December 6th, 2005

Monday 5th December 2005 – 2:54pm Brett Cupertino Time (BCT)

After weeks of traveling, im finally in Cupertino CA. The flight over was pretty good, cramped as usual but ok. The plane was completely full, so full that they were asking every person as they checked in whether they wanted a free $800 USD credit to stay one more night in Sydney. I said no of course, no way i was going to miss my flight considering i start at Apple tomorrow.

Missed out on getting an isle seat as well, even though i checked in early. So i got stuck with a window seat and was cramped in the corner. I tried to sleep a bit, but couldnty really get settled. Tonight i should sleep well.

Arrived in San Francisco pretty much on time. Melanies Aunty Doris and Uncle Tim picked me up at the airport. I was planning on taking a taxi to the unit, but got a call at the last minute before leaving Sydney from Melanie telling me to look out for her Aunty and Uncle. They are really nice, took time off of work to drive the 40mins or so to the airport to pick me up, then drove me back to the unit im staying then even took me out to lunch!

I managed to work out how the international calls work, seems i just dial the number and its free. Called Melanie and it worked fine. Ill try ringing Mum or one of my sisters later to see how it goes.

So yeah, Ive got to write a few posts and back date them about the whole trip to Newcastle / Sydney and the visa process. Stay tuned for that, might do them later this arvo.

The time has come, tomorrow i start at Apple at 9:30am. I was given some instructions to find my way to the orientation and intern people, and apparently its just across the road from the unit which is good. Ashley and Wade can probably tell me where to go anyway.

Ill post more Cupertino updates over the coming months. Probably wont be able to mention anything specific about Apple but theres plenty else here to blog about. Stay tuned for pictures too

Thats it for now.