I'm down in Socal with Emily and her sis visiting my parents. Went to Disneyland yesterday and going again today! :-P Will update after getting back on Tuesday.
Wow...not only are the pics from LA up but all the Peru pics are up as well (except for the ones from Margaret). I really should do something similar for the trips I took last year (China/Alaska/San Antonio). It'd be good to consolidate the San Antonio (second time)/Miami pics too.
Enjoy!!! I'll get captions on Day 2-4 in later. I'll also be removing the bad pics but after quite a few people asked to see pics, I thought it best to get them up ASAP.
So last Wednesday, I went with LC to this new place at Bay Street called Sparks. They serve hot dogs but also garlic fries. Since, it was the night of the Star Wars: Episode III premiere, they were showing Episode V on the sweet TV they had on the wall.
I've redone the Peru site so that all that image loading funkiness in IE isn't happening anymore. Enjoy!
So I just back from a 4 day weekend down in LA with Emily. We went to E3, The Sony Party, Getty Museum, Rodeo Drive, Zanzibar, Crustacean, Sushi Isshin, 24 Hr Korean, Mann Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Curry House, Ding Tai Fong, and Westin's Top Floor Restaurant
Here are teaser pics to get Chu off my case about posting pictures...Final Fantasy Chicks!
In my side pet project (which will be unveiled at some point), I spent almost an hour debugging a portion which ended up just being a misplaced line of code. Still a VERY critical piece of the puzzle was completed today and moving forward should be somewhat easier.
I found my missing 1gb microdrive when I went back home after work. Turns out it was in my back packet...when I have I started putting things in my back pocket?!!! Hmm...
Hmmm...quite a few things...
Went to a new place (found by LC) with Margaret called Shan Dong. It had a lot of good reviews...went really because of the knife cut noodles. But ended up only being so so and definitely not a replacement for Darda in Milpitas. Also had dinner with Eric, Fred, and Allen at the Pho place that Margaret showed me. That amazing one on International with the bowls bigger than anything I've ever seen.
This Thursday was not such a great day for me. In the morning I forgot my id card so I couldn't take the bus in and had to go back home first...pick it up...and then do casual carpool (to be ontime). Then I lost my card reader (with the 1gb microdrive that I've had FOREVER in it). Still hope that somehow its just somewhere. Then when I left the Marriott (where this week's convention is at), I passed by the Metreon where they where having the SF premiere of Star Wars Episode 3. I saw the mayor and storm troopers and everything but of course, I didn't have my camera handy. Ach....and all this on Thursday the 12th. Yesterday was Friday the 13th but thankfully it was a good day!
I'm staying at the Argent Hotel in SF till Wednesday for this conference. When I checked in, the registration desk lady gave me a 11th floor room. When I went, it was a really interesting diagonal setup. Had an alright view (just above the parking structure across the street) but since the hotel has 36 floors I was a bit disappointed. She later called me down because she forgot to get my credit card for incidentals. While I was down there, I casually asked if I could get a room on a higher floor. After a bunch of typing...she said "Here! I found you a room on the 36th floor." The view is just incredibly from up there. Like I can see Union Square, a little bit of the Golden Gate, a little of Alcatraz, and the Bay Bridge.
Last night I went down to see Emily. Went to the Great Mall with her and her sis to obstensibly go shopping for prom shoes. I think we spent more time eating (went to Fujiya) and playing miniature golf at Putting Edge. Final Score: Andy (47), Emily (55), Angela (59).
Done! Went to a Filipino place for lunch yesterday in the Office Depot Food Court called something Mango. Got both of the their chicken entree things. Good stuff although next time I should try the paella.
Had late night Korean with LC...got the soon doo boo. Hmmmmm...had a little bit of LC's Chap Chae...dang that's good stuff.
Yep...this one has pics of Saqsaywaman or "Sexy Woman" or "Sexai Whoa-man"!!! IE Users, remember to let it load the entire way before clicking on the links on the left. Click the link up top to access the pics.
Had lunch with Margaret at a Japanese cafe at the Ferry Building today...had Japanese Curry! Well it wasn't exactly Japanese curry (hmm...Curry House) but it was closer than anything I've ever gotten in the Financial District. In fact, it may be the only one that has Japanese curry as opposed to Indian curry. Didn't have my camera though! I'll try to remember next time.
