Archive for July, 2009

the power of blue!

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The same blue food dye found in M&Ms and Gatorade could be used to reduce damage caused by spine injuries, offering a better chance of recovery, according to new research… The only side effect was that the treated mice temporarily turned blue.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/spinal.injury.blue.dye/index.html

see how awesome blue dye is?!?!

google voice doesn’t understand chinglish!!

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

my dad left me a message:

hey (chinese) mei, is this your (/chinese) phone mail? give me a call. (chinese)daddy’s at home right now. i wanted to know whether your jade artwork hangs with the round part at the top or the pointy part at the top? (/chinese) ok. give me a call. bye!

what google voice transcribed it to be:

hey nate this is the that you full of for me on my gimme a call about the johnny net okay way out to the end of the bob and maybe i’ll see you and that’s holding the again at this time and hi samantha it’s ian the don’t use it sounded okay give me a call bye

this puts a damper on my grand plans to give my parents my google voice number so i don’t have to listen through all their voicemails… i’m still going to have to listen through them because the transcription makes no sense!

settling in

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

i’m still settling into my new place… it usually takes me about a month to get everything set up and feeling like home. i think this place might take even longer because it feels so empty.

  • i got my first rice cooker ever! (my sister’s old one from my mom) i’ve always mooched off of my roommates and their rice cookers, but now that i don’t have any roommates, i needed my own rice cooker!.
  • foil on the other hand… i still have 2 big boxes from costco. i think one of them may be from 5 years ago when i first graduated!
  • i need to resist the urge to keep all my boxes. i’m too used to having to pack up and move that i keep all my boxes. but now i’m thinking i don’t really need to do that anymore!

craigslist scam – Hello to You over there!

Monday, July 6th, 2009

so i posted about my house and have gotten a few responses… i was warned of scammers and i’m actually still following up on potential “friends of friends” renters before i really pursue the craigslist/facebook renters… but i received this email very soon after posting to craigslist:

Hi,
Hello to You over there and how is your day going? I saw your advert that You have a room available for rent and i am interested in knowing the availability of the place and i will also want to know more about the neighborhood ,the place and the utilities included…? I am Debbie Laura,a Medical Humanitarian Nurse ,and have been involve since the past 8 years,taking care of the motherless babies,Homeless one and all of that,I am still kind of young because i just turned 27yrs old…I Can speak both English and french.,i love to live with clean people,caring,responsible,neat type. I’m 5′7′ straight,and i am in Alaska now ,I will want to move in by the availability of the room ,I speaks English fluently ,so we have no barriers I’ll let You know more about me if i am to rent this particular room that you have to offer I will be anxiously waiting for your next email.
Kind Regards

it seemed suspicious… you claim to speak english yet your email is worded like a fob! i also didn’t like the whole 5′7″ straight business… this wasn’t a personal!!! it was a listing for a place to live! so i didn’t respond to her.

a few days later (and a few normal responses later), i got another seemingly normal email asking about the room:

Hi,
I am interested in renting with you..please let me know if the place is still available for rent and also send me details,pics and time frame which it will be available.thanks

so i responded to her with just a little more detail and got this response:

Hi

Thanks so much for replying my email,I really do appreciate it,. I
would have loved us to see before making any plan but i really have a
lot of things to do right now,But will be okay if you can tell me more
about the place and you,as my uncle is presently sick and i have to go
see him,but really want to hold a place down…

More about me again i am a nurse..I am the neat type,I like
honest,responsible,trustworthy and hardworking people while I dislike
lazy,messy,uncaring people and I love pets so much,am quiet and easy
going person to live with. I’m 5″7′ straight. i like tourism and,i
don’t keep late nights neither will i have overnight guest around, but
i am okay if you do,I was born and bread in France as there was where
i had my university education and stays with my uncle there!!
I lived all my life way in Paris before coming down to SD,,I grew up
with my uncle since 15 years old…I ve also wanted to be in the
medical way since i was born,I served in the Paris Red Cross for 8
months,we have involved in projects that includes
orphans,orphanages,heart related diseases in children between the ages
of 4-10 yrs .
Ambition and Work:
I was looking to move over to your state because i understand that
i’ll be doing good over there as i ve been told by my uncle’s friend
who ones live over there..And i will be working with any hospital
around as i am also making enquires about that now…

Am sure You ‘ll really like the person that i am ,because i will also
do the dishing if you like,I work when i am to and relax when i am
to,I also like sharing my thoughts also….paying rent on time will
not be a problem as i will also be making the rent fee before the
month ends….
Right now. I ve the support of my uncle about my well being,so you
shouldn’t be bothered about if i am competent of paying the rent

I must confess am comfortable with the price and I will want to secure
the place down before my arrival so i will want you to tell me all
about the place,as i can’t see it before my arrival but the
pictures…I also will want you to know that i have my car that i will
be coming over with,and little of my furniture’s,please let me know if
there will be room for them..
With all that i ve said above,I have told you more about me and more
picture of mine will be attach in the next email,Let me also know how
i can go about securing the place down before my arrival as i will
also be busy from next week preparing to come over and let me know if
you can take off the ad off the site as i am going to secure the place
with a deposit
Feel free to ask me any question and as i ve said,i am looking to move
in by the availability of the place,but want to secured it now
Thanks..

really?? you can’t change your height or your profession!? another 5′7″ straight nurse who speaks french and english?? i started googling and found:

http://parishousingscamwatch.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/alert-scammer-tenant-sandra-roland/

http://parishousingscamwatch.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/sandrarolandscammer/

i think i could be a better scammer than she is…