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The Forgotten Black Experience, not Trending…What is it?

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Have you ever been part of a conversation, physically, but not socially? Everyone makes eye contact with each other except you. They are all planning some other event and you are not invited! Without knowing it, you are invisible and irrelevant! The Black Experience is the risk of being ignored in a way that is deeply personal, emotionally and physically damaging. Tim Wise can tell you more than I about, The Forgotten Black Experience and its people.

These nuanced encounters happen every day to black children and adults all over.

Still, I think it is all in my head.

But the same pattern,

Repeated over and over again

Not only to me, but to million others,

Tells me it is not in my head!

Yes, I know this happens to other cultural groups, even those privileged. But there are significant historical and physical differences. Today racism smolders, erupting at a moments notice under seemingly benign circumstances.

The new type of racism is nuanced, non-verbal and lethal. Some systems, particularly those in medicine and public health, have institutionalized racism; it is part of their social fabric.   It is so ubiquitous, they don’t see it.  Embedded in their hierarchy and bureaucratic systems is the survival of White Privilege.

White Privilege, to be blinded, to deny, to be bystanders who benefit in the face of gross overt societal inequities.

Openly manifested in the language and climate are their discomforts with black people and other targeted ethnic minorities.

All systems with gaps and disparities have elements of racism accompanied by discrimination and stereotypes, which result in limited access to blacks and other minorities. Access is a huge problem for many disadvantaged groups. Quality care is another. All of these are part of the black experience, interestingly, this happens before people of color utter a word.

The Unending Black Experience #13

My recent hospital admissions were prime examples of discrimination on many levels without any recourse, unless I died. Forget complaining to the hospital or some local government agencies paid to protect you. I wasted several days and calls over months only find out staff changes left my complaint out in the cold and lost in the shuffle.

Finally, I realized they were not there to help only to get a pay check, a total waste of taxpayers dollars. I received conflicting information and no follow-up — I got tired of calling them back! Yes, I digress because I was tortured and bullied for over 17 hours in a hospital emergency department before urgent surgery.

How can I not be bitter? To not have my pain controlled and to wake up surrounded by vomit and blood filled buckets still untouched (or not cleared) after 2-4 hours of sleep… would this happen to a hospital board member or a friend of that mean, bully nurse in the ER? I think not! There would be media interest and outrage?

Now, I have anxiety at thoughts of entering another ER or hospital…and I should…

Did anyone care? NO! Does anyone care now? Sadly, probably not!

Will the ER crew that night change their ways? NO, they got away with it! Who knows maybe that nurse got promoted! OKay, I am being too cynical, am I? Can you blame me? You really don’t know the story so you can’t make that determination.

That hospital’s administration, my insurance company and the government agencies (who claim to protect our rights) were not interested a story, a classic example of systemic racism / discrimination that lead to increase morbidity and mortality –(disparities)–among millions of black people and other ethnic minorities.   I guess discrimination was not and is  not trending!

I wonder…

That is part of the Black Experience, never quite knowing, but suspecting based on repeated patterns of exclusion and lack of appreciation for your contributions. People claim we whine, do we?

(BTW, I do not think my insurance company should have paid for the ER part of my visit but they didn’t care.)

With little oversight of these nuanced and overt instances of racism that occur daily in Healthcare, these problems, which are causing significant harm, remain growing elephants ignored. The perpetrators instead of being shown more culturally responsive ways to handle other cultures are quietly given the nod of approval by hospital administrators, who are making millions off a system that is drowning this country in debt. Where is the government when we really need them? Busy with politics along party lines, while Main Street suffers!

Another way these systems make the playing field uneven! They keep the status quo of the dominant privileged classes by improving their health, education and access to exclusive opportunities. That is justice in America!

Make no mistake

You or your ideas are not of interest

Or importance to them

Unless it comes from their own!

Such was my experience at a recent meeting. In the past, this would ruin the night but not this time. The people who refused to look me in the eyes were also the leaders and deceitfully the most passionate advocates for disenfranchised people/communities.

Then there was the “Aha” moment! I realized, “This was The Problem!” These people wear facades of advocacy. Intentionally or not, they perpetuate a system whose woven threads of discrimination, fear, and greed are part of the social make-up of the dominant privileged class.

Where is my evidence? Look around you, there is no need for evidence based studies to confirm a fact!

Finally, part of the Black Experience rest on the shoulders of black people. It is what you choose to do with that experience that will make the biggest difference in your life and others.

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I tire of always seeing the world through the lens of a culture that is not my own. Why can’t more people see it from my cultures’ point of view?   Why aren’t we given multiple chances like everyone else?

One reason: the Success of media in reinforcing stereotypes and its Failure to Listen to the undertones of other cultures!

Want to hear more stories?  Check these out!

Unending Black Experience: White Privilege Stories

What the Hell is the “Black Experience(BE)?”

Unending List of The Black Experience -Updated 04/08/2013

Author: Angela Grant

I am a first generation Jamaican immigrant whose experiences and accomplishments were made possible by the courage, sacrifices and the heroic acts of many whose bodies have rotted away in unmarked graves. Those are my heroes. Their sacrifices and death paved the way for my children and I. Failure to Listen is a token of my eternal gratitude. Failure to Listen is a tribute those generations of unmarked graves occupied by people of all races whose ultimate sacrifice of life opened the door for me and others, THANK YOU. Failure to Listen uses cultural lenses to appreciate and understand the relationships between current events and our values, beliefs and attitudes. Culture is everything without it we are nothing. Failure to Listen will take you on a journey to recognize the beauty of our differences as the seeds to creativity, innovation and resolving disparities. By sharing my personal and professional experiences, I hope to do justice to the perspectives of those who are rarely heard or listened to. This site is not to incite anger but rather to provoke thought. It is my hope that Failure to Listen will work to foster intergroup dialogues and motivate readers to step outside the box and get to know ALL PEOPLE. In the spirit of Martin Luther King, let's join hands and remember his famous speech about a dream... A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead

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  1. “Where is my evidence? Look around you, there is no need for evidence based studies to confirm a fact!”

    yeah. about that. generally one finds that argument as a placeholder for “i am aware of a lack of evidence supporting my remarkable claims, but it is very important for me that you accept those claims”. it’s a *very* old kind of bluff, and very common. but it’s not to be respected on that account.

    where’s the racism in BE#13? what’s uniquely black about that experience at all? you think white patients at VA hospitals couldn’t relate, really?

    if you haven’t got evidence, don’t be so damn sure you’ve got the truth. and if the truth isn’t what you’re interested in, because you have a monopoly on The Truth, the only kind of change you’re going to make in the world is for the worse. take you about five minutes on the internet to find all manner of fanaticism flying the “no need for evidence” flag, if you’ve got the ambition.

    1. Hi misanthropope,

      Those are good, valid points. I appreciate the honesty of your comments. I wish more people would ask those questions to get a dialogue started (not necessarily change mind).

      I agree white patients are subjected to the similar displays of discrimination and poor quality health care at VA. This is unacceptable, we owe Veterans.
      However, my point was not to downplay other groups but to remind people of the persistent existence of institutionalized, organizational and interpersonal discrimination and racism -both overt and nuanced.

      For me, the black experience is a mixture of daily encounters laced with discrimination, negative stereotypes, and exclusionary behaviors towards blacks, and other unprivileged and oppressed groups. In addition, the underpinnings of slavery add a layer of psychological trauma unique to black people.

      These experiences start at birth changing the brain circuitry to adapt to stressful and tense environments. For those living in disadvantaged communities, the Black Experience is an even greater double whammy of Toxic Stress.

      A race of people sharing common experiences with common themes, repeated over generations is a fact, whether science understands it or not. These are the very painful experiences for many black folks. Hypocrisy is also fact and it does not require a degree to discern.

      And as I mentioned in the post, without the context one cannot make a determination, but I can.

      I enjoyed responding to your comments.

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Needed Adjustments

It’s been too long since I’ve last written. For the last few months I have been so busy with work and church and felt, maybe it’s time I need to stop what I’m doing and look at what I’ve been doing and ask myself: Am I happy? Am I being a blessing to others? Do I feel fulfilled, like I have a purpose? I’ve been asking myself those questions recently and unfortunately, cannot admit to saying yes to all, so it boils down to needed adjustments.

