Several years ago, when my family along with my Mak Long’s family went to London together, they came back to KL with us and stayed at our house for a few days before going back to Kuching. There were probably like 12 of us staying together under one roof and my house isn’t like, huge. So people were kind of sprawled over the living room upstairs, and there were pillows and blankets all over. There was always someone at the dining table, in the kitchen, in the living room. It was always noisy and the house felt so full. I think we hosted the whole bunch of them several times and I remember that every time they leave, I feel like the house kind of expands and falls into a silence. Everything becomes bigger and quieter than I remember.
My sister left for London last night and suddenly the apartment feels so empty and quiet. It felt odd not to see a suitcase burst open in the middle of my living room, a bunch of her coats on my couch and another toothbrush in the bathroom. It’s weird, it’s almost like she was never here, but I know she was because I have all this trash to take out and leftover of food I bought for her and whatever. It’s just funny how that is, considering I’ve lived like this for the past year or so. It’s funny how people come and leave and alter how our everyday lives feel to us.
But it’s all good 🙂 we had so much fun this week and we’ll all be back home for summer soon! We went to NYC over the weekend and I think for me, every trip to New York just gets better.
We stayed in the East Village, so we started the morning with a quick walk to Washington Square Park. This is one of my favourite places.Breakfast at Chalait—best green tea drinks and 5/5 sandwiches.West Village is full of pretty houses.The Whitney Museum (we didn’t go in… tbh, I was just looking for a restroom)The High LineBecause it was such a nice day.With my sister!Isn’t this really cool? It’s a model of the city we saw on the High Line.We used the High Line to get to Chelsea Market for lunch.We also found Taylor Swift’s apartment building… hehe.
In Williamsburg, we had the hugest serving of cereal milk soft serve I’ve ever seen.We went to Devoción in Williamsburg for coffee in the evening. Look at the interior!
And there it is, the single best cup of coffee I’ve ever had. Their OJ also seemed really popular and I really want to go back there to try it.We spent most of the evening in Brooklyn, and we took lots of pictures of this iconic view of the Manhattan Bridge in Dumbo.On the Brooklyn Bridge because it was my first time in Brooklyn and I don’t know why I had never gone before.
At the Brooklyn Bridge Park.At Main Street Park, under the Manhattan Bridge, waiting for the sunset.
Oh hi, Manhattan.We couldn’t get over this beautiful view.
We went back to Manhattan to by CHLOE., a vegan restaurant in the West Village for dinner. It was so good. Seriously never knew vegan food could be this amazing. 5/5.The restaurant was crazy packed, so we went back to Washington Square Park to eat.The next morning we went to Tompkins Square Park, which was near where we stayed. One of my favourite movies (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby) has a scene that was filmed here. It was such a cold and sunny morning!Met Amanda for brunch at Mud, and they have this really cute seating space at the back of the restaurant.
The East Village is amazing and I’m definitely hoping to come back here.Subway scenes.
Times Square.Aida really wanted to see the Bethesda Terrace because she’s a Gossip Girl fan, haha.
Halal Guys at Central Park (!!!)My first time at The Met. We didn’t go in because we didn’t have much time and we were carrying food hehe.
And that’s pretty much everything we did in New York! Yesterday, I spent the entire day at home, barely even leaving my room because we walked 24,000 steps on average each day in the city. Plus, I also had to catch up on some work.
As you can imagine, I’m now suffering from insane Monday blues. Thankfully I’m not really behind on work despite taking like, 3 whole days off from doing anything. Good thing I spent my entire spring break slaving away haha. But super grateful for the opportunity to travel and see all these amazing things with my sister. Now, with just 4 weeks left of the semester (!!!!!!!) I have to refocus myself and get back into my rhythm.
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Love your photos! xD
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