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So my roommate left around 8am this morning so in essence, he gave me less than 12hrs of notice. i can't believe he was expecting some type of a refund. i took his check for the utilities to the bank today. he lived here for about 2 months, paid for 3, i think with the abrupt notice, he deserved nothing back. it's obvious he made his decision when he went home for the thanksgiving break. At least he could've called or emailed to inform me instead of walking from work, telling me "as of tomorrow, i'm gone and i'm not sure what you want to do about the rent."

In hindsight, i'm glad he refused me prorating his rent when he moved in. I'd offered to have him pay the prorate from the 22nd to the 30th of september and he decided he'll pay on the 21st to the 21st and i said fine. Had i prorated, he wouldn't have rent due till tomorrow and i'd be stuck with not being able to get rent from him. i'm also glad i made him pay utilities for the month he wasn't here because in that case, i got 2 months of utilities which is what he owed. I just think his reasoning was absurd.

Oh well, his money went towards paying december's rent so at least i'm good for a month. Hopefully, i find a good person by God's grace.

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while folding laundry in my laundry room, my roommate starts of saying "part of the reason is my dad, and the other reason is the job down here." As i listened, he went on to explain that he doesn't work much and he's on making the rent to pay me so he's not making any money to cover bills back home and factor in the airfare, he's in the hole. I actually thought he works a lot, i mean for weekends when he's here, he works saturdays and sundays and he always works late, he's usually in after 10pm, normally close to 11pm. Do i think he makes $550 a month (which is rent and utilities)? No. But i do believe him when he says it's not what he expected it to be. Air fares cost about $200 round way (rough guesstimate) so twice per month is about 400 and i still think past that he should still have something left behind. Unless he means to say he makes $950 a month which i doubt. I mean when i worked at jeff as an externed i made close to that working 60hours per pay period. times when i did 72hours, i broke it.

he also went on to say part of the reason is that his boss told him today he's thinking about quitting. The part about the dad, i believe simply because he mentioned him being diagnosed with something a couple weeks back. The part about barely scraping rent to pay me, i don't believe.

I think a big factor is how hard it is for him. i know he mentioned it's hard for him and i know he's concerned about his wife which adds onto it. The last time he was saying something about how his wife has been doing something since he moved (can't remember the specifics) but i think it boils down to him rethinking the decision and realizing it's not worth it. I mean factor in being away from his wife and having to spend an extra $950 each month, i doubt if he's making more than he was making back in michigan at the end of the day.
The less than 12hour notice is ludicrous and plain absurd. i can't believe he was expecting some type of a refund.

Instead of being worried, i'm looking at the bright side and thanking God this happened at a time where i met my financial goals and don't owe ahm. That makes me very thankful to God. What will tomorrow bring? i don't know and i'm not going to worry about that. I'll just pray and commit it into the Lord's hands.

l'il bit of a shocker?

So my roommate comes in today and says he's leaving tomorrow? Am i surprised he's leaving early? not really. What's shocking is that i didn't get a month's notice. What he said was i'm leaving tomorrow so i don't know what you want to do about the rent i gave you. I told him i needed 30 days notice. Beside, his cycle starts from the 21st and he's leaving the 30th. He's already been here 10days. I'm not sure how he expects a refund.
he said part of the reason why he's leaving is because his dad is dying. What's the other reason? he didn't say but i know sometime ago he mentioned how hard it is for him being away from his wife. My heart went out to him then and i think he tried. Truth of the matter is that it really is hard. Yes, he skypes with his wife and talks on the phone with her and goes home every other weekend but i think after being married and living with someone for a long time, it must be hard just leaving them to live somewhere else, even if it's temporarily.

The other thing that just popped into my mind as i write this is whether my attitude factors into it. I've not been the type of roommate to hangout a lot with him but in handsite, i think i've spent more time with him than i have with other roommates. I barely saw David, i think i spoke to him once in the house and saw him 2x outside while he was driving in front of the house back in philly. this roommate i've actually sat down to listen to him and had dinner at my dinner table. I just couldn't stand the unsolicited advice and made me resort to just saying hello and goodbye the few times i saw him or just being in my room so i wouldn't have to be out talking. I was also studying for this exam and didn't want to be interrupted while studying to come take a look at something.