In the job I’m in, I’ve been driving to work and it takes me about one hour and half to get there and sometimes that does not include parking. Then, I usually sit at my desk perusing through emails, being on the phone, writing, walking from or taking car service from point A to point B for assignments, and more. It’s been okay, but I haven’t been feeling happy. You know, the kind of feeling where as soon as you wake up at 5:30 am or 6 am and can’t wait to work or the feeling like you’re going to make a difference…that feeling just is not there. It’s been lost and I think it’s showing on my job. Boss is great, the team is wonderful, but I am not happy (and I cannot stand it!). It’s a job I really wanted and now I feel like maybe I have a better purpose to fulfill and what that is I don’t know.

Church ministry is awesome! I enjoy engaging with others. I am the Interest Care Coordinator (like the customer relations rep) for my church and assist with the Communication Department. I am part of two wonderful ministries, but I feel like I am not doing enough to minister and be a blessing to others. Sometimes, I think, what more can I do? I hate to hear when people say, “We have not done that before and we can’t afford it, so that’s not a good idea,” and sometimes I think to myself of the many possibilities if we just go out and try. I have so many ideas to bring to the table but it goes out one ear and out the other. (I don’t gamble but if I did and if I won, hypothetically speaking, I would give some of that money to help my church, then the possibilities I dreamt would come to pass. Then, I snap myself out of dreaming and bring myself back to reality and see what can be done with the limited resources my church has.)

Then there is the needed adjustment of my esteem. I have to admit, I am pretty hard on myself when it comes to describing who I am. I downplay what I’m good at and sometimes compare myself to others thinking I’m not good enough. How did I ever start thinking that way? Well, maybe when I graduated college and started my career path and the goals I set did not result in the way I desired. I often fight with God a lot, and believe when I say, it’s okay to do so, because if you consider God your friend, you start to talk with him like a true friend (even raising your voice and being opinionated). But I love God because no matter how I talk with Him, He knows what’s best for me and He treats me as such, I just have to realize I am a woman of worth.

I was listening to a pastor from this church speak about adjustments. I thought it was very fitting to get the steps I needed to take. Here’s what he said. When I need to make adjustments, I need to:

  1. Listen
  2. Embrace wise and godly wisdom
  3. Be open to making those needed adjustments

So, I’m committed to taking his advice and doing just that. How, I don’t know. If you pray, please keep me in your thoughts on these things. Never thought I’d need to make adjustments at this point but as I see it, life happens, right?

What If He’s Four Years Younger?

I recently met a guy and he’s…simply, amazing. I have a “list” of what I look for in a guy and this guy tops the chart! Compared to other guys I’ve met, befriended, “hung out” with, and occasionally dated, this guy beats the cake. Never had I imagined I would meet someone like him but I have.

So you’re wondering, what’s on your list? Well, I came up with the idea from the classic film, “The Wizard of Oz.” My thinking is he must have the traits of the three characters: the tin man, the lion and the scarecrow. He must have: (1) a heart, (2) a mind, and (3) courage. Simple, right? Well, each of those characteristics have sub-traits I look for too. For example, if he must have a heart, he should treat people with respect (older and younger) and love for God (which could mean many things like going to church, being active in ministries). If I explained everything of this list, I would be on my way to writing a novel, so I won’t bore you with that, but that’s my list.

About this guy, though. I met him at church. I never really paid attention to him until I ended up in his Bible study class. Just as the class came to a close and we were about to pray, with my bowed head and closed eyes, I heard him ask, “What’s your name and can you pray for us?” I looked up to see his “heart-melting” eyes meet mine and all I could do was respond with my name and say yes. I prayed and as I was leaving, he thanked me for the prayer and wished me a great day. There were other occasions after where he’d somehow make his way to say hello to me or compliment me on my dress or a song I sang (yes, I like to sing). I began to admire him, observing him while he led out in Bible study class or lead a program for church. He was a natural born leader and principled. If it was time to pray, you’d better have your eyes closed kind of thing, but I admired that because he’s respectful, smart and other things. Just from observing him from a distance, I realized he’s different from other men I  befriended and very loved by many people. His kind I hadn’t seen in a lot of young men in this day and age.

I began taking more interest when once I joked around my family members while waiting for lunch at church if there was any guy they could see me with. A cousin who was visiting with us for a few weeks immediately called his name and my heart leaped. Was that a sign? I also started getting bizarre invitations from members of the church to come to programs especially when he was there. Deep down, I really wanted to get to know him more. This Christmas, we texted throughout the day (I know, why don’t we just pick up the phone to talk? It’s a generational thing.) I saw him yesterday to drop off some scarves for their homeless ministry, which he was spearheading and just before I left to head home, he walked me to my car and we spoke and got to know each other a bit more. He asked what I did in my profession, I asked about his family and so forth. We hugged and for a brief moment I became sad because I wanted us to continue talking but I didn’t want to keep him for too long and he had a meeting to attend. Here’s the kicker though, he’s four years younger and I don’t know what to think. Should I overlook the age, pursue this relationship and see where it goes or should I call it quits in getting to know him and move on hoping I’ll meet someone else more my age? Your thoughts? I’m opened.

Help Find Teleka! Family Seeks Donations to Help in Search

Thank you for reading my blog post on Teleka. Ongoing efforts continue. The Patrick family has to hire a private investigator, but it’s going to cost over $3,000. Please, this Christmas, do something by giving what you can to help this family in need. They want their daughter back home, safe and alive. Can you help? Donations are being accepted at Meanwhile, please also pray for her safe return. If you’ve never prayed before, please give what you can. Thank you.

Missing Person – Please Help Find!

Please share this post and pass it along, we need others to know! This young lady (a 2013 graduate from medical school) has been missing since Thursday in the Michigan area (possibly Kalamazoo), she’s the daughter of one of my former conference ministers. Below is a message from the family.
Your urgent and fervent prayer is requested for the Patrick Family. Teleka Patrick has been reported missing since thursday night in the michigan area.An urgent plea has been put out by her sister. Please see below:

My sister, Teleka Patrick, is missing. She was last seen Thursday night around 7 PM.

Here is what I need from you:

  1. Pray like you’ve prayed before (even if you’ve never prayed before).
  2. If you have any information about her whereabouts, please call me at 347-622-2571 or call the Kalamazoo Sheriff’s dept at 269-383-8821 (option 6).
  3. Please only call me and/or the Sheriff’s dept if you have a lead.

Thanks in advance!

Teleka Patrick is the daughter of Pastor and Mrs. Matthias Patrick, former pastor and English Ministries director in the Greater New York Conference.

Kindly keep the Patrick family in prayer during this difficult time and that Teleka will be found alive and well.

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Miracle #1 – Dream Job

Miracle #1 - Dream Job

It happened in May. Since high school I told myself I wanted to work for a hospital and years later, it came true. Since May 13 I have been inducted as part of the Lutheran Family Health Centers (Brooklyn, NY) to serve as the PR Associate. How do I feel? Excited! Please keep me in thought and prayer as I lead this fantastic organization. My note for you: Don’t give up on your dreams. They DO come true.

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Christmas Is After Christmas

Hello lovlies,

as I told I was sick during Christmas and New Years Eve time that's why I couldn't show you the wonderful gifts I got for Christmas.

From my big brother: A red blazer from New Look my most favorite brand. Finally I can complete my beloved look I can present you soon.

From my grandmother: Hello Kitty fever, a fob that is shining in different colors and a cosmetics case.

From a friend: Many cosmetics among others a water proof mascara from L'OREAL w/ a special butterfly effect.

From my parents: The same bag I have in blue also in black for the coming season trend but soon more about that.

I also love the time after Christmas and New Year because it is the time of the super sale which of course calling for a shopping and fashion victim like me, so enjoy my super shopping achievements.

What is a woman's biggest weakness apart from shoes? Right, her best companion, the perfect bag by her side. The two floral ones by Oilily and the beige one from TOPMANN.

Because I do everything with love I chose an accessory with love for my iPhone.

My big addiction jewelry.
The trend bracelets: Leather blucke bracelets in purple and white leo-print.

