Holiday Dinner

YESTERDAY:

  • Jackie came with me to work!
    • she had an on-site interview in Redwood City in the afternoon
  • Japanese hamburger for lunch
  • haven’t done a tireside chat in quite a while
  • caught up with Zhou on startup stuff
  • head to dance practice
  • also productive!
    • Irania brought a salsa friend visiting from San Diego
  • head to shah for dinner
  • went back to Artista to help Kat search for a missing hat
    • turns out she left it at home

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Birthday Karaoke

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • honey glazed chicken wings for lunch
    • very tasty
    • probably had too many
  • head to dance practice
    • took almost an hour to get there
    • bit of a stomachache
  • productive practice though
  • super potato for dinner!
    • still delicious!

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Arcane Season 2

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • thai for lunch
    • Khao Moo Dang
    • which was a lot like the char siu I made over the weekend
    • also chicken orzo soup!
  • pick up Jackie
  • head to dinner with Mark!
    • falafel stop :D
    • andrew m dropped by too
    • lovely catching up with everybody
  • head home
  • finish off some Christmas gifts

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Dance Auditions

YESTERDAY:

  • head to yoga!
    • surprisingly rainy in the morning
  • head home
  • quick shower
  • Elle dropped by!
    • head to lunch with Elle, Jackie, and dad
    • flaming ox in San Jose!
    • very tasty beef noodle soup
    • also got some groceries from a taiwanese shop next door
  • head home
  • nap
  • light dinner
    • finished off my almond cereal
  • started marinating some pork
  • finally cleaned out my pantry!

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Hoi Polloi

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • ramen for lunch
  • one nap
  • caught up with Kofi briefly
  • Taylor came to Rakuten for gym workout
    • no barbells, so all free weight exercises
  • head to sea pot for dinner!
    • haven’t been here in ages
    • scallops were tasty
  • big metal plate for project finally arrived
  • food coma

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Jackie at Topgolf

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
    • no Jackie again
  • banh mi sandwiches for lunch
    • everything else had dairy :(
  • two naps
  • head to yoga
    • lovely class
    • haven’t seen that instructor around in a while
  • Jackie went to top golf with her coworkers
  • watched two episodes of Umbrella Academy season 4 with Thorvald
    • sad news about their dog :(
  • bit of work

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Jackie Interviews

YESTERDAY:

  • head to Costco for gas
    • surprisingly no line at 10 am
  • head to Artista for auditions
    • had fun leading salsa on-1
    • I don’t know salsa on-1 …
    • chacha is fun
    • samba is hard
      • don’t understand the weight transfers
  • lunch with Christine and Kat
    • Tipping Tree was the name of the restaurant
    • sinigang soup with fish was amazing!
  • head back for dance practice
    • worked with Luis, Lina, and Vikas
  • head back for PGSS call
  • Jackie did a take-home challenge for interviews
  • caught up on chess championship

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Baychata Performance

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • drop off Jackie for her last day
  • tonkatsu for lunch!
    • so much rice
  • head to dance practice
    • a bit early due to a typo
  • head to Danawa for dinner
    • apparently Kat recruited two strangers in the parking lot
    • food was ok but a bit pricey

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Scallop Ramen

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • so many meetings q.q
  • head to team practice
    • productive session
  • in n out with Kat afterwards
    • haven’t been here in ages
  • interesting NPR segment on Louisiana and flooding from hurricanes

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New Hire

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work early for onboarding!
  • team intro
  • taiwanese pork belly rice
    • so tasty
  • head to dance practice

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