Whale Watching

YESTERDAY:

woke up around 10 am
- Brian missed our mentor meeting again q.q
found that missing jacket … in my backpack
head out to lunch with Franco
- traffic was a bit awful
- lovely Japanese place called Toyokan Bowl
- didn’t realize it was mostly chirashi!
- had some delicious wagyu instead
- fun conversation about Franco’s work situation
walked around a bit
- massive tree fell over in the local neighborhood
- it did hit a parked car, but luckily missed a house
drove over to Granville Island
- horrible parking situation
- got very lucky with street parking
checked into our whale watching tour
happened upon a street performer
- juggling knives and a torch on a 10-foot unicycle
- hilarious with the audience participation
whale watching was fun!
- saw two humpback whales preying on fish
- also saw two separate pods of orcas hunting for food
- lots of smelly sea lions
- took some photos for a fun family
went to a social on the island afterwards
- mix of bachata and salsa
- ended up leading salsa a few times xD
- good energy with folks!
started raining like crazy!
- head to T&T
- lucky I had an umbrella in my backpack
- massive grocery store!
- three types of frozen lo mai gai!!!
dinner at No. 9 restaurant
- open 24/7!
- also a massive menu!
- sadly, it was a bit pricy for what we got …
got home around midnight

TODAY:

had a call with Sara in the morning
- sync’d on resume
Jackie took me to Max Noodle House for wonton mein!
- very tasty, but not that many wontons
- kind of expensive too
drop by Costco
- Andrew took a nap
head back to Jackie’s dad’s place
- Jackie took a nap
went to yoga class
- helpful teacher got me a free week of classes!
- instructor was actually pretty decent
picked up a boba and a massive mango smoothie
head home
hot pot with Jackie’s parents
- pretty fancy beef!
dropped off rental car back at YVR
- pick up from Jason
- dropped by McDonald’s apparently while I was sleeping

LEARNINGS: