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Hey all, I hope this May finds you well. I am doing alright, though getting busier with school. Yea, I do out-of-school study every single day these days, as the big exam is in a month. The last week was normal, but nice in that it was 3 day weekend-ish. On Friday, 6 of us from my little group went out to dessert and dinner. Yes you read that correctly and in the correct order. We ate dessert first as one girl had to leave early and that was the real reason for our expedition. For you see, this one fancy desserteria had been spoken about droolingly around the tables the last couple weeks and I just had to organize an expedition to check out its main attraction: white chocolate-raspberry dumplings that you dip in fudge sauce and ice cream. The dumplings (brioche) were more like mini donuts, סופגנייות for you hebrews, that were stuffed with this sauce. It was amazing. It was the most I've ever paid for dessert (12.50$ AUD) but I went halves on it and another dessert a girl ordered that was an amazing chocolate pudding (1st type, not 2nd) with berries and berry sorbet. After that, one girl went home and another replaced her and we went to a nice Vietnamese restaurant. Good drinks and foods. If you could believe it, I wasn't even able to finish my modest meal as I was so full. The 30 min bike ride home in the fresh air, along the river with the full moon was quite resplendent, you can believe.
Saturday I imposed my previous method of carting back groceries from the market and went a little overboard: Yes, you're looking at a bunch of asparagus, an avocado, a kilo of watermelon, a head of cauliflower, a head of broccoli, 4 sweet potatoes, a bag of white and red onions, a huge bag of Brussels sprouts, a red pepper, 3 grapefruit, a bag of grapes, 5 bananas, 5 vine tomatoes, 4 limes, 5 mandarins, a huge bunch of basil, 1 custard apple, 2 Chinese eggplants, 1 continental cucumber, 5 plums, a loaf of fresh baked sourdough bread and 12 free range eggs.
I hope to get through it all... some day. And it was around 25$ AUD, too. Needless to say, I've been making a dickload of smoothies.
The rest of the day was anticlimactic to that, of course. I watched Blade Runner (don't see what all the fuss is about) and then went to a friend's house for Gin'n'Tonix and a rousing game of Scrabble (where the hero was devastatingly defeated in the last second, losing by 3 points). Sunday found me studying, swimming, eating some delicious pasta made with the aforepictured basil and tomato, and watching The Hebrew Hammer. I recommend no one to watch that piece of filth. It was so stupid and the jewish jokes weren't even worthwhile.
Yesterday was Aussie Labor Day, so I joined some peeps at a nice park on the river for a full-on BBQ and some rousing cricket (yes, I now know what a wicket is!). A splendid afternoon and early evening. Today was back to school, where at the hospital we had our 2nd physical exam exam, this time on the respiratory system. It went well. I was supposed to teach this evening but my student apparently went to see a movie and forgot that I existed.
Jesus, I didn't know that!1
There are several different kinds of drugs that people having a cardiac "episode" can take. One of them is Glyceryl Trinitrate, which is a NO vasodilator, meaning that it makes the blood vessels bigger thus allowing more blood flow, decreasing blood pressure, etc. What is interesting is that it has the same mechanism as Viagra and so can be rubbed/sprayed onto the penis for a full-on erection (Durex is perchance producing condoms in the future with a tiny amount of GTN in the tip). More interesting, however, is that it has the same formula as Trinitryl Glycerine, which is the chemical used to make dynamite. What a magical compound: cure angina, give an erection, and blow up a bridge.
Speaking of drugs, most people now know from commercials that taking some NSAIDs, like Aspirin, will help thwart a heart-attack. It prevents blocking of your heart arteries and can work preventively (take a small does every day) and can even, though it's not sure, help during a heart attack. It was observed in 5th century BC by Hippocrates and was known to most Native American tribes and Middle Eastern and Asian peoples. How can we, who live in this hypermanufactured world use it in case of the end of civilization/trapping on some island? Find a willow tree, debark it, and chew...preferably on the inside of the bark.