Author: epaul

Melanie and I just got back from Hong Kong today and we’re really happy to be back. As great of an experience China was, it’s always nice to be home again. Expecially me, since I’ve been gone for 2.5 weeks. We were so happy to see our Tobi Tobi! The only bad thing about being back is Melanie and I are fighting off sickness. I ate something bad our last 2 days in China that definitely didn’t agree with my stomach and Melanie thinks she’s getting sick. I guess there’s always a good chance of that happening when you travel. Anyways, we’re happy to be home again and just in time for my Grandmothers 95th birthday this weekend.

If you haven’t looked lately, all our pictures from China have been posted. My ISP (Internet Service Provider) has been moving servers, so if the site isn’t up when you check, just come back and check again.

Click here to see the latest China pictures

So I’ve been trying a lot of desserts in China. As of this afternoon, it was this dessert called hot pudding. Pretty much it’s tapiocca pudding, with red bean in the middle, then carmelized sugar on top like a creme brulee. It’s served warm and very yummy.

I ate at a Vietnamese restaurant tonight and ordered this drink that I thought was juice, it was labeled “Mango, AloeVera, and Mint drink” It came out and OH was it yummy! It’s an exotic Icee, pretty much the bottom is Mango slushy, Top is Mint, then there’s these cubes that taste like lychee, but I guess they’re aloe vera. Check out the pic.

Anyways, one more day until Melanie get’s out there to enjoy this wonderful food with me. I’ve added some new pics to food and 2 pictures to Shenzhen if you’re interested.

Click here for China pixs

So I’m back to the second day of the grind, but I had a really good weekend. I caught up with my old friend Eric, who pretty much got me my first job at NHT. Eric live here on Hong Kong Island and has a great place and is a fellow Porsche owner. Pretty much we ate well, drank, and watch some movies on his killer home theater.

I’ve posted some new pics if you want to check them out.

Click here to see new pics and then click on the Hong Kong Island link

So I’ve waken up at 4 am, since I couldn’t sleep. Checked some e-mail and added more pics from my China trip. I’m spending most of my time in China (vs. Hong Kong), I’ve taken more pictures of ShenZhen where I’m working, check out the ShenZhen section if you want to see some new pics with me actually in them.

Click here, then on the ‘Shenzhen’ album

Going to try to go to bed now…

So I had my first day of crossing borders from Hong Kong to China, all-in-all it’s not too bad. I’ve added new pictures I took to day.

Click here to see China pictures

I also found out my dog Tobi is famous over here in Hong Kong

Click here to see Tobi on TV

That’s it for now, it’s been a long day…

So it’s been a hectic 2 months and one of the many reasons you haven’t seen a blog here in a while. To summarize, here’s what happened:

-Melanie and I moved to a new place

Click here to see our new place

-Adding new baseboards and trim to the house, then getting our new place painted

-In process of selling our old townhouse

-Every Siphon customer has called with work needed to be done or completed

http://www.siphon.net

-Work has been crazy busy at Centrify (My new job)

-Tax season is here, I have to deal with personal and 2 side businesses

-And last, where I’m writing from in my hotel at Sha Tin, Hong Kong. Yes, I was sent to Hong Kong and China for business, Melanie will be meeting me here in 2 weeks. I’ll be updating pics all through the next 2 weeks.

Click here to see pictures of our China trip March 2006

Well, that’s it for now. I’ll post more as my trip goes on, so check back often.

Silvi is the name Melanie gave my Porsche 911 Cabriolet. I had a chance to wash and detail her yesterday, so I took so more pictures. Here’s the link:

Click here for pixs of Silvi

So this has been one very special month for me. Two things happened:

1 – Got hired full time
2 – Got my dream car

Item #1, hired full time… Some of you may or may not have known, but I left my former company Simple Star in the City for a consulting job with Centrify Corporation. I’m really enjoying the new job and the great commute. It only takes me 15 min. to get to work and I’m learning a ton of Unix and Linux operating systems. Well as of Nov. 1st, I’m officially employed as a full-time Senior QA Engineer.

Item #2, I’m still in a dream! Last Saturday 11/12, Melanie and I made a visit to Capitol Honda in San Jose. We took a look at something I’ve been wanting since 6th grade, it was my dream car, a Porsche 911. I didn’t think it would happen, but we decided to see what kind of deal we could get. Long story short, Melanie got one great deal and I drove my 1996 Porsche 911 Cabriolet off the lot. Pretty much, Melanie worked the whole deal, since I couldn’t believe this was happening and at one point she looked at me and said, “you look a little pale”.

I’m going on my second week with my dream car and I still can’t believe I have it. I don’t see many up here, I’ve only seen 2, even though I know there are probably a ton, but we went to Napa Valley to visit my mom and saw 4 in one day. It’s crazy how that car is so common up there.

Here’s the only picture of “Silvi”, Melanie named her. I’ll be taking more when I have time.

Click here for the pic of Silvi

So we had a 4 day weekend at Sea Ranch, CA. It’s a beautiful area on the Sonoma coast, if you’re ever interested in renting a house by the beach with great hiking trails and rec. centers, check it out at:

Click here to Sea Ranch rentals

Anyway’s it was a really fun and relaxing weekend, the house was indredible and we hope to go back soon! Below is the link to the pictures.

Click here to see pics from Melanie’s B-day

So 2 weeks ago I found out my cousin Ed in LA had one of his music videos accepted on MTV2, CONGRATS! He’s been directing and creating a lot of latino artist’s videos and concerts. I haven’t had a chance to convert the video, but you should see it shortly. In the mean time, Ed is also a great photographer, check out these really cool aerial shots he took.

Click here to see pictures