A couple pictures from Dan's wedding on July 15, 2007.
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december 14 sueann and i went up to napa. it was my first time up there for wine tasting instead. we went up to viansa, which didn't do anything for me since it was supposed to be where we were going to snack on food. apparently there is usually lots of food for snacking during the weekends, but since it was a thursday, there wasn't much there for us. next we went to v. sattui for some wine tasting. man, there are some good wines their dry dreisling is very drinkable, and their new dessert wine, angelica, is amazingly delicious - so good we bought a bottle. i'd definitely be down to go again.
for a late lunch we went to rutherford grill for some major eating. when sueann said prime rib was served, i had to have it since i haven't had prime rib in a quite a while. it wasn't the greatest, but it was pretty good, especially after tasting a bunch of wine and having a glass with this meal. the appetizers we chose were the smoked salmon and the cheesebread. the salmon was very different than what i was expecting, which was a good thing. it was nice and moist instead the typical dry, pasty texture. the cheesebread also was great with an old school style of cooking it in a skillet which forms a thick crust on top. also you can also taste real cheese in it - when's the last time you actually tasted cheese in cheesebread.
finally, sueann bought me tickets to the warriors-rockets game. the game was awesome with the score going back and forth by double digits and then baron hitting a crazy 3 to win it. great game, great day, great birthday!
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december 2 was the enterprise holiday party at the nikko hotel in san francisco. the party was a lot of fun with great food, gambling for raffle tickets through black jack, roulette, and hold 'em, dancing, and just all around fun. enterprise definitely knows how to have a good time, but it's really only fun if you don't approach it as pure work. some people went too far in terms of trying to network and didn't seem to be enjoying themselves or allowing their dates to enjoy themselves either. other people on the other hand went the opposite direction, and were just embarrassing themselves with their clothes, dancing, or words. be yourself, to a point.
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Men's retreat was September 22 to 24 this year at Ocean Cove north of San Francisco. It was a great time of getting to know the brothers, enjoying God's creation through all of our senses, including taste as you will see below, and just getting some time away from the daily grind. Thanks to Harry for having so much organization on short notice for this gathering; I think all the brothers really appreciated the effort. Thanks to Walter for bringing so much gear and having the heart to give to his less financially-able brothers what God has blessed him with. Thanks to Scott for preparing the food and being brave enough to go into the water to try to get us some uni and abalone, which was delicious. And thanks to everyone who showed up or prayed for us - it was a blessed time. I can't wait til next year.
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On Saturday, Sueann and I celebrated our 6-month anniversary. We went up to the north bay to go kayaking for a few hours. I was really worried about going since I'm so out of shape, but I told her about a month ago that I was planning this, so she was already excited. The day ended up being a great day to go. It was just a little chilly with a breeze, so when we were kayaking, we weren't sweating at all. It probably also helped that we were in an open 2-person kayak, so our butts got wet, so that helped keep us cool. We kayaked out to a small beach and just chilled out there for about an hour before heading back. All in all, it was a good experience, even though we had to trudge through disgusting mud in order to return the kayak. The tide had gone out, so when we returned, we had to walk through sticky mud which we both suck into mid-thigh. It was disgusting, but didn't ruin the experience.
After that, we went up the road for fresh oysters. It was both our first time shucking and eating raw oysters on the spot. We had no idea what we were doing, but the people there were so helpful. At first Sueann was freaking out about how we were going to open the oysters and eat them, so she wanted to eat the ones that were already shucked and jarred. I was thinking, "What the freak? I didn't come all the way out here just to eat jarred oysters."So instead, we decided to get two dozen oysters, one dozen smalls and one dozen mediums. The girl at the counter said the smaller ones were sweeter and better tasting, so we decided to try them even though they were so small. Boy, was she right, the smaller ones were noticeably better tasting, although the mediums were satisfying in terms of having a bigger mouthful. Shucking was a bit of an adventure at first, until someone was kind enough to help us and show us the ropes. By the end we were feasting on raw oysters with lemon juice with spicy cocktail sauce. Sueann was smart enough to also bring barbeque chips and rosemary bread. It was a great meal meal to cap off a day of kayaking and fun.
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This Friday was Top Performer Dinner for my region at Enterprise. This is where all the top performing management trainees and assistant managers go to eat and chill with area managers, the regional rental manager, and the regional vice president. I only went because it was my first month, so I got an automatic invitation. The dinner takes place every month, and this month it was held at Bay Meadows race track in San Mateo. I've never been before, but it was an awesome experience. We got to see the horses up close, had a buffett in a private room, and were able to place bets with our own bookie assigned to our private room. It was amazing fun. I won 3 times, winning $47 on $35 of betting. I would have come away with money, but I let Sueann bet with my money, and she lost every single time, throwing away $35 of money. My plus $12 turned into a net minus $23. Aside from the money, at the end of the night, we got to watch the final race at track level and then take a photo with the winning jockey; unfortunately we weren't able to take our own photos from that level.
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black white on FX, very interesting show.
two things:
1. the black family was explaining to the white family how to act black, and they went on for a while. then the white family asked if they were supposed to coach the black family. at that point, the show cuts to the black woman's 'confessional' time, and she was talking about how she doesn't need to be coached how to act white. she's surrounded by whites and black people always have to know how to act white in interviews, at shopping malls, etc. which is true, all minorities have to know how to act white because white people are always in power and we have to step into their world all the time if we want to succeed and move up. white people don't ever have to step into a minority world. they can live in their white world all they want and still get on and be successful. chinese people can chill in chinatown their whole life and only speak cantonese, but they probably won't get much higher than the best bakery in their little nook.
2. the white man says that the black man doesn't really experience as much racism as he thinks, and that he's really just looking out for, seeking, racism. the black guy just thinks the white guy is just brushing things off and not analyzing those little things that are truly racism. i would side more with the white man's interpretation of things. i think part of it is growing up like pork, the other white meat (haha, i just made that up). asians are like the other white with similar sucesses, and seen by other races as similar, although to a lot lower level of success. but also i think this black guy in particular, is just looking out for people to jack him, so he'll approach every little action as a slight towards him being black.
the other white meat comment reminds me of this show i saw about teenagers. black teens, white teens, asian teens, and latino teens gathered for a focus group on race. at one point, each race was asked to rank the other groups (success, value, power, etc). whites ranked #1 in every race's ranking, their own included. asians ranked #2 in all groups except their one (asian humbleness). blacks were third except when they were #2 on the asians' ranking. and the latinos were ranked last by everyone, to which many of them started crying at being seen as the worse by everyone. i must've watched that thing about 10 years ago, but still remember that, i think because it seemed so true back then, just never put so succinctly. today, i think those rankings would probably hold, for better or worse.
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