back in NYC!

i'm back in New York for a month... and i'm ecstatic!

i'm staying with my college buddy Sangita for a little while, and since she's also currently not working, we've been able to hang out around the city all week. we went to check out a DC-based local band called Monopoli perform in the Lower East Side (they were good). we went used-book shopping at a book fair and i bought 25 books for only $2 each (whatta deal!). we went out to some bar/lounges with friends. we went to watch a Yankees game at Yankee Stadium against the Oakland A's (Oakland won, go A's!). we had a picnic lunch yesterday afternoon in Central Park with a few other friends, where we spent the afternoon lazing on the lawn under the sun just chatting, snacking, reading, and playing frisbee (which i'm no good at. i accidentally threw it at some guy lying nearby us. oops!) it was a perfect afternoon in the park with friends, and is definitely one of the many things that i miss about NY.

this is my first time being back since we moved to Hong Kong 7 months ago. everything looks the same, everything's so familiar, it's very comforting, and it's great to be back! i feel as though i've only been away on a long vacation and now i'm finally back. but then i think about how i don't live here anymore, how i can no longer call this my home, then it makes me feel a little bit sad...