This is going to be a quick one:

I just got back from the west coast this morning on a ojo rojo flight.

Have been cleaning my apartment all day.

Bought some eucalyptus for the apartment.

Wishing you all a healthy and happy new year.

1997 was the last time when I visited San Francisco. I am warming up to the west coast. A little.

I think.

However, they call this a bialy here.

I don’t think so!

I went to Grand Sichuan for hotpot again on Saturday. We had the “mandarin duck” style where we get the spicy and non-spicy pot in one.  For some reason, the spicy side was 100 times spicier than when I had it the week before.

It was hell. There was no innocence and it was a perpetual sinister fire on my table. It was evil and I suffered. There and the morning after.

I am switching to shabu shabu for the rest of the winter.

Row 1 (made by me): Me, my brother, Sherry, Miguel

Row 2: Julia, Henry, Leigh, Maggie

Row 3: Mims, Roger

Make one and send me yours!

Lately, I have been working on something for Conservation International at the office. This involves looking at a bunch of cute photos of wild animals, reading about biodiversity issues and feeling my eco-nerd self resurfacing. I am starting to feel more like Lisa Simpson…

By coincidence, I came across this site today, a video site for an organization called Okeanos. Really nice… I zoned out for about 20 minutes…

Short trip to London for Thanksgiving… Visited mostly museums & galleries and ate a lot of butter.

Thanks Yamaguchi-san!

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