Dear Daddy....

Serenade Part 2

February 17,2012 - 9:30 PM

Dear Mom, Dad, Papa, Mama and Lil Sis,

Earlier, me and Eddie are Iris' shopping slaves. Poor Bear....poor Eddie......I feel sorry for both of us....

I hope I can be Joe for a day, so that I have a reason to be a lazy bum at our hotel room from lunch to evening. Joe decided to stay after lunch. He said "I am getting old, I want to take a rest and I easily get tired. I need energy for tomorrow". As Iris said "Dad's Beauty Rest".

I have a hunch though - Joe is still not done with his speech. And I find it funny, because when I made my Valedictorian speech at Dalton, it only took me a day. And made lots of changes on the spot. I told Joe not to worry too much about it, but he said he is getting old and he might forget people to give his appreciation. So, I just let him be....I shouldn't compare myself and Joe, we are both different in dealing in these kinds of situations anyways.

I feel so tired today, but despite the exhaustion, I am still so excited to tell you about our New York adventure after V-day! Yay!

But you know, it still bothers me until now who requested that song that I sang that evening. If I could be given a chance to talk to that person, I want to thank him/her for paying our family meal. But I guess singing his/her requested song is enough and I made that person happy. If yes then, I am happy too! But who knows we might bump into each other in the future!

Here is our adventure for the past 3 days. We just narrowed down our list, because we don't want Joe to get tired so much. And his physical therapist said that not to stress his legs and back to an extent. It is better to heal slowly but surely.

On February 15, we went to Metropolitan Museum of Art. Oh! How I enjoyed it there! Lots of exhibits to see! Extraordinary! I am seeing the history of civilizations! No wonder this place is so famous - largest gallery in the world, housing an extensive collection of World Art from different periods of time. But what I like the most is the Egyptian Art - Iris told us that she believes that she is a reincarnation of an Egyptian Queen, we just rolled our eyes and of course as usual, we received a heavy punch on our shoulders! Does me and Eddie look like a punching bag to her? She always do this. Ugh!

After the Egyptian Exhibit, we went to the European Paintings followed by the Roman and Greek Sculptures - I enjoyed it here the most because the three of us mimics the paintings and sculptures and crack a joke with it, Joe always laughs at our antics. We spent the whole day at the museum. Breathtaking.....Majestic...everything is so hard to explain nor to describe. This fascination that I feel is overflowing like what I feel in Science. I wish you were here.....

But what I want the most is after our visit at the Museum. We went to watch a Broadway! And guess what? This made me teary eyed, the shows title is "Singing in the Rain" we are sitting in the second row, so we can see the actors and actresses very closely. This made me miss you more Mom, we used to watch the movie when I was a kid. I will always remember what you've said "That everything's better with a song, when you speak it's just words, but when you sing you open up your soul and who you really are shine through", then you will kiss me and tell me how you love your beautiful boy. You are one of my inspiration why I loved singing until today....so is Mama and Papa too! Throughout the show a lot of emotions surge through me. Iris and Joe held my hand, because they know how much this means to me. I love them lots!

The next day February 16, we rode the Staten Island Ferry! Free of charge! I enjoyed it a lot, we took lots of pictures. And Joe feels relaxed on the Ferry, we saw the breathtaking view of The Statue of Liberty(we will go there later on), and the views of the Lower Manhattan Skyline. And while enjoying the view Iris and Eddie goes lovey-dovey(I envy them!). I have to ruin the moment(I know I am bad!), by placing myself in the middle and placed my arms on both their waists, they also did the same to me I even joked that I am their child from the future, both of them laughed and agreed somehow. Eddie said he would love to have a genius kid like me(awwww!). What surprises me is that Joe took a picture of this moment.