Anatomy and Physiology II

I took AP1 last semester and didn't really learn anything. But this semester with a different professor, I'm learning lots a snipped of facts. I like to share and note for my purpose. I could post fact of the day. Well I have AP2 class on Mondays and Wednesday at 8am. I'm not a morning person so the last past weeks been tiring. I'm taking naps which I hardly ever do, only if I'm sick.  Another fact about me, I get even more quieter when I'm sick too. lol.

An interesting fact I learned past few months is that you CAN get sunburn on a cloudy day. Why? If I remember correctly you get sunburn from UV light not because it's sunny out and the clouds don't shield the UV from passing through. Makes sense?

The past 4 weeks in AP2 lecture, we've been learning about the circulatory system and beginning lecturing on the lymphatic system today. Anyways, I;ll try to remember the snipped of fact about the circulatory system the profe mention. When heart doctors mention the heart, the left ventricle is really consider "the heart," is the most important because it pumps blood throughout the body.

The payphone booth is the worst place to be when you faint because you can't lay down. When you faint you fall to the ground, being parallel to the ground. makes the blood easier to circulate throughout body. Something about gravity preventing the blood flow back to heart or brain.

Profe told us about a guy ride on a long airplane ride like 18hr ride across the globe and he get off the airplane and just suddenly dies there. It was because sitting for a long time with out moving. Something about the blood flow being constricted in the legs. Muscle contraction and breathing helps push blood back to the heart. He also mention something about the hight altitude and pressure and less oxygen available that I don't remember what. A student ask what can we do to prevent this. Just get up once in awhile, like potty break, walk around, or elevate your legs for the blood moving.

Skoshbox!

For my international cooking we have to write short response to the weekly websites. Our next place is japanese food! Other than sushi, onigari, and miso soup that is as wide my recipe of knowing to make. So I'm excited to what we'll make.

I check out this blog:http://www.humblebeanblog.com/2013/07/skoshbox/

 and the recent post was about the Skoshbox. I think the whole idea of Skoshbox is a amazing marketing plan or enterprise whatever you called it. But the challenge would be getting their name out. I would totally subscribe to a Chinese version of Skoshbox. 

Fact of the day: Geographically, business manufacture snacks distributed in China are less sweet and maybe salty than in the USA. Personally, I don't like USA snacks/junk food its either too sweet, salty or plain. 

Back to topic, I think the price seems reasonable good, $12/month, that I was considering to do the 6 month subscription as a birthday gift but I have already prepared a gift. maybe next time.

I'm taking international cooking class.

I'm excited in taking international cuisine/cooking class! Had our first session and we cooked classic american food. We made few different recipes: shrimp and grits, potato salad, Caesar salad, and chocolate chip cookies and bratwurst sliders. We paired up and each group picked which recipe they want to make. My partner and I made choco chip cookies and grilled the chicken breast and bratwurst. The chef circle around and gave mini demonstration and facts.

I learned for any cookie making first always mix the sugar and butter together. then add all the other ingredients except the choco chip and fold with spatula. Our dough looked a bit dry so the chef added a bit of olive oil in. then add the choco chip. cookie dough complete. He suggested bake at 350F but he likes to bake at low temperature like 325F which would bake at a longer duration. He also said while baking and almost done, he suggest to turn the baking pan around.

For grilling the chef demo seasoning the chicken breast with plenty of olive oil, pepper and salt. Mix them around and let it sit so the salt would dissolve and be soak up my the meat. For the brat, he showed us to cut it in half not all the way through hotdog-wise and then cut it in half which you would get 2 square-ish brats. when done grilling he also instructed to bake them in the oven so its cooked through well.

I wanted to learn how the other groups made croutons, they tasted fabulous. and wanted to learn how to caramelized onions. I saw bits and pieces of what the others were doing but not completely observing.

I found few recipes we used and followed or seems similar. next time I would take picture of how the chef plated the foods.

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/caesar_salad/ -- I remember hearing the chef said substituting anchovy with something else or just omit it.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/shrimp-and-grits-recipe.html

Running Man! Haha's winter hat?