Anyway, he was a good person. I saw him as hard worker and i hope it works well for him and his family back in michigan. Hopefully, he profited from working here. I think i'll miss him but oh well, things happen.

speedreading

I signed up for my reading lab earlier this month and i like it. i was led to believe that everyone gets a lexile diagnostic in the beginning. That part is a lie. It looks like it's only those enrolled in instructor-led courses and i say this based on the fact that i'm enrolled to work on my own and i don't have the option of taking a lexile diagnostic. This defeats most of the purpose of buying it because i'd like to know how i'm improving as i work through the program and if i can't measure that, how do i know if i've improved?
I think if they had it available for independent workers, they'll probably have peopl3 in schools where myreadinglab isn't used sign up to work independently.

By not having the lexile measure available to measure progress, i don't think myreadinglab is worth the amount paid. Why? because you can improve your comprehension with tons of exercise at towsendpress.com for free. If you want to know how to find the main idea? well,the book can tell you and then you can take the exercises.

For me, i purchased myreading lab to help my comprehension and have a way to measure improvement and since that isn't there, i personally wouldn't advise purchase considering you can find free resources out there.

So, in researching how to take a lexile diagnostic, i came across a teacher's syllabus from some school in missouri that uses the ultimate speed reader. Googled it but came up with other stuff. Acereader pro and reader's edge are the 2 that topped all the rest. Top 10 review rated my readers edge as #1 with Acereader pro as #2 but to me, they all received the same stars for virtually everything so they rank the same to me.
i read reviews on their actual websites and they both had great reviews. I also looked at amazon.com and Acereader has 5-star reviews. i was put in a dilemma saturday, all day sunday and couldn't decide. i downloaded the free version of acereader and i feel like just using it for that short maybe 30minutes tops put me in the 300wpm range. i've never read that fast before. Their comprehension exercises are 4 question only.It's cheaper than than the basic version of reader's edge.Personally, the impression i got was that it can increase your rate dramatically. I found their games challenging and fun. Reader's edge on the other hand was more expensive, had great reviews as well. They also had a sale for their pro version, it was selling for 74.97 (50%) off compared to $79.95 for their basic editon. Their comprehension tests offer more questions,i believe 6, compared to acereader. I also saw in their reviews, MCATers who'd used it and found it helpful. So, considering their prices are similar, which one do i buy?

i went out, came home, decided i'll get up before 1am to buy reader's edge but woke up this morning. i turned on this computer and boy am i glad i hibernated it. i still had my window open with the purchase page of readers edge on there showing the $74.97 price. Without thinking any further, i just clicked on purchase and paid for it. The only thing had me hesitate for a second was whether i should choose download or pay $7 to have the cd mailed to me ($7 is a ripoff). i ended up choosing the cd anyway because i'm hoping i can sell it to someone since the pro version can be downloaded unto 2 different computers. So $81.92 was the total. I'd looked at their facebook page and the best deal i'd seen there was them offering 20% off both versions so i thought the 50% off for their thanksgiving sale was a real deal. it wasn't posted on their facebook page though.

Is it worth it? I hope it is. i feel like unlike my reading lab where i can't measure my progress, this gives a graphical detail showing your progress. Plus i get to practice speed and comprehension at the same time. I paid abut $12 more than i'd pay for ace reader (of course if i buy ace reader with cd shipping then that'll be $4 more. If it turn's out it's not worth it though, i'll pretend i had a pay a red-light ticket. They have a money back guarantee. I'll use if dilligently for the next 30days and see how much progress i make,if not much, i'll email them and get acereader. Like i said, i liked how acereader's interface was. i think the most cogent testimonial that got me to purchase reader's edge was the one from the MCATers. I'll post an update later.

Black Friday

I've been shopping at walmart a lot the last 6 or so months. i barely shop at target. i'll say 2x. the first cuz i was coming from work and needed to buy hot cocoa but didn't want to drive further down to walmart. The 2nd time was because i was so sick and needed the theraflu badly.

I saw the black friday ad for target and decided i'll go get the $3 toaster and return the one at walmart. I also planned on getting the $3 hand mixer. When i got there around a little close to 7am, the $3 deals were gone. One of the target sales associate mentioned people took 6 of them at time and they later found them in the aisles so they're bound to come back on the shelves. i walked out after 7:30 with just a pantene conditioner in hand.
I came home, looked online and decided to go to walmart after seeing their deals.walmart had a similar deal as target $3 deal but for $2.97 (the rival chopper, slow cooker and hand mixer). Target actually had the chopper, toaster and chopper for $3.
Anyway,i got to walmart and found the hamilton beach slow cooker for 14.88, savings of $1.12. It was a 5 quart cooker but maybe they were out of the $9.97 5qt one they'd advertised for. Their rival toaster was $6.36, down from $6.54. I actually purchased it for $6.54 a week ago and the difference was insignifcant so i didn't see the need to buy it and return with my other receipt. I walked out of walmart with nothing in hand. To me, walmart deals were no deals.

