.. glow in the dark sneakers!! but alas.. i did not buy no more :(



ben & jerrys brownie sundae... yummmm


double stuff.. lol.. more cream.. less biscuits in the pack but hehe



interesting.. nice natural yoghurt cafe.. yum.. had it for brekky a few times :D



egg ham cheese omlette sandwich for brekky :D


inside the subway

went to nbc studio tour :D

showed us a 10min video on the history of nbc studios.. started as a radio station before it went to black n white tv then colour tv..

had at look at the set of saturday night live studio..looked smaller
saw a short vid on how the makeup was done.. like alien heads..
went to small newsroom to muck around

took pics at a small news desk with city night lights background


2 volunteers played news broadcaster and weather person hehe.. was funny.. we saw the cues they read too hehe..

weather man had to wave at the general direction of the weather n temps on the green screen hehe..and still deliver the text on the cue hehe..

we were offered tickets to conen obrien show.. but wasnt quick enough to get the tickets..oh well..

went back to macys.. they got new doc martins!! i think they restocked hehe
weeeeeeee soo happy.. i got the black n white ones i been eyeing for aggggges :D
Apple bottom jeans by nelly : like his song..
"apple bottom jeans... boots with the furrrrr"


Jessica Simpson shoes at macys - i like her stuff. but too high heeled for me to wear :(


J-lo sneakers.. they didnt have in my size :( from footaction

Grand Central Station


hmm packed everything.. wasnt too bad luggage wise..
flight was long as =_=

was ok since i slept for 6hrs straight in the 2nd leg of the flight..
good to be home :) wasnt too jetlagged hehe.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

continued


weekend is here!!

we didnt have dance class on fri so long weekend to do touristy stuff.


went thru stanton island free ferry hoping to get a glimpse of the statue of liberty..
we werent realy that close..





sis got some good pics with the zoom tho..
got some city shots from the water
spent today walking through the south side of manhattan... :D

found this other major shopping district of shops :D

they had uniqlo!!! jap brand with lot of quality basics with a reasonable price..

saw a squirrel at city hall park :D hehe.. couldnt get a decent pic but... cute and sis found me the tokidoki sneakers!!!! XD
weeeeeeeee cant be bought at home hehe..
hmm must go thru uniqlo again heehe...

oh yea forgot to mention.. they have a hershey and m&m store in times square!!!
hehe m&m store so cute..
i think we´ve been in every footlocker store here..woo shoes so cheap.. all bout 70$ hehe steve maddan is crazy expensive =_=


oh went to kidrobot today too hehe. so many cute figurines :D






oh oh.. and they hav smoking manholes here... @_@




hmm... last week of nyc..going soon.. i think we´ve hit all the shopping places we can in manhattan hehe

i got 2 boots :D i think im done shopping.. :P

hmm maybe get some makeup..


after staton island ferry we walked around the south side of manhattan.. pics of wall st :D

Friday, September 19, 2008

nyc


soo.. we started to go do the dance lessons from broadway dance center :)


i bought bdc track pants.. very nice hehe.. feeling pro :P mainly just baggy sweatpants with bdc printed on it hehe..

hmm been thru times square alot now since the dance studio is near there..lots of lights n billboards in that area @_@


hmm.. checked out all the stores in times square.. mainly alot of touristy stores with ¨i heart new york¨ type shirts.. hmm..might need to go back later to buy some as souvaneirs..

there were a few storebrands ive seen on other peoples blogs so i wanted to check them all out.. as well as ones recommended by friends..

forever 21 - its more like SES in sydney.. and valley girl.. but better stuff..

old navy - looked like a bigger cotton on.. didnt buy anything.. they had alot of basics in heaps of colours

gap - seemed like the older brands in syd.. more mature style

h&m - dissapointed with this one..high expectations i guess..i didnt really find anything clothing wise.. maybe check it out again later.. this store is everywhere!!

been spending alot of time in footlocker..u know..dancers go thru alot of sneakers...also easier towalk around in hehe..


checked out 5th ave yesterday :D


trump tower.. apple store

lots of designer stores as well as a few otheres.. i went nuts in the disney store hehe..souvaneirs!!



sis bought some stuff at the nba store for her friend whos an nba fan..



checked out nike store and apple store but didnt buy anything..

continued on 5th avenue today. mainly bloomingdales :D its more like DJs in sydney and dfs.. lots of major brands..i got me a big kidrobot black bag hehe.. weee.


man ive been carding alot of stuf lately... =P

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hmm my sis n her friend are really into house music..checked out one club downtown last night.. called sin sin

was pretty interesting..some of the major famous house dancers were there too..i dont know who they are..so this is what i heard anyway.. alot of people just watched the pros take turns on the dance floor..

there was this one dude that danced non stop!! hehe.. hes not a pro..but he does have many moves..all quite simple hehe.. could be slow.. or fast.. or jumping up n down..or on the floor kicking..lol he did everything..
awesome.

was fun night :) nice people too..not sleazy..all there to dance :) went till pretty late heh.. ooo my sore feet.....

Monday, September 15, 2008

jetlag and big apple


trip to new york!!!

was dreading the long ass flight time :(

turned out it wasnt too bad... but still barely survived :P

day 1..

it was about a 6hr flight to tahiti..then an 11 hr flight to new york..

i was lucky to have a spare seat betweeen me and some old dude.. i was helping him with the remote n the tv thingy...he was bugging me for help after that =_=

didnt get much sleep.. hard to sleep on plane..anyhoo.. watched movies:
chronicles of narnia
kung fu panda
ironman
made of honor

we arrived in the arvo on the same day... NY is about 14 hrs behind oz :)

was bit cold n rainy... :( .. long ass line to get past the imigration bit..

went straight to our hotel..majorly jetlagged..

stop over in tahiti :D



look ma!! recaro seats on ze plane :P

day 2

slept in...weee hehe..we were both braindeadedd from the flight..

rained again.. subwayed to penn station.. (just after times square) was quite close :)



madison square garden. one of the station exits.. where allt he games are held :)

we went nuts in macyś!!! equivalent to our myers.. but heaps better... heaps of brands..prices were similar to our myer stuff too...


they got those old wooden escilators :D like we used to have in DJs.. not there no more but :(

happy :) got new clothes!! ^__________^

they had some nice shoes...but not in my size :( i reeeeally want those black n white doc martins :´(

started raining so we went back before it got dark..grabbed some pizza for lunch:)

day 3

spend aaages on the train today... like hours ... =_=.. went to this premium factory outlet place my friend told me about.. didnt know it was THAT far. =_=¨¨

trains every 2 hrs...and we had to change trains.. and each wait for a train is like an hr....*sigh*

finally got there.. had a quick look around mainly focussing on the nike n adidas shops...didnt find much..
sis got heaps of stuff from timberland.. echo united...pretty good prices..
the expensive brands we looked at were still expensive =_=

lugged our stuff back to ny.. grabbed dinner..tried to catch some more shoppin but they were already closing..

meh..more tomorrow..i wanna buyyyyy more..


my fones not working ...nooooo... :(..

that was my camera.... :(
sighhhhh

hanging in room with tv on..wtf..nisssan ad...they pronounce it nee-sun..
o_O....gay




the subway..