Trism is a pretty simple game, much like Bejeweled or Tetris. It makes uses of blocks of different colors arranged a certain way – you just manipulate those pieces to make your moves. Rather than swapping pieces or adding blocks to the screen, it makes use of sliding things around until you make matches of three or more. What I like about it is that it’s not just up and down, left and right. That third axis adds a whole new level of challenge, sometimes leaving empty spaces for you to have to work around. Plus, you tilt your device all different ways to make the new pieces “fall” the way you want them to. Triangular pieces are a pretty novel concept in these kinds of games and I’ve yet to see another game make use of it. It’s a great game that gets your mind thinking in a new way.
365great Day 254: Trism
Return to New York: Re-Exploring the City
Alright, here’s the continuation of our Veteran’s Day mini vacation! To see what we did the first day, go back here.

After packing up and checking out, we left the Connecticut side of things where I used to go to the mall, YMCA, and Stew Leonard’s. Back to New York!

Oh that steep hill that pictures can’t seem to do justice to. I remember many a bike ride down and walk up that thing.

At the base of the hill is this giant house, which was always a great mystery to me. I think it’s two units. Looks so grand!

Once we arrive in the city, we swing by Dominique Ansel Bakery, which I am told is where the cronut originates.

No more cronuts, so I went for the magic souffle instead, which they cooked in something like 10 minutes.

As we walked towards the World Trade Center area, we saw this cool tent set up for #TalkingTransition.

Underneath that bench and bike racks you’ll find a vent for the subway station. Strange sort of place to sit.

Just as we neared the 9/11 memorial, the sun came out to light up the new One World Trade Center building being built.

Here we go into the memorial… first it took us through a line winding around buildings and through a security check.

I think they did a good job designing this memorial. It’s a powerful image paired with impressive sound to give you enough of a haunting feeling.

Panda helped me eat one and loaded on the ginger. The couple next to us literally stared at him as he ate it, apparently in disbelief that he could have all that ginger.

I was so excited that they have potato strips! One of my favorite dishes, but few restaurants offer it. They’re so crisp and wonderful! This one was SPICY though.

After taking the bus back to the New Jersey side, where our hotel was, I noticed the skyline visible in the distance as we walked. Nice!
I got back to the hotel to find that 1. a friend on Yelp had seen me checking in and was wondering where in New Jersey I was since she was in the area too 2. two friends/former managers from Singapore had seen me posting on Facebook and wanted to meet up since they were in NYC and 3. a friend had seen my pictures on Instagram and was wondering where I was since she was in New Jersey too! Lol, way to go social media. So I arranged to meet up with my college friend who reached out on Yelp and my Singaporean friends who reached out on Facebook. I couldn’t make plans with my college friend who commented on Instagram, but maybe next time!

The next morning, we had breakfast with my friend and then went to meet up with my Singaporean friends. Saw this randomness in the subway station.

We found the Singaporeans at the MoMA gift shop browsing. It took me a sec to figure out these calendars!

After a brief visit to the city once more, we were back on the New Jersey side, getting a great view.

The rest of the day was spent driving home. As the sun lit up the sky in pink, Philadelphia came into view and I passed out for part of the ride.

On our way through Baltimore, we passed by Johns Hopkins as we avoided the toll roads. Soon enough we were home!
