New York, New York, New York
NY is the place to be as a young person, filled with sights and new things to do every day. Though I am young and seemingly brand new to a dangerous world before me, I wish to call this lovely city my home one day.
Since I moved around so much growing up, finding a place to call home has been difficult, I shall not lie. Also with the many interests and curiosities I possess, makes it much harder to connect to those in a smaller and more confined area. However, the human race is a broad species and filled with many evolutions no matter how small. Finding people to fit in with has never been hard. The locating part was easy but the completed act was always a little harder.
In NY, the first thing I really noticed was the creative spunk the city has to offer. Not only is this a place for younger people to explore and grow in life, but also a place for older residents to navigate through. Even adults and children call this budding life-place home.
As a young person, I feel the city's life more vividly than I have ever felt in a place before. Having come most recently from Singapore, NY is quite huge! All the chaos in the streets and jade-walking galore does send me scrambling for my money, but it is money well spent.
Up in the Big Apple, I am fortunate enough to have two cousins living there and running their amazing lives. I spent a weekend up there with them to further explore the city from someone who is closer in my age's eyes. The two of them are both quite lovely and so where their houses. They both have a commute into the city but it is one which is quite entertaining to take.
I find in this city, one is never bored. It is impossible to feel empty inside and lonely. The space around you is filled with strangers but still they offer comfort, your soul knowing you are among your own. Many of the people on the streets in the later part of the evening are closer to my age and are quite the out-going types. Street dancers, rappers, and performers take up this darkness as their own and show what they can offer to the city. Like a human sacrifice, they offer up their creations unto the public eye, un-judged. This sacrifice, if you will, is also something that makes such a place truly unique.
I remember, while sitting on the steps of a quite communal area -with street dancing around me while rappers babble their stuff behind me- my cousin points out a man high in a shop lifting what appears to be tin cans as arm weights. This amusing sight brought a smile to my face immediately. Such would only be something to witness in NY. It was unclear if the gentleman lifting these medium-sized cans knew he could be easily viewed (his silhouette) or not, but such things did not matter. I was surely not judging him on his actions, simply allowing myself to find the humor in the situation as I am sure he would have done if the tables were turned.
Seeing that in the evening surely made one of my nights, also not to mention dining at an outstanding Japanese Ramen place. As you may already know, I have a burning passion for ramen (the Japanese kind) and to find a great place in America made my heart smile. Also sharing a delicious meal with people I care about and who understand me quite well could not have made me happier.
One of my main reasons to visiting NY this weekend was to check out NYU and how I would like potentially living here to attend college. After seeing the city and exchanging words with the people, I can defiantly see myself here and hopefully attending the great college here. Surely this is something I should aim for and set my standards on. NY alone is a perfectly balanced and chaotic place to spend college years. There are sports teams not too far out of Manhattan and great academic and arts facilities to meet people in. For me, I am sure NY will suit me well indeed!
