Week 3 USA. (1st to 8th June 2023).

 

Relatively quiet week. The weather is getting better with more sunshine, of course, the maximum temperature never above 20C  which is cold by our standards!! Nice feeling is Sunset at 9pm, which gives a long day to work things and hit bed later and still be up at 4am sharp as usual ! 

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1. I am getting used to heating stuff in an induction coil stove. Unlike Gas, where switching off supply cuts fuel, here the residual heat makes things heat up for good 3-5 min more, which I found out the hard way by letting out milk boil over after I switched off supply, and moved to do other things without noticing what is happening to milk.
2. I find Ergonomic mat on the kitchen floor an awesome one, giving comfort to the feet while cooking. I plan to order one back home when I land.

Visited Google, Apple complex. Lalitha is a proud mom when Shravan explains a few intricacies .

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   At Apple visitor center, cafeteria (it is a replica of Apple Park one)
   Virtual reality of Apple Park thro Ipad @Apple visitor center. 
   
   Shravan took us to a mini golf course, 18 holes, (each hole course about 75 feet long with upslope, water,etc) took us 90 min on a bright sunny hot day. Interesting experience, Lalitha beat me by one stroke. Sangeetha was the winner. 

There is a 4 mile walking trail (For walking and cycling only)... at Foster City.  Great feeling to do a brisk walk without any worries of vehicles. 

Lalitha was given a tour of Costco, Target, Safeway for buying stuff and the massive scale of storage. The Costco at Sunnyvale is good 150,000 Sq ft floor space. The pack sizes are humongous even by American standards. Lalitha's first impression is Indian food stuff/ spices seem to be of better quality and cleaner than back home.! (She is amused by the soilless Coriander (Cilantro) and potato in shelves! and Carrot as sweet as sugar). 

It was great catching up again with Kirti Shravan (Shravan's namesake) here at SFO. Shravan and Kirti were batchmates at Columbia, New York and shared @Manhattan, an Apartment as well as tough Covid times. Kirti is from Bangalore & they connected before leaving for the USA in 2019. Kirti now pursuing Ph.D. at NY. 

Visited ISKCON and Kamakshi community center, Santa Clara. The Indian community's spiritual deep dive and involvement is amazing to see! 

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