HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZIE!!!! PARTY TIME!!!!

Hi everybody!!! Stopping by to say 2 things. I have a lot to blog about. Lots of stuff to share but don't have the laptop still. Need to find a good but cheap one. I'm so sad. Anyway I hope I can get one soon. Second thing I want to say is HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZIE!!!! You are an amazing friend. Super talented, fun, beautiful and just plain awesome!!!! Have a wonderful birthday!!!!

super super sick

Happy Monday everybody!!! I've been away from the blog because I caught a really bad flu and I'm still fighting it 2 weeks later. It started with my nose bleeding then it clogged up. I then developed a sore throat then my ear started hurting then the glands around my ears became swollen then I had the runs if you know what I mean. Now I have really bad headaches and dizziness. I can't wait till I'm better my nose became blisterd on the interior and it was full of scabs and puss filled bumps on the outside with scabs. I took pictures when it was much better but again I can't seem to upload them with my phone. I also wanted to share a few pictures of other cool stuff but I can't. This sucks so bad. I need a laptop soon.

Yesterday me and my long time friend went out to have breakfast together. We then went to a sex shop in west Hollywood that she wanted to go to, to buy herself some gadgets... I must admit that it was my first time at a sex shop. I've never been in one before and I felt surprisinglycomfortable in there. I thought I would feel totally awkward but I didn't. Of course I looked around and saw strange looking things I wasn't sure What they were or how they worked but whatever. Eventually I became bored and wanted to leave but my friend couldn't decide what to get finally she made a decision and we went on our way. She explained that I didn't feel strange in there because that was a nice sex shop set ur kinda trendy and cool so that it doesn't feel like ur a pervert LOL. She said there are some really ugly ones out there LOL. Anyway then we went to a nail salon and I tell you I never had my nails done. Manicure or pedicure I had never had. Until yesterday I got my nails done and they turned out super cute!!! Trying to post a pic but again I am limited what I can post using my phone

my strange but fun dream

I had a very strange dream just now. Yes it's about 7:30am and I just had a dream so before I forget it I am going to share it with you. It was a short dream but a cool one. LOL. I dreamt I was a voice talent for an animated Disney movie LOL. It was kind of like Aladdin type deal except it was a bit more modern and it was nothing like Aladdin. LOL. I played a young princess whose whose passions include animals, travel, cultures, language... My real passions basically. Her life revolves around caring for her animals that she's rescued and has no time for a romantic life... Until she meets a grad student still in his graduation Cap and gown on his way to his palace. Yes he's a prince too. This young man is quirky, has a love for life and has fallen for the young princess at first sight. After dinner under a clear evening and a starry sky out in the palace's back yard enjoying the fire pit he tells his butler who's his trusted friend, about the young girl he's seen. completely delighted he stirs up a plan to see her again and win her heart. Meanwhile the princess in her own world of animals and passions, has no idea her prince charming is about to knock at her door. So that's a bit of the story kind it's easier to see it in your dream than. Swing to explain it. LOL this is one of the movies where the animals can talk amongst each other. My childhood friend Rosa was the voice of the lead animal. I think she was a little pig. I was the voice of the princess and guess who was the voice of the prince? Mr Wentworth Miller!!! My dream went through the process of recording the voices and up to the premiere. I was happy because I didn't know Rosa was playing a role in that movie and I haven't seen her for months. Normally. In animated movies, the voice actors don't hot a chance to see each other so I was happy to be walking with a crew around me to the awaiting car to take me to the premiere and being informed I would see my friend!!! I arrived at the premiere and immediately saw my friend and Went on the carpet so I ran over and it was such a happy feeling seeing them both. I felt like we all knew each other from years ago. LOL that was my dream. It ended as we were waking together down the carpet to the movie theatre to see the premiere of our animated movie. LOL ok that was my dream lol

I am in love with Yotam Ottolenghi!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG3AFtTU6fg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

no more laptop for now

The piece of junk Google chrome that my roommate bought me in order to replace my mac book that he broke is now broken as well. I tell you, I can't ever seem to have my own things without people breaking my stuff. It's insane. Anyway since I don't have a laptop anymore or the means to buy one for now, I will be using my phone so I am very limited to what I can post and how I want to post it. This has gotten my mood down. Especially because I had weeks of notes from my medicine book in there. I saved them online but now I can't finish typing them. It sucks. Ok whatever. See you all soon.

SHAKSHUKA!!!!

I didnt realize that one of the restaurants I used to work at in Beverly Hills made Shakshuka... ok well yes I did know they did make shakshuka I just didnt know what it was called. anyway I LOVE this dish!! my absolute breakfast favorite! ok I have many breakfast favorites but this is definitely one of them ha ha ha ha!!
shashuka is a Tunisian dish but it was introduced to Israel and this is where Dr Shashuka is at. LOL LOVE IT!! I want some NOW!!!

This plant will be MINE!!

