The weather has been really hot this past month, it's enough to make me faint. With no air con in the house it feels even worse. That's the one good thing about working, at least I can sit in air con most of the day and freeze. I don't know if I feel the heat more because of menopause, there may still be some hormonal action left yet.
So it's days like these that I think about home. Canada, in the winter time, spring and autumn. Days where you can put on a sweater and go out for a walk and feel comfortable.
I remember as a kid my mother was very big on throwing us outside everyday for fresh air, whether we wanted to go or not. Wasn't an option. Now I don't know if that is what she really believed, or she just couldn't stand us in the house, while she had her nervous break downs.
My sister and I would play outside for hours. We had a huge tree in the yard were my father had hung an old tire, so my sister and I and some of the neighbourhood kids would play on it for hours. How the old man got it up there without falling, and breaking his neck is beyond me, but some how he did it.
We loved that old tyre and we'd all pretend it was a space ship and we were aliens. We also had an old swing set, but we preferred the old tyre.
In the autumn we'd rake the leaves into a huge pile then run and jump into them. We had a lot of leaves on our property, because we had a lot of trees.
Even in the winter time my mother would throw us outdoors. The only time we could escape being thrown out in the snow, was when the thermometer hit below zero and the dog came in from outside, after her pee, with an icicle hanging from her you know what. When we went to my aunts house my cousin and I would go tobogganing. There was a pretty mean hill near his house, and we would build a bump of snow near the end of the hill, so that when we slid down, we'd hit that bump and go flying through the air. I'm surprised neither of us ended up with a broken arm. I guess with all the winter clothing on we were too well padded to be hurt.
There is one incident that sticks out in my mind about those days. I come from a family of 4 daughters , no sons and I am the eldest. My second sister and I were very close so when my third sister was born we were not close to her. Probably because when she was young she was very sickly and so my parents were more protective of her. My sister Cathy and I were jealous, so as she grew older we were mean to her and wouldn't let her play. Of course my mother never let us hear the end of that. Anyways on my third sisters birthday my parents bought her a new swing set. Cathy and I had taken over the old tyre. I think it must have been her 4 th birthday, so all the aunts and uncles and cousins were invited for the birthday party. My father had gone out, and set up the swing set for her, and once done we all went outside so Angela could have her first swing on her new swing set. She sat on the swing and started to swing and as she pumped higher and higher the swing set fell over, Angela ended up on the ground crying and Cathy and I were laughing like hell. My mom didn't think it was very funny and I can still feel the swat on my ass, that we both got, from mom for laughing.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
How to Kill a South Dakota Eel
I'm posting this joke which was sent to me many years back by my mother. Enjoy.
Little Johnny was 12 years old and like all other boys his age, rather curious. He had been hearing quite a lot about 'courting' from the older boys, and he wondered what it was, and how it was done. One day he took his question to his mother, who became rather flustered. Instead of explaining things to Johnny , she told him to hide behind the curtain one night and watch his older sister and her boyfriend. This he did. The following morning, Johnny described everything to his mother.
Sis and her boyfriend sat and talked for a while, then he turned off most of the lights. Then he started kissing and hugging her. I figured Sis must be getting sick because he put his hand inside her blouse to feel her heart, just like the doctor would, except he's not as smart as the doctor because he seemed to have trouble finding her heart.
I guess he was getting sick too because soon both of them started panting and getting all out of breath. His other hand must have been cold, because he put it under her skirt. About this time Sis got worse, and began to moan and sigh and squirm around and slide down to the end of the couch. That was when the fever started. I knew it was fever, because she told him she felt hot.
Finally, I found out what was making them sick. A big eel had got inside him somehow. It just jumped out of his pants and stood there, about 10 inches long. Honest! Anyway, he grabbed it in one hand to keep it from getting away.
When Sis saw it she got really scared, her eyes got big and her mouth fell open, and she started calling to God and stuff like that. She said it was the biggest one she's ever seen. (I should tell her about the ones down at the lake.) Anyway, Sis got brave and tried to kill it, the eel, by biting it's head off. All of a sudden she made a noise and let the eel go and I guess it bit her back. When she grabbed it with both hands and held it tight while he took a muzzle out of his pocket and slipped it over the eel's head to keep it from biting again.
Sis lay back and spread her legs so she could get a scissor-lock on it and he helped by laying on top of the eel. The eel put up one hell of a fight! Sis started groaning and squealing and her boyfriend almost upset the couch. I guess they wanted to kill the eel by squashing it between them.
After a while they both quit moving and gave a great sigh. Her boyfriend got up and sure enough they had killed the eel. I know it was dead, because it just hung there limp and some of it's insides were hanging out.
Sis and her boyfriend were a little tired from the battle, but they went back to 'courting' anyway. He started hugging and kissing her again. By golly, the eel wasn't dead. It jumped straight up and started to fight again. I guess all eels are like cats, they have nine lives or something.
This time Sis jumped up and tried to kill the eel by sitting on it. After a 35 minute struggle, they finally killed the eel. I know it was dead because I saw Sis's boyfriend peel its skin off and flush it down the toilet!
Johnny's mother fainted..........
Little Johnny was 12 years old and like all other boys his age, rather curious. He had been hearing quite a lot about 'courting' from the older boys, and he wondered what it was, and how it was done. One day he took his question to his mother, who became rather flustered. Instead of explaining things to Johnny , she told him to hide behind the curtain one night and watch his older sister and her boyfriend. This he did. The following morning, Johnny described everything to his mother.
Sis and her boyfriend sat and talked for a while, then he turned off most of the lights. Then he started kissing and hugging her. I figured Sis must be getting sick because he put his hand inside her blouse to feel her heart, just like the doctor would, except he's not as smart as the doctor because he seemed to have trouble finding her heart.
I guess he was getting sick too because soon both of them started panting and getting all out of breath. His other hand must have been cold, because he put it under her skirt. About this time Sis got worse, and began to moan and sigh and squirm around and slide down to the end of the couch. That was when the fever started. I knew it was fever, because she told him she felt hot.
Finally, I found out what was making them sick. A big eel had got inside him somehow. It just jumped out of his pants and stood there, about 10 inches long. Honest! Anyway, he grabbed it in one hand to keep it from getting away.
When Sis saw it she got really scared, her eyes got big and her mouth fell open, and she started calling to God and stuff like that. She said it was the biggest one she's ever seen. (I should tell her about the ones down at the lake.) Anyway, Sis got brave and tried to kill it, the eel, by biting it's head off. All of a sudden she made a noise and let the eel go and I guess it bit her back. When she grabbed it with both hands and held it tight while he took a muzzle out of his pocket and slipped it over the eel's head to keep it from biting again.
Sis lay back and spread her legs so she could get a scissor-lock on it and he helped by laying on top of the eel. The eel put up one hell of a fight! Sis started groaning and squealing and her boyfriend almost upset the couch. I guess they wanted to kill the eel by squashing it between them.
After a while they both quit moving and gave a great sigh. Her boyfriend got up and sure enough they had killed the eel. I know it was dead, because it just hung there limp and some of it's insides were hanging out.
Sis and her boyfriend were a little tired from the battle, but they went back to 'courting' anyway. He started hugging and kissing her again. By golly, the eel wasn't dead. It jumped straight up and started to fight again. I guess all eels are like cats, they have nine lives or something.
This time Sis jumped up and tried to kill the eel by sitting on it. After a 35 minute struggle, they finally killed the eel. I know it was dead because I saw Sis's boyfriend peel its skin off and flush it down the toilet!
Johnny's mother fainted..........
