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Updating 2009
[] February 15, 2009

Wow, five months already!! Well, forget telling you how sorry I am for being away. This is a super long entry so I'll just jump into the updates from where I left off in September!

SEPTEMBER - Another week and Harley was getting much better. I slowly came off syringing wet food and water into his mouth, if I wiped the mucus away, he would eat/drink on his own. Soon I released him from his month-long quarantine and everything got better. He has a very unique relationship with Pico. Very similar to human siblings. Harley loves to play, he is energetic, chaotic BUT very affection needy. Pico gets annoyed by him very easily, but she secretly likes having him around and get anxious when we take him out for a few hours. They spend a lot of time sleeping together, playing and grooming each other. They fight... a lot. Most of the time Harley thinks she just wants to play, but I can tell Pico gets very frustrated with him.

I want to thank all of you who had tipped me last year. Especially TED. On September 26, 2008, I was able to save up some money to get laser eye surgery. Here is a private entry I made on my experience.

I've always wanted laser eye. I was a slave to my poor vision. David told me one day "I'm going to save up some money so you can get laser eye. I promise, you will be able to see your birthday cake this year." <3 This is one of the best gifts I've ever gotten, and certainly the most precious! I woke up this morning reaching for my glasses only to realize, "OH! I don't need them anymore!!" I looked around the room, I could clearly see my computer, my photos, my cat. I looked over at David (who was sleeping) and shouted "I CAN SEE!!" He woke up started, gave me a smile and passed out again. I was like a little girl bouncing back and forth on the bed. I'd be up in David's face "I can see you here." I'd move back two feet, "I can see you here!" And then across the room. "I can STILL see you, and YOU are soooooo hot!" Run, literally dive into the bed to plant a huge kiss on his face. David of course, was still half asleep, though he entertained me a smile.

During the consultation, I was told that I was about 1 - 2 points away from being legally blind since my perscription was almost -8.00. I made my appointment at 11:45am, got there early, but since the surgeon went for lunch, I didn't get my procedure until about 3:00pm. I waited a tedious 3-4 hours in the same waiting room. As patients went into the surgery room and came out one by one, they would say one word and walk by. That's when I knew it was getting close.

"Easy."
"Done!"
"Yay!"
"Painless."

When they called my name, I was nervous. They gave me two squeeze/stress balls and told me to lie down. The procedure only took about 15 minutes total including a little chit chat with the doctor. Now keep in mind, that since my prescription was so high, this was the ONLY procedure they could do on me, and yes it hurt. I'm sure if your eyes weren't as poor, the other procedures could have spared you the pain.

The first step, my right eye is taped open, the left one is covered, and then tha taped one was propped open by wires (looks kind of like an eyelash curler). That was a little uncomfortable but the part that comes next is what "hurts a little". Suction.

A little mask thing is put around your eyeball (looks like a small gas mask for your eyes) suctions it upwards causing your vision to go temporarily "dark". It holds your eye there while you are told to stare into the red laser light (which is kind of moving/shaking so I was a little confused as to where to look). You can see them "peeling" and flipping back your cornea (it doesn't hurt, just weird to look at like moving jelly). During that time, you will hear some clicking and smell something funny (almost like burning).

At this point, my eyes are watering like crazy. After the laser, you see the doctor put the corneal flap back in place, feels cool and relaxing. Then they cover that eye, uncover your left and repeat. However, your left eye will be anticipating what comes next, so it might be a little more uncomfortable than the other. I was shivering during the actual laser process. Half of it was nerves, and half of it was the temperature (the room is SO cold!!) I was pretty scared that when the doctor told me not to squeeze (I thought he meant not to squeeze the stress balls but he really meant my eye lids) so I simply lay there shaking, holding a ball in each hand. When they finished, they said to slowly and gently close my eyes and that I could get up when I was ready. I waited about 30 seconds before getting up and waiting for the doctor to double check my eyes at a sitting station. My legs were shaky.

