Monday, October 17, 2005

Back from New York

Got back from New York last night. Overall, a good trip. Got a change of scenery, but it felt good to come back.

The good:
  • Successfully accomplished what I went to do, project-wise.
  • Saw old friends and met new ones.
  • Got to spend some time with my parents.
  • Experienced the circus that is Times Square for seven days straight (not necessarily good, but a good experience I guess) and also visited other parts of the city that I haven't been to in a long time.
The bad:
  • It rained most of the time I was there.
  • Not really bad, but unexpected; running into two of my ex-girlfriend's best friends at a bar.
  • Feeling like I was in the Matrix every morning while walking from my hotel to the office; everyone looked so pissed off and inanimate.
  • It rained most of the time I was there.

The following was sent to me by my father while I was in New York:
- - -
From: David Kim
To: Tae Kim
Subject: re may be your future partner

good morning tae!

her name: __________
e-mail: __________
tel(w): __________
cell: __________

she work in manhatton as fashion desiner in high brand company. she has a very excellant family back ground.

so if you can match w/her, your mom and dad will be happy.

but mosy important thing is you.. anyway take care of her vey nice.. also at very good restarrant. good luck my son.
- - -


If you've ever met my father, you know that he's a pretty funny guy, but this was next-level; "Good luck my son"?

A few pictures:

A blurry shot of Google NYC, 20th floor of 1440 Broadway.

Mistake #1: Neglecting the car's nav system.
Mistake #2: Letting my mother drive.


A rainy Times Square.

Welcome to the Matrix.

The entrance to my hotel, the Paramount.

View from my friend's apartment in NJ.

On a completely unrelated note, I had to steal this from Joyce's blog. No, this is not a joke; it's the real-deal-holyfield. Where was this site two and a half years ago?

And finally, I'd like to add that this sucks.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

glad you were respectful, at least. This post was pee in my pants funny, taeeun. thanks. i needed a laugh after 6 hrs of class.
Hey, you know what else is funny that dad recently did? He was so close to purchasing an art gallery from an old european ex-prince in Florida. Did he tell u about that?

..think i know where i get my weirdness from.

Anonymous said...

hahahaha 'good luck!' u say my dad is funny? yours is more funny. i hope all is well. glad you had a good time in NY. haha good luck ;)

Anonymous said...

your post? yes, before you ask, i loved it. :)

kid said...

Ohhhh tae eun has a giiiiirrrllllfriend =P How funny about your dad! Just make sure she's easily distracted by pets. Remember, two birds with one stone, man.

Anonymous said...

I WANNA GO NY!! take ME next time!!!

Anonymous said...

it was good to see you and even better to catch up w/you again b4 your flight =).

wow...i'm being so nice to you =P

Anonymous said...

hello! u were in ny? ewwwww. haah jk hope u had fun.

Anonymous said...

i wanna come & steal some cali sun!

btw. where's the pic we took @ espn zone? that was one of your nyc experiences! hmph!

Anonymous said...

check "daveswaim" username under my long list of xanga subscribers, taeeun.. funny. :)