During our time off at the end of the year, we decided to stay local and do a few hikes and exploration of cities near by. One day we decided to do an easy but scenic hike in Half Moon Bay. We started by parking at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve to check out the…
Category: Personal
Six Months at Google
From small company to the mothership… it’s been a long journey in a short period of time. Never did I expect to take the plunge into the largest tech giant in the world. I’ve decided to just jot down a few notes as I reflect back on my time. First, as I have said to…
2014 in Review
With all of these different year in review things popping up (FB, G+, Timehop, etc…), it made me think about my year. And with some down time for the Holidays, I decided to a little recap of my year based on themes that I’ve written about. 2013 was a huge year between Bleu turning…
Sutro Bath’s Sunset
Woo, it’s been over a month since I last posted. It’s been a crazy fall season both personally and at work. I’ll probably post an update on that stuff sometime in the future. But for this post, I wanted to do a quick Throwback Thursday (technically it’s still wednesday). Back 5 years ago when…
Gadget Talk – Moto 360
Yes… more toys! After some debate, I decided to get the Moto 360 even though I personally own the new iPhone 6 Plus. However, for work, I used the HTC One M8 (play edition) and it hasn’t been a slouch either! The transition to Android wasn’t easy, but there are definitely clear benefits… but I…
Paradise Falls Hike
While on a recent visit down to SoCal for our friend’s wedding, I was able to escape for a little bit and found a nice little hike in Thousand Oaks. It is part of the Wildwood Regional Park and yes, it did have water even with our drought. I’ll keep this post short since the…
Morimoto – Napa
I’ve wanted to try Morimoto Restaurant in Napa for quite some time (a few years) and finally got to go for two friends’ celebrations! Toro Tartare – accompanied by wasabi, nori paste and sour cream as well as a shoyu dipping sauce. The presentation was interesting and we ate it with a flat…
Yosemite Photography Practice
Instead of basically rewriting Betty’s post on Yosemite, I’ll point out a few tips and tricks on how I get the most out of your SLR or even regular P&S camera. Furthermore, I’ll go through a few examples of how I got certain effects or framing of shots. Hopefully this will be informative or…
Sony a99 Full-Frame DSLR Initial Impressions
After 7 years, I had finally decided to upgrade my Nikon D700 to something more modern. First, I considered just upgrading to the D800, but the price differential between the D700 and D800 was big enough for me to consider switching brands and consolidating lenses. With all the options in the market at this time,…
Burlingame Criterium
Waking up at 4AM for anything isn’t easy, but it was a good chance to volunteer for Pen Velo and the Burlingame Community. Pen Velo hosts a cycling race every year called the Burlingame Criterium and Ryan’s Ride (a memorial ride). It requires a ton of people to set up and due to restrictions from the…
Highlights from Macau and Hong Kong
Macau Casinos – The influx of capital into Macau has grown the city immensely even since the last time I was there in 2008. A lot of the people we saw at the casinos were mainland Chinese people with tons of money… which continue to fuel the economy. We enjoyed a dragon show, an art display…
Highlights from Taiwan
Elephant Mountain (Xiangshan) – This was an “unexpected journey”… meaning we had a little time to kill and looked up a place to go. Needless to say, climbing tons of steps wasn’t in the plan and wearing jeans didn’t make it all too comfortable. The view was worth it, and it would definitely be worth it…
Telling My Story - Andrew Wong 