I WAS VERY MUCH OVERWHELMED with my two months trip to the States. Most things do not come free at the Land of the Free but here are the Top Ten Free Things To Do In New York by me. 10. People watch in Financial District Take your lunch and sit near Wall Street at…Read more The Top Tens

AS I AM STILL NEW TO LONG HAUL TRAVEL, differences in time zones and jet lagging are still new phenomenons for me. I bid farewell to New York yesterday night and went on board the Malaysia Airlines 20 hours flight back to Kuala Lumpur. If I were to calculate, I would only spend 12 hours…Read more Day 54 [NYC – Malaysia] Cancel The Day

WHEN I ASKED YANGIN, my homestays' son, who is also a break dancer, about the dance scene in New York. He shooked his head and said "Hip hop's dead, I want to go to Germany,". The truth is, although South Bronx in New York is once the birthplace of hip hop, the dance moved out…Read more Day 53 [NYC] Dance 4 Ur Life

NEW YORK, the capital of the world, the crossroads of the universe, is also the mecca of all sorts of cuisines. New York is so packed with food, it is named after a wonderful fruit, the Big Apple (that's a joke, in case you do not get it). I definitely gained quite a few pounds…Read more Day 52 [NYC] Yummy Munch Crunch

I AM WELL KNOWN FOR MY LAST MINUTE STUNTS, doing everything well off front is not my style. Just two days before I bid farewell to New York, I did the one thing all tourists have to do - see the Statue of Liberty. Can you imagine after nearly 7 weeks in New York and…Read more Day 51 [NYC] Last Minute Tourist

I ALWAYS HAD A WEAK SPOT FOR ANIMALS, especially mammals. When I was young, my favorite books were the encyclopedias about all sorts of animals, and eventually I became such an animal lover, I decided not to kill them for meat. With such a fascination for the living beings, I reckon Bronx Zoo as my…Read more Day 50 [NYC] Being Zoo-otic

MEDICAL SERVICES DON'T COME CHEAP IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, and for those without insurance, it can be almost too pricey to be true. This is why the New York Tzu Chi Association provides free clinic to all twice a year, allowing those without insurance a chance to see a doctor. I have been to…Read more Day 49 [NYC] Free For All

TRAVELS WITH LISA AND JUSTIN PROMISES ADVENTURES IN NATURE, CULTURE, FOOD AND CLASS. These could probably be the most fun and sincere persons I met during my trip to New York. Just before we bid our ways, we did a little road trip from Albany to New Jersey, where Lisa is scheduled to give a…Read more Day 48 [Kinderhook, Hudson & Woodbury] Merry Travels

EVER WONDERED WHERE IN THE WORLD is the best place to stay and live for the rest of your life? During my chats with Lisa, Justin and Yaohua, we talked about the best place for us to live in. Albany is a great place, because it is near New York City and Boston, and there…Read more Day 47 [Albany] Decide Where To Reside

FOR THE PAST DECADES, conventional medicine (the ones you would most likely to find in a clinic or a hospital) has always had a problem towards complementary and alternative medicine. The conventional doctors regard them as quacks or health gurus when the fact is this form of medicine has been used for many centuries before…Read more Day 46 [Albany] Sensible Healing