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GO WINGS!

February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment

February 2, 2010

Although I grew up a Wings fan all my life, especially during my elementary and middle school days when I lived in Michigan, I never got a chance to watch the Wings play live at Joe Louis Arena. It was tougher to buy tickets back then because sites like stubhub and craigslist didn’t exists to coordinate a second market of buyers & sellers like today.

Hockey has faded in popularity a bit these days, but I finally got a chance to watch my Wings at the HP Pavilion in San Jose with the Michigan Alumni Club of SF. Although I’d imagine the Pavilion’s atmosphere pales in comparison to Joe Louis, and its history of championships, it was still a great time. We even got to go to the back room and meet a former Michigan player (now on the Sharks) and I was THIS close to coach Babcock in the tunnel! We also won 4-2, muhahaha.

took the caltrain down which was surprisingly convenient! and the palo alto station got a waiting room/coffee store!

GO WINGS!

Some recognition during half time~!

Ahnah paying attention… not really, more like posing

Jed Ortmeyer, Michigan hockey captain 2001-2002

Categories: friends · hobby · umich
Tagged: ahnah, alumni association, caltrain, chris, hockey, hp pavilion, red wings, san jose, sg, sharks, sports games, will

bearfruit bowling

July 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

july 14, 2009

i used to bowl often in college (some may say a LOT), but have hardly bowled since then. it probably has something to do with the fact that there is a lot more to do in cali, and that they don’t offer $1 bowling nights here. regardless, it was the first time in a while that i went bowling on a weekday and i must say, it was a pretty chill and relaxing way to spend a tuesday evening; we should do this more often.

possibly the most high tech bowling lanes i’ve been to… complete with plasma screens and sophisticated instructions on how to approach the pins

it even called out SOS when the lane wouldn’t reset

bowling shoes are awesome

candid- we lost, i blame my teammate in the blue

Categories: everyday blog · friends · hobby
Tagged: bearfruit, bowling, chris, grx

BOLT!

December 14, 2008 · Comments Off

december 11, 2008

our office building had a nice surprise for us today, serving cookies and apple cider during lunch. it definitely helped setting the holiday season spirit at work.

the cookie was bland… the fudge was super sweet, and the apple cider was way too strong. but it was pretty, and that’s all i really cared about.

later that night the men of my small group got together to, well, watch bolt… and it was awesome! bolt in 3D, gotta do it. blot had all the features that madagascar 2 lacked… drama! comedy! suspense! element of surprise (somewhat)! and most importantly, creativity! plus, the 3D was very cool.

(the awesome 3D glasses!)

(we’re so cool)

(this was not to look cool, but to show that my lack of a nose bridge made this a better fit. the 3D does not work this way though…)

(i may never watch a 2D animation movie again)

Categories: everyday blog · friends · hobby

glorious saturday

November 18, 2008 · 1 Comment

november 15, 2008

if you were anywhere near sf yesterday, you’d agree that it was an amazing day outside. lucky for me, i had a flag football game planned at golden gate park. it was a great opportunity to get some exercise and competition on a beautiful saturday afternoon. intramural flag football at michigan is very different in that contact is almost not allowed. hence, i wasn’t expecting the physical and aggressive game that i was throwing myself into. getting stiff-armed, held down, tackled and stripped is something i was not expecting, but i got used to it real quick and it was awesome. we played for almost 2 hours, and although we lost 10-7 (that’s 10TD’s to 7TD’s), it was still a lot of fun.

(it’s a difficult task taking pictures of a game… and hence the only picture i have is the field we played)

the day continued with dinner at tom yum in the marina followed by bowling at serra bowl. bowling used to be a weekly routine in ann arbor, but it has fallen to a rare occasion since i moved to california. i’m not sure if this is because there are no bowling alleys nearby, or if it’s because there is no $1 bowling, or because there are other (better) things to do… it’s probably a combination of the three. i bowled a surprisingly well for playing for the first time in months, yay. the other team got off to a hot start, and although we made a run in the middle, we couldn’t overcome the early lead in the end. my awesomeness in terms of balance and shot is displayed below: