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That’s DB in the hospital, again.

Here’s what happened. His bro came over to help him with the couch. The bro said he is looking super pale. DB said he is not feeling 100% either – no appetite, always tired. Bro who is a paramedic said it could very well be a stomach ulcer. Better so check it out. This was last week Thursday. DB called in to his doc the same day hopefully to get in on Friday or Monday but nothing till Tuesday, which was yesterday.

He went in at 10:30 for his appointment, did testing and the doc told him to check in to the ER immediately and be admitted to the hospital for blood transfusion and low BP. Tests came back his hemoglobin was very very low (6.2). He called me from the clinic told me what’s going on. The doc’s office called into the ER and hospital to reserve a bed but no beds available. He will have to go to a sister hospital (Southdal), about 30 minutes away at least. To safe the cost of ambulance ride (about $1K+), I will take him there.

I left work, got to ER, paid the $100 ER fee, he was all hooked up to saline, meds for his stomach acid, and the machine for his bp, heart and don’t know else and they even hooked him up with oxygen.

I left him in the ER shortly after to take care of the boys since I have to take him to another hospital. I came back 1.5 hours later to the ER and he was already wheeled and checked in to a room at the same hospital he was at, all hooked up and receiving his blood transfusion, and this was what he was doing…..
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…..flipping through TV channels…die hard TV addict!!!!

So far he is still in the hospital. As of writing this he just got out from the endoscopy test, found no stomach ulcer. He will have to go for a colonscopy tomorrow morning to find out what is going on and why he is losing blood and his body still has not made any blood yet…that’s what he told me over the phone.

DB said he is being spoiled by his mommy.  That’s good, after all he is really mommy’s boy, first born, and mommy always comes to him for problem solving issues! 

It has been 1 week plus since he left MN.  Still hunting for a job.  The best part is, it’s just not him who is looking for a job in his family.  His younger bro was laid off last Monday.  On top of that, their second younger sister and her hubby who lived in Wisconsin (the state next to Minnesota) packed up the whole family (4 kids) in 3 vehicles and drove down to Texas to their mom’s house.  They must have packed up and left the home just like that, drove all the way to the mom’s without prior notice.   Yep, they just showed up at her mom’s out of the blue. 

DB said mom was LIVID!  He said her BP must have shot up to 200/100, temperature went up to 102 F, at least!!  I totally don’t blame her at all for an additional 6 people in her house asking for a place to stay and money.  Her house is over the rim, too, all 4 bedrooms occupied with 6 adults,  3 kids and a 17 year old.  DB and the two sisters already living in the house were about to explode, too, when the that sister and her family showed up with no notice.

MIL said at least have some common courtesy, give her a call in advance, get her prepared, not a heart attack!  No shit!  The old lady is already 80, give her a break.  MIL had to kick the uninvited troops out of her house shortly after they arrived coz the first thing they asked for was money.  MIL said she is not made of money, and money don’t grow on trees for her.  The uninvited troops went to the other sister’s house to stay for now.

Now there are 3 jobless peeps looking for jobs in TX.  The younger sis’ hubs is looking for a job.  He was laid off, too.  If I remember right he was a car salesman.  DBs said younger sis registered her kids for school this fall which is just next month, school reopens!  In other words, they ain’t going anywhere.  They are staying in TX for good.  What is DBs going to do?  I told him to hang in there, keep hunting for a job and worse comes to worse, go over to the younger bro’s house and stay there for the time being. 

I’m praying hard DB will find a job in TX.  I want to get out of MN, the high-tax eating state.

I didn’t forget at all.  I actually remembered it for quite some time but just lazy to blog about it.  I even got a card but lazy to fill and mail out.  DB and I even wrote on her Facebook Wall to wish her.  But she said someone forgot about her b’day on her blog!!!  Aisay!  She started to merajuk on her blog.

It’s my sista’s b’day, actually was.  Her actual bday was Saturday, April 25th.  By the way she is only 35 years old!!!  She will be so happy to hear that!  Oh, and this is the most current pic of us.  Picture was taken December 2, 2007 at our parents’ home, minutes before DB and I left Ipoh to KL.

I’m glad she had a good day on her bday tho that someone didn’t mention a thing at all.  That someone was ME!!!!  But then, I called her this morning my time, night for her.  We chatted for an hour and 20+ minutes.  It sure was nice catching on current matters, family, relatives and just about things.  I installed Skype, bought credits and it definitely lowered my calling bills.

There, Cheh, here’s a cyber cake for your birthday.  Enjoy!

Image taken from here

Here it is…

This is the second batch which I made this afternoon. The first attempt was on Thursday afternoon right after I got home from work. See how desperate I was to eat this “long yuk”? I had to google the recipe and found one that requires very little ingredients and the most important thing, the ingredients I have at home. Go here if you want to see the recipe.  This first attempt was a little too salty, too much soy sauce even tho I cut it down.  Plus, I sorta over cooked it, too, while broiling them.  So it was a tad bit dry but it was still edible and especially for the mat salleh in the house to approve it, they are ok then.

These long yuk didn’t turn out with that red tinge like the ones in the store.  I guess I need to put some kind of red don’t know what that I read on different cooking blogs.  But this is a starter for me.  It turned out pdg – pretty damn good.  I used the oven instead of the grill.  Still too much snow out on the patio to get to the grill.  I almost choked the house with smoke!

This second batch, I put in less soy sauce, mush lesser than the first batch.  It tasted a little sweeter but has a lot more taste of cooking wine.  Moreover, I cut down on the broiling part which makes it remarkably moist.  The tester in the household said it’s better, has more taste to them.

The next attempt which will be in a few more weeks maybe, will try to get that don’t know what red thing and something else which I have to back to the blog to get them on my next Asian groceries.

For now, both DB and I can go crazy with our long yuk, sandwich them with bread.  Yes, he said it sure taste good with bread.  The USD300 fine from US Customs was too much to try smuggling them in to the country.  Not the best looking long yuk, nevertheless, it’s good enough for our palates.