yesterday and today ,I don’t have Diabetes!

July 17th, 2008 by nans

Yesterday, an aged woman came to me while I was seated in the park’s bench ready to devour my stinky durian and read the pocket book. She asked me if I have elastic band to tie teh tsissue in her wounded finger, I said no. Her finger is bleeding. I opened my bag and took my wallet, I took out a band aid. I told her "but I have this" I show it to her. I was handling to her and expect her to put it herslf but I pity her. She about 60 years old. I opened up the band aid and she put up her finger and I put on the band aid. Her hands have blood. Afterward I poured alcohol on my hand.

Then I continue eating my Durian. She thank me. But she met someone she met ,maybe someone she do Tai-chi with. So they talked rnear beside me and I weant to ask them to speak lower tones because I will start reading my pocket book. But I let them finished while I eat my Durian.

Today July 17, I went to Hoping hospital to see my Diabetes test result. To my suprise, I don’t have it! But I will do antoher test in 2 months to confirmed I really don’t have. Good thing comes, bad things went away when you did good deeds.

Tuesday July 15,2008

July 15th, 2008 by nans

I woke up sneezing this morning ! The fact that I woke up at 5am and turn off the air conditioning unit and went back to sleep for antoher hour. At 6:30am I woke up and have a runny nose when I reach the comfort room. Do I have a virus at home?

I sprayed lysol already and I just wait and see…

Now I am sleepy.

Where did that flu came from? I am alone and I still catch a flu while at home?

Or did I breath too much paint odor from my neighbor?

I might have Diabetes

July 8th, 2008 by nans

It did not alarm me that I have Diabetes. I already have an incurable auto immune desease called Lupus. So what’s more worst than that eh? But I feel like crying, just like the first time  I was told I have lupus which is incurable. The fact I have too much. I can easily let go. What will happen, will happen. I just want to keep by myself and try to live normally each day.

I have Subconjunctival haemorrhage last week. I visited an eye doctor, the first thing he asked is " do you have Diabetes or hypertension?"  . " I don’t know, but I have Lupus"

This give me an idea when I have time I will visit an internist to check this out. But since my boss got diabetes also, he brought his glucose test kit and he tested me. First result cam out read 126. Which is above normal range, that was  I just finished my breakfast. Second time he tested me again  was 2pm, after meal. It read 149. Which he said I have  diabetes but I must still visit a doctor and do the test.

I was very,very  dizzy  one time last June when I jsut came back from Manila. This must be the first sign of having diabetes. And recently I feel tired easily. A burn in my finger healed very slowly. Even  my toe that got wounded is not totally healed after a week.

Maybe I must see a  specialist of Diabetesm and hypertension.

Also I want to change my immunologist.

The accountant is a Liar and a thief

July 4th, 2008 by nans

I have to rant it out!

This accountant called Erin Lin or 林淑華 is a thief, just like her mentor the Kalbo and the Pig.

She quit her job as our accountant because she had 3 kids. She is single when she first came to our company. Got preggy before getting married. After a year she got preggy again with twins. hence she had 2 maternity leaves for 2 pregnancy during her stay in our company for almost 7 years.

My boss allow her to quit because her reason is she must to take care of her 3 kids. She said the twins already had 39 degree fever and their Indonesian caretaker did not even know, they have to rush the twin to the hospital. She put the blame on their Indonesian helper and we all believe and pity her.

Last May and June we look for new accountant already, so taht Erin can leave once she pass the job to the new one. During her last few days last month she was on the phone frequently and most of the phone call in the late afternoons were either her Mother, Sister , husband or friend. Sometimes she even talked for 30 mins during office hours. One time I asked her if she will  tomorrow, she did not answer.

Then the next day she really did not come, hence she did not have the formal last day of resignation from work. It seem she can leave whenever she want and come back whenever she wants. Fortunately ,she don’t have a key to the company.

When the new accountant name Ally Kuo report to work last week of June for half day first because she cannot leave her old work until she finished her term. Because we really need a replacement accountant so our boss talked with Ally if she can come for half day. Because she have resigned also from her work because her boss was so naggy. Always talking about money. And her last day of work is end of June. but she still have annual leave and she uses them to come to our office to do Erin’s work.