When I left the room, the first thing I did was toss my broken glasses into a BIG VASE of glasses beside the operating room!! I was done. My vision right after the surgery was kind of fuzzy. Think dream-like. I could see but not perfectly. 6 hours later after going home, my vision had pretty much cleared up. During the next few check ups I was told initially that I would never see better than 20/25, but the surgeon that operated on on me was a more agreesive surgeon and I not, in fact, have 20/20 vision!

I highly recommend Lasik MD. If you want to get yours done, go there. They are cheaper and the outcome is better than that of the testimonials I heard from other places. My surgeon was Dwight Silvera.



OCTOBER - October was a pretty uneventful month, my birthday came up but it was pretty disappointing. At the risk of sounding childish, I ended up feeling quite depressed. I'm a very festive person, I LOVE birthdays, I always will. I had invited about 12 friends for a dinner on my birthday and notified them about a week prior. One by one, they dropped out like flies. Some were out of the country, some were working, one decided to go to a kegger and he was the ride for 3 other people. Three were involved in an awkward love triangle and did not want to risk seeing each other, so none of them showed up. One was sick, and the last one came reluctantly. I had dinner with ONE. She left right after we finished. The boys who were working managed to come out and spend some time with me, and it really cheered me up. Now I'm not one to be asking for presents, but I didn't get a card, I didn't even get so much as a "I'm so sorry I forgot" or "I don't have enough for a gift this year". They tried to convince me that they would celebrate the weekend after. But as I expected, the weekend after turned into a video game party and only one person remember to wish me Happy Belated. Now, a part of me knows how ridiculous this sounds, but I know I'm not just imagining my feelings. David pointed out that I get excited over my friends' birthday's because I buy them cards, and even if I can't afford a gift, a $5 Tim Card was still in the mix. Oh well, I'm 23 now, have to get over the silliness of celebrating birthday's huh.

On Halloween, I was again left in the dust. The last two years, I hosted a party/gathering at my place. But this year, it seemed everyone was lazy and last minute. I stocked up on dollar-store decorations and had a costume picked out only to find out everyone decided not to celebrate. And the night before Halloween, they decided to go clubbing. =/ Screw it, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade right? I spent Halloween with my cats. I dressed up anyway as a pirate, took a few pics in the tub (ya haha), and put my cat in a ladybug costume!!



NOVEMBER - My school went on strike in November, so I had shitloads of free time. Yea, I could've updated, but I was so unmotivated by the events of October, I just ignored it because it seemed like a chore. To keep my head above water, I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario during their free weekend admission event with my mom, aunt and brother. It sucked. I will never take the ROM for granted again. While we were at the AGO, my mom kept TOUCHING THINGS like the fabric and the exhibits. We got yelled at by the guards and I had to constantly keep slapping my mother's hands away when I saw her. I told her "You are just like a kid, the sign says DON'T TOUCH, so don't touch!" She would give me a chuckle, I decided to draw out a similiarity, "Mom, remember when I was little and you used to take me to the store, and I'd touch all the toys? Well, stop flipping the roles. STOP TOUCHING." My brother got a real kick out of that.

My good friend, Jean, invited me to the Flirty Girl Fitness: Girl's Night Out party. It was a blast. I really needed it and appreciated it because it started to pull me out of my emotional rut. There was loud sexy music, hor d'oeurves, massages, palm reader, pole dancing, coyote ugly bar dancing, photoshoots and nice shoes! All for only about $20! I had so much fun, thanks a bunch Jeannie.



Here are one of my favourite performances.


