It's the night before I get my first studio space and meeting my fellow studio residents. I have been since December 28, starting my new life in a new city in a new decade. It. Is. Amazing.

My ship arrives in New York City.

Walking pass the Museum of Sex is Birch Coffee House, sharing space with a neat hotel. The architecture is amazing.

Inside a Chinese emporium, Chinese New Year is almost here.

I spent the first week going to Chinatown, eating dim sum and exploring the area, sometimes wandering into Little Italy.

I have seen three different fiddlers at the same station playing amazing erhu.

I attended a couple of improv shows at the People Improv's Theatre (the PIT)...

...after meeting up with my friend Jaqueline Fouasnon, who I have not seen in three years.

I met up with Ryan Rowlett (pictured here) and Richard Gamble, two former alumni of MCA currently living and working in NYC.

Lucy Poskitt, her cousin, Rachel Rolon and I went to Ad Hoc Art Gallery for their closing party.

There were many souvenirs available for people to take with them; I procured a couple of prints and some documents of their murals.

On Friday, I went to the Museum of Modern Art but I was a few seconds late getting tickets for the Tim Burton show. I decided to walk around anyway and see their photographic collection.

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon), Pierrot Surprised 1854, Albumen Silver Print.

Unknown Photographer, Photo-booth Self-portraits 1940s, Gelatin silver print

Richard Avedon, Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York, May 6, 1957, Gelatin silver print, printed 1989

Hey, it's Pixy! Pixy is a photographer from Shanghai/Memphis and a graduate from University of Memphis. We went to Heteroscapes, photography from Bo Wang. That night, I met with Shen Wei, who has done this amazing series entitled Almost Naked.

Sundays, I have been invited by this amazing person named Sasha.

Here, I meet some amazing talents and creative people, such as Gregory, a fellow photographer.

Amy Hoppy has been my guide to New York and she initially invited me to the Sunday brunches. 

Tommy "Not yet a Yankee" Kha