A red bracelet and a lucky catch because they perfect fit to my classy earrings.

Something perfect for spring: Three bracelets connected to each other in the trend colors pink, orange and yellow.

You like well decorated wrists but plonking annoys you? They this is the perfect alternative.

And here is a look w/ two new ins water proof shoes with fur in them from my parents I got for Christmas and new earring with a fitting necklace.

More new ins in the next post.

Xoxo ♥ Johanna

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Home care workers, uncared for

The Carsey Institute‘s Kristin Smith has written a brief on the plight of home care workers — the home health aides and personal care aides that play a growing role in our patchwork network of care work.

The news now is that these workers are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act — which offers the protection of minimum wage and overtime pay — but the U.S. Labor Department has proposed to bring them under its aegis.

According to the Department of Labor:

Many of these workers are the primary breadwinners for their families. Of the roughly 2 million workers who will be affected by this rule, more than 92 percent are women, nearly 50 percent are minorities, and nearly 40 percent rely on public benefits such as Medicaid and food stamps. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, home health care aides earn about $21,000 a year and many lack health insurance.

Smith’s analysis uses 2011 federal data. She shows that home care workers are more likely to work overtime, and more likely to work part time, than direct care workers in hospitals and nursing homes:

And they are more likely to be working part time for involuntary reasons:

Finally, their median wages — and the wages of those in the bottom quartile of the occupation — are lower than those of hospital and nursing home workers:

Smile, you’re a home health care worker! (or you’re fired)

As Nancy Folbre as explained, the economics are bad here. Besides the bad hours, bad pay, bad working conditions, lack of unions and lack of state protections, there are some structural problems. Paid home health care is competing with unpaid family care. That means the decision about whether to pay for professional care weighs against the value of a (usually female) family member’s unpaid work. That drives down the cost of home health care — which means more than a million women get lower wages, and women’s work is devalued. And so on. Breaking that cycle requires either a wage increase (sadly, that includes bringing them under the minimum wage law) or government subsidies.*

*One attempt to beat these economic odds and support long-term care, the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (CLASS Act), was supposed to be a premium-based long-term care support program, and it was passed as part of Obamacare. However, with the rule that it be self-funding, and solvent, while paying a cash benefit for life to eligible beneficiaries, the administration said it couldn’t be done after all. Actually paying for care isn’t cheap.

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Palmetto Pride - South Carolina for Genealogists

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Reid Calls Donnie Avery His #2 Receiver

The Kansas City Cheifs are moving forward with Donnie Avery as the #2 target for quarterback, Alex Smith. The newly acquired receiver started the offseason behind Jon Baldwin on the depth chart after missing Offseason Training Activities with a bum ankle. However, now that Baldwin has been banished to San Francisco and Avery is healthy, he’s already been plugged into the #2 wide receiver position by head coach Andy Reid.

Fantasy owners should still be wary of drafting the injury-prone Avery. The 29-year-old has a long history of injuries and has also struggled with dropped passes. Last year, Avery hauled in career highs in catches (60) and yards (781) with the Indianapolis Colts. However, this only amounted to 3 touchdowns and far too many dropped balls.

Despite this adverse past, Donnie Avery has a chance to succeed, entering a new system which will emphasize a passing attack. Reid is known to let the ball fly, so there will surely be plenty of opportunity thrown Avery’s way.

The negative is that Avery is a deep-threat receiver who plays with a quarterback who doesn’t have very much arm strength and has a problem throwing deep downfield. This is the 3rd straight year on a new team for Donnie Avery, who still hasn’t been able to find the right system to play in.

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Army adds cyber war to combat training

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The Army is stepping up its process to prime troops for combat, weaving cyber operations into more traditional training exercises. It is the latest example of how the military’s newest domain – cyberspace – increasingly is mixing into the kinetic warfare that has long defined military operations.

Recently, top Army leaders have outlined ways the service is building up its approach to cyber, including in training exercises, improving cybersecurity, developing digital weapons and establishing policies to govern it all.

"(Cyber) threats are real, growing, sophisticated and evolving," Lt. Gen. Rhett A. Hernandez, commander of Army Cyber Command, said at the Association of the United States Army conference in Washington on Oct. 23. "In cyberspace, the significant advantage will go to the side that can protect and secure critical information as well as gain and exploit advantages.”

Active defense and a closely guarded offense, both central to military operations in cyberspace, hinge on force modernization. A key part of that is continuing strides toward a joint information environment that will provide a comprehensive operational view across the Army and broader Defense Department, Hernandez noted in an official statement.

Army CIO/G-6 Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence said that common view is currently hindered by a fractured and poorly integrated environment. "We have got to able to, in any type of combat or spectrum of operations, have technology overmatch against any enemy, and getting to this environment will allow us to do that," Lawrence said.

Beyond the network, commanders across the military are building cyber into training exercises.

Lt. Gen. Donald Campbell, commanding general of the Army’s III Corps and Fort Hood, Texas, said that cyber capabilities used in a recent exercise resulted in soldiers degrading opposing forces’ command and control systems by 40 percent, according to a Nextgov report. Campbell also said social media was used in the exercise to target locals, and that these kinds of exercises need to be part of future Army training.

“We met daily, in a targeting brief for an hour and there were specific focused targets on what we would do to the network and what we would do to our network,” Campbell said, according to Foreign Policy.

Similarly, the U.S. Army Europe’s 5th Signal Command also has incorporated cyber into training, including the use of a mock phishing scam to simulate the release of malware into a network critical to operations, Stars and Stripes reported.

“What you will see over time evolving is cyberspace becoming more mainstream in all our training avenues across the Army,” said Patrick Manners, a development director for Army Cyber Command.

Army leadership also is looking into the new weapons cyberspace requires, and how their use will be governed.

“We’re working hard with mission command as well as with [Army Space and Missile Defense Command] to work our way through an initial capabilities requirements document to determine what gaps we believe we have…to support tactical and operational requirements,” Hernandez said, per FP. That study, for which Hernandez did not offer a timeline, “will produce a set of requirements that will drive an expanded level of capabilities beyond what we have today.”

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The world desperately needs to update the Geneva Conventions to define a cyber attack on civilian infrastructure as an attack on civilians. And therefore treat such attacks as a crime against humanity. Treat the belligerent generals and the crackers the same, firing squad.

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Tech Industry Passion Talks Q2: Kingdom and Career

IMG_20150512_171653375We had our second quarterly Passion Talks for the Tech Industry last night. We kicked it off with a little bit of worship, meet-and-greet time, announcements, Passion Talks, and then dinner. Thanks to the efforts of a few people we had a great event that brought in 30+ people with 20 watching the live-stream. People from as far away was Singapore found the talks inspiring.

This time around we had five talks:

  1. The first talk was about a Software Engineer’s passion for Taizé Music
  2. The second talk was about the synthesis of kingdom and career, a passion for Passion Talks
  3. The third talk was about workplace ministries in the Bay Area, given by a Pastor who works with Christians at various tech companies
  4. The fourth talk was about a designer’s passion for art and missions
  5. The fifth and final talk was an Engineer’s passion for spending more time with God and how to cultivate that spiritual discipline

In my opinion, one of the best aspects of Passion Talks are the spontaneous conversations. At the end, before people broke for dinner, we even had deeper dialogue on how to live out the Kingdom and Career lifestyle. Many ideas were brought up, including:

  • Bringing a big name speaker like NT Wright or Tim Keller
  • Having informal events like a BBQ to fellowship with other professionals
  • Planning service projects with other organizations
  • Participating in an industry track/session for PT Stanford Conference in August

The Passion Talks here are less formal than what we’ve been doing at Stanford and Berkeley. The design of these talks are meant to be very low-stress. Like, if I asked you to give one of these industry Passion Talks, you should be able to think something up on the spot (unless you’ve really never thought about it before). That’s what I found out at dinner, some people could think up a talk on the spot, while others seemed to not know how to answer these questions. Here’s the general template we’ve been using:

  1. Who you are (Identity)
  2. What you do (Vocation)
  3. Why you care / Why you live (Passion)

Talks, generally, don’t have to follow such a structure, but it’s nice to have one. The talks took about 35 – 40 minutes for all five.

