Stroke Recoverer's Review Nov 2012

“Dedicated to Excellence” Vol. 13, Issue 152 November 2012

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November 2012 Volume 13, Issue 152

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RECIPE: Perfect Sesame Chicken

Everything I know

I learned from Noah Ark

1. Don’t miss the boat

2. Remember that we

are all in the same boat.

3. Plan ahead. It wasn't raining

when Noah built the Ark.

4. Stay fit. When you are 600 years

old, someone may ask you to do

something really big!

5. Don’t listen to critics; just get on

with the job that needs to be

done.

6. Build your future on high ground.

7. For safety’s sake, travel in pairs.

8. Speed isn’t always an advan-

tage. The snails were on board

with the cheetahs.

9. When you’re stressed, float a

while.

10. Remember, the Ark was built by

amateur: Titanic by profession-

als.

11. No matter the storm. God always

has a rainbow waiting.

—submitted by Loy Lai

Templeton Stroke Recovery.

Most of the important things in the

world have been accomplished by

people who have kept on trying

when there seemed to be no hope at

all.—Dale Carnegie

ENCOURAGEMENTS

Ingredients: 2 tbsp ........... All-purpose flour 2 tbsp ........... Cornstarch 1/4 tsp .......... Baking soda 1/4 tsp .......... Baking powder 2 tbsp ........... Low-sodium soy sauce 1 tbsp ........... Dry sherry 2 tbsp ........... Water 1 tsp ............. Vegetable oil 1 lb ............... Skinless, boneless chicken breast meat, cubed 2 tbsp ........... Distilled white vinegar 2 tbsp ........... Dark soy sauce 2 tbsp ........... Sesame oil 1 glove ......... Garlic 1/4 cup ......... Cornstarch 1 quart olive oil for frying the chicken 2 tbsp ........... toasted sesame seeds Directions: 1.Sift flour, 2 tbsp. cornstarch, baking

soda & baking powder into a bowl. Pour in low-sodium soy sauce, sherry, 2 tbsp. water, vegetable oil & a dash of sesame oil; stir until smooth. Stir in chicken until coated with the batter, then cover & refrigerate for 20 minutes.

2.Meanwhile, bring chicken broth, vine-gar, dark soy sauce, sesame oil & garlic to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Dissolve 1/4 cup cornstarch into 1/2 cup of water & stir into boiling sauce. Simmer until the sauce thickens & turns clear, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low & keep sauce warm.

3.Heat olive oil in a deep fryer or large saucepan to a temperature of 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

4.Drop in the battered chicken pieces, a few at a time, & fry until they turn golden brown & float to the top of the oil, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on a paper towel lined plate. To serve, place fried chicken pieces onto a serving platter & pour the hot sauce overtop. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds to garnish.

5.Serve six. Enjoy!...............................

“There’s life after stroke”

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Published every month, if possible. Contributions are always welcome. The articles should be in, not later than day 25th day 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.

November 2012 Contributors: Loy Lai

Ollie Stogrin

Deb Chow Jim Walmsley Werner Stephan Jose Suganob

Production of SRR:

Jose Suganob

Email: [email protected]

Printing Pick-up Person:

Ollie Stogrin

Recipe...Perfect Sesame Chicken 3

Encouragements 3

Last Month’s Happening 4

BLAST...Jim Ijoke... 5

Jose Notes...Ben S. Confession 6

Chocolate 7

QUOTE

Almost the end of the

year, again wonder-

ing where has the

2012 year gone?

We had our Xmas

party dinner on Dec. 1. Wonder-

ful to see so many members,

their families and friends. One

time a year get-together. We

also had new people attending

which was very nice. Unfortu-

nately this year, we didn’t come

up with a skit. Seems we all had

so much going this year and it

does take time to arrange, so

we had to skip it this year.

It’s been a hectic year and we

all have only so much energy to

give plus one year older. We

are so lucky to still have a lot of

helpers for our Xmas dinner.

