Dumpling City

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • busy meetings
  • got my lunch a bit late
    • japanase beef was delicious
    • unfortunately they smothered it with horseradish sauce
    • bit of a kick
  • got in one nap
  • head home
  • picked up a lettered cake from Costco
  • head to Irania’s birthday party
    • parking was awful near Stanford
    • haven’t seen some of her friends in a year
    • fun games
    • beautiful venue
  • head home
  • reading late into the night

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Granola

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • was a bit late for lunch
    • they had two trays of pulled pork at the buffet station
    • staff gave me like a lb of meat for lunch
  • only one nap
  • head to workout
    • this one was at the farm
    • haven’t been here in two months
    • the guy redecorated the place!
    • Taylor gave me a bag of homemade granola for a Christmas present!
  • head home to pick up Jackie
  • head to climbing
    • almost everybody showed up!
    • finished two 11bs and an 11c
    • Jackie doing some impressively hard climbs
  • dinner at Fashion Wok again
    • gave Brian his Christmas present
    • everybody had fun trying the grip tool
  • head home

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nuts

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
    • bit of traffic
  • early morning meeting
  • pork adobo for lunch
    • portion control is probably a good thing here …
  • head to yoga class
    • golnaz was teaching
    • so much energy required!
    • very sore afterwards
  • head home
  • caught up with Thorvald
  • watched an episode of pluribus
  • panda express takeout for dinner!
    • haven’t had orange chicken in ages

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Satoshi Ramen

YESTERDAY:

  • woke up a bit late around 10:30 am
  • head to REI
    • Jackie wanted to find a hat
    • didn’t end up purchasing
  • head to lunch in San Carlos
    • met up with Abhigyan!
    • just got his O1 visa with a bit of my help
    • delicious karaage at a pop up stand
  • head home
  • head to dance practice
    • good session with the team!
  • head to dinner with Pawan
    • took us to a Maharashtra restaurant in Sunnyvale
    • very tasty and a bit spicy
  • ended up in a food coma immediately afterwards
    • Jackie took me home
  • woke up around 11
    • Jackie crocheted a little basket while I was asleep
    • made a smoothie
    • deployed a bug fix
  • booked a hotel for San Diego in January
  • submitted more documentation for my AliExpress return
  • cleaned up the kitchen a bit
    • refilled my Dawn dish soap
    • found my box of diatomaceous earth!
  • worked a bit on April travel plans
  • Christmas present ideas!

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Resolution

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • ramen for lunch
    • without the soup?
    • everything else had dairy
  • one nap
  • head to workout at Movement Belmont
  • head home
  • drop by Tammy’s
    • she made a delicious Vietnamese curry for dinner
    • Jackie and Tammy were making origami
    • had fun playing guitar together
  • head home
    • made some eggs
  • new ear cleaner with a camera arrived!
    • my ears are actually pretty clean though
  • took a closer look at a cheap Android phone that my dad bought
    • no logos or markings
    • device info page has a mispelling and an editable device type …
    • definitely seems like a scam
  • fell asleep around 11
    • woke up at 2 am
  • submitted Amex refund request

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Thaibodia

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • busy day
  • bulgogi chicken for lunch
    • spicy seafood soup!
    • looks like Tett took all the shrimp
  • one nap
  • head to dance practice
    • cleanups for performance on Sunday
  • in-n-out for dinner with Shubham
  • caught up with Dan!
    • dance places to suggest in LA
  • started new book

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Light Bulbs

YESTERDAY:

  • laundry in the morning
  • drop off Jackie at work to pick up her car from Friday
  • head to Lowe’s
    • picked up some lightbulbs for myself and Dad
    • also got some tile cleaner for the bathroom
  • took my Dad to Ox9 on Castro St for lunch
    • big chicken plate was delicious
    • noodles congeal if you don’t separate early
  • head to Sunjay’s
    • work session
    • his kids are so cute
  • got out around 6 pm
    • dinner with Sam and Brian on Castro St
    • malatang next to Ox9
  • head to Brian’s
    • brought some grapes for dessert
    • tricky Frosthaven scenario!
    • didn’t expect to lose cards so fast
  • reviewed a few college essays

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Winter Lodge

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • lots of 1 on 1s
  • new ramen place came in!
    • Satoshi ramen will be in Burlingame in February
    • chef came in for a taste testing
    • amazing and delicious
  • productive day though
  • stayed late
  • two naps
  • head up to California Academy of Sciences
    • Google Search Holiday Party
    • arrived before Jackie, but parking was a pain
    • snuck into the rainforest exhibition
    • planetarium was neat
    • food was ok
    • met lots of Jackie’s coworkers
  • got home around midnight

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Bear

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
    • lots of traffic!
  • spicy pork for lunch
    • not that spicy
  • one nap
  • presentation to another group from Japan Airlines

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Speeding Ticket

YESTERDAY:

  • head to work
  • lawyer finally went to court for my speeding ticket from a year ago!
    • unfortunately he lost the case
    • have to pay a fine
    • also take online traffic school course
  • head to work
  • busy day
  • so many meetings
  • got to lunch 10 mins before they closed
    • noodles were stuck together :(
  • head to yoga
    • sculpt class was fun
    • not sure it goes well with Irish music though
    • little too pleasant
  • dropped by Solidcore to fix my membership
  • head home
  • watched first episode of Pluribus with Thorvald
    • interesting premise!
  • took 3 hours to cook a few lbs of short ribs
    • made bunch of gailan for some fiber
    • also noodles, dumplings, shrimp, and steamed two of those scallops with vermicelli
  • Jackie has to learn a bachata choreo in 2 days for Google
  • bit of work at night
  • researching things to do in Asia
  • took my traffic school course

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