The forever evolving New York City; my home

Log start: 4:37pm May 29th 2009

If someone asks me where i live, i tell them Flushing, if they don't know where that is, i tell them it's New York City (2nd response only when outside of NYC)
I consider NYC my home you know, all these years i've been living here, theres a lot of feeling and emotion when i travel somewhere.

For instance, today i went to Chinatown to get lunch, i was bopping my head to a Girls Generation (<33333) song on the way down the 495 (L.I.E.) towards the city on the inner lane. Then i notice myself missing the exit to get on the BQE towards the williamsburg bridge to get into chinatown. i was like "fuck, what the shit?" then i decided to take the scenic route via queensborough bridge and the FDR south bound.
If you're not a regular driver, you won't know what i'm talking about, but bear with me as i try to explain it. Theres this feeling you get when you blitz down the FDR Drive you're like "yeah mother fucker! i'm on a boat na na na na na i'm a REAL new york city person because i know how to navigate the FDR Drive at two times the speed limit, na na na na na"
it's what a REAL new yorker should feel like, if you live in the city and you haven't learned to drive on the FDR at a riddiculously dangerous, yet safe, fashion. then you should try it before you call yourself a NYC driver >.>

So i was thinking to myself, wow, new york is definately new york, i know i'm back home when everyone is either as reckless as me while driving or even more reckless, I LOVE IT. And then there are the forever changing parts of NYC that you as a resident don't want to experience.
Highered parking fees.
I went into chinatown today looking to park, i went to my usual "keep it down low because it's one of the only places in chinatown where you can park for free for as long as you like" spots. and i went there today and was like

WHAT...THE...FUCK...IS GOING ON HERE!?
they changed the 90º parking to parallel parking and then THEY MAKE YOU PAY 50 CENTS PER 15 MINUTES.
what the hell?
are you serious?

the once free parking spaces that not a lot of people knew about, became a 50 cent per 15 minute parking block that EVERYONE knows about!?
i mean, as an asian person, i know how to find a deal, but now theres MORE people looking for a spot which makes you pay 2x the price as you were parking in Flushing? i know i know.
chinatown is "different" from flushing.
BUT FROM FREE TO 50 CENTS PER 15 MINUTES?

Hell no. Even Flushing went from 25 cents per 25 mins to 20 mins then to 15 mins.
the last time i parked at chinatown was probably last summer before i went back to school and it was still free. or sometime during that fall term
so in about 6-7 months, you change something THIS dramatic?
and wow, all of these white people in chinatown now wanting to get to know the fucking orient. what the fuck is the orient? to be honest, our civilization came first, so you're the orient. and marco polo did not visit China. That is all.
don't get me wrong, i'm not THAT racist, but you know, i feel something special when i see an asian person walk down the street, if you know what i'm saying :p

but wtf. the usual CHINESE PEOPLE EXLUSIVE dumpling place that i went to in chinatown today now has signs in ENGLISH, their waiters speak ENGLISH, and there are WHITE people there ordering. and furthermore, the majority of white to asians were even a wtf-number of 2.25 : 2

*sigh* lets not get into that now...
but the forever changing NYC seems to be... uhh.. changing! :D
i have yet to explore my old spots in the city but i'll definately check it out soon, before i go back to getting ripped off at my job lifeguarding...

So yeah, this is my home, flushing, new york city. the place where the unexpected happens everyday and where CDs and DVDs are still being sold for 5 dolla.

Oh and the reason i went to chinatown today to grab some lunch was that i wanted to go on a "little less than super diet"
little less than super meaning it's not a full diet, because i know i can't keep myself from meat and stuff so i'll only eat meats and stuff during dinner then my family cooks it. for breakfest and lunch i've already got my plans down for that.
the main reason i'm going on a diet because 1) i'm fat. 2) my belly has been showing up lately and everyone has seemed to agree... a lot... -_- thanks a lot, fags.

well today i wanted it to be the last day before i start my diet so i thought of going kinda all out during lunch.
so i went to my favorite dumpling place in chinatown to grab some dumplings and a sesame pancake with meat (yum yum!) then i decided... oh why not... to go into flushing and grab some noodles and a scallion pancake.
full-out asianize it before i go on my diet, ya know.
so yeah... oh and before i wrap up this post today i'd like to promote the youtube channel "communitychannel"
her sense of humor and VLogging style is the best and it's what i hope to achieve everytime i try and crack a joke. i simply love it, i love her videos and her style ^^v
so check it out if you have time, it's great.

HakoneDayDreamer, if i stand up and look straight down, i can't see my toes. LOL i know, it's bad, i'm planning to lose the weight i gained during the last half month of spring term and a little more. maybe i'll diet until i go below 200 lbs :D