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Changes
The other day I was watching a comedy show. The wife and kids as well as the wife's brother and sister where waiting for the husband to come home. It was his birthday and they were waiting to surprise him with a cake and presents. Of course the husband knew but acted surprised anyways. His brother in law gave him tickets to a baseball game, his sister in law gave him a beer magazine subscription, his son gave him hand lotion, his two daughters gave him a knitted vest and his wife gave him a oil paint set.
He was happy with his in laws gifts, because he had told them what to buy for him, as for his wife and kids' gifts he pretended to like them but in fact did not. At night before bed the wife had set up his easel and paints and had wanted him to paint. He instead wanted to read his beer magazine.
The next day after work his small son who is only about 5 years of age, comes up to him and tells him he has another birthday present for daddy, that he had not picked out the hand cream, mommy had chosen the first gift. To which the father exclaims "my young son let me see it!", and so the boy pulls out a long stick with a bow attached, which he has found outside. Now the father loved this stick and carried it around with him everyday, which of course totally pisses off his wife, as he has not bothered about the other gifts. Finally she can take it no more and confronts him about the stick. "What is so great about that stick!" "What is wrong with the other gifts?" He then proceeds to tell her that the other gifts given to him and no doubt picked out by her, where her way of trying to change him, whereas the simple gift of the stick from his son did not require him to change and his son did not expect him to change. Of course in the end she finally gets it.
Now most of us at some point in our lives have tried to change the people we love. A wife will often try to change her husband, into the ideal man she wants, and when the man won't change trouble begins. You see people can change, but only if they want to. If you truly love a person you must except them for who they are, and not try and change them into someone you want them to be.
I leave off with a poem I read many years ago. I do not know who the author is, but I have always liked it.
Woman
was created from the rib of man
she was not made from his head
to top him
nor his feet
to be trampled on
She was made from his side
to be equal to him
from under his arm
to be protected by him
from near his heart
to be loved by him
He was happy with his in laws gifts, because he had told them what to buy for him, as for his wife and kids' gifts he pretended to like them but in fact did not. At night before bed the wife had set up his easel and paints and had wanted him to paint. He instead wanted to read his beer magazine.
The next day after work his small son who is only about 5 years of age, comes up to him and tells him he has another birthday present for daddy, that he had not picked out the hand cream, mommy had chosen the first gift. To which the father exclaims "my young son let me see it!", and so the boy pulls out a long stick with a bow attached, which he has found outside. Now the father loved this stick and carried it around with him everyday, which of course totally pisses off his wife, as he has not bothered about the other gifts. Finally she can take it no more and confronts him about the stick. "What is so great about that stick!" "What is wrong with the other gifts?" He then proceeds to tell her that the other gifts given to him and no doubt picked out by her, where her way of trying to change him, whereas the simple gift of the stick from his son did not require him to change and his son did not expect him to change. Of course in the end she finally gets it.
Now most of us at some point in our lives have tried to change the people we love. A wife will often try to change her husband, into the ideal man she wants, and when the man won't change trouble begins. You see people can change, but only if they want to. If you truly love a person you must except them for who they are, and not try and change them into someone you want them to be.
I leave off with a poem I read many years ago. I do not know who the author is, but I have always liked it.
Woman
was created from the rib of man
she was not made from his head
to top him
nor his feet
to be trampled on
She was made from his side
to be equal to him
from under his arm
to be protected by him
from near his heart
to be loved by him
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Working Online
In my never ending quest to find online jobs I run into more scams then actual jobs. Just now as I was reading other peoples blogs I came across one guys blog whereby he was bragging he got a S250.00 cheque form adsense. He paid USD9.90 for the book now the writer was giving it away for free. So I checked out the site and yes you get the book for free and he also wants to give another report for free a few other things for free. So went to sign up he also wanted my credit card number because one of the free things was for one month only after which I'd have to pay. I closed the window.
