1018 First Subway and night bar in NYC－Welcome to My World

The second day to school, I still felt sleepy and bored. This morning class we had another teacher. It seems to change teachers very often in St tiles New York, and students sometimes know who their teacher is until the class starts. Today a female teacher came to class, and her teeth are a kind of a new fashion: there is a gap between her front teeth like a famous model Vanessa Paradis! Even though she has special teeth and different colors eyes, her class still made me sleepy!

(第二天到學校，仍然感覺非常疲累。早上的課來了另一個有牙縫的女老師，人很嚴肅又沒什麼活力，只好一直看她的牙縫振作起來!後來還觀察到她的瞳孔有不同的顏色，看我上課多認真！)

And this afternoon I started my afternoon class, I checked the list but I couldn’t find my name again! The staff showed me a class,but there were only 3 classmates! The hope that I could find friends in class was so weak. And the teacher taught some lessons, but it wasn’t my level. Until now, I didn’t like my school! Really in a bad mood and so tired, I went back my room and took a nap after school!

(下午課一去一樣找不到我名字，她們的作業處理一直有失誤。好不容易去了一般班級，學生只有三個人，感覺也不是很活潑的人，除了一個韓國女生，另外兩個看起來都有點年紀了。教學內容是屬於下兩級，感覺太簡單。看過了早上和下午課後，讓我覺得沒希望了！)

After the worse things, always comes the good ones. Tonight I met a friend from here. We met at Yosemite Park tour in California in August, and we keep in touch. He wanted to show me how wonderful New York it is! Our meeting point was Astor Place, so I needed to take subway to get there. He gave me a very clear direction; I just followed his guide to take my first subway at 8:30! ( I looked so tried and terrible!)

(之前在八月的時候，去Yosemite國家公園認識一個菲籍紐約人，我們一直保持連絡到現在，他說要帶我去吃飯，介紹紐約給我！我們約晚上九點他上完中文課後，我必須要搭地鐵去，這是我第一次要搭紐約地鐵!我看起來好糟喔!)

I was a little scared on the subway. At that time, there were lots of people. I changed three lines, just read the signs. (整個路程中有點怕怕的，完全不知道要怎麼搭，就一直看著指標換了三班車。)

This blue line is very clear, not smell.(看起來蠻乾淨不會臭啊!)

The NYC subway system is over one hundred years! Amazing.(超過一百年歷史的紐約地鐵)

We met at 9 in front of the station exit. He showed me around. There are lots of Japanese restaurants. I saw lots of Japanese too. After I arrived here, I didn’t see many Asians. My friend, Edgar, said it is a good tea house. (他帶我在附近繞了一圈，看到很多日本餐廳和很多日本人，我對日本好感度很高！這間他很推薦的茶館，說下次可以跟朋友一起來，心裡想我何時會有朋友？)

It’s a good hangout. It sells pearl milk tea, the famous Taiwanese drink. Next time I have to try it!

(這裡有賣珍珠奶茶，很適合跟朋友一起來廝混！)

This neighborhood is located at East Village; young people gather here for drinking and food.

(這區叫東村聚集了很多年輕人)

He brought me to a Japanese restaurant, I could try Japanese noodles here!

(這間日本餐廳有很多日本人，很熟悉的感覺，讓我想起我的日本朋友)

It was a kind of steamed eggs. It tasted good!

He is really nice!

He ordered a noodle soup for me. It was the first time I ate with a friend in NYC!

He ordered fried shrimps and soup too. All of them were yummy!

Picture time!!!

After the meal, we went to a bar. It was no vacancy. We had to wait for seat. The bar has a good atmosphere, I like the kinds of style. All bartenders are probably from Japan, they are attractive while they were making cocktails.

We ordered different cocktails. I chose rum base with Japanese yogurt. These two tastes were so special, maybe only here.

We chatted a lot, and he taught some English also something I can do in NYC. I looked at people at the bar, and suddenly I thought about my job and the possibility to work here. How can they do it? Living here seems good. I have already stayed in USA for 3 months, so far I don’t miss Taiwan so much. Perhaps I don’t need to work here, so I live without any pressure!

(看著這裡喝酒的人，酒保，讓我想像在這裡工作的可能性。為何他們可以在這裡生活工作？我回台灣還能找到工作嗎？來美國三個月了，我沒有很想念台灣！也許是不用工作，沒有太多壓力吧！)

We ordered the second cocktails. This time we tried vodka base. Mine was too bitter, but his was very smooth. I felt relaxed because of alcohol. Am I addicted to alcohol already?

(他再點了第二杯，這次我點了伏特加基底的調酒。我想我酒精上癮了，喝過酒覺得心情好多了！)