Tue, 18 Mar 2003 06:29:06 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Re: Tina's message from SF

Hi folks,

i just got at SF last friday and now i'm in a friend's friend's house. this wasn't my plan to come to SF this early actually. I was in riverside daniel's brother's house but he had to study for the final and his major is dental health which is very hard and intensive. he couldn't concentrate on studying while i was there chatting to his wife, so i only stayed for 1 day. on the way to SF i met a guy on the train who was going to camp in a state park near st luis obispo and we had a very great talk and surprisingly we had a lot of interests and personalities in common (we both are aries). then he invited me to go camping with him and i thought it's a rare chance for me to camp in the US so i jumped off the train in the half way to SF!(fortunately i can get some refund back for the partially used train ticket). we stayed in a cute hostel in st luis obispo that night, but it started to rain heavily at nite and didn't stop in the next morning. i felt very upset cuz i could only camp for 1 day then had to go up to SF to pick up my luggages. he decided to leave s.l.o too. meanwhile we met a nice lady in her 40's volunteering to give us a ride up to sf where she lives at, so we three drove up along the west coast relaxedly and on the way stopped by several beautiful beaches and the aquarium in monterey, which is a marinal aquarium and through the telescope i even saw a wild seal and a mother otter carrying a baby in the sea! they are so cute and adorable!! i'm very glad that i jumped off the train with that guy. she dropped me in front of the friend's house so i saved a bit for the train which is great. then here i am in SF!:)

yesterday the friend took me to golden gate bridge and showed me arounda a bit the city center. today is irish st patric's day so we'll be going out to have some fun and beers tonight. i might stay here for a week or 10 days, then either going up to seattle or to sacramento. i forgot to go to the grand canyon drectly while i was in LA, so after the north west i might go down to see the grand canyon. anyway i'll keep updating my story to you.

have a nice day!

Tina