just finished chowing down a denver omelet at mason cafe on mason st. alone. you ask why there's a loner dining at 4 am today? well, i had arrived in palo alto, my hometown, earlier about 5 hours ago. i was gonna crash at my friend's pad here in san francisco, but there was no train service to sf in this such late hour so i had to wait for an owl bus service to sf. i told my friend not to worry about me crashing at her pad. finally at 1245am, i hopped into an extended bus, and fell asleep for a while. after 40 miles and 2 hours later, i had finally arrived at sf's mission district. now it was such a delight to see some cool activities at wee hours. i had witnessed a few disgruntled city employees power-wash sidewalk along market street, many homeless bums sleeping, a few wackos, who seemed to have escaped from an institution, muttering and cussing to themselves. i wish i had brought my digicam with me to record all. it seems like i've broken my habit of carry my cam anywhere :(. well, i got a few hours to kill in sf before the sun rises. hope i don't end up in a big, black plastic body bag today...