Tuesday and Wednesday

The final 2 days of using the 3-day NY pass. And I had been battling an irritating headache that refused to go away (despite panadols from s'pore). For the past 3 days, we had been up on our feet from 9am till 11pm. And bedtime's usually around 1am (and once at 2.45am) for me.. =P

Perhaps it's the typical s'porean kiasuism trait at work, some unspoken desire to milk the most of what had been paid for, to make sure every single dime and penny is worth the investment. Oh god, 40+ attractions scattered over 5 boroughs of New York City (at least 5 times as big as s'pore?)... an impossible, herculean mission. Demolished abt 10. Am happy.

Perhaps it's the headache-inducing, mad NY rush in the underground subway tunnels, ppl walking doubly/'triply' fast, ppl of all size, shape and colours squished elbow to kneecaps while seated within the carriages... (I've began to appreciate our national version where we can just run across to the opposite platform to catch trains moving in alternate directions should we realise we've missed stops/took wrong direction. Here if you try to do that, you'd drop straight onto the tracks and prob get electrocuted. To get over to the other side, you'd have to go out, up and down flights of stairs, and sometimes pull ur feet over more than a couple tens of metres of flat land - talk about the 'disadvantage' of having scarcity of land)

Perhaps it's the trying to come to a comfortable compromise with traveling mate. Yeah I know, people are not clones and surely everyone has individual preferences and priorities about all things under the sun, including what to visit, when to visit, how long to visit, how to get to where to visit, precision of navigation issues etc etc etc etc. Minor decisions (sometimes not too minor to the other party) can cause tension to be built up, especially when other factors such as prolonged exposure to cold (it's actually pretty cold now, 10 deg and below whole day) and noise/crowd come into play.. tempers can become shorter and patience thinner. Enough said, but I still love Fish. Hope she still likes/loves moi too.

Alrighty, I will stop (it's 1.40am now) before my temporary housemate M throws me out of the room. Haiz... stupid headache (pls dun tell me I bring it upon myself). Hopefully, tomorrow (no more mad rush, just going really take it easy and chill out with cuppa coffee in quiet library maybe) I'd be in 'bouncier' mood and will upload some nice pics again.

Hugs.