{"id":54089,"date":"2015-03-10T12:35:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T03:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=54089"},"modified":"2015-03-10T12:35:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T03:35:34","slug":"nightmare-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=54089","title":{"rendered":"Nightmare in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4850.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4850-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4850\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54092\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni was pretty excited to get off the airplane safely in new york.  never had the desire to come here, but if i had the chance, i&#8217;d take it.  this was my chance so i took it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4851.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4851-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4851\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54093\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nso i ask the welcome center, &#8220;how do i get to Carnegie Hall?&#8221;  the lady gives me a puzzled look and says &#8220;where?&#8221;  i laughed because i thought she was joking but she wasn&#8217;t.  i couldn&#8217;t believe it.  anyway, i ask someone else and get the route there.  a 20 minute $60 taxi ride?  or a 1 hour $2.50 bus and subway ride?  guess which one i took?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4852.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4852-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4852\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54090\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nyup, the cheap one.  i get on the bus and try to put my metro card into the card reader.  i had no idea which way it went in.  the bus driver was getting impatient.  she said &#8220;NOT THAT WAY!!!  NOT THAT WAY!! NOT THAT WAY!!&#8221;  she started yelling at me as if i was stupid.  no, i&#8217;m not stupid, i just haven&#8217;t&#8217; done this before.  gosh, slow down lady!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4853.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4853-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4853\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54095\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni take my seat and see this sign.  &#8220;Please No Spitting?&#8221;  in the bus? omg, welcome to New York!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4854.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4854-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4854\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54096\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand it&#8217;s freaking snowing?  0 degrees celsius?  are you kidding?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4855.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4855-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4855\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54091\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni get off the bus at the subway station.  everything is in english but i&#8217;m still lost.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4856.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4856-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4856\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54094\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthe subway was much more dirty than i expected.  compared to japan, i&#8217;d say &#8220;wash your trains guys!&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4858.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4858-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4858\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54098\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni get off, snow everywhere.  i walk up and down the street looking for my apartment i rented.  freaking lost!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4857.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4857-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4857\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54097\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNew York is too busy for me.  after coming from El Salvador, i was in total culture shock.  i just got here but wanted to leave already.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4860.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4860-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4860\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54099\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwent to do the normal tourist stuff.  times square, the 9\/11 memorial.<br \/>\nmiss the blue sky and white sandy beaches!  now i&#8217;m really getting homesick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i was pretty excited to get off the airplane safely in new york. never had the desire to come here, but if i had the chance, i&#8217;d take it. this was my chance so i took it. so i ask the welcome center, &#8220;how do i get to Carnegie Hall?&#8221; the lady gives me a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}