There are many people out there who want to work from home, the more you explore the Internet the more people you see who want to work from home. Not all of these people are lazy and want something for nothing. A lot of people want legitimate jobs they can do at home. Women who want to stay at home with their kids, handicapped and students all trying to earn a living. We are not expecting to become millionaires like a lot of these adds promise you. Data entry jobs are a lie and I came across a new one yesterday called Rebate Processing. Sounded good so of course I checked it out for scams. I do that now so I won't be cheated. Well low and behold another scam. A whole list of people were complaining about this site because they got scammed.
Lucky I didn't sign up. Data Entry sights are just another way for you to be conned into signing on for something else. As Justin said "who the hell is going to pay you USD25.00 to fill in one lousy form with a few lines. Point taken.
There are many people out there who want to work from home, the more you explore the Internet the more people you see who want to work from home. Not all of these people are lazy and want something for nothing. A lot of people want legitimate jobs they can do at home. Women who want to stay at home with their kids, handicapped and students all trying to earn a living. We are not expecting to become millionaires like a lot of these adds promise you. Data entry jobs are a lie and I came across a new one yesterday called Rebate Processing. Sounded good so of course I checked it out for scams. I do that now so I won't be cheated. Well low and behold another scam. A whole list of people were complaining about this site because they got scammed.
Lucky I didn't sign up. Data Entry sights are just another way for you to be conned into signing on for something else. As Justin said "who the hell is going to pay you USD25.00 to fill in one lousy form with a few lines. Point taken.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Weight Loss
In the mornings, I usually buy a newspaper to catch up on whats going on in Malaysia today. It's always good to know whats happening in case I need to pack up and leave. Hahaha!
Usually the paper is full of adds which I dutifully read, and usually there are adds from the Weight loss specialists such as Marie France, MayFair, Terrime. Slim World to name a few.
I have worked in the Beauty Industry for many years and at some point during my career I have worked in a few slimming centres. I have seen over weight women, and women who think they are fat plonk down thousands of dollars to lose weight.
When the slimming salon sensation became popular in Malaysia back in the late eighties and early nineties women were willing to fork out thousands to lose weight. I had a friend who worked as a consultant for Marie France for 16 years and her sales target every month was RM200,000.00. Now that's individual sales, not group sales. She told me they would do anything to get these woman to sign up for a course. Every month she was stressed, so stressed that her hair started falling out. She was one of their number one sales people and one month had a pay check for around 18,000.00. That pay check is based mostly on commissions as the basic pay in these places is extremely low, so you can imagine the pressure on the consultant not to mention the dupe who walked into your salon just to inquire. If they didn't sign you that day, they would call and hound you until you did. Once you decided to sign up and said you had to go to your ATM to withdraw money, said consultant would follow you to the ATM to make sure you came back. The problem is, once you forked out RM40,000.00 for treatments most woman did not lose weight, yet time and again they would resign until reality hit them in the face like a stinking fish.
Now a days slimming treatments have become cheaper because of competition. The low prices I see in the newspaper are not really as cheap as they seem. As I mentioned I have worked in slimming salons so I know why they can seem to offer such low prices, but that's beside the point. The point I'm trying to make is that most of the time slimming treatments do not work.
In our society now, woman have no time to exercise or eat healthy and so they want to rely on slimming treatments. They want to believe. Now I ask you do you think you can lose weight by going for your treatment twice a week and still carry on eating your high calorie food and not exercising??? Slimming salons are now becoming smarter wherein they will advise you on food intake and ask you to exercise just to cover their asses when a client comes in and complains they have not lost weight. I have faced many clients, trying to explain to them why they are not losing the pounds. Its not a pretty sight and who can blame them. They think because they paid you all that money the weight should just drop off.
Wake up call ladies, if you want to lose weight and you have no under lying medical condition that causes you to gain weight, the best way to lose is to cut down on those calories and try to get some exercise. Also a good detox twice a month will help to clean out your sluggish system. Another thing don't lie to yourself that you are cutting down on calories because at the end of the day, you may be able to lie to friends and family, but ultimately you can't lie to yourself.