In the end, i walked out of target with a $3 mixer and a $8.99 hamilton beach slow cooker. Total was $12.97, tax included. Last month, i was looking for a slow and the best i found at walgreens was $14.99 but i had to pay $19.99 and send in for a $5 rebate which is something i tend to forget to do so i gave up. From where i stand, i got what i wanted for a really good price.

God if you're there

then i need you to know me.

saving time

I hate it when people tell me come here and let me tell/ask you something when it's something they could've asked you without you walking over to them. I get this a lot from one PSR and it's usually something like what A1c or something like that. Honestly, unless you want to ask a person a private question in a public avenue, i don't think you need to have them stop whatever they're doing just to hear somethng they could've heard while away. Afterall, we listen with our ears.

My roommate yells "come here for a minute." Not wanting to get out, I tell him i'm indisposed and asks if he needs something. He tells me i'm leaving it at your door, i was paying my bills. Obviously, it's rent check. He's notorious for that and after going through it the first weekend, i've made it a point to respond to him without going out because it's always been him showing me something he either could've told me about or something i don't care to know about.
I mean, at this time, i'm usually sleeping. I don't see how he expects me to get up from bed to come pick up a check that he could leave at the table like the last time.
Maybe, it's my fault. I already have a sign on my door that says "please leave all communications at my door and i'll respond asap." maybe i should get something that says "do not disturb."

The last thing i need is to be interupted while taking a FL exam. Honestly if that happens, i'll not respond.

roommates again

so i go into the kitchen and my roommate tells me his doctor told him his cough is from his blood pressure medicine he's been taking for years. yeah right! Yes, drugs like ACE inhibitors can induce cough but seriously, guy had a cold last week that spread to me.
I do my usual uh, huh-huh, good for you, and i don't say much. when i say see you later, he goes "you're going back to your cave?" As opposed to sitting outside and hearing needless ignorant remarks? my answer was "huh, huh," then he laughs. Annoying!
my appropriate response would be "i'm going to my room" but i don't see the sense in saying much to a too-knowing ignorant person. why flog a dead horse?!

Packing on the pounds

Last time i went to the docs office,which was in october or late september, i weighed 9lbs less than i do today. I'm over 130lbs now. Now that was shocking. While it's obvious in how i can't fit into my pants, i think my belly is taking most of the fat. I need to do sit ups now and i also need to hit the gym and start running. Lord, I loved the way i was. i loved being able to fit into size 0 italian clothing. Now, i'm a 2 in US clothing and a 6 in my italian abito. I hope i can nip it in the bud here.

On the other hand, i called out of work today. Wanted to show up and suck it up but i'm way too sick. Still having chills, i can't even breathe through my mouth and the doc is telling me i have an ear infection in addition to my throat being red and inflamed. Plus you're very congested and your heart rate is high. Those are here words, not mine. Honestly, i wanted to go to work simply cuz i figured i'd make more with the differential but i'd be jeopardizing my patients. i mean i spoke to my roommate for couple seconds in the kitchen saturday and 2 days later i was coughing like he was and sick. For something this contagious, i wouldn't want a poor patient recovering from surgery catching it. Yes, i could wear a mask but i remember the situation back at UPenn when one of the nurses wore a mask throughout the shift and somewhere along the line, i heard him telling Jackie that his patient was complaining about catching the cold from him.
Anyway, i wouldn't want some hypochondriac to tell me at 4am in the morning that they think they're experiencing the onset of a cold.

Anyway, bedrest and amoxil - that's what the doctor ordered. If only this fever would come down...

Another reason

To not have a roommate. Spreading germs. My roommate came back from Michigan with whatever germs he got and here i was this morning coughing like he was. I've only spoken to him twice. Once on my way to work the day he was sick, i said hello and goodbye. Then yesterday when i came from shopping and found the toaster broken, he decided he wanted to fix it. i stated i don't need it fixed and once he opens the bottom up he tries to lecture me on how it works. My whole body language and how i went about doing whatever i was doing should've given him a clue to stop talking because i wasn't listening. I've taken enough physics to know how stuff works and who said i needed him to tell me how a toaster works. So as soon as i was done doing whatever i had to do, i walked away. I can't stand people who think they know stuff when they're actually ignorant.
Also, i'm sick of the noise. He's loud. Very loud. I can hear him talking on the phone no matter where he is. Plus he sometimes has his phone on speaker and with my door close, it's still the person on the other loud and clear. I remember thinking saturday night, i never heard what Corey was saying.

