Must..... give..... a proper......... update...
Urgh. Time flies when you're having fun.
Sooooo then, where was I.
I now have a mobile number; Feel free to text me on 1-510-396-6923 (or +15103966923 from abroad), but try not to call me too much, as answering calls over here uses up credit.
As for what I've been up to... Monday and Tuesday last week were spent applying for social security numbers, bank accounts, meeting current interns (including some from Kent), and generally lazing about in/by the pool here at the hotel. There are 6 other Sun interns staying at the same hotel as me, all from Scotland, so I've been doing some stuff with them too.
Started work on Weds, and Weds, Thurs and Fri were basically spent getting settled into the office and orientating myself. I've got a rather nice dual monitor system I customised for myself, and I started learning Perl and Solaris Administration. All fun stuffs.
Went out to Berkeley on Weds evening and met some of the AIESEC volunteers at Berkeley and San Jose, which was awesome. Also met some of the other interns with AIESEC who work at places other than Sun, which was also pretty cool.
Friday evening, I headed over to Santa Clara with Gary and James (two of the scottish interns) and stayed the night at Patricia's house (another Aiesec intern, but working somewhere else) before heading out reeeeeeally early in the morning to go rafting with the San Jose Aiesec group. Was *excellent* fun, met a bunch more volunteers and interns, and generally had an awesome time rafting down a river for 4 hours whilst having a running water fight, with gun and water bombs and swimming and everything. Was *soooooo* fun. Spent a lot of time in the water swimming, which was excellent, but which resulted in my sunblock being washed off... meaning horribly horribly burnt shoulders. Still, well worth it.
Went back to San Jose State Uni's International House after that for an international cookoff... lot's of tasty food from different countries around the world. Was delicious, and Lotta's african soup rightly won the competition. There was a presentation on Egypt too, which was fascinating.
Photos from the weekend can be found on my website
Got a lift back home after that, and spent most of Sunday sleeping, or mooching about in/around the pool again.
Today and yesterday have been spent mainly working again... Went out on Sunday evening with James, Gary, Colin and Andy to an all-you-can-eat Indian Buffet meal for $13 (about £8) which was *delicious*, followed by watching Wedding Crashers at the cinema; there was an advert for John Butler Trio (an aussie band that a friend of mine in australia has got me in to) before the film, which was pretty awesome.
I have also obtained a 70's Volkswagen Campervan off one of last year's interns, so I hope to get a driving license over here pretty quickly. I shall paint it fun colours, and all shall be well.
So yes. M'having a most excellent time over here. This coming weekend is surfing, and the weekend after that is paintballing. My job rocks. The people here rock. And I'm having a good time, having a good time. I'm gonna woah, woah, woah, woah explode.
*grin*
Sooooo then, where was I.
I now have a mobile number; Feel free to text me on 1-510-396-6923 (or +15103966923 from abroad), but try not to call me too much, as answering calls over here uses up credit.
As for what I've been up to... Monday and Tuesday last week were spent applying for social security numbers, bank accounts, meeting current interns (including some from Kent), and generally lazing about in/by the pool here at the hotel. There are 6 other Sun interns staying at the same hotel as me, all from Scotland, so I've been doing some stuff with them too.
Started work on Weds, and Weds, Thurs and Fri were basically spent getting settled into the office and orientating myself. I've got a rather nice dual monitor system I customised for myself, and I started learning Perl and Solaris Administration. All fun stuffs.
Went out to Berkeley on Weds evening and met some of the AIESEC volunteers at Berkeley and San Jose, which was awesome. Also met some of the other interns with AIESEC who work at places other than Sun, which was also pretty cool.
Friday evening, I headed over to Santa Clara with Gary and James (two of the scottish interns) and stayed the night at Patricia's house (another Aiesec intern, but working somewhere else) before heading out reeeeeeally early in the morning to go rafting with the San Jose Aiesec group. Was *excellent* fun, met a bunch more volunteers and interns, and generally had an awesome time rafting down a river for 4 hours whilst having a running water fight, with gun and water bombs and swimming and everything. Was *soooooo* fun. Spent a lot of time in the water swimming, which was excellent, but which resulted in my sunblock being washed off... meaning horribly horribly burnt shoulders. Still, well worth it.
Went back to San Jose State Uni's International House after that for an international cookoff... lot's of tasty food from different countries around the world. Was delicious, and Lotta's african soup rightly won the competition. There was a presentation on Egypt too, which was fascinating.
Photos from the weekend can be found on my website
Got a lift back home after that, and spent most of Sunday sleeping, or mooching about in/around the pool again.
Today and yesterday have been spent mainly working again... Went out on Sunday evening with James, Gary, Colin and Andy to an all-you-can-eat Indian Buffet meal for $13 (about £8) which was *delicious*, followed by watching Wedding Crashers at the cinema; there was an advert for John Butler Trio (an aussie band that a friend of mine in australia has got me in to) before the film, which was pretty awesome.
I have also obtained a 70's Volkswagen Campervan off one of last year's interns, so I hope to get a driving license over here pretty quickly. I shall paint it fun colours, and all shall be well.
So yes. M'having a most excellent time over here. This coming weekend is surfing, and the weekend after that is paintballing. My job rocks. The people here rock. And I'm having a good time, having a good time. I'm gonna woah, woah, woah, woah explode.
*grin*
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