NYU and Greenwich Village

I found a Singaporean restaurant in Chinatown. I was ectastic when I saw the menu - Hainanese Chicken Rice, Seafood horfun and fried kway teow. At this point, I eat anything that involves the usage of chopsticks. The food is nothing awesome - the rice only has a tinge of pandan leaves and chicken oil but it is comfort food for the weekend.

There are lots of fat people walking around in NY though. Some of the shops sell absolutely the most arteries-clogging food. I am not talking about the usual fastfood restaurants but it is still worth mentioning that NY got the entire galaxy of fast food from the usual Macs/KFC, Subways to Wendy's and Goodburgers. And then there are some shops that sell popcorn like below.

The woman in the picture looks like she is afraid the fat black man is going to eat her for a snack. With butter and popcorn. Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum! Lunch!

The next day, I made a trip to Greenwich Village on the way to take a look at New York University. Greenwich Village is apparently the home to Clavin Klein and Sarah Jessica Parker. Didn't see them at all. But given that it was the weekend, the place was absolutely mobbed by people who wanted to be in the in-crowd. This place is supposedly famous as the gathering place for creative artists, students from NYU and gays. And there are lots and lots of gays here. Apparently the 1969 gay revolutions started here. In 1969, when the police raided the gay hang-out Stonewall Inn, the drag queens in the area started a riot which started the movement.

In NY, especially on the weekends, there are always some street performances somewhere. There are always some buskers performing, some buskers are so elaborate that they have their own stages and equipment. Below is just a simple song and dance number by a group of black soul singers.

On weekends in Greenwich, there is always a street fair by residents of Greenwich or by students from nearby NYU. Food and trinkets are sold.

Near NYU, it is the famous West 4th Street Courts otherwise known as the "Cage". It is where people play basketball of course.

You may ask: what is the guy below doing? Picture is taken near the park off NYU. Apparently, some mother squirrel pushed her own babies outside a hole at the top of the tree. This guy actually picked up the babies and kept them in his sweater and climbed to the top of the tree, around 4-5 metres off the group and risked life and limb to place the babies back in the hole. Bloody heroic since he basically has to risk his life to save some animals. By the way, climbing trees is damn difficult. Why do you think Spiderman has to spin webs?

A picture of NYU. Didn't want to hang around since it does not look interesting at all. Maybe I will come back to check out the other buildings but it does not look like a modern educational institution at all. I think it is one of those schools where students play more than they study.