day at the museum

art is the product of human creativity. so, art could mean anything. and i saw art in every form when we visited the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

van gogh's wheat field with cypress

van gogh, picasso, and boccioni are just some of the famous names whose works are under this one roof. they even had michaelangelo’s first painting on special exhibit. it was a copy of a well-known engraving by the German artist Martin Schongauer called the Torment of Saint Anthony. dont have a picture of it though. cannot take pictures in the special exhibit. but you can see it in their website.

rollin’ on the river: exploring new york (days 2 and 3)

what do sparklers (the fire cracker), xmen, and the titanic have in common?

the statue of liberty, of course.

jet lagged… exploring new york (day1)

to prevent jet lag, they say that one should stay awake as much as possible if arriving in the nighttime or sleep if arriving when the sun is still up. but knowing me, i’m gonna sleep a lot anyway. had a lot of catching up with my sleep too.

turns out, it was no problem anyway. i still slept the night and majority of the next day. so, maybe i wasn’t experiencing any trouble at all. except, i woke up really really early the next day (around 2 am) and couldn’t sleep at all. at around 4, i decided to read the economics book i have been carrying around for a while now. didn’t think much of the lack of sleep, decided i could just catch up on lost sleep anytime.

anyway, my uncle (clueless of my lack of sleep) asked me to try to stay awake the day so i would adjust to the time zone. his bright idea? we tour new york. so my dad, my uncle, and i took the subway to new york and try to get a tour.

the longest day: blogging from tokyo

after more than a year, i am back in the birthplace (country) of my blog. although here for just 3 hours, barring any major delay. i hope there wont be.

and im using my favorite japanese phrase again – wakarimasen (i dont understand). although now i have an eigo onegai shimasu (english please) to back it up. hehe. hope i spelled them correctly. im pretty sure i pronounced them right though.

anyway, why am i saying that today, the 12th july would be the longest day ever?

but first, a flashback (INSERT MUSIC HERE. BLUR TRANSTION. hehe)

the countdown ends

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