Nathan Ng

Day 1: Small-size me

August 25th, 2008.

Early in the morning before the sun was out, the parents and I began our quest for the silicon.  We weren’t sure what silicon was composed of (you’d THINK it was a pure element), but regardless, our journey started at 4 a.m.  A quick mindless trip to the airport and I prepared myself for the first challenge that Mr. Silicon gave me: Customs.  Yes, I forgot about the I-94 form and headed straight to the customs officer only to be sent back.  It was alright though – it just involved running back all the way to the airline peeps to grab the form.  I filled it out, gave a quick answer to the customs officer and off we went!

As we hit Detroit to transfer, I learned my first important lesson: medium-sized drinks are to Americans (no offense my Red and Blue friends), what the frickin’ Pacific Ocean is to Canadians.  Of course, I appended that lesson with: Order Small Drinks.

We arrived at the San Francisco Airport after a 3 hour flight, even though it seemed like 6 hours (Full Disclosure: it WAS 6 hours including the time zone change), picked up our van and headed out to San Jose.  We arrived at our crappy little inn and promptly took a nap.  We visited the apartment and we were greeted with THIS (main building, not mine lol).

And THIS (my actual place).

Yeah, I’m paying a lot to be in such a nice place.  But hey, it was tough finding a good place that was close to work.

Btw: That top picture is for you Jamie.  Haha semiconductors for teh win.