November 2009
6 posts
Star Struck
The past few days have been pretty great in regards to seeing celebrities, I saw David Beckham on Sunday and basically ran into the guy from Numb3rs on the way to work yesterday, though I was too flabbergasted to say anything. Apart from all that excitement things have been going well :) I got a new project to work on from my post doc (which makes life so much better since the computer I need to...
Nov 12th
Crazy weekend!
This weekend was ridiculous, and made me really appreciate the quiet time I get when I come home.  Here’s a summary: -riding 3.5+ hours with my postdoc, her husband and their 18 month old son to San Diego for Caltech Biology retreat! He was absolutely adorable and apparently I made an impression on him (he kept asking for “Srimo” all weekend long and made his dad come up to my...
Nov 10th
yay for skype!
I got to talk to my cousin in India and Genevieve :)
Nov 6th
Yay for first successful meal made in California...
I made a soup with Shrimp and Tofu (I used to hate tofu, what’s California done to me???) Here’s the recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chinese-Shrimp-and-Tofu-Soup/Detail.aspx I did make a bunch of modification though since I hate peas, and still do. Basically I just fried some garlic and ginger paste, added the shrimp and tofu, fried them for a bit, took them out, fried carrots...
Nov 5th
Things are looking up!
I got tickets for the LA Galaxy vs. Chivas USA playoff game on Sunday! Woo David Beckham!!
Nov 4th
Why I FAIL at blogging
So I’m finally going to try updating this thing again.  I guess it’s just hard to update when you don’t really have anything exciting happen to you on a daily basis.  Anyway here’s a rehash of every day for me 8:00 AM: Alarm goes off 9:00 AM-9:45AM: Debate with self as to when to get up.  I tell myself that I should wake up earlier everyday so that I can get more work...
Nov 3rd