I was somehow tricked into going running yesterday. So after work, George and Stef came to Google so that we could run the Shoreline Amphitheatre trail. I was doing well for the first 5 minutes and then I just got so tired that my legs stopped working. I (speed) walked for the most part and after an hour of looking at the water and golf course, we were back at the Googleplex. Sigh. BIG FAT sigh of relief. That's what I get for thinking so unrealistically. But, the silver lining of all this is that now I will make a more conscious effort to get in shape. Let's see how long this lasts. I think it lasted a good 30 minutes before I ate a ginormous dinner at Charlie's.
In other news, we are seriously organizing a Hong Kong and Taiwan trip for Dec/Jan. If you're interested, please please please let me know. The more the merrier! And you KNOW, it'll be ridiculously awesome.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Caffeine and I Don't Mix
If you know me, you would agree that I should not drink coffee. Why? Because it makes me... c-r-a-z-y. Yes. I know, right? I consume alcohol, a LOT of alcohol, but it doesn't compare to when I've had a cup (yes, even a small little cup) of coffee. So, this morning, I went to Starbucks on the way to work and got a tall Caramel Machiato. Next thing I know, I'm talking to myself and weaving through traffic. I get to work and I can't stop laughing. Who knew that caffeine had such adverse effects? Ok, but that's not the point of this post.
Stef and I went to Macy's Furniture Store last night and yes, we finally purchased a COUCH! It's suuuper cute and will be delivered this Sunday! It's the bluish one in the picture below:
We only got the couch, but we're going to buy some accent chairs and maybe a rug! How exciting! No more sitting on the floor in an empty living room!
After our very successful shopping trip, Stef, Young, and I had dinner at Santa Ramen, a hole-in-the-wall ramen joint that my brother very enthusiastically recommended (he's serious about it, you can read his review on Yelp). We had to wait about 15 minutes at 8:45pm on a Monday night, but we did because quite a few restaurant patrons leaving were heard saying "this place is f-ing delicious". And indeed, it was damn good. The soup was reeeally good and you never say that about ramen, so this place is pretty fantastic. However, that was not the last of our Monday night festivities, we headed over to this HK desserts place and had Asian desserts. I had the thick black sesame paste --- yum and my hair will get darker (you'll understand if you have a Chinese mother).
All in all, a very productive night to make up for a weekend of just lounging around. Seriously, I have nothing worth blogging about from this weekend. Oh. I DID go to Suite 181 on Saturday night to see William Huey drunk and ridiculous. But, other than that, nothing as exciting as getting a new couch and eating really good ramen. So, my next excursion will be going to buy a desk to furnish my very important home office. You heard me, I'm important.
P.S. I believe the caffeine has finally worn off because I'm starting to get a headache. I told you, caffeine is potent. For me, at least.
Stef and I went to Macy's Furniture Store last night and yes, we finally purchased a COUCH! It's suuuper cute and will be delivered this Sunday! It's the bluish one in the picture below:
We only got the couch, but we're going to buy some accent chairs and maybe a rug! How exciting! No more sitting on the floor in an empty living room!
After our very successful shopping trip, Stef, Young, and I had dinner at Santa Ramen, a hole-in-the-wall ramen joint that my brother very enthusiastically recommended (he's serious about it, you can read his review on Yelp). We had to wait about 15 minutes at 8:45pm on a Monday night, but we did because quite a few restaurant patrons leaving were heard saying "this place is f-ing delicious". And indeed, it was damn good. The soup was reeeally good and you never say that about ramen, so this place is pretty fantastic. However, that was not the last of our Monday night festivities, we headed over to this HK desserts place and had Asian desserts. I had the thick black sesame paste --- yum and my hair will get darker (you'll understand if you have a Chinese mother).
All in all, a very productive night to make up for a weekend of just lounging around. Seriously, I have nothing worth blogging about from this weekend. Oh. I DID go to Suite 181 on Saturday night to see William Huey drunk and ridiculous. But, other than that, nothing as exciting as getting a new couch and eating really good ramen. So, my next excursion will be going to buy a desk to furnish my very important home office. You heard me, I'm important.
P.S. I believe the caffeine has finally worn off because I'm starting to get a headache. I told you, caffeine is potent. For me, at least.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Girls (not Boys) of Summer
It's August and also the LAST month of summer... already. I had a list of things that I wanted to accomplish this summer:
- Go to a nice beach --- has not happened.
- Start taking yoga --- also, has not happened.
- Plan a group concert outing --- maybe this is in the works.
- Go camping/river rafting --- hmmm, take a guess.
- Housewarming Party --- date to be determined (depending on the arrival of furniture).
- LA trip --- in a few weeks (depending on Geo's planning).
- Christina's Beach House --- weekend of August 24.
- Flora visits --- whenever she makes up her mind.
- Patrice visits --- before she moves up to Seattle.
- The Office Season 3 DVDs --- available September 4.
- How I Met Your Mother Season 2 DVDs --- available October 2.
- Veronica Mars Season 3 DVDs --- available October 23.
Monday, July 30, 2007
A Week and a Weekend Later...
It's really hard to remember to update your blog. And I know my readers care a lot about my many misadventures.
