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“Dedicated to Excellence” Vol. 11, Issue 135 June 2011
“STRIDES FOR STROKES” 2011
Rocky Point Park, Port Moody, BC June 25, 2011
Oxtail Stew (Filipino)
Ingredients:
1-1/2 lbs ....... Beef oxtail, cut into pieces
1 large .......... Onion, quartered
2 cloves ........ Garlic, chopped
1 tsp ............. Salt
1/2 tsp ......... Ground black pepper, or to taste
1 large .......... Eggplant, cut into 2-inch chunks
1/2 head ...... Bok choy, cut into 1-inch pieces
1/2 lb ........... Fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped into 2-inch pieces
1/4 cup......... Peanut butter, or as needed to thicken sauce.
Directions:
1.Fill a large saucepan with water, and drop in the oxtail pieces, onion, garlic, salt, & pepper. Bring to a boil, & simmer for 2 hours over medium-low heat, skimming the foam occa-sionally, until the oxtail meat is very tender & the broth is reduced to 3 cups.
2.Stir in the eggplant, bok choy, & green beans & simmer for about 20 min-utes until the vegetables are tender.
3.Just before serving, place the peanut butter in a small bowl & thin with 1 or 2 tbsp. of broth. Stir until smooth & add to the stew.
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Templeton Newsletter Mailing Address:
204– 2929 Nootka Street, Vancouver, BC V5M 4K4 Canada Published every month, if possible. Contributions are always welcome. The articles should be in, not later than day 25th of every month.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in Stroke Recoverer’s Review newsletter: articles, submissions and spotlights are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Templeton Stroke Recovery or the editor of Stroke Recoverer’s Review. Editor reserves the right at any time to make changes as it deems necessary. It is the purpose of this periodical to share a variety of viewpoints mostly from stroke survivors.
June 2011 Contributors: Loy Lai Ollie Stogrin Werner Stephan Jose Suganob
Production of SRR: Jose Suganob Email: suganobj@gmail.com
Printing Pick-up Person: Valerie Offer 604-254-8486
Inside this issue:
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Use calendars or notepads that display words of wisdom or
just write down some of your favorites on pieces of paper.
Place them where you can be inspired or motivated on a
regular basis and reflect upon what they mean.
As we go through life, we should strive to do our best, help
others along the way, and remember what a dear friend of
mine says, “Things have a way of working out okay in the
end...if it’s not okay, then it’s not the end.”
The best angle to use in any situation is the TRY-angle—
Author Unknown
The human body is equipped with 2 ears and 1 mouth, and
we should use them in that same proportion.
To find your highest level of success, you must be willing to
help others become successful. —Author Unknown
Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb...that’s where the fruit is
—Author Unknown
—submitted by Loy Lai, Templeton Stroke Recovery
Recipe Encouragements
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If Facebook is no more
2
Last Month’s Happening
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Buddha’s Dealing with Insult
4
Jose Notes Retirement
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June 2011 Volume 11, Issue 135
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“There’s life after stroke”
RECIPE: ENCOURAGEMENTS
S T R O K E R E C O V E R E R ’ S R E V I E W
IF FACEBOOK IS NO MORE...
What would have happened if Facebook went down? We have
compiled a list of the ten biggest changes that would have
happened:
1. People might actually start talking to each other again.
2. There may finally be a need to take your own photos again.
3. People would have to ask you how your day is
instead of checking your profile for the answer.
4. You might starts sharing links via email again.
5. Planning events might become a chore again.
6. Be i ng pok ed by strangers would be abnormal again.
7. There would be an end to Farmville.
8. It would be much harder to remember birthdays.
9. There might be such a thing as an ‘exclusive’ event again.
10. Friendship would stop being a number game.
Note: Oxtails produce a lot of fat as they cook; strain off
excess grease from the stew before serving.
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It’s summer?? It’s June, we
survived the rainy June.
Now, let’s see what July will
bring. On June 25th, we did
the ’Strides for Strokes’ in
Port Moody, with Coquit-
lam, Port Coquitlam,
Burnaby, and Templeton
Branches. And, YES, it
rained! Only, we are survi-
vors and everyone had a
nice day, even with rain, it
wasn’t that cold, that was a
bonus. We had 17 members
that did the walk. I think
that was great! And, I thank
all our members who
braved the rain and did the
walk. Only draw back was
HandyDart was delayed, as
the Vancouver drivers don’t
usually go to Port Moody,
so they are forgiven.
Though, it was a long day
for some of our members,
as some had to be ready by
8 am.
One of our members came home loaded
with food. Jose’ won the big basket at the
Port Moody’s ’Stride for Strokes’ raffle.
It seems Jose’ has a rabbit foot in his
pocket as his number seems to always be
in the winning barrel! Congratulations!!!