I totally want this lemon scented geranium plant. It's soooo cute!!
I am a lot like my mother in that I enjoy plants, especially if I can eat them, make them into tea, use them as an ingredient, or just keep them in my home to make my garden or home smell good! Lemon scented geranium plant... such a pretty plant and check out the description... I'm sold!! :)

Scented Geranium 'Queen of Lemon' absolutely holds true to its name. This plant spreads a delightful lemony scent that deters gnats and mosquitoes, keeping them out of your garden. Place this plant in your garden, or in a flower pot or container on your decking and you will not be attacked by gnats or mosquitoes. This plant has a very welcoming appearance

I wish I had a job like this...

Just travel, learn history of other countries, meet cool people, and cook! would LOVE a job like this.

soooo HOT!!

It was super hot today! I refused to leave my apartment because of the heat. LOL
In days when its hot like this I LOVE a glass of ice cold water!! usually I keep a
glass bottle in my fridge filled with water and a few slices of fresh lime, ginger, and orange.
I like how fresh it tastes along with the coldness of the water. So when I'm thirsty,
I just take out my glass bottle with infused water and pour me a cup... well... I dont have
cups anymore. my roommate broke them. I have 1 glass cup left and a bunch of wine
glasses. LOL so I love an glass of ice cold citrus infused water soooo good!

Dinner was great!!

Today I spent my evening washing, drying, chopping and storing my vegetables. In the process I made myself a kale, spinach, salad with an avocado dressing, and some grilled tofu that I marinated in red onion that I mashed up with some soy sauce, sesame oil, and a tad bit of siracha garlic chili sauce.
I also had a small side of French onion soup. and a glass of cold water. everything was good.

Good Morning!! My morning news story!!

Alright everybody!! GOOD MORNING!!!!!!! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. Today, I have planned to go visit my Uncle Ray at the hospital where he works as an urgent care doctor. I try to visit and hang out with him as much as I can but really, how much can we chat? not too much because he will have his nurses calling him often but he does have more free time than any other doctor I've seen so I guess its good. Anyway, before I go hang out with my uncle Ray, I wanted to post a story about a company that is looking for an alternative to meat for meat eaters. A plant based meatless "meat" product backed by Bill Gates. All of this is in effort to make meat eaters choose a "meat" that is better for them, and better for the environment. I think it's a great idea. I've had been vegetarian for 10 years and actually i tried lots of meatless products out there but if i looked at the ingredient list, it had a ton of things I couldnt even pronounce. super processed stuff. The ingredient list on Beyon Meat is pretty clean. Its a little pricey for 12 0z of meat (5 dollars and some change ) but it's pretty good. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-bill-gates-backed-company-that-s-reinventing-meat-154012207.html
anyway the article is WAY TO LONG for me to post so here is the link to it. Tell me what you think? would you be willing to switch "real" meat for this meatless alternative?

Jaime Foxx Show Theme Song

I don't know if you watched the Jaime Foxx Show back in the 90's or early 2000s but I did and I LOVED IT! I especially loved the 2nd theme song to the show. I wish it were a real song. This video below has manipulated the song to extend the chorus a little more but boy i really do wish it were a real full song. I love the lyrics the song is called "Simple Things"  I especially like the flow of the song when it says "my baby girl, that rocks my world" it just flows nice but all in all, very nice lyrics very nice song by Jaime Foxx called "Simple Things" Enjoy! Ok now I am going to sleep for real lol

Hey there how's it flowing?

Welcome to a place that never sleeps.

Where you can settle in directly ?? likes to your mind unwind

You know your about to have a real good time that's all I need oh yeah

That's all I need the simple things (The ... Simple ....Things)

My family that cares for me (ooooooooh)

My baby girl (my baby girl) That rocks my world (They Rock My World)

Just simple things (ooooooooooh yeah) are all I need (all I need)

SIMPLE THINGS ARE ALL I NEED

Just simple things (ooooooooooh yeah) are all I need (all I need)

Goodnight!!

I've had a great day so I will now wish everybody a goodnight and enjoy your weekend!! YAY

And the studying continues!

This medicine thing is getting really interesting! Check me out getting my study on! ha ha ha ha!

How about my One Smart Chick sweater LOL 

who is the voice of Siri?

old news..

The following are some bits of old news/ interesting articles and my two cents on it; and by bits I literally mean bits. :)
I meant to post these a few weeks back but I didn't so here they are now.

1: Pennsylvania officials under fire for 'Racist and Sexist' texts.
yes 2 school officials were under fire for having texted back and forth to each other racists and sexist text using their district phones. you know, the phone that your company provides you with when you work for them. What was said in the text messages was not revealed however, in my opinion...

Those text were done on district phones, I think this highlights the stupidity of the people working in the education system.

2: Paris Fashion week
This is one of my favorite things to give my opinion on because really, who is gonna wear such terrible looking clothes? I mean can you see yourself wearing something like this?

Is this woman wearing a dog's costume cape around her neck or a bib? oh its a bib to catch all the food she won't be eating. 

