Romy

This is how we parked the car today. Romy passed his qualifying exam!!! We are going to party now!

Romy

Making breakfast. It's the day before my qual!

Jenn & Nicole

Today we went to see the 49ers football game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco with Dave and Tracey, Nicole and Marcel's friends from Chicago. The 49ers creamed Tampa Bay!

Romy

Buying some yummy crunchy sweet green grapes at Farmer Joe's.

Jenn & Romy

We took a long hike (almost 10 miles) in Sunol Regional Wilderness. We saw three snakes, and a lot of cows!

Romy & Jenn

We baked another batch of gluten free bread. I tried putting baking soda and baking powder in it in addition to the yeast, so it would rise more, but it didn't.

Romy

Weighing some VW parts so I can sell and ship them out.

Jenn

Today I am making my second batch the almond milk with the vitamix. It blends the almonds so crazy that it actually homogenizes the milk!

Romy & Jenn

Today we got lunch from Urban Turban. We got brown basmati rice with chicken tandoori, veggies, coconut, mint, and cilantro. It was soooooo good! It was kind of drizzling today.

Jenn

Today I bought a Vitamix blender used on craigslist. My old blender wasn't powerful enough to make almond milk, and it started to break after just one month of me using it (it was cheap).

Romy

Today was practice on the whiteboard to get ready for my qual in about a week! I can't wait until its over!

Jenn

Cheers! Today we went to check out the Oktoberfest at the intersection of Fruitvale and MacArthur Ave.

Romy

Today was Oktoberfest in the Dimond District of Oakland, and it was taking place just a few blocks away from where we live. So we tried some beer brewed all over the Bay Area.

Jenn & Romy

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

Jenn

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

Romy

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

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.

Romy & Jenn

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!

Romy

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

Jenn

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.

Jenn

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

Jenn

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

Romy

Studying, studying, and more studying!

Jenn

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

Jenn

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

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!

Romy

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

Jenn

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.

Romy & Jenn

Doing the dishes after dinner.

Jenn & Romy

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

Romy

Leaving the house to go to school.

Romy

Me working on the big computer.

Jenn

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!

Romy

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

Jenn

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

Jenn & Romy

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).

Jenn

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

Romy, Nicole, & Marcel

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

Jenn

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

Romy

We parked the Daewoo all sideways today! Its funny!

Jenn

I am about to get comfy in my selk bag!

Romy

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

Jenn

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.

Jenn & Romy

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.

Romy & Marcel

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

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

Romy

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

Jenn, Nicole, & Marcel

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

Jenn

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

Romy

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