Monday, May 03, 2010

Kids and ducks, fun!!


So Funny!!

Your Duck is Dead--
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.
After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away."
The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?" "Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the vet..
"How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."
The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman.. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!" The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150."

Another two ducklings left home today



They left home today to my friend's house. I hope they are girls so they can give their new owner eggs. Good luck my ducklings!

Friday, April 30, 2010

These 6 ducklings find their new home!!



Today, six little ducklings find their new home: YiShen Chinese store and restaurant. Their most popular dish is roasting ducks. I hope they do not end up to their kitchen.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Happy birthday to me!

A special card from a dear friend:

You'er so special
You'er one of those people
who know just whar to do
to brighten up a day,
a life, a world.

Somw people wonder
If one person can really
make a difference in the world,
but I think it's possible,
Because I've seen
the difference you make
in the lives of those
around you.

You'er a wonderful example
of what a caring person should be,
and though you may not reqalize it,
when others look at you,
they see the kind of individual
they'd like to be -
I know I do!

You'er a very special person
who has made
a beautiful difference
in a lot of lives -
including mine.

Happy birthday
With Gratitude
And love


Friday, April 16, 2010

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again

Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again --- by Xu Zhimo


Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Quietly I wave good-bye
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.

The golden willows by the riverside
Are young brides in the setting sun;
Their reflections on the shimmering waves
Always linger in the depth of my heart.

The floating heart growing in the sludge
Sways leisurely under the water;
In the gentle waves of Cambridge
I would be a water plant!

That pool under the shade of elm trees
Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds
Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?

To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream
To where the green grass is more verdant;
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
And sing aloud in the splendor of starlight.

But I cannot sing aloud
Quietness is my farewell music;
Even summer insects heap silence for me
Silent is Cambridge tonight!

Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Gently I flick my sleeves
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Priceless card!

Here are two cards I got from work.

This one is from a patient:

Thank you for everything!! God bless...

I just can't thank you enough form all you've done.
You were there with a helping hand just when I needed it most...
Ready to pitch in and do whatever you could.
You gave me something very special-
your time-
and I'll always remember you for it.

The other one is from my manager:

Wishing you a very happy birthday!
I feel so blessed to have you on our team-
You are an excellent nurse and a very beautiful person.

Have a great birthday!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Mushroom hunting
















We went to mushroom hunting yesterday. That is lots of fun. We got sunshine, exercises and mushrooms. Yeh!!!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Grandpa


Grandpa



The IRS decides to audit Grandpa, and summons him to the IRS office.

The IRS auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his attorney.

The auditor said, 'Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, Which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable.'

I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it,' says Grandpa. 'How about a demonstration?'

The auditor thinks for a moment and said, 'Okay. Go ahead.'

Grandpa says, 'I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye.'

The auditor thinks a moment and says, 'It's a bet.'

Grandpa removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor's jaw drops.

Grandpa says, 'Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye.'

Now the auditor can tell Grandpa isn't blind, so he takes the bet.

Grandpa removes his dentures and bites his good eye..

The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Grandpa's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.

'Want to go double or nothing?' Grandpa asks 'I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between.'

The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this old guy could possibly manage that stunt, so he agrees again.

Grandpa stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on the other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor's desk.

The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win.

But Grandpa's own attorney moans and puts his head in his hands.

'Are you okay?' the auditor asks.

'Not really,' says the attorney. 'This morning, when Grandpa told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousand dollars that he could come in here and piss all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it!'

Don't Mess with Old People!!

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Protect the students from Flu



So hot! And so tired!

I almost fell in sleep while sitting on the concrete stair way in front of Dr. Zhu's door in spring 1996 in the hospital of agricultural reclamation in Haikou. I was there for almost 4 hours waiting for Dr. Zhou to come home so I could ask her to write a prescription for the students to protect them to get flu.

The flu that year was pretty bad and majority the schools in Haikou were affected and lots of students had to stay home. As a new boarding school, we could not offer to do the same. As a school doctor, I have to figure out the way to make our students stay in school for their normal school days.

I am not a traditional medicine doctor and do not know much about herb medicine. So I went to the nearest hospital from school and asked the health department how to protect my students. The head of the health department of the hospital gave me a prescription of herb medicine and I made the kitchen boiled them and sent to every class to drink. It worked well at the first week and the following week, when I went to there again and ask for the same prescription, the head of the health department gave me a different one which tastes really bad and the students refuse to take it.

I understood that as the medication was for protection and for everyone, the taste should not be too unpleasant and it also needs to be effected. So I decided to go to the traditional medicine department and get a real herb medicine doctor to write the prescription. But that day, the doctor I was looking for went out for a meeting and would not be back till noon.

The transportation in the school at that time was not that convenience so I decided to wait in the hospital. Even it was spring, the temperature of Hainan was high, and the sun was hot directly shining on my face. With asking few people of directions, I found Dr. Zhou's apartment and sitting down on the stair way and wait.

At noon, she was finally back. Looking on the sweating faced me and confused: "You are here waiting for me all morning at this temperature? Do I know you?" "No, but you will. My name is X.W. and I am a doctor in Jingshan School. I need your help to give me a prescription for the whole school children to drink to prevent flu. The ages of the students are from 3 to 18 years old. They are the students from kindergarten to high school. I have about 200 students and 40 staff members."

After I finished what I wanted with one breath, she looked on me and touched by my responsible work ethic and caring heart. "I normally do not give prescription at home but you are here for all the students, I admire you spirit of treating your job so seriously. Give me few minutes and I will get it ready for you."

That year, many schools in Haikou had about 30-60% students were sick with flu. but mine. The school administration was so proud and that we earned a good name as taking good care of the students. That was the good year the school started.