NY Reflections

I really need to get out of California soon. Every time I go to the East Coast, I feel like it's so different and new. And no wonder--I've spent pretty much my entire life in PV and PA (does not stand for Pennsylvania), basically twins of each other, separated by 400 miles. So a big city is new. A big city on the East Coast is especially new. It's about time I explore new things!

Anyway, a running list of interesting things from my short trip:

1. Cold! Exhibit A: turning on a faucet is an art. I learned that you can't just turn the cold water on...your hands will be unhappy. Instead, you need a delicate balance between cold and hot water. Either that, or wash your hands SUPER quickly...

2. Cold! Exhibit B: I was excited to visit the famous Central Park. Wandered around until I found it...but it was definitely not what I expected. No beautiful green lawns, majestic trees, or any of that sort. Nope...dirty snow and naked flora. Oh yeah. I forgot leaves fall in the East Coast. Not my idea of a "park," but still beautiful nonetheless

3. Rock of Ages!!! What an amazing musical. Kudos to KH for recommending (and taking me) to go see it. I wish I knew more 80s rock music so I could have appreciated it even more. But still, it was awesome. Can't wait to get the soundtrack. Sooooo good. I can't wait for this new musical to catch fire nationally with tours, and then I can pretend to be high-cultured and showoff that I've seen it already. I love Broadway.

4. New York driving is scary :( I wasn't even driving. Sitting in a taxi cab was enough.

5. NY cab drivers are way less friendly than CA ones. Though I did have a really cool conversation about Islam with the guy who drove me to the airport. I think JS would be jealous.

6. Everything is huge in NY. Never been to Texas, but idk if they can top the huge buildings/stores/overall city life of NY.

7. I like how people are active day and night. I like the noisiness of the street at 3 am. I like how there is traffic at 1 am. I like the city :)

8. People are in such a hurry!!! I thought I walked fast. I guess I do walk fast for a Californian. But definitely not compared to NYers.

9. I made the right call in deciding to wear a white dress shirt to the interview. Few colored dress shirts in sight. Seemed like everyone wore black tops and white shirts. Mildly depressing.

10. It was actually pretty sweet talking to people who had no idea what BCG, Mck, Bain were. Or any idea of what business consulting is. Reminds me that the world is a little bigger than my ever-important life. (Of course, after hanging out with that group of people, I proceed to have brunch with 5 consultants the next morning. fail.)

11. Hooray for catching up with old friends. Sad how it's so much easier to cherish time together when it now takes much more effort to do so. KH and I probably didn't purposely hang out at all in high school. But oh how wonderful it is to have a friendly face in a big city, and how wonderful it is to be able to have someone know me from way back when. Even though we haven't been the best at keeping in touch (totally her fault! jk. we argued about whose fault it was...) and needed some catching up to do regarding what we've been up to this past year or two...we know things about each other that our closest friends at school now probably don't. A different side of things. The glorious beginnings to our current triumphant places in the world.

Overall, a fantastic trip. Everything aside from the actual interview was great. Definitely nice to take a break from the normal weekend at Stanny. Can only hope for the best now--out of my control!