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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YESTERDAY:

• woke up around noon
• cereal and leftover thai food for lunch
• head to dance practice
  • worked on choreo intro with Kat, Vikas, Pawan, and Chiara
  • Annaliza came in and fixed everything in 10 minutes
• head home
• lots of cleaning to do!
  • vacuumed
  • threw out a bunch of old clothes
• took Brian to Brazilian steakhouse
  • met up with Sara there!
  • used our 25% off discount successfully
  • Brian’s first brazilian steakhouse experience!
  • beef ribs were not impressive, even though we waited forever
• head back to our place for board games
  • Brian was hosting two cats
• lost a game of Aeon’s End
  • very difficult
• had a kiwi
• finished first season of Apothecary Diaries
• set up a 24-hour oxtail sous vide

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YESTERDAY:

• running on like 2 hours of sleep
• head to workout with Taylor
  • focused on upper body
  • legs still not recovered
• shower at work
• few folks in the office
• Fawn got us little rice boxes for lunch!
• couple of optimizations for Lucas
• head to dance choreo practice
  • good formation work
• social afterwards
  • more students came this time
  • lovely elderly lady just getting into dancing
• chandni chowk for dinner
  • they changed up the menu a bit
  • Jackie had to help Vikas finish his chicken dish
• head back

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
• beef stew for lunch
  • very tasty!
• one nap
• busy day
• super fast meeting with China team
• super long meeeting with Japan team
• head to climbing
  • finished a few 11a climbs
  • new partner climb looks tough!
  • caught up with Sam
• head home
  • finished a pack of har gow

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YESTERDAY:

• calf was super sore for some reason
• head to work
  • bit of traffic
• rabbit for lunch?
  • very lean …
  • chicken was more tasty imo
• ton of meetings in afternoon
• head to solidcore class
  • least we didn’t use my calves?
• head home to shower
• Jackie was dealing with some work leftovers
• head to dance practice at Naya
  • productive practice with Simren and Vedant
• late night dinner on Castro St
  • Jackie and I went to Eureka
  • found a burger with goat cheese!
  • didn’t really taste the cheese, but it was tasty
  • no stomachache!
• researching heat pumps

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