I have been watching Running Man this past few days. My friend recommend it to me. I laughed and laughed watching this series. I started on the first episode to 27. then I skipped around. I really like Haha's winter hat on ep 22. I tried looking for it online to buy it maybe but couldn't find a hat like Haha was wearing. I used search words like "winter hat earflap cap, running man haha's hat, korean cloths hat.."

Last day of class!

This is a bit late but this was my spring 13 class. Well I was worried about my final portfolio for english but I passed with flying colors and even submitted it to the writing contest, never heard about the result though. I don't remember which chemistry class I took the fall 12 or spring 13 where I had a cold while taking the final exam...

This is my current fall class and today was the last day of class! I'm been busy doing the last assignments due on monday. It is horrendous. Even though this fall schedule looks neatly order and it is not easy as last year. This year there was sooo much reading I have to do especially for history and lgbt, required 3 books. I'm a very get-your-homework-done-early but I just couldn't read all the readings I had to read. It was just too much. And this year I took 16cr. The postive aspect for some of my classes it that there is NO final exam for lgbt or ap1, so happy about, but there is a 8 pager paper for lgbt the catch is to use primary resources using archive and special collection in the library but can't check the sources out, which is inconvenient and a take home assignment for ap1, which is also no fun, good thing I'm working in a group or else I would be stressed out this weekend, there due on monday and I have a exam on monday too.

I am so happy that I got by ap1 and its over... not, I have to take ap2 next semester :(, but the professor I chose is liked by student=good at teaching :).

The nursing classes are no joke. We had to read 25 ch, take 23 quizzes, take 2 test that covers like 6 chapters or so.

Mini Pineapple!

Went to the metro mart and they had mini pineapple!! They cost $4.99, crazy price. Who know that there were mini pineapple. I wonder if they were genetically modified.

Birthday 20 years old!!

October 12, 2013 is the day were I was induction into Alpha Lambda Delta and also my birthday!!

The induction was at my university's union fireside lounge. The room was dimly lit. The inductees got to side in comfy cushioned chair. It was a fabulously couch. The induction was no different from what I experience with the honor society induction in high school.

To celebrate my birthday, my cousin MM had her friends over to have HOT POT!! Our landlord, couldn't make it because it was his grandma's birthday too.

Any how, when my induction was over Sherry picked me up, then picked my cousin then Pung Fei up. And we went grocery shopping for hot pot ingredients. We bought about 150 worth of food, there was plenty of leftover ingredients left. We stuff our faces and became so full, our tummies were popping out and had to stand up. We didn't have room on our square table and had to put some on another counter. ^o^

We left to go shopping at 2. Don't know when were came back but we finished preparing and started eating hot pot at 6 to 8. There was beer for the legals. I'm still underage and don't like the taste of alcohol so I had whole milk and orange juice. ^^

PF bought a Tiramisu Cake, as a birthday present, but he left early, at 9, so he didn't get the chance to eat it. We were so full we had to wait and rest for a while. Ate the cake at 10, the landlord came home by then and we invited him to join us. The cake was was yum yum good.

Guess what this toilet photo story?! Get the story at the end of post

Sherry gifted me a happy B card and a embroided hanky, it has 2 simple looking flower, elegant and delicate looking. And MM presented a red coach wallet. A wallet was on my list to buy, but I never found the right one that I was looking for.

Today was a lovely day.

Toilet photo story: It not as disgusting as it looks. Well okay, you know there was alcohol, well one of MM's friend wasn't feeling so well...jk. No that's not what happen. We just dumped the leftover broth, the hot pot, into the toilet and flush it. It just looks disgusting when it's in the toilet.

Bloody pants, menstrual, acupuncturist

I don't have classes on Fridays. And usually stay home doing homework. However today my roomie started working yesterday. And I was all alone. So I rode the bus to campus library. No, that(library) wasn't the reason why I went. I have this Lab practical next week for Anatomy and Physiology. And they have open lab for extra practice and extra credit. I went for the extra credit. Then I went to the library to write my 2 papers that is due next week. I spent 2 hours there. when suddenly...

This topic might be gross to some of you it's about menstrual things and the natural course of nature, you got your forewarning of being disgust.

