Start eating things I didn't eat before

Trust me, I did not like eating citrus fruits my whole life. I didn't mind drinking orange juice. But, if you ask me to eat an orange, NO THANKS. But I've started eating fruits for myself and our babe since last prenatal doc. appointment. I bought bananas, strawberries and kiwis. But my friend and my mom told me not to eat bananas as the traditional Chinese medical myth believes that it increases the chance of having miscarriages. I am staying away from bananas now even though I still have more than 1/2 dozen sitting in the kitchen. -_- I had some strawberries last night. Tonight, I had a kiwi. Hahaha...I didn't know how to peel the kiwi!! I was choosing between a knife and a peeler. I didn't want to cut my finger as I still have to work one more day. I chose a peeler finally. I peeled it very carefully. I still have intact skin on my fingers. hehehe...

One more day to go. Yay!

My Independence day - June 1st.

WORKING. But, it's fine. I will be done on 5/31. After I quit, I will be busy actually - lots of 'projects' to do. Firstly, I will finish my real estate class. Then, we'll go to Texas in July for almost 2 weeks. And I have a bunch of ideas to prepare the best for our baby. I will see my friends too. Need to find some massage continuing education classes and first-aid class to earn the CE units before it's too tiring for me to sit in the class. I hope I can find a class teaching REIKI in Seattle area. Re-organize the whole house as much as I can. Keep doing exercise - my current physical level has never been better. I want to keep it up. I work out at least 3 hours a day. Maybe I should ask Steve to set up a mini gym in the garage for me. I don't enjoy walking on the boring treadmill. I was told that I should start listening to classical music (Bach, Mozart) everyday. That will be great. I like classical music. I will make plans to keep myself busy so that I won't become depressed. ^__^

What am I doing these days?

• Sending emails to my family and friends to tell them the good news
• Taking vitamins diligently everyday
• Eating more fibers in my diet including nasty tasting ground flaxseeds
• Eating bananas and drinking orange juice
• STILL snacking on Pringles chips... hehehe...eating the 3rd one already
• Cleaning the house and Organizing the storage. Need to do more before my belly is too big
• Cooking Hot & Sour Soup tonight. Gosh, my taste buds couldn't taste vinegar easily still
• Taking lots of naps. Feeling tired easily. Sounds very lazy
• Not working too much at work. It's been slow anyway
• Not suffering from any morning sickness still. Hopefully I won't have any until 12th week
• My Blood pressure is 110/70. Wondering how I'm going to keep it until I am 40
• Start shopping for hospitals. I don't want to go to the Overlake hospital. So far away!
• Working on Ray Willis yesterday. Massaging him was a good exercise: I lost a pound or 2
• START WORRYING HOW BORED I WILL BE WHEN I STOP WORKING IN JUNE. *_*
• Then, I may have depression...as I feel like having no goals in life

What should I do?

I am still working...until I can't.

It's been kind of a saying-goodbye week. I am very thankful to have seen a lot of my clients. I cannot wait to see what the doctor say on Tuesday. I will still be working. But, working less and less gradually. Luckily, I don't feel sick at all now. But I don't know what it'll like after a week or two. I am eating well recently, lots of fruits and vegetables. Everyone knows I don't eat fruits at all. But I always love vegetables.

Krystina and I talked about Bowenwork today. I was still impressed by the power of it: I sprained my wrists all the time while doing massages in school. I couldn't use my hands!! Then, I burst into tears one day in the class because my wrists were swollen and painful. How could I finish the rest of the student clinic?? Mary Hsu, my classmate, was practising bowenwork. She did some procedures on my wrists. After 2 days, my wrists didn't hurt anymore. She also worked on my knee problems. I decided to take Bowenwork course as my continuing education as soon as I graduated from massage school. I started it before taking my national massage exam. I wanted to learn it so that I could help people who might not respond well to massages. Time flies, it's been almost 2 yeas since I finished the Bowenwork course.

If anyone you know need some extra help, I will be glad to do Bowenwork. Please have the faith that your body can be healed without going through surgeries or taking pills permanently.

Upset and disappointed

I want to go back to Hong Kong...looking ticket on the internet now. Feeling frustrated at work.

DAVID, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME CHOCOLATE. YOU ARE AN ANGEL. (Please say 'Hi' to Liz for me!!) I will think about your suggestion: I don't want to give up doing massages forever. I know I am good at it. I am really proud of myself as I told you that Deion Branch came to see me to get a massage on Monday. Maybe someday I should just be the Seahawks' official massage therapist...LOL

Food Craving...

This is my favorite noodle: Thai Hot & Sour Rice Noodle. I have very bad craving these days. I have been eating it once a day. But I only have a few left. ~_~ I've tried to search every Asian grocery store but had no luck. Soon I need to go to Vancouver, Canada and see if I can find it. Every time I visited Hong Kong, I brought a lot back to Seattle. The ones I've been having lately were brought by my parents when they visited me in March.

Also, I want to eat salmon sashimi very much. But I cannot eat it because it is raw..and not good for me. SAD.