Olga and I attended the ‘informational
session’ on arterial fibrillation at the
Delta Stroke Recovery Branch. It was
unfortunately that the session was so early
and the HandyDart could not take our
group to the session. I understand that
there will be other sessions at one of our
branches. I don’t know right now where
the next one will be held. Hopefully, it will
be in Vancouver or Burnaby, then we
would have a chance of getting everyone
there by HandyDart.
Valerie, Jose and Deb had a meeting with
MVT and Handydart regarding our
members getting to our program by 9:30
am. This time, I hope there will be some
improvement time wise.
July 7th, 2011, we are going to Edgewater
Casino as an outing. Our members haven’t
been there for 2 years, I think? Then, we
have our annual picnic on July 28th (last
Thursday before our summer break). We
will meet again in September. We would
like to have other branches come to our
picnic . A picnic should really be a ‘group
picnic’ with other branches attending.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a big picnic? I’m
just putting the thought as when I was
working there were ‘company picnic.’ They
were tons of fun. Why not ‘Stroke Recovery
Annual Picnic’???
I wish to thank all our members that
donated items for the basket for Port
Moody ‘Strides for Strokes 2011,’ Thank
you all!
June 2011 Volume 11, Issue 135
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We are so lucky to have Lilia P. volunteering
with Olga for making lunch. The members
appreciate having hot lunch made every
week. The other Stroke Recovery branches,
I understand bring ‘bag lunch.’
Also, it’s so very nice that we have other
members that contribute to our newsletter
as I think the newsletter is very impressive
and far-reaching, yes???
I hope, you all have a sunny July. Keep your
fingers crossed, maybe that will help bring
sunshine.
-Ollie Stogrin
Templeton Stroke Recovery
TEMPLETON ANNUAL PICNIC
WHEN: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10am to 2 pm
WHERE: Trout Lake, John Hendry Park (2105 19th Ave, Vancouver) entrance by 19th Ave, between Victoria Ave. and Nanaimo St.
FUN & GAMES! It is a potluck! For those who cannot bring food,
cost is $6
Call for more info:
Ollie - 604-434-3609 Key - 604-434-6513
Everybody is welcome to join!
RSVP by July 21, 2011
LAST MONTH’S HAPPENING...
“There’s life after stroke”
S T R O K E R E C O V E R E R ’ S R E V I E W
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Raffle Winner!
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S T R O K E R E C O V E R E R ’ S R E V I E W
A well known speaker
started off his seminar by
holding up a $20 bill. In the
room of 200 people, he
asked, “Who would like this
$20 bill?”
Hands started going up.
He said, “I’m going to give
this $20 bill to one of you
but first, let me do this.” He
proceeded to crumple the
dollar bill up.
He then asked, “ Who still
wants it?”
Still the hands were up in
the air.
“Well,” he replied, “What if
I do this?” And, he dropped
it on the ground and started
to grind it into the floor
with his shoe.
He picked it up, now all
crumpled and dirty. “Now
who still wants it?” Still the
hands went into the air.
“My friends, you have all
learned a very valuable
lesson. No matter what
I did to the money, you still
wanted it because it did not
decrease in value. It was
still worth $20. Many times
in our l ives, we are
dropped, crumpled, and
ground into the dirt by the
decisions we make and the
circumstances that come
our way. We feel as though
we are worthless. But no
matter what has happened
or what will happen, you
will never lose your value.
You are special - Don’t ever
forget it!
BUDDHA’s DEALING with INSULT
Buddha explained how to handle insult and maintain compassion. One day, Buddha was walking thru a village. A very angry and rude young man came up and began insulting him.
“You have no right teaching others,” he shouted. “You are as stupid as everyone else. You are nothing but a fake.”
Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead, he asked the young man, “Tell me, if you buy a gift for someone, and person does not take it, to whom does the gift belong.”
The man was surprised to be asked such a strange question and answered, “It would belong to me, because I bought the gift.”
Buddha smiled and said, “That is correct. And, it is exactly the same with your anger. If you become angry with me and I do not get insulted, then the anger falls back on you. You are then the only one who becomes unhappy, not me. All you
U R WORTH WHAT?..
have done is hurt yourself.”
“If you want to stop hurting yourself, you must get rid of your anger and become loving instead. When you hate others, you yourself become unhappy, not me. But when you love others, everyone is happy.”
The young man listened closely to these wise words of Buddha. “You are right, o Enlightened One,” he said. “Please teach me the path of love. I wish to become your follower.”
Buddha answered kindly, “Of course, I teach anyone who truly wants to learn. Come with me.”
If you are right then there is no need to get angry, and if you are wrong then you don’t have any right to get angry.
Remember me like pressed flower in your notebook Facebook. It may not be having any fragrance but will remind you of my existence forever in your life.
