Saturday, 31 March 2012

February Fun

Rolling onward into February. I'm going to do my best to see if I can't catch up on posts so that I'm not > 1 month behind on this...wish me luck.


Those of you who know me, know I work at Abbott. In recognition for something, I can't recall what to be honest, they had these cupcakes at the All-Company meeting featuring a depiction of our medical device, the Mitraclip, in frosting. A heart implant never tasted so good...

Speaking of tasting so good, I made scones. Again, delicious dried cranberries inside this time too.

The Punahou Alumni Association had a mixer event for Bay Area alums early in the month and invited all graduates of classes ending in -2 or -7. So, not wanting to miss out on free food and drink meeting up with old classmates and the like, I went. Not the greatest showing by '02 (only three of us total...I think maybe a bunch of others just didn't hear about the event?) but I got to meet a lot of cool people from other years and reminisce about home sweet home. Plus, I scored an orchid lei and 1GB Punahou Alumni USB drive!

I don't think I've shown a picture of these Five Finger shoes yet (purchased during my trip to HK/Shenzhen). Here, you can see them after a few weeks of use having been broken in through a couple runs and a handful of Crossfit sessions (at Prometheus Crossfit in Mt View). I liked the contrasting colors of the carpet and hardwood flooring at the Linden Tree Bookshop in Los Altos so I took this pic. Quite fetching.

Later that day, we made it up to San Francisco to see the 2012 Chinese New Year's parade along Market Street in Downtown. Even got Noelle & Josh to tag along for the fun! Year of the Dragon, as you can tell by the float.

Took this pic for Aunty Karen since she worked at Cathay. They actually had this float and a whole group of people walking with a Cathay banner preceding it.

On our way away from the parade (and also the crowds), we walked past the staging area for parade participants where we saw this dragon head just hanging out (near a neighborhood Subway..."Eat Fresh™") waiting for his turn to march down the street.

Down that same street, a whole line of folks stood with a really long lit up dragon waiting to march onward. Pretty impressive how many folks participated in the "dragon train". Pic courtesy of "Photosynth" and its panoramic ability.

And finally some homemade pizza! I made the dough from scratch and added BBQ sauce (from NZ), roast turkey, cheese and lots of fresh veggies (e.g. spinach, corn, peppers/capsicums). The thin crust paired really well with the meat, veggies & BBQ sauce. Nothing like a delicious homemade pizza!

So even though it'll be April in a day or two, I'm getting closer and closer to catching up with these photo blogs. Stay tuned for a good one next time as I present my triumphant return to Yosemite Valley! Until then...

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