Boarding a Jet Plane: May 2014

Thursday, 15 May 2014

May 9, 2014 (Friday)

Bus at 11:45PM - tried to sleep but had to wake up to cross the border and then again at Albany for a rest stop so really I didn't get much sleep
Arrived at 8:00AM so I was almost an hour late - met up with mom and ga-jie who came to pick me up and then we went back to the apartment where I slept until 10-ish
Got bagels are Murrey's bagels
Went to a grad art show at SVA (School of Visual Arts) in Chelsea and also walked around and visited some local galleries, a park that was above ground
Bought some cake at some popular cake store that I don't remember and then stopped for coffee - I didn't really have much of an appetite the whole day
Went to another art show that Yo's friends were in - they had free food so we just had dinner there and then went back to the apartment - the show was really close to the apartment and at the Society of Illustrators (or something like that)

May 10, 2014 (Saturday)

We were meeting dads high school friend today so we went to his place in Brooklyn - supposed to meet at 12 but we were kind of late because all woke up late and only left the place at 11:30
Walked around and went through a food fair, bought some donuts and a taco and then sat around at his apartment for a bit before we went to eat lunch at a pizza place

Walked across the Brooklyn bridge while Yo went skateboarding - went back to friends place and then went out for dinner at a Thai restaurant which wasn't that great (and had shitty fusion desserts)

May 11, 2014 (Sunday)

Supposed to meet CheeHung and Daigugu but it was too complicated so we decided not to
Went to the MET and then met up with ga-jies friend Shruti at around 1:30 before we went to eat lunch at the cafe in the MET which was super expensive (we ordered three desserts and two mains and just shared everything)
Walked through Central Park to head towards the Museum of Natural History (which apparently isn't even that interesting so we decided not to go - went to look for food instead)
Me and Yo bought some raw organic super expensive smoothies along the way
Had afternoon tea - food wasn't that great honestly
Went to watch Chicago

May 12, 2014 (Monday)

We were supposed to wake up earlier to go to the MOMA but mom was really tired so again didn't leave until like.. 11 or 12. Walked around the MOMA until 2 and then split up (ga-jie went to meet her friend)
Rest of us had some hot dogs and then went shopping at Uniqlo
Headed towards Chinatown so Yo could buy some skate stuff and meet up with ga-jie to head to dinner
Went to eat dinner at this restaurant near the water that had a nice view of Brooklyn

May 13, 2014 (Tuesday)

Flight was at 1PM so I should've arrived at 11AM but dad confused me and said that I had to leave at 9AM (only takes an hour to get to he airport) so I ended up arriving super early - it also took me like.. 5minutes to get through the gate and everything so really I was 2hrs early for my flight
Going through customs was also instantaneous because they have the machines now

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Friday (May 2, 2014)

Took 9:30 AM bus which arrived at 3:15, took the subway to Union station to wait for mom and dad
They did not show up until like.. 5 PM because they had just arrived by plane at 3:30, got their luggage at 4 and it takes like.. An hour to get to Union Station from the airport so I was super bored

Sat on my backpack at the station eating McDonalds and started to read the first book of Game of Thrones

Arrived at the apartment, then went out to look for food because mom and dad were starving

Went to eat at Ki (Japanese restaurant)
Not bad, order pork ribs, sashimi (Mackeral - ew, salmon, tuna, horsetail), side of mushrooms and asparagus
The mushrooms/asparagus were SO FREAKIN SALTY I NEARLY HAD A HEART ATTACK
Mackeral has a really fishy taste as sashimi
Sake tastes better hot than cold

Saturday (May 3, 2014)

Supposed to go to Lawrence Market for breakfast but mom and dad didn't wake up until 10:30 and we didn't end up leaving the apartment until 12:30 only because we were meeting Yo and Kat for lunch at 1 PM
Walked over to the AGO/OCAD area and then to pho - Yo didn't come
Went to see Yo's art show (a lot of stuff to see, only made it down 3 floors out of 6... Well 3.5)
Went to eat dessert with Kat (Asian desserts - black glutinous rice in coconut milk with mango)
Went to Guu (Izakaya) and had takoyaki, gyutan, salad, salmon tataki
Kat actually had to go to Walmart to buy something for her sister and had to leave early - at around 8:30 but mom and dad were eating dinner with one of dads friends so they weren't going to be back until 9 and I had nothing to do

Wandered around downtown for 1hr-ish (took a square up University to Queen St. And then walked over to Bay and zigzagged back down to York and where the apartment was
Made it there by 9:45 and mom and dad still weren't there - they didn't show up until 10:45!!
Apparently they got lost and were waiting for a train at the wrong station and then the station they were at wasn't Union so they had to walk back down and whatever but OMFG

Sunday (May 4, 2014)

Mom and dad had really early morning dim sum at somewhere super far away (dim sum at 10:30 they had to leave at 9 AM) - so they left and I stayed and slept in, they gave me the keys this time
Seeing Kat, Sam, Jenn, Rachel for Snakes and Ladders and dinner at Korea Town

Monday (May 5, 2014)

Had dim sum with family except we were kind of late, met with Yo at Finch st. And then took a bus to dim sum
Headed to the zoo although it took WAY LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE (google lied!) - took a bus and then a train and then a super long bus ride - arrived at 3
Stayed at the zoo until 6:30

Had dinner at the CN Tower - 8:15 reservation but we arrived a bit late and probably didn't get seated until 8:40-ish and we were all STARVING BY THEN

Tuesday (May 6, 2014)

Boarding a Jet Plane