Bought some new skis recently: Rossignol Sprayer 2008
Price: 299 USD
I tried them out last season as a demo and they were pretty good on the hills. I’m rather excited for skiing season to start up and try out these. I finally have a complete ski set!
Bad News: I can’t seem to find a back up of my previous theme. Guess I’ll have to go out and recreate it. For now I’ll keep the default theme.
Good News: Annual performance review has finished. I was able to gain another promotion. This time, the promotion came with a title change. I am now a Software Development Engineer II. I still find it amazing that I was able to get two promotions in one year. Now that I’m in the next band, I think it’s going to get a lot harder to exceed expectations. I’ll put on a brave face and try my best to reach the top of this level too.
I just realized I blew away my theme. Now I need to find a backup and restore it. 
Over the past weekend, I drove my friends and I around the Olympic Peninsula.
Total mileage: 732 miles (1178 kilometers)
It was one long drive but the trip was certainly worth it. I’m going to bed – will post something about this later on this week.
Yesterday was my one year anniversary at Microsoft. I am glad to be here today. Over the course of a year, I have experienced a whole different lifestyle here on the west cost. I offer 12 pictures to highlight the fun things that happened over the course of the year:
I’m looking forward to even more exciting adventures.