Frisco trip
Have been putting off the blogging of this 2nd Frisco trip for a long time. Reason being: Things have been different without my best kaki at work there with me, and that's Iris.
In any case, here's a short post of my trip to Frisco. Upon reaching SFO, we headed straight for the Car Rental center to pick up our car. Chief is driving! This will definitely save time on public transport. There was a long queue at Hertz, we waited for about 45mins to collect our car.
Hertz counter
Finally, it was our turn to collect the car. In the end, we decided on a monster vehicle! It's too huge, considering that there are only 3 of us. We got a car that can take 8 pax. But, 1 of the reason was becos this was the only car available with a GPS system.
...the monster!
Smart GPS system! None of us have to do any navigation, except when Chief got lost and missed a turn, we'll have to try to get back onto the track...Haha!
GPS system.
With this car, it makes shopping a lot more easier. Haha. Of cos, being out here at Frisco. It's never complete with a trip of wild shopping to Gilroy Premium outlets. Chief is also tempted and volunteered to drive us there, so that he can also do some shopping for himself, his kids and not forgetting for his wife. And he ended up being the biggest spender among us. All these shopping and walking made us so tired and hungry, we decided to settle for our lunch at the fast food outlet - In n Out. This is quite a well known fast food outlet.
This is how the In Out burger looks like! Resembles the MOS burger we have in SG, maybe their long lost cousins... =) The fries is a must try! The fries tasted really different. Biting into the fries, you can taste fresh potatos! I'm not kidding. And they have this machine behind the counter which slice the potatos into strips and it's only fried when an order is placed.
In n Out burger
A close-up of the burger.
Well the 1st few days was spent at San Francisco, Serrano Hotel. After which, we moved to San Jose, Fairmont Hotel. The client office is about a 10 mins drive away from this hotel.
Fairmont Hotel lobby.
The rooms at this hotel were very spacious compared to Serrano Hotel.
The tv area.
Our beds, bunking with my manager, Elaine.
The dressing area which was just outside the bathroom.
and finally, the bathtub!
The swimming pool was located on the 4th floor of the hotel. See the row of building just behind the chairs next to the trees...seems like those are also guest room. Wonder why we're not being offer these rooms instead though I'm not a big fan of swimming.
By the pool side.
And of cos, these are all stuff I got from this trp! The butterfly wings are for Joey, cos she always tell me she want to be like a butterfly but she got no wings. So here's a pair of wings for her.
My treasures...
Notice the few bottles of nail polish at the bottom right hand corner. Those are for Iris!
Iris! Here they are your gift.
On the last day, while on the way back to SFO, we stop by at Bernie's place. Bernie is now working at our Palo Alto office, and she just got her apartment. I heard it has a magnificent view. Situated right on the top of the hill, it overlooks the Bay and SFO.
See the land right at the background. That's where the runway is! Every few minutes you can see a plane landing. The time interval is really short between each plane landing.
...the view from her balcony
...the runway, can you see the planes?
It really makes me feel like staying at her place for a few days before coming home. While Bernie is giving a short intro of her apartment, I took this short video clip of the scenery. Pardon me, the effect is not good at all. I'll taking this video with my Canon Ixus 60, and my hands are shaking due to the cold wind.
In any case, here's a short post of my trip to Frisco. Upon reaching SFO, we headed straight for the Car Rental center to pick up our car. Chief is driving! This will definitely save time on public transport. There was a long queue at Hertz, we waited for about 45mins to collect our car.
Hertz counter
Finally, it was our turn to collect the car. In the end, we decided on a monster vehicle! It's too huge, considering that there are only 3 of us. We got a car that can take 8 pax. But, 1 of the reason was becos this was the only car available with a GPS system.
...the monster!
Smart GPS system! None of us have to do any navigation, except when Chief got lost and missed a turn, we'll have to try to get back onto the track...Haha!
GPS system.
With this car, it makes shopping a lot more easier. Haha. Of cos, being out here at Frisco. It's never complete with a trip of wild shopping to Gilroy Premium outlets. Chief is also tempted and volunteered to drive us there, so that he can also do some shopping for himself, his kids and not forgetting for his wife. And he ended up being the biggest spender among us. All these shopping and walking made us so tired and hungry, we decided to settle for our lunch at the fast food outlet - In n Out. This is quite a well known fast food outlet.
This is how the In Out burger looks like! Resembles the MOS burger we have in SG, maybe their long lost cousins... =) The fries is a must try! The fries tasted really different. Biting into the fries, you can taste fresh potatos! I'm not kidding. And they have this machine behind the counter which slice the potatos into strips and it's only fried when an order is placed.
In n Out burger
A close-up of the burger.
Well the 1st few days was spent at San Francisco, Serrano Hotel. After which, we moved to San Jose, Fairmont Hotel. The client office is about a 10 mins drive away from this hotel.
Fairmont Hotel lobby.
The rooms at this hotel were very spacious compared to Serrano Hotel.
The tv area.
Our beds, bunking with my manager, Elaine.
The dressing area which was just outside the bathroom.
and finally, the bathtub!
The swimming pool was located on the 4th floor of the hotel. See the row of building just behind the chairs next to the trees...seems like those are also guest room. Wonder why we're not being offer these rooms instead though I'm not a big fan of swimming.
By the pool side.
And of cos, these are all stuff I got from this trp! The butterfly wings are for Joey, cos she always tell me she want to be like a butterfly but she got no wings. So here's a pair of wings for her.
My treasures...
Notice the few bottles of nail polish at the bottom right hand corner. Those are for Iris!
Iris! Here they are your gift.
On the last day, while on the way back to SFO, we stop by at Bernie's place. Bernie is now working at our Palo Alto office, and she just got her apartment. I heard it has a magnificent view. Situated right on the top of the hill, it overlooks the Bay and SFO.
See the land right at the background. That's where the runway is! Every few minutes you can see a plane landing. The time interval is really short between each plane landing.
...the view from her balcony
...the runway, can you see the planes?
It really makes me feel like staying at her place for a few days before coming home. While Bernie is giving a short intro of her apartment, I took this short video clip of the scenery. Pardon me, the effect is not good at all. I'll taking this video with my Canon Ixus 60, and my hands are shaking due to the cold wind.
posted by clloud at 9:29 PM
2 Comments:
sobz.. how i wish i was there too.
so fun lor..(minus the training sessions at BEA of coz!)
Iris
oh yah.. thanks for the nail polishes!!!!
paiseh u didnt get a lot of stuff for urself but still got so many bottles for me!
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