i'm now in nyc again with mingyao who arrived yesterday. on saturday morning ee jie and i drove to boston to meet up with andrea dn jerrold at wellesley college then we took a bus to the city and had clam chowder! we took a really long walk then rushed back to catch the bus. ee jie and i drove to ny, flushing and stayed with grandaunt again. the next day we went to broadway and walked down the main shops. i super love uniqlo! i got work dresses from americal apparel. we walked for four hours before we met cheng for a late lunch at cafe bari which had a very nice setting. burgers and teas. then we had to go back to flushing to go to jfk to get mingyao.

this morning aunt and uncle fetched us to flushing and we took the subway to town. we walked down fourth avenue and went to chinatown. it was a nice long walk and we were very happy having char siew wanton mee in a chinese eatery. we bought lao po bing and po lo buns from a bakery and walked up broadway and got groceries at wholefoods supermarket. it's a nice area, chelsea. we're watching friends rerun on tv now.