...massive amount of blood and blood clots propel out of my V. lol, like the description? I had a pad on so like no worries, right? But no, it had to leak out...I calmly pack my stuff into backpack and quickly rush to the bathroom, which wasn't far away. I could feel the blooding creeping down my thigh and soaking my jeans. Just look at that picture! This was like the worst and most visible blood stain I had on my pants. Had to walk like that to the bus stop. (,,-___-,,). Though, I did loosen my backpack straps and had my backpack cover my butt.

I don't know about other females but I have like the worst menstrual cramps and sore back on the first 2 days. I also had a headache this time. And its been a few years not that I have many blood clots too. So I don't use tampons. I used to have irregular time period and long periods, but it has come and go in a regular and predicable manner.

Western doctors don't help at all, but prescribe birth controls and suggest ibuprofen. And I have a controversy with using birth controls. I have recently, over the summer, have been seeing a acupuncturist. Heehee. I was excited to experience it for the first time where I have seen it many times in dramas! It wasn't as traumatic as it was getting a shot. You could hardly feel the poking, only if the acupuncturist aimed on a nerve or was off a bit. Oh those hurt but quickly goes away when acupuncturist remove the fine needle and re-poke it in the right place. I pay $60 per session and the herbal pills cost $12 per bottle. The pill bottles are costly. I bough some online for $9 at https://www.herbsdirectusa.com/. I seen the acupuncturist once a week for a month then see acupuncturist once a month.

Torn my Nail!! OMG Blood!. + first aid care

It was 2 day before school starts at night time. I got my nail stuck somewhere on my backpack. I lift my hand up and I see that my nail was bloody. I stared at it shockingly and go OMG! Then I thought my nail was really weak; I'm I lacking some kind if vitamin/mineral? I inform my parent about it and show them the bloody nail. My mom was creeped out. She was also watching Good Doctor--the blood, surgery...--might have effect mum getting goosebumps/

I first took a picture of it before treating it. The basic aid is to cleaned it (rinse with water if dirty) and disinfect it (used alcohol) and then put on antibiotic ointment and lastly band aid it or bandage it for the night. That is what I did excluding the water part. I also took the band aid off the next day and let it "air" healed. I didn't feel the pain when it ripped off until the next day.

Fact: I learn in high school anatomy and physiology that the hand it the most susceptible to infection. Do anyone know why? Just think about it, it's logical.

My injury was just a minor one. Just a small section of my nail bed torn. It was so inconvenient and uncomfortable when I used that finger. It would be terrible if the whole nail come off.

Second year of College. More reading to do than last year.

There is so much reading I have to do this year. I have bought 10 books this semester!! 6 are book size, 1 loose leaf book (lots of pages and ch 23 = 23 quizzes!), 1 textbook bundle includes the lab book, 1 workbook, and 1 course reader. I'm not looking forward to all these readings. I'm still in the process of getting used to this semester assignments, organizing and managing my time. I'm also planning to become a tutor for my work study. I know that I will not have much luxury to read manga and books, watch dramas, blog, and do all the other stuff as I did last year.

And more paper I have to write. I've been praised for my writing before from my teachers, but I'm still not confident in my writing and not looking forward to them. But then I think positive that all this writing will improve my college writing even more. I should feel good about my writing, I did passed my english course, but I think it's a habit because English is my second language per se and also I'm a slow at writing. I'm the person who thinks deeply and sometimes over thinks things.

Maybelline : define a line eyeliner review

The Maybelline : define a line eyeliner sucks, the worst eyeliner I have ever bought. I bought the slate gray one, it was already dully sharpen. It was too creamy. It gave my a bold line. It also smudge all over my lower lid, while I kept blinking. And I have no idea where the built-in sharpener is and how to sharpen it too, the tip has became a flat surface already. I also can't find a how to video or instructions online. Maybe it just doesn't work on my asian eyes, whatever, it was a waste of my $4 and something and wasn't a look I was thinking of. Maybe I should buy a waterproof one next time or start using liquid eyeliner.

Trick in Cracking Hard Boiled Eggs' Shells

I learned a new trick today, while volunteering in the kitchen. I used to crack the hard boiled egg shells by knocking it on a solid surface and peel them. The cook showed me that rolling the egg with your palm while applying light pressure which was quicker in cracking the egg and loosen the shell which should be easier to peel too.

