hiking
It is such a nice day, just like any other day in socal, sunny and breezy. I figured i need some exercise, so i have picked up walking these days. my co-workers and I have formed a walking team during lunch break to walk around for half an hour everyday. in addition, I am going hiking on weekends. In fact I went hiking a couple weeks ago. my co-worker and I hiked up the moutains behind arcadia. that means i have to drive from home for a hike, sounds crazy, but beats staying at home, watching tv all day.
today we went up again to the moutains with another co-worker. since the third person is a guy, he gets to drive up the winding road into the moutain. normally he wears a nice shirt and pants at work and today he wore an hawaiian shirt, too much contrast. it's a nice walk, we parked somewhere in the middle of the moutain. last time the parking was 5 bucks, but free today because of veteran's day. i guess we should come every major holidays. the trail goes up the moutain then leads all the way down to the bottom, and then a 30 degree climb to get back. there is a waterfall, but i was quite disappointed to see a tiny stream coming down from rocks about a hundred feet off the ground. on the way up to the parking lot, clouds formed and it started to drizzle. haven't seen rain for a while, certainly nice to see even tiny drizzle that lasted for about 10 minutes.
the whole walk took us 3.5 hours. i was exhausted and hungry. by the time we got to a restaurant I felt lighted headed as if my soul is leaving my body. we had a late lunch at 京都 in montery park, ate dim sum. the interior decoration is quite nice and spacious, not like those usual small and dim chinese restaurant, haven't seen such a nice place in a while. the food was really good, much better than all the ones i had before. there might be some bias since I was beyond hungry.
i should be overly tired, yet i don't feel such, perhaps i will taste the consequences when i get up in the morning.
today we went up again to the moutains with another co-worker. since the third person is a guy, he gets to drive up the winding road into the moutain. normally he wears a nice shirt and pants at work and today he wore an hawaiian shirt, too much contrast. it's a nice walk, we parked somewhere in the middle of the moutain. last time the parking was 5 bucks, but free today because of veteran's day. i guess we should come every major holidays. the trail goes up the moutain then leads all the way down to the bottom, and then a 30 degree climb to get back. there is a waterfall, but i was quite disappointed to see a tiny stream coming down from rocks about a hundred feet off the ground. on the way up to the parking lot, clouds formed and it started to drizzle. haven't seen rain for a while, certainly nice to see even tiny drizzle that lasted for about 10 minutes.
the whole walk took us 3.5 hours. i was exhausted and hungry. by the time we got to a restaurant I felt lighted headed as if my soul is leaving my body. we had a late lunch at 京都 in montery park, ate dim sum. the interior decoration is quite nice and spacious, not like those usual small and dim chinese restaurant, haven't seen such a nice place in a while. the food was really good, much better than all the ones i had before. there might be some bias since I was beyond hungry.
i should be overly tired, yet i don't feel such, perhaps i will taste the consequences when i get up in the morning.