great gatsby night at the metropolitan museum

so the met hosted a great gatsby/roaring 20s themed party for college students in new york city. it was in the newly opened wing of egyptian sculptures and artifacts and the american wing of historical paintings. nbd.

the museum, first of many visits

our group

the temple of dendur hieroglyphics

live jazz band and dancing

view from the entrance

the best concert of my life: U2

u2 360 tour

giant's stadium

september 23, 2009

the line for the general admission areas on the floor. we were pretty much in the first 5%.

me, ryan, raj, and youhana before the show. we got so close. nbd.

their stage. 115 feet tall and the most expensive set up ever for a concert.

the opening act, muse.

bono close up.

part of their crazy stage.

in the middle of a song.

the end of the show with the four band members (from left): the edge, bono, larry mullen jr, & adam clayton.

museum of modern art.

some picasso. nbd.

diego rivera. nbd.

so, the museum of modern art (moma) is free on friday nights. these are only some of the pictures i took there. more will be up soon. highlights of the museum include starry night by van gogh and the persistence of memory by salvador dali.

alex rios visits nyc

the cubs playing at citi field. nbd.

alex and i. nbd

world trade center ground zero.

federal hall on wall street. nbd

new york stock exchange. nbd.

this was kind of a surprise visit, but it was so much fun. alex's parents didn't even know he was coming out to new york. we went to see his favorite baseball team, the cubs, play the mets. after that, we went to visit ground zero and walk around the wall street area.

stern's day out

the us open of tenis for stern orientation.

yes, we saw kim clijsters (who would eventually win the whole tournament) nbd.

as part of stern's orientation, they took us to the us open of tennis. i'm not really sure why they did this but it was awesome. we took the subway from nyu to the venue in queens, ny. we were allowed to split up and do whatever we wanted once there. a few friends and i watched a few matches and then returned home around 5 pm.

presidential welcome at madison square garden

nyu freshman commencement. nbd.

as part of the first day of freshman orientation, nyu rented out madison square garden (!) for the welcome speech given by president john sexton. apparently, this was the only time the entire freshman class (about 7,000 kids) will be together besides graduation. pretty cool.

2nd day

fake michael jackson and some obama health care rally. nbd.

today, my dad and I walked around and did some last minute shopping. we went to the nyu book store and got all my books for the first semester. then we went up to the times square area again and i got a haircut (which is way too short).

first night in nyc

times square. nbd

today, my dad and I flew to nyc from california. i move into my dorm in two days and start orientation week in three.

welcome

this blog will mainly be about my adventures in college at nyu.

i don't know how often i'll get to use it, but give it a chance.

nbd.