Only in New York?

I love riding the subway.
New York has one of the largest, I think.
Some don't like riding public transport, but I love it. Some of my best stories come from the time I spend on the subway.

For instance, today, I saw the beast and the beauty of the subway.

On my way to school, it was majorly crowded on the train this morning. I hadn't had the best morning since I woke up late. Didn't even get to wash my face or brush my hair. Felt kind of gross. But I was looking forward to my trip on the subway because I wanted to read Fifty Shades of Grey. I just started it. When I got to the subway, I was met with a throng of people in every cart. Luckily, I was somehow able to squeeze myself into one of the carts. In the crowd, there was a big, square cart about average four people wide right dead center. Taking up so much space. A black lady (no racism in the word "black" >.< it's just easier to type) was sitting there, stated her possession of the massive cart by placing her hand on the corner. I wasn't bothered by the cart though because people have the bring their stuff one way or another. To my displeasure though, after a couple of stops, the black lady suddenly gets up, throws her bag on the seat, and starts yelling. "What is wrong with you? Don't touch me!" The subway begins to get so crowded that I assume this korean lady accidently touched the black lady on her way onto the train. The two get into an argument. The black lady goes on accusing the Korean lady of touching her, while the Korean lady denies it. Eventually, it heats up into a racist argument. The black lady goes on to call the Korean lady a foreigner, tells her to "Go back to China!", and that she has no manners. The Korean lady is angry, but doesn't know what to say. Her only defense is, "I'm Korea!" Her English isn't so good, but that's how I know she was Korean. The black lady ignores her statement, and continues to insult the Chinese race, thinking it'd insult the Korean lady...
"Get your green card, and go back to China, you foreigner!"
"Chinese people are so rude and impolite. so dirty! [ruining all the toilets]!"
"Talk English! You don't even know nothing about English!"
"Jesus Christ is the true God! Buddha is the false god!"
"My people built up America. You don't belong here. I was born in America. This is my country! Foreigner!"
It was a continuous string of these statements from the black lady. She continued to ramble throughout the whole train ride. The Korean lady just laughed at her, shook her head, and continued her own business. Knowing it was a fight not worth fighting.

Now, I'd like to first state that... it don't tell a Korean person to go back to China. >___> If you're going to insult a person, at least do it right. Also... Buddha isn't necessarily a god.... he's a person worshipped for being able to reach enlightenment. So he can't be a false god, if he isn't thought of as a god in the beginning(?)
I can't believe she'd make fun of the Korean lady's English when, although choppy, she still made somewhat grammatical sense, whereas the black lady was talking in improper English and spoke with so many double negatives ^^;;....
Her people built up America... but Asians built the railroads and make the majority of products used in America >____>. so I think everyone deserves a little credit here? ^^;.
If the Korean lady was seen to be rude (for accidently touching someone and defending herself from verbal attacks), then the black lady was mean! Insulting someone's race (a race in which half the people of the train was) and yelling in the morning. ALSO, she disrupted my reading ;A;. I re-read the same paragraph like eight times because I couldn't concentrate T^T.

Finally, the train reaches my stop, and I'm able to get off.  I transfer onto the next train. This young and light-blonde lady gets onto the train in a tight fit. She explains that she absolutely has to get onto the train as she attempts to kindly  (or as kindly as you can) push people into the train. Her dark mascara contrasting against her pale, white skin. As she's struggling to get her stuff together, I hear this dark colored man (Hispanic, black, or brown. I didn't get a good look at him) say "Hey, I know you from somewhere." The two of them talk. And eventually, I learn that they're both dancers. In their young mid-twenties most likely. You hear them trade stories, knowledge, and experiences. Their passion was thick in the air while they spoke of their attempts to make what they love into their career. You can even see a bit of chemistry going on between them. or at least a blossoming friendship.

And that's why I think New York is a curious, wonderful place. There's so many different kinds of people. You'll see so many different kinds of things each day. I mean I do at least every time I go to school. It's like mini-dramas in each train :o

This is a Long One, Folks~

A couple of thoughts today, so excuse me if things seem a little frazzled.

