NYC

This is not technically part of my trip to Germany but I am too tired to bother with a new blog or on my own site. (Altho I do have some plans of re-designing my blog)

I am now typing away on a computer at my hotel because I am simply too tired to go out now. I just got back from watching Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. It was pretty good but it was shorter than I had expected. I just couldn't help but compare it to London's production of Les Miserables both in its content and the execution. I am certainly biased but I felt Les Mis was much much better than Phantom. Maybe it's due to my years of familiarity of the show and reading of the book. Nevertheless... I think I will get the soundtrack of Phantom. Who knows, maybe it'll grow on me and I will come to appreciate it more.

I did go to my personal mecca, the Museum of Modern Art today. I saw a few Pollocks I had never seen before and the Mondrians were amazing as always. I really liked the Cezzanes as well but I was honestly expecting more of his work at MoMA.

Last night I saw a great jazz performance by a quartet (whose name escapes me atm) at the Village Vanguard. It was a really fucking (vulgarity warranted) awesome
experience. That's about all I really need to say.

(PS one of my most treasured Jazz cds/albums is Bill Evans Trio, Live at Village Vanguard, so it was quite a treat to return to the same place where "the magic" was produced years and years ago.)
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I had a grand time in Boston a few days ago, thanks to my friends Henry and Jewel showing me all the places where local Bostonians go for food, music, and beer. It was a nice, welcome change, really. I have been travelling for weeks and weeks by myself only to be accompanied, once in a while, by strangers I come to meet.

Ever since I got back to Seattle from Berlin, I had developed some sort of cold. It all started with that damn "deep-fried currywursts" that destroyed my throat. Sore throat turned into incessant coughing which leads to a cold + sneezing and more coughing. I am sure being on the plane and airprot for some 20 hours after the currwurst incident didn't help. So I have been coughing like mad for this last week or so, through Seattle, through Boston, through NYC. I have been taking some meds for them and they work good initially (for like the first 6-8 hour) but today I think the drug has finally lost its effectiveness. The pharmacist says if the coughing still persists after 5 days of taking the drug, I should go see a doctor. That is, however, with A LOT OF REST, which as you could tell, I haven't got any in the last week.

With that said... I am definitely looking forward to going "home" (which is about to be redefined in last than 1 week).

10.40 pm Seattle.... can't wait....


(altho i am going to try to go see the guggenheim museum before my 5 pm flight tomorrow haha)