Capricious Me

( Shinjuku for cherry blossoms. Harajuku for odd fashion and crepes. Yokohama shopping madness! )

Photos here. And koala is here.
( Crowded trains. Notting Hill cupcakes shop. Tsukiji fish market. Akihabara, the nerd's paradise. Ginza for pre-dinner dessert. Meguro for dinner. )

Ok, so I’m going to try and update faithfully here and for koala, if you’re interested in an Amelie inspired traveling koala plush.

( Delayed beginning. Roppongi for Peking duck. )

I’m back in Palo Alto for another two days before I leave for Japan and Korea.

I drove back most of the way, with Mike sitting in the passenger seat risking life and limb to make sure I didn’t freak out or do anything bad. This was my first long distance trip on the freeway. I probably should have done something like this as a teenager, but driving never did and still doesn’t hold any interest for me. I still don’t like to drive.

Do people really find driving aimlessly relaxing?

Tomorrow I’m to pick up some groceries from Ranch 99 when Mike and I go to Cupertino village for lunch. We’ll make a quick trip to Stanford shopping center where I’ll head straight to Travelex and avoid other distractions. :-P I’m bringing him home to finish season 4 of the Wire and have dinner. (We’ll have to put off season 5 until we’re both done with summer internships, alas!) Sarabi will be so excited to see him, because she knows he’ll give in to her begging eventually. Mwahahhaa only my mother can tell Sarabi “no” and have my not-so-little puppy obey.

Got back Friday from Seattle… got TONS of SLEEP, finally.

Seattle is a really nice city to walk around. I’m really looking forward to living there!!

Need to do a bunch of chores before heading off to Japan + Korea… and pack like crazy for Seattle.

I met three other alums from Wellesley who are now doing graduate programs.

Looking forward to exploring Seattle today, rain and all. And the end to my 3-hours of sleep nights!

So I’m here in Seattle in the Marriott Waterfront Hotel for the CRA-W Grad Cohort. Woo. Leeching wireless. Perilous, I suppose. Maybe the person owning the router is reading everything I send via plaintext online. Or maybe they’re setting up the router to do pharming… But paranoia aside, I need the Internet!! So let them read my google searches for the papers I need to cite in my write-up…

Hopefully I’ll be done soon to enjoy dinner somewhere goooood. Not that I’m too worried about seeing all the sights since I’m moving here in a month.