What’s amazing and exhilarating is that this feel just like the beginning, and that I’ve barely scratched the tip of the iceberg - there’s more places to explore, more stories to uncover and projects to embark on.

In her book Ost Trifft West (East Meets West), Yang Liu, a Chinese designer based in Germany illustrated the underlying differences between these two cultures the way she experienced it, in beautiful and simple graphics. While it features a few stereotypes, much of what she observed ring very true and captured a lot of the nuances. Here are a few of my personal favourites

“And everyone, in one way or another, fell in love—with men, women, hot dogs, drugs, even the subway (vampires be damned), and, of course, with New York, a city you never just move to. Because you always remember the day you arrive.”

So here we are, Ashley, Sona, and myself, all so similar (25, females, career-minded, loves a bit of fun), and yet so different at the same time (fashion designer, finance-chic, and advertising, Caucasian, Indian, Chinese). And of all places, we met through Craigslist. Life is New York City is off to a good start.