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San Jose

San Jose, California, where eBay is located. I visit San Jose pretty often after I joined eBay. I'd like to share my experience with this amazing, but sometimes boring city.

Articles in San Jose

Car Towing at Owner's Expense? Oct 2, 2007
Every time I travel to different country, I tried hard to understand how the society works. This time, I want to seek for some help to understand "car towing at owner's expense" terms displayed in many private properties. Look at...
Visit in Six Apart Sep 15, 2007
Last Tuesday, I visited Six Apart, the maker of MovableType, my favorite blogging software. I have a lot of friends there. Let me show you pictures first. Thanks Ginger for taking the great photos for us. Chris and Me Photograph...
Wrapping up My Trip in San Jose Sep 14, 2007
Hi, I am back! I am back to Shanghai on the delayed flight (3 hours) UA857. Jet lag is much better this time, although I still feel it a little bit. This is the email I sent to my friends...
Meetup in Palo Alto on Sept 9, 2007 Sep 8, 2007
Hi my readers in bay area, sorry for being late in posting this information about the meetup. Again, let me irritate that I am the typical Perception type of person in the MBTI test, and I enjoy doing things in...
Pass-by the Cornfield in Sunnyvale Sep 7, 2007
There is always something interesting outside our homes. Jin showed me the famous cornfield along the Lawrence expressway in Sunnyvale last night when we drove back to my hotel. At night, I didn't see it so clearly, but I managed...
Trip Progress: Wake up Early in the Morning Sep 7, 2007
Alan de Botton is right. When people are traveling, they sense the world in a much more sensitive way. Like me, during travel, I always have more to blog. This time is about jet lag. Everyone has its own jet...
Trip Progress: Arrived in San Jose Sep 7, 2007
I am at Larkspur Landing Hotel in San Jose. Long trip, but this time, I am a mature traveler, and everything is perfect so far. This time, I even have a little schedule. I didn't have that before. According to...
Heading to San Jose Tomorrow Sep 5, 2007
I am heading to San Jose tomorrow. Just checked the weather and found out it is only 14 degree to 23 degree there. Pretty cold compared to Shanghai. I have already packed some shirts into my package. Tomorrow will be...
Going to San Jose on Sept 6 Sep 3, 2007
I am going to San Jose this week. Here is my schedule: Sept 6, 2007 Shanghai to San Francisco via UA858 Sept 12, 2007 San Francisco to Shanghai via UA857 I know I have a lot of friends in the...
Going Back to Shanghai Dec 10, 2006
I am flying back to Shanghai. If I can choose, the next time I travel, I will never try to transit in Tokyo. The travel time is 50% more than direct flight from San Francisco to Shanghai: 10DEC 10:50 SFO...
Hello from San Jose, Dec 4 Dec 4, 2006
Hello from San Jose. I arrived at 10:00 sharp at hotel. This time, I drove without a map. I am happy that I finally setup some sense of location, and for most places, like University Ave, Downtown Mountview, San Jose,...
Jian Shuo Visits San Jose (Again) Dec 1, 2006
Hope this is not too surprising. I am visiting San Jose again from Dec 3 to Dec 10. This time, I transit in Tokyo. In the last few weeks, I went to U.S., stayed for 10 days, went back, and...
Chaminade in Santa Cruz Nov 24, 2006
In the last week, the whole week, I didn't take any pictures in Chaminade Hotel in Santa Cruz. The week was so intense that all my time, including nights were used up. I did manage to take severl photos (when...
Back to Shanghai Nov 20, 2006
I am back to Shanghai. Nice flight. I am not sure whether the trip was too intense for me or something else, I slept so well on the plane and was not aware of what happened during the trip. I...
Heading Back to Shanghai Nov 18, 2006
I completed the amazing five days in Chaminade in Santa Cruz. What a journey it is! It takes some time for me to reflect and recap what I have experienced with the team, but there is no doubt that it...
Three Services I don't Use in China Nov 13, 2006
There are several services that I very seldom use in China, but I use it frequently in the bay area. 1. Google Map and Driving Direction I don't use map as frequently as here. I need to check Google Map...
