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The first few days in San Jose have been pretty good. Sunday I went to San Fransisco using public transportation. It took me about 2 hours. I started out at my apartment getting on a bus, then a light rail train, then the CalTrain. I was supposed to get on another bus after I got off the CalTrain but I turned the wrong way out of the station and missed it. I took a cab from there to the apartment I was going to look at.

The apartment ended up not being what I wanted so I am still looking for a place. I have a few appointments set up on Saturday and I am hoping to have something locked in by the end of the weekend.

Monday morning I attempted to take a series of buses to work but got on the wrong one so I had to turn around and go back to the apartment where I caught a cab to work.

I met a a few of my fellow interns who were starting that day. I was also told that there was a shuttle from the apartments where I am staying now to work everyday. They neglected to tell me that when I checked in.

After getting my badge one of the other interns and I went to the PayPal campus which is about 10 minutes by car away from the eBay campus.

My boss met me in the lobby and took me to my desk. I have my own cube and found a brand new laptop and docking station at my desk.

I am working with the global platform and risk teams. I will be doing six weeks in each of the departments. From what I have been able to gather over the last few days. Global platforms works PayPal sites in other parts of the world. Risk works with Phishing, Spoof, Fraud and helps develop things for the customer service representatives in another office.

I have a mentor from each area that is going to help me with my projects for the summer.

Today they told me what projects I will be working on this summer. I have a few long term and a few short term projects this summer.

I am really excited about the things I will be working on.