Awal jugak lah aku keluar harinih sebab cadangnya nak merempit tengok orang di hari-hari terakhir sebelum musim perayaan nih. Tapi, bila dah dalam train, aku serba salah pulak tak tahu nak turun kat mana, balik-balik kat 34th Street, balik-balik kat Times Square, balik-balik kat Columbus Circle. So, bila aku dah sampai kat city center dan aku masih belum dapat buat keputusan nak turun kat mana, terus aje lah aku sambung naik train sampai ke Forest Hills. Aku selalu gitu, plan aku selalu berubah bila kat dalam train.
Pergi lunch sekejap kat Thai restaurant tuh, then ke library. David balik lambat malam nih, hari-hari akan datang pun dia akan balik lambat jugak. Sebab dia tak cukup staff, since ramai yang dah diberhentikan kerja. Blame it on the economy yang tengah meleset sekarang nih.
Sejak awal malam snow shower turun, tapi tak lah lebat, Hujan gitu aje, hujan salji. So aku decided nak redah aje lah, not only that, aku nak turun kat 57th Street, dan dari situ aku nak jalan kaki ke West Village. I did that once kan? So malam nih aku nak buat lagi sekali, aku ada dua jam untuk merempit jalan kaki. Saja jer lah, berjalan kaki di waktu snow turun, kat tengah-tengah New York City, isn't that nice, if not crazy kan?
Memang dari dulu cita-cita aku nak meredah New York City di waktu malam masa snow turun. Biar rasa macam dalam filem gitu. Black and white. Tapi sebab snow tak lebat, dan tak accumulate kat tanah pun, tak lah terasa `best sangat. Lagi satu, jalan jadi licin sebab snow tuh terus aje cair, letih kalau jalan kat snow cair nih sebab dah lah aku pakai sneakers aje, jalan jadi licin. Kalau snow banyak kat tanah, tak lah licin sangat.
Sesambil jalan tuh, aku dengar lagu aje lah. Wa cakap lu, best oooo layan lagu-lagu lama, lagu-lagu cintan, sesambil jalan dalam snow tuh.
Just why I stayed around
When all I found was a heartache
I believed your every word
Didn't know the hurt and pain that you'd make
But why did it take so long
Alas, now I've seen the light
I found the heart to say
No more the fool
Who waits around
Waitin' for you to bring me down
Those days are gone now
No more the nights
Layin' awake
Cryin' and waitin' for the day to break
Aku tak ikut Fifth Avenue pun, aku lalu kat 6th Avenue instead, dari 57th Street tuh. Jalan tak berapa sibuk sangat sebab tak melalui Rockerfeler Center, Times Square pun.
All alone tonight, I'm calling out your name
Somewhere deep inside this part of you remains
Images of love take me back in time
I don't know how it started or why it ever had to end
But something stepped inside we didn't let it in
It's keeping us apart, where are you now
Pergi lunch sekejap kat Thai restaurant tuh, then ke library. David balik lambat malam nih, hari-hari akan datang pun dia akan balik lambat jugak. Sebab dia tak cukup staff, since ramai yang dah diberhentikan kerja. Blame it on the economy yang tengah meleset sekarang nih.
Sejak awal malam snow shower turun, tapi tak lah lebat, Hujan gitu aje, hujan salji. So aku decided nak redah aje lah, not only that, aku nak turun kat 57th Street, dan dari situ aku nak jalan kaki ke West Village. I did that once kan? So malam nih aku nak buat lagi sekali, aku ada dua jam untuk merempit jalan kaki. Saja jer lah, berjalan kaki di waktu snow turun, kat tengah-tengah New York City, isn't that nice, if not crazy kan?
Memang dari dulu cita-cita aku nak meredah New York City di waktu malam masa snow turun. Biar rasa macam dalam filem gitu. Black and white. Tapi sebab snow tak lebat, dan tak accumulate kat tanah pun, tak lah terasa `best sangat. Lagi satu, jalan jadi licin sebab snow tuh terus aje cair, letih kalau jalan kat snow cair nih sebab dah lah aku pakai sneakers aje, jalan jadi licin. Kalau snow banyak kat tanah, tak lah licin sangat.
Sesambil jalan tuh, aku dengar lagu aje lah. Wa cakap lu, best oooo layan lagu-lagu lama, lagu-lagu cintan, sesambil jalan dalam snow tuh.
Just why I stayed around
When all I found was a heartache
I believed your every word
Didn't know the hurt and pain that you'd make
But why did it take so long
Alas, now I've seen the light
I found the heart to say
No more the fool
Who waits around
Waitin' for you to bring me down
Those days are gone now
No more the nights
Layin' awake
Cryin' and waitin' for the day to break
Aku tak ikut Fifth Avenue pun, aku lalu kat 6th Avenue instead, dari 57th Street tuh. Jalan tak berapa sibuk sangat sebab tak melalui Rockerfeler Center, Times Square pun.
