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Geek Life February to Mid March 2013

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Louie Tran Posted in Daily News, Food, Gadgets, Geek Life, Photography 1 Comment

PT Smartcase for Note II

 

I don’t get the chance to post as often as I want to these days but I do update my Flickr and Instagram pretty frequently so you can see a lot of my food porn on both of them. If you haven’t noticed already I’ve switched from using the iPhone 5 and am now proudly sporting a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 which better suits my needs because of the customization, larger screen, and expandable capabilities. Although the iPhone 5 is a nice phone, I like most people have gotten bored of it and tired of Apple’s restrictions on how I can use my phone. I love the fact that I can load as many songs and videos I want in several different formats and it’s great that I can pop in a 32GB MicroSD card and not worry about space. I like it so much that I’ve pretty much broken free of the Apple eco-system and eliminated the need for having an iPad Mini because it was redundant having both. The Note 2 is good enough to cover both the phone and the tablet for my uses. The eco-system thing is all hype anyway. I have no issues surviving without iMessage which can easily be substituted with apps like LINE or Facebook Chat. The people who matter to me have them already and if they don’t, they like me enough to install them! PhotoStream was an annoyance and uploading photos to Dropbox is a better solution. I could go on and on but people who gave Android a chance and love it have already said the same things over and over.

This session of Geek Life covers the usual food, tech, and I also went to Mardis Gras in New Orleans as well as take a cruise to the West Caribbean! Don’t worry, I wasn’t stranded on that Carnival Cruise!

Homemade Indian Food by Lin
Our friend Lin invited us over for some homemade Indian food. It was absolutely fantastic!

Home Made Banana Nut Bread
Karo is always awesome in the kitchen. She can make anything, including desserts. This just happens to be one of my favorites!

Tokyo Shabu

I love Shabu Shabu. Especially the Tokyo Shabu in Monterey Park which has also opened a new location close to where I live in Pasadena!

Fish Tacos at Wahoos

After a good work out, Wahoo’s tacos are really rewarding. I always as for the “Green Sauce” which makes ANY of their dishes a million times better.
Sizzler Lunch
Sizzlers buffet never gets old. This was the healthiest meal I could come up with!

Steak, Pasta, and Chicken Lunch Special at Bacali
Where else can you get filet mignon, chicken and pasta for less than $10? Bacali, that’s where!

Healthy Breakfast Pizza by Karo
One of Karo’s creations. A super healthy pizza for breakfast. Loved it.

Chili at Gus's BBQ
Gus’s BBQ in South Pasadena makes some mean chilli. This is considered “cup sized” and if you ask for a bowl, it’s a monstrosity.  Best chili in Southern California in my opinion.

BBQ at Gus's BBQ
And here we have Gus’s BBQ plate. You will leave here happy!

Power Chopper Salad at Wahoos
Power Chopper Salad at Wahoo’s. Again, ASK FOR THE GREEN SAUCE!

Roatan, Honduras
Routan, Hondorus was beautiful. Hard to find places like this back in the US!

Chicken, Rice and Plantains
Typical meal in Belize. Enjoyed it very much!

Cafe Du Monde
Was in New Orleans so of course, we had to stop by the world famous Cafe Du Monde. It was meh more than anything.

Mardis Gras 2013
Mardis Gras was insane. And so were the people.

Mardis Gras Float
There were a lot of interesting floats, such as this one.

Me and Karo at Mardis Gras 2013
Me and Karo and all the beads we collected 😉

Spicy Spaghetti at Noodle World
The first thing Karo and I did when we came back to California was hit up Noodle World and ordered ramen and spicy spaghetti! We missed eating good asian fusion food!

Chinese Sausage, Ciabatta Bread and Cucumbers
Chinese sausage, ciabatta bread, and cucumbers. Another amazing breakfast by Karo

Workspace 2-17-2013
I cleaned up my workspace. It had crap all over it and it was stressing me out.

Gadgets 2-17-2013
My collection of handhelds that I keep on my desk for “research” but the only things I really take with me are my Oakleys, Fitbit One, and of course the Galaxy Note II.

Pancake by Karo
Fancy breakfast pancake made by Karo. It was as good as it looked!

Corner Bakery Uptown Turkey Sandwich
I haven’t had Corner Bakery in a long time so Karo and I went there for lunch one Sunday. My favorite is the Uptown Turkey Sandwich. Their chili is pretty good too.

Mophie Juice Pack Helium
Picked up the Mophie Juicepack Helium to review. Been waiting a very long time for this because the iPhone 5 has crappy battery life. Thankfully I have the Note II which lasts the whole day AND I can carry a spare battery. The Mophie however, is the best power solution for the iPhone 5 unless you want to carry around a battery brick. You can read my review here!

Mophie Juice Packs
I’m no stranger to Mophie. Here’s my collection of battery cases I had for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and now for the iPhone 5!

New Microsoft Surface Pro
I picked up the Microsoft Surface Pro to review. I was actually quite impressed. You can read my review on Tablet PC Review over here!

Surface Pro and Note II
Here’s the Surface Pro with my Note II.

Burger and Fries
Was craving burger and fries one day so I want to Star Burgers which is an awesome local hole in the wall burger joint!

Breakfast at The Langham
To celebrate our anniversary, Karo and I celebrated by having brunch at The Langham.

The Langham in San Marino, CA
Here’s a panorama shot of The Langham using the Note II. It’s really beautiful.

All Devices on Deck!
A shot of all my devices on deck! I sure wish the iMac had a touch screen!

Ramen and Fried Rice
I love ramen. If you make me a good bowl of ramen, I will love you forever! Ramen with fried rice… that’s a match made in heaven. I really recommend eating at Tamaya in Alhambra. It’s actually run by real Japanese people instead of the usual Chinese or Koreans pretending to speak Japanese!

Ramen Pose!
Itadakimasu!

Wedge Mouse
Picked up the Microsoft Wedge Mouse which I still have yet to review. It’s actually pretty compact and works really well. I am liking it so far. I should have a review up shortly.

Korean BBQ - Galbi!
There’s always room for Korean BBQ! I can eat that anytime just like ramen!

Korean SIde Dishes!
I can never get enough of the Korean side dishes (Banchan!)

Note II with Dell XPS 12
Here’s the Dell XPS 12 tablet hybrid which is also pending review. It’s a fantastic device and I love the fact that it can play any video format, any streaming service, and runs full version of Windows without any stupid apps, like the Surface Pro. However, the screen is much better and the built in keyboard is fantastic!

Oh no you didn't!
Lily sure has grown a lot! This is here “OH NO YOU DIDN’T!” face.

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One thought on “Geek Life February to Mid March 2013”

  1. home says:
    December 17, 2015 at 3:07 am

    All the pictures are fabulous and great ii really like your all pictures. Without these pictures and your great memories i cannot able to understand the real meaning of memories. But thanks to you that you shared me all these great pictures.

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