Last night, I discovered all my Chinese new year pictures and uploaded them from Sean's computer to Flickr and FB. It made me relive the experience of being crushed by hundreds or thousands of people....my gradual but slow move to the front (assisted indirectly by a homeless lady who freaked out when she felt trapped and had to be rescued by the NYPD). I loved the confetti that filled the air with color, and I enjoyed experiencing something that I had previously only seen on TV.
Black Tiger, representing winter and governs water elements, originally uploaded by sabotage NYC
I loved the different tigers and dragons...and later discovered that each represents an actual season (the white tiger pictured above represents Autumn and governs metals). I missed out on the Blue tiger...but I got a picture of the rest. While black tigers apparently don't represent spring (current season in NYC) I liked this picture for its drama.
China Town was not what I expected at all. It was not what I envisaged when I watched Jackie Chan movies in Ireland, Denmark or Tanzania. But it was remarkable because it is a little slice of a completely different culture...right in the middle of down town Manhattan. It is amazing because here a new culture inspired by Asian cultures left behind and similar in many ways to the countries that the inhabitants belonged to yet with a tinge of American culture thrown in for added spice...
I love New York City's diversity. As I explored the city last week with my friend from Ireland and her husband from Uganda....he kept telling me how he felt completely comfortable here. It struck me that I love NYC because I feel comfortable working, living and have been assimilated into this multi-cultural, diverse and exciting mix of indigenous peoples from all over the world. This individuals, who are now, simply known as New Yorkers.
Chinese New Year Parade 2010, originally uploaded by sabotage NYC.
Spring is here and the year of the tiger is dramatic! Beware people...anything is possible
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