Yesterday was a great day here in NYC. First, we all went to the United Nations together. We took an audio tour, which was actually very informative. The tour was rather short, but definitely worth it. The stuff we learned about was right up my alley. I care a lot about human rights, and we got to see a lot of quotes and artwork that I found inspirational. Here are a couple pictures that I took:
General Assembly room, where all of the countries meet:
Some artwork displaying quotations on human rights (this took up the entire wall):
An intricate weaving that took up the entire wall. This is the center of it:
After we finished our tour, we began to head back home instead of staying in the Times Square area like we thought we were going to do. Rather than return to the house, Mary (another one of the students here) and I stayed in the city for a little while. As we were walking down Times Square, a lady with a clipboard asked us if we wanted to be on MTV. Out of habit, we said "No thanks" and continued walking about three steps before we realized, "Of course we want to be on MTV!"
The next thing we knew, we were entering the MTV studios building, going through all of their security procedures, and sitting in the audience at the show called The Seven. The celebrity guest was Olivia Munn. It was such a great experience that we almost missed out on because we tend to ignore those people on the street that ask you different questions and hand you different flyers. Sure, many of them are asking you to pay a ridiculous price for some tourist trap, but sometimes you get to be on TV! For our first week in NYC, this was definitely very exciting. You can also get tickets to go on MTV's The Seven by checking out its website: here.
Lesson 2: Listen to the people asking you questions on the sidewalk. You can find great opportunities hidden in a mass of flyers on trips to the Empire State Building.
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