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Random24 Jun 2009 06:16 pm

Odd story.  I came back from holidays and on my first day back in the office, I come in and on my desk in my cube is a Smurfs First Season DVD!!  No note or anything.  I emailed my team and my friends at the office to see who dropped it off, but never heard back from anyone.  I took it home and started watching it, but I have no clue who gave it to me and no one has ever mentioned it to me.  Weird!

Random01 Mar 2009 01:51 pm

After holding out for a while we finally caved in and bought a Nintendo Wii.  My sister and niece’s bought one and they keep saying how much fun it is.  We were at a friend’s place the other weekend and played Rock Band and had fun with that too, so we decided to add some entertainment to our house too! :)

We have only played Wii once like 2 years ago when it came out at Roger’s Cup, where Aleen and I played tennis and it was so much fun to actually play a video game as if you were playing for real.

Anyhow, I set it up last night and we played for most of the night.  It came with the sports pack so tennis, golf, baseball, bowling and boxing.  Wholly crap was I getting a workout.  I played boxing and I was ducking and weaving like crazy, it was intense.  While playing tennis I was going for a overhead smash and I hit Aleen in the arm by accident, hahaha.  Then I took out the overhead light with the controller on a backhand follow through.  This morning my shoulder hurts, too funny.

Random18 Jan 2009 03:46 pm

Ever since I can remember I used to always get these random chest pains from time to time, out of nowhere.  It wouldn’t happen often, but when it did I was always worried it was something with the heart.  It felt like something was stuck or that a bubble was there that needed to burst.  It was always on my left side hence why I thought the heart.  Deep breathes would be painful and so I would do quick ones and try to expand the area.  Usually after 5 minutes or so it would disappear.

Last night I woke up with the same problem, only this time it was for 30 minutes and still the pain wasn’t going away.  I got up and tried walking around, but I really had pain breathing.  I checked online and found a few articles that seemed to match what I was experiencing.  The possible name is Precordial Catch Syndrome, the symptoms were near exact:

“Do you ever get a piercing pain in your chest, usually on your left side under your rib, which almost feels like a bubble ready to burst?”

“PCS episodes happen most often while sitting or lying down, and being inactive.” 

Anyhow, I decided to do some light movement, like walking on the spot, knees up with proper breathing and sure enough after 1 minute the pain went away.

For more information try these:

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precordial_catch_syndrome
  • http://www.failedsuccess.com/index.php?/weblog/comments/precordial_catch_syndrome_chest_pain/
Random07 Jun 2008 08:40 pm

With it being nice and warm for the first Saturday night, Aleen and I decided to go to this place just up the street from us called Timbercreek (http://www.timbercreekgolf.ca/).  They have a driving range, 2 mini-putt courses and a batting cage.  It’s quite the place with lots of fun stuff and decently priced.

We first tried out the batting cages.  We did slo-pitch first then slow hardball.  For $1 you get like 15-20 pitches.  Then we played a round of mini-putt.  Well maintained and revolving around lots of water, it was quite fun and probably one of the best mini-putt courses I’ve been to in the GTA.

After that all, we had to finish it off with ice cream and frozen yogurt, which they also serve.  A nice night and definitely a place we’ll go back to.

Random06 Jun 2008 08:34 pm

For those who have sent best wishes, thanks.  My leg is doing much better again.  It’s healing nicely and I can walk again.  I can take full showers and have almost full mobility back.  Aleen and I played tennis on Friday and it felt good.  No more sliding during baseball that’s for sure!

Random01 Jun 2008 10:34 am

Seems no matter what I always find a way to get injured in some way.  Monday night we had baseball and we were playing a tough team.  I hit a single and tried to extend it to a double and while racing into second base for some stupid reason I decided to slide into base with shorts on, on a gravel/dirt mix infield.  Ouch!  That ripped part of my shin a bit but it was reasonable.  Then, the next inning I got caught turning first base too much, so I had to race back into base and again I slid!  Ouch!!!!  That one hurt and my shin was ripped open pretty good and bleeding nicely.  I didn’t even think about the slides, I’m just so used to competing and doing whatever to get the job done.

Anyhow, it’s about a 6 by 2 inch open wound on my leg and it’s pretty painful.  I have been home from work ever since.  I had to cancel 4 tennis matches this week, including the first Inter-County match Aleen and I were suppose to play together.  I even had to give up my TFC tickets for Saturday because I just can’t walk properly.

The pain was bad still mid-week so I went to a nearby walk-in clinic as my doctor is on holidays.  He said it looked fine and it just needs time to heal.  He also had to give me a tetanus booster shot as I hadn’t had one for 15 years.  I didn’t know you needed one ever 10 years!

Because I have been walking with such a limp, I started to get pain in my groin on Friday.  It was terrible, I couldn’t move the leg, I was getting worse.  So in the evening Aleen and I went to the hospital and got things checked out.  The wrapped it nicely and explained to me how to properly take care of it.

