At last, I came to New York at
the end of my 20s. I finally realize why people say New Yorkers. I was Utahan,
but I made a joke that I am “Utahker.” A friend of mine told me that I might
enjoy just for a few days in New York and will get bored. But it is OK, because
I will just stay in New York for one and half days.
My flight to Sierra Leone is
on June 8th, Sunday at JFK airport, so I took a bus from Baltimore
to New York one day before departure to look around New York. There were so
much fun to do! I watched two musicals, Chicago
at 2pm and The Book of Mormon at 8pm.
Musical is too expensive, but when can I watch musical again? And I could not miss
both musicals because Chicago is one
of the most famous musicals for a long time. I also had to watch The Book of Mormon because I studied for
my undergraduate in Utah, and I have many Mormon friends. I enjoyed modern
dance in Chicago, but personally, it
was not too impressive musical for me because I was a modern dance minor at
school (I could not complete it…), and there was nothing new to me. However, The Book of Mormon was a really great
musical to watch; the story is Mormon’s missionary life in Africa, Uganda, and
it was hilarious and funny.
There was Korea Town at 32nd
St, and I ate a lot. I had dinner one of Korean restaurants by myself and I
ordered 설렁탕 and 수육. When I ate them
so well, 사장님 suddenly came to me and asked, “혼자서 왜 이리 많이 먹어요?”
I felt that I could hang out
for a whole year and never get bored in New York. On Sunday morning, I met
Albert and chatted. It is surprising to me that he researches and studies Ebola
virus. While he studies how to develop Ebola vaccine, I will be in the very
place where Ebola virus outbreak occurs.
New York was very attractive
city where I would like to visit again. I was only at Times Square, and I
believe there should be many other places to represent what New York is. Also,
I might see the biggest difference between New York and Sierra Leone; it is an
ironic situation for me that the last place I stay in the U.S. is New York,
just before leaving for Sierra Leone. After I saw one of the most crowded places
and city people in the world, I am going to go to rural areas where there would
be no Internet service.
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