Patrick's Diary - 1/1/2016

I embraced the first day of 2016 at gym to work out, though college bowl game wasn't presented on TV. I had come here everyday during the holiday break and felt very fulfilled. 

Stopping at the interaction of Thrasher's Corner on my way home from gym, I enjoyed the sunshine going through the windshield.

Going home to catch the former BCS Bowl games starting from Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State seemed dominating the game and eventually won big. The interesting scene was that Urban Meyer held his player who tried to escape before Gatorade poured down very tightly, as a result, both of them were soaked. 

Rose Bowl is always between Pac-12 and Big-10. Michigan State got into playoff, so Iowa represented Big-10 to meet Pac-12 Champion Stanford. Stanford won the coin toss and opted to receive.

I only watched 1st Quarter and had to drive my son to Apple Store at Alderwood Mall for his appointment of having his IPad repaired. However, I would catch the majority of the 2nd half after we came back home. The game went into garbage time pretty early, but Hawkeyes didn't give up. I think their fans must have a lot of fun even they lost by a big margin at the end. 

My son didn't have his IPad repaired because it wasn't worth and he didn't want to buy a new one. It still functions very well. The only issue is the earphone can't be plugged into the IPad. 

He asked me to take photos for him at Alderwood Mall, one of them was in one of the courts outside:

Another was inside the mall in front of Macy's:

We bought a pair of leather gloves for each of us at JC Penny. The deal was pretty good. Before leaving the parking lot, I filmed a clip. It had been very nice in Seattle during this holiday break. 

Sugar Bowl was held in New Orleans as usual. Ole Miss crashed Texas Tech. Yes, just like several people tweeted: there had been so many blowouts during this Bowl Mania. 

After the game, I started dry cleaning my pants. The process I created was:

• Blend Tide powder into warm water to form detergent;
• Apply the detergent to the pants;
• Press the pants

It had worked very well for the first two, but caused stains on the third one, which was very light color. I stopped doing it and planned to resume on Sunday night.