Wedding Reception
YESTERDAY:
- rest of the folks went to brunch place
- met up with them at a swimwear store
- head to the beach to meet up with
- dinner at a vegan restaurant called 100% HP
- Mark joined us
- haven’t had loaded fries in a while
- return to AirBnB to change
- head to Old Town San Juan area
- ran into Luis and Lina at a valet parking lot
- turns out it’s next to the hotel where the wedding will be hosted
- checked out a dance building called La Factoria
- interesting layout but the fun parts were too crowded
- lot of people smoking outside
- definitely triggered my asthma
- met up with Cathy
Snorkeling
YESTERDAY:
- head out to brunch around 10:30 am
- little bakery called Kasalta
- delicious omlette and the bread was very tasty (although buttered)
- picked up Mark from a hotel
- head out to Fajarda area for a boat ride
- drove through a flash rainstorm
- arrived about 40 minutes early
- explored the dock for a bit
- met up with the happy couple
- boat ride out towards Icacos island
- stopped on the way for snorkeling
- new snorkel gear worked pretty well
- convinced Shubham to get into the water a bit
- saw a school of blue fish swimming beneath us
- the island itself had a very narrow beach
- got back after sunset
- immediately attacked by biting insects after docking
- bug spray didn’t really help
- got at least 10 bites within 2 minutes
- quick shower
- head to dinner at a seafood restaurant
- Jackie and I enjoyed a delicious cazuela
Puerto Rico
YESTERDAY:
- head to work
- busy day
- oxtail ragu pasta for lunch
- skipped the parmesan
- plenty of meetings
- did a sculpt class for funsies
- took a call from my car for 1.5 hours
- head home
- Jackie brought back food from Google!
- chicken adobo was tasty
- also had ten dumplings and four eggs
- maybe a bit too much sodium
- went to sleep early
Pumpkin Carving
YESTERDAY:
- lunch with Dad
- took him to Japanese
- Jackie went off to get a haircut
- took my Dad to Ranch 99 to use up some coupons
- he got a mango roll!
- head back home
- nap
- Shubham and Mary came over for pumpkin carving
- worked a bit on a poem
- they all made beautiful pumpkins
- head to Burlingame for dinner with Sam
- Jackie and Sam finished 75 oysters between the two of them -_-
- I had 5 oysters and a poke bowl
- also found a neat sushi place that sells by the piece
- head all the way back to Sunnyvale for a party
- Jackie’s Google teammates
- turns out they had just adopted two cats though
- hid in my car in a sketchy parking lot
- big guy kept trying to talk to me through the windshield …
- head home
East Meets West
YESTERDAY:
- head to work
- bit of a long day
- sandwich for lunch
- still got a nap in
- dinner with Dani, Guille, and Sunjay at Chez Xue
- same owner as Wonderful
- pretty delicious
- head home
Ross Dress for Less
YESTERDAY:
- head to work
- Jeff came to visit Revvo
- haven’t seen him in person in … years?
- caught up on his time in China
- some sort of delicious skewer of meat for lunch
- plantains were also tasty
- late night meetings with Asia team went reasonably well
- Thorvald still too busy to meet
- ended up at a yoga class around 7:30 pm
- got home in time to meet with Xavier
- worked on Stanford applications for a bit
- late night dinner around 10 pm
- Jackie brought back food from Google for me!
Satoshi Chicken
YESTERDAY:
- surprisingly not sore
- acai bowl for brunch
- Jackie went to do some errands
- getting mini-pumpkins for a work event?
- head to Sunjay for a bit of work
- brought guitar!
- case is now delaminating :(
- kids had just left though
- skipped dance practice
- picked up Jackie
- head to Fuego for some social dancing
- Jackie had her Google team performance!
- head to Millbrae
- picked up James and Edwin
- they were at CalHacks
- they won an award!
- took them to Satoshi ramen for dinner
- fried chicken is not as good
- massive quantity though!
- dropped them off at SFO
- head home
Big Bounce
YESTERDAY:
- head to work
- bit of a slow day
- karaage bento box for lunch
- tasty!
- one nap
- head to dance practice
- just Jackie and me
- although met Alina from the salsa team afterwards
- head to bachata heat
- so many costumes!
- great dancers came out too!
- caught up with Christine and Alex at top cafe afterwards
- maybe ordered too much food
Many Meetings
YESTERDAY:
- head to dental appointment
- construction on central expressway
- chatted with dentist about her son’s college applications
- beef gyudon for lunch
- no time for naps!
- head to solidcore workout
- so much inner thigh
- head home
- met with dentist’s son for an hour
- helped with essays for application to Stanford
- dumplings for dinner
- bit of work
- finished some automation for volunteer stuff
- fell asleep while Jackie went dancing
Palm Springs Planning
YESTERDAY:
- head to workout
- very sore from yesterday
- cat was hiding in a box at the gym, very cute
- shower at work
- productive day
- lots of folks out of office though
- one with a baby
- one with a sore throat
- one with a DMV issue
- one with a stomach ache :(
- long meeting in the morning
- dashi chicken for lunch
- semi-productive afternoon
- head home a bit early
- ran an errand on the way
- Thorvald had to skip due to a dental surgery
- late night meetings with Asia
- fell asleep waiting for Jackie to come home
- Jackie brought a burrito!
- not bad, but the guac at work is better
- fell asleep again while she watched Thunderbolts
- late night work