lest we forget

i don't know if it's because i'm getting older or because i have the privilege of hanging out with seniors all day, but i have found myself being more and more affected by remembrance day as each year passes. due to the population i work with, i interact with quite a few war veterans and am able to hear their stories during the brief moments this topic comes up. for many of them it's been 60 years since they've fought, but i can tell from their eyes and facial expressions when they talk about it that their memories (both good and bad) are still very much there and still very real. during the two minutes of silence at eleven o'clock today i thought of my residents and of other soldiers who fought, many of whom never got to tell their stories, and as i stood there i couldn't help but feel so much gratitude.

today i wear a poppy for all soldiers, past and present (because sadly, the fighting continues); i remember.

image taken from wikipedia

yes we can

i'm not american, but even so i couldn't help but get caught up in yesterday's election and i couldn't be happier with the result. it's awesome to think that we all saw history happen yesterday. amazing, really. :) well done obama, well done.

dented and scratched

today i dropped my sigg bottle on the floor and now it has a big dent on the side of it. ughh. and i was so proud that it was dent-free (for the most part) too. i knew it was bad news when i heard thud after thud on the the tile floor.

also, when i pulled out my camera to upload pictures onto my computer, i noticed all these little scratches on the front of it. the front. i'm still completely clueless as to how they would have gotten there.

i know that my sigg bottle was bound to become dented one of these days and my camera would eventually get scratched but even so, the foolish side of me is still a little sad. :(

p.s. after tweaking and then tweaking some more, i'm still not sure what i think of my attempt to switch from two columns to three. thoughts?

fall foliage

^ fallen leaves that seem to go on forever...
taken on my street a couple of weeks ago

many of the leaves have said goodbye to their respectful trees now and have made their way onto the grass, covering it up as the earth prepares itself to sleep during the winter months. (read: there are now miles and piles of crunchy leaves waiting to be stepped on, thrown up in the air, and played in. who's with me?)

oh how i love this season!

you know you're chinese when...

i was watching a program on discovery the other day following a team of scientists who were examining a colossal squid before putting it on display in a new zealand museum (ok, there was a lot more to this story but whatever.) anyway, the story itself was pretty interesting, but what i found even more interesting was the fact that there was a huge squid in a tank being probed by scientists...and this was my prevailing thought:

if only they deboned and boiled this sucker, they could have made so much soup!

mmm, squid soup. :)

feds buy $25B in mortgages

i was perusing through the toronto star today and this was the first article i came across. my first thought: we have $25B?

haha, just call me ignorant. :P

twenty-five

throughout the years, i've come to realize that there is so much to be thankful for. thanks everyone, you guys are awesome. especially you justin. :)

wow, quarter century. when and how did this happen?

on the mend - for real this time.

so i thought that things were getting better and that everything was well on its way to being normal again until today when my stomach got all upset and i found myself in the bathroom again. i stuck it out for the rest of the day, but called the doctor's office again to book another appointment because even i know that 10+ days of stomach issues is not normal. luckily my test results from last week were in and it turns out that it wasn't stomach flu at all. instead, i have bacteria in my stomach.

those stupid nasty little boogers.

anyway, my doctor prescribed me some drugs to kill all the little gits who have been wreaking havoc on my gi tract as of late so hopefully they'll all die off in the next couple of days. in the meantime, i'm just really happy that it wasn't all in my head and that my doctor said it was safe to eat again.

...see you at the fridge. :)

on the mend, finally.

i ate this for dinner yesterday! my first real meal in 10 days and so far my stomach hasn't totally crapped out on me. :) sure, my appetite wasn't exactly all back so i didn't finish everything and i've been having little mini-tummyaches sporadically thoughout the day, but it hasn't been anything like last week, so i'll take it as a good sign.

honestly i'm just relieved things are looking better. there were times when i thought i'd be eating mash-up pumpkins, saltines, and water, for the rest of my life. gross.

keep up the good work, tummy!

stomach update

yah, still hurts. stomach still sucks.

my plan of reintroducing solids totally failed. i tried to eat instant noodles for lunch today, but my stomach didn't react to great to it so i didn't even get to try any real solids. tomorrow will be the seventh day of "eating", but hopefully i'll be able to eat real food again soon.

i'm planning on sucking it up and heading back to work tomorrow, so hopefully the pain and stomachaches will subside. we'll see how that goes.