Let me see... last Monday, I went to my first Giants game this season (and I believe, my second Giants game of all time). And it was so exciting that Barry Bonds didn't hit a home run. Awesome. Haha. I kid. I had fun. We took CalTrain up and it wasn't as cold as I expected. Giants lost, but hanging out at the Park made up for it. Then, last Wednesday, I went to Dave & Buster's with Stef, Jason, and Young. I forgot how much fun it was. I beat Young in almost every game that we played. Because of that, it's apparent that Ci > Young. Always.
Now for the weekend... Friday was Google's annual Summer Picnic, which turned out to be a huge event! Lots of all-you-can-eat and free food with beer and margaritas plus a ferris wheel and Google Idol! It was nice to take an afternoon off and relax in the sun. On Saturday, I woke up at 6am to volunteer for Relay for Life in Castro Valley. It was really laid-back this year, so I had time to finish Harry Potter! Best book in the series btw. But, I got sunburned on my ears, hairline, and arms. Grossness times 100. I'm just about flaking dead skin now. Ugh. I guess that can be considered to be tmi? Then, on Sunday, I went out to see the SF Marathon-ers. Too bad Stef finished so early that we missed her at the finish line!!! It was amazing to see all these people that voluntarily ran 13.1 or 26.2 miles. Definitely a feat to be proud of... and they all got medals! Funny how everyone I asked said they'd never run it ever again... Stef was so sick that she didn't even have lunch with us! We went to Yank Sing and feasted on delicate dim sum. I had 2 (or less) Tsingtaos and was so tired afterwards that I sacrificed shopping to go home. I took a 2 hour nap and woke up with a headache. THAT is the definition of aging... being hungover after 2 beers. Ridiculous. Went out later that night and saw The Simpsons movie. It was surprisingly upbeat and entertaining. I am not a huge Simpsons fan, but liked all the political undertones hidden in each scene. Two thumbs up.
There you have it. A detailed and dull update of my weekly happenings. Have a better week and happy August!
Let me see... last Monday, I went to my first Giants game this season (and I believe, my second Giants game of all time). And it was so exciting that Barry Bonds didn't hit a home run. Awesome. Haha. I kid. I had fun. We took CalTrain up and it wasn't as cold as I expected. Giants lost, but hanging out at the Park made up for it. Then, last Wednesday, I went to Dave & Buster's with Stef, Jason, and Young. I forgot how much fun it was. I beat Young in almost every game that we played. Because of that, it's apparent that Ci > Young. Always.
Now for the weekend... Friday was Google's annual Summer Picnic, which turned out to be a huge event! Lots of all-you-can-eat and free food with beer and margaritas plus a ferris wheel and Google Idol! It was nice to take an afternoon off and relax in the sun. On Saturday, I woke up at 6am to volunteer for Relay for Life in Castro Valley. It was really laid-back this year, so I had time to finish Harry Potter! Best book in the series btw. But, I got sunburned on my ears, hairline, and arms. Grossness times 100. I'm just about flaking dead skin now. Ugh. I guess that can be considered to be tmi? Then, on Sunday, I went out to see the SF Marathon-ers. Too bad Stef finished so early that we missed her at the finish line!!! It was amazing to see all these people that voluntarily ran 13.1 or 26.2 miles. Definitely a feat to be proud of... and they all got medals! Funny how everyone I asked said they'd never run it ever again... Stef was so sick that she didn't even have lunch with us! We went to Yank Sing and feasted on delicate dim sum. I had 2 (or less) Tsingtaos and was so tired afterwards that I sacrificed shopping to go home. I took a 2 hour nap and woke up with a headache. THAT is the definition of aging... being hungover after 2 beers. Ridiculous. Went out later that night and saw The Simpsons movie. It was surprisingly upbeat and entertaining. I am not a huge Simpsons fan, but liked all the political undertones hidden in each scene. Two thumbs up.
There you have it. A detailed and dull update of my weekly happenings. Have a better week and happy August!
Monday, July 23, 2007
Blink
Life goes by in a such a fast pace. You blink and it's the end of July. Friday was Brian's last day. It amazes me that so much has happened since November 13th, the day that we started working at Google. He's off to pursue his "real" career ambitions at Gonzaga Law School. Lucky guy. GOOD LUCK BRIAN! Anyways, so Friday night, Brian, Christy, Ty, and myself got Costco pizza and chicken wings and just hung out at my apartment, otherwise known as the notorious "APT not EPT" party. It wasn't really a party so much as just a nice farewell. Awww... it's <3. I fell asleep early (and on the floor) while Christy and Brian watched Pulse (a stupid horror flict), Jackass 2, the first 10 minutes of Stranger with Candy, and various episodes in The Office Season 2.
