Life in New York City I
Words bring imagination. It's been a month since I landed in New York. It is truly impressive that my SQ-024 flight took 18.5 hours to cross the Pacific Ocean and land in JFK. As I rode in a car driven by a Chinese driver, I gazed out at the city I'd only ever seen on Google Earth's 3D model. I took in the details: the number of digits on the license plates, how the state names were written, the road signs, and the vastness of the East River under the Queens Bridge. As a newcomer to the States, I couldn't help but feel curious and excited. I asked the driver, "Do drug dealers really trade in Central Park at night?" He smiled and replied, "Drug dealing happens all over America." The Gate of the apartment Studying abroad is not always as glamorous as it may seem on Instagram or Reddit, even if you're living in Manhattan, the supposed center of the universe. Embarrassing moments can happen anywhere. On my first day here, I found out that my iPhone r...