Key looks after the raffle prizes

all year long, and this year,

Wilma (Helen’s daughter-in-law)

wrapped almost all the gifts

a 15-hour job. Key also looks

after all our HandyDART arrange

-ments. Our members like Loy,

Jeanie, Joann (a 10 year volunteer)

for our special events, comes faith

-fully every to help out. Both

two days before Christmas

dinner, our members, Loy,

Jeanie and volunteer Olga

were kitchen helpers and

supporters this year. This year,

we had Trevor as the main

cook’s helper, has good set of

muscles, for all the heavy lifting

and he is a very organized

volunteer. There is, also, Key’s

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LAST MONTH’S HAPPENING —by Ollie Stogrin, Templeton Stroke Recovery

family that helps every year, sons

Brad and Bryan, her brother, Tak

and grandchildren. It’s almost an

‘Akeroyd’ Xmas party. Karen Bur-

chak, another yearly volunteer. So

many people want to help out for

this fundraising Christmas dinner.

Debbie that keeps all the Xmas

records that we can look back

at if needed. She is our BLAST

organizer for Easter Camp. Hope-

fully, there will be full house

for Easter Camp 2013. So many

people helping to make stroke

recovery possible for the camp

and for all the events: BLAST

Easter Camp, Strides for Stroke

Walkathon, Templeton Annual pic-

nic and Christmas Dinner. Again,

Debbie donated meat pies for

lunch which is a nice change from

our soup and sandwich menu.

Diane S. hasn’t been around for a

while because she a had a fall

and finally came. We are happy

that she is on the mend, arriving

never empty-handed, it seems,

without goodies. This time with

yummy cookies. Thank you, Diane!

We were happy to see you, even

without the cookies.

Our Coordinator, Shaz took a trip

to Ontario. We had Katelyn come

and work in her place. Thank you,

Katelyn. We missed you at the

Xmas dinner.

Helen Low (another former volunteer)

came by for a visit. It’s wonderful

to see our former volunteers that

drop by to see us. Our Janine

(Gina) came for Xmas dinner. She

was another former volunteer that

helped us for 3 years and now

has graduated and is nursing

at Vancouver General Hospital.

It is nice to be remembered.

We will be having a Xmas lunch

for our members before we close

Dec. 22 for Xmas season and

re-open for the new year 2013 on

January 12, 2013.

We wish you all a very happy

holidays (Xmas to some) or what

ever holiday you celebrate. Make

it a happy one and a healthy one,

until next month, enjoy every

moment.

— by Ollie Stogrin

Templeton Stroke Recovery

PERFECT CHRISTMAS

PERFECT CHRISTMAS

My idea of a perfect Christmas is to spend it with you

In a party or dinner for two Anywhere would do

Celebrating the yuletide seasons Always lights up our lives

Simple pleasures are made special too When they’re shared with you.

Looking through some old photographs

Faces and friends we’ll always remember Watching busy shoppers rushing about

In the cool breeze of December Sparkling lights all over town

Children’s carols in the air By the Christmas tree

A shower of stardust on your hair

I can’t think of a better Christmas Than my wish coming true

And my wish is that you’d let me spend My whole life with you


The magic of Christmas never ends

and

greatest of gifts are family and

friends.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

2013!!!

Smilebox Templeton’s

Christmas Dinner 2012 go to:


WHEN GRANDMA GOES TO

COURT

Lawyers should never ask

a Mississippi grandma a

question if they are not

prepared for the answer.

In a trial, a Southern small-town

prosecuting attorney called his first

witness, a grandmotherly woman to

the stands. He approached her and

asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you now

me?”

She responded, “Why, yes, I do

know you since you were a boy,

and frankly, you’ve been a big

disappointment to me. You lie, you

cheat on your wife, and you

manipulate people and talk about

them behind their backs. You think

you’re a big shot when you haven’t

the brains to realize you’ll never

amount to anything more than a

two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know

you.”

The lawyer was stunned. Not

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knowing what else to do, he

pointed across the room and

asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know

the defense attorney?”

She again replied, “Why, yes,

I do. I’ve known Mr. Bradley since

he was a youngster, too. He’s

lazy, bigoted, and he has a

drinking problem. He can’t build a

normal relationship with anyone

and his law practice is one of the

worst in the entire state. Not

mention he cheated on his wife

with three different women. One

of them was your wife. Yes,

I know him.”