My talk was about my passion for Passion Talks. You can find the slides here.

  1. Who I am
    1. PhD in CS (for Artificial Intelligence)
    2. Game Designer
    3. I have a passion for storytelling
    4. Google Intern
  2. What I do
    1. #intellectualfaith
    2. I try to synthesize my intellectual world with my faith world
    3. This isn’t meant to shame people into being more Christian, but to invite people to be part of loving and impacting the world
    4. This will look different for everyone, of course, since we all have different passions
  3. Why I care
    1. Because Heaven on Earth includes what the intellectuals are stewarding
    2. This divide between intellectual and faith worlds prevents the Gospel from being fully lived out
    3. Each person has a unique story that we are qualified to tell, and if we can bridge these areas of our lives into a meaningful narrative, we can seek and cultivate that reality into everything we do
  4. Conclusion: give a Passion Talk, or just think about what your story would be if you did!

I’ll end with two quotes that I used in my talk:

Passion Talks are a platform for intellectuals and professionals to develop and share their voice in order to foster humble dialogue between intellectual communities and the Christian Church.”

“What we do is our passion, which, for some, we would relate to the passion that God gives us and our passion for Jesus.”

Passion Talks are not just a matter of what, but a matter of why we do what we do.

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Will “Free” Work in the Electronic Health Records Market?

Health records want to be free. At least that’s what PracticeFusion, a two-year-old company that makes SaaS  electronic health records (EHRs)  and practice management software thinks. Never mind that people might be scared to put their health records on the internets, PracticeFusion’s hypothesis was that doing a deal with Google to put ad words on medical records would allow the company to offer its product free to physicians, who were not adopting EHRs because they couldn’t afford the investment of time, money and support.

Fast forward a couple of years, during which EHRs have still not been widely adopted (about 17% of doctors have them, most of the market leading products really suck, and docs say EHRs actually slow them down) and stimulus money has come into the picture to incentivize physicians to automate.

Marc Benioff, the king of Saas, has decided somehow health care will be a market for him, and has invested an  undisclosed amount of money in PracticeFusion.  According to the press release, the patient health record will launch on Force.com, Salesforce’s enterprise model.  This makes sense, because of HIPAA compliance, secure servers, etc.

The press release also announces this as a “cloud computing initiative.”

Oy, the buzz words have changed mightily in the last two years. But what will the doctors do now? Except for the free part, nothing has changed.

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For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Cinemark earned $47.4 million, or 41 cents per share, up from $46.9 million, or 41 cents per share, in the same quarter last year.

Revenue fell 1 percent to $633.6 million from $640 million.

Analysts, on average, expected earnings of 35 cents per share on $627.1 million in revenue, according to a FactSet poll.

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Obesity: Live or Die..It’s YOUR Choice!

Humans make simple decisions in life every second of every day: What am I doing for lunch? What TV show am I going to watch at 9 pm? Black pen or blue pen? 15% tip or 20%? Capt’n Crunch or Frutie Loops? As obvious or simple as they may seem, it’s these choices that can decided whether we live or die.

You would think that if someone is severely over weight, has border line or full-blown diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and hypertension (or any combination) that the decision to eat right and exercise would be an easy one to make. I mean let’s get real, the decision to eat right and be healthy should be easier than deciding to breathe or not. Because if you don’t eat right and exercise, you won’t be breathing at all. But basically, MILLIONS of Americans every day choose to stay obese and consciously make the decision to shorten an already short life.

So what does it mean to be Obese?

In general terms, Medical experts define a person as Obese when he/ she is more than 20 pounds (of FAT not muscle) over their ideal weight. Once a person reaches the 30 lb mark, they must be labeled obese.

An article on Examiner.com states that:

The World Health Organization (WHO) is already labeling obesity with two terms- a “chronic disease” and “escalating global epidemic” and estimates that by 2025, the number of people with diabetes will reach 300 million- a staggering 122 percent increase in less than 30 years.

Healthyamericans.org recently found in their 2010 Obesity Report and I quote, “Obesity is related to MORE than 20 major chronic diseases. Currently, one in three adults has some form of heart disease, more than 80 million Americans have type 2 diabetes or are pre-diabetic, and obese children are more than twice as likely to die prematurely before the age of 55 compared with healthy-weight children”.

Here are the findings from the 2010 Obesity Report:

Adult Obesity Rates and Trends (2007-2009)

  • Adult obesity rates rose in 28 states over the past year. Only D.C. experienced a decline in adult obesity rates. More than two-thirds of states (38) now have adult obesity rates above 25 percent. Eight states have rates above 30 percent – Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia. In 1991, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. In 1980, the national average of obese adults was 15 percent.
  • Adult obesity rates rose for a second year in a row in 15 states, and rose for a third year in a row in 11 states. Mississippi had the highest rate of obese adults at 33.8 percent. Colorado had the lowest rate at 19.1 percent and is the only state with a rate below 20 percent.
  • Obesity and obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension continue to remain the highest in the South. Except for Michigan, the top 10 most obese states in the country are all in the South. In addition, 10 of the 11 states with the highest rates of diabetes are in the South, as are the 10 states with the highest rates of hypertension and physical inactivity. Northeastern and Western states continue to have the lowest obesity rates.
  • Adult diabetes rates increased in 19 states in the past year. In eight states, more than 10 percent of adults now have type 2 diabetes.
  • The number of adults who report that they do not engage in any physical activity rose in 12 states in the past year. Two states and D.C. saw a decline in adult physical inactivity levels.
  • Adult obesity rates for Blacks and Latinos are higher than those for Whites in nearly every state. Adult obesity rates for Blacks are greater than or equal to 30 percent in 43 states and D.C. In nine states, the rates exceed 40 percent. Adult obesity rates for Latinos are greater than or equal to 30 percent in 19 states.
  • There is a very strong correlation between adult obesity rates and socioeconomic status. Among individuals earning less than $15,000 per year, 35.3 percent were obese compared to 24.5 percent of adults earning $50,000 or more per year.
  • Among adults who did not graduate from high school, 33.6 percent were obese compared to only 22 percent of adults with a college degree.

Child and Adolescent Obesity Rates and Trends (2007)*

  • More than one-third of children ages 10–17 are obese (16.4%) or overweight (18.2%). State-specific rates ranged from a low of 9.6 percent in Oregon to a high of 21.9 percent in Mississippi. Eight states, plus D.C., have childhood obesity rates greater than 20 percent: Arkansas, Georgia ,Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. Nine of the 10 states with the highest rates of obese children are in the South, as are nine out of  the 10 states with the highest rates of poverty.

I can sum up all these “stats” in one simple statement…If you are overweight/ Obese…You’re killing yourself and in turn, you’re probably killing your children as well. And if you are thinking that obesity can be traced back to a recurring diseases, you’re right. From Wikipedia

Medical illnesses that increase obesity risk include several rare genetic syndromes (listed above) as well as some congenital or acquired conditions: hypothyroidism, Cushing’s syndrome, growth hormone deficiency,[103] and the eating disorders: binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome.

Certain medications may cause weight gain or changes in body composition; these include insulin, sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, atypical antipsychotics, antidepressants, steroids, certain anticonvulsants (phenytoin and valproate), pizotifen, and some forms of hormonal contraception.[2]

So obviously I’m not talking to those who have one of those conditions or are taking a medication that can increase your weight.

But for everyone else, if you want to die young then that’s your choice. Just don’t go suing McDonald’s cause you ate a double quarter pounder 5 times a week and developed heart disease. You made that decision and you’re going to have to live with the consequences….which is an early departure from this earth. There are some very simple ways to avoid being overweight/ obese. Eating right and daily exercise is a terrific place to start. And by making these extremely simple choices you can prolong life by YEARS.

At the end of the day. it’s your choice to either Live or Die. For once, try making the easy decision.

Be well,

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Never Happy With Your Body?

So we’ve noticed a trend with our blogs, when we put “fat loss,”“hormones” or “10 minutes” in the title we get lots of hits, however, when we write about body acceptance and confidence this advice gets the most shares. It made me feel a little sad as it suggests a lot of people are unhappy with their body and searching for ways to lose weight but ultimately just want to like themselves a little more. They also have ten minutes max to do this it seems! I’ve been through a similar journey and thought I would share some tips and advice that have helped me along the way.