Oh well, 7 more months.

The strange case of the rising blood sugar

So, patient whose dinnertime blood sugar was 88 jumps to 528 at bedtime when the tech checks it. i check it about 20minutes later it was 574. Order said give 16units SSI and notify HO. Patient refused SSI and self-administered 9.7units of novolog via her insulin pump. recheck a little after an hour later, was more than an hour cuz i was busy and the fingerstick was now 584. Patient finally consented to getting SSI but the max she'll take is 10units. spoke to doctor who ordered it and administered. Rechecked a little over an hour and it was 594. at that point, gave 10 units and notified doc again.
Doc says give 20units. Then she says "i'm afraid she'll go into DKA, how much do you think i should give her?". I reply 10. She's NPO. She goes "If she keeps going up, she may not be able to go for surgery in the morning. give her 20units. if she drops too low we can always give d50." Surprisingly, i saw where she was coming from and didn't argue about the dose. Now was that a faulty logic? I don't know and i think it's hard to decide.


The thing with blood sugar levels is that too high is bad and too low is also bad. How will a person's body respond to insulin administration? It's hard to tell. For example, this lady's fingerstick kept climbing up despite multiple administration of insulin. Did the doctor think it was going to keep going up? Yes. She told me over the phone that "she needs a high dose of insulin".

Anyway, i recheck at 440am, it had dropped to 212. At 0639, it was 93. When i left patient, she said she was fine. After walking into the room to introduce new nurse, The patient stated i feel 'low'. Since i was done report, i told my coworker to have the tech check it while i complete the patients OR checklist. So at 0735, it was 31.
Coworker who left me in a crappy situation comes in this morning and tells me you shouldn't have administered 20units. Well, if the lady kept climbing high as she was and went into coma, first it would've been my fault and i'm sure this same person would've criticized the doctor for not being aggressive. Can we treat DKA? yes, insulin drip, IV NSS and a whole bunch of crap. I remember when i worked at Jeff, i had a lady who came in with bloodsugar reading "HI" on machine, she was on a insulin drip, q1hr fingersticks and it took more than 12hours for blood sugar levels to come to the 500 range. And we've had patients here at who've had to be transferred to the ICU so they can get an insulin drip. Can you push D50 and have the blood sugar come up in 30minutes, yes. Sometimes, you may have to administer D50 twice.

So was the doctor's reasoning faulty logic? i don't think so. I mean she could've looked the other way and said, let's not give her anything and the bloodsugar could've gone past 600 and she coulda been in a coma. Neither one of us can predict how the patient would react. It's bifurcated road that leads to the same place. You don't treat aggressively, you risk the patient going into DKA. You treat aggressively, you risk the patient bottoming out. At least in this case the patient was conscious and communicative and action was taken.

There's been times when i've looked at out comes and thought, this doctor could've done this or this should've been implemented in the patients care to avoid such and such. Today, i support the doctors judgement. I know on my drive home, i tried to think if there was anything i could've done differently and honestly? i couldn't think of any. Between 10p and 6am, the lady got 8 fingersticks. One almost every hour except during the hour between 5 and 6am. I did 6 of those fingersticks myself and my tech did 2. i documented 6 times each time i took it. Knowing i'd given the patient 20units insulin, i checked the blood sugar levels afterwards and 20minutes before shift change, i rechecked and documented. She was 93. How was i supposed to know she'll drop considering i held her AM dose of insulin? The doctor didn't play God. I feel like she did the best she could do. Her reasoning led her to the choice she made. It was based on sound logic considering the inability predict an individuals reaction.

I know some nurses look at medical judgement and think it shouldn't be done that way but i think we see things differently. Doctors stand far away and see a picture those of us standing close to the patient don't see. This time, i think the medical judgement, however aggressive it may look, was a fine decision.

The wierdest coupon ever.