Usually the paper is full of adds which I dutifully read, and usually there are adds from the Weight loss specialists such as Marie France, MayFair, Terrime. Slim World to name a few.
I have worked in the Beauty Industry for many years and at some point during my career I have worked in a few slimming centres. I have seen over weight women, and women who think they are fat plonk down thousands of dollars to lose weight.
When the slimming salon sensation became popular in Malaysia back in the late eighties and early nineties women were willing to fork out thousands to lose weight. I had a friend who worked as a consultant for Marie France for 16 years and her sales target every month was RM200,000.00. Now that's individual sales, not group sales. She told me they would do anything to get these woman to sign up for a course. Every month she was stressed, so stressed that her hair started falling out. She was one of their number one sales people and one month had a pay check for around 18,000.00. That pay check is based mostly on commissions as the basic pay in these places is extremely low, so you can imagine the pressure on the consultant not to mention the dupe who walked into your salon just to inquire. If they didn't sign you that day, they would call and hound you until you did. Once you decided to sign up and said you had to go to your ATM to withdraw money, said consultant would follow you to the ATM to make sure you came back. The problem is, once you forked out RM40,000.00 for treatments most woman did not lose weight, yet time and again they would resign until reality hit them in the face like a stinking fish.
Now a days slimming treatments have become cheaper because of competition. The low prices I see in the newspaper are not really as cheap as they seem. As I mentioned I have worked in slimming salons so I know why they can seem to offer such low prices, but that's beside the point. The point I'm trying to make is that most of the time slimming treatments do not work.
In our society now, woman have no time to exercise or eat healthy and so they want to rely on slimming treatments. They want to believe. Now I ask you do you think you can lose weight by going for your treatment twice a week and still carry on eating your high calorie food and not exercising??? Slimming salons are now becoming smarter wherein they will advise you on food intake and ask you to exercise just to cover their asses when a client comes in and complains they have not lost weight. I have faced many clients, trying to explain to them why they are not losing the pounds. Its not a pretty sight and who can blame them. They think because they paid you all that money the weight should just drop off.
Wake up call ladies, if you want to lose weight and you have no under lying medical condition that causes you to gain weight, the best way to lose is to cut down on those calories and try to get some exercise. Also a good detox twice a month will help to clean out your sluggish system. Another thing don't lie to yourself that you are cutting down on calories because at the end of the day, you may be able to lie to friends and family, but ultimately you can't lie to yourself.
Monday, October 6, 2008
One Week of Hell
So it's already one week since I decided to give up smoking. Oh it's hell. I haven't been totally smoke free but at least I'm down to a few a day. Give me time folks I'm trying I really am.
I was thinking I should try the patch, but I don't think it would work. The thing that gets my motor racing is that first drag when you inhale all the nicotine and carcinogens wow nothing like that feeling. So that's why I don't think the patch would help.
Sure the patch is supposed to help get rid of the cravings but what about the smoke itself? HUH! What about the fact that your holding that butt between your fingers.
My brother in law tried using Xanex and he managed to quit. He said it was actually an anti depressant that has the side effect that you no longer feel like smoking. He told me that 10 years ago when I was in Canada, and I don't know if they have the pill here in Malaysia. I should check it out.
It's times like this I wished I never started in the first place. I have been so focused on quitting that I didn't even realize it has been one week since I entered anything into my blog. Well I've made it this far I'll just have to try harder. Really try for that smoke free day.
I was actually thinking, they should have rehab centres for smokers. What they could do is admit you knock you out for a month, give you a feeding tube so you won't starve and leave you there. Then hopefully once you woke up the craving would be gone. Wouldn't that be nice!!!
There is at least one upside to not smoking (so much) at least I can breath easier and I'm not hacking myself to death at night. I'm even having these weird thoughts of exercise! Horrors! God it's just too healthy for me to think about! I must be hallucinating now.