All alone tonight, I'm calling out your name
Somewhere deep inside this part of you remains
Images of love take me back in time
I don't know how it started or why it ever had to end
But something stepped inside we didn't let it in
It's keeping us apart, where are you now
[Where Are You Now? - Jimmy Harnen]
Aku sempat jugak menyimpang ke Madison Square Garden, saja jer nak tengok kot-kot ada concert yang akan main kat situ tahun depan, dah lama dah tak ke sana tuh. Then aku terus aje jalan, masuk pulak area Chelsea.
I have spoke with a ton of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
[I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For -U2]
Kat 24th Street aku singgah mengopi kat Starbuck, sebab tak ada orang pun kat dalam tuh. Kalau Starbuck tuh penuh orang, sure aku tak masuk nya lah. Tak lama aku kat dalam tuh, dekat 10 minit aje kot, then aku terus sambung perjalankakian aku.
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime,
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert,
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses,
Come fill me again.
[Annie's Song - John Denver]
Tapi kan, jalan malam-malam, masa snow turun, dah lah aku punya scarf, aku punya overcoat tuh kaler hitam, rasa macam dalam filem The Phantom Of The Opera pulak rasanya. Meremang tengkok aku bila aku ikut nyanyi lagu tuh.
Sing once again with me
Our strange duet
My power over you
Grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me
to glance behind
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside your mind
[The Phantom Of The Opera]
Kat Union Square, kat 14th Street, ada a few streets yang ditutup sebab ada shooting film. Aku cuba jugak menyelit nak tengok, tapi kena halau. "Keep walking guys, keep walking....", kata guard tuh.
Well now, I get low and I get high
And if I can't get either I really try.
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes
I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose.
You know it's all right, it's O.K.
I'll live to see another day.
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man.
Whether you're a brother
Or whether you're a mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin'
And ev'rybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive. Stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,Stayin' alive.
Life goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me. Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah.
Stayin' alive
[Staying Alive - Bee Gees]
Kat New York University kat 8th Street aku berhenti sekejap kat kedai buku, baca-baca magazines. Belum keluar lagi artikel pasal MamatGQ, dah dua bulan lebih photo shootnya, bila agaknya nak keluar kat magazine?Then aku terus aje jalan, dah nak masuk Greenwich Village dah.
And even as I wander
I'm keeping you in sight
You're a candle in the window
On a cold, dark winter's night
And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might
And I can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
It's time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars, forever
Cause I can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
And if I have to crawl upon the floor
Come crashing through your door
Baby, I can't fight this feeling anymore
[Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon]
Last-last sampai West 4th Street, jalan-jalan gitu lah kat kawasan yang banyak kedai tatoo, kedai jual sex-toys gitu. Sampai situ aje lah aku jalannya, sebab lepas dari tuh streets dia dah tak ada numbering dah, jalannya dah bersimpang siur dah, aku takut sesat pulak nanti. So terus aje lah aku naik subway balik ke rumah.
Is this the real life
Is this just fantasy
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
Im just a poor boy,i need no sympathy
Because Im easy come,easy go
A little high,little low
Anyway the wind blows,doesnt really matter to me
To me
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
Im just a poor boy,i need no sympathy
Because Im easy come,easy go
A little high,little low
Anyway the wind blows,doesnt really matter to me
To me
[Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen]
All in all, aku rasa best pulak merayau malam-malam, selain dari memeluhkan badan, terisi jugak waktu aku kan? Daripada aku terus balik ke rumah, lepas tuh mengadap laptop, baiklah aku jalan-jalan. Walaupun sorang-sorang.
[I Love This Town - Bon Jovi @ Madison Square Garden] *Ada nampak kelibat aku dak dalam video nih? ekekekeke
I always knew, that I'd like this place
You don't have to look too far, to find a friendly face
I feel alive when I'm walkin' on the street
I feel the heart of the city poundin' underneath my feet
Yeahhhhh let the world keep spinnin round 'n' round
This is where it's goin' down, down, down
That's why I, love this town
That's why I, keep co-min' round
Say hey (say hey) say yeah (say yeah)
You make me feel at home some how, right, now
That's why I, love this town
I've got some good friends here, I might have broke a heart or two
It's gettin' loud over there, they boys must have had a few
And hey the cop on the corner, he knows everybody's name
And a kid with a train singin' for some spare loose change
Yeahhhhh let the world keep spinnin round 'n' round
This is where it's goin' down, down, down
That's why I, love this town
That's why I, keep co-min' round
Say hey (say hey) say yeah (say yeah)
You make me feel at home some how, right, now
That's why I, love this town
I feel alive when I'm walkin' on the street
I feel the heart of the city poundin' underneath my feet
Yeahhhhh let the world keep spinnin round 'n' round
This is where it's goin' down, down, down
That's why I, love this town
That's why I, keep co-min' round
Say hey (say hey) say yeah (say yeah)
You make me feel at home some how, right, now
That's why I, love this town
I've got some good friends here, I might have broke a heart or two
It's gettin' loud over there, they boys must have had a few
And hey the cop on the corner, he knows everybody's name
And a kid with a train singin' for some spare loose change
Yeahhhhh let the world keep spinnin round 'n' round
This is where it's goin' down, down, down
That's why I, love this town
That's why I, keep co-min' round
Say hey (say hey) say yeah (say yeah)
You make me feel at home some how, right, now
That's why I, love this town
