Beans & Cars
It was quite a fun weekend we had. On Saturday we went to a friend’s house to play Bohnanza, a game of beans. Good thing we took the ratties with us, coz we played from 6pm to about 12 midnight. The ratties spent most of the time chasing Coco around and ganging up to harass her, poor Coco! When we went home that night, they slept like logs throughout the night, right up till 8am the next morning. I guess they REALLY were pooped out!
On Sunday Doug and I went to the 2005 Grand Prix in Downtown San Jose. And guess what, I got to sit in a VTA train for the FIRST TIME! I’ve been in the Silicon Valley for more than 3 years now, and yesterday was my first public transport experience, and I’d say its a good one. Good thing we didn’t drive coz parking would have been crazy, not to mention trying to maneuover around the detours. The VTA stopped right in front of the main entrance! Man what a turnout! Everyone on the train was going to the event, it was crazy. After waiting in line for the tickets, we rushed in to catch the last few minutes of the drifting event. Being a shortie, I couldn’t see anything! Doug used our camera to take a short video of the cars as they were doing circles in threes. It was awesome, hearing the engine sounds, and smelling the burnt rubber as the air got filled with thick white smoke.
I had the chance to take pictures with two of my favorite drift drivers - Ken Gushi & Daijiro Yoshihara, and take a look at their cars close up. They had an indoor car fashion show, plus a few cars up for sale in a live auction. Doug got to take pictures with a beer model, and got a poster signed by a car model. The engine sounds were really loud as the champ cars race started, and these cars were going at like 180mph, everytime they go over the VTA rails, it sounded like something exploded.
I bought the Ferrari cap that I’ve always wanted to get, so I’m happy. We debated on whether to get any of the merchandise, but decided not to, coz they were really expensive, for example, T-shirts were selling for $30 each, and caps were $20.
We spent a total of about 2 hours there, and had a snack at a nearby Johnny Rockett’s. After that we bought our groceries and headed home. Click here for pics.