the cultural attempt
this week is the freest since the start of october for me.. since i have no deadlines to meet and no tests to study for.. it was a great time to be cultural again and go for broadway shows to the max.. (did i mention that i am such a frequent patron of the box office for broadway and sport tix that the people recognised my name?!) but alas the timing is just right.. to be caught in the middle of a strike..it sounds so amusing to hear through the phone.. after trying to call the box office for 2 days and deciding to call any random number i find on the website with regard to the theatre.. that the staff is on strike.. i started laughing because it was a situation i never found myself in.. and never would have expected that i would be affected by.. and thus my plans for watching that particular broadway show was postponed after 2 days of trying.. happily laughing it off and expecting another broadway show tmr, i came to realise today that almost the whole of broadway is on strike.. it sounded more serious than amusing the second time..
determined to continue being cultural and of course not wasting the precious free week i have, i visited the metropolitan museum finally.. a long awaited and postponed visit, i set myself on the journey on my own.. bustling with tourists, it is a place that you really understand the convergence of international culture, both past and present.. gallary after gallary there are never ending artifacts to see, sculptures to admire and the way of life to understand.. from asian to european to egyptian to greek to roman to african, seemingly one walk brings you through the history of each region, yet that walk awakens the knowledge that there is so much, perhaps too much, to see and learn that it will be a journey which will never end.. 2 hours in the met and i was barely able to finish the history of one region, of which i still could not thoroughly browse through the exhibits before me and immerse in the imagination of life in the past..
on a less cultural note, i have been on a shopping spree since the weekend.. suffering from deprivation of fun for the last week.. i sort of went on retail therapy.. haha and gambling and shopping in altantic city was fun too :) i'm definitely looking forward to my trip for thanks giving.. hope the weather stays like what it was today.. now i noe what they mean by it being a beautiful day.. no rain + warmth haha.. fancy that coming from a singaporean..
rebec inspired @ 8:40 AM
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