TRAFFIC CAMERA jokeonly
STUPID SMILE jokeonly
I was driving when I saw the flash of a
traffic camera. I figured that my picture
had been taken for speeding, even though I
knew I wasn’t.
Just to be sure, I went around the block
and passed the same spot, driving even
more slowly. But, again the camera
flashed.
Thinking this was pretty funny , I drove past
even slower three more times, laughing as
the camera snapped away each time
I drove by at a snail’s pace.
Two weeks later, I got five tickets in the
mail for driving without a seat belt.
A man with a huge grin approaches a
priest, “Bless me, father, for I have sinned,”
he says. “I’ve spent the week with seven
beautiful women.”
“Do not fret, my son,” says the priest. “All
you need to do is take seven lemons,
squeeze the juice into a glass and drink the
juice.”
“Will that cleanse my sin from me?”
“No, but it’ll wipe that stupid smile off your
face.”
“There’s life after stroke”
“It would be interesting to find out what goes
on in that moment when someone looks at you
& draws all sorts of conclusions.”
- Malcolm Gladwell
RETIREMENT...
‘Play, laugh, relax, dance and balance
your life.’
This is the l i f e s t y l e , according to an article I read recently that retirees
are supposed to live in their ‘golden years.’ Not true, you say? I remember a picture of a senior in Hawaii at a beach, with his oxygen tank, dancing and enjoying him-self. You don’t think that the picture is realistic? Neither do I.
It is very hard to not turn this write-up into a political manifesto, but I shall try. In the year, 2004, the magazine ‘Newsweek’ published an article named ‘The golden years are beginning to tarnish.’ I found the magazine recently. I can’t remember why I kept it. I was interested to read about a former president of a software company, who used to make important decisions daily. Now, all he decides, is when to take a nap or what to play: tennis, golf or bridge. At 5:30 am, he takes the dog for a walk and at 6 am, he answers e-mails. Of course, that means that he has to be in bed by 8 pm to get his sleep. He has read that some couples enjoy this time of their lives for togetherness. Unfortunately, his job left no time to find out what that means. Need I go on? A career often means that to be successful, one not only has to sell one’s time, but one’s family life as well.
It reminds me, how some of my friends handled retirement. It wasn’t easy, retire-ment requires mostly un-familiar skills. One sold the family home, divorced his wife; with his share of the money; built a sailboat and took-off to sail around the world. He made it as far as Mexico. He is dead now, maybe he enjoyed himself but from what I have heard,
I suspect that he didn’t. Another one lives in his car, lies about his age and travels from state to state and works whenever he can (and has to because his finances are getting low). Still, another one, bought a small boat and goes fishing almost everyday One bought a motorbike and plans to travel with his son like ‘Easy Rider’ (remember the film?). One travels between Germany and China and teaches at the University of Beijing. One spends his time to learn about finances in an attempt to make his money last.
One thing I learned from friends: retirement is a lot of work and finances are the main concern. If one has no money, one does not need to manage assets (there are some who only have their government pensions) as a main concern, but life is in this case no fun at all: one depends on government hand-outs. Not a pleasant thought while one is still working. But hold i t: I promised not to write a ‘political manifesto.’ I read in a 2011 issue of ‘Newsweek:’ ‘Who Rules America? Retired People! It claims excessive spending on retired people, at the urging of the AARP (American Associated of Retired Persons), prohibit a balanced budget. True? I don’t think so! (unless the writers refers only to government retirees) The article refers to the USA not Canada, but to blame retired people serves as a warning to Canada. No manifesto, remember? The article also claim that ’Power’ is the ability to get what one’s wants. Is that true? So, should we all become AARP (or CARP in Canada) activists? How do we feel about it? Retired people only want what they paid for during their working life.
Government assistance? Pensions? Financial planning? And, if we can play and laugh and relax? So much the better! We earned it when we were working. Remember: Retirement is not for wimps!
—by Werner Stephan, North Shore SRC,
West Vancouver Group
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Strides for Strokes 2011 -
Rocky Point Park, Port Moody, BC - June 25, 2011.
It rained but being June the rain is not that cold…&
no wind, that’s good. Templeton group with
Burnaby, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam groups and their
caregivers, friends strode in rain and had fun, too.
I won a big basket of food! Thank you! I hope, next
year ‘Strides,’ will be sunny.
Still, we have HandyDart
early booking problem, we (Valerie, Deb and I)
talked to Dwight D. Sayer (Community Relation
Manager) MV Transporta-tion, Florida, USA and Linda
McGowan (Consumer Advo-cacy Manager-MVT Cana-
dian Bus, Inc).
Dwight is a stroke survivor,
and he knows our issue. I hope, he will help us fix
this problem about early booking.
—Jose Suganob
June 2011 Volume 11, Issue 135
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“There’s life after stroke”
JOSE NOTES...
S T R O K E R E C O V E R E R ’ S R E V I E W
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