Portola Valley

Have been staying in the Portola Valley house for about a month now.  It is quiet and pleasant.  The 5 acres lot make it pretty private, next to Stanford and Sandhill Road, make my connection to the Silicon Valley much easier than Carmel.

The cook Karina is great. When I stay in PV, each meal is well prepared, mostly Sothern Chinese, Vietnamese or Southeast Asia cuisine.  My assistant Elaine is also trying her best to complete the my personal and the UnivSA project.

I arrive at PV usually on Thursday morning, have the study meeting while driving with IT folks, have an update meeting with Elaine, lunch by Karina, update meeting with Steve, prepare for evening working meeting with Chinese partner at 6:00PM.  Dinner is served at 7.  Then I take a long walk, sometimes with Steve, on the trail between PV and Woodsides, crossing a running creek, for about 45 minutes.

The garage is small after I park the Mercedes S, there is ONE inch left between the car and the garage door.  

The weather is hot, last week it was in the 90s, have to turn on the air conditioning. 

Overall, it is a new experience and a pleasant one.  The UnivSA vision: bring Silicon Valley Venture knowledge and connection to the world, is an exciting one.

Tennis Drama 06 2020

I have been playing tennis with LP in Carmel. Enjoy the exercise and soft hitting.  But she has a controlling tendency.   Any other females want to invite me to play without inviting her, she got very angry and speaks ill of the others.  I was surprised by the drama and kind of amused by it.  

This also applies to the other, Ja.  The female's minds are hard for me to understand.  So competitive and jealous among them, even for just playing tennis.

Spending more time on tennis and piano during the COVID19 lockdown.  Playing with Vicky and Michelle in San Jose high school on Friday.  Mattie and David (both are very good and compete and NSTA) and Ling in South San Jose with good dinner afterward, in addition to playing in Carmel.  I enjoy them but not sure I care about the drama.

I lost some weight over the last year, reduced from 189!!! To 174, together with the collagen, my knees are getting better!  I try to modify my troubled forehand with consistent unit turn and bending the knees to get more consistency and power.  Flipping the forehand was more powerful than I expected when done well, it is beautiful and very satisfying.