The defense attorney nearly died.

The judge asked both counselors

to approach the bench and, in a

very quiet voice said, “If either of

you idiots ask her if she know me,

I’ll send you both to the

electric chair.”

—ijoke submitted by Jim Walmsley

Delta Stroke Recovery

JIMY IJOKES... BLAST - Easter Long Weekend 2013

BLAST

(Building Life After Stroke Together)

March 29 to April 1, 2013 Good Friday to Easter Monday - 3 nights/4 days

All inclusive. Charter pick up from

Lower Mainland including ferry terminals

Only $225

Give the gift of BLISS (Better Life In Stroke Survival)

Gift Certificates are available or maybe some-

one will give it to you.

For more information:

Please go to website: TurtleTalk.ca

\We already have 36 registered campers: 28 stroke survivors, 6 caregivers, 2 friends as of

Dec 1, 2012

Easter 2013 will be a

BLAST

BASIC INTERNET SKILLS

For senior citizens, learning com-

puters and basic internet skills is

not only for accessing information.

It is the tool now for keeping in

touch with family members. I won’t

even go into the health benefits

that could come from nimble fingers

on the keyboard, or playing senility

staving games. The lists goes on.

In fact, what holds true for those

the right side of the age divide is

also true for senior citizens when it

comes to internet and basic com-

puter skills.

Many of the elderly fear the com-

puter (fear of the unknown) but

basic computer skills are very

easy to learn—more so today

when everything is designed to be

user-friendly and visually accessi-

ble. So let’s head out and attend

classes that teach basic internet

and computer skills. Surf the

Internet!

HandyDART



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Coca-Cola invented Santa Claus

is an urban myth…

The modern version of Santa

Claus was not created by Cola

Cola. Haddon Sundblom illustra-

tions were based upon what had

already become the standard

image of Santa as noted in a New

York Times article published, from

four years before the appearance

of Sundblom’s first Santa-based

Coca-Cola advertisements.

Illustrations of lavishly bearded

Santa (and his predecessors),

showing figures clothed in red

suits (and hats) with white fur trim-

mings, held together with broad

black belts, were also common

long before Coca-Cola’s first

Santa Claus ad appeared in The

Saturday Evening Post.

All this isn’t to say that Coca-Cola

didn’t have anything to do with

cementing the modern image of

Santa Claus in the public con-

sciousness. In an era before the

advent of television, before color

motion pictures became common,

Coca-Cola’s Santa Claus adver-

tisement displays were for many

Americans their primary exposure

to the modern image of Santa

Claus.

BEN STEIN CONFESSION:

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary:

Ben Stein confession:

I am Jew, and every single one my

ancestors was Jewish. And, it does

not me even a little bit when people

call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled

trees, Christmas trees…I don’t feel

threatened. I don’t discriminated

against. That’s what they are,

Christmas tree.

It doesn’t bother me a bit when

people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to

me. I don’t think they are slighting

me or getting ready to put me in a

ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It

shows that we are all brothers and

sisters celebrating this happy time

of the year. It doesn’t bother me at

all that there is a manger scene on

display at a key intersection near

my beach house in Malibu. If people

want a crèche, it’s just as fine with

me as is the Menorah a few hundred

yards away.

I don’t like getting pushed around

for being a Jew, and I don’t think

Christ ians like gett ing pushed

around for being Christians. I think

people who believe in God are sick

and tired of getting pushed around,

period. I have no idea where the

concept came from, that America

is an explicitly atheist country.

I can’t find it in the Constitution and

I don’t like it being shoved down

my throat.

Or, maybe I can put it another way:

where did the idea come from that

we should worship celebrities and

we aren’t allowed to worship God

as we understand Him? I guess

that’s a sign that I’m getting old,

too. But there are a lot of us who

are wonder ing where these

celebrities came from and where

the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we

send to one another for a laugh,

this is a little different: This is not

to be a joke; it’s not funny, it’s

intended to get you thinking.