I was thinking I should try the patch, but I don't think it would work. The thing that gets my motor racing is that first drag when you inhale all the nicotine and carcinogens wow nothing like that feeling. So that's why I don't think the patch would help.
Sure the patch is supposed to help get rid of the cravings but what about the smoke itself? HUH! What about the fact that your holding that butt between your fingers.
My brother in law tried using Xanex and he managed to quit. He said it was actually an anti depressant that has the side effect that you no longer feel like smoking. He told me that 10 years ago when I was in Canada, and I don't know if they have the pill here in Malaysia. I should check it out.
It's times like this I wished I never started in the first place. I have been so focused on quitting that I didn't even realize it has been one week since I entered anything into my blog. Well I've made it this far I'll just have to try harder. Really try for that smoke free day.
I was actually thinking, they should have rehab centres for smokers. What they could do is admit you knock you out for a month, give you a feeding tube so you won't starve and leave you there. Then hopefully once you woke up the craving would be gone. Wouldn't that be nice!!!
There is at least one upside to not smoking (so much) at least I can breath easier and I'm not hacking myself to death at night. I'm even having these weird thoughts of exercise! Horrors! God it's just too healthy for me to think about! I must be hallucinating now.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
This Is Hell
So the other day I got to thinking ( I think I shouldn't think too much) that I will be turning 50 this month. Another 20 years from now I will be 70.
Now when your young 20 years seems far away but when you hit 50 , twenty years is not that far off at all. So this means my life is more then half over. So I got to thinking that if I continue to smoke I may not have another 20 years left at all.
Well in my new found wisdom I have decided to quit smoking!!! What my family might say, our mother the die hard smoker, the one who has smoked for 35 years of her life. Yes me and I have to tell you this is HELL!!!!!
I tried cold turkey and its killing me. So even though I have not bought any cigs for the past few days I do have a couple of packs of extra lights from Singapore that Jade brought last time she came home. They are soooo light every time you light it up you just want to throw it away because it really sucks. It's like sucking on air.
I decided on Tuesday to quit so I finished off the ciggies I had left over, the good ones, so that day I smoked 10 cigarettes. Yesterday I smoked 5 of the crapy ones and today who knows. Although I did sneak one of Justin's this morning. I just can't seem to kick the first thing in the morning cigarette. It is the most difficult. Frankly speaking I feel crappy, depressed and I also feel like going out and buying a pack and smoking myself to death right now! No need to wait 20 years to die. I'd happily go now for a decent smoke. Maybe I should try the patch or take a pill . Hopefully as each day goes by it will become easier. I hope so!!!!!
Now when your young 20 years seems far away but when you hit 50 , twenty years is not that far off at all. So this means my life is more then half over. So I got to thinking that if I continue to smoke I may not have another 20 years left at all.
Well in my new found wisdom I have decided to quit smoking!!! What my family might say, our mother the die hard smoker, the one who has smoked for 35 years of her life. Yes me and I have to tell you this is HELL!!!!!
I tried cold turkey and its killing me. So even though I have not bought any cigs for the past few days I do have a couple of packs of extra lights from Singapore that Jade brought last time she came home. They are soooo light every time you light it up you just want to throw it away because it really sucks. It's like sucking on air.
I decided on Tuesday to quit so I finished off the ciggies I had left over, the good ones, so that day I smoked 10 cigarettes. Yesterday I smoked 5 of the crapy ones and today who knows. Although I did sneak one of Justin's this morning. I just can't seem to kick the first thing in the morning cigarette. It is the most difficult. Frankly speaking I feel crappy, depressed and I also feel like going out and buying a pack and smoking myself to death right now! No need to wait 20 years to die. I'd happily go now for a decent smoke. Maybe I should try the patch or take a pill . Hopefully as each day goes by it will become easier. I hope so!!!!!
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