YESTERDAY:

• woke up a bit late
• put in laundry
• head to Castro St for lunch
  • bento box at Kakaroto
  • hamachi kama was very well done
  • chicken teriyaki was way too saucy
• food coma pass out for 2 hours
• head to meet up with cousins
  • thai food with the aunties
  • caught up on some family gossip and future planning
• Dad dropped us off back at the Hello Bachata festival
• social dancing until 3 am
• got a ride back with Pawan
• slept around 4:30 am?

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
• ramen day
  • skipped to have sweet and sour pork instead
  • pretty lean this time
• late night call with China team
  • productive meeting
• Jackie had a Google team practice
  • met up with her at dress rehearsal
  • first choreo was fine
  • second chore was … not as good
• Home Eat for dinner again
• booked my solidcore classes for August

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
  • arrived a bit late again
• all four non-vegetarian lunch options had dairy today
  • chef asked them to make me special tacos
  • much appreciated!!
• two naps
• head home
• pick up Jackie
• head to dance practice
  • cleaned up quite a bit of stuff
  • helped Luis cut the tags off his performance jacket
• dinner at Home Eat
• bit of late night work

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YESTERDAY:

• head to yoga class in early morning
  • strength class was fun
  • used slightly less ridiculous weights
  • solidcore has definitely improved my stamina for this
• head to car servicing appointment
  • service manager tried to charge me $300 to reset the data communication module in my car
  • basically, the remote locking feature on my app is broken
  • not paying them anything to figure out why their own service is broken
  • cancelled my subscription on the spot
• Jackie came to pick me up
  • brought breakfast sandwiches from Roger’s Deli
• watched Toy Story 5
  • cute story!
• head home
  • guess we had more time than expected
• head to dance practice
  • productive practice!
  • ended a bit late though
• head back to pick up car from servicing
• left Corolla at the dance studio
• head up to Oakland with Christine and Amenda
  • don’t think they’ve met yet!
  • glad they got along though
• tricky finding parking
• didn’t realize Hello also hosted a free social in Oakland by the waterfront annually
  • beautiful area
  • little hard to do turns on the wooden pier
  • some new follows I haven’t danced with
  • not a lot of leads willing to lead me :(
• dinner at a Vietnamese place close by
  • weird restaurant with a karaoke thing, game room and a bar
  • noodles weren’t that great
  • soup helped with my cough though
• got home relatively early
• head to sleep early since throat is feeling sore

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
• finally got there on time

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
  • got there a bit late due to 101 slowdown
• Vietnamese pork stew for lunch!
  • so many quail eggs
• passed out afterwards
• had a chat with our chosen architect
  • he didn’t make a great impression
  • buttoned up after I called him out on some negligence
• long sync with China team
  • Sunjay stepped in to put pressure
• head to Palo Alto for workout
  • good instructor
  • weird layout for the solidcore though
• panda express for dinner
• helped Tammie work through more tax forms

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
• Bernice and JC came by for lunch!
  • ended up with a vegetarian option today
  • chef was surprised
• interview candidate was a no-show
• Jackie brought back some delicious dinner from Google
  • fancy chicken thigh
  • avocado toast
• caught up with Thorvald
  • one episode of ponies
  • after a few months break
• had a lovely video call with Haley
  • lots of advice on house building

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YESTERDAY:

• woke up early
• texted more references from a design/build firm
• one guy had an early call with me
  • great conversation and thorough praise
• head to yoga
  • took a class at Mountain View Movement
  • was a bit concerned since the studio was empty 5 minutes before the class started
• head back home to shower
• head out to Fremont to check out the guy’s house
  • massive house in that neighborhood
• drop by a tasty noodle shop in Fremont
  • huge portions though
• passed out from food coma in afternoon
• woke up when Brian arrived
• carpool to aerial silks class
  • surprisingly, Ruth managed to gather 9 folks for the class!
  • had fun relearning silks techniques
• drop by a dumpling place in San Carlos afterwards
  • used to be panda dumpling
  • now it’s called dumpling and dough!
  • xiao long bao was actually decent
  • black pepper dumplings were so-so
• head home
• quick shower
• head to Simren’s birthday party
  • watched Argentina vs Switzerland match
  • so much scoring at the end
  • challenging wordplay game
  • had fun with karaoke :D
• got home by 1 am

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work
• had a reference call for an architect
  • glowing praise
• duck ramen for lunch!
  • super tasty
• head to solidcore
  • caught up with Kofi on the way
• lots of lunges on this workout
  • rear foot inner thigh was burning

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YESTERDAY:

• head to work early
  • international team meeting at 7:30 am in office
• took the minivan in to help with moving some shelves
• sad choices for lunch
  • two options had dairy
  • roasted chicken looked very dry
  • ended up with a Tanabata Somen
• one nap
• bit of tricky UI work
• head home early for a meeting
• Jackie and I tried to check out a local sports center
  • nobody manning the front desk at 4:30 pm on a weekday?
• head back home
• bit of work
• helped my Dad meet bathroom renovation contractor
  • went through some basic questions
• took a long nap
• head to dance practice
  • productive, but Meghan was out sick :(
  • lovely birthday celebration dance with Kat, Pawan, and Simren
• Jackie gave everybody their crochet gifts
• dinner at Home Eat
• bit of work at home

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