January 30, 2004
Staging.
Yes, thanks for all your emailed concerns. I got my stuff packed, cleaned my room and made it to San Fran. My mom woke up at 5AM (despite having a snow day at school) to help me shovel out the driveway cuz the taxi company cancelled, but then they showed up anyway. I think my mom's the winner on that one. She got some free shoveling. The plane departed 90 min late after being plowed in to the hangar. I never heard of that one before. Plenty of pissed off business people at the gate. I was not as fussed. Somehow, my carefree attitute karmically saved me a whole row of seats so I finally streched out and had a nap on the plane.
Great, very diverse group of new volunteers here in SF. 41 of us. Last night we checked out the Golden Gate Bridge, so here's a shot. Oh, scratch that, apparently the file is too large. Dang 5 megapixel cameras. I should read the manual. I gather you all know what the Golden Gate looks like anyway.
Out to vietnamese food afterwards (cuz the Burmese place was too busy.) Nice to eat out with a crowd unintimidated by a menu full of unknowns.
And after that, Santiago, my Argentinian partner in crime at University of the Pacific, stopped by to remind me to act more normal in the Philippines. Here's the photo I promised him I'd put up. (It's a smaller file than the one of the bridge.)
Today consisted of an early wakeup, CNN headline news (which is pretty awful AND the tickers are addictive), and a whole bunch more important important information. I need a nap. Next time i get on this thing will be from Asia! Bye-bye (the same in every language.)
Posted by dbs at January 30, 2004 05:42 PM