University Ave Day Nov 12, 2006
Buck's Restaurant Buck's Restaurant seems really popular. We went there for lunch, saw many people waited in line and it would take 40 more minutes to get a seat. Finally gave up. I saw the Google Plate Tina talked about,...
Missed the Lecture on Stanford Nov 11, 2006
On eBay Park The eBay Park on Hamilton Ave is a great place. I had full day meeting with buddies here, and it was nice. I found out some good food in the cafeteria - chicken with steamed rice. It...
My Lifeline on the Little Plastic Card Nov 10, 2006
My first visit to U.S. was around the year of2000. I prepared for the trip for almost 1 month - from visa, to map, to research, to exchange money, and to create plan... The excitement and curiosity made going aboard...
Stanford Dream Jul 21, 2006
From the March of 2005, many Stanford people entered my life and became my good friends. Many people in eBay graduated from Stanford, either from Computer Science, or from MBA program. The list is just too long to name one...
Companies in Silicon Valley Jun 14, 2006
Company List: eBay Cisco Sun Intel Yahoo! AMD Palm Apple eBay 2054 Hamilton Ave, San Jose, CA Cisco, 170 W Tasman Dr, San Jose, CA 95134 Cisco is huge. There are so many buildings along the Tasman Dr. There are...
Flying back to Shanghai Jun 12, 2006
I am heading to San Francisco airport now, and my flight will leave SFO within 4 hours. I will be in Shanghai around 7:00 Monday, 12, 2006. During the 10 hours, there is no way to access emails (obviously), and...
High-Tech Companies in a Day Jun 11, 2006
It is already late after I am back from good friends home. I hope I can post more about the trip when I am back to Shanghai. Tomorrow I am flying back to Shanghai via UA857 at 14:18. Obviously, I...
San Jose Impression Jun 7, 2006
It is the third time in San Jose in the last 12 months. My impression are not the first-impression, just some more deeper understanding. 1. Mountains are Great. There are mountains whenever you drive. The mountains are just there, far...
Arrived at San Jose Jun 6, 2006
Arrived at San Jose. California is always sunny - the three trips to CA were 100% sunny. I doubt whether CA rains or not. With the United Mileage Plus membership, I got 44A seat - the United Economy Plus seat...
Flying... Jun 5, 2006
Pause the blog for a short period of time. I am flying... to San Francisco via UA858. It will be another long day....
Jian Shuo Wang Flying to San Jose Jun 2, 2006
Jian Shuo Wang is heading to San Jose on June 5, and will return on June 11, 20006. Ticket information: I am a big fan of technical details, abbr. and the secret codes used on the airline ticket. Here are...
High-Tech Company Logo Plate Dec 26, 2005
Hengge and his Blogbus.com is going to move to a new warehouse in Longhua. He is obviously excited about the move and asked me for some photos of logo plate for high tech companies. He think it may inspires him...
Weekend at San Jose Dec 12, 2005
Stayed in San Jose for the weekend. Thanks RC for taking care of me and showed me around the region and Carroll/Jim to host me for their trimming tree party at their beautiful house. I learnt a lot recently about...
In San Jose Already Dec 6, 2005
Don't worry about me. Jia dropped us an SMS as early as 6:30 AM Shanghai time about whether we arrived safely. Thanks. I am OK. I am in San Jose already. The weather in California is great - as everytime...
Jian Shuo Wang in San Jose in Dec Nov 19, 2005
I will have a trip to San Jose in early Dec. The weekend, Dec 12 and Dec 13, are open. I'd like to meet more friends there and take the opporunity to continue to improve my understanding about the U.S....
I Feel Like a Rabbit when I Eat Salad Apr 22, 2005
The stay in San Jose is great and food is generally good at large and beauniful cafetera at the community building. There are several different counters for food and they offer many options of daily special. For me, as for...
When Jian Shuo Leaves his Car (in CA) Apr 22, 2005
It is not a big deal in Shanghai when I don't have a car. The life is the same, and sometimes, I have even more freedom than having a car if the destination is in downtown Shanghai. In San Jose,...