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Yesterday, I woke up very early, as early as 8.30am.
I was supposed to go to the Keio Academy to watch Kendo competition. But, due to limited space in Alex's car, I didn't get to go. Since I had nothing today and had a looooong day to kill, I decided to go to the City. As first, I planned to go to Metropolitan museum or MOMA to look at some pictures. But then, I didn't think I was in mood to see the pictures. After all, Van Gogh's starry night is not in the museum yet. So, I decided to walk around Times Square to do some shopping.

So, at 1pm, I was in Times Square. As usual, there were so many people there, especially on the sunny Sunday. I walked into few stores and decided that I was not in the mood for shopping as well. Things in Times Square were just too expensive and most of them were meant for tourists.
So, since I was in Broadway St, I might as well try my luck to get a cheap ticket for any Broadway show. <> was my 1st choice as I've wanted to watch it since last summer. I tried to find the theater from my memory since I didn't have the address. I was lucky enough to have found it just right before I asked the cop :) Lucky! Lucky!

When I was about to turn into the corner where the theater was located, I saw a big huge staircase like stage, I'm not sure whether it's a staircase or stage. Just something huge. Anyway, I decided that I'll check it out later. I bought my ticket at the booths. It's weird that no one was queuing up for the tickets, it's Sunday after all! I was expecting only 50% chance of getting a ticket for the mermaid show... Weird.. Anyway, I was glad that I got a ticket... with a student price! (The ticket seller asked me how many students are there in Rutgers (' ')lll It's a tricky question.... )

Ok, I bought my ticket -- a 3pm show. I still have 1 and a half hour, just enough for me to have my lunch :) But, before that, I just needed to check to the big stage. Curiosity kills the cat... and me! You know wat the stage for?? It's a ticket counter for all Broadway shows set up by Theater Development Fund. And, they are giving out 50% off for almost all the Broadway tickets, including <>! Sheuuuuut!!!!! No wonder no one was buying tickets in the theater. Anyway, the queue was long at the counters. I don't mind paying 5 bucks more if I can save my time :)

I had my lunch at McDonald's (trying to save some money, Broadway ticket wasn't that cheap....). I got a McFlurry since I haven't had it for years. But then, after reading the calories information about the meal, only did I realize that the little thing contained 580 Cal! It's 1/3 of my calories intake for a day! It's indeed a devil food, and I better go to the gym after drinking the thing..... Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. I finished my lunch in an hour, just in time for the show... Ya, I could eat the sandwich faster, but, why rush? It's Sunday after all :p

Back to the theater. The door was open at 2.45pm. After I showed the usher my ticket, she leaded me to the 3rd row. Ya, 1,2,3, 3rd row! Holy crap?? 3rd row? What am I going to watch? The performers' underwear? But, nothing can be done.. It's a Sunday show, and I bought the cheapest ticket.. (Actually I expected to sit at the back rows coz it was what they usually did).

So, the show began at 3.15pm. It wasn't that bad at all. I could see the performance pretty well. Since they are right in front of me, I could actually see the facial expressions of the performers. From that distance, I found that Ariel was a very pretty actress while Prince Eric was super gorgeous and handsome! Besides, the conductor was conducting the band right in front of me :D I must say it's a very different Broadway experience...

The whole performance was breathtaking. The light, the stage, the music, the customes, the performers were simply awesome and perfect! Too bad no pictures are allowed in there , or else I would have taken lotz of pictures. I always like to watch Broadway shows in Times Square because you can always count on the quality of the shows. One more thing about the performers are that they are really professional. They can dance, sing and act at the same time, and also, hit every single high notes! Since I was sitting at the 3rd row, I can actually the male lead's (Prince Eric) throat trembling with rhythms as he sang out every single word. It's just amazing! AMAZING! AMAZING! AMAZING! OMG, I'm seriously addicted to Broadways show. The next shows I wanted to watch are <>, <>, and <>! Times to switch and watch some "adult" shows :)

The shows lasted for 2 hours. Since it's still early, I decided to go to St. Marks to eat some Japanese food :) I had a big bowl of Udon at Udon West. I like to eat there because the restaurant is owned by a Japanese, and I felt like I was in Japan everytime I went there :P By the way, the food was not bad. It had the best Udon I had so far. The noodles were always chewy and yummy! After taken the hearty meal, I went to the Red Mango for the Yogurt!! I've craved for it since spring break! I bought a pomegranate yogurt with 3 toppings. It cost me a fortune, but it's ok coz it's the FROZEN YOGURT you can never found in New Brunswick!

Time to go home after the dinner. I took the subway back to Times Square and managed to catch the 8.30pm bus. So, it's the end of my another NYC trip. I wondered when I go there again. Hopefully, no long later coz I'm dying for another Broadway show :)