Family Affair

Seeing my parents in San Fran after 4 months was a great way to start the new year. They looked great, although Bec did notice that Mum was a bit skinnier. Funny stories of my dad bringing an empty suitcase to fill with the Hong Kong sales. He only had one pair of pants and a top from Sydney, and had to buy a button shirt to go out the first night. I swear he's unleashed some sartorialist within these last few years, and it's great to see.

We met up with my uncle's family as it was his 60th birthday. Great to catch up with my cousins (two brothers, and a son of another uncle), we are of the same age and roughly in the same place in life.
One of them is 6 months younger than me. The strangest thing is that given that we were raised on opposite ends of the earth, we are strikingly similar in our mannerisms, humour and outlook on life. And yes, he is especially keen on the craps table.

San Francisco has that relaxed feel - maybe everywhere is relaxed compared to New York - where the streets are wide, the people seem friendly and the Chinese food is yum. Would I live there? Maybe, it is THE place to work in my field of information technology. Pity I suck at technology and can only talk to people.