Wedding Pictures

It was Simran's wedding on Saturday, and it was a blast. Actually the whole weekend was great. Spent almost the whole weekend with the cousins. Starting with Thursday at Manny's, then Friday at Gagan's, Saturday at the wedding, and Sunday we had a BBQ at Manny's...

Anyway, here are Simran's Wedding Pictures
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Deep Sea Fishing, Monterey

We went deep sea fishing for salmon on Saturday, June 10th. I had to get up at 3AM so we could check in by 5:15 in Monterey.

It was my 1st time fishing and I didn't think I'd catch anything, but I was the 1st person to reel one in. In fact only 3 people came home with fish out of 20. Martin had the biggest one at 30+ pounds, then mine, and then Junior.

Other people caught fish too, but they were either too small or the protected "silver" and had to be thrown back, and one got snatched by a sea lion.

The fishing guide dude did all the dirty work as far as cleaning it up and cutting it, which was good 'cause I wouldn't know what to do.

When we got to the dock (2:30pm), we put the fish on ice and had the BEST DAMN CLAM CHOWDER... It was the "icing on the cake".

At this point we were so tired and I slept most of the way home... And once I got home, I cleaned up and went to sleep (7pm)... I slept most of the night and finally got out of bed at 10am... I didn't know fishing could be so tiring. I think it was the lack of sleep as well as constantly fighting to keep your balance in the boat. And to have a better chance of catching anything we had to constantly work our fishing line.

It was a lot of fun... here are some pics!!
There's also a link to a slide show at the end...

My 1st catch, EVER:

Nothing but the Deep Blue Sea... and the Birds:

Searching for a meal:

Feeding Frenzy:

Contemplating how I'll cook my catch:

Back to the docks:

Chowing Down:


GONE FISHING - a slideshow, courtesy of DiazPhoto.com

Seema's New Car

Seema got a new car yesterday...

It's a 2003 Acura TL Type S with Navigation
These pictures don't do it justice, but here they are...

Fifth Annual Cousins Snowboard Trip

5th Annual (3rd for me) "Cousins" Snowboard Trip went down March 3-5, 2006. Martin and his cousins have been doing this for 5 years, and I joined them 3 years ago. It's always a blast, and of course we had a great time this time too! The ride into Reno on Friday night was pretty lengthy (snow & traffic), but it was well worth it. The next day, show conditions were perfect for boarding. We did a lot of things in a short amount of time, and I even won $100...

As usual, here's are the pictures, courtesy of DiazPhoto.com:
Main Slide Show
Martin's Blog Entry with bonus pics

Btw, our next Snowboard Trip is this Sunday. It'll be a day-trip at SugarBowl. It's been dumping for the last 10 days, and Sunday is going to be the 1st sunny day. The conditions should be excellent... Fresh Powder, baby!
We'll leave Martin's house (Stockton) around 6AM, and we should be back at Martin's by 6PM. Let me know if you wanna go!!!

CONGRATULATIONS SEEMA!

Seema got a new job as a "Consultant" with a division of Robert Half.

This & That

Martin and I went snowboarding on the 11th, and we had a KILLER day... I think it was one of the best snowboarding days for me, EVER! The snow was just about perfect; it wasn't too crowded; and I improved my technique by leaps and bounds. Martin did some sweet jumps, and we got some cool pictures, but I haven't had a chance to load the pics on here...

Actually, with Blogger.com, it's kind of tough to post pics, unless I do them straight from my phone; Or you have to host them somewhere else and provide a link on here. So, to make a long story short, I'm working on a new website that allows me to load pictures more easily. I hope to have that up in a week or two.

I'll be in Tahoe/Reno for the weekend and I hope the weather is good for boarding on Saturday!!!

Super Bowl Pictures

We had a Super Bowl party at John's, and of course I cooked up some of that "Sat's BBQ Chicken"... Here are some pictures of the party, courtesy of Martin Diaz.

Here's a little warm up with pictures of:
John's new house

Once you're done with that, then sit back and enjoy the:
Party Slide Show

Check out Martin's Blog for other happenings...

Damn, our waiter is hot!

"Another cosmo please!"

FINALLY

"Wow I finally made it to SatHans.com"

Sat's BBQ

If I were to open a restaurant, I think this might be the starting menu. Anybody interested?

MAIN DISHES:
BBQ Chicken (skinless)
BBQ Chicken Sandwich
BBQ Chicken Pizza
BBQ Chicken Kabobs
BBQ Chicken Hot Dogs
BBQ Chicken Salad (warm chicken)
Malibu BBQ Chicken (yes, with Malibu Mango)

SIDES:
Potato Salad
Sweet Corn
Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Jams
Beans
Vegitables
Side Salad

DESSERTS:
Cheesecake
Corn cake
Other

Snowboarding

We went snowboarding on Sunday, but we ran into all kinds of traffic going there and coming back. We forgot that it was a holiday weekend, and there were so many people on the road.
We had planned on going to Alpine Meadows, but they got sold out by the time we got there, so we ended up going to Diamond Peak. The boarding was great, there was lots of snow, and the view were spectacular. Good first trip of the season... aside from the traffic. Next trip in a coulple of weeks.

Better Bonfire Pictures, Redone and Downloadable

Martin re-did the B-day Bonfire pics... with music... They're bigger, better, and downloadable now... you gotta check it out.

Call me for the password if you forgot... Enjoy!

Bigger B-Day Pics with Music

B-Day Pics OLD format

B-Day Pics Download
These are good enough to put online, but if you need to print them, let me know and I'll get better quality files from Martin.

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