Ortho says I need to brush my teeth after every meal, regardless the size...yeah, I understand and follow her instructions for couple days, then laziness comes in ....the usual, skip the afternoon brushing.  She also said, no sweets, no staining food, no hard/crunchy food, but..... can avoid them, those are my favorite foods.  Today is the date again.  My mouth will be sored for a couple days after....no food for me...one thing I noticed is that I tend to brush more frequently the day before and the adjustment date, although knowing that it won't help much, since you can get rid of dirt all at once, but I still do it, cuz it takes the quilt away hehe.

Uncle is very ill...he's having a total larynxtectomy on Feb 3, too bad I can't go to visit him sigh...  the earliest apt for visitor visa to U.S is on March 5, and I tried requesting an expedited apt, but was refused, cuz they can't accommodate me in ...I'll have to wait till March 5.  Mom is super worried about him; she can't sleep, can't eat...I feel so sad for her.....I understand how she feels..she has gone thru what uncle is going through now; she can feel him....

-You so stupid, your mother told you to take the trash out and you moved out of the house!

-You're so stupid that when police tell you you broke the speed limit, you offer to fix it

Abortion Pain Machine
A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered. Upontheir arrival, the doctor said he had invented a new machine that wouldtransfer a portion of the mother's labor pain to the father.                         
He asked if they were willing to try it out. They were both very much infavor of it. The doctor set the pain transfer to 10% for starters,explaining that even 10% would be more pain than the father had everexperienced before. However, as the labor progressed, the husband felt fineand asked the doctor to go ahead and kick it up a notch.  The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20% pain transfer. The husband wasstill feeling fine. The doctor checked the husband's blood pressure and wasamazed at how well he was doing. At this point, they decided to try for 50%.The husband continued to feel quite well. Since the pain transfer wasobviously helping out the wife considerably, the husband encouraged thedoctor to transfer ALL the pain to him. The wife delivered a healthy babywith virtually no pain. She and her husband were ecstatic. When they got home, the mailman was dead on the porch.

Detective Sui
A man suspected his wife of seeing another man. So, he hired a famous Chinese detective, Mr. Sui Tansow Pok, to watch and report any activities that might develop. A few days later, he received this report: Most honorable sir: You leave house.
He come house.
I watch.
He and she leave house.
I follow.
He and she go in hotel.
I climb tree-look in window.
He kiss she.
She kiss he.
He strip she.
She strip he.
He play with she.
She play with he.
I play with me.
fall out of tree, not see.
......NO FEE

A man was riding in the back of his limousine when he saw a man eating grassby the roadside. He ordered his driver to stop and he got out toinvestigate. "Why are you eating grass?" he asked the man. "I don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "Oh, please come to my house!" "But sir, I have a wife and four children..." "Bring them along!" the rich man said. They all climbed into the limo. Once underway, the poor fellow said, "Sir,you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us in." The rich man replied, "No, you don't understand. The grass at my house isover three feet tall!"  

The boss
When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be Boss.
The brain said, " I should be Boss because I control the whole body's responses and functions."
The feet said, " We should be Boss as we carry the brain about and get him to where he wants to go."
The hands said, " We should be the Boss because we do all the work and earn all the money."
And so it went on and on with the heart, the lungs and the eyes until finally the asshole spoke up.
All the parts laughed at the idea of the asshole being the Boss. So the asshole went on strike, blocked itself up and refused to work.
Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feet twitched, the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered.
Eventually they all decided that the asshole should be the Boss, so the motion was passed.
All the other parts did all the work while the Boss just sat and passed out the sh*t! Moral of the story:
You don't need brains to be a Boss - any asshole will do!

Another year has passed by, and a new year coming on the way.  2008 was indeed a wonderful year.  Career advancement, family reunion, old friends gathering, new condo etc etc. It was no doubt one of my best years ever.  Everything seems to settle down, my wishlist is coming true one by one.  Thanks to my Lord!  I can't remember what else I had in my wishlist, but I definitely know what my todo list for 2009 is:
-MCAD cert -- A MUST
-surgery in Sep -- hopefull after my bdate
-save $$ for sis tuition
New year resolution?  hmmm...got tons...2x badminton/wk, 1x swimming/wk, 1x yoga/wk, get to work on time, cook 6x/wk, bring lunches to work, sleep early, make more soup, eat more fruits and the list goes on.....
So far, I've been pretty good at it.... at least for the last 2 weeks....I feel so proud of myself   all I can wish now is that my sister can come soon. 

Although 2008 was a great year, it was also full of challenges and of course, sadness, deceptions, disappointments etc.  Thanks my Lord for giving me strength to overcome all these difficult times.

