2g2g: Poke House

The restaurant listed these as $15 retail per bowl and doesn't include any toppings!? Definitely would not pay that much without toppings. With 2g2g these were $5 per bowl which is alright considering just rice and protein.

Thankfully I have a bunch of ingredients at home that I can use for toppings. Avocados, pickled slaw, furikake, crisp chili oil and it came out yummy!

Honey Cup

One of the supervisors that I work with is always so generous and kind. She brought a bunch of pastries from Honey Cup to share with a few of us! 😍

2g2g: Papa John's

Love Too Good To Go - it's an app where vendors can list leftovers or overstocked items for sale at reduced rate to curb waste. Some use this platform for marketing. Honestly it's great because it allows me to try out a new spot and not having to pay full retail. I've never tried Papa John's before and this was a great opportunity. The consumer typically don't get to choose what they get - called surprise bags. So this was my surprise bag for $5 pre tax. It tasted pretty good too! 

Discounted meal - Jan

Once a month at work usually on the 3rd Wed, the galley offers discounted meals for folks to enjoy at $7.25. When I first started 1.5 years ago it was at $7. - still a very good deal given the portion and variety of food offered.

Couple days a coworker invited me to go along and was hesitant because I'd usually go with Tal but he's been out of town. Glad she convinced me because it was seafood themed and I enjoyed the shrimp, crab and rice with Cajun seasoning drizzled all over, yum!

Launch from Vandenberg SFB

There's been countless of launches from Vandenberg SFB nearby and we've been lucky to be able to catch glimpses of it right in our back yard. I recently joined the community page to get alerts on launch schedules so I can take better videos of it! Here's a recent screenshot caught a couple nights ago

Not paying retail

Love bogo deals and our local island pacific (Filipino) market has an area that sells prepared food ala panda express style. A breakfast combo is usually $12.99 which is kinda steep plus they charge tax and came up to $14.19. I personally wouldn't buy if I have to pay retail but with bogo it softens the blow a bit:

I also have a promo and credit on DoorDash so I thought I might as well order something else from them to take advantage of the drive, this would have been over $30 but with the promo and credits, ended up paying just $10.42. 

Would be able to make a few meals out of these!

Trip to Ridgecrest

Woke up early today at 545a to catch the shuttle at 730 for a meeting with my mentor, got there on time and by 1030 we were done. I went into town to Albertacos for lunch - I had fond memories of their food and got chile verde with tripa tacos, both were excellent, love that their tripa is crunchy. Then went across the street and got a matcha lavender drink which had more ice than drink itself!

The shuttle came in late so we got back late, reached at 545p but at least it was warm and not cold which is odd for a winter evening.

Dubai chocolate - Overhyped?

Super affordable avocado toast

Avocado toast with sourdough is one of the easiest ways to make brunch and so filling especially right now avocados price have dropped - I got a 6 count and 2 large loaves of sourdough plus the eggs, so much more economical to make it at home. I sprinkled on everything but bagel sesame seasoning on top of the avosand topped it off with a drizzle of Sriracha ketchup and it's the 💣

New Year 2026

Been a long long while since I've posted, planning to pick up this back up after a long hiatus to keep track of life as I'm at halfway point in life and for sure memory will only start going downhill so this will be a good reference point.

First week of the year has been quite interesting at work, the final two weeks of the year was filled with outages - power, Internet, water, elevator. So everything pretty much at standstill at work, which works to my favor. 

Ending the first work week of 2026, coworker and I went to Filipino market and got their breakfast BOGO promo, portions are huge, they don't skimp on the protein! Garlic rice was yum, plenty of leftover for dinner and lunch next day!