By Meet a Los Altos Senior Center visitor

Name: Sukhraj Vyas

Family background: Wife, Gita; son, Vikram; and two grandchildren attending Los Altos High School, Vishnu Vyas, 16, and Shri Vyas, 12.

Why do you like Los Altos? Great place. I walk a lot and enjoy the scenery.

Where do you hang out? The senior center. A great place to relax and watch people. Cookies are good too. I Like to watch bocce ball players.

Pastime: Talking to my grandchildren. I teach them English and grammar. They listen to me even though they are in high school.

Do you miss India? I like it here. I teach my grandchildren the customs of India. I talk to them about the sermons on the Gita.

How long have you been in the United States? Eight years. Came here in 1994. My son is an engineer at one of the companies and I joined him here.

Why do you want me to take your picture? I want to send it back home to show them what a nice place the senior center is and how nice they are to me.

- compiled by Clyde Noel