Alisa reminded me that it's been a while since I blogged.
How long has it been? A week? Not so bad... that's my frequency even when I'm in Sydney sometimes.

Anyway, I'm having a terrific time here! Don't want to bore you all with the details but...
* I've probably gone to Garden State Plaza a kazillion times - this is apparently the biggest mall in... some geographical enclosure. I know the place almost inside out. I've spent so much money... It's so sad.

* I've done a looooot of bonding with the cousins. I say this all the time, but I hate that they're so far away - it really does make the time we have together pretty exciting.

* I spent my first afternoon in NJ (last Tuesday) at my cousin Jen's apartment by her college. We walked down "Frat Row" which is a street where all the Fraternities and Sorority houses are... it's SO like the movies! I even took a picture of a frat house... how loser!

* I watched Spiderman 2 at midnight on the 1st July with the cousins, pretty good movie - for what I saw. I fell a sleep some because my sleeping patterns are still a bit abnormal.

* Had dinner at a sushi place - y'know they don't put chicken in their sushi here? When Veed and I asked for Chicken Teriyaki sushi, my cousins looked at my VERY confused! Their sushi rolls are a little exciting... I didn't even know what was in them but they all tasted pretty awesome. When Jen joined us (she came from a late class), she ALMOST ate a roll we made which was stuffed with wasabi. That was pretty slack... but y'know.

* Spent some time with the grandparents... life's so lonely when you're old, I'm glad I got to stick around with them for a bit.

* Veed and I were let loose in New York City yesterday (4th July). Our uncle dropped us off and we wandered around a bit. We don't know where to go so we ended up walking some pretty ghetto streets before realising that the life of the city was in the totally opposite direction to where we were walking. We took some pictures at Times Square, roamed around looking like tourists with a video camera... and Veed picked up a guy at AT&T Wireless! She bought a new sim and he told her to make a test phone call... to his phone! So y'know... if we weren't punces... hehe. We took the A train downtown and found ourselves a nice seat facing the East River. We sat there for around 3 hours before the fireworks started. Ok, we're no American, but the energy, the life, the ambience of the place was exhilerating. The fireworks were amazing too! Hands down the best day of the trip so far!

* Forked out $US200 because the car I parked got towed (OUCH!). Yes, I've been driving! It was a bit awkward at first, but I've gotten so used to it... driving on their highways, on the opposite side of the road, toward the left side of the lane... it was tricky!

At the moment, it's almost 3am on Tuesday the 6th July. In just over 24 hours, Veed and I will be boarding a plane to Florida. We're going down with 3/4 of the cousins we have up here to explore the Florida summer. I LOVE SUMMER!

Anyway, we're hoping to check out the club scene in Miami, get crazy black... and crazy crunk! I'm so excited!

Sometimes I don't feel like I've left the country. Some kids have been e-mailing me over the past week, keeping me up to date with the goings on in Sydney. It's really nice because I felt so homesick at the beginning of this trip. The wonders of technology aye... I'm e-mailing like I'm sitting at my desk at work and they're somewhere nearby about to make lunch plans!

Oh and mad YEAH-HEYs to Minh and Nix who have scored jobs (for later and for now, respectively)!

Ok... love you all. See you soon...