~San Francisco Part 1~

Day 1
I was lucky that I got the isle seat on the plane,and was lucky that it was a 17year old girl that sat next to me. The airplane food was so-so (I don't really have an appetite when it comes to plane food),and the ride was 9hours long..didn't really sleep well,less than 2hours to be exact.Anyhow,I arrived safely to SF airport,cleared the customs and immigration before taking the BART to meet Em at Powell station. Inside the BART,I got to see matchboxes-like houses which really gives me a crazy idea that if a fire were to break out,all the houses would have gone 'sayonara' :/Oh ya, I forgot to mentioned that I arrived at 9am on the 19th of March when I departed from Narita on the 19th of March at 4pm;p

Em met me at Powell station and I felt really guilty for waking him up when he only had 4hours of sleep and is actually sick>.< sorry man..well being a sport,he still helped me with my luggage,took me around Union Square before we got to his apartment..it was really warm and sunny that day and i was practically sweating in my oh-too-many layers of clothes because it was too cold in Japan. Anyhow,Em's apartment was pretty cool and near downown area,pretty convenient I would say cuz its near the Uni as well. My jetlag sat in and I had 2 hours of nap before we had out for Chinese food at Chinatown.The New Sun Hong Kong restaurant was pretty good and we can even ask for take-aways with our left-overs. No such thing in Japan til I was a little surprised(^^)"

And of all the Chinatown I visited, this was really the best so far. I got to see those typical Chinese salon, Chinese pharmacy with herbs and dry food, and oh, shops that sells MOPS!! So kedai-runcit lo I tell you!! And the veges here was so cheap,that I wish I could find these in Japan..hehe..Sorry for the sudden "aunti-ness",it's just that all the shops I see actually reminds me of Petaling Street or the Chinese grocery store near my house ;) After Chinatown we got back to his place and I got to meet Jackee,a very out-going bubbly girl whose place I'm goin to crash in for the next 8days..we went to get new mattress as she wants o a new one and I get to sleep in her old one..jetlag really sat in and I was yawning all the way,didn't really talked much..

After mattress,Em took me to downtown where we had frozen yogurt at IceBee..it's a self serve frozen yogurt place where you can fill your cup with different flavors of frozen yougurt(more like frozen ice cream), and we can use any topping we like,payment was based on the weight..it tasted pretty good,not much different from ice-cream actually.Next we went walking around the town,thought of going to MoMa but it was closed,so we walked along and went to a containers shop where they had some very cool stuff..cool but unneccesary I would say. Th one that I found useful was a dustbin where there's an elastic top where you can push to compress the garbage inside.

Next I got to meet a few more cool people like Robert,JC,Angeline and Pierre.. Had dinner at Japan town and had a great time listening to the group speaking. It was really nice of them trying to included me in their conversation but actually with jetlag and all,I was actually having more fun listening to them..the part I enjoyed most is the part whr they compared our lives with games..I forgot the details but it was really something interesting. The day ended soon after and we came back to shower and all. As the mattress would only arrive the next day, Jackee offered me her room while she stayed at her bf's place for a night..Ended day 1 with an almost 12 hours sleep(^^)

Day 2
Woke up at 12.30pm,spent the rest of the day resting at home..been really tired and Em had an assignment due tomorrow. Was glad to get some rest before doing more sight-seeing..had dinner at a great place at Powell's which consists of Chop sirloin,mash potatoes,salad,bread and apple pie(^^) it's a matter of time before I go (-__-) fat like that..strolled around the town and got to see a cool instrument player who used pails as drums..strolling at the downtown area was pretty neat at night,reminds me a lot like Sydney..looking forward to tomorrow(^^)\/