Thursday, September 29, 2011

Jenn & Romy

Jenn Romy 9.28.2011
Romy is so stressed out for his qualifying exam, that he couldn't even smile for the camera!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Jenn

Jenn 9.27.2011
Enjoying breakfast and my huge coffee (that looks a little like beer).

Monday, September 26, 2011

Romy

Romy 9.26.2011
On the bus going home with more books to study! Today the bus driver, Singh, told us gross stories about his friend's Indian food restaurant.

Jenn

Jenn 9.26.2011
I just finished a homework assignment (the intense C++ programming one I was working on the whole weekend) and I am so happy! I'm in Hearst Mining Building at UC Berkeley where the office hours were for the C++ class.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Romy & Jenn

Jenn Romy 9.25.2011
We took a walk today by the Briones Reservoir on an EBMUD trail. There were a lot of oak trees, and a red tailed hawk squawked at us while it hovered over us in the air!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Romy

Romy 9.24.2011
The studying never ends, even on Saturday night! I can't wait until my quals are over (October 11th).

Jenn

Jenn 9.24.2011
While I was cooking dinner, Romy dropped the camera on accident, but it landed on my foot and it really hurt! My foot saved the camera.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Jenn

Jenn 9.22.2011
Today I got my personal and premium parking spot on the hill!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Jenn

Jenn 9.21.2011
These gluten-free muffins just popped out of the oven! I made them with tapioca, buckwheat, and brown rice flours. They are so good!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Romy

Romy 9.20.2011
Studying, studying, and more studying!

Jenn

Jenn 9.20.2011
Starting a really intense programming assignment for my computational science class.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Jenn

Jenn 9.19.2011
I made fresh pasta with gluten free flours! I used brown rice flour, millet flour, and tapioca flour. I am cutting it into noodles. It was soooooo good!

Romy

Romy 9.19.2011
Today I tried to turn in my application for the qualifying exam form to the Graduate Division in Sproul Hall, but they said they couldn't take it because I was missing a signature!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Romy

Romy 9.18.2011
This is how Romy prevented his hat from flying off in the back of the convertible.

Jenn

Jenn 9.18.2011
We got to ride in Bob and Linda's convertible for the drive down to Santa Cruz to work on the Desert Dingo baja. It was a lot of fun.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Romy & Jenn

Jenn Romy 9.17.2011
Doing the dishes after dinner.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Jenn & Romy

Jenn Romy 9.16.2011
We took a walk today by the EBMUD reservoir in the hills between Oakland and Moraga. We were the only people on the trail!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Romy

Romy 9.15.2011
Leaving the house to go to school.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Romy

Romy 9.14.2011
Me working on the big computer.

Jenn

Jenn 9.14.2011
This is me in the middle of explaining how cool the beans look that I bought at Berkeley Bowl! They are purple on the outside, but green on the inside!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Romy

Romy 9.13.2011
I was doing a lot of studying today, to get ready for quals!

Jenn

Jenn 9.13.2011
Today the pooping tiger had a yellow ribbon around its neck.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Jenn & Romy

Jenn Romy 9.11.2011
Today was Romy's lab group picnic at Lake Chabot. Prof. Chen is in the middle chair, and everybody else are graduate students in the lab group (except me and the girl behind me).

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Jenn

Jenn 9.10.2011
I look drunk but I only had half a glass of wine!

Romy, Nicole, & Marcel

Romy 9.10.2011
Today we had a dinner party, because Nicole and Marcel are going on vacation for three weeks tomorrow!

Friday, September 9, 2011

Jenn

Jenn 9.9.2011
Today I worked on the computer a lot doing school stuff, even late into the night!

Romy

Romy 9.9.2011
We parked the Daewoo all sideways today! Its funny!

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Jenn

Jenn 9.8.2011
I am about to get comfy in my selk bag!

Romy

Romy 9.8.2011
I am trying to curve some metal with my new plannishing hammer.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Jenn

Jenn 9.7.2011
Back to the office. This is my new desk, and yes, it is blocking a door. That door goes to the office next to me, but its meant to be closed.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Jenn & Romy

Jenn Romy 9.6.2011
Today we were mixing the cornstarch and soy sauce for stir-fry and we got to see how its a shear-thickening non-Newtonian fluid! Its really hard to mix if you try to quickly, but if you go slow, its easy.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Romy & Marcel

Romy Marcel 9.4.2011
This is a long exposure shot of Marcel and I, with Nicole popping in as a ghostly figure. This is right outside of the pits.

Jenn & Nicole

Jenn Nicole 9.4.2011
The two shadows are Nicole's and mine. I like the desert.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Romy

Romy 9.3.2011
This weekend is the VORRA 24-hour endurance race, outside of Fallon, Nevada. The Desert Dingo won the race in our class!

Friday, September 2, 2011

Jenn, Nicole, & Marcel

Jenn 9.2.2011
Tonight we had a feast! Tomorrow we head to Nevada.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Jenn

Jenn 9.1.2011
I look so tired! I am having a yummy cappuccino. Mmmmm.

Romy

Romy 9.1.2011
I am having a muffin (gluten-free that we baked yesterday) and strawberries, figs, and a glass of almond milk for breakfast.