"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all." - Laura Ingalls Wilder

I'm super cool.

Got into work today a tad bit late and I learned to never do that again. The line up to go through the metal detector (yes, as an intern, I still have to go through the metal detector) was really into the sidewalk and into the street. When I cut through the line (yes I am allowed to do that, I'm not trying to be a butt), the security officer actually stopped my friend and I. There was a big Conference on people with disabilities that day with a large contingent of people so I assume that that was why the line was so long (everyone was trying to get in at 9).

Lesson learned: Never go in after 9am again.

When I went upstairs, I started working on some of the writing and research for the big project I am working on. We had our weekly meeting where a lot of stuff was established and then afterwards, I got some free lunch, courtesy of Conference Services, where we had spicy chicken, rice and fish. It was delicious and hearty but I couldn't finish it all so I took some home. I stayed late a bit to work on my project since I wanted to get a head start on it after having a meeting with someone in another department. At around 5:30 I headed on my way home and dropped by the New York Mid-Manhattan Library, where I applied for an NYC ID Card. 

Why does the fake card have
the same name as me...

For those who do not know what that is, it is essentially an ID card, recognized in all 5 Boroughs ofNew York that signifies thatI am a New York resident and sometimes, I'll end up getting discounts and other perks for having one! I remember a little while ago, when I was at a market, they were giving out ticket to get $2 off whatever food tent you'd like just for being an NYC resident with the ID card. It was a good enticement - plus a great souvenir to take home.

When I got home, I heated up some leftover pizza and enjoyed it as I sat around, wrote some more yelp reviews (This is really turning into my life isn't it? But it's also nice just sitting there and giving my honest opinion about restaurants and other places to help other people out in the future) and caught up with the last two episodes of Game of Thrones.

Very simple, non-complicated uneventful day - something I needed. 

“Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.” W

Wow. Beautiful style.

Today started a bit late for me as I took Chris to the one thing he didn't get a chance to see, which was the inside of the New York library, I was blown away by it as well, it was beautiful. We headed over and grabbed some street food, a hot dog - and it was the worst hot dog of my life. I think the guy boiled it instead of grilling it and I kind of got sick (what a way to start a week)

We grabbed some McDonalds afterwards and had a very lazy morning of just sitting in each other's company before I dropped him off to get on a plane. It was quite depressing actually (I won't sob about it here though). We'll just leave it at parting is not sweet sorrow. It is simply - sorrow. 

Inside is old school too.

Got into work a bit later but I still got to help out and do some other work. I didn't have lunch, but I snacked on some of the snacks in my cabinet drawer. It was a very lax day with not too, too much to do. 

When I headed out, I went home to change my shoes and then headed over to this great pub, 5th and Mad which was having this really cool Yelp Elite event! 

My friend that I had met a little while ago, during the Central Park tour, invited me today (and even though it was last minute, of course I had to say yes) and I very happily agreed. During the event, I received quite a few drink tickets to get any drink I wanted at the bar and on top of that, they were sampling different foods from the restaurant! I got to try lobster rolls, sliders, jerk chicken, chicken tenders and calamari. It was all delicious. I even got a pair of yelp gloves, haha

The Menu!

The idea of the Yelp Elite and having the Yelp Elite events to help promote new places or even places that have just renovated or want to have more coverage is an excellent idea. When the food first came, I saw everyone taking out their phones and snapping photos (my people) of the food before grabbing it. It's a great way to feed people and get feedback from people who are very active on review websites like yelp. It's pretty cool and I like to think that everybody wins.

Afterwards, I headed back home and worked a bit on the computer (on my yelp reviews to be honest) and just chilled out for a bit before heading to bed (especially after a week that was so jam packed with so much to do, I didn't even take out my computer once) before heading to sleep (seriously my body is so tired from the past week)

"Spending time outdoors makes you feel great." Elizabeth Hurley

This is a small decimal
of what we originally
walked into

We slept in a little bit today since it was a Sunday morning (even though I totally did wake up super early) and planned to head over to an American Diner.

When we stepped out, we were greeted by closed streets and thousands of Puerto Rican flags. Turns out it was the Puerto Rican day parade. We had just randomly stumbled upon it. It was a bit difficult to get around because they had closed off so many streets (I can see why the gridlock is so bad) so Chris and I went the very long way around, walking past Times Square until we hit the Evergreen Diner.

yeah....

We got seated pretty quickly, and actually, the first thing that Chris noticed was that the menus were really old. How? There was a silhouette of the twin towers on it...