DECEMBER - On the 14th, I bought tickets to Yuk Yuks and told David it would be our night out. We had a lot of fun at the comedy club, some at my expense (haha). It was very romantic being out at night on a winter date with him again. We kept warm at Timmy' before heading home. On the way, I had to use the washroom so badly and since David had keys to the staff washroom, he snuck me in. It was the best relief! Suddenly, a bunch of men came in and started talking. I basically hid in the washroom stall on the toilet until they left. It was the longest 15 minutes ever. Geez, men talk more than women do in the washrooms. They gossip, joke about crude things, talk about work, it was silly! Finally, when the coast was clear, David signaled for me to come out. "I'm never doing that again." I vowed, taking his hand as he led me out. As we were coming out, we bumped into one of his friends, "Were you guys having SEX in the washroom!?!?" he asked... a little too loud. "No!" I chucked, "YES!" David said at the same time. Hahaha... yea... we're a riot.

I spent Christmas with my family and David's family. My cousins came over and it felt like old times. I certainly missed it a great deal and though it was short-lived, I really hope we can do it again. I miss my cousins, they are like sisters to me. At David's house, they celebrated Christmas earlier since everyone had to work. I bought him a nice silver chain, he got me a pink Ipod. His sister gave me this HUGE sweater that is sooo warm and comfy even if it doesn't fit. It's now a house sweater (I'm actually wearing it now as I type this).



JANUARY 09 - Dave also had to work New Years Eve, so I decided to take the party to him. Armed with hot chocolate, cookies, noise makers and a stereo, I spent the countdown with him and everyone else on the bus. I handed out cookies and noise makers to anyone getting on the bus, turned up the stereo for the countdown so people wouldn't miss it! One mother had her 5 year old son on the bus, and was so happy that he wouldn't miss the celebrations. It was cold, but we had fun.

The strike ended at my school so the rest of January was also uneventful. I got back to schoolwork and nothing really happened besides Chinese New Years. (Year of the OX woooo!!) However, it made me realize how fast time flies. It's already a year since my grandfather passed away.

Anyway.

FEBRUARY 09 - I guess I got really anxious because (too much info ahead) my Aunt Flow came two weeks earlier than expected. I panicked and went to the doctor who ordered four different blood tests for me saying I had either of two things. I miscarried or I was very stressed. The results came back normal... meaning that I was just very very stressed (probably from school). On the bright side, I found out my blood type! I'm B+!! I ... don't really know what that means, and I'm too lazy to go find out if it actually has any significance.

For Valentine's Day, I planned something very sweet for David. Because I don't work, I had to think creatively. He moves my car out of the driveway to put his in so I can go to school in the morning. So what I did was go to the dollar store and buy a recordable cassette. I put in a very mushy 2 minute letter (quoting Hamlet and Juliet haha) and stuck it in the car so when he turned on the vehicle, the tape would play. The tape told him that his gift was in the backseat, that there was a sweet note made of magnets on the fridge and dinner was waiting for him. (I was sleeping). It went smoothly and he was very surprised... gosh I'm so romantic, I should have been a guy.

So now that you're caught up to speed, hopefully I won't disappear for another few months haha. In terms of online life, I am considering downsizing to shared hosting instead of reselling. It's a lot of work, and people try to scrape you for more deals even when you're already giving them a deal. =_= I'm mostly found on Facebook, but I probably won't add you since it's reserved for family and close friends only.



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TED, Shaina, Marie, Carmen, Jenny, Jet So, Phi, Syden Therese, Lyxie



My 2008 Curveballs
[] September 7, 2008

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TED, Simply Precious, Shaina, Julia, Kimm, Marie, Jet So



My Summer 2008
[] August 10, 2008

Hey guys, time to update you on my summer shenanigans!