Role Of Body Acceptance & Confidence In Health

KerisI discuss this a lot with the awesome life coach Sarah Doyle on our podcast Fit Girls Talk and we’ll be covering it in-depth at the Fitter Food Academy. Body dysmorphia and physical insecurities are a ticking time bomb right now with the explosion of social media and ‘aspirational’ physiques being thrust in our face day in, day out. I used to be crippled by these feelings myself, particularly upon entering the fitness industry. I constantly compared myself to others and never felt my body was good enough, I made some unhealthy efforts to get “shredded” believing people would respect and listen to me more. The more I have come to understand the body and optimal health, the more I’ve been able to let go of these goals because none of them embody health for me any longer. I have developed a true passion for holistic health and that helps me successfully inspire people every single day, more than any six pack. Take yourself through the following steps and you can join me :-

1. Gain Perspective

Holistic health is a big part of your own happiness. Striving for a six pack was the most stressful, angry, miserable existence I could ever describe. It basically involved eating less, exercising more and not much else. I’ve managed to get back to a place where I can head out for a run, go for a walk with Hamish, eat dark chocolate or just sit and breathe deeply for ten minutes because all of them nourish my body in different ways and have a positive impact on me. I no longer have obsessive compulsive lists about the miles I need to clock up, how many training sessions I need to do, calories, macros, blah blah. Exercise and nutrition are just a couple tools in your giant box of health and happiness, they are helpful but if used in the wrong way they can be incredibly destructive. Take a moment to ask yourself this:

If I drop an inch from my troublesome area:

  1. Would my partner or family love me more?
  2. Would my friends like me more?
  3. Would I be more successful in my career?
  4. Would I change lives?
  5. Would I achieve great things without those extra inches?

Hopefully by reflecting on the above you’re realising that little about your life would really change, so ask yourself why you are investing hours, days and years focusing on this? In fact, if you spent as much time doing activities that have been proven to make us happier like helping others, dancing, singing, creative hobbies and being in nature, you would be too busy laughing to even notice the extra wobbly bits. When we’re happy we don’t need to abuse exercise or follow disordered eating habits to try and “control” our emotions.

2. Don’t Fight Your Body

Enjoy Every SandwichI’m reading a book about dying, sounds morbid I know but I have deep rooted fear of losing loved ones and this book was recommended by my friend CJ who experienced some deep loss in his life. The book is called Enjoy Every Sandwich and it’s the story of a guy diagnosed with terminal cancer. He discusses the end of his life where he chooses not to “fight” cancer or death itself but rather to make the most of his final experiences in life. He uses the attitude of gratitude to reflect upon his time on earth and how amazing it’s been with his wonderful wife, children and the job he loves; a cardiologist who teaches nutrition, yoga and meditation to his patients. His time has been cut short but he adapts to this by knowing he made the most of life and refuses to spend his precious remaining days being miserable and depressed.

If you bring this back to yourself, could you say the same? Are you making the most of life or have you spent the last 24 hours dwelling on the size of your thighs? Maybe you’re not fighting death but you are fighting your body by wasting your one precious life on hating it when you have dreams to achieve, countries to travel to, people to love and laugh with and lives to change. You can do all of these things if you wish to but not if you’re stuck on a crosstrainer all week trying to increase the gap between your thighs. Many of us are fighting our bodies every single day, it’s time consuming, exhausting and quite frankly pointless. We’ve been given this incredible piece of kit that can do awesome things if we just work together in harmony. Your body is your best bud, so treat it like one!

3. Embrace Emotional Freedom

photo 4-1A big part of body acceptance involves developing an emotional freedom and letting go of some of body ideals. One thing the author of Enjoy Every Sandwich mentions is the incredible sense of emotional freedom he gained when he let go and accepted his role as a cancer patient. He could cry, laugh and experience a huge variety of feelings because his mind wasn’t in tightly regulated, stress mode any longer. When we fixate on the perfect figure we become very rigid in our thinking, our stress hormones are dominating our thought patterns, we are being driven by fear and anxiety and an overarching need to maintain control. This leads you to place huge importance on things that really aren’t significant and spend our days sweating the small stuff.

I’ve really taken this on board; we’re working hard on several projects at the moment but I do daily gratitude thoughts (especially when the negative chatter kicks in) and these daily habits have really helped me. I’m able to let go of things that would usually eat me up. Each day I prioritise balancing my body by kicking back when needed to keep the creative, happy hormones flowing. This allows you to develop a more carefree, positive attitude that helps you begin to love what you see in the mirror and truly realise how awesome you are.

4. Kick ‘Fat Days’ Out the Door

I still have these, I’d be lying if I said all the above works 24/7 and you can generally find me admiring myself all day long in the mirror 😉 Matt really highlighted the lunacy of fat days to me recently by applying some bloke logic and much needed sarcasm to the situation: “Really? You were fine yesterday, getting fat in 24 hours is nothing short of impressive!” However, I have noticed a pattern, these days tend to occur when I’m tired and run down. Even though I’m aware of the need for a balanced lifestyle, having a business is a bit like having a baby in that we could easily work around the clock to make sure it’s okay. Sleep often suffers as a result and sometimes I find myself shattered, overwhelmed and snappy and the first person I’ll often take this out on is me – enter the fat & ugly day!  My experience and understanding of this now allows me to spot the early warning signs (usually a tantrum because we’ve run out teabags or something), I can then work on kicking these thoughts out the door by ditching the coffee that day, going for a long walk with Hamish and having an early night so I can get back to my happy self as soon as possible. It looks like I’m not the only one either:

5. Take A Complimentary Selfie

Facebook Fitter 365 LaunchAs part of Fitter Food I’ve really had to take myself out my comfort zone by appearing in lots of photos, videos and podcasts. The critical side of me always hated seeing and hearing myself but the more I work to help others and see the bigger picture, the less I really care. In fact the more I challenge myself in this way the more I actually like myself for it and feel proud of what I’ve achieved. On our members site, Fitter 365, we’re asking everyone to post up a complimentary selfie. They have to compliment themselves for their investment in their health and post a smiley selfie. It’s awesome to see individuals making positive changes to their lifestyle and loving themselves more as a result. You can join the fun here for just £1 ——– > www.fitter365.com.


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I am typing this while smearing liberal amounts of chunky peanut butter (“Super Chunk”; “Extra crunchy”) onto slices of soft, white bread in front of my computer. Mmmm.

Upon knowing that I will be staying in hall for two weeks straight to prepare for my finals, my parents pretty much stockpiled food, food, and MOAR FOOOOD into my room so I guess I won’t be needing to leave my hall for 14 days. Bahahahaha.

A gratuitous list of all the food and drink items that are currently nestling in my room, ready to be eaten:

  1. One loaf of white bread
  2. One 426g tub of chunky peanut butter
  3. Three tea-bags and two instant coffee sachets
  4. Six packets of full cream milk
  5. One box of cereal
  6. Two bags of Cheezels
  7. Two bowls of instant noodles
  8. Four packets of Hello Panda
  9. Two large packets of 旺旺 rice crackers
  10. One packet of Tao Kae Noi seaweed
  11. One packet of broad beans
  12. One packet of peeled roasted chestnuts
  13. Seven 500ml bottled drinks e.g. Pink Dolphin, peach tea, green tea
  14. Two 1.5l bottles of water
  15. Nine bottles of chicken essence
  16. One bag of sour blackcurrant gummies

Am intending to eat the peanut butter straight from the tub once the bread runs out or once I sink into depression and resignation from not being able to finish my finals revision, whichever happens earlier.

Ok bye.

Week 8’s been a jolly good week!! for the following reasons:

  1. Done with Ethics essay!
  2. Done with Ethics quiz 3!
  3. Done with group video presentation!
  4. Got back French midterms results and I did well!
  5. Realised that I did well for Psych midterms after all!
  6. Had a verrryyy orgasmic grilled fish meal at Can 16!
  7. Had my favourite chicken chop from Can 2! (see pic)
  8. It’s the last week the squatter will be here!
  9. Signed up for SF camp main comm!
  10. Discovered the perfect study music playlist on Youtube!
  11. What2WearWednesdays: checkered theme! (see pic)
  12. Didn’t splurge on anything!
  13. Tumblr-ed a lot!
  14. Settled school and hostel fees!
  15. Bought Pringles from 7-11!
  16. New Psych lecturer is good!
  17. Zen!!!