In light of recent events...terrorist

attacks, school shootings, etc,

I think it started when Madeleine

Murray O’Hare (she was mur-

dered, her body found a few

years ago) complained she didn’t

want prayer in our school, and

we said OK. Then someone said

you better not read the Bible in

school. The Bible says thou shalt

not kill; thou shalt not steal, and

love your neighbor as yourself.

And, we said okay.

Then, Dr. Benjamin Spock said

we shouldn’t spank our children

when they misbehave, because

their little personalities would be

warped and we might damage

their self-esteem (Dr. Spock’s

son committed suicide). We said

an expert should know what he’s

talk ing about. And, we said

okay…

Now, we’re asking ourselves why

our children have no conscience,

why they don’t know right from

wrong, and why it doesn’t them

to kill strangers, their classmates

and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long

and hard enough, we can figure it

out. I think, it has a great deal to

do with WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.’

—Ben Stein

—submitted by Ollie Stogrin

Templeton Stroke Recovery

JOSE’s NOTES Urban Myth

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CHOCOLATE —Werner Stephan, North Shore Stroke Recovery Center - West Vancouver Group

A popular urban myth is that in

1928, Coca-Cola invented

Santa Claus. What fuels this

myth is that his red coat

matches perfectly the Coca-

Cola livery.

The truth is that while early

Santa Claus often wore green,

Santa Claus in red was estab-

lished by the 1860s, long

before Coca-Cola was invented.

In 2007, a UK study

suggested that eating

dark chocolate was

more rewarding than

passionate kissing

and that same 50% of women

reportedly c laim to prefer

chocolate to sex, although this

response may depend on the

attributes of the interviewer.

Chocolate has become the

most popular flavor of foods in

all the world. Gifts of chocolate

molded into different shapes

have become tradit ional on

certain holidays, such as Christ-

mas. Santa Claus, made of

chocolate, has even become

one of the symbols of Christmas

Chocolate is also used in cold

and hot beverages to produce

chocolate milk and hot choco-

late.

Speak ing for myself, I am

very fond of its taste and

succumb easily to the tempta-

tion of a chocolate bar. Like it is

said: Don’t resist temptation,

it might not come again! I don’t

think that this saying conforms to

church teachings or the spirit of

Christmas.

Several types of chocolate

can be found, among them dark

chocolate, milk chocolate, un-

sweetened chocolate and many

more varieties. White Chocolate

does not contains any cocoa sol-

ids, only cocoa butter, sugar and

milk solids. Because of this, many

countries do not consider white

chocolate as chocolate at all. The

other types of chocolate differ mostly

in the amount of cocoa solids which

can range from 30% to 90%.

In my opinion, any amount of cocoa

solids over 75% makes chocolate

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Trying to move the conversation

along, I asked what else would

like Santa to bring him.

He promptly replied, “Another

train.”

Merry Christmas

&

Happy New Year 2013!


SANTA and the TRAIN SET

too bitter to truly enjoy it. In some

mass-produced varieties, cocoa

solids can be as low as 7%. The

fat, normally contained in cocoa,

are replaced by artificial oils

and sweeteners. Artificial flavoring

supplies taste. Some people count

dark chocolate among the health

foods because it is said by some

to limit the risk of heart attacks.

Good luck! Weight gain, and all its

negative effects, are not considered

in this opinion. Never mind, I love

high quality chocolate! I do not

want to go into the details of

chocolate making. Each chocolate

maker has variations, not only

in the process, but also in the

ingredients. They are trade

secrets and I do not want to know

some of them. I, also, do not want

to get into the history of chocolate

from its Mayan origins in Central

America, to the Spaniards, to

other European variations, most

say improvements, including me.

—by Werner Stephan

West Vancouver Group North Shore Stroke Recovery Center

Santa Claus made of chocolate

Cocoa fruit pods in various stages of ripening

Mayan symbol of cocoa

Types of Chocolate

While working in a store as Santa

Claus, I had lots of boys ask me

for an electric train set. “If you get

your train,” I would tell each one,

“You know, your dad is going to

want to play with it, too. Is that

okay?”

The usual answer was a quick

yes, but after I asked one boy this

question, he became very quiet.

THE URBAN MYTH Santa Claus and Coca-Cola

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