Early Saturday morning, we woke up and went immediately to Costco to buy the new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows book! Plenty of copies and no line! Who's the smart one now? (Btw, my brother called me around 11am and told me that he had finished the entire book. Nerd.) I tried to read as much as I could, but I had to run some errands before going up the city with George. I'm only on page 50 or so, please don't spoil the book for me. I will honestly kick you in the balls. Later that afternoon, George and I carpooled (HOW COOL IS THAT?) up to SF for Karan's Taqueria Crawl. A bunch of his coworkers go from taqueria to taqueria eating burritos and drinking beer. It's supposedly a contest or something. I just drank and ate... a little. One thing I learned is that Chicken Mole is made from chocolate and delicious. We stayed for only a few hours before we headed back down to Santana Row to meet up with Stef and Jen at V Bar. I had a good time, just catching up with ppl. All in all, a fun night that, again, ended pretty early. I think I went to bed around 1am. Jen slept over in my room and said that I literally passed out within 5 minutes of saying goodnight to her. HAHA.
It was great waking up on Sunday morning and just relaxing with Stef and Jen. I read a bit of Harry Potter and we just sat at the kitchen table talking about random stuff. I feel grown up. Hehe. We got together with a few more friends for lunch at Vung Tau in Milpitas. It was pretty good non-Pho Vietnamese food. Spent the rest of the afternoon and evening being really lazy --- bought Chinese groceries at Lion, scoped out the Obon Festival in Mountain View, watched TV/DVDs, etc. Highlight, I finally ate at Shabuway on Castro St. in Mountain View. It's goood. I recommend it. It's just like hot pot, you cook beef in a pot of boiling water. But, you get to dip it in really yummy sauces, like Ponzu and Sesame. Yuuum.
Next up: Giants game on Monday, hopefully some furniture sometime this week, CV Relay for Life on Saturday, SF Marathon (watching, not running) on Sunday.
Early Saturday morning, we woke up and went immediately to Costco to buy the new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows book! Plenty of copies and no line! Who's the smart one now? (Btw, my brother called me around 11am and told me that he had finished the entire book. Nerd.) I tried to read as much as I could, but I had to run some errands before going up the city with George. I'm only on page 50 or so, please don't spoil the book for me. I will honestly kick you in the balls. Later that afternoon, George and I carpooled (HOW COOL IS THAT?) up to SF for Karan's Taqueria Crawl. A bunch of his coworkers go from taqueria to taqueria eating burritos and drinking beer. It's supposedly a contest or something. I just drank and ate... a little. One thing I learned is that Chicken Mole is made from chocolate and delicious. We stayed for only a few hours before we headed back down to Santana Row to meet up with Stef and Jen at V Bar. I had a good time, just catching up with ppl. All in all, a fun night that, again, ended pretty early. I think I went to bed around 1am. Jen slept over in my room and said that I literally passed out within 5 minutes of saying goodnight to her. HAHA.
It was great waking up on Sunday morning and just relaxing with Stef and Jen. I read a bit of Harry Potter and we just sat at the kitchen table talking about random stuff. I feel grown up. Hehe. We got together with a few more friends for lunch at Vung Tau in Milpitas. It was pretty good non-Pho Vietnamese food. Spent the rest of the afternoon and evening being really lazy --- bought Chinese groceries at Lion, scoped out the Obon Festival in Mountain View, watched TV/DVDs, etc. Highlight, I finally ate at Shabuway on Castro St. in Mountain View. It's goood. I recommend it. It's just like hot pot, you cook beef in a pot of boiling water. But, you get to dip it in really yummy sauces, like Ponzu and Sesame. Yuuum.
Next up: Giants game on Monday, hopefully some furniture sometime this week, CV Relay for Life on Saturday, SF Marathon (watching, not running) on Sunday.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Countdown to Harry Potter!!!
Yes. I am a nerd. But, I'm also a dumb nerd. So, last night, I was on a mission. A mission to make sure that I get a copy of the latest Harry Potter right when it comes out, at midnight on Friday night/Saturday morning. Sadly, I was unsuccessful. Borders told me that all their copies of the book have already been reserved (since last week) and that I would have to be put on a waiting list, meaning they'd call me if they have any left. A WAITING LIST!?!??!?!?! Gawd. My brother tells me, "you should've reserved it months in advance, like a true fan." Yep. Why didn't I think of that?
So, I guess I won't be one of the first people reading the book this time. My brother was kind enough to offer his book to me after he finishes, which he predicts will be Saturday morning. Haha. NERD! Otherwise, I will be at Costco when it opens to get my hands on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Hip hip hooray!
So, I guess I won't be one of the first people reading the book this time. My brother was kind enough to offer his book to me after he finishes, which he predicts will be Saturday morning. Haha. NERD! Otherwise, I will be at Costco when it opens to get my hands on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Hip hip hooray!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Adulthood
Everything is set for the big move. My mattress came this morning at 7:30am. Beautiful. Now, all I need is furniture. I don't have any. Hold on, I just had a panic attack. I'm not exaggerating. All that is in my bedroom is a mattress. And a vacuum cleaner. I do happen to be a neat freak as well.
In all seriousness, growing up isn't as glamorous as it's made out to be. Bills, responsibilities, problems... I want none of it. That is the price that we're paying for freedom. So, I often ask myself, is it worth it???
In all seriousness, growing up isn't as glamorous as it's made out to be. Bills, responsibilities, problems... I want none of it. That is the price that we're paying for freedom. So, I often ask myself, is it worth it???
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