NYC.. as it was in the beginning

From vancouver i got on a shuttle bus, called quick shuttle...this it was not. i would have been better off on the looser cruiser and being a bit richer, thought i was travelling in style until we got to the boarder crossing, when usually its the dodgy mexicans with cardboard boxes as their luggage that are causing all the delay.. but no it was me!the sweet innocent looking aussie traveller. i was holding everyone up as i hadnt filled out the correct forms, so after getting fingerprinted,questioned and a mug shot, we contiued on our way to seattle. I chilled out in the airport waiting for my flight at 9.59pm.Got on the plane to NEW YORK and had the pleasure of sitting next to some strangers of an indian descent, nice guys, they were also strangers to each other, untill i woke up at the end of the 4 hr flight and whilst i was sleeping they had gotten well aquainted.. they were all snuggled up, head on the shoulder under a blanket?? hmmm. cute i guess.. The flight went well, slightly bumpy at times but it was budget after all, you wouldnt have got your moneys worth if it was smooth sailing. I arrived in NEW YORK JFK airport, local time of 6am. this was weird cos i lost 3 hrs of my life. i walked into the baggage claim and was greeted my a cute lil mexican man holding a sign up with my name on it, i felt so special.he took my bags and carted me away to the city in a flash black mercedes and dropped me off at a flash Brooklyn apartment where i was greeted by my fairy godmother Debra! SO she apologised for her small apartment which was actually huge!the elevator was the front door, it opened into the hallway where i was suprised at how big the place was expecting a tiny studio apartment.. then she invited me down stairs for a cup of tea! this was not a small studio apartment at all, it was 2 story!! absolutly beautiful!!my room was looking out onto a huge balcony with a view of the city,(actually the city pic i took is the view from the balcony, pretty shit) HUGE plasma on the wall and my own ensuite! then i went and got all my instructions for the day or should i say my schedule! i was handed a subway map, told to go to maceys and do some shopping. So off i went on my subway adventure to the city.!i was sitting on the subway amongst all my subway freinds when i herd this"HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE" followed by "JINGLE BELLS", thought it was some church choir untill i turned around and it was a group of black americans, that looked slightly homeless singing away and clapping their hands, backing each other up and shaking their bags of coins. they were the happiest people i had seen in a long time, they really put a smile on my face as it was then i realised i was actually in new york!They even threw out some free advice "smile, it wont mess up your hair"that got a smile out of me! SO i did my shopping, made my way back home to get changed and then off to meet deb at SOHO(a trendy private club, also where i took a pic of the sign saying no pairs in the tiolets, on the back of the tiolet door.hmm.) for a swanky corporate dinner!Now i really feel like im in sex and the city.Dinner was awesome,i looked the part all done up in a cute lil black dress and cute lil heels,drank some fancy red wine, had mature conversations about life but i also got the chance to talk about snowboarding and piercings so i felt right at home with the VIPS. After dinner we were greeted by our driver in a black escapade and cruised around the back streets of Manhattan untill we ended up at home in Brooklyn,i kicked off my heels, made a cuppa with deb and we planned my schedule for the next day...(sigh of exhaustion) this concluded my first day in the BIG APPLE!xx