My family and I visited a cousin of mine on my mother’s side in Vancouver, Canada, for about a week. Since his mother was staying with us, and I haven’t seen him for over 15 years, he invited us all. He paid for almost everything while we were there… lodging, food, tour, etc. He properly spent over $2,000 on us. His youngest sister, whom I’m very close to, also came with her family from Winnipeg. It was nice to finally see her husband in person who is pretty easy-going and kind-hearted. Although I had some “trouble,” which I shall not mention publicly, it was a nice vacation compared to the trip to Yellowstone.
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Since two of my maternal aunts came from Korea about a month ago, we’ve planned road trip to Yellowstone National Park which is over 800 miles from my place. However, Dori (father’s dog) suddenly got a spinal injury from jumping off the kitchen table after being yelled at by him. I thought he was going to die, because he was running a high fever, and he was limping so bad that he couldn’t stand still. He wasn’t eating, either. As far as I know, he had an ataxia due to abuse and cruelty: he was tied outside when it was over 100 degrees. I kept telling him to bring the dog inside, but he just didn’t listen. Fortunately, Dori got a little better after taking some medications from his vet. Because of this, the trip was canceled; therefore, I canceled motel reservations and everything else. Then the next morning, I was told we were leaving right after when I awoke. The ol’ man suddenly decided to go without notice that early in the morning; by then, I only had the time to set up my GPS.
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Ever since my previous neurologist started decreasing the pulse width about 4 or 5 months ago, I’ve been getting progressively worse; i.e., my left leg was much more rigid than ever with both of my ankles turning inward, making it difficult to walk even with help. I’ve never had this problem before, so I’m hoping the change made today will get rid of it: pulse width is back at 450 which is pretty high.
By the way, I’m seeing my original neurologist now that the other one was “transferred” to Wisconsin. Oh, and they’re considering an experimental surgery — Subatomic Nucleus (STN), I believe — that targets another area of the brain.
I didn’t think Terminator Salvation was as bad as some said it was, although the chareacter Marcus was a little confusing. I mean, why create only one hybrid that doesn’t even take your side? Anyway, I think the liquid-based one in Terminator 2 was way cooler.
I’ll rate this an C+.
Looks like I’ll have go in for another battery replacement as I’ve found out yesterday that the DBS implant in my right chest plate is dead. My condition has been getting progressively worse, I believe, for the last two weeks. I’ve an appointment on Tuesday for a scheduled adjustment, so I’ll wait until then. It’s not something like a pacemaker anyway.
We’ve planned two trips in July and August, one of them will be for over a week. So it’s good that it died now while I’m home. It was due anyhow. 
UPDATE: It was a false alarm. It was the battery of the controller that was weak; as for my condition, I’ve no idea. Instead of surgery, I had a setting adjustment: pulse width was lowered even more.
The new Star Trek film is nothing like the original (first) TV series which it’s based on — especially the characters. It shows the events that lead Jame Kirk to become a captain and of his father. The plot is just brilliant as well as its casting. A mere presence of Leonard Nimoy made it more real. Yeah, I’m a trekkie.
I rate this an A! 
We undid the previous change, as I’ve been doing pretty bad after about 2 weeks of it, but increased the rate (frequency) a little. Other patients in New York apparently received some improvements with low pulse width, high rate and moderate voltage, according to my neurologist. I don’t expect much, though.
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The movie “Knowing” conveys three messages in my opinion. First, our future is pre-determined — that apocolypse is inevitable. Second, the “2012″ astronomic prophecy could actually come true. Third, the Bible is indeed true in a scientific way — that Adam & Eve started the human race. In this sense, our time is in a loop no matter what we do.
As a film, I found it quite intriguing. I rate it an B.
Ever since I joined Facebook, I’ve been reunited with over thirty friends — mostly from my high school. I was surprised that half of them are still unmarried. I’m two years older than most of them, so they are around 32. It’s true that people get married late these days. Too bad for me… they are mostly females — if you know what I mean. 
Anyway, I’m hooked to Texas Hold ‘Em Poker which is what I used to spend most of my time playing. Currently, I rank 6 (Pro 100k). I’m getting a little tired of it now that I’ve exceeded 100k, though.
Well, I apologize for not keeping in touch. I don’t think I’ll blog regularly as I did before.
On Tuesday, I went in to see my neurologist for another adjustment of my implants. Pulse width on both side has been increased to 450 from 400, which I believe has improved my ankles from turning inwards. I”m going back in 2 months.
As for my MRI, they couldn’t come to an agreement; therefore, they’re gonna send it to the neurosurgeon at UCSF who performed my initial operations. Hopefullly, he’ll think that it warrants a redo.
