Palo Alto - 2nd day

Heh heh... So today I went to see the place I will be living at for the next 4 months.

A very nice place indeed. A lot bigger than I imagined. Very clean and very equipped!... Looking forward to moving in.. more to come.. but enjoy these videos below for now...





The ppl in Palo Alto seems loaded... just around my neighbourhood: 3 cars to the right (including a BMW SUV, and a green beetle), one victorian styled house across the street, and a lexus to the left. Looking down the street, you can see BMWs littered across the driveway. Yet this is nothing compared to when u get to the main roads here.. once you are driving around Palo Alto, you see nice cars EVERYWHERE!!! ... and at the bank yesterday, I was reading the classified section. The houses in Palo Alto, Los Altos, etc... they go for millions of dollars (US dollars!!!). Ah mondieu... the cheapest house listed was $500000...

So today I went shopping for food to stock up my new place... finding one in Cupertino (with the help of a veteran guide), I bought some 'yodulee' and vermicelli.. there's even 'siu' duck for sale there!...

then went to safeway... getting one of those membership cards saved me a fortune!!! Today I bought 15 cans of Campbell's chicken noodle soup, 6 packs of 600g pasta, some oil, AND a 2L bottle of pop.. for $20.96 USD!!!!... I have to say I am very happy.. supposedly w/ this membership thing I saved $7.67 today... woohoo!!!

Also went back to downtown Palo Alto today and tried the rotating su
shi boat place for lunch... pretty nifty... oh, and apparently octopus here is cheaper than salmon... I even saw them selling octopus at the chinese supermarket today!!!...

So now my blog is setup... can put in pics, and movies via youttube.... Now I am off to McD to grab myself a Happy Meal!

Palo Alto - First 27 Hour Day

1.5 movies and 3 hours later, I have arrived at Palo Alto...

It seems Americans here don't seem to like to go over the speed limit all that much. If the road says 35 is the max, the cars rarely go 50. Imagine driving 60 on steeles... you'd probably get honked at... .but driving at the speed limit here; let's me enjoy the view.. .maybe that's why the people here drive at the speed limit.

The miles / kilometers thing also threw me a bit off. For the first 5 min or so, I was baffled as to why 60 feels so fast in a Corolla, but more strangely, why I seem to be blowing past cars around me when I go 75... then I realized 60 was in miles... and then I saw the speed limit and it made sense...

Got to my motel relatively easily... (very nice place.. has A/C!!!). Then went to good ol' Walmart for some much needed goods. Also went to the bank and drove around Palo Alto.

Went to downtown Palo Alto at night. Was a very beautiful place...reminds me of main street at Unionville... but prettier! Patios and cafes everywhere. Italian cuisine almost every block. Ordered a calzone and it was frikking huge!



but like all 27 hour days... having been up since 2:30am California (5:30 am TO time)... by 12am, I was dead tired and passed out for the rest of the night...

My First Blog

My FIRST BLOG!!!

This site will be where I will post what I've done. Maybe it will be #1 on google soon...

More to come...