Stanford vs Oregon football game
I took it easy in the morning yesterday, taking care of some errands in the morning. There was a small tailgate at Rains that I went to and had some snacks, then I met up with Nader and we walked over to the Stanford Stadium for the football game. Last season, Stanford went 1-11 and spirits were very low. But this year, we have a new coach who is breathing life into the program. We shined in the 2nd quarter, scoring 28 something points and leading #13 Oregon 31-21 at the half. But Oregon woke up and ended up winning by 20+ points. It was still fun though. the atmosphere wasn’t like Carter-Finley back home, but it’s alright.
This morning Nader, Luke, and I headed down to California Avenue for the open air market. I bought vegetables and fruits, shared samosas with Nader and had a cappuchino. Afterward I met up with Amit and some other Rains resident and we hit the Stanford driving range. I was pretty awful…need a lot of practice. Watched a few episodes of the Office at Amit’s apartment and talked with his roommate Ronny (cool guy!). The community associates (CAs) at Rains threw this impressive ‘dessert’ party where they had so much food, followed by an amusing skit involving two new grad students (Leland and Junior) that go around to all the various residences and find out that Rains is the coolest one to be at. It was fun. I hung out there for a bit, met a bunch of Indians in CS (computer science), and even an East Asia studies guy. We tend to meet a lot of engineers…. After a while Amit and I headed over to Mary and Matt’s house in Menlo Park for dinner and some cards. Mary and Matt have been so amazing to us and I’m really fortunate to have them here welcoming us here.
First class is tomorrow at 10am. Honeymoon’s over…let’s get started.
Sapana Said,
September 25, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
Glad to hear you had fun even though the tree was felled.
I’m in my first t-storm and it’s not that exciting. Pity. Take care!
Greg Said,
September 26, 2007 @ 8:22 am
Dude, you talk about golf more than I do these days! What has the world come to? With you playing all the time, and my not having my clubs…this could be trouble.