The Green Fairy Says

Shark Bait, Woo Ha Ha!!!!!!

Will Says

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there – Will Rogers.

reality

Find out what the graphs mean. HERE.

Pick me ups

is much needed.

"“For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill of Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to the summit, I must zigzag it in my own way. I slip back many times, I fall, I stand still, I run against the edge of hidden obstacles, I lose my temper and find it again and keep it better, I trudge on, I gain a little, I feel encouraged, I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory. One more effort and I reach the luminous cloud, the blue depths of the sky, the uplands of my desire.”
 - Helen Keller.

Women,

We just don't understand them!

Little Joys in Life

* Mornings at home when the sun basks into the apartment.
* Afternoons at home sitting on the carpet in the living room, doing random things.
* A cuppa warm chocolate when the snow flakes fall on the window panes.
* Driving around the picturesque neighborhood in autumn.
* Evan (little monkey) leaning his head on my shoulder.
* Writing letters.
* Blue bird days.
* Chatting with silly bean.
* Sewing quietly while listening to TED talks.

-- Home is where you stand. Home is where you can be still. Home is where the heart is. --

Boob beans soup.. I mean black beans soup

I was doing some light surfing online and saw this chinese articles about how black beans soup (chinese black bean soup) helps to grow your boobs.

So I made myself a huge ass pot of it.

Do you think those damn boobies are going to grow?

Yes Man!

"When you say "Yes" to things, you embrace the possible." - Yes Man

I am going to start trying to say "Yes" to things in life.

Yes, I miss my hookah. &*#@&*)^

Beautiful Saturday

It's such a nice day out today so I decided to make Dan and I some spiked apple cider and pretend that it is snowing out.

Here's what you need:

and of course, your very key ingredient - booze. My choice - bourbon whiskey:

So this is what I usually do, I heat up some apply cider on the stove with a cinnamon stick and two cloves. I like to simmer the cider for about 30 minutes to let the spices spice up my cider (I need a thesaurus).

Then I pour myself some whiskey, about half a cup or a quarter of a cup.  This is a huge latte cup I am using. The more the happier I get. In case you are wondering, no I do not have a drinking problem.

Then, if you are like me and you can't wait for 30 minutes to taste that sweet bourbon whiskey, you pour that damn warm cider in your damn cup. (sorry, this picture looks like shit but I don't really care at this moment)

So this is how I make my spiked apple cider. How do you make yours?  

Most ridiculous tradition

Grab and Run: Krygyzstan's Bride Kidnapping.

UPS

Is it weird to feel sad because the UPS guy didn't stop at my front door to deliver a package?  I watched as he drove away, and suddenly I was overwhelmed with this feeling - emptiness.

Sick and Cooking Away

Hey y'all!

I've been sick for the past two days.  Lots of drainage, feverish, SORE THROAT, headache.. I was so tempted to take a picture of my red and swollen throat and share it with you but then again, you might think it's a picture of something else that I am not going to mention here.  Something I would like to share though, I don't usually eat General Tso chicken because I insisted that it is bad chinese food and a real chinese person shouldn't eat fake chinese food.  But boy, with me being sick, I ordered these babies up like hot cakes and I have to say, they make your fart stink like rotten eggs!

Anyway, after popping a few doses of Dayquil yesterday, I decided to make Dan da Man some beef shank Osso Bucco, sans the wine, added some tablespoon of balsamic vinegar.

Things I used:

• 2 Leftover Beef Shanks from Saraga International Market, almost rotten but after being heavily seasoned, they should be good to eat
• 1 Medium sized white onion (I like white onion because they sprout slower than the yellow onions, and you know when you go white.....)
• 2 very good looking carrots, sliced however big you like
• 2 stalks of celery, sliced however big you like
• 6 cloves of garlic, slightly chopped, the more the merrier i would say, not that anyone's going to kiss me when I am sick.
• 3 tablespoons of brown sugar
• 1 big can of crushed tomatoes
• 1 cup (1 small can) beef broth
• 6 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• Cooking oil (I used vegetable oil)
• Salt 'n Peppa

What I did:

