Saturday, September 15, 2012

6 things you will never see driving own car in SF.

I realized that blog keeping is not easy as you think about it. Before i though, that i can post a blog every day, and theoretically it's possible... But...

I think I need to change the format of my blog writing and just blog it as much as i can, not as much as i want, it's just like that i'd like to drive latest Audi S5 coupe, in fact i'm still driving (in a context of using) MUNI and Caltrain.
But from another perspective riding every day with public transport is allow me to discover new things i never seen before.

Driving your own car you will never observe:

  1. Drunk people puking on your car early morning at 7.30 am I'm curious when the drunk ass start to drink to be totally done at 7.30 (i imagine me drunk at early morning, but couldn't find reason can cause it :) no way)
  2. Full car of people with iPhones ONLY.. Folks, sure I'm a fan of iPhone, because it's awesome, no just because of the fact that almost everyone is holding iPhone, but there are so many other nice mobiles, like Samsung with Android 4.0.4 (looks like tech blog, huh? :)) ) but still ... Seems i know that's the reason of iPhonomania over the world... It's because they are producing it for average person in USA, and I'm emphasizing USA (not world) because, frankly said, i don't think Apple care about others... While rest of the phone vendors are trying to cover all world with affordable smart mobile phones, Apple just hypnotizing USA citizens, don't get me wrong, but all they need is simple usability, and Apple is giving it to them. 
  3. Another scene you will never see in your car, it's people with water bottles... I swear guys, every another american is holding water somewhere in a bag, in backpack, pocket... Guys, seriously? it looks like you are living in desert and scared to die w/o water... Strange...
  4. Make up salon for women people in bus. Every morning I can see how the same Asian ladies are doing make up (full make up, and the only they are not, it's hair drying :)) ) Dude, wake up 10 mins earlier... Insane...
  5. American Slang, it's the best experience i can have in the bus. So nice, (seriously, no sarcasm at all) to hear different accents, slangs. I really enjoy how black people are talking, it's kinda different, and unique, and the content is different... Now i can understand better the all stand-up comedy shows of Eddie Murphy, he did back at 80s (btw: lot of people are calling him the worst actor of last century, but he is AWESOME, and you better to keep your mouth shut up MFs, he ran his comedies, when you still peed on your pants) So, back to context, they are talking so interesting, and they have charming sense of humor.
  6. Listening Radio, it's the best you can have in public transport in SF, no many nice radio stations, but my favorite one so far is the 99.7 MHz FM, every morning from 8-10 am, two local DJs are performing show and playing cool playlist, (perfect for jogging if you sporty guy) Name of Show is "Fernando and Greg. Seriously i recommend it to all of you guys, it's cool mix of humor, news, political news, boheme news and dance music... I wish all DJs in soviet republics could run so awesome show. Guys are talking like super duper standup comedians, fast, smooth and polite (even they are making dirty jokes) at the same time. don't miss it  every morning on CBS local

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Day-2. Shopping it's like "The Beatles" Always on trend

Today i'm gonna talk about shopping in USA, particularly in SF. Guys, Shopping is one of the most popular hobbies for at least 60% population of California.

But let me start from the beginning...

There are two type of EATERS in USA

1. Who are eating organic food

2. Who are eating everything If you are street EATER, you are probably eating everywhere, and everything...

Guys, do not eat much, you need to have compassion to the animals you are eating, since im almost sure that some sossages contain Where are you buying your clothes? Ross? you are probably Student, low budget or just moved to USA (nothing personal guys, I'm doing a lot of shopping in kinda shops)

Macy's ? You are middle or upper middle class USA resident, probably with 67.000 up to 120.000 $ gross annual salary. one more think, you are avid coupons hunter, since you know where and when you can buy exact item. when it's 30% and on top of everything, you are giving another discount coupon for extra 20%.

And it's all you need in San Francisco! (my quote)

Monday, September 3, 2012

Day-1. Restart. New Days in SF & Bay Area The Best place to live if you geek

Hey folks. I truly apologize for this long delay. I remember i promised to post a line a day at least, but still was a crazy busy with logistics and setups here in California.

i realized that it's different to be tourist and local here. When you tourist, you can't actually feel all difficulties living in USA, because you are tourist, and being an Armenian in particular, since if you are Armenian in USA, especially in California means you have at least couple of buddies, who will organize your all needs.

... including BBQ, party, pub crawling and so on.

But imagine, you are move to work and live here... Let me tell you something guys... It's 180 degree flipped world. People are not considering you as a guest, so you can't really expect that they gonna spend a lot of time with you, which is totally understandable because of totally different life style. I used to have relaxed life style in Armenia, and because i worked with Canada (at Macadamian Technologies) i had a a bit shifted working schedule, and taking into consideration that i lived 5 mins on walk from office, i could always sure that i'm not gonna be late. Not in United States. need to noticed though that i was lucky that I'm in SF bay area, which is THE BEST place in entire USA from the logistics and transportation point of view. Really THE BEST.. They have caltrain (which takes me to Bay Area) they have metro or tube or subway (not the Sandwich place with Best Avocado inside :))) ) (as they called it here), cable car, buses, trolley buses, Bart and some other types i never explore. The good thing is that all you need is a Clipper Card...

And all this makes your life easier, but still i need a ride for 20-40 mins by muni transport, after 20-30 mins on Caltrain to get to the Silicon Valley, another 20 mins of walk, and here we go! I'm at work, Exciting , isn't it?

... Overall 60-80 mins , which means i need to wake up early morning to make sure I'm on time. Anyway, it's interesting experience, gonna digging deeper, to see how it works... P.S. - I don't forget that i need to back to the Kardashian Story as i promised on my previous blogpost