The Giant Que for Passage to Brooklyn, First 9 days of school and a HIMYM Joke

It is 10:13PM and we have just come home from the East Village. (Girly moment: I was in between racks of shoes and felt a very Carrie Bradshaw-like feeling. Of course, being me, I started humming the theme song of Sex and The City and doing a little dance...Until I saw a saleslady giving me a quizzical eyebrow. I smiled, she smiled and a situation, which could've been a VERY awkward one, turned into an anecdote I could bring myself to share with you in my blog.)

I have survived 9 days of the IB Diploma program and I see why the graduates talk urban tales of turning into zombies and sleeping in the library. Although, the teachers are all really nice and seriously know what they're talking about, the workload is pretty legitimate. I got my first Math quiz grade, which was a 6 (on a scale of 1-7). It came as a surprise to me, because I went into it literally shaking. 

Last weekend I and Mama went to IKEA. Now you might think, why is Vivian writing about this - it's just IKEA. Well, the unexpected journey to IKEA required not only travel by land, but also by water. We took a water taxi :) 

It all went down on Saturday. We took a bus to Chinatown and after that walked to Pier 11. We found a huge que waiting for us - we weren't the only ones, who wanted to take advantage of the free passage across.

We got there 40 minutes early and still didn't know, if we were gonna make it on.

Somehow, we did make it on the rocking yellow boat and saw beautiful views, including a teeny glimpse of the Statue of Liberty.

A pirate's life for me. (Riding on this ship is going on my NYC bucket list.)

I went with the IKEA-style, wearing a yellow top and blue jeans. 

After the 25 minute ferry ride we found ourselves in the untamed land of Brooklyn.We didn't get to explore more of it, as the rugs and lamps were beckoning to us. 

We made it out with 2 10kg bags + whatever we could fit in my humongous backpack. 

Coming back to today and the trip to East Village...I am very content, that we didn't just find treasures to put in our closets, but also a new business venture of mine: 

I swear to you, when I saw this, I said: 

My Mom can witness to that reaction. 

Thank you for reading another one! 

PS: I thought it may be fun to ask you to ask me some questions about NYC. I know, I haven't acquired a lot of wisdom yet, based on my 30-day stay here (30 days already - Really?), but I'll do the best I can. Just leave a comment below or to facebook or just message me. I'll answer them gladly in the next post.