I’ve always wondered if I really was one of those guys who are completely consumed by the internet, apparently I’m not. Now that the days have become warmer in New York, I’m seeing myself outdoors more and utilizing the parks that the city has to offer. On Friday I visited Central Park with Z and crowded was definitely an understatement when it came to describing the amount of people that were there. I suppose the digital age hasn’t completely ruined people’s need to see the sun or touch green grass.

Since Z had mentioned that he had never seen the Unisphere (It’s the symbol of Queens borough) before, the following day I took Z to Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Though it’s technically a few blocks away from my apartment the walk was rather brutal, but in the end it was really nice to be able to put my beach towel down and lazy around while staring at a huge globe. I took the photo below while resting:

They’re doing some sort of construction right now hence the fencing, as to what… totally beats me. Today (Sunday) I went with Scottie to the Sakura Matsuri at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden only to find that the cherry blossoms have all passed. Yet the horrible people at BBG still didn’t see any problems charging $15 per person. The trip wasn’t wasted luckily as Scottie and I had our fried chicken fix over at the nearby Popeyes.

After the disappointing visit to BBG but satisfying fried chicken run, we went over to Battery Park. While I was walking up the path and staring at the river I couldn’t help but think of how nice it is to just walk in a park. Sometimes in city life we easily forget about things like plants and water. We’re drowned in instant messaging, emails and various relationships that we forget to think about the simple things in life. This summer I’m definitely going to be outside more. I’m hoping that in doing so I can maybe come across a different meaning to life.

Scottie also mentioned to me about what life would be like if I had actually lived in Hong Kong. I’m not sure why but I had never really considered it as an option. Though at the same time, recently Scottie had also referred a job to me that is located there. It really got me thinking on how life would be if I really did get it. Somehow, I could only imagine things being brighter than New York. In all honesty, I don’t really have much friends in New York. The irony is, while I’ve never really lived in Asia, I have more friends in Asia than I do here. (Single people too) It makes me wonder, should it be time to think about leaving the USA altogether? USA- the place where I was born and raised.