New York 10th Dec

New York 10 Dec - It has been good trip so far for me in New York. It is cold right now since my arrival on 4th Dec but u will get used to it if u are here for a while. There are so much for me to write here; my Magic competition, the New Yorkers, the food and weather, Iqbal and Yati but i'm going to concentrate here to walk you day to day my journey at New York from Iqbal's place in Queens since ada internet connection at his home.

Today morning Bal decided to take leave to accompany me and work from home. We decided to woke up late since semalam bergebang dari 9pm to 3am with Yati (Bal's girlfriend) cathcing up things since dah lame tak jumpa. But Bal is still the same old Bal and Yati was really friendly and i feel welcomed to their place in Queens. Btw, New York itself terbahagi kepada 5 area; Manhattan,Queens,Bronx,Brooklyn and Staten Island. Basically Manhattan is like KL where the business operation and the heart for New York and Queens is 20 minutes away (by subway) from Bal place. My staying while playing Magic tourney is at Manhattan 96th street and i took a cab to Bal's place which is USD40. The travelling is quite far because of the traffic and rain but if u took the subway is not that really bad for Bal to go to work.

Anyway, we got off to the nearest subway which is 71st Forest Hills. The subway cost only you USD2 per way regardless how far u go. But for Bal, he's using his monthly pass card of USD80 limitless ride. Then Bal bring me to Dallas BBQ for lunch and he ordered for us Tangerine Pina Codalas (without alcohol). My God, it tastes so nice and sweet. Good choice Bal. Then he ordered chicken wings and for me white meat with baked potato and fried mash. Kenyang giler siut sampai tak habis.

Then, Bal bring me to Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum and the admission cost was USD25. We took some pictures and i am amazed with some of the artifacts and stuff inside it. The trip will take the most is 1 hour depending how details you want to see things. I bought a small bottle as a souvenir.

Bal then brought me to the center of Times Square where usualy people will gather celebrate for New Year's Eve. I took the opportunity to visit Hard Rock cafe, MTV shop, Planet Hollywood, TGI Friday's and Toy's R Us. The streets also is full with Broadway show (teater) and we plan to see one of the show on this Thursday.

Bal dropped by to couple of music stores where we tested some of the guitars and drums there. Bal's love to hang out at those shops if he got the time and showed one of the guitar he got for his birthday.

We then shoot back home around 7.30pm and took our earlier laundry on the way back home. Yati joined us later from work and we ordered pizza and ate for dinner. Peperoni pizza i supposed. We then watched Impak Maksima given by Mak Yah and they enjoyed it very much. They were surprised that M'sia can produced that kind of story.

Tommorrow i'm planning to go to Statue of Liberty by myself and i hope i could my way there since Bal is working tomorrow. Till then that's for now.

Signing off.