While Ally have not yet report to work in our company we have to call Erin and ask her where she put some of the files which looks like hit by storm. When we thought she was home, her father-in-law answered the landline and said she’s not home. This happened about 3 more days, she’s not home and her father-in-law won’t tell where she gone. So we called Erin on her celf Phone and of course she did not answer, but she did return call and I answerd the phone. She told me " tell everybody do not call my home, just call me in my cell phone" . I answered her, "why? I thought you are just home taking care of your kids because that Indonesian helper don’t know how to take care of them". She just said, just them not to call her home land line.As  as if she is my boss eh?

Later that day, my boss called her on the cellfone to ask her something because we have to do some payments and receivables which were overdue already. Erin only came about 3 days for the month of June. Hence we really don’t know when was her last day. My boss detected she is lying. The fact that she is working for other company that’s why she don’t want us to called her home. Because she won’t be there everyday.

Then the truth was revealed. My boss came to know during that phone converstaion that Erin is working and not staying home mother for her 3 kids. The fact she is a liar and later I will tell about being a thief. My boss was so furious because she lied. If she tell the truth that she will work for other compnay , my boss will understand her. She don’t have to lie as if my boss won’tt let her go. During her last day in the office, she did not come the day before that. She asked us if we see a fax from her classmate to her and she told us the details. My officemate said he seems to see something like that but don’t know where it is already. She iwas so mad and said why we did not keep it for her. My officemate said there nothing written there that’s address to her, so maybe it was already in the recycle bin. How dare she is to ask us to keep her classmate fax when nothing written there is for her.In the fact it not her home , it is the work place, so she must no act like that childishly. Besides we ware not her employee adn taht is so personal matter, taht she must not use company fax.

Now about becoming a THIEF.

Yesterday, the new accountant  was doing the payroll. Erin has entered her mother as dummy employee with a salary of NT$38,000 to file as her retirement fund.

It is a rule that if you resigned you must also get out t from the medicare/ retirement fund that you have in the company you worked with once you leave the company. Because we are not obligated to help pay her share anymore, and she must pay for her mother share.

Now this was how Ally found out. While computing for the 6% retirement fund, she cannot find where did Erin get the money to pay for her mother’s share. It is not even deducted in Erin’s salary. If her mother is only using our company name for her retirement fund how come Erin is not paying her mother share? Ally found out Erin’s using compnay money to pay for her mother’s retirement fund!!!!  Hence tranferring money from our compnay to the retirement fund bank, she did it without my boss knowing it. Beause she did it for eveyrbody and adding her mother into it is unnoticeable. While she did not pay back the company. Each month cost NT$2,280 and for 7 years she stole it!!!

My boss even said, give her June salary and he don’t mind not getting back the money she stole, but he trust her no more. But Ally said, the salary she have in June is not even enough to pay for her June retirement and mdicare which is still under our company.

Erin do not want to be out of our company, she still putl her medicare nad retirement as well as her mother’s in our company. Because of what she did, my boss said, take her out of the list starting July whether she like it not.

Erin cannot make this stealing from her new company for her mother. That’s why she still wants to be entered  as if she still working with our company.

She said , how much she owe for June she will pay. I told Ally, she better check all of her mother retirement funds payment  (NT$2,280 per month)t and ask her to pay them back all, almost NT$191,000 and that was about 281,000 pesos she stolen if Ally found the proof.

First time Ally asked her that she must check out her voice is hard and superior. She even told Ally not to call her home because Alsly is disturbing her kids. But Ally told her of the case that she don’t know what to do with her mother’s retirement and how did Erin pay for it. Erin called back later and her voice was different already, not that very, very fake sweet anymore. But  a very scared voice.

We can sue her and she can be put in the pig pen for her crime.

I am wondering if I can convince my boss to talk with Erin’s mother about this. To let her know her daughter is a thief,  her mother must correct her before she did more crime in the future. I plan to call her mother. But Id on;t want to join the mess. But I cannot take it anymore seeing what she did without revenge.

