Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Dec 02

Time now it about 10pm, and I am here typing with my injured wrist. Today, I went to doctor's examination for my right wrist. My right wrist has been bothering and hurting me for couple months, and It's funny as I do not know what caused that pain. I just do not get it as I did not fall down or did anything that twist my wrist. I might get hurt sometimes during the basketball game, but nothing major that twist my wrist...

My right wrist has been bothering me for couple months. My first thought was maybe just muscle tension, and I did not really care and think that it will get better later on. I was wrong and my right wrist getting worse and more pains are coming lately. I could not even fall sleep as it woke me up last night. I decided to go for doctor's examination today to get it fix.

After examination, doctor diagnosed my illness as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. It's a medical term. When I first heard that, my thought was "What the hell is that??" After doctor's explanation and my online research, finally know what is that about. It also know as repetitive stress injury. I need to go for couple weeks physical therapy treatment.

Here are some info for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome:
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), or median neuropathy at the wrist, is a medical condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist, leading to paresthesias, numbness and muscle weakness in the hand. Carpal tunnel syndrome is provoked by repetitive grasping and manipulating activities, and that the exposure can be cumulative. It has also been stated that symptoms are commonly exacerbated by forceful and repetitive use of the hand and wrists in industrial occupations, but it is unclear if this refers to pain (which may not be due to carpal tunnel syndrome) or the more typical numbness symptoms.

I've been spending too much time with the computer. I would say more than 12 hours a day. That's too much!! Now, I know what is the real cause that hurt my right wrist so bad. It's the MOUSE!! The repetitive movement such computer devices usage and I did not take enough breaks and stretch my wrist. Time after time, it leads to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. It's work-related injury, so it covered by the company's worker compensation insurance policy. All the medical expenses are covered by the Insurance company. I did not spend even a penny!!

Doctor and Physical Therapeutic have me put on the wrist splint. It helps limit numbness by limiting wrist flexion. I feel much much better now. I have to put my splint on during my working hour to remind me the limitation of wrist usage.
Check this out!! Hi-Tech medication with the battery on it -InotoPatch. Fill the medication and saline through electrode ports. It lasts for 14 hours long. Amazing! Still, I have to go for physical therapy. Ice application makes me feel much better.

I hope it will get better soon. I hate to put splint or brace on. It looks ugly and inconvenience. I cannot go for basketball and work out at Gym for couple weeks, which is I hate the most. Recently, I just found that I am allergic to some medications, such as Ibuprofen. This is my first time ever hurt my wrist and It's because of a tiny PC MOUSE, which sounds funnY!!

Thanksgiving Day_Nov 27

Wow!! It's another year to be thankful. I just can't believe that this is my third Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a great and thankful Thanksgiving Day. On Thanksgiving Day each year, Americans give thanks to Almighty God for all His blessings and mercies toward us throughout the year.

Thanksgiving is a day to be thankful for everything you are, have or had. To me, If you ask me, I would say I am truly blessed. I am thankful for the advices, kind words that so many of you have offered me during these years. I would not be who I am, where I am, and what I am today If It was not you all, and everything that I've experienced in my life.

For those who makes me smile or creates lot of sweet memories in my life, I thank you. Because you brighten up my day just by existing.

For those who made me upset, I thank you. Because I now know how to think in positive way without being upset. What goes around, comes around.
For those who made me weak at one point, I thank you. Because you have taught me how to be a stronger person.

For those who gives me kind words, advices, and guide me through when I am lost, I thank you. Because you let me know why I am here, what I need, where is my goal, and what I need to be.

People think the word "Thank you" is easy in our daily life. But, to me, that's far easier than done. Here I am sharing an article that I read couple weeks ago... It was about Sun and Moon. Here it goes...

Do you think Moonlight is much important than Sunlight? Most of the people's answer-- YES. And the following question is why?

Most of the people said--> Because everything is shone by Moonlight at night. However, it's bright enough at daytime, still sun shines. It seems like redundancy. You think it's funny? But It is true. People always think in this way.


The reason by saying all these, the point is people will always remember how important moonlight is at night, but forget the sunlight... just simply because sunlight is always there and you do not know how important it is. What I am going to say is, Sunlight is like you parents, family, and your true friends, there are always there, no matter what, but people always forget to say thank you them for being your side always.

On the other side, people always say thank you to others, say thank you to your boss, waiters, supervisors, even strangers, just like people think moonlight is important. But you'll never appreciated what your parent's efforts or your true friends' kind words and advices. If you think this is a make-up story, I am here telling you, That's true!! People always forget to thank you the person that always being your side and take it as granted. If you are the person, that this time out to thank you for the person or people around you. Your parents, your wife, your true friends... Being thankful of what you have, had, who you are. Give your parents, beloved, friends a kiss hug... When I say it means. I hope you get what my point and get what I am going to say...

