May
20th

Got this in an email forward… read if you haven’t already!

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters…. S.T.R.

If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.

Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall— she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics), she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away). She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don’t die— they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this…

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the ’3′ steps, STR. Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S • Ask the individual to SMILE.

R • Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 999/911 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke ——– Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is this: Ask the person to ‘stick’ out his tongue. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.

May
5th

Can you believe it’s MAY already?! What does that mean? MOTHER’S DAY is freaking coming up dude! We always procrastinate with Mothers/Father’s Day presents and always end up panicking in the end, and if you are like me, then here are some quick and easy gift ideas:

• Take her to the spa. Get a simple facial, a nice full-body swedish massage or hell, even a brazilian together (well maybe not in the same room to save from awkwardness), but I’m sure mother will love it anyway. Being in a spa always feels good even if you are getting hair ripped from your body. If you live in Richmond, BC, Raintree Day Spa at the end of No.2 and Steveston is my favorite place to be (plus they serve you delicious tea while waiting… if you’re a tea freak like me.

• Buy her a puppy! Well this is from my personal experience because my mom loves my Mochi and won’t stop spoiling her. Just don’t do what I did and tell her we are babysitting it for a couple months when in reality, I spent $800 on her. Oh, and make sure that you don’t have grandparents that eat pets; my grandma, as much as I love her, ate my grandpa’s goldfish so I’m keeping my six eyes on Mochi 24/7. Hehe just kidding.

• Take her out for dinner. Or in my case, I think we’re just going to go out for dim sum because we are Chinese and can’t live without dim sum (well I can’t anyway). My mom usually goes out to dinner with her Chinese lady friends which I would rather stay out of just because I always feel awkward and bored in those situations despite the delicious food. I don’t think they like me much either because I’m rude and I use to talk about how much I despise Hongers in their presence. Lmao.

^{Honestly, how can anyone not LOVE dim sum? If you don’t, I’m not your friend and I don’t like you anymore. Seriously. Photocredit: jenzcorner.com}

• Increase her collection of Korean dramas. If your mother is like mine and likes to watch sappy dramas and look at hot young Korean guys (which is kinda wrong).

• Give her a makeover. My mom hates it when I wear make up but I know she’ll secretly have fun if I give her one. Your will too (because I say so).

• Buy her shizz (other than flowers)! The easiest piece of advice I can give ya.

• Or don’t buy her shizz (especially flowers)! Some of them (like mine) don’t like their kids wasting money on materialistic things even if it is for them (umm.. not me though, you guys can buy me as many materialistic things as you want ).

Oh wait, I just thought of THE BEST TIP EVER: DON’T PISS OFF MOM ON MOTHER’S DAY or I can guarantee you that she’s gonna be pissing you off for the rest of the year.

Apr
19th

Angry post alert!

If you’re a girl who goes through 50 billion guys a year and can’t seem to find a long-term boyfriend and if you are emotionally unstable, read this because you may have a crapload of problems.
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Feb
23rd

Unless you want nothing but pennies in another currency in your wallet.

And especially, shopping in an unknown area.

1. Girls are a bad influence to each other.
Girl #1: Omg this is sooooo cute, should I buy it??!!!
Girl #2: Omg hell yeah!
Girl #1: But I spent $92305459 already…
Girl #3: Shut up bitch. Just buy it.
Girl #1: Okay.

2. Girls get lost and panick and get lost even more.
*Trying to get back to the mall in Seattle…
Girl #1: Blah blah blah.
Girl #2: Yeah I know, blah blah!
Girl #3: Blah blah crabs blah blah blah!
Girl #2: Omg we just missed our left turn!!
Girl #1: No we didn’t, we’re suppose to go over the overpass.
*Goes over like 5 overpasses.
Girl #2: Okay…
Girl #3: This doesn’t look right, let’s just turn here and go back.
Girl #2: Uh, how the hell did we end up on the freeway again!
*2 hours later…
Girl #3: …why are we back at the border?

Feb
10th

Someone asked me why I don’t write about my Boyfriend as much as other people do on their blogs (eg. detailed itineraries about what we are going to do on our anniversary, what we fight about [usually about cookies], what we got each other for Christmas, etc.). My answer was simply that I hate reading blogs where all the author does is write about their love lives, especially their break ups and how depressed they are because it’s boring and I really think those who blog openly about their break ups and depression everyday are just looking for pity from strangers. Wow that was a long sentence. But anyway, who the hell wants to read that? I doubt anybody cares what Boyfriend and I did yesterday. Or what we’re going to do today. It’s okay to write about your relationship once in a while because at least your blog isn’t filled with it and there are nosey people who like reading about that stuff. Haha kidding (about the nosey part).

Day 48358482: Oh noz… Asshole broke up with me today. I can’t believe it’s the end of 15645376 years of our bittersweet relationship. We’ve been together for so long that I don’t even know how to say how many years we’ve been together.
Day 48358483: I’m so depressed. I was up all night reminiscing about our years together and waiting for his phone call to tell me it was all just a dream…
Day 48358484: My broken heart is dripping out of my ribs…
Day 48358485: Somebody kill me please…
Day 48358486: Why is it always me who can never stay in a relationship?! Am I that ugly?!
Day 48358487: *Inserts some lyrics to a song about suicide.
Day 48358490: …
Day 48358495: I got a missed call from him!!
Day 48358496: Nevermind, he just wanted his Armani cologne back. I’m gonna kill myself.