7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - From my last blog, I left off the day before my anniversary. So Dave and I celebrated our 7 years on June 20th. It was quite romantic. After we parked the car, we walked through a tunnel to get up to ground level. David ran head of me to the top of the stairs at the end. He was professing his love for me really loud and it echoed. It was sooo sweet but I swear my cheeks were burning so much, I was delightfully mortified and giggling like a school girl. The we had dinner up on the CN Tower! A table by the window, it was beautiful. It had just stopped raining in Toronto so the clouds were floating away and the sun was setting~

SUMMERLICIOUS - My friends and I ate at Flow for Summerlicious this year. The food was alright and the restaurant was pretty, but there was no where to take a decent photo. We had to take it out front and that's all the space there was! Later that night, I changed quickly in the car as we drove to the club. We were dancing in a circle late that night when some random guy drunkenly pushed through us and threw me off my balance. I stepped back a bit and shoved him right back. He turned around to stare me down, but without hesitation, David stepped from behind me to intervene. The guy (who was looking down at me) looked up and saw David. I couldn't hear anything, I was gripping onto Dave's shirt from behind, hoping nothing would happen. I think a few tense words were exchanged, but in the end that guy backed down and left. It was a fun but tiring night, we left soon after.

ADOPTION - During the Toronto Humane Society adoption blitz, I wanted to go and see what kittens they had. Pico was so lonely lately, and because she's so maternal, I wanted to give her a baby brother. They were all so cute, but a little girl kitten (so small!) caught my eye. I filled out the necessary forms and took a number to wait. For three hours, I had racked my mind for a name and finally settled on Maddie. But my heart was broken when I overheard that the family right before me had adopted the kitten. I was miserable the rest of the day. =(

COTTAGE @ WASAGA - Late July, around 20 of my friends (including myself and Dave) headed up to Wasaga for Superfunbeachtime! Dave had to work late, so him and I went up a day later in the middle of the night. We didn't get to the cottage until around 5am. We went to the beach and of course, all our white guys got burnt like lobster haha. In the evening, my best girlfriends and I went to the private beach for a "girls photoshoot", girl talk, swim and bonding time! The last day there, we went SHOPPING on the boardwalk. It was definately the best weekend of this year so far!



ADOPTION - The same weekend we got back from Wasaga, Dave and I decided to head down to the Toronto Humane Society again. We saw an ADORABLE brown tabby and instantly fell in love. But it was a tough fight. EIGHT other families were interested in this kitten. It was a good thing I had decided to fill out the application BEFORE going to THS. All we did was take a number and wait. And wait we did, for 3 hours, very anxiously. We noticed a girl who had taken the tabby's information clipboard and hoarded it to herself. Finally an adoption agent headed towards us. But the girl stepped in to ask him to help her with the kitten. My heart jumped to my throat, there was no way I was going to lose this kitten to someone. I couldn't take it. I leaped out of my seat, "I'm sorry, I've taken a number and waited long before her." The agent nodded "One sec, miss." He privately spoke to the lady and told her to take a number and fill out a form. The agent walked off with the kitten's clipboard. I sat there, holding Dave's hand tightly, all the while getting LOTS of cut-eye from that girl. Finally another agent came to help us. And in the end, WE GOT IT!! They took the kitten to get some vaccinations while we were directed to wait in the lobby. As we left, David held the door for me and I looked over at "That Girl" and gave her a big fuck you grin. =3