A million thank you going on in this post for my family, friends, and buddies. Thank you and I will always be grateful. Well, how blessed am I? People said that you are defined by who you choose to be around... I guess that's true! I met some amazing people these years in my life, they guide me, teach me, share with me, hanging out with me... I never regretted when first day we met. These people brighten up my life...

Well, after all these thank you note and article sharing. Let's see what else I did during Thanksgiving breaks. Actually, what I did was eat... sleep... shopping... these days. It sounds pretty relaxing and enjoying. Yea.. It is!!

First, we started hanging out at Tee's house for potluck dinner as we used to do it last year. We ate Turkey, sipped wine, chitchat. Of course, we had a fun Turkey feast!

People usually shop around the day after Thanksgiving Day, It called Black Friday. It usually lot of great deals going on during Thanksgiving weekends. I've been shopped around these days. It does not mean that I am shopaholic. It is what Americans use to do after Thanksgiving Day. People shopped around for great deals, for their kids Christmas gifts. I shopped around for people gifts and for myself, of course. Overall, I spent quite much these days.

People said the whole world economy is in recession status now, but retailers' deep discounts boosted Black Friday Sales. Even though there is a massive lay off going on in United States, people still could not cut their spending. People have been lured by the retailers' deep discounts, so do I. People even got killed or injured during the Black Friday Sales at Wal-Mart simply because by pushing around too much. Greed makes people in the world sick. That was sad!

Well, eating... sleeping... shopping... all these concluded my Thanksgiving breaks. Yea, I gained some weights for sure, I need to spend more time to work out at Gym. Alright, I will leave it for now, if not It will be another long post again... peace!! :)

P/S: I have been lazy taking pictures for my blog lately. No picture during Thanksgiving break as I was TOO BUSY on eating, sleeping, shopping... Sorry :) Will get you more pics next post :-)

What does your Birth Date mean?

Your Birthdate: March 3

You are more than a big ball of energy - you are a big ball of hyper. You are always on the go, but you don't have a type a personality. Instead of channeling your energy into work, you instead go for fun and adventure. Witty and verbal, you can have an interesting conversation with anyone. Your strength: Your larger than life imagination Your weakness: You tend to be pretty scattered Your power color: Lime Your power symbol: Lightening bolt Your power month: March

I do not know how accurate it is, for those who know me well, what do you think? Personally, I think It sounds right in certain points. Haha... I can live with that... However, I would not rely on that. Anyways, I just posted it for fun...

I always believe myself rather than all these craps. Let's put it in this way, you could it browse as back up information, but not rely on it. That will make you mean to be someone, not your real personality. Same as religion, you could be any religious, but not superstitously by any of them. It would be a better world, if we do not have any of these religions. (Personal comment!!)

Life, Friendships, Attitude...

Today's post will be a little bit different... It will be full of words and maybe couple pics. Today's post will be much of my personal feeling of all these craps happened lately... Just feel like a free lance... write whatever I feel like to... no worries... no plans...

Things do not flow on my ways lately. I had all the craps these couple weeks. First, started with my candidacy at Deloitte, then the dramas that kept going on within our group of friends. All these craps make me feel like running away for a short breaks. One of my friends said, life is full of challenges, ups and downs, just like a roller coaster, and full of unexpectedness as you'll never know what will going to happen or who you'll meet in the next moment. When life turned dull, I think is the time to step back or runaway from one place to another. Once you stepped back, I am sure you will see lot of different things.

Life, to me, is just like a blank drawing pad. It's depend on how you paint it and experience it to make it more colorful or interesting. The remarkable things is we have a choice every day regarding the colors we will embrace for that day. It's all depend on what colors you choose for the day. It could be red for happiness, blue for disappointment, or like chemical effect, blue mix with red could turn into different colors. Obviously, we cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing that we can do is to play on the one string that we have, or to create, and paint your drawing pad-life-, that your colors - experience-, to make your life more interesting and more colorful. Well, that's far easier said than done, as things are not always flow on your way. However, we have to experience it as we grow, if not our life will be like a blank drawing pad, no colors, no memories, NOTHING!! If we experience it and paint it with different colors, your life will be a beautiful painting with lot of sweet memories, more interesting, more colorful... Nobody ever said it was going to be easy. Accomplishment is challenging, and we've all been blessed with challenges along the way. As I always remind myself, grey day will be over one day and luck and success will come along to my way. Life is short, you may need to forgive people quickly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile...