Feeling bored...

I am off today and tomorrow, I feel bored. I miss my friends!! Mandy & Zoe!! I can talk to them the whole time. Mandy wants to quit soon as I will not work there from next week. Zoe is planning to move to California. Yeah!! We can all live the hell...a very nasty and dirty place...gosh there were so many times those mainland Chiense yelling at me because I put the bathrobes into the washer after each client used it. Isn't it supposed to be washed after every single use? YES! But I was told that the bathrobes don't need to be washed very often. #_# Gosh! Just because they take room in the washer and the dryer?? They don't know people can catch others' fungus from the sweat left on the robes or flip-flops. My boss and her mainland Chinese employees don't know about 'hygiene' and 'safety'. My friend Hillary just told me that I could call the L & I to report forcing employees doing massages in the hydro. room. I will think about it seriously. I hope my boss will fall there herself because she yelled at me complaining about the slippery floor there. SHE YELLED AT ME!! She is so EVIL... God, please listen to my prayer and give her a lesson. Amen.

I've made a decision...

I already told her not to put me on the work schedule next week. Coming Sunday will be my last day. Then, I need to plan what I will be doing after I leave. -_-

IDIOT ! Shame on you!! It's So unsafe at work!! Help!!

I feel so bad that I have say something bad about my work place again. I do want to type something happy in my blog! But I have to vent... so, it's Mother's Day today. I was working and it was so busy today. I didn't have any chances to eat dinner. Fortunately, I brought some roasted beans to snack on in between clients. I had a regular client coming at 7 for a 90 mintue service. She is ALWAYS on time. She made an apoointment a few days ago. Unfortunately, she was arranged to get a massage at the 'hydrotherapy' room. Sounds fancy huh?? It is just a BATHROOM! with 2 bath tubs and a tiny space for shower. To be honest, it is absolutely not a favorable or pleasant place to get a massage. My client and I had no choice. I brought her into the room. Then she asked me if there was any table warmer to put under the sheets as she had a massage in that room before and it was too cold for her. The room is open-spaced. Alright, I reported it to our "nice" boss. She said that the client could only get a massage in the hydro room because the rooms were full. She and I had to stay an extra half hour to get a room. WHAT KIND OF SERVICE IS IT?? YOU CHARGE PEOPLE MORE THAN $100 FOR IT? Indeed, She wasn't a walk-in client. She was supposed to get a room and she was ON TIME. Our "nice" boss doesn't know how to provide a good service. She cares so much about $$. That's why she would still accept client even if it means she needs to throw them into the hydro room. IT IS SO WET AND SLIPPERY. On top of that, the shower curtains smelt! CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!! Never buy new ones even it's frequently used. I did a few massages there before and the edges of my pants turned wet AND THERE WERE A FEW TIMES I ALMOST FELT AND STRAIN MY BACK!! I told her about this. She said XXXXXX just gave a massage there for 2 hours. So what?? XXXXXX did not speak up for herself and put up with it DOESN'T mean it was right. I have to speak up for myself when there is something wrong. I will sue you if I get hurt! Plus, what if I am pregnant?? You will regret forever. ( I will hate you even after I die too!) You will be sued if a client gets a massage there and fall too. Idiot! You only care your $$ but not your employees/clients' lives. SHAME ON YOU!!

Is there anything like Occupatinal Safety and Heatlh Department here in Seattle? There was one in Hong Kong. All of the work place will get a spot check anytime.

I hope that Department of Health will visit the damn spa and catch all of the illegal people. It looked SO scary when I saw Judy suddenly pull the client's shoulder without any gently exploring the range of motion...we were doing a couple's massage in the same room. She didn't know what she's doing...

Happy Mother's Day!

So Angry...

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SuperWife ^.^

I am SO glad that I am off tomorrow finally. I had been working 10 days in a row since my last day off. I am going to order whatever I want to eat when we celebrate Mother's day with mom tomorrow. I know that it is going to be a crazy weekend next week and so everyone will work on Saturday and Sunday. I am so tired that I almost couldn't lift my arm to brush my teeth. Now I miss the sonic care toothbrush. Then, I don't have to move my wrist.

One day last week, I was working night shift. But I wasn't lazy. I cooked serveral dishes before I went to work so that we were not eating junk food for dinners. I stayed up a few nights to study and finish the quizes. I work hard during the day. I do think that I am a super wife.

I will be missing my clients a lot some day when I have to leave because of pregnancy. It is definitely rewarding whenever meeting nice people repeatedly - they're just like my friends, we have delightful coversations. They listened to my venting and I listened to theirs. Then, we all felt better afterwards.

Zoe & Liz are 2 newly hired LMPs. Yeah, I make good friends with them even though they're a few years younger than me. We all play and talk about video games. That is SO much fun. Now, I don't have to be so quiet because I don't want to speak Mandarin or listen to "other people"'s nonsense.

Anyway, I try to enjoy every moment I work with my clients cause I am not sure when I will go. Thanks God for letting those nice people walk into my life.