where am i?

As i've mentioned in my earlier post, i'm now here in Fremont, California. But where exactly is this place?

Fremont is located in the southeast of the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County. Nearby cities are Hayward and Union City (in the north) and Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and San Jose (in the south). From downtown San Francisco, it takes about 45 minutes to drive.

Our house is conveniently located near the 880 freeway exit and is accessible to malls, theatres and grocery stores. Luckily my friend Lia lives in San Jose. Last Saturday she and her friend Kathy accompanied me to David's Bridal in Milpitas to look for a simple wedding dress that would fit my petite frame and 5-month old pregnant belly. We later had lunch at Cheesecake Factory in Palo Alto and quickly toured Stanford University and its posh university mall.

Fil's got a lot of relatives and Filipino friends here too. I already met some of them last October 6 when we watched Manny Pacquiao's game in Milpitas. They're a nice bunch of happy people...even gave me a welcome balloon. Last Saturday night we had dinner with Fil's cousins in Walnut Creek then last Sunday we visited his aunts in San Francisco and spent a couple of hours driving around the city's steep hilly streets. Busy, busy, busy...busy sa kapapasyal :-)

It's only been 12 days since i got here. The first few days i suffered from jetlag and colds and sore throat due to change of weather but i'm okay now. So far i'm not feeling homesick 'coz i see Filipinos everywhere and everything that has tatak pinoy in it: Jollibee, Chowking, Goldilocks, Gerry's Grill and a filipino grocery store where vegetable leaves like malunggay, kangkong and petchay cost more than the price of chicken or pork.

Will tell more next time...

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