Digital Green Reception

Attended the Digital Green Reception and met some of the board members and interesting guests. Digital green Is a not-for-profit spinoff from Microsoft which brings together technology and social organisations to share best practices of agriculture, health and nutrition via video platforms this improving quality of live in developing countries. — checked in to The Donovan, a Kimpton Hotel.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

I watched most of the Star Trek TV series and only watched this Star Wars of its full length, because I was curious why some yogis called me the Dark Force during last yoga retreat. You can read the comparison of Star Trek vs Star Wars at Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Star_Trek_and_Star_Wars I am glad to see a heroine rather a hero saved the world. — watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse.

Hiked in Three Ridges Wilderness, George Washington National Forest

After hearing about the three ridges hike for 16 years, I finally took the 13.8 m 4300 ft gain hike today with my almost broken right knee! The views were great but we got only about 2 hrs of sun. The trail head is 2.5 hrs away from norther VA, so I waited until this day, and the hike has a lot of long switch backs to make it easier than the Robinson Mt trail. Nevertheless, I had to use ibuprofen to suppress the knee pain, and will find out more about my right knee tomorrow after the medication wears off. — checked in to Three Ridges Wilderness, George Washington National Forest .           Had an after hike meal of pork at the restaurant which I first time visited in May 2015 during my transamerica biking trip. My biking group stayed overnight at the town named 'Love', then drove to the restaurant for dinner. This time I came back with my hiking group sitting outside and ordered the food prepared right from the kitchen we could see and listening to live music. — checked in to Devil's Backbone Brewery, Nelson County, Va.

FinTech DC Happy Hour

Atteneded Village Capital FinTech DC Happy Hour at the Impact Hub DC, and then an art vs science panel discussion at the Keck Center of the National Academies, followed by a reception. Financial technology is one of the hottest sectors for investment in the world right now, especially minority inclusion for increasing access and affordability of financial services for underserved populations. — checked in to Impact Hub DC.

DC Purim Fiesta in Mexican style

Attended the DC Purim Fiesta in Mexican style, after listening to the reading of the story in Hebrew. It was like Halloween yet celebrating a queen of Jewish descent named Easter who spared her people from death. — checked in to American Friends of Lubavitch.

International Symposium on Science of Science

Attended the 2nd day of the International Symposium on Science of Science at the end of library of congress. While listening to the scientific research trends and behavior patterns, I work on patent cases and even listening to an webmair on recent patent case law. I walked via the capital hill to check out cherry blossom. It appears that DuPont Circle has more. — checked in to Library of Congress.

REI lecture on Preparing for the Unexpected - Outdoor Emergency Basics

Attended a lecture on Preparing for the Unexpected - Outdoor Emergency Basics, which was pretty timely after Hua's accident. In addition to the ten essentials, the speaker shared a lot of personal experience, practical tips, and trendy gears, including Liner plus three season bag, Hand crank radio, Campass adjustment for magnetic north and true north, Spare shoe laces, Spare belt buckle, Emergency candle, Choral clothes, Strip of skin to get dry wood, Mark your camp site, Prince William orientation class, GPS not working in Dismal swamp, etc. I ran into hiker Luke in the class. — checked in to REI.

Lunch and Learn Property Inspections

Attended a Lunch and Learn Property Inspections, and won $50 discount certificate for property inspection by getting most correct answers of the quiz. — checked in to KW Commercial Metro Center.

Watched Oscar-nominated "Big Short" movie

Watched Oscar-nominated "Big Short" movie set in the run-up to the 2008 financial crash, a mix of righteous condemnation of fraud and blackly comic romp. It did a good job on simplifying the causes of crash to be understood by the general public. Unfortunately, the financial industry continues to invent new instruments and schemes to fraud the public who naively believe the government can protect them. — checked in to Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse.

Watched a play: FALLING OUT OF TIME

Watched a play: FALLING OUT OF TIME at Theater J Based on the novel by David Grossman about parents getting over the grief of losing young children. This one-of-a-kind theatrical experience provoked audience to rethink life after death of loved ones, and how to endure loss, and accept death in a way that is moving, beautiful, and timely. — checked in to Theater J.

Ran along the Mount Vernon trail

Ran along the Mount Vernon trail for 6.7 m to check out the Roosevelt island and cherry blossom in DC (30% so far, may peak next weekend) across the Potomac River. Then ran 3.3 m at george mason high school to make up 10 m. — checked in to Mount Vernon Trail.

Volunteered at 2016 DFKDC Cooking

Volunteered at 2016 DFKDC Cooking with Scarlet Oak, and helped out with mentally or physically challenged teens — checked in to Scarlet Oak.