1. Turn on my oven to allow it to pre-heat to 300degF.
2. Heat up my dutch oven (courtesy of Jacq M. for my birthday one year, thank you very much) on the stove.
3. At the mean time, pat dry the beef shanks, season both sides with lots of salt 'n peppa.
4. Add enough vegetable oil to coat the bottom of your dutch oven.
5. DO NOT THROW IN the shanks! (I will tell you why)
6. Slowly, slide in the shanks to brown both sides (Note: Julia Child said, "don't crowd the pan, or else they don't brown") - I used medium high heat, about 5 minutes each side.
7. Remove the shanks from heat, place them aside.
8. Using the same dutch oven, DO NOT THROW IN the vegetables!  ( I will tell you why)
9. Slowly, put it in cut vegetables - onions, carrots, celery and garlic.
10. Gently saute for about 4 minutes.
11. Dump in the shanks and the rest of the ingredients.
12. Let it simmer on the stove then bring it to the oven to cook for 3 hours!
13. 3 hours later, enchoyyyyyy your very delicious Beef Shanks Braised in Balsamic Sauce!!

OK, I know it doesn't look very appetizing here but trust me Dan confirmed that it was delicious!

So, about not throwing things into a hot pan.... I know that we are not supposed to do that, which retards do that anyway??    but the heat from the dutch oven was really scaring me and I was acting all stupid and girly and so I decided to just "toss" my beef shank in.  Here's the picture of the aftermath (my right wrist):

It wasn't too bad really.  So I went on chopping my vegetables and everything.  When it was time to "gently put in" my vegetables, I decided to just throw the vegetables all at once, into the sizzling hot pot with all the oil on the bottom (picture of my right forearm):

I am not that bad of a cook, just a very clumsy, high on cough syrup and painkillers one.

PS:  I strongly recommend you try the recipe!

How to make dress out of shorts

Flabbergasted. Link here.
- courtesy of Daniel ( i bet he tried it )

FOS

A patient came in for nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
He told me: "My surgeon told me i'm FOS."
(Full of shit)

Mayor of TO + video = caught smoking crack on tape
And the best part: The plans to keep his job!

Democrat + Major = NYC
Apparently i was notified that i don't qualify to be president of US because i am not born here.

If i don't find a dress soon, i'll be wearing this:

Tell me that I am wrong

Quote of the Day

Sometimes it is just not easy to be yourself.  You are surrounded by people who expect you to be someone that you are not.  Then, in order to please them, you gradually forget who you are and you become this person who is constantly lost, searching for your true self, yet the people around you are happy because wow, you are a better person to them now.  

No More

Hello all, you should be happy about this:

My hookah was thrown away by the master of the house yesterday.  I anticipate the next thing to go is my wine collection.  Stay tuned.

Lazy Sunday

It's a lazy kind of day today, and when it gets like this, I start feeling low.  I like being on the go, it helps me for not thinking too much.  Since I don't have much to type about today, I thought I would share with you a picture I took from my kitchen.  I love decorating my house, with lots of colors.  Colors cheer me up.

Le Petit Prince

". . . One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. . . . It’s the time that you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important. . . . You become responsible for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose. . . .”

The fox tells him a threefold secret: that only the heart can see clearly because the eyes miss what is important; that the time the prince has spent on his rose is what makes his rose so important; and that a person is forever responsible for what he has tamed.

The little prince continues his journey and meets a railway switchman (a worker who changes trains from one track to another). As the trains roar by, the switchman explains that the trains shuttle people from one location to another. The prince asks the switchman if people are moving because they are unhappy, and the switchman explains that people are always unhappy with wherever they are. The prince asks if the people are chasing something, and the switchman replies that the people aren’t chasing anything at all. He adds that only the children press their faces against the train windows and watch the landscape as it rushes by. The prince remarks that “[o]nly the children know what they’re looking for,” and he says that children can make a rag doll so important that when it’s taken from them, they cry. The children, the switchman replies, are the lucky ones.

"Everything essential is invincible to the eye"

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Blessed

As I was laying on my sofa earlier reading my no brainer book, I can't help but noticed the view out of my windows.  I am truly blessed.

I am very thankful.

I am thankful for the life my parents have given me.

How I wish you are right here with me, I have a feeling you are looking down from above, watching me everyday and being proud of the me of who I have become today.  Of course, I am sure you frown at the sight of me smoking like a chimney or being obsessed with my dirty book collections or drinking like a fish.

I lead a good life.

I feel loved.

To everyone who's touched every path of my little, but contented life, I thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

I leave you with this:

Oh, Formula 1 tomorrow.  I wonder if my brother is coming to watch it with me?