So barnes and noble sends me a coupon in my email saying "25% of Any One Item". I thought why not buy the logic book at BN since the price is the same as amazon and while i'll have to pay tax at barnes and noble, i'll still be better off $7.50 after the $10 discount.
Got to the website and decided to sign up for the free trial membership. I'm told i'll have to buy something to qualify for the free trial membership. I add the logic book expecting to get the 10% discount but all i get is the express free shipping that the members get. Does their 10% discount not apply to textbooks? I try to apply the coupon telling myself the 25% coupon is better than nothing and it tells me the order doesn't qualify. I thought the textbook was an item. So i read the fine print and here's what is says:

This coupon is (i) not redeemable for cash or cash equivalents (including Gift Cards and online Gift Certificates); (ii) not valid on past purchases; (iii) not eligible for purchases of the following products and services: Barnes & Noble Memberships, Gift Cards, Gift Certificates, shipping or handling expenses, gift-wrapping, textbooks, digital content (including but not limited to digital books, textbooks, magazines, and periodicals), NOOK(TM) and related accessories, other hardware and electronics, software, products available for pre-order, products from the Rosetta Stone Series, or products marked as not eligible for "coupons or promotional discounts;" (iv) not valid on purchases made from third parties accessible from the BN.COM website (e.g., used books, PC and video games, etc.); (v) may not be combined with any other coupon or discount promotion; and (vi) may not be combined with the Educator program discount. This offer is subject to change or discontinuation without notice; we will, however, honor properly placed orders with valid methods of payment with sufficient funds placed prior to such change or discontinuation. BN.COM is not responsible for typographical or pictorial errors. This coupon is not valid at Barnes & Noble retail bookstores or Barnes & Noble College Bookstores. Void where prohibited by law.

The email said the coupon can be present in stores because it says "to save 25% in stores, present at register".
No this fine print says it's not good for textbooks, software, electronics, digital stuff including nook stuff PLUS it's not valid and Barnes and Noble retail bookstores?

They just lost my business and potential membership. Well, i wasn't gonna keep the membership but at least i'd purchase stuff from them while i had it. If i'm not going to get the 10% membership discount on first purchase, have a coupon that applies practically to nothing, why sign up for a useless membership on to go through the trouble of cancelling later?! I mean amazon beats the membership prices at barnes and noble anyway. Plus, i don't get taxed for amazon purchases.

So back to amazon i go.

Is this me, is this you? or is it a sign?

So i got up early, studied, drove to the testing site and got there before 7:30, 7:25 to be precise. waited in my car till 8. They open at 8 so i walked in at 8:15. Sat till 8:50 to be called only to be told i needed more than my drivers license if i'm testing here. Lady at the test center said to call prometrics. I called prometrics and they said to call ETS for a voucher. ETS says they can't help me.

Part of me was excited as i left thinking it's God's way to prevent me from flunking the first time. Got excited when i geico told me i was getting the check and started counting my blessings.
I'm not interested in paying for this test again. In hindsight, i should'be gone ahead and studied for the 1/29 exam instead of switching gears. At least that would've allowed me to take a full load in the spring.
After coming this far, it's hard to back down. What if it's the devil trying to deter me?

Am i going to study for this exam past today? No. Will i continue to improve my vocabulary? Yes. But even if i decide to do this again, i would not be devoting time to studying this. I may spend an hour here and there at work mastering barron's stuff via my kindle but to spend dedicated time otherwise for this? i believe i'm done.

While i was a little upset earlier, I'm moving on today and following my plan. In hindsight, i read the ID instructions. I just didn't get to part bottom part where it talks about testing outside you country. Oh well, Ne a Nyame b3y3 biaa y3.

Somewhere between shocked and petrified

So i took one of the CAT on the kaplan CD and my score was even worse than my SAT. 'Shocking' is a better word for it. Now, i say that to make the point that i didn't even study for the SAT which at that time was also on a 1600 scale. Now i was soo mortified that i packed all my stuff from the library and came here. I did another kaplan CAT online and got a much better score. Something i'd be pleased with getting. I did an ETS powerscore one and an even worse score. On the 2 kaplan tests, i did better on the verbal. In this ETS exam, i did significantly better on the Quant. What's crazy is that i guessed on about half of the math.

Should i not show up tomorrow, i forfeit $160 and forfeit the opportunity to apply to JHU. But what if i do poorly? will having a previous awful score mess up my chances? All i've had in my mind this weekend is reasons why i shouldn't take this exam. Lord, if you please, whisper to me one cogent reason why i should go ahead and not forfeit.