Now things are getting better.  The groin pain is gone and I am slowly trying to walk properly.  There is still pain in the shin around the wound and there will be as it continues to start scabbing up.  Right now it is still an open wound and weeping.  Hopefully, within the week things will be better, but for sure no baseball or tennis this week. :(

Lesson learnt I guess.

Random11 May 2008 10:10 pm

So a couple of weeks ago I wrote about how I got a free meal at The Keg.  This weekend, we went to Swiss Chalet with Aleen’s parents and grand parents for Mother’s Day.  I’m not a huge fan of Swiss Chalet because I have a small phobia about eating chicken from the bone due to a childhood experience.  Anyhow, they have chicken quesadillas which I always order and that avoids the bone.

Of course with it being Mother’s Day, the restaurant was packed and you could tell our server was a little stressed.  Normally, food at Swiss Chalet comes fast but we waited nearly 50 minutes for our orders.  The food finally came and my dinner comes with 4 quesadillas.  I was working on my last one when all of a sudden I bit down on something hard and thin.  I froze for a quick second and made sure I didn’t swallow and I quickly spit out whatever was in my mouth into a napkin.  Sure enough there was about 2.5 inch bone in the quesadilla!!  I nearly freaked right there, so sure enough I was done with my meal.

When the server came to check in on us, we told her about the bone and she immediately said show me it and when I did so she even said “ewww” and said let me show the kitchen.  After a couple of minutes she came back and apologized and said that my meal would be removed from the bill!

I think I am cursed every time I go out with Aleen’s family for dinner.  Thank goodness there are no more “events” to celebrate…at least not until next month when it’s Father’s Day.  Guess what will happen during that meal…

Random08 May 2008 09:51 pm

From my last post I was detailing how busy we were going to be this week.  Well most of our plans fell apart.  We were suppose to have baseball games Monday and Thursday but both games ended up being forfeit.  Monday’s game because we couldn’t get enough players together and Thursday’s game because the other team couldn’t get enough people together.  Good way to start the season.

Wednesday we were suppose to have our first round robin for tennis but because it rained most of the afternoon that got cancelled.  Instead, we spent the night at our friends’ place for dinner and seeing their house.

Oh well, guess we’ll have to look forward to next week then.

Random05 May 2008 06:55 pm

With the weather getting warmer, it also means more things to do.  The weekend that just passed and the upcoming week are signs.  Saturday was suppose to be opening day at UTC (Unionville Tennis Club) but with the rain it was postponed until Sunday.  We ended up going anyways after our eye appointments and hit a bit with some friends.

We switched what we had planned for Sunday to Saturday so we went down to Scarborough to look for a dining room set.  We’ve been looking for the past 6 months but have never been able to find something we liked.  Our luck changed and we actually found a table with 6 chairs and a server!  We’re pretty excited and it gets delivered this Saturday.

We went back home and cleaned up the house as we had a bunch of friends come over to see the place and just chill.  Aleen made a great veggie platter again and the drinks were flowing as we all had a great time.

Sunday we were at UTC from 11am to like 4pm playing tennis and socializing.  We were so sore afterwards, still today too.  Aleen and I joined this baseball league through her work, so we then went out for a bit to practice some hitting and catching.  Surprisingly, Aleen was better than I thought, but don’t tell her that I said that :) .  Afterwards, we still had to clean the place some more and go grocery shopping so we had food for the week.

This week’s schedule has us doing something (nearly) every day. 

  • Monday we were suppose to have our first baseball game but that got cancelled as we didn’t have enough players.
  • Tuesday I am at home as we are getting our air conditioner installed and my parents are coming over to help do some other work around the house.  Then at night we have tennis practice as we made the C team this year.
  • Wednesday night we are invited over to our friends’ place for dinner and then we are all going to tennis as we have a round robin event.
  • Thursday Aleen is going out for dinner and a show, while I have baseball (hopefully).
  • Friday we are having some friends over and then may be going out.
  • Saturday we have the dining room set delivered and my sister is coming over for coffe/cake and then dinner….

Anyhow, I think you get the point. :)

Random20 Apr 2008 10:58 pm

So Aleen and I went to the Keg with her family for her Mom’s birthday, sort of a yearly tradition.  I’m actually not a huge fan of the Keg although Aleen loves the place.  I find that they never seem to get my steak right or they add too much sauce to the Caesar salad.  Normally, I don’t bother saying anything, I just suck it up because I have this fear of returning food in a restaurant.

Anyhow, on this occasion, I asked for my 10 ounce filet classic to be cooked medium, like always.  Again, it came out off, actually quite well done.  I was explaining it to everyone at the table when at the exact moment the waitress came and asked how our steaks were.  I hesitated, but Aleen’s Dad said that actually mine wasn’t cooked right.  The waitress apologized and offered to bring me a new steak, but I was 70% done, so there was no point bringing a new one.  She said she would see what she could do.

A couple of minutes later the manager came to our table and offered me the same thing, but I had the same reply.  She then offered to cover my meal, which nearly floored me, because that has NEVER happened to me.  Anyhow, at the end when the bill came, sure enough my steak was indeed not listed, a $35 steak free!  Guess it does pay to mention to your server meals that don’t meet your expectations.

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