Saturday Morning

Dream

When you're feeling blue,

Dream

That's the thing to do,

Just

Watch the smoke rings rise in the air,

You'll find your share

Of memories there,

So dream

When the day is through,

Dream

And they might come true,

Things

Never are as bad as they seem,

So

Dream,

Dream,

Dream

And remember what I said in my earlier post - Dreams don't work unless you do!  Stop living in a dream and do something about it. 

Dear Ah Pak (Mou Gong gong dong wa lah!)

There was a rumor
That you left us.
It was a rumor as another friend just said hi to you at mile four yesterday.

It was true.
You were gone from our vicinity.
Like a hurricane that wiped out a tiny community in a blink of an eye.
It carved a hole in our lives.

I despise all the past tense.
But all we can do now,
Is remember
What a great leader you were heading the Red Cross Society, winning the marching competition every single freaking year.
How you conversed to me in Cantonese and i struggled to reply you.
Your uber straight, blank face when you crack a hilarious joke.
The way you strutted that earned you the name "Ah Pak"
The last time i met you at a friend's home during chinese new year, inviting me to jump on the bandwagon and have some fun.

I'm glad you gave the world a child.
We need hearts like you in this earth.

All we have is
A little piece of you, tucked deep inside in each one of us.
Thank you for the memories.

Whirlwind

8AM: Met resident B. Started learning about my new patients.

830AM: Pager went off. New consult. Started learning about new consult.

845AM: Boss M called, apparently I have a new resident K from a different local hospital and medical student G from China. Exchange resident/ student. Great! Went to pick them up.

915AM: Went off with student G to see new patient.

930AM: Met up with resident B in lounge.

10AM: Boss J showed up and we started rounding ( seeing patients ). Only saw patient 1.

1030AM: Walked to library to meet Boss H to discuss about a complicated patient.

11AM: Went back to see patient 1. Paged neurologist. Called lab about forms. Talked to nurses about orders. Placed tonnes of orders.

1115AM: went to see patient 2-4.

1200: Met with resident K and colleagues, got lunch at cafeteria and went to conference.

115PM: Sent resident J to thyroid clinic to help a colleague. Went to see patient 5-6.

2PM: Completed rounds. Sat down with student G and resident K to find out what their goals are for this month. Planned for Monday with team.

230PM: Wrote notes. Call Cleveland clinic. Think Think Think about cases. Pager went off and off and off.

3PM: Analyzed faxed records from Cleveland Clinic.

330PM: Brought student G and another new student (?name) to Saraga- they went wild shopping for asian food. Pager went off and off and off. Called while driving ( bad idea )

5PM: Finally came home.

I love my team..my huge team...i think i can manage team...

----- Brain dead -----

PS: Gila monster = (crazy monster) only eats twice/ year because of a protein called exendin 4 in their saliva that tells the brain the body is full and slows down gut motility. It was discovered by some dude ( who is filthy rich now ) and made it into a drug for treatment of diabetes!

-- End --

OK

Note to self:  It is not that nerve wrecking to give out candies to the kids.  It is not...  Don't say anything inappropriate.

Happy Friday!

My credit card exploded a few days ago because of these babies I bought - My Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton's shoes (okay, I need to vacuum my floor, it's full of Toby's fur):

Don't they make my feet look glamorous??  I always want a perfect pair of nude high heels and these have the perfect height for me and I don't know if they are going to kill my feet yet but the verdict is my feet are going to hurt badly the first few wears.  I just need to keep chanting this: "I look like Kate Middleton, I look like Kate Middleton"

How's everyone's Friday so far?  Mine has been pretty good.  I had a decent busy day at work which is AWESOME (I love love love being swamped with work) and now I am getting myself ready for the kids to come knock on my door trick-or-treat-ing.  So here I am sipping on my strawberry infused vodka.

It is perfectly chilled. (yes I noticed that I have used the word "perfect" in this post 3 times now).  But I just feel so perfectly fine today, it is a perfect day (5th perfect in this blog, yes I am counting too)!  My Friday mood finally kicked in!!!!

Now I just hope that I don't open the door drunk, just like I did last year... I remember saying "Want some candies....." to the kids, which was pretty creepy now that I think of it.

Oh yeah, it's not Halloween today but due to the weather being nasty yesterday, our county, or most parts of the city in Indiana postponed their Halloween  trick-or-treat-ing to today.

Anyway, Happy Belated Halloween and Happy Friday to you all!

PS:  I was going to get hamburger for dinner tonight but I resisted the temptation!  Are you proud of me or what?  I had a mighty kids meal of double cheeseburger and small fries.  Liars go to hell.