Next Stop: The Times Square!!

We boarded the train to go the the NY Penn Metro Station on our way to New Jersey, Ankit suggested the idea of going for a walk at the Times Square which is in Manhattan, NY. So, it was decided and we got off the train at the nearest station to Times Square. With two large bags (total 60kgs) and a huge back-pack, we climbed two staircases to reach the ground level. We exited and I found myself standing at the Times Square. It was an amazing sight with XXL Billboards and XXXL Buildings and not to mention the fact that every single THING was lit up with endless no. of bulbs. This was the condition at 2:30 in the night. We walked on the 42nd street. I saw what I had been hearing about for years… Broadway theater, Madam Tussad’s (Wax) Museum (With wax statues of Nicholas Cage and Opera Winfrey in the window displays!!!), Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not!’ building and ofcourse, Mc’Donalds. We had a snack at Mc’D and then walked to the place where America welcomes its New Year (remember those visuals on your TV from NY showing thousands of people gathered for New Year?). We saw Macy’s and Virgin Store and mind you, we had walked for almost a mile to reach the (end?) of Times Square (this square is biiiiggg!). It was really irritating to walk back all that distance to reach the Metro station to New Jersey. But, so we did! I was tired but nevertheless, it was a great feeling to be sitting at the underground metro station at 4:00 in the night, waiting for the train and with the visuals of Times Square in the head! The train came, we boarded and an hour later, we were in Jersey (the garden state). A quick cab ride brought us to the doorstep of Ankit’s house at Mulock Place in Harrison.

We dragged the luggage to the second floor apartment and all I could possible do at that point was to get a good sleep. And so I did.

More on how my time in Jersey and NY was spent in next post…

 

Happy New Year 2008!!

Here is me wishing all my friends and all the people i know, a very very happy n prosperous new year 2008. I’m sorry I could not be regular on my blog but its really hard for a being such as myself to keep up with the schedule.

So, as always, another year brings another set of resolutions…. As usual, most of them are made to be broken… I’ve kept the tradition alive just for the sake of it. I really don’t know what purpose they serve but anyways, who wants to begin a new year on wrong note.

It had been an good year with lots of highs and lows, successes and failures.. And when one fine day in december, I sat down to reminisce what the year gave and what it took away, I was happy to find out that I had a positive balance. Though, the year was in no way extraordinary in terms of academic achievements, it gave a lot of good memories in my personal life for me to cherish for the rest of my life. I guess that pretty much sums up 2007 for me.

So, now 2008 comes with a lot of expectations. Some storms are expected early-on but as usual, I will sail-through. There will be a lot riding on this year, especially in my professional sphere. Wish me best of luck!!!

I hope you have a wonderful time ahead!