If you're a long time reader, you'd know how important my friends are to me. They play one of the biggest roles in my life. I'm the kind of friend that'll help them through their problems for hours, kill whoever makes them upset in the littlest bit, and just generally love them when they feel all alone in the world ♥. I can't really explain why, but I just love people, especially my friends and family (eh... but I don't know about my sister... lol jk xD).
Anyways, the other day, I was going onto the subway train to go home. As I was going up the stairs to the train, I saw that it was about to leave, so of course, everyone rushed up the stairs to get on before the doors closed. When we all go into the train, Nairb did a head count, and at the last moment, when the doors closed, we saw that one of my friends didn't make it on Dx. For me, it was just like "Eh, whateverr~" because I'm just not close enough to him to really care XD;; //mean. Nairb, on the other hand, felt differently about it, and was like "I gotta get off the train and meet up with him at the next platform!" Obviously, it kind of upsetted me because I don't get to see Nairb often during school, so the subway ride is like my moment, ya know? Haha, but the strange part is, I wasn't mad or anything. I actually admired him for ditching me for his friend! Aha, plus, I think his face looked really cute when he was debating on staying with me or going. I don't know, he just looked so conflicted XD. Or at least, I think that's what was going on his mind :P. Anyways, I admire his devotion to his friend :O. It's really quite similar to mine. Reminds me of this one time when I got off the train (away from all my friends) to help stupid Aladdin take his sister home because he couldn't. BUT. His stoofid sister ended up finding somebody else, and didn't even bother to come meet me up to apologize to my face. She actually didn't apologize at all :V. That kinda pisses me off because I was planning on having a fun shopping day with BB and my other friend. LOL. But it was for Aladdin, my friend, so there's no helping it. LOOL. Yea, I can't say that with a straight face. "Aladdin, my friend". XD. Idk, it's like he's a close friend now, after all the shit he's  put me through we've been through, but it's just weird to say it. ANYWAYS, back to the topic of me admiring Nairb's devotion to his friends. (I swear, I get so off topic, I bet some of ya will get annoyed xD). I dont know. After yesterday, I think I like him twice as much as before :O. Because, people always say "Oh, pals before gals" or "chicks before dicks"  (whatever the case may be), but you never know if people ever really mean it. I mean, I feel like my friends are one of the most important things to me in the world, but I cant honestly say where I haven't put my boyfriend before them in some cases (but my excuse to that is a boyfriend is technically a friend as well. XDD. LOL So i was very conflicted as to what to do ;A; ). But seeing Nairb dash off the train showed he really cares about the people around him. It's quite beautiful :'). I really don't want to have special treatment placed on to me because I don't see how your girlfriend/boyfriend should have such a signficant difference in your heart compared to your friends.

My time after the subway ride home though was amazingg!! Eui-chan gave me a $10 gift card to an Asian backery nearby where I live, and I was totally craving cake! I must say, Asian cakes are really quite delicious!! I don't remember if I've shared this before, but when it comes to cake, I can be totally shallow. I only like to eat cakes that are pretty xD. I can't really say what I consider "pretty" for cakes, but I get so happy when I see really pretty cakes. I don't know why :O. And once I'm done fawning over this really adorable cake, I have to eat it. It seems kinda cruel and weird, and I can't really explain it. Oh, but anyways, my birthday was like two months ago, and I haven't spend a single bit of my gift card. Plus, I was really craving some cake at that moment! So BB and I went to go to the backer, and ordered some cake ♥♥. However, Asian backeries can be kinda stupid sometimes, so I apparently had to spend the gift card all at once. The thing is the cake there only costs $1 each (the tiny, pretty indvidual slices), or at the most $3. Haha, so BB and I both at like 3 or 4 cake slices. It was crazy! Man, was I stuffed after wards. I was really happy though Cx. Haha, this isn't really too significant, but I mentioned it because I totally want to share the pictures of the cake with youu. xD

It was just the two of us, BB and I, so when we ordered so many cakes, the lady gave us the funniest look. XD. I couldn't help but burst out laughing. But Asian people, my god! Even after thinking it was crazy for ordering so many cakes, she made me buy an extra one just because she didn't want to give me 30 cent change from my stupid gift card thing!! Haha, them asian folks be trying to squeeze as much as they can outta ya. Oh, now personally though, I don't find these cakes to be magnificently pretty, but enough to please me. You should see the cakes at bakeries a little more expensive, like Paris Baguette Cx. UMPH. Them cakes are so cuute that I just want to die a happy death there. LOL.

