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i feel the sugar flowing through my veins. despite the bikini wearing weather, i haven't held back on the eats. after chris and tom finished plate lunches at masu's the day before tom left (no small effort...the best va…
not exactly a day at the beach. so tom is a big fan of hiking. i think he's done it in every country he's ever visited. you might remember it was he who dragged chris and me to the top of miyajima in japan despite the r…
aaaah, hawaii. nice thing about being 2 hours behind is that the day starts at a decent hour, even on vacation. i had chris drop me off at ala moana before 9 yesterday. he and tom wanted to go on a hike; i told him i wa…
my skin is already thanking me. we arrived in oahu to 85% humidity and temps in the 80s. a week in this weather should be just what the doctor ordered. hawaii is such a vacation for chris and me, as our only obligations…
just what i need: another addiction. chris and i stopped by peet's this morning to pick up some coffee for cara. it was her only request from the mainland, which i thought a bit ironic since kona coffee is arguably supe…
patrick is breaking down his tank. he stopped by last week to give me frags of a few of his most prized corals. "on permanent loan" (like pieces from a private art collection) as he eventually plans to set up a nano tan…
trials and tribulations in geeky reefing. some of you might remember that one of my ongoing tank projects has been to connect my aquacontroller to a server so that i can get emails if anything on my tank is out of whack…
yes, i am lucky. this has actually (almost) nothing to do with cards. nice thing about late night poker on thursdays is that i only have to deal with the sleep deprivation for one day before the weekend (i once played u…
overcoming my rep. the beertax gang made another guest appearance in mountain view last night and of course, i had to play. these days, it seems like we run through the normal rounds of H.O.R/S.E., simply biding our tim…
homecooking with friends, weirdness with strangers. adam invited yuji, dardy, and me to join him and rae for dinner last night at their place. adam cooked us a feast of shrimp wonton noodle soup (with bokchoy) as well …
eats, eats, and more eats. such is the theme of the holiday season and no place more has it been prevalent than at Q. combination of lunchtime meetings/seminars + vendors taking us out to lunch and/or dinner has meant m…
in the eye of the beholder. color is a very subjective thing among reef aquarists. the choice of color temperature in lighting therefore can become a matter of huge debate. in most cases, it boils down to personal pref…
the pot is mine. so i've been playing quite a bit of cards lately: last week in the city with the ol' beertax gang (i was in the area after dropping off eric at SFO), then fri (or was it sat?) night with howie at AJ's, …
new do. i had my hair straightened over the weekend. you might think that being asian, i should already have straight hair, but i don't. my hair is naturally wavy which, while giving it some body, means that i have to b…
17 testdrive. after work yesterday, i went with russ to pick up his old car in monterey. he had left it at the volvo dealership after bringing home his new s60 the day before. because i was doing him the favor, he was k…
you know someone's working overtime when you spot a used condom on the pavement outside your office building.
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