HARLEY - I held the 5 month old kitten in my arms for the car ride home. He was SO affectionate and cute. He follows you wherever you walk and ALWAYS loves to sit in laps and be petted. But for the life of us, we couldn't think or and agree on a name. We stopped at a PetSmart to pick up some kitty things and David picked up a Harley-Davidson collar. I looked at the kitten. It was PERFECT. "Harley." I said out loud, testing it. I nodded, liking the name and making a pun. "Get it? He's Harley, David's SON" David chuckled and rolled his eyes but I could tell he liked the name too. Our little boy, Harley. The first two days were WONDERFUL. But then Harley got lethargic and anorexic (not eating), he threw up a few times and started to limp. I became VERY concerned and rushed him straight to the vet. The vet speculated that since he was given all the vaccinations at once, it overloaded his small body and immune system. Basically the vaccination against CALICIVIRUS actually caused it. Calicivirus is a common disease in kittens/cats that come home from adoption centers. I honestly was terrified when the vet said to me "There is a recent fatal strand of the virus going around, so I just want to prepare you for the worst." So since July 30th, the vet had me quarantine the kitten away from Pico. He is not to mingle with another cat until three days AFTER he gets better. And if all goes well, that will be next Friday. The poor thing will be isolated for closed to two and half weeks! Even now he CRAVES attention, mewing, whining and crying all the while sneezing (every 5 minutes seriously!), oozing mucus, ran a HIGH fever, muscle aches and pains (that caused the limping), lethargic, wasn't eating, ulcers on his tongue. I almost cried. Although the vet bills are STEEP, at least I'm covered partially by the 6 weeks trial insurance. I KNOW for a fact if that girl from the humane society had successfully adopted Harley, he would NOT be getting the medical attention he needs. He seems to be doing better on his meds, but I still have to wipe his face every hour or so to clean the mucus CAKING on his face. He doesn't eat much, but he drinks a lot of water, which is good since it will help him flush his system. Wish him luck and a speedy recovery! Pico, I think was beginning to get attached to him before I had to quarantine him. =(



Simply Precious, Sylvia, TED, Shaina, Dane, Marie, Kenneth, Angela, Karen



Updates and Anniversaries!!
[] June 19, 2008

I haven't died since the last time I've blogged about the crappy direction my life was turning. However, things have started to brighten up. After being rejected by all university programs I applied to, one of them called me back and wanted me. =) So now Yvonne has been accepted into the Teacher Education program at York!! Wheee!!!

Quite a bit has happened in the last few weeks and I'm going to give a briefing about them:

- DIGITAL: My computer had a meltdown. I managed to get it backed up and David gave me his computer. *heart*
- MOTHER'S DAY: Took my mom for a surprise dinner at the CN Tower. She LOVED it, though the food was mediocre, the view was great! For once, I got her a Mother's Day present she didn't critisize lol.
- PAINTBALL: David took my paintball virginity. I played my first game. It was fun, I was sore for a week.
- ANIME CONVENTION: Was not as active this year in cosplaying, we are much more relaxed. However when we went clubbing, shit went down. Some guy was trying to hit on and pick up one of my girlfriends who didn't want the attention. My guy friend defended her and told the guy to back off. The guy came back with a bunch of his punk kid friends and attacked. Some of my friends (including girlfriend) was hurt. I couldn't do much but I managed to kick a guy in the neck with my stiletto. Those guys disappeared into the crowd, only one was caught, but they let him go without questioning. What is wrong with people?
- JON: Spent some quality time with my brother! Took him out for dessert at Demetres.
- LUMINATEAU: Went downtown with my girlfriends to see the Luminateau festival. Watched a fire show, enjoyed a boat ride, walked into the Distillery District, had some ice cream and some Caribbean cuisine.
- MOUSE: I found a dying mouse and put him in a safe place down the street, covered him with a BIG dandelion leaf so he can die peacefully. Lol. I won't him to live and infest my house but I don't want him to die being torn to shreds by a cat or anything either...
- GREY'S ANATOMY: Started to watch the first few episodes. Loving it!
- MOVIES: Saw Sex and the City (LOVED LOVED LOVED IT), Indiana Jones (meh), Don't Mess With the Zohan (meh), Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Funny!), Chronicals of Narnia (meh), Iron Man (can't wait for the sequal!), The Forbidden Kingdom (cool Jet Li, Jackie Chan)

That's basically my last month in a nutshell. I also got into a little fight with David last weekend. I refused to talk to him, but then he bought me an apology Gerber Daisy (a nice peach one!) and a pair of SEXY shoes. =) Which, of course, made up for it! Pictures of updates below!!



Simply Precious, Kimmie, Kimm, TED, Dane, Nanda, Marie, Angela, Sylvia, Jenn, Aidan, Karen