Archive for December, 2005
Xmas at the Chin Household
December 30st, 2005 @ 12:02 pm BFWT (Brett Federal Way Time)
Ive been spending the last week at Melanies parents place in Federal Way. Its been great and a lot of fun. Xmas was just like when i was here two years ago (minus having a Melanie around). Lots of friendly people, lots of great food, [...]
Pet Squirrel
Friday 23 December 2005, 8:06am BCT
I think ill try to take a squirrel back to Australia.
Every morning when i walk in to work, theres at least one squirrel in each tree. They scurry around with their bushy tails and look so cool
I wonder how they would adapt to Australian life…
Social Security
Monday 19th December 2005, 11:05pm BCT
Went today to apply for a social security number. Its kind of like a tax file number in Australia and you need one to do any kind of work in the US.
We headed off early into down town San Jose to hopefully get it done quick. 4 hours after we [...]
Xmas Party
Thursday 15 December 2005, 8:49pm BCT
The section i work in had their xmas party today. They used a ‘white elephant’ system where everyone who wants to join in brings a gift and puts it in the pile. Then everyone draws a number to determine the order.
From lowest to highest, each person takes a gift and [...]
Target = Bread
Went to Target today and found that they sell bread. To make it even better, its actually pretty cheap Its kind of strange though.. tastes strange… but thats ok.. im sure ill get used to it.
Busy busy busy at work. Presented my proposal today and it was accepted. Which basically means i can [...]
Friday! End of the first week!
Friday 9th December 2005 BCT
Time has flown… Its the end of the week already. My first week has been great,met a lot of people, read a lot of stuff, learnt a lot of things. The next few weeks will be great too, my project is getting underway and should really get started next week.
Lunch [...]
Ice Hockey!
08 December 2005 11:10pm BCT
Apple shouted the interns (about 20 max) a free ticket to the San Jose ice hockey. The San Jose Sharks were playing the Canadian team. We managed to get a lift with a girl Ashley works with, she was nice enough to let us 3 pack into her mini cooper [...]
Lunch @ the Loop
Wednesday 7th Dec 12:40pm BCT
Just back from lunch, waiting on the dev tools to download and install.
The cafe here is pretty good, yesterday i had a Mac Plus burger (cheese burger) and curly fries, today i had Pasta with Basil Sauce - very nice indeed. Theres a wide selection of foods available and im [...]
Day 01 - Im in the Loop
Well today was my first day at Apple, started off at 9:30 with a visit to one of the recruiters to fill in some more forms and get run through some basic newbie stuff. From there i biked it up to the ‘Infiite Loop’ (main Apple campus building) and had my picture taken for my [...]
In Cupertino!
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 [...]