Steve March 2006 Visit

Last weekend, Steve came to San Jose to visit. We hanged out on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Here is what we did XD

Friday Evening

Traffic was horrible leaving work and driving to Fremont where Steve's hotel was located. Fortunately, I drove to southern Fremont instead of Newark :) I arrived at Steve’s hotel room and I had to pee. Sorry I didn’t say hi after I knocked the door ^^ After settling in, we walked a few minutes to McDonalds for dinner. I ate a light dinner because I’m still recovering from the stomach flu three weeks ago. I ordered the Chicken Strip Combo and Steve ordered the Fillet of Fish Combo. During dinner, I said hi to Steve and Steve said hi, too. We watched two episodes of The Simpsons 4th Season DVD set

After dinner, we played Battleship and How To Run A Business. The business game was made in the 1970s, yet the ideas and rules applied to today’s business world. We listened to George Thorogood and Derik and the Dominos classical rock music. We ended at 11:30 P.M. because we needed to wake up early on Saturday morning (-,-)

Saturday Morning

I arrived at Steve’s hotel room at 8:00 A.M. The breakfast plan was to eat at McDonalds . . . again. I ordered the Sausage Biscuit with Egg combo and Steve ordered an Egg McMuffin combo. Like dinner, I ate light because of the stomach flu.

After eating breakfast, we headed to Golfland Milpitas to play unlimited arcade games for $6.00. We arrived at Golfland at 9:10 A.M. The unlimited arcade games ended at 12:00 P.M. Most of the time I played Ghost Recon. The game was definitely worth playing during unlimited arcade because the game took a ton of credits to finish. It’s difficult and very fun to play. I got tired of Ghost Recon around 11:30 A.M. and choose to play Time Crisis 3, one of my all time favorite arcade games. I won Time Crisis 3 too many times.

When the unlimited arcade games were over, I played the tickets for prizes games. I had six tokens from a previous visit and played the game where I drop a token in the (whatever it's called) machine for the token to push more tokens down the chute. For each token down the chute, I won five tickets. I played the six tokens and received 70 tickets. Not bad `__* I needed 30 more tickets for a Simpsons deck of cards. Here was the sad part, I needed at extra $3.50 to earn 30 more tickets. That sucks!! :-P Steve played the same game and did really good. He spent around $5.00 and was able to win three Simpsons deck of cards. Awesome!!!

The next activity at Golfland was miniature golf. Golfland raised the price from $6.50 to $7.50. Steve had a free coupon for a free game after he scored a hole I one at the 19th hole in September 2005. We choose the third course which we never did before. I liked the third course. Steve and I each had one hole in one. The final score was 63 for Steve and 64 for me.

Saturday Afternoon

For lunch, we went take out at Carl’s Jr. in Milpitas and headed back to Steve’s hotel room. After we purchased lunch, we headed to the car and I found two $1.00 bills. I gave one bill to Steve.

We arrived back at the hotel to eat lunch and watched Malcolm In The Middle 1st season on DVD. Steve’s dad arrived later and took a shower. After lunch, we went to Half Price Books in Fremont. Steve did really good and purchased a few books. I didn’t find anything. After Half Price Books, we went to Raley’s to purchase snacks and drinks. I purchased Chocolate Chip Cookies at the bakery, a 16 ounce of 7-UP, and It’s It ice cream. Steve purchased brownies at the bakery, drinks, and Ice Cream Chocolate Bars. Steve’s room has a refrigerator, freezer, and microwave. Gotta take advantage of the conveniences. During our activities in the hotel, we ate and drank the food on both days.

For the rest of the afternoon, we played Mystery Mansion, Life, and X-Men board games. The Mystery Mansion game was finished really fast which I won. Steve won Life winning over $1,400,000. The X-Men games were lots of battles. Steve won most of the X-Men games. We listened to The Who and The Eagles classical rock CDs during the games.

The final afternoon activity was viewing the Washington Canada trip pictures. We listened to Fleetwood Mac and a James Bond soundtrack during the viewing. It seems like yesterday Steve and I visited Washington and Canada. The Fleetwood Mac music was listened when Steve and I drove to Port Angeles. The James bond soundtrack was listened when Stephen and I drove in Victoria and Vancouver.

Saturday Dinner

We went to Chevy’s in Fremont to eat dinner. We both ordered Fajitas. During the wait, we saw on TV a documentary on a casino expanding to include more high limit games and ate lots of chips and salsa. I ate too much nachos and could not finish dinner; moreover, I could not stuff myself because I wanted to eat as little as possible to avoid any future health problems from my past stomach flu XD

After dinner, Steve played some video games on my laptop. Then we played more X-Men. Steve won all of the games. We ended at 11:30 P.M.

Sunday Morning and Sunday Afternoon

We started at 10:00 A.M. where we left Steve’s hotel room and headed to San Francisco. (I named 2006 as the Year of the New) and we choose to check out San Francisco as something new—something to do outdoors. We parked at the public garage across from Pier 39 and walked around Pier 39. We took pictures at the end of the pier where the Golden Gate Bridge was the background. We ate lunch at Pier 39. I ordered the Fish & Chips and Steve ordered the Maui Maui Sandwich and Clam Chowder. I watched an NCAA March Madness game where George Mason upset North Carolina. My Fish and Chips order was huge. I should not have finished the lunch. I had a stomach ache throughout the rest of the San Francisco trip :-(

After eating lunch, we walked to Fisherman's Wharf. We walked through the shops and restaurants. We visited a store that sells boats and naval stuff and a big gift shop towards the end of the wharf. Before Ghirardelli Square, we visited a store selling art and high price antique store going out for business. All of the merchandise was 75%-80% off. There was a poker table and four chairs for $1,600. If I had the money and the room, I purchased the table and chairs. Finally, we visited Ghirardelli Square. The square was dead. Lots of shops closed. There was nothing. We stayed for 15 minutes.

After Ghirardelli Square, we walked back to the Pier 39 public parking garage. The first stop on the way back was a spy store. The spy store sold lots of spy stuff including books, gadgets, cameras, and cheap airsoft guns. Most of the items could be found on eBay probably much cheaper $-)

The next stop in San Francisco was two bookstores. Steve knew two book stores near the heart of Downtown San Francisco. We stayed around 30 minutes each store. After the bookstore, we headed back to Fremont. BTW, there were lots of street vendors during the Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf visit—something I'm probably going to do in the future *__*

Sunday Evening

We arrived back in Fremont where we watched Office Space on my laptop. Watching Office Space a second time for me was more enjoyable than the first. If I was stressed, I watch certain scenes to laugh off my stress. LOL!!!

After Office Space, we walked to McDonalds for take out dinner. I ordered one Big Mac and two McChickens. Steve ordered ice cream and, damn, forgot what he ordered. We watched more Malcom In The Middle. We watched the episode where Malcom and Stevie had a sleepover and the Pilot episode. We ended at 10:30 P.M. where I drove back home.

I think this weekend was one of the best weekends we hanged out. Next time, we are going bowling because the $24.00 in parking Steve and I pay for one person's bowling which includes shoes and three games -__-

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