Arctic Medicine: February 2007

 

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Melissa's Birthday

today we celebrated her birthday with a yummy carrot cake that becky made, with cream cheese icing. she taught me how to make the icing but i forgot most of it already. this is all i could salvage from my super bad short term memory: 1.5 cups icing sugar 1 part cream cheese, 1 tsp vanilla...

we watched the oscars too. i can't believe the african guy from blood diamond didn't win best supporting actor! and i can't believe leonardo di caprio didn't win AGAIN!! he sooo deserves an oscar and never ever gets one. i think the academy just hates him or something. where's the justice??!

ha!! i just found the african guy's name. it's Djimon Hounsou. you should read what it says on wiki about him. supposedly he's dating Cameron Diaz now, and he used to be a homeless guy in paris!! he's also naturalized as an american now.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Winterlicious, Toronto

omg. reminiscent of summerlicious 2006 in toronto.. NOT good!!!

Winterlicious is a set tasting menu that is available for customers at a set price... to give u a taste of the flavor of the restaurant. quite a number of restaurants in Toronto are participating this winter.

Summerlicious is the same event, occuring in the summer. I went to the Rosewater Supper Club for summerlicious. I had a 3 course meal:

a) cold pea - mint infused soup

b) salmon

c) something sour for dessert

it was so long ago that i can't really remember exactly what i ate that night. anyway, it was $35 for the whole set, plus tax. the restaurant was full. Mind you, I expected a lot from this restaurant since it's one of the top 10 restaurants in Toronto, and many famous people go there to eat. So they definitely have a good reputation to uphold.

the food was pretty tasty, although i think it was because i'm good at making choices. all the other meal choices ordered by my friends were not as appetizing.

my bf had:

a) mixed leaf salad

b) steak

c) some kind of dessert.. obviously it was not memorable.

All i can say is, WORST SERVICE EVER!! Here's what pissed me off:

1) we had to actually ASK for water/ beverages... not just once, twice, but THREE DAMNED times before the waiter even looked at us.

2) they did NOT clear our table after each course

3) they did NOT give my friends the correct meals they ordered

4) while i was eating peacefully, the waiter who was in the adjoining room tried with all his might to uncork a bottle of wine. a few seconds later, i heard a LOUD "POP" and saw something that seemed like a bullet dart straight at my right eye!! luckily it missed me.. but i felt it skin my face. i looked up and saw that idiotic waiter bowing several times in front of the table that owned that bottle of wine. I was furious! my bf didn't do a thing until his friend prompted him about how his gf's eye could have been poked out.. but anyway, we left him 10% tip. silly us.. we should have left him NO tip! my friend did leave a complaint on the receipt though, explaining the actions of that imbicilic waiter.

the next day, i started work at Mount Sinai Hospital. Myself and a handful of other liver specialists were invited to attend a conference on hepatitis C given by a hepatologist who flew in from Harvard. Coincidentally, the conference just so happened to be held at the dispicable Rosewater supperclub, AGAIN!

so i went. come on, free food! when we arrived, it was open bar (which was great cuz i had my amaretto and coke.. didn't wanna get all drunk on the first day at work!), then we had hors d'oeuvres, and another 3 course meal. but this time, the food was good, and the service was absolutely superb. reason being: summerlicious ended already. oh yah, and a really cute, young hepatologist took the seat next to me!

nevertheless, i HAD to make my mark at that restaurant and show that waiter, "KEN", that his actions did NOT go unnoticed. I went upstairs and spoke to the manager and told him exactly what happened the day before. He was NOT impressed, and was going to teach Ken a thing or two.

so the lesson learned is, don't go to summerlicious or winterlicious expecting to be wined and dined with the best service and quality of food. cuz u're paying for what u're getting. the rosewater supperclub charges about $100 a person on a regular night, so getting a 3 course meal for $35 is gonna cost u in other ways.

needless to say, i dun think i'm ever going back there for summerlicious ever again.

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

fight infertility!

According to the Medical Journal of Human Reproduction. 2000; 15:2251, one way to fight Male infertility is to do this:

Improvements in Coital Practice

Have intercourse every other day near ovulation with the female partner on the bottom, placing more semen in contact with the cervix. The women should lie on her back with her knees to her chest for at least 15minutes after intercourse.

Men should avoid tight underwear, saunas, hot tubs, and unnecessary environmental exposures such as radiation, excess heat, and certain medications (cimetidine, sulfasalazine, spironolactone, nitrofurans, erythromycin, tetracycline, anabolic steroids, chemotherapy, marijuana, alcohol)

Male infertility causes 40% of infertility problems

Female infertility causes another 40%

and the remainder is caused by incompatibility bw Male & Female

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Biofeel, Yakult, Vagina - YUM

for those of you who love to drink Korean Maeil's BIOFEEL, or Japan's YAKULT.. i bet u didn't know that they're made out of 99% LACTOBACILLUS.. and 1% sugar etc. i'm a big fan of both of these drinks so i could care less what they're made of. but maybe some of you will care so here it is!

do you know what LACTOBACILLUS is?? here's what it looks like under a hi power microscope: u know how Female VAGINAs are acidic? well, it's cuz of LACTOBACILLUS acidophilus.. that is YAKULT or BIOFEEL!!

so drinking those drinks is pretty much the same as licking.. um.. u get the picture.

happy drinking!!

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