Went to Ikea for dinner with Lih-Chern. Their Vegetable Beef soup is really good. Meatballs were good as usual although Lih-Chern noticed that there was no sprig of garnish and instead of 3 potatoes we were given 2 potatoes.
Almost went to a new place with Lih-Chern tonight. If we don't go to Church's tomorrow, it'll be this new place for sure. Kinda excited. On the way there today (it ended up being closed on Mondays...aargh), we went past Sui Sui K. It was still closed. That pretty much confirms it. Unless the owner is incredibly ill or something, Sui Sui K is closed. :-( We really did eat it out of business! So glad I went to it the night between Miami and Peru. Whew! hahahahaha...if it's still closed by the end of the month...I may create another site with all my Sui Sui K pictures to memorialize the "Restaurant where everyone wonders how it could possibly remain operating".
Day 2 and 3 are now up...and that's enough for now. :-) Word of advice for IE users, let the entire site loadup (look at the progress bar at the bottom) before acessing the pictures. If you end up missing images, just try refreshing the site again...Firefox users don't need to worry since it continues to pull in pictures even after accessing a div that doesn't have all of its images loaded up. I'm using a preload scheme for now...I may end up changing it later.
Go here!!!
After a night and day's worth of work, the site is coming along. Right now only Day 1 is up but the rest will follow as time goes along. I'll make note on the main page whenever a day gets finished.
This cough/runny nose from my last night in Peru hasn't left me yet. Really annoying. I know its at its end but it sure is taking a long time. Thanks to Lih-Chern for her excellent Chicken/Clam soup! :-P
On Friday, I went to see Kingdom of Heaven with Emily and that's when we also went to Fresh Choice. It's a somewhat conscious decision to eat a bit healthier...thanks to a virtual lecture from my mom a few weeks ago (brought upon by the Miami pictures). Doing my best to keep the pounds I lost in Peru off. As I was transferring Desperate Housewives episodes from my laptop to Emily's, I thought about how absurdly geeky we must have looked inside the car with 2 laptops. hahahhaha...well anyways, not too much has happened recently and that's probably a good thing. The next few weeks will be quite crazy and hectic. I'll be staying in a hotel in SF for about a week due to a conference (really weird to be staying in a hotel only like 6.5 miles from where I live but you'd understand if you lived in the Bay Area. Then in a few weeks, I'll be down in LA for E3 (oh yeah!!!!....Sony Party here we come!). Then the week after that is Memorial Day weekend, so I'll be down in LA again! I'm going to have to finish the Peru thing ASAP if its going to be done before the month is over.
Gomen nasai! No updates and no Peru album...well, at least I can report that all of the pictures have been uploaded. I'm conceptualized the Peru section and just need time to get it up. As Emily says, I just need to put it up little by little. Anyways, this week was just getting back in the swing of things. Many people commented about how tan I had gotten (even the lady at B&M Mei Sing, the Chinese place near work...she asked where exactly I had gone probably since I represent a good 1% of their business. hahahahaha jk). Anyways, since I've come back I've...
- Gone to Costco
- Had a steak
- Had pho at a new Vietnamese place in Oakland
- Had Ban Mu Yuen's Roast Chicken, Spicy Tripe, Beef Noodle Soup
- Went to Fresh Choice
- Seen Sui Sui K closed...I REALLY hope it was a fluke
- Had Sushi from Koreana
- Had a Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger from Carl's Jr
- Went to B&M Mei Sing multiple times for lunch...
- Watched Hitchhiker's Guide...pretty funny
- Watched Kingdom of Heaven...kinda absurd at points but ok
- Finished watching "Samurai Champloo"...odd ending but overall cool series
- Re-started watching "Fullmetal Alchemist" on my PSP....I can put about 5 episodes on it at a time...good on the bus
I really want to share all the pics from Peru...well I'm working on it.
Ok ok...I'm back in SF now and just trying to get back in the hang of things....I have about half of the 4GBs of pics I took in Peru uploaded...I have like a log of the first 4 days...so pretty much there is a lot of work to be done. Peru was simply amazing. So many experiences and all the people I met along the way...you'll see what I mean. You'll just have to bear with me cause I want to do it right and there is a LOT of stuff I want to put up.
On the plus side, I found that I neglected to post pics from my last days in Miami up...so here you go! :-P
