life
Closing 2024
It’s NYE(New Year’s Eve) in my time zone, and as I reflect, this year feels like it has been utterly surreal. I’m sure I’ve had my share of personal successes and failures, but honestly, I can barely recall them. It’s not that I’m
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travel
The Year End 2024
As 2024 winds down, we decided to follow a similar approach to our Thanksgiving trip: prioritizing peaceful rest over hectic schedules. So, we planned only a 4-night trip, which included two nights in Paso Robles and two in Solvang. Paso Robles has always been one of our favorite stopovers on
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Thanksgiving 2024
My family’s Thanksgiving tradition has often involved long-distance road trips. In past years, we’ve explored the Grand Canyon (2021) and the Great Canyon Loop (2022) and even visited relatives in Illinois (2023). This year, however, I decided it was time for a change. Instead of a grand adventure,
life
Fifty
Last month, I became a legally 50-year-old engineer. It’s incredible how fast time flies—especially the past 4-5 years, which have felt like the blink of an eye; perhaps the pandemic is partly to blame for that. I didn’t manage to achieve one of my resolutions: writing an
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Fleet Week SF 2024
For the past two years, Karl (the notorious San Francisco fog) had been the nemesis of our family during Fleet Week. I have so many fond memories of Fleet Week, and in 2022, I even bought premium box seats for the air show for the first time—but Karl dashed
politics
A Nightmare
The presidential election is now just two weeks away, and I can’t believe I’m feeling the same fatigue I experienced four years ago. I made a few donations to the DNC in the past, and now their emails flood my inbox like a constant stream of DDoS or
giants
It's Posey Era
Right after the day that the Giants’ 2024 season ended, the team fired Farhan Zaidi and announced Buster Posey as the new president of baseball operations. I liked Farhan’s direction—he avoided unnecessary spending and focused on rebuilding the farm system. However, the result wasn't in the
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Giants 2024 Ending
Today was the final Giants game of the 2024 season. As I’ve mentioned before, my Season Ticket Membership experience was fantastic. The last game ended in a 6-1 loss to St. Louis, closing the season with an 80-82 record—worse than last year. However, Birdsong’s impressive pitching gave
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Steam Deck Dock
Finally, I think it's time to admit that Xbox has likely lost this console war. While I’ve enjoyed a few games on my Series X, like It Takes Two, it’s now clear that PlayStation has come out as the winner. However, for me personally, it wasn’
tech
Steve Ballmer
In my memory, Steve Ballmer is forever linked to the famous "Developers" dance. There was a time when Microsoft stood as a faithful advocate for software developers, and Ballmer, drenched in sweat and passionately shouting "developers," was a hero of the late 1990s. However, his reputation
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Stanford Football
As the baseball season goes down, football is coming back in full. However, I noticed that 49ers ticket prices have soared compared to last year, which made me hesitant to plan a trip to Levi's Stadium. Around that time, I discovered a promotion offering $4 tickets for Stanford
travel
Point Lobos
Every third Friday of the month, my wife gets a day off from work (called Happy Friday). On July's Happy Friday, With our daughter away at summer camp for a month, we decided to head out for a short day trip to Point Lobos State Reserve. 0:00
