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Boogie Boarding with Mom

Festival of Lights

bhangra by day

bhangra by night

Laila Aunty

Laila Aunty & Hamid Uncle

What's wrong with your kids?

When my sister and I didn't want to leave the house last night my dad turned to my mom and asked "What's wrong with your kids?"

Bucket List

Knocked paddleboarding off the bucket list.

Mom, Dad, and my amazing umbrella hat

Monkey in the middle

With my little sister

4 eggs a day keeps the doctor away

I've been eating 4-5 eggs a day for nearly a year and my cholesterol is lower than it's ever been.  There is no data to indicate that eating foods high in cholesterol content translates to high blood cholesterol.  Don't believe the hype!

Opportunity for improvement

Went for a mid-day swim.  Why?  Why not!

Swimming laps is hard work.  In management-speak they would say I have "opportunity for improvement".

Alarms off

I wake up when I wake up

San Diego - now with traffic!

While accompanying Hamid Uncle & Laila Aunty to pick up their new Miata, I discovered that San Diego now has traffic. 

"Rag top down so my hair can blow" - Vanilla Ice

Chargers-Broncos game day traffic

Pineapple

Spent the afternoon with Azim Uncle & Shaheen Aunty who came down from LA.  Taught my sister that the light on her new Kindle PaperWhite is adjustable.  

This pineapple slicer is one of the greatest inventions ever.

Day 1

Difficult to imagine it's been 4 years since my adventures in China.  Since then I left Microsoft and joined Amazon (where it's always Day 1), shipped numerous Kindle devices, and built a multidisciplinary team across Seattle, Vancouver, and Palo Alto offices.  I've never felt more excited about this next chapter, and never more uncertain.

Attempting to match speed & temperature

I escaped the Seattle rain and arrived in San Diego today to a brief moment of panic before realizing that I had indeed packed my sunglasses.

sans sunglasses

sunglasses acquired. crisis averted.

After a customary Costco trip I ordered a new pair of specs from LensCrafters and proceeded to bring the San Diego dev center online.

Sorry to cramp your style, Mom.