Yet another kindle post

Obviously, i'm bored from having to cram for this exam. Just previewed amazon's christmas commercial for the kindle and it states the price as $139. Boy am i glad i didn't wait till Christmas to get it.

Anyway, gotta go back to reading.

Nook Color

Here's something i thought about for a brief second this monring: Supposed i didn't own the kindle, will i purchase the nook color? It only lasted for a second because my answer was "no." At $250, it's a luxury item. At $139, the kindle is something most people can afford. Besides, i enjoy buying kindlebooks taxfree among other perks that comes with the kindle.

Besides, i'm not into the andriod and iphone stuff. I don't care for it and i certainly don't want to read on a LCD screen for long hours. I may as well do it on my computer. BN claims the nookcolor is great for reading magazines and periodicals and also children book with color. Which middle-class family, in this struggling economy, buys a $250 nook for a 8 y.o? And for the adult, why buy another android tablet to read magazines if you can access the magazines website on your phone that has the android technology?

For someone who'd like to own an ipad but can't afford the hefty $499 tag, the nookcolor might be a better option to settle for. But then it's going to be limited in the amount of apps it can run. if the primary purpose is to read, then the nookcolor will be ok if the person doesn't have an android phone. I mean BN has a nook app for the phones anyway.

I, personally, can't find one reason to buy the nookcolor. I think for someone who has BN membership, the regular nook is an option. I just never joined BN because i never saw the sense in paying to get discounts considering i wasn't buying lots of books in the past and when i did start buying lots of books, i realized i can get even better discounts at amazon as compared to those with BN memberships.

After being named the whatever scholar - can't remember the award anymore but it came with a lovely plaque and $100 BN gift card. Anyway, i sold the gift card to my roommate. I actually offered her a 5% discount but she chose to give me the full price.

Either, i'm glad there's competition in the ereader world. There's sony, kobo, amazonkindle and the nook.

Fedex

I've always preferred UPS to fedex and i'm glad amazon uses UPS. So while waiting around for a package from fedex on saturday, i checked online this morning only to find a delivery exception saying i wasn't home. There wasn't a note on my door and the leasing office was open till 5pm ( the exception was made at 3:56pm). i was in the kitchen around that time. i didn't go to bed till 5:06 and all i did was open the door and didn't see a note saying i was missed so i know the fedex person WAS NOT HERE. i mean why not leave a note on my door or leave it in the leasing office? or even knock?!

So now i have to wait till tuesday, am i home tuesday? no? but i'll leave a note telling them to leave it at the office. Hopefully, my roommate doesn't take it off.

Lord i can't wait for this lease to be over.

Dealing with ignorant people

Most of the time, i just let them speak their ignorance, listen, laugh at them in my head and walk away. i've been doing that to my roommate and yesterday i wish i'd said something to him.

I had some shito i bought in philly sitting on my kitchen counter since i got back last week. Last night while putting some on my rice, he tells me "i looked at the bottle and it said to refrigerate after opening so it's probably gone bad. Just to let you know"

First of all, wtf! Second, what do you know about african food to tell me how to store something i've been eating since i was little. I told him it doesn't need to be refrigerated. he goes 'well, i'm telling you because it said it has shrimp in it and it looks like the shrimp might be marinated."

I looked at him and decided i wasn't going to respond to his ignorance simply because i needed to get back to the NCIS that was playing on my laptop. But i did think, stupid fool, how do you tell me how i make something i've been making since i was 8? If he wasn't ignorant, he'd realize that villagers in hot parts of Ghana who don't have fridges make this. I almost told him i made this and took them to school for 3months but i deciced as always, let him him think what he thinks. I make it a point not to argue with an ignorant person who thinks he's a know it all because it's worse than chasing after the wind. It's plain foolish!

To tell me the shrimp has been marinated? what the ! Did he even see shrimp in the thing while looking at it? Reminds me of Marcia telling me palm oil is bad for you. Yet, i'm the one who isn't fat and have been eating it all my life and my greatgrandma ate it and lived to 106.

Sometimes i pity the ignorant and sometimes i'm thankful for them. Hadn't not been for ignorance, the God who worked that miracle knows i wouldn't have graduated from college. So let them think there are no fax machines in Africa and that it is a big jungles with people roaming through it. For when they ask me what my favorite food is and i reply "snake legs" and they go "that's nice" (which is usually the response i get), they wouldn't realize that it's my euphemism for "you ignorant fool, snakes don't have legs. ha ha!"