Friendship. No matter how old you are, sooner or later you will run into this dilemma, one of your friendships will be seriously threatened and possibly broken. Maybe sometimes, you do not even know what happened, or maybe you do not even care. I do not how many people are familiar with the word "acquaintance". Before we move on, I am here to address the different between acquaintance and friendships. An acquaintance is someone we hang out with, maybe even go places with, but do not really share anything deeper than a cup of coffee with. They are easily found and lost. On the other hand, the real friend is something very hard to find. Those are the rate people that stay by our side in good times as well as in bad and are more often then not found standing shoulder to shoulder with you when times get tough. You may not talk to them daily, but you are always close. Those are the ones you can count on to tell you the truth and have your back. If you are lucky, you may be able to count 1 or 2 true friends in your entire life and if you have one right now, hold them close and thank your lucky stars. Personally, I have half and I will hold it tight and turn it to be 1 true friend. How many true friends do you have??

By saying all these, it's simply because I saw lot of dramas going on within our group of friends, that including me. The suddenness and severity of these dramas lead me to the thoughts of Friendship. Sometimes, acquaintance could be turn into true friend. I am kind like agree with it. However, it will be pretty sad when people put some efforts on building a friendship and in turn being betrayed by him/her, or they never ever treated you as friend or do not even care. Well, people might think why all in sudden lead me to this subject. Like I said, I saw some dramas going on these days. The longer I live, the more I realize. People might feel sad for their broken friendship, so do i. But my thought is, is the friendship worth restoring, do they care? If yes, what can we do to restore or repair for the broken friendship, and how?

What can lead to the broken friendship? There are tons of reasons. It could be repeated thoughtless acts or the complete changing of one self. Personally, I think at times, it is just simply because of the poison tongue of a 3rd party. In most cases, I think that is the point that caused the broken friendship. Whatsoever, TRUST NO ONE BUT YOURSELF... Sometimes, what you heard and saw might not be the truth. But you have to calm down and think about what you saw and heard. Use you brain to judgment without affecting by others. Handle yourself, use you brain; handle others, use your heart! Thing goes around, turns around!

Many people will walk in and out of my life, but only true friends will leave footprint in my heart. So far, no one really left footprint in my heart. Some of them did, but unfortunately, their footprints somehow disappear. I really wish I could hold 1 or 2 true friends from my entire life. That's far easier said that done!! If you consider me as your true friend, hold me tight. Life is short, do not get regret of anything! :)

Since all these craps happened to me, I think what I can do is to change the attitude of how I perceive things, because attitude it is the ONLY thing that we have always control of. I read an article, the author said: "The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life". I am totally agree with it. Attitude is everything! Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than past, than money, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. Believe it or not, attitude will make or break a family, relationship, even a corporation. I am convinced that life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to the life. We are the people in charge of our attitudes! Believe it or not, change your attitude of how you react things, you will see that you are much more easy to get along with people and make more friends. I am not saint, even I have good attitude to certain degree, I still have amendment to make. People make mistakes, but learn from the mistakes! Are you striving to change your attitude... so do I...

I do not how these three things related to each other and I do not why all in sudden I have these thoughts to post all these. But still, I would like to share with you all. If you are not ready to experience your life, think about it and start now! If you are in a broken friendship, I think forgive is the greatest gift that one friend can give to another and so is understanding. I know that's far easier said that done. Neither comes easy, but I think if you think that's the friendship that worth for saving, this is the thing that you need to do to mend a broken friendship. If you are striving for changing your attitude, great and keep going! All these are the things that I've been working with...

If you read till this point, I really appreciate your time that you spent in reading my post. But please do not blame me if you read till this point, you still cannot get what is my point of writing this post. Obviously, as I mentioned at the very beginning, I am just feel like to be a free lance, no plans, no worries, So... there is no points... haha... Still, thank you for your time. This is my longest post ever these years. I welcome for any feedback or disagreement.

Detroit Pistons Vs. Boston Celtics, Arburn Hills, Nov. 9

We went on a trip to the Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics on November 9 at Arburn Hills. Why all of sudden we decided to go a Pistons game and shell out about $50 bucks for ticket, parking, food, etc? Well, there are couple reasons...

First, it's simply because I have never been any NBA games since I've been United States for so long, and we got the great deal for the package. Another reason is the player below, Allen Iverson, former Denver Nuggets player, was acquired by Detroit Piston in exchange for Chauncey Billups (1) and Antonio McDyess. One of my friends is Allen Iverson's big fan, so we decided to go for the Pistons game at Arburn Hills. Actually, I was there part of the reason is because of the big three, Ray Allen(20), Kevin Garnett(5), and Paul Pierce(34) from Boston Celtics. Boston Celtics was the NBA Champion team last year. Woooow... I prefer Ray Allen, he plays as shooting guard. He is sooooo goood...

