Joya

I had lunch with my cousins at Joya for tapas and paella. I liked the red sangria with pineapple. I bought a new pair of New Balance 769 running shoes at metrosport which fits so comfortable.

Ocean Blue

I ran 4 miles yesterday on the treadmill. This week, I ate at Fish Market for lunch. I had dinner at Ocean Blue for sushi rolls, I liked the dragon roll. We got free crembrule for eating the first time there.

Japanese Tea Garden

I finally went to the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco. We planned it like 2 years ago, we talked about it but finally took action in Januray to set a date to go today. It is a small garden with a fee of $5 to get in. I was expecting to see a lot of koi fish but but I only saw a few. I liked climbing the steep bridge to take a photo shot. I was just laughing at myself when I was climbing up and down the bridge. We parked so far like at the corner edge of the park. After the garden, we ate at Park Chow which was really good. I would recommend the pumpkin pie and pear huckleberry cobbler.

This morning, I finished reading a really good novel that my co-worker recommended "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. Controversial issue about a 13 year old girl being a donor for her older sister with leukemia. I started to read "eat pray love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. I borrowed this book from my cousin Pukie, it must be good since the book was part of Oprah's book club.

Birthday

Today is my birthday. I can't believe it that I'm getting so old now. Time just flew by. I can still remember my college days. Too bad that I'm sick during my birthday. I had a sore throat over the weekend for like 2 days and now I'm at the coughing stage which usually takes a week or two. Even though, I had a sore throat, I ate like sweet stuff like cake and donuts which probably made it worse. My cousin Boni was visiting from LA over the weekend so we had dim sum at Hong Kong Flower Lounge with my aunt, uncle, and mycousin Mary. Since I have been sick, I have not run in like 6 days. I need to get my butt on the treadmill soon.

SFO Bay Tour

It has been like 4 months since I flew the cessna 172. I went with my mom, flight instructor, and Ian for the San Francisco Bay Tour from Reidhill View Airport in San Jose and circled around Alcatraz area and then came back, took us about 1.8 hours roundtrip. After that, we ate Vietnamese and Chinese food at Nha Trang on Tully Road and King St. I ordered the fine vermcelli which was good. So that was yesterday. Today, I had brunch at Stacks, of course we ordered the full lumberjack stack.

kanpai

I had dinner last night with my kindergarten friend and her son at Kanpai for Japanese food. I thought the quality is good but the portions are small for the price. Then we went to Satura to try out the cake she had at her wedding the strawberry shortcake which was good. I was so amazed on how her son was so well behaved and a very chill and mellow 10 month baby. Earlier in the morning, I ran 3 miles around the Palo Alto duck pond, I have to reach my goal of 6 miles by middle of next month.

goldilocks

I went to Goldilocks for lunch in Mountain View and I ordered the sisig and it didn't turn out how Ihaw Ihaw in San Bruno makes it. The sisig was pan fryed with onions and what looked like bell peppers.