Other than that bump, the food was pretty delicious, we had some normal bacon, eggs and home fries and sat for a bit before we headed out.

We kind of tried to see the Puerto Rican parade, but the streets were closed up so bad we didn't even attempt to try. So we went on our way.

Hit the spot more than it should have..

I brought Chris over to the Rockefeller centre, which was filled with lots of tourists. They had finally switched out all the flags so it wasn't just the American ones flying everywhere (as it was for Memorial day). We went inside (I had never been inside before and I feel like when you have another person with you, it always makes things easier because you go in a group [group mentality man]) and it was quite beautiful actually. There was a lot of art deco style decorations everywhere and I didn't realize it, but the whole lobby and the area around it is actually filled with stores to shop in! Kind of like a mini-department store.

Just roll with it faces

We headed all the way to the back and walked around the NBC gift shop for a bit when suddenly...

A lady who works in the gift shop went up to us and asked us if we wanted to take a tour of the NBC studios. For free.

We immediately said yes without really thinking about what was happening.

Turns out two people who had bought the ticket before didn't show up and they had two extra tickets that were going to waste!

Great timing on our part.

We walked through the security entrance kind of in awe, shock and disbelief that we just got handed two free tickets for a tour of the studios where they film SNL, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers.

Outside the Rock

We started off by sitting in this mini theatre room where they gave us a brief history of NBC and their history of filming in 30 Rock. I don't really remember how much I was told since I was still kind of in shock.

We were led around the building by two NBC pages and it was seriously a really cool behind-the-scenes tour. We visited the sets of the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the Show with Seth Meyers and then Saturday Night live. The seats for the Tonight show are actually made from the same leather seats as the inside of a Ferrari.

Wow.

Unfortunately, we were unable to see the NBC news studio as it was actually in use (they were busy because of the Breaking news because of the earlier Orlando shooting).

It was quite interesting because everyone who was working in the studios were working in these glass areas so tourists (like us) could see everything that they were doing. They were not closed and boxed in rooms.

One of many bridges!

At the end of the tour, we were able to create our own NBC Late night show! It was super exciting (and a bit confusing since I had no idea what was going on and had to kind of go with everything they told me to) and fun. I got to host my own late show! PLEASE WATCH IT. http://onair.thetouratnbcstudios.com/717AB704

After the tour, they let us keep the pins. Chris and I headed out and started our walking up to Central park. We tried to grab some Starbucks along the way, but... their frappucino machine was ... broken.

Bethusda Terrace!

We asked if there was another Starbucks nearby and the guy said across the street.

Literally, across the street. Why is this even necessary?! WHY DO YOU NEED MORE THAN ON PER STREET BLOCK?

Anyway, we fulfilled our craving.

We tried to go through Central Park but it was quite difficult, considering the fact that the whole East side with Balto, Hans Christen Anderson and other things to see were closed off because of the parade. I was quite sad about it but I showed Chris around the other areas and some of the things that were highlights for me when I did my walking tour beforehand. We checked out all the main stuff, like the main promenade, the besthusda fountain, the Belvedere tower, strawberry

Too bad we did'nt get a row boat...

fields, la rambla and more.

We actually walked up to a map in the park at one point at a really lovely older lady came right up to us and asked if she could be of assistance and tried to give us some suggestions and recommendation. So kind of her. We walked around for a bit more before headed over to the metro, hopped in and took it downtown.

We kind of missed our stop because we were checking out stuff online but afterwards, we went back on our merry way.

We walked around for a bit and I realized that we were in the Grenwich village area and I brought
Chris over to Stonewall Inn to take a look at a piece of HISTORY.

The rally to show support, love and solidarity.

Pizza with almost
everything

Outside, I was not prepared for what happened next. But I was honoured to be there. For those of you who do not know what happened, there was a mass shooting - the worst shooting in American history - in a Gay club in Orlando where 50 people died and dozens more were injured. Outside, the Stonewall Inn was a rally, a rally of love and togetherness. Everyone in the neighbourhood had come together in support of each other and those in Florida. It was actually quite beautiful and moving to stand outside and be a part of an event that is so much bigger and larger than myself and anything I've ever been to. It's a very humbling but heartwarming experience. The speeches were beautiful and carried with them an emotion that hit you like little waves on the beach kissing your toes.

Chris and I left after a little while, as there was more for us to see and we headed over to Joe's Pizza, which is in the neighbourhood and grabbed a pizza pie and oh my god, Chris went hard. He ordered the pizza with all the toppings and, my oh my, did they oblige. They went super heavy on the toppings, to the point where you could just BARELY see the cheese underneath. It was pretty damn good.