Allen Iverson, right, the newest addition to the Pistons, holds up his new jersey with team president Joe Dumars during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, at the Palace.
Former Pistons player, Chauncey Billups (1) was traded by Pistons in exchange for Allen Iverson. He is now playing for Denver Nuggets, Jersey #7. He did a great job while playing with Detroit Pistons. Hope he will do well in Denver Nuggets too.
Boston Celtics Big Three... Start from left, Ray Allen (20), Kevin Garnett (5), Paul Pierce (34). Wooow... Paul Pierce was last season NBA MVP. But still, I prefer Ray Allen. He is the man... Three Point Shooter...
The game started at 6pm on November 9 at Arburn Hills. We departed around 2pm from Ann Arbor. After driving for an hour, we got Palace of Arburn Hills stadium. We got there earlier to avoid the traffic. It was cold that day. Here are some pics from Palace of Arburn Hills Stadium:

Will and I with the huge Pistons Basketball Shoe

As we got there earlier, we decided to shop around at Pistons Looker room.

Former Pistons Player, Billups's Jersey #1. Now it's being replaced by Iverson #1. But the price still freaking expensive. Over $100 bucks per piece... Woooww.... We bought one to Andy two years ago. He did not wear it that day, as Jersey #1 at Pistons is no longer belongs to Billups... hehe... Believe it or not, I saw people wear the Jersey with a big cross at the billups's Jersey... it's funny!!
Rodney Stuckey (3), Pistons bench player last season, but has a great potential to become a NBA superstar. Pictured with Rodney Stuckey's Jersey at Locker Room:

Detroit Pistons

Hanging out at Looker Room... Act like Richard Hamilton... haha...
For sure, there are some activities going on at Palace Arburn Hill Stadium... Basketball hoops for kids.

We got the magazine for free from Locker Room

Finally got the tickets, as we ordered it online and pick up later. Here is the ticket:

Group picture

Chauncey Billups Pictures at Palace Arburn Hills stadium

Here is the ticket. We sat at second floor, gate 222. It was far away from the court. $99 for 4 tickets, what do you expect for the seats. Hehe... I think the front seat next to the court in NBA final season is around $2500 per piece. So, stop complaining for the seat.
After lining up for half an hour, we were being able to get into the stadium. We got free Piston Calendar for all the games schedule at Palace Arburn Hill Stadium. It is a nice Calendar with all Pistons Players pictures.

We lined up for a picture at Pistons basketball court. It was included in our package. Pictures from Pistons Basketball court:

Pregame warm-up in the Palace Arburn Hills stadium. Boston Celtics players were warming up in on court.

Pistons Player -- Tayshaun Prince (22) were shooting around the court for the pregame warm-up. I never ever so close to the NBA star. He is a great player at Pistons. He was the top scorer in the game that night.

Tayshaun Prince, one of my favorite Pistons's player

We took a group picture at Detroit Pistons basketball court. I never thought that I could stepped on the NBA court. Amazing!! When I was a kid, I watched NBA from TV and wished that I could been there one day. But I never thought I really been here in United States!! So closed to the NBA Stars!!!

History of Detroit Pistons

We got some snacks before the game starts. We went for Buffalo Wild Wings to get a dozen of wings. That's my favorite wings.
It was crowded!! The Palace of Arburn Hills stadium was crowded with Detroit and Boston fans!

Pregame warm-up on the court

Show brought by High School Cheerleaders:

Popcorn!!

Boston Celtics players on the court

Count down... 17:39 for the game starts

Warming up before the game

Look!! HoT.. HOT>>>>!! Cheerleaders!!!

OMG!!! HOT... HOT.... keke....

I taped some introducing videos for both teams. I tried to upload it next time.

Deeefense.... Deeetroit baaaasketball....

Time out show

Ray Allen were warming up before the second half starts

Ray Allen and Paul Pierce on the court

Kevin Garnett

Second half starts...

It was a sold out ticket game!! It was so crowded!!

Andy bought the alcoholic drink

Noise... Noise... Noise... Wooowwwwww....

OMG!! what can I say... HOT!!!

Detroit Piston got beaten up Boston Celtics. The picture below shows the final score, 76-88. Detroit was down by 20 points in the third quarter. They caught up a little when Tayshaun Prince scored couples three-points. I knew Piston would get killed by Celtics. I think It was an easy win for Boston Celtics. Well, I was there to support Piston anyways!! Go!! Go!! Pistons!!!
Overall, that happened to be my first time in watching NBA game and so closed to the NBA stars. It was a great experience and fun!! I am looking forward for my next NBA game, which will be next year, Detroit Pistons host Los Angelas Lakers --> Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher!!! Start looking for the ticket... keke...