#6: It’s damn good I swear arghhh the brown sauce is the bombdiggity and the chicken is sooo goooood like it’s slightly and deliciously charred gosh I am fantasizing about it now *_*

#11: W2WW — the previous theme was Floral and this Wed it was checks. :) I like having themed days because it forces me to wear something else other than a tired tshirt and shorts hahaha.

Well next week’s gonna be heck of a crazy week too so here’s hoping everything goes well!! I need to catch up with tutorials, complete another essay, present another speech, prepare for another quiz, and prepare for a dance event on Saturday (omg super nervous). As usual my skin is wreaking havoc but oh wellllll skin shall be of low priority for now hmmmm sucks but I can’t help it.

OH YEA I FINALLY HAVE INSTAGRAM PLEASE FOLLOW ME IF YOU HAVE IT TOO!!!! I’m @fivefatfleas as usual!!! Hahahaha I’m like an instagram loser because I have v few followers so far and I keep liking others’ photos and I don’t filter my photos much hehhehe ok but I promise to filter more and take more photos ok!!! FOLLOW ME!!!

Ok bye listen to this before you go:

I want to see Grimes live omgggggg watched so many of her live performances on Youtube and was imagining myself there wheeee good music + good food are enough to make me happy :D

mmm same mustard skirt but now with a plain black tank lol my hall wardrobe is limited for obvious reasons sigh

3 for $2 from Canteen B this pic is making me hungry at 2am

new nails argh THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL COLOUR IRL! it’s not so orange-y i have no idea why it shows up like this on my phone cam. grrr. colour irl is much more pink and barbie-ish hahaha.

ok now for right hand. and yep thats my big bang poster at the back ehehehehehee look at the handsome T.O.P. *fangirl mode*

$2.80 supper aft dance yeahhhhhhh

tonight marks the start of the first weekend i am staying in hallstrangely it doesn’t feel very unnatural
feel like, i’ve gotten used to a kind of independency
or loneliness, some might call it
either way i don’t feel that homesick
so i can focus fully on studying for the shitload of tests and stuff
all of which are happening next week

Cat Power is helping me tide through this scary week
because there is simply too much
to do and too little

Not sure why I am here listening to dubstep while blogging and doing a pic-vomit when my To-Do list is fucking long and just crying out to be completed.

Ugh, work.

So much work.

Wore this on one of the rare days in NTU when I felt the inexplicable urge to dress up. Still, no makeup. Idek how people manage to put that stuff on their faces every day to school. Also the mess that you can catch a glimpse of behind me is not my mess but my roommates’. Ugh. Sloppy. Speaking of which, the roommate-squatter situation has yet to improve and my patience is running very thin. Whatever happened to, “I will be moving out very soon” back in Week 2? Dafuq missus, now coming to Week 6 already leh why are you still squatting here?! Please gtfo soon, else I’m going to the hall office after recess week. I AM NOT A PUSHOVER. Urghhhhhh.

Fish & Chips from Can B with cheese fries. Ate this alone at 3pm (yes after lunch) before class.

“Supper” at home last weekend. Mmmmmmmm. My nails were atrocious wtf. Have since removed this nail polish (and also the colour aft that).

Giraffe-Zebra hybrid on my shirt :3 Also, new skirt! Once again the sloppy pile of stuff behind me is not mine urgh. Feel so uncomfortable that I can’t TIDY ALL THAT SHIT UP. *shivers*

Domokun phone cover (?) I dug up from home to use for a while before I got a new screen protector for my darling phone lol.

Went from being sweaty and gross aft dance practice to donning nice and fresh clubbing attire with makeup in 20min yeah that’s a new personal record.

Zouk with the cubs.

Wasn’t a super amazing night but at least I had fun initially (until the high wore off haha). Most of the group didn’t drink much so I figure it had potential to be crazier lol plus the DJ kinda sucked. But it was an okay clubbing night so thankew apache people who responded to my invitation LOL

Yumz cheap caifan from Can 16. Clearly I will be visiting this canteen many more times in the future!

Weirdass cute owl lip balm (cherry-flavoured mmm) from Tenille hahaha thank you woman. Took this picture so that I (we) can keep track of how disfigured the owl will look after several more applications. -_-

Shoes to go with my formal dress for scholars award ceremony. I changed into flats when I arrived at the auditorium. Everyone was camwhoring and their parents came along and they all looked nice and took many many photos but honestly it didn’t feel like a big deal at all to me (re: “Vanilla is never good” post). Doesn’t seem like something that calls for a formal ceremony with VIPs and all. Idk.

I’m seriously craving pasar malam food (thanks to AMIRAH) and cheese fries and mcwings and popcorn chicken (thanks to JH and G) and ikan bilis (this is my own doing).

Also have been feeling super melancholic these days. Especially on days when I barely have much human interaction before and after classes. Fuckkkkk. Plus am probably skipping MAF tomorrow just so I can study. I feel sad — a real, deeper kind of sadness. But I can’t really figure out why. Something major is missing from my life and it feels like I used to have it and treasured it but now I’ve forgotten what it is so I can’t even begin to search for it. What is this fucking strangeness going on in my mind. *internal screams*

[Edit: Ok awkward insertion here but hayyyyy gaiiiiizz, I just added a new “Wishlist” page (points above) and it’s the page where I unabashedly ask for things I would like to have HAHA. At the moment it also serves as a reminder to myself that I need to read more fiction instead of non-fiction all the time. So yeah I really will love you if you get me one of those books — mainly because I’m too lazy/busy to search for them myself — and I might be updating the list occasionally with more stuff that catch my eye hehehe ok end of shamelessness bye]

Nothing much has been going on in hall. Mostly because I’ve been trying my best not to stay in my new room as much as possible due to my positively strange roomie and her oddball of a friend who is squatting in the room as well. Ughhh, I don’t know anyone who is more of a slob than these two. Dropped hair gathering in curly clumps, gigantic dust bunnies rolling around — could they be intending to keep these dust bunnies as pets lolwut — and a super messy wardrobe are just a few traits that make my hair stand (here I am talking about hair ON MY BODY, NOT ALL OVER ON THE FLOOR because guess what, NOT CLEANING UP IS GROSS)

Apart from the apparent sloppiness they both share, my roomie and her friend like to change in the room (not that I’m very against this but they didn’t even ask if I’m all right with it) and proceed to hold their very own fashion shows (think diva-like strutting around in the tiny space between the beds) while I am still in the room so that they can figure out which outfits to wear the next day.

There are various other sides to them that I’d much rather not see, and I’d spare you guys even more cringeworthy moments by having to read about them. In short: I have pretty weird roomies right now and I can only cross my fingers and hope with all my heart that things get better (e.g. the squatter friend moves out ASAP so the room is less crammed; or I get a totally new roomie; or I… somehow get used to this oddity).

… Ok. I really miss my previous roomie in Hall 9.

On a much less disgusting and hairy note, the rest of the week had been pretty ~normal~, unless you count visiting all the booths at the CCA Fair multiple times to the point of weird and loser-ish something noteworthy. Hahaha. But I did sign up for quite a few CCAs. Auditions for them are this coming week! Hope I get in!! Will update again on the exact CCAs I’m joining after the results are out. :)

In the meantime, take a look at this pretty and yummy thing I had for breakfast this morning:

It’s a superrr fluffy Hokkaido Cake with strawberry filling! ^_^ Those who know me well will know that I don’t fancy sweet stuff much, but the strawberry cream here wasn’t too sweet at all and I LURRRVVV ITTTT~ ~ *Does a little dance*

Yum yum.

Photo by Eunice

Week 2 of school passed by relatively quietly because of the greatly reduced number of through-the-night suppers / HTHTs, but I still managed to meet up with Boogaloo people quite a fair bit. The group photo above was taken at Qiuyan’s surprise (belated) birthday dinner at Pitchstop— the deception at the start was so damn well-executed by Eunice and I man. Hahahaha!

