{"id":2023,"date":"2014-02-02T23:25:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T04:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2014-02-02T23:25:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T04:25:40","slug":"the-meeting-and-the-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2014\/02\/02\/the-meeting-and-the-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meeting and the Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trumphotelcollection.com\/miami\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2034\" alt=\"2014.02.02.a\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014.02.02.a.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014.02.02.b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2035\" alt=\"2014.02.02.b\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014.02.02.b-100x100.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Chinese New Year and my birthday both fell on the same week this year, prompting a visit from my parents for the double celebration. Now midway through my fourth decade, I did not feel the same urge to rejoice, but instead had a low-key, homecooked dinner with my folks at the apartment. This was good as I was off again the following day to sunny Miami to attend the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aupo.org\/meetings\/\">AUPO conference<\/a>. Having my project selected for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aupo.org\/awards\/awards.html\">Resident-Fellow Research Forum<\/a> meant that I had to present my data again, for the third time, although I was pleased to soak up another honorarium. The event was held at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trumphotelcollection.com\/miami\/\">Trump National Doral Resort<\/a>, which despite millions of dollars in recent renovations, remained unfinished. The ongoing construction made navigating the expansive property difficult. As consolation, we were given a $50 resort credit, which I ended up spending for a monstrous dine-in breakfast. The talk itself went smoothly with little rehearsal, and I celebrated by walking to nearby <a href=\"http:\/\/esquinalechon.com\/\">La Esquina del Lechon<\/a>, where their pan con lechon paired well with some chicharrones and a guava nectar. I returned to Durham the next morning in time for dim sum and a Chinese NY dinner with my parents at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkongdimsumindurham.com\/\">Hong Kong<\/a>. Since this year coincides with my zodiac sign (which forbodes bad fortune), I will need to be extra careful and watch my back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese New Year and my birthday both fell on the same week this year, prompting a visit from my parents for the double celebration. Now midway through my fourth decade, I did not feel the same urge to rejoice, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2014\/02\/02\/the-meeting-and-the-meat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}