OH! Now this next part is going to be about Aladdin. OMG. I don't know why (probably because of mother nature's uterus punch this month), but Aladdin has been annoying me so much this week!! It's like, he keeps telling me my blog sounds "phony" and I'm too much of a fangirl. And he's making all these little comments about it that just don't sound too positive. I really want to slap him in the face sometimes. Which reminds me, I kinda did that to Nairb today. slap him in the face. It was actually kinda funny. Luckily, he's a nice person, and wasn't too sore about it ;w;. I totally slapped him for no reason and totally on impulse just for a stupid comment he made. I feel really bad about it xD;;. Anywayss, back to my annoyance of Aladdin. I know if he were to read this, he'd be totally cheering about how I wrote a whole paragraph about him. Totally a lousy guy :V. I feel quite conflicted about Aladdin though. He's actually not a bad person, and I have fun talking to him. Sometimes, it feels like we're going through the same thing, and I can talk to him about it. Other times though, he blows everything out of proportion, and pisses me the hell off. XD. So he's not a bad guy, and I feel like he'll be one of those geeks that'll be all set in life later on. It's just he has so many flaws that irritate me. LOL. I'm totally going to smack him in the face one day though. Just watch xD.

Anyways, all I've been doing really is talking about my friends. What about me?! Haha, so lately, I've been reading this book called, Catcher in the Rye for school. It's about this teenage kid around my age who's afraid of growing up. The book is written in this kid's point of view, and he talks in a lot of slang. When I re-read this blog, I feel like I totally sound like him a little bit (with different kind of wording). But generally, his way of speaking is kind of scatterbrained and sentence structures are kinda all over the place. And it's like he's saying stuff that seems very literal, but under neath it, you can usually find a different meaning. I'm not really saying to look too deep into my writing because I don't think I say much that should be taken with a different meaning, but I just personally feel like it's cool that I sort of sound like the main character from the book. It's like teenagers now don't really differed from like sixty years ago. Haha, sounds kind of lame, but I find it interesting. xD. A lot of my classmates are hating on the book, but I actually kind of like it. You really have to try to understand what the main character's thinking, and about all the things that's going on in his mind. I've kinda grown to really like psychology (might just be that passion I've been looking for!), so I guess for me, all this analyzing is fun xD.

The Gems

The sound of morning music awakes me from peaceful slumber. Great determination removes me from the soft covers of dreams. With the help of an energy boaster (coffee xD), I prepare myself to go to school. On the way there, what a journey it is! The people I see. The troubles I face. Surprises meet me around every corner. And a surprise I also am for the other travelers like me. At school I am, ten minutes 'till the bell. Up the mountainous stairs (uhg!). But what awaits me are gems with smiles so great :'). Ding. Ding. Ding. Classes begin, and another tired day I suffer through. I can't wait to go home. But those moments with my gems makes me want to start the cycle again. ♥

All that's major in my life right now is high school, so that's what I'll talk about. lol. Everyday, I feel myself growing, becoming mature, and experiencing life. It's kinda freaky, but I enjoy it though. The ride on the subway every morning and afternoon. My teachers and classes. The activities and opportunities. I especially like the environment. Everyone there is amazing (well, for the most part :P).
I always get a good feeling whenever I climb those three flights of killer stairs knowing that I'll see my friends waiting for me near my classroom. And when I do arrive, all five/six of them smile at my appearance at the same time and greet me. I feel so special ;w;. lol it's really a sight to see a bunch of people smile at once xD.
I feel like I can relate to the people in Bronx Science really easily. A quarter of them are anime fans. Another quarter are geeks (either whovians or potterheads or both). And the third are both anime fans and geeks!  the last quarter are the borning bunch who just study xD. I'm friends with one of that last quarter, but she's cool, so she's excused :P.
My teachers are great... although I sleep in like half my classes >___>. And it upsets my friend that I never get caught. LOL. But don't worry folks! My grades are beautiful ^__^. ... except in biology. //sob. I suck in that class. I want to blame my teacher though. She talks to fast, writes scribble on the board, and can't spell for life. I swear, I'm probably studying inncorrect notes right now! I don't have it that bad though. There's some teachers who have heavy accents and speak in their native tongue at random moments; confusing everyone. xD.
The subway rides to school and back are always fun. I mean who doesn't love being squished into small spaces and surrounded by brutal New Yorkers? xP. Haha, nah, most of the time everything is alright. I get to enjoy free entertainment, people watching, thinking time, and great views (of cuties on the train ♥).
In my thinking time, I commonly only like to think of my happy moments though. And so, I end up smiling like an awkward idiot on the train xD. Haha, but New Yorkers are like trained to ignore weirdos, so I'm safe =w=b. Those happy thoughts could be total killer though! One time, I was happily reminicing in a memory I had of my little brother, and I started crying! My dad told me that with my in high school, I'll be spending less time with my little siblings and family. When I thought about missing out on the growth of my siblings and the events with my family, I started to tear up a bit ;A;. //stupid female hormones xP.