But yep it was a good dinner. Good ambience, good food, good company. Could have had good music too if the place wasn’t having a private event that night, I think!

Pizza 1

One of the 3 big 12″ pizzas we ordered for all of us big eaters (hahajk, just me and the guys) during the birthday dinner. Pitchstop‘s pizzas are pretty awesome (and affordable!!!), with many seniors recommending them to me before I visited the place. :)

Pizza 2

Didn’t get to try the potato wedges (who finished them?!?! :( :( ) but they seemed to be ~not bad~, considering how quickly they were gone. Oh well…

Fried chicken wings

The wings were also pretty bangin’ hehe I had 4 or so.

Thumbs up! NTU freshies, if any of you are reading this, remember to drop by the cafe soon if you want reasonably priced good food. It’s located at Innovation Centre! (This feels like an advertorial hahaha) They serve cake and beer and pastas too. :)

Moving on:

Spent the Monday holiday catching up with 09S69 classmates and, whoa, the turnout was the best I’ve seen in all our class gatherings!!

Photo by Sheila

Tea/dinner at Saizeriya which sells super affordable Italian fare which was honestly pretty decent. Will be checking out their other branches next time. :)

Anyway, 3 weeks ago, I had a good catch-up session with Amirah and Isadora (^^~~Apache~~) at the Handburger in 313@Somerset but forgot to post these photos up so here you go:

Handburger dinner

I wouldn’t say their food is amazing or totally worth the slightly higher price, but the items are still pretty good and the portions are filling! Plus service was good (although there was one overzealous waiter whom I assume to be new… his enthusiasm was very amusing lol).

This burger is named “The Works” and is our go-to order at the Handburger: Grilled beef, onion rings, crispy bacon strips, egg sunny side up, sauteed basil pesto mushroom, sweet onion jam, cheddar cheese, BBQ and aioli sauce, lettuce and tomato, on a toasted caramelised onion bun.

Max yummy man! :D Sinful indulgence whoooo *smacks lips*

Ok abrupt end byebye gotta study

School is officially starting in a little over a week’s time, but I’m still absolutely clueless about important stuff like bidding (or rather add/drop or something… right?), electives, minors, USP courses (apparently there is some kink in their fledging system that doesn’t acknowledge me as a USP student during course registration. lolwut. fml.), hall life, and how to get around in the enormous NTU campus. Lulz. Yep, still ~floating around~ without the slightest idea how everything is going to work, in spite of the countless documents and guides that the seniors have uploaded for the benefit of us freshies. Hmmmmm.

Anyway, I finally checked into my hall on Wed — which is a miracle in itself because once again I had zero clue about what was going on and what I had to do wrt hall since nobody gave me instructions / reminders wtf — and yay, my room looks pretty good!

I’m in Hall 9, Blk 47, Level 3! So people JIO ME FOR SUPPER + FOR GOING TO LESSONS PLEASE!! ^_^ This is an earnest plead lol especially for the travelling to classes part because I will surely get extremely lost if I’m alone. :( Please please please. Hahaha.

The state of my room was quite nice when I entered haha and I suspect it’s because my roomie (a stranger who checked in before I did) cleaned it already! But I cleaned everything once, just in case. My roomie seems friendly enough — I bumped into her when I was just leaving — so I hope we have a pleasant time staying together for several months haha.

Anyway, my room faces the forest both ways!! >:/ Time to feed the mozzies lol nyarghh. But at least it will be quieter and more peaceful? I hope? Haha.

After cleaning my room, C and I went to his hall for him to check-in + clean up, and OMG his room was disgusting!!! The mattress had bedbugs and there were too many dust bunnies to count. :( But his hall was so much more friendly lol he even got a goodie bag leh, wai i dun haf. :( Ok anyway cleaning his room was a rigorous workout punctuated with frequent “Eww”s and “Wtf is this?!”s… Ugh. It’s spic and span now though, so yippeeeee~ ~ :)

Mmm. Yes. Moving on:

Met up with the Cerro people for dinner at 15 Minutes and then drinks at Timbre.

(Photo by Sean)

One of our two tables.

I must say that the duck pizza at 15 Minutes is SERIOUSLY GOOD STUFF. Damn yummy, I kid you not!! And this is saying a lot since I usually don’t like eating duck!!

Ok so our table had the duck pizza to share, but my main course was actually the prawn pizza with wasabi mayo and it was really very good too:

Yum yum yumz. Had this all to myself hehehe blissful max! The wasabi mayo didn’t have enough kick though, it was spicy enough and didn’t have much of a wasabi taste. But overall still damn nice la especially since the prawns were so succulent!

Afterwards at Timbre, the band that was playing was a little too rock-ish for my liking but GOSH THE (BACKUP?) SINGER WAS SUPER HOT! No idea what the band’s name was, but they play on Thursday nights at the Substation branch — does anyone know who they are? If you do please let me know. :) Wah his poise + charm + deeeep voice + damn good singing + rapping + style + hair = totally max out the sexy-o-meter already. Hahahahaha. Ok *fangirling ends here*

K abrupt topic change:

Finally painted my nails again, after they were naked for 3 weeks because of my orientation camps. :) Didn’t have much inspiration on any designs to do so just decided to go with a simple pastel / candy-coloured manicure. Hehe. My nails look so cute now I can’t stop staring at them. :3

Also, I finally got the time to paint over my poor toenails haha my left big toe has a very scary and gross bruise underneath the nail so I had to cover it up. :S

Wah the weeks ahead look to be hectic and packed as hell. :/ Gotta leave some time to figure the shit out of the curriculum and USP courses, as well as move all my junk into my hall soon! Not to mention all the meet-ups I want to do to catch up with old friends. Plus various OG/class gatherings, orientation briefings, and tuition! Ahhh. Busy and fast-paced but in a good way I guess. :) Here’s to fresh starts and new beginnings. :) The excitement (with just a tinge of apprehension) is creeping up as I’m typing this, hehe.

Will blog again soon. Ciao~

It’s hard to bang out a proper entry after a somewhat long period of inactivity on the blogosphere. I’ve been busy and fatigued, and many things/happenings in the past few weeks have seemingly passed me by, very much like fleeting and unimportant moments, even if they might have been significant in actuality. I’m thinking, it’s the clockwork motions of office life — being rudely shoved into a crammed train car is quickly forgotten as I drift off into almost-sleep with my earphones blasting the heavy beats of clubbing music; finishing an assignment while trying not to let my head loll too much when I doze off has become a habit that is rapidly forgotten once I exit the office; and trodding on the same ol’ familiar path past the colourful shophouses, waiting at the crowded traffic lights, shunning the frustrated Caucasian tourists… everything I have been doing has become close to robotic.

So the only way to come up with an ‘update’ on this blog is probably through grainy photographs taken with my handy phone camera. Events and feelings and comments without photographic record have been left out in this post (and most likely fallen through that tricky hole in my mind, into the abyss of Forever Forgotten).

Say hello to another chaotic post groggily and sleepily typed out:

work lunch #1: ikan bilis fried rice from Maxwell

work lunch #2: prawn mee with good chilli, from Maxwell

typical snack: fried ikan bilis to accompany TV series The Mentalist

my dog, chilli #1: deep asleep and looking kawaii

my dog, chilli #2: close-up on the funny sleepyhead

my dog, chilli #3: spots the door gap and tries to squeeze herself through

my dog, chilli #4: fails to squeeze through the gap

my dog, chilli #5: still no success getting into our room

my dog, chilli #6: the look of resignation

what I wore #1: light wash denim jeans + animal prints tank + wristband from vietnam

what I wore #2: ombre sweater/top + plain black pleated skirt

gift: mini bust of wolfgang amadeus mozart from J‘s Europe trip

nails #1: ladybugs (so messy but I tried my best since I didn’t have any nailart tools)

nails #2: stripes (also messy but quite decent for my first time I feel)

nails #3: so this is what my nails currently look like

That’s about it. Sorry for the skimpy update. This is more of for my own records, yknow, just in case I get dementia in the future and need to re-read what my youth was like. More meaty posts in the future — especially about the NTU orientation camps, so watch this space! I will be going to 2 (or 3) camps and I’ll definitely write at least a little about each of them. It’ll probably be a better read than this slimy excuse of a blog post, heh.