Beautiful sunset

Chris and I walked a few blocks over and I showed him the highline (which he loved, I mean who doesn't love it) which is an above ground park! We walked and walked until we found a nice place to sit and eat our pizza. It was pretty filling and delicious, just kind of overflowing with toppings, to the point where we looked like pigs eating because the toppings kept falling off.

We then grabbed some gelato from the place close to us which had a lemon/orange sorbet (Chris loves citrus fruits) and sat down at ate it for a bit. The gelato we got was actually the exact same gelato that was being served by the Italian mission!

Empire State on the
Rooftop!

But the gelato. Bad idea. The highline is right by the West Coast of Manhattan island... so you can imagine how windy it is. And it wasn't just wind, it was the kind of wind that really hits you hard and gets straight into your bones and freezes you. *Shudders thinking about it*

We walked down for quite a bit and felt the sun go down. It was quite beautiful to see.

Afterwards, we looked for a metro to go to, but realized it would be a nice walk since the weather was nice and it wasn't rainy. We headed up and bought some flowers and passed by Madison Square Gardens and then headed home.

:D

At home, we sat down for a little bit and then headed over to to Refinery Rooftop where we got to sit outside for maybe 10 minutes before they had to bring us inside because they had a noise thing that started at 11pm. But we got to be outside and have a really
sick view of the Empire State building!

We sat there for a bit, talked and then headed home and to bed (we didn't watch Game of Thrones this week).

"I love exploring New York and I think that's what is so exciting about it. You find places that you've never heard of or seen before all the time." - Tory Burch

We woke up nice and early (I usually do because of my stupid internal clock, and he usually wakes up at 6 for work) and headed on our way out. We walked downtown so that we could see the Empire

Starting the day off
right with a street festival!

State building and some of the parks. It was quite a nice walk since it was so warm out and headed all the way down 6th avenue to Union Square Park. There we ran into a street food festival (we were starving, had barely anything for breakfast to prepare us for a nice meal in the park) and gosh was the food ... delicious smelling. There was grilled sausage, pork, chicken leg, pretty much everything there that could torture a person did torture a person (me). We kept walking around, ended up grabbing some free sunglasses and then headed over to Union Square Park.

Street festival on Bedford! 

At Union Square Park, there were a bunch of tents with fresh foods, baked goods, veggies, pretty much everything you can think of! We walked by and to try to sedate our hunger, we got to try some samples, like lamb sausage, duck confit, beer, juice and more! It was nice trying a little bit of everything.

So many people... 

Afterwards, we got into the subway and hopped on a train over to Brooklyn to try Smorgasbord! Chris had never been so I had to bring him. We started off by walking around a bit and ran into this really cool festival that they were hosting on Bedford Avenue. There was real grass that was rolled out on the streets so that people could hang out there as well as sit down and enjoy the weather. I found out that it was a part of some music festival where bands would be playing on the street all weekend! Pretty cool.

SO MUCH FOOD

But first, I was meeting up with some friends to walk over to Smorgasbord. We first headed over to the Artists and Fleas market where there were many handmade goods and other things for us to see! Unfortunately, for a "flea" market the prices were very steep. It was all hand made jewellery and artisianal stuff so it was quite cool to look around and check it out. When we headed out there was a musician playing a very interesting instrument with over 20 strings outside. It was interesting to see.

Swag of the day

We headed over to Smorgasbord where we were, of course, surrounded by an insane and immense amount of hipsters, people and overpriced food. It was pretty overwhelming - especially because there were so many people everywhere and the line ups were long. I decided to settle down with some fish and chips (they actually gave me a very generous amount for what I paid in comparison to the other places) while Chris grabbed some duck confit.

We sat by the beach for a little while at a picnic table before we got up and left to check out the street festival at Bedford Avenue.

At the street festival, there were many bands performing free concerts outside and as we were walking down, we ended up grabbing a bunch of free samples (yeah I know this keeps happening please don't hate me) of this new drink by Pepsi, somelemonade and a bunch of jerky. It was a pretty cool experience.

Giving out samples the classy way

Afterwards, Chris and I jumped on the metro to head down to SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. We grabbed some gelato (after walking around to find the perfect gelato place) from Ferraras and then headed over to the park to grab a seat to eat. 

People, people, people. 

