Sunday, January 10, 2010

a fun, slightly dramatic, weekend

we went to mammoth! 8 of us stayed in this teeny condo which boasted a .25 bath the size of a small utility closet. you could sit on the toilet and wash your hands at the same time!

we had 2 people go tumbling down cornice and another quite steep drop off the top.

we had a broken wrist and some painful butts.

we watched sweeney todd. blech.

but we all had a great time and tasty omelettes!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

cliiiimbin' in piiirate's coove

hooray! finally a little climbing spotlight on this supposed climbing blog. i did manage to not write anything about my first trip ever to bishop; but maybe I'll write about it someday...

more new years!

raja's party... and then some lucky people get to hang with jude law!

highlights from new years eve at masa sushi

melt in your mouth goodness. i know... so cliché! but i loved every little bite! costa mesa. ask them about their special new year's boxes!

winter boat parade, or christmas as we know it in long beach

i, along with a bunch of space dragons, decorated a dragonboat with lights and a festive banner for the naples christmas boat parade in mid december. whoohoo! the only thing missing from these pictures is the never-ending song (feliz navidad), and the bikini-clad girls who paddled around us on their paddle boards. equipped with beer can holders and all!

Saturday, November 7, 2009

sushi murasaki

scallop carpaccio at sushi murasaki in costa mesa. i should have taken more pictures, but was too busy savoring my first real sushi in over 6 months, maybe a year. my parents spoil me! torched toro, shima aji, uni, squid with ika, amaebi, white eel, needlefish... oh so good. distance does make the heart grow fonder =P

Saturday, October 3, 2009

end of space dragons 2009 dragonboat season

it's friday night, 3:18am, and i'm not asleep yet! not having practice at 7:30 the next morning is really making me feel like i can just stay up all night. this isn't going to be good for tomorrow...

the race last weekend was awesome. once again, ripple showed us a good time, and we almost-but-not-quite medalled. that's ok, we definitely rose to meet the competition.

this was also the first time this season that i've called a race! so i shamelessly stole this picture from the official sf dragonboat festival gallery, and share it here. blame davin, he's the one who told me about it.



goooo white boat!

other highlights:
- missing diana lui but dancing with mike, toliver, aditya and jill at the dropbox 2 million user mega party (trapeze artist! skanky cage dancers!)
- seeing jerome for the first time in years
- getting to women's finals
- ripple food (congee for breakfast sat morning? hell yeah)
- ripple pimp-wagon
- almost missing last red race >.<
- everyone telling me about the awesome tomatoes at the paddler's party
- 13 pullups
- getting super toned from running around all weekend and not eating enough
- cozy night in with mel watching breakin'
- clear view of the golden gate bridge
- lunch w/ angela, sophia, denise, matt and andy (random!!)
- constantly falling asleep at work