Doing the trick on egg shells that are smooth with no crack after boiled and iced, I noticed that the majority of the egg whites also crack open with the shell. So, I first knock it once and then rolled it and then peel it.

Picture from: eateateatsleep

Self Ear Piercing Experience and Prevent Infection Information

I pierced my 5th hole at home. I thought about doing it by myself, it was like a random thought that just came up during break. I wanted to have my ears pierced for awhile, when I was in China for break my parents rejected the idea.
I never thought about doing it by myself. When I was in action, it was on the whim. I just did it, I didn't do any research of the proper way but I got the gust of it. Then I went and look up for proper care, after reading the articles, they made me worry about infection for the worst because I forgot to wash my hands. The following instruction are what I did and took note from articles for future reference.

Items:
-rubbing alcohol* or ligher (to sanitize)
-wash hands with antibacterial soap or with hand sanitizer
-pin/ choose a needle similar size as earring (to poke a hole)
-non-dangling earrings that is 14k gold or stainless steel
-q-tip or cotton
-ice cube (numb pain)
*Note: If you don't have rubbing alcohol you can make sea salt solution as an alternative. sea salt to water, an 1 to 8 ratio. Don't use table salt.

How To:
First wash your hand and dry it with a clean paper towel or clean cloth. Or use hand sanitizer

Then you want to sterilize the needle and earring, get a bowl add antiseptic solution or add hot water inside and drop the poker and earring inside. Or you can like I used a lighter to disinfect the needle of germs and then wipe it clean of the residue, which I forgot to do. The needle might be hot and your using fire so be careful.

If you're afraid of pain use something cold, preferably an ice cube on the area, then sanitize the area you are piercing clean with q-tip or cotton, front and back – get your hair out of the way, if in the way.

Position your arms the way you usually put your earrings on. With the needle in the opposite hand of the would be pierced ear, eye ball the spacing you want and  curvature/lining with the other holes you have and future holes. Then exert pressure. I had to use my other hand, I used more of my fingers, as a "hard surface" to exert pressure back. Then take the needle out and replace it with the earring. Disinfect.

I struggle poking the needle through but I did it. I had to take a short break of pushing the needle half way through. I didn't numb my ear lobe and it wasn't painful. When I was reflecting afterwards, I noticed that I was more nervous and jittery of getting my ears pierce with a gun at the store than my needle.

The area where the pressure was became pinkish red and inflamed for few hours. There was pain afterwards but it was easily ignored. There was also a small dot of blood but it wasn't a big deal.

Newly Pierced Ear Care:
Home Remedies for Ear Piercing Infection
HOME CARE ADVICE FOR PIERCED EAR
Pierced Ear Infection Care
Pierced Ear Infection Care 2

Use antiseptic solution for your ears – no chemicals should be used. Rubbing alcohol – isopropanol or ethanol – is commonly used, 2-3 times daily and rotate the earring 3 times 2-3 daily, like in the morning and night or also after showering.

Another tip I read somewhere that try to not have pressure on the pierced ear so don't sleep on your pierced side.

I Made Sweet Potato Rice Donuts

I finally made it. It taste absolutely yummy. It's chewy and gooey in the inside and crunchy sweet on the outside. I'm very happy about it, both my parents like it. I forgot to take some pictures of the my beginning process of making the dough but I took the end process. I'll be writing about my preparing and cooking process and some "problems" I faced and noted down. The recipe is from BK. 

I follow the ingredient amount. I tried using the body weight we have to measure 3/4lb of sweet potato but that didn't work, it was a digital, so I just wing it with 3 medium size sweet potato. I cut the s. potatoes diagonally in half, so it would boil faster, while it's boiling I mix the flour mixture in an large bowl. I drain the water boiling the sweet potato when my chopstick can poke through it. I peeled the skin, which was easy to do and hot, into another bowl and smash it to mush. I was still debating how much is 3/4 lb was when I remember in BK's picture she used 2 s.potatoes so I used about 2/3 of my mashie. The mashie was cool then because I had the wait for my mother to come home from work. She was bringing the baking powder which we didn't have at home. Then I used my hand to knead the flour mixture and mushie. I then microwave the milk until foams build up and was about to overflow, it was 3 minutes or near it. Like BK instructed you want "bread dough-like consistency." My dough was plenty moist so I pour a little bit of milk and used a spoon to mix because my hand would burn. I don't know how it happen but my mum help me pour more milk inside. The dough became sticky so I had to add more rice flour until most of the dough didn't stick onto my hand when kneading.

