YESTERDAY:

• drop off Shubham and Pawan at the airport
• head back to sleep
• head out to a bakery with Kat and Jackie
  • panaderia españa
  • apparently they had a cheese flan that Jackie wanted to try?
  • parking was a bit tricky
• Lina and Luis picked us up to head to a beach!
  • lovely day at the Marriott
  • except for the bugs …
  • got like four bug bites near the pool
  • Mark brought a musical guessing game called Hitser
• drop by an area called Piñones for seafood cafe
  • lots of people from Dominican Republic here
  • delicious seafood stew with lobsters
• watched a sunset by another beach
• came back to shower and nap
• head out to a bachata lesson and social at a nearby dance school
  • bachata instructor was decent
  • footwork was fun, and the sequence was relatively simple
  • dominican steps were so fast
• late night dinner at a cafe
• helped Xavier with preparation for an interview with a Stanford alumni

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YESTERDAY:

• took it easy in the morning
• head to a cafe for lunch
  • Kat and Vikas had a crazy looking smoothie
• get ready for wedding!
  • apparently we were 30 mins off on the time estimate
  • luckily I had provisioned an extra hour in case of traffic
  • made it to the ceremony with a few minutes to spare
  • clouds looked ominous and we felt a few drops of rain
  • luckily, the weather held and the ceremony went off with no issues!
• neat to walk down the streets of old San Juan cheering for the bride and groom
• lovely reception in the hotel
• dinner was delicious
• wedding dance was lovely, choreo’d by our instructor
• a salsa instructor that choreographed Bad Bunny’s music video gave a lesson!
  • super fun :D
• danced with the groom’s mom at some point in the evening
• also took a photo with four Andrews
• helped Mark and Pawan take some profile pictures
• overheard some tension between another salsa instructor and his date for the evening
• hotel closed the wedding dances around midnight

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YESTERDAY:

• rest of the folks went to brunch place
• met up with them at a swimwear store
• head to the beach to meet up the wedding party
  • ended up at the wrong beach
  • eventually found the right one :D
• 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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