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Front Row Enabler Gets a Cease and Desist from Apple

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Blondies Have More Fun

Sitting in the middle of the 4th floor of Gelman during a study session with one of my roommates, I decided to make blondies.  They are always my go-to, feel-good thing to bake and since this past week has been pretty long and tough, it felt like just the right thing to make.

We went back to the room and used a hodge podge of a bunch of ingredients we all had bought for our room.  In the middle of it though, we realized we had baking powder and not baking soda and the recipe calls for both.  Feeling too lazy to run across the street to FoBoGro, our handy neighborhood grocery to buy any, we decided that baking soda wasn’t that vital to the recipe because it says you only need 1/8 of a teaspoon.  We kind of just thought baking soda and baking powder, which we had, were kinda the same.  Can’t make much of a difference, right? (Does anyone know the answer?)

The blondies, all finished.

The blondies turned out all right, not amazing.  I think my heart just wasn’t in making them after all and my head was in a million different places during this week filled of midterms and projects and papers.  Or it could be that the baking soda was just that important.

4 thoughts on “Blondies Have More Fun

  1. so let me get this… you were studying, and then you left to cook — procrastination? just kidding… so were your cookies hard and flat, like the link suggests?

  2. Alec says:

    They look yummy if nothing else! Feel free to bring any leftovers to class on Monday!

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Indian opposition to Cargill 1993-2005

INDRANET JOURNAL (Mumbai) Issue Nos 21-23, August 1997

“Exporting food reduces the quantity available for local consumption and so causes the price to rise.

Indranet cover“The freedom of the market to export essential cereals is connected with the freedom of the market to import cereals when the export itself causes shortages. But they are imported at higher prices than what they were exported at, because that is the way the market operates – the market being mainly controlled by TNCs like Cargill and Hindustan Lever.

“The net result is less food and more starvation, and dependency on TNCs to provide our basic food. The human right to life is replaced by free market rights.

“Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) is an Indian peasant farmers’ movement, created in 1980 to address the growing problems facing farmers caused by the globalisation of world trade.

“In 1993 about 1000 KRRS activists occupied the Cargill office in Bangalore and made a large bonfire with equipment from the office; activists also dismantled a Cargill seed unit that was being built in Karnataka.”

Vandana Shiva wrote in The Suicide Economy of Corporate Globalisation (2005)

vandana shiva“In 1998, the World Bank’s structural adjustment policies forced India to open up its seed sector to global corporations like Cargill, Monsanto, Syngenta. The global corporations changed the input economy overnight. Farm saved seeds were replaced by corporate seeds, which needed fertilizers and pesticides and could not be saved.

Trade Liberalisation in Agriculture: Lessons from the first 10 years of the WTO – was written by Devinder Sharma for APRODEV and NGO Forum Environment and Development in December 2005.

He listed relevant facts, including:

  • Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Barry Callebaut and Cargill dominate Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa processing industry, where 95% of processing capacity is controlled by TNCs.
  • Three companies – ADM, Cargill and Zen Noh – handle over 80% of US corn exports.
  • 4 companies, including Cargill and Tyson, control 81% of the US beef packing industry.

Source: Action Aid (2005) Power Hungry: six reasons to regulate global food corporations. Action Aid International, Johannesburg. January 2005. p13; * FAO (2004)

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Peter V Brett signing The Skull Throne

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PETER V BRETT will be signing THE SKULL THRONE (HarperCollins) at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 9th April from 5:30 – 7:30pm!

The Skull Throne of Krasia stands empty.

Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honor and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all.

But Arlen Bales, the Warded Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel he could not in honor refuse. Rather than risk defeat, Arlen cast them both from a precipice, leaving the world without a savior, and opening a struggle for succession that threatens to tear the Free Cities of Thesa apart.

In the south, Inevera, Jardir’s first wife, must find a way to keep their sons from killing each other and plunging their people into civil war as they strive for glory enough to make a claim on the throne.

In the north, Leesha Paper and Rojer Inn struggle to forge an alliance between the duchies of Angiers and Miln against the Krasians before it is too late.

Caught in the crossfire is the duchy of Lakton - rich and unprotected, ripe for conquest.

Peter went to the University at Buffalo, where he studied Dungeons & Dragons, fencing, and girls, and gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Following college, Peter managed a comic shop and explored medical publishing.

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Schwan’s mini Deep Dish Pizza a failure?

I recently purchased a box of 6 ‘crispy, 5-inch deep dish crust is loaded with slices of premium, smoky pepperoni, along with creamy, 100% real Mozzarella cheese.’ And, while the taste was awesome (a solid 8), and they are super easy to prepare (just 2 ½ minutes in the microwave), there was also definitely a flaw!
At 460 calories each, these little gems are Diet Busters of the first order! For someone on a 1500 calorie per day diet, I just can’t afford to eat more than one a week! While each little pie constitutes a complete meal, they go down my throat in a heartbeat! Still, for a late night snack, they cannot be beat, and at just $10.64 for the box, they are a pretty decent deal!

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Brown Paddy finally came out to play....

  1. I finally took little browny out yesterday with DH. He really liked it and was actually playing with the lock - locking and unlocking it with the straps like a little boy! He finally asked me, "is this new?" and I respond, "oh yeah, I've had it for a while but this is her maiden voyage." Of course, still no mention of the cost.:shame:
    Well this morning, we are drinking coffee in bed, I'm watching CNN, DH is reading Details magazine and points at a really nice shirt and says to me, "can you believe this shirt is $1000?!" I say, "OMG!" the whole while little brown paddy is staring down at us from my dresser probably saying to herself, "that is absurd!"
    yes, my bags talk to me.
    just thought I'd share my morning with you.
  2. LOL! Glad to hear I'm not the only one that has to break some news to DH gently. Some things he's can't take easily unless I put it in the right perspective for him. Great Story!!!
  3. no kidding! I have a Mousse that I bought BEFORE the brown one thats still incognito.
  4. :lol: lol!!!!!!! That is me totally.!!! And when it finally comes out of hibernation, my answer is "this old thing"!!! But he always knows. Just have to wait long enough for the bill cycles to pass so the price won't be so easy to find.:lol:
  5. Yes, definitely have to break it to DH gently! Mine has an idea of the prices but not exactly sure... I left my Edith out yesterday on the coffee table and DH said "Should you really be leaving $1500 bags out where the dogs can reach them?" And I responded indignantly "That is NOT a $1500 bag!" :shame: :lol: So he was off around $200 inc shipping - think he was testing me?! :roflmfao:
  6. :lol: Yeah, They do that to see if you will agree that it's actually that price but "great" answer!!! Always be "vague". Never give exact price, they WON'T understand. lol!!
  7. clever. I like that.
  8. Once he knows the cost he'll probably be totally hands off! Scared to touch greatness!!


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I got an Edith satchel half off!

  1. I went to the Ron Herman sale today and got a whiskey Edith satchel for 50% off! I couldn't believe it! I had been dreaming about that bag...I love it, but couldn't justify paying full price now that it's been around for a while. But oh dear, is it pretty...
  2. Pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  3. That's a great deal! Congrats!!! And we want pics! ;)
  4. Will post when I'm back at school. Came home for the weekend to shop and take LSAT :smile:. Wish me luck, Edith will be with me!
  5. Congrats nerdphanie!!! :nuts: Awesome deal!! Can't wait to see pics!! Good luck on your LSAT!! :heart:
  6. Congrats! That is an amazing price!
  7. i love that bag and what an amazing price! good luck on the lsat!
  8. :yahoo: YIPEEEE!!!!:yahoo: Congrats on finding such a GORGEOUS bag and to get it on sale!!!! Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!
  9. well done, I love it when a genuine bargain comes to light. Enjoy your fab new bag :biggrin:
  10. OMG what a deal! Congrats & please dont forget to post pics!! :nuts:
  11. i soooo envy you!!!! pics please :p
  12. That is an awesome deal! Please, post pics before we all go insane with envy!
  13. Sweet! Congratulations on a great score!
  14. how lucky!
  15. Ooh whiskey edith, that must be a beauty - congrats! :flowers: You got it with a great price! :p