San Francisco piccas part 1

the hilly street of SF and its famous cable car

somewhere at fisherman's wharf area with the most flat streets in SF. that one is the golden gate bridge, connecting SF and Marin county where one of the towns on the other side of the bridge is Sausilito that i went, a rather high income residential area

that's SF streetcar, kinda main transportation around the city besides buses. very classic, convenient, reliable but always full during my visits!

that is bay bridge, connecting SF and Oakland

sculpture of a sleeping woman on top of a hotel which i've forgotten the name of that hotel, union square, city hall with the buddhist statues of three heads & six arms in front of it courtesy of a gallery in new york, the 1st building of bank of america

that's the alcatrez island, a famous tourist spot as well but we didnt go. it was a place for prisoners as well in the old days

that very fine building with water fountain is the palace of fine arts. george lucas got his ideas for his star wars characters after spending some long lonely time watching and admiring the building arts. that gallileo high school was once famous with o.j. simpson, a famous american football player who was a student there and that field was once named after him but after the bad reputation that he seized through few cases, the name later was changed.

some of the shops and restaurants that are there at fisherman's wharf and pier 39, a famous spot. there were huge crowds in front of that french crepe cafe, watching the man make that delicous-looking crepes. and magnets shop is of course my all time favourite and yeap he's a lefty

the beautiful victorian homes in almost all areas of SF that i went

owh btw, tau takkkk...semalam tetiba dapat email dari graduate research school univ ni kata aku eligible utk apply grant utk pi memana conference utk tahun nih! and i was like, apakah?? aku ingat dah dapat yg gi US ni, kena tunggu laks tahun depan utk apply lagik...apakah ini tandanya aku akan berjalan2 lagik secara bersponsor in the near future?? hehehehe..ada satu conference yg bagus kat christchurch NZ ujung tahun ni yg sememangnya aku target nak submit paper (amin...) but ingat nak guna kpt nyer bajet disamping bodek2 head of school, school aku nih mana tau dapat ciput2 mana pon jadiiii laaaa buat top up.

Hat bajet kpt tu sekali dalam pengajian jer leh pakai and aku lom pakai agik portion aku hat tuh. Selama ni dok pulun pakai univ aku ni nyer bajet jer and sementelah dah ada invitation lagik nih kan...might as well try this one sbb dapat duit dalam dollar.....tp iskkk..dateline paper submission ujung bulan ni and i havent started anything yet! doakan doakan aku sempat buat paper yg bagus and sempat submit and accepted and sempat apply grant ittew and approved! then...NZ here i come!! last bit nih! amin amin....

Univ aku nih byk dapat research grant sbb academic scholar sini mmg research-based..teaching hours depa sangat lah sikit..more time spent on doing research. We dont often see academics around..samada depa berkurung dalam bilik depa or tak datang school pon...sini sempoiii amat. Bila tiap sorang publish paper or present at a conference, univ akan dapat bajet lagi dari gomen ostolia. So utk small cases like me yg present paper cikai2 jer kat mesia dulu, kat sydney olympic park dulu (tragedi coach hehehe) dan kat US ni, school aku akan submit application utk apply agik duit...and that's how it goes...and that reminds me i have to submit my paper proceeding to margot who've asked for it since monday morning! aaa kena ker school larrr niiii!