This here is just plain scary. seriously? how is this fashion? this is plain ridiculous! sometimes I think designers do this to get a laugh out of the public. ha ha ha ha!

Somebody feed this girl!! 

I wonder why these girls do this to themselves. I'm sure it's a miserable lifestyle. 

3: Tycoon plans $8 billion Chinese Hollywood

Remember a few weeks ago or maybe a couple months ago I blogged about a Chinese billionaire that recreated the city of Paris in China? He basically made an entire replica of Paris in China and now the Chinese city of Paris is deserted because nobody wants to live there. Guess what?

Now this Tycoon is planning on creating a Chinese Hollywood!! you heard right! We all know what happened when a replica town of Paris was built in china... It is now almost completely deserted and lost LOTS of money. It's China, they make rip offs of everything including cities around the world! LOL terrible idea. lol

4: French Ghost Town deserted for 40 years thanks to Charles De Gaulle

The once bustling farming town of Goussainville-Vieux Pays just 12 miles from Paris has been abandoned for forty years after tragedy and modernization forced residents from their homes. In 1973, during the Paris Air Show, a Tupolev TU-144, a clone of the Concorde, crashed into the village, flattening houses and killing eight people. The accident badly shook the village - but their nightmare was not over. A year later the Charles de Gaulle airport opened with its runways just two miles from the village. From then on the constant noise was a plague on the town and a constant remainder of the deadly crash. Residents soon moved away, tired by the noise pollution and living in fear of another plane crash. Now the small town, which survived both World Wars, is home to just a handful of residents. (text above taken from yahoo) 

My opinion? Its such a lovely town with lots of potential. clean it up, paint it and repair damages, change windows to sound proof like they are doing in (Inglewood,CA) and the planes the fly above wont even be noticed. as far as pollution.. those fumes are made to rise when exerted into the atmosphere. I'm sure there will be residue but hey the areas surrounding LAX are still in business and boy those planes fly way low. No reason why this one cant thrive. its certainly a cute town.

what is really in your Mcdonalds chicken nuggets?

Recently 3 researchers from Mississippi took on the task to find out just what exactly makes up the all mighty McDonalds chicken nuggets.
They bought one box of chicken nuggets from 2 different McDonald's restaurants in Jackson.
The research team then took 1 nugget from each box, preserved it, dissected it, stained it, and looked at it under a microscope.

Are you ready to know what they found??

Wait, chicken nuggets are made of the white meat of the chicken right? lean protein? Ha ha ha ha! yeah right! this is McDonald's we're talking about here. I wouldn't be surprised if they found snake meat and cockroaches in these things.Well NO. They didnt find snake meat or cockroaches in the nuggets.

Instead what they found was the first nugget was ALMOST 50% chicken meat, and the rest was a mixture of fat, blood vessels, and nerves. Close inspection revealed cells that lined the skin and internal organs of the bird.

The second nugget contained only 40% chicken meat and the rest was fat, cartilage and bone. mmmmmm YUM!!!

Anyway this should be general knowledge by now. I'm  sure most people know that McDonald's food is loaded with fat, organ tissue, bone, cartilage and probably other stuff that is NOT actually muscle tissue like the thigh meat or breast.  so there you go!
My two cents on this? just avoid fast food... period. I am used to eating more... natural food since I did work in high end restaurants for many years so I've eaten really amazing food. I cant see myself eating fast food much less feed it to my kids if i had any. gross!

BREAK TIME!!

I started studying at 10:30 this morning and it is now 1:50pm so almost 3 and a half hours of non stop studying. time for a break! having a chicken and avocado salad, tiramisu for dessert and a refill on my coffee. ah! love me a good break!

Almost ready for the weekend!!

Happy Thursday everybody!! and Happy Friday to some of you in other time zones.
I am feeling refreshed, I'm back in my apartment, my niece is doing really well, I am happy, I am doing good with my studies, my rent and bills are paid, I am in a GREAT MOOD! I hope it does last though lol.
Anyway, I have to study for a while today but I will keep posting during my breaks from studying. LOL I hope you are all preparing fun plans for the weekend! see you all here soon!

The beast is OUT!!

Hi everybody!! this here, is the giant basketball size tumor that was growing inside my niece; on the side of her liver. The neck looking thing at the top, was attached to her liver. The rest of the tumor (the giant blob you see) was just hanging on the side. It is AMAZING what these surgeons did. They are THE BEST OF THE BEST!! even THEY surprised at how well the surgery went. The initial estimated surgery time was 4-5 hours and actually it only took them ABOUT 2 hrs and 20 minutes!! Man these docs are straight BOSS status!! LOVE IT and will be forever thankful!!

SHE"S OK!!

Today was the day of my niece's surgery. The operation started an hour late however, it did go pretty fast. The surgeon said the tumor was the size of a basketball and they said it was all along the outside of the liver and thought they might have to remove a kidney. After the surgery was done, the surgeon said everything went VERY WELL. My niece is now tumor free and is slowly recovering in the ICU. Thanks soooo much everybody for your prayers!! what a relief!!