2nd last day at new york! we decided to catch a broadway show! it is either lion king or les miserables, and because my show choir performed 'at the end of the day' for last year's b-dazzled, we decided to watch les miserables!
les miserables is shown at Imperial Theatre. ticketing office opens at 10 am so we reached at 955 am, and there is already a long queue! omg!!!
and then there is a chap behind us even more 可怜. he already ordered the most expensive tickets (200 USD) online, but he still have to join in the queue just to collect the tickets. damn poor thing.
the cheapest tickets for les miserables is 59 usd. at the counter you can ask whether the lottery rush tickets are still available. lottery rush tickets cost 37 usd. and luckily we are still able to get it! woo hoo! we are so happy. cheap thrill of typical singaporeans.
the theatre is really amazing. got the imperial feel.
totally did not regret watching les miserables. too awesome. teared a bit when 'at the end of the day' was performed, because it brought me alot of memories that i had with my show choir last year. we bonded together alot. teared a bit too when the emotional songs were being played, because my grandma passed away. and my sister whatsapp-ed me, said that my parents told me to continue on with my tour in new york, and i can still pay my respects to my grandma when i am back in sg.
after watching les miserables, we went to take the staten island ferry to see statue of liberty. staten island ferry is free of charge.
that's the nearest we can get to the statue of liberty!
we also visited the 911 memorial.
last day of new york, we visited chelsea market. chelsea market is like quincy market of boston. but i still prefer quincy market.
the best part of chelsea market is we chanced upon this very nice sushi shop called 'beyond sushi'. it is beyond our imagination that the sushi is entirely vegetarian, and it can taste so delicious. it blew us away.
don't forget to try beyond sushi if you travel to new york!
and so to sum up the whole USA trip, even until now, i still can't believe that i travelled to so many places over such a long duration with darling. i can't believe i survived the long hours of flight. it was really a good holiday, and a good recharge from work. must really thank cheryl and husband and singaporean roommates for being such good hosts, and letting us stay at their apartment, which really saved us alot of money on accomodation.
i will also never forget these signature food from these places:
1) lobster roll and clam chowder from quincy market, boston
2) pancakes from tabard inn, washington dc
3) cupcakes from georgetown cupcakes, washington dc
4) chinese food from harmony cafe, georgetown, washington dc
5) mussels from flex mussels, new york
6) chinese food from super dumplings, new york (can try all their chinese food but dun ever try their dumplings!!!)
7) smoked salmon bagel with cream cheese, from eas-a-bagel, new york
8) vegan sushi from beyond sushi, chelsea market, new york
that's all folks!
can you believe that they are sec one to sec three kids? even i myself am amazed by their expressions and stage presence. i am so proud of them. :)
my two emcees. they are sec 2 only! got potential. :)
i have to come out to be the emcee because need to introduce chinese dance in mandarin. my two emcees are malays. hahahahaha.
even be emcee also must be dramatic and entertaining. hahahaha.
ouch. *feeling the pain*
got see my poster on the backdrop? hahahaha. i listen to batman's instructions obediently!
alumni coming back to perform!
my form class student! a wonderful performer and a great athlete! he is also in the soccer sch team, and he won the lower sec boys champion in mass run, clocking a timing of 17 min 45 seconds for 4.3 km. and he has a problem with his kidney... this guy is one awesome guy!!!
yayyy my show choir boy, arshad! trying to mimick my epic expression. performed 'you raise me up' by josh groban!
during the song he thanked me for 'raising him up'. :)
and he walked down the stage during the song to thank his form teacher!
so sweet and so touching. :)
there was an entourage from hainan who came to visit us. and they all shook hands with him.
here comes the prize presentation for the best dressed students & teachers for racial harmony day. and guess what is going to happen next...
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can guess already? hahahahahahaha.
my vp is super onz too. hahahahahaha. congrats arshad you are the first person in the workplace to do the selfie during prize presentation!
receiving the award for best dressed male teacher. hahahahaha.