We sat down in the middle of Columbus Park (also known as five point park) and enjoyed the view of people gambling, singing Chinese opera and playing musical instruments. It was quite enjoyable. I called my mom to talk to her a little bit and then just sat around for a bit with Chris.

Gelato! 

Afterwards, Chris and I walked towards city hall and I tried to give him a quick history lesson and some fun facts about the building but turns out my memory melts a bit in the sun. we walked around for a little while longer and headed down past the church (which was left completely unscathed during the 9/11 attack) with the beautiful old cemetery.

We were walking down so that we could see the memorial of One Trade Center (didn't go into the museum, but for anyone interested, they are free on Tuesdays).

Imposing.

It is truly a heartbreaking memorial when you go and see how gigantic the holes in the ground are and how deep both the holes and the scars in peoples' lives run. 

After the memorial, Chris and I rode the metro back home so that we could change and head over to the (Free!) Off-Broadway show, Trip of Love. We tried to head over to a rooftop bar beforehand (I wanted him to see the Empire State in all it's glory), unfortunately, when we went there, we were told it was closed for a "private event." Very sad that we couldn't get in so we went to the nearby Bryant park and sat down for a bit and relaxed... relaxed that is until I looked at my phone and realized I completely screwed up and instead of picking up tickets half an hour at 8, it was pick up tickets half an hour before 8.

The memorial, there are two gigantic
holes where the twin towers used to be...
but now instead have memorial fountains

Whoops.

We ran over to the theatre as fast as we could on 42nd (and you know how bad 42nd is for walking right?! Right by Times Square?!) and went through what I would call the quicksand of people. It was the worst thing I had ever gone through when I was in a rush. And even though we were already past 5th and needed to get down to 9th... It was not something easy to do. You'd think just a few blocks would be easy - it's not. By the time we got into the theatre we were sweating quite a lot.

The venue itself was quite nice, with escalators and high ceilings to enjoy the view of the entire theatre and a window to look out onto 

42nd. I was very impressed with how nice the seats were and how well done the decor was. With the

Free tickets :3

high ceilings, it made the place feel very large and very fancy. I really enjoyed the venue. And it helped that our seats were just two rows from the stage!

They had decorated the sides of the walls to reflect the Broadway play that was playing. 

The ushers there were quite nice and very polite, willing to answer any and all questions we had and at the end, when the Broadway show was finishing up, I looked back and all I could see was the ushers dancing and just jamming to the show. What a cool group of people working there.

In the theatre! 

Unfortunately, the play was not as great as I'd hoped it would be...in fact I didn't even like it until about 3 songs in because I had no idea what was happening. It seemed like they were just singing songs... but once I accepted that they were just singing songs, I started to enjoy it a lot more as just entertainment rather than a play with any plot whatsoever.

After the play, I was particularity hungry so I demanded that Chris walk with me for about 20 minutes and grab some Shake Shack with me. I had never been before so I just wanted and had to try it out!

We both grabbed burgers, fries and he grabbed a milk shake. We took it to go, walked home and sat there, watching Bo Burnham (who is extremely offensive, don't google him if you don't want to be offended or anything) and enjoying our fries.

Crispy fries and yummy burgers

Oh my god. Those were the BEST burgers I have ever had from a fast food establishment, I am honestly still so blown away by how amazing and delicious they were. I enjoyed them so so so much. The fries were particularity good and the bacon cheese burger I had was just bursting with flavour. I can still remember how delicious it was and it's making my stomach rumble a bit.

After the much-needed food and humorous entertainment, we headed to sleep.

"My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don't have time to do all these glamorous things. I just do my thing, just work." Olga Kurylenko

He came all the way to see me!

This morning I walked into work pretty pumped since I was going to leave early. I headed over to work, started doing my own thing, skipped lunch and did as much work as I possibly could. The morning was quite hectic as I had to put together some materials for a huge meeting my office was about to have with the EOSG.

I got called out a bit early so I could go out and find some office supplies (that were not available at my office) and then headed over to another place to pick up some plants... It was an

In the TCC. 

interesting morning, to say the least. 

After doing my work and then heading over to pick up supplies, I walked over to Grand Central Terminal to pick up Chris! We met up at the Opal clock (that's worth millions of dollars) and just stood there for a bit (I hadn't seen him in over a month). 

