Jan

15

I’m back, virtually!

Filed Under travel, USA, holiday, fun, me, life 

I finally got my laptop from work today and finally can online from the studio apartment! I arrived safely on Friday night after a total of 15 hours flight and 7 hours of waiting! That is easily more than 24 hours!

We got a studio apartment (Marriott), with a room without door on the 1st floor and a room on the ground floor, which I chose to share with the female colleague, YJ. I love the place as it is very comfortable, with kitchen, living room and fireplace, nice bathroom and heater, very comfortable indeed. It is $130 a day with lovely American breakfast! I think it is very expensive, but what the heck, I am not the one paying! :D

From the outside! Cool huh?

The bedroom, I shared the bed with another girl~

The comfy living room, with fireplace~

The fully equipped kitchen with fridge, dish washer, micowave, stove and cooking utensils~

We got a car rented by our dear company and went to San Francisco on the weekend, both Saturday and Sunday! Luckily, one of my colleagues can drive as the driver side is on the left hand side! It is quite confusing to me, the way you have to turn the car and driving on the different side. And the highway is like 5 lanes and those people drives real fast! I don't think I wanna drive here!

Our rented car, I think around $20 per day or so, the company paying for the rent but we pay for the gas/petrol. Driving to work is like 17 miles per way! (1 miles = 1.6x kilometres! U do the math!)

Within few days, I have taken hundreds of pictures in San Francisco, the foods I have, the things I see, the lovely buildings and everything else! It's really cool and I absolutely like the place!

The weather was quite cold at night and my hands are freezing even though I am wearing gloves. But overall it is manageable if I am to wear 1 or 2 sweaters. I bought a real nice jacket from Macy for a very cheap price too, totally love it!

My sweater from Macy, guess how much is it!?!                        

But the weather is very dry and I feel that my lip is dry and my skin too. A colleague suggested me to get a humidifier so that it would be better for my skin especially when I sleep at night. I feel thirsty and woke up at the middle of the night! Will search for a suitable and affordable humidifier soon.

But.. it could be better.. I mean the 2 colleagues that are here with me. They both don't see head to head sometimes and sometimes are pretty upset about each other. Only 3 days we are together, can you believe it?!? I have to be the neutral one and hope it doesn't get worse (if it doesn’t get better).

Training will officially start tomorrow. I hope it is manageable but not too heavy. The colleagues here are quite nice too. They treated us lunch today at The Elephant Bar.

The nice lake by the Palace of Fine Art, San Francisco~

I love the hilly and slope-y San Francisco with the design of their houses/buildings!

Me at Golden Gate Bridge! I've made it!!! :D

Don't you just love the view? Could see the Bay Bridge at the back~ SF too..

I’ll be back with more pictures. =)

Comments

15 Responses to “I’m back, virtually!”

  1. yung . on January 15th, 2008 4:36 pm

    So so so so so so nice!!! The more then 24hrs waiting and flying for getting over there is definitely worth it!!

  2. allenooi on January 15th, 2008 7:28 pm

    oh man….. I miss San Francisco!!!!

  3. flsam on January 15th, 2008 7:53 pm

    Wow, nice apartment, nice car, nice city and more. You so lucky!!!. I only visit Frisco only when an in my late 30s. :)

  4. Scotty on January 15th, 2008 9:49 pm

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  5. Gloria on January 15th, 2008 10:55 pm

    Holy crap! Work training in SAN FRANCISCO? You lucky monkey!!!!!!!!

  6. Che-Cheh on January 16th, 2008 12:24 pm

    Everything is so nice…Lucky you. :)

  7. keeyit on January 16th, 2008 2:47 pm

    Not everyone can go to US !
    Yeah you really make it !
    Enjoy !

  8. Adino on January 16th, 2008 3:51 pm

    Glad to hear you made it safely. Everything looks great, and all sponsored by your company!! :)

  9. cibol on January 16th, 2008 11:47 pm

    can i send u my resume already?

  10. kevin on January 18th, 2008 12:40 am

    wah sooo nice… .wish i can go :P what a nice pic…… i like it :P

  11. admin on January 18th, 2008 3:37 pm

    Hi everyone, yeah I am indeed lucky I guess, for this round at least :D
    I’ll keep updating, do come again! :)

  12. bb community on January 18th, 2008 5:24 pm

    finally u’re back! looks cold outside~
    btw, u’ve been mentioned this week:
    http://bbmarketplace.blogspot.com/2008/01/listening-to-blogosphere-3rd-week.html

  13. Max on January 27th, 2008 6:04 am

    17;m back, virtually! : Life’s Roller Coaster~ is a quite interesting post but quite difficult to understand for me -

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