1/28, Tuesday, after I came back from Mission Peak, our HVAC broken down.
Had to tread carefully to set up my demo system.
Team dinner tonight.
1/29, Wednesday. Left the hotel at 7am to walk along the dykes near Alviso Marine Park.
This time, I got another coworker to come along.
Overcast today, so no sunrise. Water is low, not as many birds as I remembered.
Saw only 2 snowy egrets, and 1 great egret.
On the way back, drove my the old office.
Back to work before 9am, in time for the first talk of the day.
Lunar new year. I skipped a women-only event, managed to call a few of my family members and friends after work. I initially wanted to attend a meetup in the evening, but I was late preparing my demo, and the the traffic of Bay Area is too bad: killed my desire to drive.
1/30, Thursday. Demo in the morning, and more talks.
3:30pm, Top Golf.
I arrived late. After getting a beer, walked around to join a table. I'm so bad, thankfully the next table had space, and none are golfers. I left at 5pm.
Saw another large group poured in. Seems Top Golf is popular with company event organizers.
Drove to Bay Trail Sunnyvile (along the bay, there're many trails), next to a water treatment facility, a little too late for sunset.
Walked ~an hour around. Saw a few ducks and stilts.
It was getting too dark, but still a few coming in with head lamps.
Drove to Santa Clara Santana Row area to see Fleurs de Villes installation (1/29-2/2).
Bad traffic on the way.
Out of 19 large floral displays, I found only 13.
One at Hotel Valencia entry, one at Eataly, 11 in the center of Westfield Valley Fair (shopping mall).
I should have allocated more time here so I can find the other 6.
Drove to San Jose downtown for dinner. Arrived ~7:30.
1/31, Friday. Didn't do anything useful. Managed to lose my glasses when packing. Flew back home. Picked up some flu-like bug on the plane :(
Conclusion:
- I'll probably rent a car again next year.
- Should allocate more time for traffic.
- Should wear a face mask in the airport.