Two loves of my life.
And Chris

I grabbed him and then took him home to drop off his stuff and then we headed over to the UN! There, one of my colleagues was kind enough to bring us both upstairs and then we took a mini tour of the building with Nan and Chris bought some goods. He saw a bunch of the artwork and the Trustee Council room which was empty. Afterwards, Chris got to meet everyone who worked in the office (except for the USG). We headed over across the road and went into a building where the night before, my friend with the

"Day of Portugal"

Portuguese Mission invited me to a Portugal day celebration! I hadn't RSVP'd so when I went up to the guy, I showed him the online invitation I got and told him I RSVP'd late and he just told me "it's ok, 12th floor". I'm sure my UN badge had something or another to do with this...

We headed up to the 12th floor and there, we were greeted by a bunch of large posters celebrating

View of the UN, Secretariat and East River. Best party ever

Portugal day and, knowing no one there (The person with that Mission wasn't there yet and my friend who sent me the invitation information wouldn't be there all night since they had work to do), I headed over to the balcony where I stood and talked for quite a while.

The view was completely and utterly spectacular. It was a view of the East River with a perfect shot of the UN, Secretariat and all the (empty) flag poles. I was lucky it was so sunny and bright out, since it gave me the best view of the UN and beyond.

After a little while, we headed inside, where it was starting to really fill up and as we walked in, there

Enjoying our open bar

was an open bar with orange juice, red wine and vino verte (green wine). We grabbed a glass each and walked around to take a look at all the decor, the piano and the flags all around. We stood for a bit by the piano and had an excellent view of the proceedings when they started.

Unfortunately, quite a lot of it was in Portuguese. I caught a few words here and there (English really does steal from every language, doesn't it?) but I didn't really get the gist. There were a few speakers throughout the night and some of them actually did speak English, which was nice to hear. After the speeches, we were delighted to hear some musical accompaniment by a Portuguese student playing on piano. As we walked around, we were served many Portuguese dishes, including deep fried cod balls, Rissóis de Camarão (Portuguese Shrimp Dumplings), Black-eyed beans salad and pasteis de nata (egg tarts). It was a delicious night. Before we left, everyone got a small "Portuguese day" gift bag with catalogue stuff, a mouse pad and a box of "science (the event was cosponsored by a Science and Tech Organization)." As we left, I ran into my Portuguese friend and thanked him for the night and left him to his party and thanking delegates.

On the Patio of the Delegate's Lounge

Afterwards, Chris and I headed over to the UN where we were let in by my friend from the "Mission of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta." Yes that is a thing. She led us into the Delegate's Lounge and since it was so many people's first time there, I had to show them how to get in.

When we got up there, the weather was beautiful! So there were many people both inside and outside of the Delegate's Lounge just relaxing and enjoying themselves. It was the first time I had been to the DL and there were that many people.

Dinner was SO GOOD

I ended up pulling Chris all around the outside patio and inside of the building to show him around and see all the different people, artwork and other stuff around the DL and I'm sure he loved it, hanging out at the "local" UN drinking spot and seeing everyone talking, enjoying and unwinding after a long week. I got to talk to quite a few of my friends (introduce them to Chris) and found out that they had actually been in meetings all day long and my heart is actually crying a bit for them since a lot of them, at the missions, have to stay really late - like sometimes 8 or 9 pm late.

Corner to corner!

Afterwards, Chris and I headed out of the DL to meet up with some other friends (yes busy day) where we grabbed some late night dinner and drinks at a local and delicious restaurant/bar in the neighbourhood. We were sitting in an area that was both half in and out of the restaurant, and we ended up not only watching part of the football game, but also watching an arrest scene... We got to see cops run down the street, arrest someone and then spend about 30 or so minute writing down the arrest. Chris really got the full New York experience today. 

It was interesting. To say the least.

Afterwards we headed home from the fun night and enjoyed the beautiful weather. We dropped by Grand Central Station (since earlier we wanted to try this) and we went downstairs where it was mostly empty and did the WHISPERING WALL!! This is right in front of the Oyster bar and it is engineered so you can whisper into the corner and hear the person on the other corner perfectly fine! Actually many guys propose to their girlfriends this way... (wink wink)

"Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking; you can't buy friendships." - Lindsay Fox

Today was another one of those days where there wasn't anything too big going on so it was a very laid back, chill kind of day. I messaged some friends to meet up for lunch, only about 3 people came and what I didn't realize was that a bunch of people had messaged me (since I had no wifi) so a much more people would have loved to go. I ended up going to the nearby park and ran into a bunch of other interns as well, sat with them and ate. I met some new mission interns who were also hanging out at the park. We sat with them and talked until we had to head back into the Secretariat building.

At the networking event.