I believe in KARMA. She lied about her kids, using her kids life to lie to my boss. She even use bad name for the Indonesian helper. She stole money. I wonder if she sleep well last night when she knows everybody in the office know her crime?

I will still convince my boss to get back the money and use it for  the employees benefit who serve loyally and do not steal from him. Maybe he can give to me to help  pay for my Tickets when I go home to manila or buy a new laptop for office so that we can upgrade the old one he is using.

mother’s day

May 10th, 2008 by nans

Today is mother’s day and there are only 2 people I greeted. Of course my Mama and my mother in law.

I’ve been trying to be a mom for over 5 years but  I am unfortunate . Maybe fate have other reason to me to stay baren , maybe staying baren makes me live longer and not to interfer with my heatlh because I got lupus.

Last night I chatted with my eldest sister. I am truly against her when she always said her son is very good . I totally disagree.

She can’t even ask them to teach her how to upload photos from her digicam into the computer. The reason? She did not ask. And she always wants me who is ocean apart to teach her while her son is only in the next room in their house resting.

I cannot blame my nephew. He did confessed to me. He feels lonely because he seems like an inivisble child when his brother have baby . All of my sister’s attention went to their granddaguhter and this my younger nephew said they seems not to notice him. I told this to my sister and my brother in law. Hoping to correct this mistake as early as possible as their son have confessed to me as the auntie.

My impression on this nephew of mine is he is so useless . Why he can’t even help his mom to use the computer? I came to know all of these when they came to Taiwan and I was walking side by side by my nephew and maybe he saw me as a good samaritan he blureted it out. The fault is that my sister is not even asking him to  do her the favor and I don’t know what’s the matter.

One time I ask my sister where are the speaker on her computer, she don’t even know what is speaker of the PC, I told her to go and ask her son, her reply to me is he is resting in his room ,he got stomach ache due to amoeba. I said, he won’t die if you ask him only a question if the computer she is using have or do not have speakers. So maybe she feel I am mad so she went to his son room and asked him. He did gave her a good answer. No speaker. I don’t understand why she make her son feel so isolated when she can start conversation as I told them ( my sister and brother in law) that  their son complained to me their lack of attention to him.

Last time she again praise the eldest son as he can follow orders from his wife.

I want to tell her this : "You know, my impression of your son is that he is a very useless person"  Because they don’t make them useful, they are afraid to ask them to do this and that. So what’s the matter of asking them to teach her computer? to run errand for her? Will it kill their son if she ask them to buy grocery? to give her a back massage?  or teach her how to upload photos from her digicam. I am starting to get furious as I am writing this. Why her sons as useless as this? They are all because of how a parent threat their children.

My last word " it is better for a parent to criticise their kidsn, then let other people praise them .as parent only see the good deed not the bad habits of their kids that other people see it.

Tomorrow I will 40! That’s the truth!

March 13th, 2008 by nans

My birthday is every March 15. So, tomorrow will be my birthday. I am totally out of lotto 5/39. The game I bet about 3x a week. They said life begins at 40.  But for me this seem to be my middle life already as I’ve been through with so many phases/crisis in life.

Rewinding back….I’ve been dealing with my Lupus desease since I was 24 years old.I thought I will never live past 30 years old, but geeeee I am 40 and alive!

I got appendicities when I was 36 and I am alone, geeee I got operated and I though I will never see my family again. But I woke up after 5 hours of whole body aneasthesia( is the spelling correct?)

I may be 40 years old but my appearance does not show it. I take life not so seriously because taking seriously can make you more misearable. My secret for not looking like 40 is avoid troubles, enjoy each day. Do my duties and work even I always complain for the overload work.Yeah, complain because it will release stress. Shout if you dare.

Walk a lot and do exercises and stretching. These movement can lessen the arthritis I’ve been experiencing. Yoga stretch will do also.

