Brian Brazilian

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

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Baby Shower

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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Tommy Thai

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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QSBS Stacking

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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Forest of Nisene Marks

YESTERDAY:

  • woke up around 7:40 am
    • running on ~4 hours of sleep
  • picked up lunches from Roger’s Deli
    • beautiful new location a block away from the old
    • a lot less seating now though
  • picked up Stephanie
  • head to the trailhead
  • met a bunch of Brian’s interns
    • lovely chat with a mechanical engineer finishing his Ph.D.
  • pretty easy hike
    • waterfall was lovely
  • head to Marianne’s for ice cream
    • tried a sorbet and a coconut-based fudge thing
    • walked around a festival by the beach
  • head back to south bay
    • Stephanie had a stomachache and threw up in my car
    • luckily we had a zip lock bag available
    • dropped her off at home
  • drop off Sara
  • shower and head to Brian’s
  • watched Wicket 2 sing-a-long version
    • G joined us as well
    • not as fun as the first movie

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Comedian

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • ramen for lunch
    • and a salad and a soup
  • one nap
  • head to Stanford health center in Redwood City in afternoon
    • parked in the wrong parking lot
    • still made it to my appointment on time
  • super nice doctor
    • got me a sleep monitoring device
  • head to yoga in Palo Alto
    • teacher was surprised to see me
    • fun class
  • caught up with Kofi on my way home
  • shower
  • head to comedy show
    • Gina Brillon!
    • used up some of our stubhub credit
    • hilarious set
    • ginger ale and salsa + chips
    • dislike required minimum orders
  • head home
  • frozen dumplings for dinner
  • went through mail stuffs

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Home Eat Fish Special

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • hamstrings are pretty sore
  • bukkake udon for lunch
    • forgot this was cold
    • also not enough protein (tehe)
  • one nap
  • head to dance practice
    • dropped off Jackie early to practice with Shubham
    • picked up gas from Costco
  • productive practice
    • finished most of our formation work
  • home eat for dinner
    • special deal on rock cod + popcorn chicken
    • chicken wasn’t great
    • peach juice was too sweet
    • rock cod was tasty though!
  • got home a bit late

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A2 Milk

YESTERDAY:

  • head to Whole Foods
    • picked up some A2 milk!
    • also some snacks and a tray of sushi to share with Jackie
  • drank a bottle of A2 milk at 11:15 am
    • no stomach effects after 1 hour!
    • I did nap for 2 hours though
  • Jackie headed to San Jose for her volunteer activity
  • skipped dance practice since folks were busy
  • cleaned bathroom
  • helped my Dad with some faucet issues
    • also insurance handling
  • head to dinner in Palo Alto with Brian’s parents
    • lovely to see them again after so many years
  • head to Brian’s for board games
    • took a long way back since Brian had to drop off his parents at a hotel
  • pretty fun scenario
  • ran a bit late since we started later
  • had some hami gourd
    • tasted like a cantaloupe
  • also finished some grapes that Jackie took from Google a while ago

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Queer Afro Latin Dance Festival

YESTERDAY:

  • head to workout at Movement in Mountain View
    • Taylor was a bit more stressed than usual
    • showers were empty for once!
  • head to work
  • Wei’s last day before he heads back to Taiwan
  • Zareen’s catering for lunch
    • also Mazra’s
    • turns out the chicken kebab from Mazra’s goes really well with curry from Zareen’s!
  • stayed a bit late fixing a bug
  • head to dance practice with Jackie
    • took her car to Costco for gas
  • good practice
    • fixed a few things with Meghan
    • everybody left before we could try on jackets
  • dropped off Jackie at QALDF
  • head to Knockout social
    • Xavier was leading a class on switched roles
    • fun social dance
    • caught up with Ashley
  • late night dinner with Amenda, Christine, and Shubham
    • picked up Jackie on the way
    • head to FFT BBQ
    • lamb skewers were much better than last time
  • got home around 2 am
  • hot water was out in the condo complex!!!
  • Jackie and I went to Google to take a shower
  • got to sleep after 3 am

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Hot Yoga

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • ended up in an unexpected meeting around lunch
  • late to lunch
    • pulled pork!
    • server gave me a ton since it was the end of lunch time
    • probably ate a lb of pulled pork …
    • delicious!
  • two naps
  • head to Costco on the way home
    • filled up on gas
    • picked up some eggs, milk for my dad, and kiwis
    • also got a calzone for Jackie
  • skipped climbing since it was only Abhi and me
  • Jackie had a training call for her volunteer activity
  • had cereal and a few har gow for dinner

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