Good Things from Bad Things

I am the youngest in my family - as Burmese people will be able to tell by my full name ___ sort of means precious and youngest child in the family is usually given that name. And everyone thinks youngest children are such babies and are so pampered. Maybe so, but I sure was bossed around alot as a kid growin up in a Burmese Buddhist family.

So I am used to being surrounded by bossy people and have always been told to listen to anyone older than me and do what older people said and I was the youngest in my extended family for a long time- my younger cousin was born 7 years after me and broke that chain but not for long, I left for Singapore when she was 3.

And I think that's why I am so rebellious sometimes and have to have my own way because as the youngest kid, i was tired of being bossed around. lol. And then I got into the bad habit of being obstinate when people argues with me, as in I would stand by my choice of action, against what everyone said, even if it was making me bleed. - which is a bad habit because this amkes me hold onto things and make me wary of change.

So by now all the readers of my blog should know that I'm long winded and that I was writing about people being bossy because my friend Kin Si (love you hon) was bossing me around for my own good:
To write up a list of Good Things that have resulted from Bad Things that have happened to me this year and boy oh, boy, what a year it has been. So like a good youngest child that I am, I am doing it.

So, I digress, here is the list:
1) Bad---Someone hit my car from the back during finals week in May 2004.
Good result--- My car has a beautiful brand new rear and found out, my brakes could have slipped and killed me from the check up and changed my brakes- so I didn't die.

2) Bad-- took me a while to find a job when I first got to Los Angeles
Good result-- I love my present job! I do! and I'm doing a pretty good job- and I'm not being big headed, I have been working hard, through all my illnesses.

3) Bad-- I was so ill from Gallstones, I could not keep food down..
Good result-- Made me realise that I've been eating really unhealthy food and that my body is suffering- and even though I haven't completely gone all healthy, I'm definitely doing better.

4) Bad-- I slipped a disc in my spine, thus giving me a herniated disc and mucho pain.
Good result-- I now really have to incorporate exercise and yoga into my life, which I've been needing to do for a while.

5) Bad-- I was also diagonsed with stomach ulcers and hibector pylori in the stomach.
Good result-- There are no good results from this one- I could not drink coffee for a long time and I still can't really stomach sodas like my favorite - CoCa Cola! - sigh, i guess not drinking those things are good things.

6) Bad-- Some guy hit my car in a parking lot a day before my birthday. (Can people stop hitting my poor car?)
Good result-- well, i haven't gotten good results from it yet but hopefully, I will get a new front bumper.

7) Bad-- It cost me around $500.00 in my move to West Hollywood. And with all my medical bills, I'm flat broke.
Good result-- the move would have cost $300.00 but I left my wallet in West wood and someone took $200.00 from me. And I love my new place- own bathroom, air conditioning and heat and I live by Korea Town and Thai Town and Little Ethiopia--- great ethnic food all around!!!! Love Silmo Thai Market-- I can make Burmese dishes now, if I can ever eat it... :-)

That's all I can think of right now but wow, 7 really bad things are enough, please... no more..