Despite all the new friends I'm making, I find myself deeply missing my friends from middle school too. I'm glad that I still see a few in my high school. And sometimes, I get to see Pari-chan on the subway in the morning :D !! I talk to Rin-chan too. I miss Luka-chan the most though since I don't really see or talk to her anymore. I miss her pink hair and wild personality. ;A;.

So high school has its ups and downs. A lot of the time, it feels like I'm mostly experiencing the "downs", but on those days when things are better, everything seems a little more worth it :)

Subway Experience

THE SUBWAY IS DANGEROUS O^O.

I have to ride three different subway trains twice a day every weekday for a total of two to three hours. A lot can happen in those times. a lot of scary things T^T.

The other day, I almost got mugged! Omigosh, it was so scary if I think back about it, but somehow I wasn't frightened at all. I usually put my book bag on the floor since it's heavy, but I have it in between my feet and watch my surroundings carefully. As I was looking around the bus, there was this guy who didn't really look too suspicious. He was wearing a black shirt, black pants, and a black hat. You know, the kind of hat that robbers usually wear. ....>___> okay, so maybe he should have looked suspicious to me, but he didn't. LOL XD. I mean, some people don't usually dress up to match their intentions when those intentions are to rob someone ^ ^;; you'd have to be a complete idiot to do so. Anyways, it wasn't his get-up that made me notice him. I only payed attention to this guy because he kept looking at me. I was just like "WUT? ಠ__ಠ" He really failed terribly for me to notice him so easily. At first, I thought it was just him like being a pervert or something; checking me out. However, as I observed more carefully (and discreetly of course), he was looking at my bag. The guy kept looking up at me, and then down at my bag, and then back at me again. My bag is one of those Swiss Army bags, but I don't really look like someone who's rich or anything. I look like the kind of kid who doesn't have more than ten bucks on her, and it's true xD. I moved myself at an angle, so if he were to try to grab it and run, it'll be difficult for him. I saw him look upset when I did that. Inside, I felt a little proud because I thought I made him give up. He started checking out for other people's things. As the subway was about to reach its next stop, I saw him start to get up, and stand next to me. There was NO reason for him to be standing next to me when the door was on the other side. I then reached down to grab the bag with my hand, and gave him the "touch me, and I'll rip your guts out" kind of glare o^o. Then as the subway door opened, he looked down at my bag and totally contemplated his options. He had that thinking face on. He looked stupid .___. like srsly. I swear I saw him attempt to reach down, but at the last minute, thought against it and ran out the door before it closed.

Then once he left, I immediately told my friend about it. LOL. It was like an entire silent battle between me and this idiot mugger. I tried to emit a "i can kick your ass" kind of aura. He was trying to act out a "i'm totally innocent" face. But I didn't fall for it! My friend on the other hand, didn't notice what was going on the entire time. She was totally in her own world. LOL. xD. At the end though, she saw him try to reach for my bag like I mentioned earlier. She said she was going to punch him if he tried anything. I felt so loved TTwTT.

It's totally incredible that I survived my first almost-mugged situation //feels proud :'D.

On the subway there's a ton of perverts too. especially old man perverts. On the first day of school, one winked at me @^@;;. Then today there was like three others who just kept staring. I feel so creep-ed out. It's just not fun to know that there's pervs on the same train ￣^￣. 

Oh, but the subway isn't all bad. It's really fun to make fun of all the weird people on the train. And trust me, there's a lot of weirdos. For instance, today, I saw this guy who had like three chins. However, it's not the gross amount of chins he had that was amusing. It was the fact that he had a beard on his double chin, and not his real chin. XD. like wtfuu**? If you're going to shave, might as well shave all of it. lolool. people are strange o-o;;.