I worked until normal time and had a networking event later on that night, but since I had some time to kill, I decided it would be a good idea to take some of the friends that I had met and bring them over to the bar that the interns usually go to so I could have them meet up with some other friends. I hung out with them outside for a bit before the happy hour started and then headed out, met up with my friends and went over to this networking event where I got to meet a bunch of people from start up groups. 

It was very interesting to see the confidence and the sheer aggression from the people who were part of the start up group. Even though I wasn't an investor or an intern with them, they were quite aggressive with their tactics. Interestingly enough, i gave someone my E-mail and asked them to e-mail me with more information about their start up and they still have yet to e-mail me back (oh the business world, nice to your face). I met a few other interns there and they were quite friendly so I guess I networked well? 

fter the event, I decided to go back to the intern bar that all the UN interns go to and hang out with friends there. We danced and sang to the songs they played (actually they played a lot of Canadian music, like Drake, Bieber, The Weekend, Magic!) and just had a great time. I even made some new friends! Near the end of the night, I headed out while others went to the bar beside to watch the hockey game. All in all a pretty cool day.

"Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self." - Iris Murdoch

Event for India's endangered tigers!

Today I woke up and went to work (what a great start to this post). And what a day it was. I got to go to a screening with delicious Asian food, I got to try gelato and I got to celebrate world Ocean's day. 

Lunch!

It wasn't a very busy day but it was a nice day to sit and do some menial work for the day.I had a few moments though when I tried to go to lunch and people kept telling me, "Wendy I need you for a minute" so I would go for a minute and even though I had signed up for an event that I needed to go to, because I was needed (which to be honest is great, I would always 100% chose being needed to going to an event) and was almost an hour late.

Guest of the lovely
Greek Mission!

When I got to the event, it was a really cool documentary on the Indian tiger and how it is almost extinct and afterwards, a meeting where we got to talk to the photographer there. My friends were all sitting in the middle rows while I got to sit in the back. From the only part I saw, it seemed like a really cool and very informative documentary where there was a lot going on in the jungle and otherwise! 

There were a lot of interns there as well, as I noticed and they were all hanging out in clumps. I grabbed some food to eat (yes they had food) and ended up getting some really good thai/chinese/korean food to eat. I grabbed some snacks, headed back to my table, sat down and then spent some time with a friend, talking. We walked down and around the building a little bit more, headed down to the basement where I grabbed some salad (to balance out the heavier food I had earlier) and then headed back upstairs to do some more work. 

Delicious menu.

At about 2, I messaged one of my friends who was heading over to the Delegate's Lounge, I had found out a few weeks earlier that there would be a free gelato event hosted by the Italian Mission to the UN (Who coincidentally, is going to be running for SC seat). I went downstairs and was so lucky because I had a friend to get me in, but I saw a bunch of people standing outside of the elevator waiting for a Mission delegate to let them in. I just walked right in without waiting and was called a "mission guest." 

I've never felt so important...

Grabbed some delicious gelato and then headed over to the area where all the flags are before you reach the GA and FOUND THE FLAG WITH CANADA!! It was wondering to stand there proudly with it.

Home and Native land

It's actually really interesting how countries will do all these things to get a seat on the UN Security council.. rather than giving a solid platform, it seems as though they are really just doing big events to try to win people over.

I guess high school never really ends and it really is just kind of a popularity contest. 

When I got back to work, I ended up staying a bit later to help out with a report (I'm really just moral support, nothing serious). 

Woo!

When I left it was around 6pm and there was a huge reception downstairs hosted by a few organizations, including the one my friends are interning at, OHRLLS for World Ocean's Day! I found out from my friends that it was happening and went to stop by. At first, she wouldn't let me and told me to "come back in half an hour," but after letting a few more people in, she just kind of let me go in. 

Some of the performers

I finally found my friends who were helping out with the event and hung out with them for a bit. It was open bar (again, seriously what is this) and I grabbed a nice glass of white. I listened to some of the opening statements and then headed over with my friend to the snack and food table where my friends and I grabbed some seriously good food to eat. Cheese, spanikopita, pretty much everything you could want and need! Afterwards, we went back to listen to the music, watch some of the dancers and then we saw JACK JOHNSON play (not that I know who this is, honestly).

Friends :D

Afterwards, I headed home to help my room mate build a new bookshelf. It was actually super fun, I personally love building stuff so when I got a chance to build something nice like this, I took it and built hard. It took us a few hours and a few tries, but we did it and damn, does it look good!