02 Trips Remaining
"02 trips remaining" is what the Path turnstile read this morning as I entered. Tomorrow is my last commute to Jersey via the Path, and I'm really going to miss those shady, overcrowded and dirty trains.
It's strange, every weekday morning I walk by the construction zone at ground zero heading to the train platforms. At first, it was pretty solemn. It is, afterall, the site of a mass killing. But the more I walked by there, the more I realized the increasing numbers of tourists there to gawk and take pictures. It's just nauseating. There is usually a group of Asian people there taking pictures with a wide grin in front of the site. Asian tourists like to do that, they always take pictures by themselves in front of a monument or something, with their hands at their sides. Kind of like this guy:
The Asian Pose
It's very peculiar. When it's not a group of Asians, it's usually a group of Southerners or Midwesterners seeing New York for the first time. I have a feeling that their paying tribute is undoubtedly followed by a lot of jingoism and praise for Bush.
So today at work wasn't bad. I spoke to a lot of folks, and I have to say that I really did work with a good group of people. Luckily I'm leaving on good terms. If I'm going to law school, it certainly doesn't hurt to stay in touch with people in the legal profession.
It's strange, every weekday morning I walk by the construction zone at ground zero heading to the train platforms. At first, it was pretty solemn. It is, afterall, the site of a mass killing. But the more I walked by there, the more I realized the increasing numbers of tourists there to gawk and take pictures. It's just nauseating. There is usually a group of Asian people there taking pictures with a wide grin in front of the site. Asian tourists like to do that, they always take pictures by themselves in front of a monument or something, with their hands at their sides. Kind of like this guy:
The Asian Pose
It's very peculiar. When it's not a group of Asians, it's usually a group of Southerners or Midwesterners seeing New York for the first time. I have a feeling that their paying tribute is undoubtedly followed by a lot of jingoism and praise for Bush.
So today at work wasn't bad. I spoke to a lot of folks, and I have to say that I really did work with a good group of people. Luckily I'm leaving on good terms. If I'm going to law school, it certainly doesn't hurt to stay in touch with people in the legal profession.
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There is actually a second Asian pose in the picture, that of the photographer. Only Asians (and that also includes us South Asians) will stand so focused and so seriously for a regular, tourist-y photo, as if they're taking a picture of a tiger while on safari.
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Some Human, at 5/28/2004 8:46 PM
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