Boats and dragons racing

Back from Wisconsin and Michigan. Was a fun fun trip, both work and relationship wise, but far too short. Didn't do anything unusual while I was in Michigan, which was nice cos that part of the trip was only 6 days.

Highlights of the trip :
1) Hanging out with Gimble. Kinda neat to see how things that were decided when the group first started had influenced how the group operated today. Kinda strange to realise how old I was compared to the kids now in Gimble

2) Catching up with old friends. Hung out with M and her fiancee, and caught up with H as well.

3) Good food! Ate at Zingerman's Roadhouse twice, and let me tell you, they had the yummiest rum tum yummy calamari i've ever had...

4) Good weather. Last time i went back, it was -20 celsius. Brrr. Not so much fun

5) Swing dancing! In Ann Arbor! Lotsa exclaimation points! :P

One good thing was that I didn't gain any weight! Woo hoo! First time that's happened on a trip back to the US. Which is not surprising given how gimongous US portions can be. The first time my mom went over there, she ended up ladling 2/3rds of her plate onto mine and H's plates.

Speaking of weight, this recent study quoted in USA Today tells us that you should start worrying when you gain 5 pounds, cos your body then starts adjusting to that new weight. So 5 pounds = bad. That could be the tagline for a new diet fad... 5 pounds bad, 0 pounds good....
Bad taglines = me :)

Was talking with L recently about what career would be more preferable. Lindy Hop teacher, or professional video game reviewer, all things equal (ie. salary). Surprisingly, I picked the former, reason being that as a professional video game reviewer, I would have to review even bad games. While as a Lindy Hop teacher, you have control over how you teach, and get enjoyment even out of helping mediocre dancers. Food for thought.

Oh, and I will be going dragon boat racing! Yes, me... dragon. boat. racing. Corporate thingy that I kinda had to lead. Oh well. It will be a trip, and my team is very on about it. They even signed on for extra lessons. >< Yikes.

And on that note, signing off now.

Ajantis is boating dragons for a race...

Jet-lagged in cheeseland

So here i am sitting alone in a hotel room in Madison, Wisconsin, where Selenasol has officially corrected me over yahoo that Wisconsin is known as cheeseland, not cowland.

Should i be amused that the first thing i am told upon arriving in Wisconsin is that the World Dairy Convention is behind held in town , RIGHT NOW? God forbid.

Forgive the slight sarcasm. Had one of the worst flights ever. 17 hours to LAX on the new SQ airbus. Nice economy plus seats. Good snacks. Room to stretch. Good deal right? Not when you're in the 2nd row behind 2 kids screaming literally non-stop the entire flight. What capped the whole experience was when they fell asleep just as the lights came on.

To top it off, we had a 7 hour layover in LA cos the people arranging the trip were told to ensure no missed connections, resulting in a red-eye 3 hour flight from LA to Chicago.

So my body clock is all messed up, and my stomach and brain and body are telling me many things. Stay up! Sleep! Eat! Run around! Be goofy! Well, guess that's not too different from how i normally behave anyway :)

oh well, meetings tomorrow, so i should get to bed now. 5 more days till H. and I get to visit Gimble, which will be fun.

Ajantis is lagging the jet, or jagging the lag.