Blog: fun

Ice Skating (and I didn't fall)

This post was written in en

I went ice skating for the first time in years. The last time I ice skated was back in Omaha. It's something I don't do often but I've been having an itch the last few years. Living in Downtown San Francisco, there's an Ice skating rink at Union Square that I pass by all the time. It's been one of those activities that I tell myself, "I need to do this before they tear it down!" I keep pondering everytime I pass it, then I forget because I have to get to my destination.

This weekend, I finally did it! I went with my friend Tim, who was visiting for the weekend. Why not do something interesting with a friend? I was very happy that I went with my friend!

My biggest achievement is I didn't fall on my face! I kept my balance.

The lesson I learned from this is to simply do something and not ponder it too late! I need to get into the habit of doing activities on my own (and make them into artist dates). I just got to do things and enjoy time with myself.

tree Pablo Pablo looking at the tree


Went Go Karting and Ate Dust

This post was written in en

Lap times chart
LAPTIMES - sacramento T1 01/29/24 07:57 PM
(01) 36.057 | (02) 36.760 | (03) 33.272 | (04) 33.883 | (05) 34.433 | (06) 32.060 | (07) 34.748 | (08) 34.013 | (09) 34.431 | (10) 66.747 | (11) 32.925

legend for chart

I went go karting with friends. It was fun to hangout and be competitive. The last time I went go karting was in 2017 in France. This was an indoor track so it was smaller than I anticipated. Obviously the numbers speak for themselves. I did not perform my best and ate dust. The important thing is to have fun and not obsess over the statistics. Here I am sharing them. I've been wanting to share more data driven posts. This will be a good first example. It's not interactive but a bit more visual since it involves data.

I changed names of other racers to a generic name except mine to provide privacy

I'm happy I wasn't dead last.

# Racer Best Time Best Lap Laps Avg. Gap K1RS
1 Other Racer 29.121 10 12 34.07 0 1296 (+44)
2 Other Racer 29.348 9 12 33.981 0.227 1296 (+40)
3 Other Racer 29.592 6 12 34.877 0.471 1244 (+32)
4 Other Racer 29.662 8 12 34.138 0.541 1228 (+28)
5 Other Racer 30.112 10 12 35.245 0.991 1240 (+24)
6 Other Racer 30.4 10 12 34.319 1.279 1220 (+20)
7 Other Racer 30.539 6 12 35.406 1.418 1224 (+16)
8 Other Racer 31.179 6 11 37.142 2.058 1212 (+12)
9 Pablo Morales 32.06 6 11 37.211 2.939 1208 (+8)
10 Other Racer 34.549 7 9 42.655 5.428 1204 (+4)

go karting in action