I'm in a New York State of Mind

Yay! I just broke the news to my mom and dad yesterday that I would be spending Christmas and New Year's Day in New York and they said ok! Imagine just me and a buddy of mine from camp who's gonna fly there from Hawaii spending about 10 to 12 days in NY! The Big Apple! Now, to get them to contribute funds towards my holiday there... :) I think they finally see me as being grown-up. Finally. Since I turned 20, I realized that they do not bother me as much with their many many queries eg. Where have u been? Who were u out with? What time is it now? Sigh. I guess... I've really finally grown up. :)

Now to the nitty-gritty details... How should I get a cheap ticket to NY from Singapore? I thought of taking the SIA non-stop flight to NY but it's like $2000++. There's a cheaper alternative with United, costing between $1200-$1400 that has 2 flights... One stops over at Japan for 2 hours... The other stops over at France for 12 hours. Sigh. But if my friend is flying to NY from Hawaii, he will most likely stop over at Japan rather than France on ANA or JAL. Sigh. But France!!! That's like the dream vacation place! :) Paris, Charles De Gaulle airport... i mean Aéroport CDG. Sigh. Anyone else knows about cheaper alternatives, sms or tagboard me k? Thanks!

And I've planned to watch so many Broadway shows. Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic theater. Wicked at the Gershwin theater. Avenue Q. And whatever else is there... :P Sigh. I can just imagine me at the theaters... gushing and gasping at the rising chandelier at the start of the prologue of Phantom. And screaming when it falls. And gasping again at Elphaba flying with her broomstick at the end of Act 1. Wow... I can just see it.

And snow! Snow! A real white Christmas! With ice skating! This will be the very first time I will ever see snow. Fake or real. It's really the first time. And I'd really love to see the huge Christmas tree at the Rockefeller center... Wonder who will be there this time? Last year was Beyoncé I think. I wonder who it will be this time... And New Year's at Time Square with that big ball descending... That would be damn cool. :)

Will update after I get my itinerary planned and once I have got my fingers on my plane ticket. :P