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  • sophia hosted a thanksgiving dinner at her place our last night in japan. afterwards, we went back to roppongi for round#2. our first stop was a club called core. hideki works as a bartender there, so it was drinks on t…

  • i got stuffed. tom, chris and i returned from our trip to kyoto/hiroshima yesterday just in time for the evening's rush hour. that's the thing about the subway system in japan...timing means the difference btw crowded a…

  • the breakfast of champions. tuesday here. tom, chris and i spent daybreak watching the tuna auctions at tsujiki. it's an amazing hubbub of activity that begins in the wee hours of the morning. the market itself sells al…

  • surrounded by chris' people. we lost 17 hours so we arrived late sun eve. good news is that we went straight to eating. sophia took us to a yakatori-ya in naka-meguro for dinner. yakatori restaurants are the japanese pu…

  • no cooking on the eve of a vacation. we had dinner with arnold at kingswood in cupertino village. perfect night for hotpot. actually, i was looking at the weather forecast for tokyo and kyoto and it's almost exactly the…

  • hehe. forgot to mention mike and i went back for some more poker last night. he's learning that it's better to sit in the non-raising section. he would probably breathe more easily as well. not that there's any correlat…

  • meg's going to play surrogate mom. she's our caretaker when both chris and i leave town. i think the fish have gotten to know her pretty well, though i have this paranoid feeling that they won't be on their best behavio…

  • i'm trying to whittle down my list of things to do. right before i left work, i made this giant list of things to do while i wasn't working. things like: clean out the garage (conveniently forgetting that is chris' doma…

  • little on the agenda now except to relax. i think it's safe to say that i won't be starting work until after i get back from japan. i'm getting fairly excited about this trip...i haven't done as much planning as i did f…

  • chris says it's because i like to talk. made some new friends tonight. a fellow reefer was tearing down his tank. that always makes me sad. still, i did pick up a few corals (torch, open brain) and a cleaner shrimp for …

  • in planning mode. chris picked out his favorite japanese-english dictionary to bring with us. it will be strange to hear him use his japanese since he never does. i have advice for international travel. don't try to u…

  • it's about damn time. congrats su-i and arnold! just too cool.

  • and lest i forget, ¡feliz compleaños a mi esposo! i asked chris where he would like to celebrate tonight. his answer? the same place we spend his non-birthdays: sushi maru.

  • i'm savoring this last week. ideally, i won't start work until december. it will make things that much less stressful as i am trying to prepare for our trip to japan next week. things are coming to a head so quickly. i …

  • chris' birthday came a little early. he is now the proud owner of a new goldwing. if you don't know anything about goldwings, it's like a car on 2 wheels. it comes with a 6-cylinder engine, reverse gear, built-in radio …

  • i made a verbal commitment to go with company #1. fred treated kimberli and me to lunch yesterday at inNout. i hadn't seen fred since he left my old company, which was right before i left. he's such a funny guy and so …

  • mike came back for another lesson. the force was with us this time around. both of us came out ahead a c note, tho i have to admit that i still haven't mastered the art of being disciplined wrt betting. mike pulled out …

  • just in time for a last meal. ann is coming over in a bit from berkeley to join me for lunch with our x-coworkers. she's swinging by a bit early since she's never seen my tanks in person. if i rejoin the working world, …

  • chris and i both got our flu shots. glad that we got that taken care of, esp after yesterday's article in the merc. thanks for the reminder, su-i! btw, my flu shot was done through my PCP's clinic with no co-pay (direct…

  • do people respect you more for being rude? i think so. i'm exceptionally abrupt with recruiters. looking for a job has opened me to a whole new world of spammers and telemarketers. sometimes i'll ask them for their name…

  • i bought 2 fish to celebrate. a mate for my tomato clown and a barlett's anthias. i have another interview this afternoon with a third company. i don't expect the situation to become any more convoluted since this is m…

  • when it rains, it pours. i got a second offer today. don't know what is up these companies. they are so slow in getting these offers together, and then they decide to gang up at once. they both want me to start this wee…

  • any excuse to see an old friend. having lunch with philip in the city today. i need to make a trip to SF to exchange my japan rail pass since it's in the wrong name. that's the problem with having both a nickname and ma…

  • i no longer want to be a professional motorcycle racer. www.fastermovie.com really liked the movie tho.

  • did you hear the thunder last night? i don't know what time it was, but it was enough to wake chris and me. i like thunder, but do prefer it at appropriate times. accordingly, chris and i took some time during the morn…

  • i love trader joes. chris' latest picks: garlic fries and chocolate peanut butter soy ice cream. we took a trip with jeff tonight. he came down from oakland to join us for an early dinner. he was supposed to meet us at …

  • the rain scared everyone away. chris and i spent the morning at the international motorcycle show at the san mateo expo center. turn out was definitely lower this year. we only saw about 200 bikes in the parking lot, th…

  • i have such a bad attitude. i officially received an offer. it's not much of a surprise, since i knew it was in the works for the last week and a half. i was at walmart when the hr guy called me to give me the news. sin…

  • at least my bike got washed. actually, i enjoy riding in the rain. it's the cold that's more bothersome. just got home from poker night after a month-long hiatus. i brought mike along to play with those sharks i call …

  • still not working, but already planning my next vacation. since chris is so busy with work, i've had to take over planning for our japan trip. here's our agenda for now: fly in on sun, stay in tokyo until wed, leave for…

  • ok, all is good. we settled for bibimbop at tofu cabin. afterwards, we hit another dive shop. there seems to be no end to the gadgets one can buy for diving. i am seriously considering getting certified. eric recommende…

  • i didn't think it was possible. but i think i'm getting sick of chinese food. after a&j, queen house, southland, and tk noodle in the span of a week, enough is enough. that said, i agreed to accompany eric for a late lu…

  • i see nonworking people. eric stopped by unexpectedly. he just returned from france yesterday. long enough to pick up his new suburu. i went for a ride with him to a dive shop. i was starving afterwards, so we went to t…

  • while the idea of 3 gallons of blood is pretty disturbing, i did receive a nice insulated lunch bag for my efforts. today was my 24th deposit at the stanford blood center. for some reason, it took longer than normal. my…

  • out and about in palo alto. i'm headed to palo alto shortly. i need to give blood, pick up my drycleaning, pick up 3 pairs of shoes (got new taps), stop by viv's to drop off a photo CD, mail out some stuff from the post…

  • albert IMed me for a lunch date. as usual, we ate at southland. now that we've been there dozens of times together, we have a set menu: chinese sausage fried rice, stirfried beef and scallions, veggies, and an order of …

  • i cancelled my hair appointment. i decided it's time to grow out my hair. bear with me people, it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

  • another one of those random fish sightings. i invited myself over to the house of someone i don't know just to look at his fish. actually, jeff and his wife karen are friends of joanne and dan. joanne mentioned to me th…

  • do you know where your dado is? allen stopped by in the afternoon to use chris' powertools. chris is a big fan of woodworking, though sometimes when he hasn't put his tools to use for a long while, he tells me that he f…

  • halloween festivities cont'd... chris and i met up with alex and scott for a party in san ramon. it was an interesting experience; i had never met the host and chris had never met alex and scott. i should add that whene…

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