YESTERDAY:

• woke up early
• texted more references from a design/build firm
• one guy had an early call with me
  • great conversation and thorough praise
• head to yoga
  • took a class at Mountain View Movement
  • was a bit concerned since the studio was empty 5 minutes before the class started
• head back home to shower
• head out to Fremont to check out the guy’s house
  • massive house in that neighborhood
• drop by a tasty noodle shop in Fremont
  • huge portions though
• passed out from food coma in afternoon
• woke up when Brian arrived
• carpool to aerial silks class
  • surprisingly, Ruth managed to gather 9 folks for the class!
  • had fun relearning silks techniques
• drop by a dumpling place in San Carlos afterwards
  • used to be panda dumpling
  • now it’s called dumpling and dough!
  • xiao long bao was actually decent
  • black pepper dumplings were so-so
• head home
• quick shower
• head to Simren’s birthday party
  • watched Argentina vs Switzerland match
  • so much scoring at the end
  • challenging wordplay game
  • had fun with karaoke :D
• got home by 1 am

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
• had a reference call for an architect
  • glowing praise
• duck ramen for lunch!
  • super tasty
• head to solidcore
  • caught up with Kofi on the way
• lots of lunges on this workout
  • rear foot inner thigh was burning

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work early
  • international team meeting at 7:30 am in office
• took the minivan in to help with moving some shelves
• sad choices for lunch
  • two options had dairy
  • roasted chicken looked very dry
  • ended up with a Tanabata Somen
• one nap
• bit of tricky UI work
• head home early for a meeting
• Jackie and I tried to check out a local sports center
  • nobody manning the front desk at 4:30 pm on a weekday?
• head back home
• bit of work
• helped my Dad meet bathroom renovation contractor
  • went through some basic questions
• took a long nap
• head to dance practice
  • productive, but Meghan was out sick :(
  • lovely birthday celebration dance with Kat, Pawan, and Simren
• Jackie gave everybody their crochet gifts
• dinner at Home Eat
• bit of work at home

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YESTERDAY:

• finished some leftovers instead of going out to eat for lunch
• cleaned up more furniture and items to take back to SF
• ran some errands with Elle
  • drop by Target for some itching cream
  • asked solidcore to manually fix their guest pass system
  • got Jackie a boba
• solidcore class with Elle
  • pretty empty class
  • maybe everybody’s gone for the weekend?
• head back to take a shower and nap
• dinner with Elle’s friend at an authentic Hunan restaurant
  • even with reservation had to wait a bit
  • ended up wandering around a sketchy Chinese warehouse
  • payment in cash or Zelle …
  • super spicy food at restaurant
  • frog meat was very fresh and tasty
• dropped off Dad at home
• head out to social dancing at Steven’s Steakhouse
  • much more crowded than last time
  • several fun dances :D
• got back around 1 am
• finished packing the van by 3 am

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YESTERDAY:

• woke up around 9
• Jackie was on-call from 10 am to 10 pm
• helped my dad put things away
• walked over to ACC, a local chinese fast food takeout place
  • picked up some fruit with Elle from Aldi
  • they gave us a huge pile of duck feet for $2
  • same with the duck wings
• passed out from food coma afterwards
• head out to get a haircut with my dad
  • hairdresser remembers my dad even though he left 3 years ago
• took Jackie out to Meow Rice Noodle
  • pretty tasty noodles and soup
  • chrysanthemum option didn’t taste like chrysanthemum though
• stayed up late working on house designs with Jackie and Dad
• Elle came back from visiting relatives after 1:30 am

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work early
  • 9 am onboarding for new hire
• busy day
• pulled pork for lunch
  • was late due to meetings
  • server gave me a massive pile!
• one nap
• caught up with Eli on fall course scheduling
• early workout around 4 pm
• late night calls were pretty short
• head to practice session at Naya
  • worked on lifts and spins with Meghan and Jackie
  • tight axis of rotation is necessary
• cereal for dinner
  • figured I’d be unhealthy in LA over the weekend
• blood test results came back!
  • apparently I have low vitamin D?
• fell asleep early, probably due to MSG

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
• still waiting on medical studies!
  • sleep study results
  • blood testing results
• braised lamb for lunch
  • very heavy
• took a quick nap
• long meeting in afternoon
• head to solidcore workout
  • lunges on both sides this time!
• finished lefover beef rendang from last week for dinner
• Thorvald didn’t respond
  • hope his family is ok :(
• realized that witch hat atelier season 1 had already finished
  • bit of an abrupt ending

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YESTERDAY:

• woke up to do a bit of work
• Jackie and I went to Westfield to get some new jeans!
• lunch first at Koja
  • haven’t been here in quite a while
  • used to be a food truck at the AOL building in Palo Alto
• picked up new jeans
• interview for a hardware technician applicant
• drop off some donations at a Goodwill
• pick up gas from Costco
• head home for a bit more work
• Jackie went for a walk to CVS
• one nap
• head to dinner at a new Indian restaurant, Lagram!
  • pretty tasty dishes
  • enjoyed the Chicken 65 … much better than Deccan Morsels
  • passed a laptop to Sunjay
  • his motorcycle is so loud
• head back to Brian’s to play new character
• turns out the cats that he had over left me a present :(
  • despite Brian’s best vacuuming
  • allergies triggered and breathing got messed up
• head to Felipe’s Market
  • Brian tipped off that they had boxes of strawberries for $0.69!
  • bought 5 boxes after combing for mold
• head home

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YESTERDAY:

• head to Safeway in Sunnyvale for blood work
  • there’s a Quest Diagnostics lab inside
  • tiny little corner office with a doctor
  • very efficient at extracting my blood though
• head home
  • quick nap
• head to work
• busy day
• ramen for lunch
  • super salty
  • also noodles were very chewy
• interview
• two naps
• head to HIIT class in Palo Alto
  • Golnaz was the instructor and enjoyed giving me a challenge
  • got called out for taking it easy on a 2nd rep
• head to California Ave for dinner
  • live band was pretty good but the crowd was lackluster …
  • decided on Bodeguita del Medio
  • haven’t been here in ages
  • they have a paella now?
  • also got some ribs
  • super full after finishing everything
• head back to shower
• sync with Michael
• booked our flights to Canada in August
• tried to go to sleep early
• woke up around 4 am
  • couldn’t fall asleep

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
• interesting chat with a guy from a Japanese conglomerate
  • looking for applications of a neat strain sensor
  • nothing for Revvo, but reached out to some folks
• forget what we had for lunch
• sync with Tammie during work
• had a call with a men’s health doctor
  • seems a little obsessed with supplements
  • will see what he recommends though
• head to dance practice
  • not our best run
  • worked on a few things though

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