Last weekend was my five year reunion at Stanford. I can't believe it's been that long. But a lot has happened in that time. Those five years have included 3 years living in the Bay Area and 2 years in New York; five years working on Final Cut Pro at Apple, first in Cupertino and now from home in the East Village; five years full of hiking, photography, and driving. I feel like I've changed a lot, especially since moving to NY.

Reunion was lots of fun. Mainly, it was just great spending time on campus and seeing old friends. It brought back lots of great memories of my time at the farm. Even though I've been going to California every few months, I rarely spend time on campus. But on this trip I must have been there on 10 different occasions. Driving campus loop was great. And it was cool spending time at the bookstore and running into people from my class, just like when I was a student.

Highlights:

Thursday
Dinner on the quad was delicious. But there were few people there.
Went to the Rose and Crown with Aki and others
Went to Castro St to hang with Garry

Friday
Great sushi dinner with Eric (it's a tradition)
Stanford party at Blue Chalk. Eh
Met up with Jason and others at Terra
Went to the Phi Psi house and raided their fridge
Decided to go back to my hotel and drink there. But where to get alcohol at 2am? Eric's house. Thanks, Eric!
Drinking with Jason on the roof of the Cypress Hotel (there's no roof bar, we were just on the roof)

Saturday
Great football game at the beautiful new stadium
Phi Psi homecoming dinner. Delicious!
Saw lots of old Phi Psi friends, and Bob and Debby!!
Reunion party at the alumni center. Awesome. Lots of fun. Ran into some old people I hadn't seen in years
Walking from the alumni center to Jason's car in a random lot. This time he was prepared with a case of beer
Drinking beer in the parking lot
Walking from the parking lot (near the Oval) to my car on the row. Along the way carrying a candle stolen from the party (to light cigarettes with) and a case of beer
Offering beer to every random person we saw on the way. No one accepted
Driving to Jack in the Box. My windshield was so fogged up I had to stick my head out the window, and Jason was looking over the top
280 freeway to Cupertino. Jason: Look up. Sachin: shit is there a cop? Jason: No, look up. Then seeing a beautiful clear sky and tons of stars. You don't see stars in New York
More beer in the hotel

Sunday
Dropped Jason off at Stanford
Did donuts and drifted around the dirt parking lot. it was awesome. Just turn the wheel slightly and hit the gas, the rear end comes around and you spin freely. So much fun. It's amazing how much control real drifters have while doing this (ala Tokyo Drift)

Fun weekend. Many, many pictures coming soon. Can't wait for 2012!