I fill the pot with oil we had out. The heat should be on medium or less then medium heat, you don't want the oil too hot or it will burn fast and raw inside. I test the oil by dripping a drop of water to see it it cracks. When you add the dough get the utensil ready to roll it around so it wouldn't stick at the beginning. When it wouldn't stick anymore I just rolled it to the other side every few minutes until the outside is a brown color. My mum doesn't like cinnamon sugar so I had a separate batch coated with just plain sugar.

okay, I had some that I made too large that the inner inside was still raw. You can taste the difference and see the difference too. the rawness is off orange color, like what the dough color was. The fully cook gets a tint darker(oranger)

This is what my hand look like after being washed once from kneading but not from making the dough balls. My dad took this picture. He chuckled and said it looks like an old wrinkle woman's hand.

And I still have some s. potato mush left...

French Bread Pizza

This taste pretty good. I wasn't sure if I would like the bread afterwards from being soggy from the sauce but it was delicious. I sliced my bread width-wise diagonally. I was experimenting with toppings I put thinly sliced (uncooked) fillet, shredded chicken, kelp, and spinach, all individually on a slice of bread. It was breakfast for me and my mum! I was also making angel cake, it took longer preparing and mixing than expected so I forgot about the pizza so the shredded chicken, kelp, spinach were dried up. >.<!

I bought a mushroom and green pepper pasta sauce, great value brand.

This was an easy and quick food making.

RECIPE FROM sixsistersstuff

Ingredients:
1 loaf French Bread
1 (26 oz) jar of pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
Your favorite pizza toppings (sausage, peppers, olives, mushroom, chicken, spinach, etc.)

Directions:
Cut the French Bread loaf in half length-wise (so that you have two long halves). Spread pizza sauce over entire length of both halves. Top with shredded cheese and desired toppings.
Bake at 400 degrees for about 8-10 minutes (or until cheese is melted).
Cut into slices and serve.
Serves 6-8.

End of 2012 Fall Semester

This is my 2012 Fall classes! The classes are over just one more class today and two final exam is winter break!

Black Dagger Brotherhood

I love this series, get the numbering and summary from: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/j-r-ward/

This is a good day for me. My English portfolio is due today and I hand it in. No more stressful days and nights in revising and editing. I didn't even shower or eat the 3 meals a day, or went food shopping last weekend. I spend all my energy in passing English 101, but it would be a sucker if I didn't past. I would cry if that happened.
You can't comprehend how happy I am right now. I am even more happy when I found out that the black dagger brotherhood series the 11th book is coming out. I really want to read Qhuinn's story and its almost here.  *small hand clapping*
I read the books from the library. but now I am in college and I don't know if they have reading for fun books. I usually image a bunch of historic, literature, educational...in a nutshell boring books.

back to what I wanted to say, my library back in home has a online library to check out books like those kindle, ebooks. I found a liking to audio books. and your library might have a system like that too. But if I don't want to wait for the book to arrive I read from:
http://www.onread.com/

But I'm not like all the ads and this tab "download book for free" it covers the words up. So I had to change the font size just to read them or I just ignore the small section.

My Morning Misfortune

I had a terrible morning. I woke up and found that my thunder-something ehternet adaptor broke. And I only had it for about 3 months at least my laptop work, just no online access in my room....that thing was expensive too, $30. I wonder if the warranty would replace it.

To cheer myself up I had chocolate cheerios for late breakfast. Then I knock the cup bowl over, it was a good thing it spill in the other direction not towards my precious apple.

I had to clean that spill. It got some some on the vacant mattress, not mine. I hope I clean it good and doesn't smell afterards.