Don’t be so picky in food. What’s the matter with some butter and bacon / ham in the morning? What’s the matter of 3 mugs of coffee everyday? I have lupus yet, I am still alive and live like a normal person. ometimes I have body pains but I tolerate them. But enjoying life is worth the pains. Doing what you like and interest you can help you not to think of your troubles coz there are many more people there have bigger troubles and mostly got themselve into troubles. Do not pray to God to solve your troubles and problems, you have to move and find solution by yourself. God only give us spiritual help and support. Don’t  pray to God to give you materials things or to win lotto. Coz if it did not happen, you will be frustrated, hahaha. I am not a religious person. But I keep my concience clean.

I will retire from work in 2 years, so that time I will be 42 . I will have more time to rest so that I can live longer and focus on my health due to lupus.

New Year’s Eve in Taipei City

January 1st, 2008 by nans

Every year been a ritual for me to spend the new year’s eve at Taipei 101. I watched the fireworks just underneath it. All the people were seated on the street and no cars or buses can go through.

This year’s fireworks was the last one according to a non-reliable sources. So sad that I will never see a great firework show again.

However I got collections of my videos for the last few years and photos that will allow me to remember that I witnessed this fireworks in less than 1000 feet of me.

This year is specially cold up to 11 degrees. Today is already Jan 2 ,2008 and the cold front still here in  Taipei .

I’ve been coughing a few times and if get worst I need to see the ENT doctor again. It is so hard to breath in the cold air. It also sting your eyes.

10 to 12 Degrees on New Year’s Eve

December 31st, 2007 by nans

It’s freezing cold here in Taipei.

I just finished my lunch break and afternoon nap ( in one hour)  and here is my brain still don’t want to go back to work so I am doing my blog to wake up.

It’s been 2 years since the very cold temperature hit New Year’s Eve in Taiwan. Today it is a freezing 10-12 degrees. I can say this time I have a frozen brain that gone lazy.

Taipei 101 fireworks will be the last one. Because the entire building was already rent out, I’ve been told. So I will not miss this last opportunity because I watched the fireworks since 2004 when it started.

I feel so gloomy because it is very cold and feel so sleepy.

I wonder where i will spend my next new year’s eve?…

My boss scooter

December 18th, 2007 by nans

My boss let me drive his wife scooter which have not been use for quite a long time.

He had it repair and cost him NT$4,000.

Yesterday I drove it home , actually I did not reach home. It exhause pipe got lot of smoke, not only smoke but very smelly smoke as if something burning inside.

.I was already in Taipei city, almost driving for 30 minutes. One drive told that I should not drive that scooter in that  condition.  What I did is find a parking place and leave it there. I even look for a repair shop but the repairman told me that it cannot be repair oir he is just very lazy that time. So since I was near the MinChuan MRT station, I parked it near it. Near the Exit 3 . Then I took MRT to go to bus station and change to bus and then headed home.

All the other scooter rider are avoiding me on the road becasue of the smell of the smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe. Even my jacket, hair and pants all smell like that. So when I was inside the MRT I just don’t look at those around me. I am so smelly .

When I reached home the first thing I do is to take a shower and washed my jacket coz I feel like vomiting.

Well what to do with that scooter ? My boss said he will bring it back to the office and maybe have it repair or sell it.

Today I drove my own scooter up to the bus station only and changed to bus. I cannot drive it to work anymore because it cannot climb the 2 long bridges.

Ants N Bees clothes for Kids

December 17th, 2007 by nans

This is not an advertisement. But sure it sound like an ad. Because I want to let everybody in my friendster know that there’s this new clothes store for smart kids just opened in Robinson Galleria in EDSA. It is located in the children section.

This store called Ants N Bees. I even put up a website but is still under construction. But for people’s curiosity, this is how the logo looks like so the store can be easily found.

http://www.geocities.com/antsandbeesdotcom

For this Christmas and the upcoming Chinese New Year, I want to introduce this store where you can buy clothes for your kids,  your friend’s kids,  your nephews and nieces, even your grandchildren,ehem.

This is not my store, yet this is the store of my beloved niece’s mother.

Hope that many people I know will buy from Ants N Bees. 

I wonder who will be the first to comment? I guess it will be Lolo Norton again,hahaha hindi kasi yun nagpapahuli  sa balita.