A very old friend just called.  When I saw her name on the call display, I was like....OMG, she's in trouble again!  and bingo, my assumptions were right.  She told me how all the bad things only happened to her and she's the most miserable person around; all the betrayals, disappoints, anger surround her and is killing her.  She said she's on depression med and is currently seeing a doctor.  This reminds me of another person (who I barely know) was on depression med and her situation was almost identical to my friend's except that, today, this was my close friend whereas the other case, she was a total stranger.  In fact, I'll have to use "rival" to describe her.  Conclusion, I do feel the same compassion for both of them.  Yes, the same sadness I felt for her, I'm feeling for my good friend.

I've known my girlfriend for over 12 years.  I met her in high school and we hang out together for couple years.  I can't say that I know her very well, but somewhat...well.  She's very talkative, ....and tries very hard to be outgoing, cuz back in high school, she liked hanging out with..."open" girls.  She liked their living style, and imitated them in almost anything, clothes, smokes, drinks, pool, the way they talk, walk, act....but I could tell by then, she's not their type, no matter how hard she tried.  I know she did that, was to attract a guy....any guy...cuz back then, the more bf you've had, the more "respect"/"attention" you get from others.  No matter what, I still have to disagree with that.  Well, she has had "many" bfs.....coming and going from months to weeks.....none of them lasted long...till she met who she thought was the right guy.  They were planning to have a family and live happily forever.....but it ended up to be a disaster, that guy was married.  They ended up breaking.  I still remember then, how hurt she was, and I could still feel it.  The betrayal....the anger....it wasn't something that I could describe with words.  I could feel in her tears all the disappoint and deception.  I only told her ..."time would heal any wound".  Years have passed by, maybe 6, 7, 8...can't remember....she calls me again and tells me how screwed up her life is at the moment.  I told her that I understand, and asked her to let it go.  OMG, what followed out of her really triggered me.  She said: "You don't understand, how can you understand?.  You've never have gone thru I'm I had.  You've never had incidents like mine, betrayals like mine, dreams teared appart, life being pushed to the border, family screwed....." and some other things that I can't even remember.  I'm not the usual type of person that would share my stories with others, cuz I know that when I have a problem, sharing it will only alleviate temporarily...I have to overcome it myself in the long run.  I told her that she doesn't know me well enough...perhaps not even my closest friends do.  Whatever she has gone thru, I have and more.  First of all, education.  I fight super hard for it.  Nothing was provided for granted.  I knew then that if I weren't to fight, I'd stayed in that level forever, so I worked very hard.  Second, family.  My family is a bitchy one.  None of the words that came out of their mouth were with respect.  My mom had cancer twice.  So 2 surgeries + 2 chemo + radiation etc...lets put aside the money, just the tension, stress was killing me.  I've got 2 sis and 2 bro, the responsibility and financial support was huge and it was all on me.  Love, yeah, maybe I could consider myself lucky, cuz never being dumped, but I've been betrayed, so to me, its the same thing.  Its the same pain and the same lesson.  It makes no difference whatsoever.  I've never been a third wheel, nor been with a married guy,because I would never let myself destroy other's happiness; not matter what reason he gives me.  Requesting someone to leave their partner is against my moral.  Insisting in having a baby to force the guy to divorce is totally wrong.  I hate to say this, but I did warn her.  Work; I worked full time during my high school years and college and yet I'm still working full time and got a pt job on the side + freelance...if there's any.  I came to Canada in 1997, been here for 12 years and I can tell you that these 12 years weren't easy....but life still goes on.  A good friend of mine asked me, if God allows me to revert the clock back 30 years (28 in my case), would I take it or leave it.  I said I will take it.  Then he said, you must have lived a comfortable life, since I am willing to relive it.  I told him that not completely true.  Probably the first half is true, but not the last half, but I still don't regret of all the decisions made so far.  I'm a very bad Christian, cuz I barely read the bible or attend church or any gatherings, but I love God and trust him.  I started to trust him when I was very young.  I always belive that whatever decision he has done for me, its for my own good.  Whatever happens, happens for a reason, and God has his.  I always always thank him for giving me such a harsh years, because those years really made who I am today.  Life could be very obscure, espcially when betrayal happens, and I understand that completely, but God always leaves a small light there to guide us and lead us out of the obscurity.  In my worst darkness times, I found a way.  It may have not been very bright, but it was enough to lead me out.  Life is indeed full of lessons.  We try, fall and try again till we success.  No matter how many failures we've encountered, cuz every failure is a blessing from God; we learn from it and improve.  It adds bits to our knowledge