Unleash the Dragon (singing)...LOL

Today marks the first day of the Chinese New Year! So...Happy New Year!!!!!!

With that being said this year begins the year of the Dragon and the Asian community is more than happy to pop out as many babies as they can being that the year of the Dragon is considered to be the luckiest of the Chinese Lunar years. "Dragons possess a certain natural, charming charisma that ensures they can always influence their peers and often find themselves the center of attention in social situations."
--http://www.babiesonline.com/horoscope/chinesezodiac/dragon.asp

SN: I was born in the year of the Dragon!

Having a baby duing this year is said to send your child good fortune. Asian countries have in the past and are currently expecting a spike in births for this up & coming year; which would be an excellent change for low populated countries(Singapore) and possibly not such a good idea for highly populated counties(China or Indonesia). Wheather the out come of this Baby Boom is positive or negative, one thing's for sure; women every where are waddling around pregnant with new life!

SN: Everyone that is, except me.

It seems that eveytime I turn around someone I knew or know is pregnant or just had a child. The year of 2011 was a huge Baby Booming year for young America. With hit shows like 16 & Pregnant and Teen Mom, TV stations like MTV use their brocasting power to display just how challening it can be to raise a child at such a young age. However, my peers are unconvinced. As much as I dream of one day starting a family of my own, I would rather wait until the situation that I chose to birth my child into becomes a little more stable.

My prediction is that the birth rates are only going to rise, especially in the year of the Dragon. I am not quite sure what the fascination about being pregnant and having a child without a spouse to help you raise the child is. But more and more I hear my peers discussing having a child and my question to them is always the same, "With who??? If you aren't in a relationship with whom do you plan on conceiving this child with? Then who is going to help you raise the unfortunate little kid. How could a person become so consumed with themselves and being lonely that they would go as far to try to trick and trap a female or male into having a baby.

SN: Believe it or not men are desiring children nowadays, however they are reluctant to the actual relationship...Crazy isn't it, who would have called the day when guys in their mid twenties were telling females, "All I want is my Seed". LOL

This is something that I cannot wrap my head around for the World of me. Most of the people who have these children end up raising their offspring alone. I don't know about you but that is something I'm not willing to settle for. I am all for child rearing when you have the support that is needed to raise the child right inorder for them to become a productive citizen of the World. However, to bring a child into the World because of your own selfish reasons, then to have that child be raised in an adverse enviornment all to potentially become terrors of America, I just don't get it! This I will NEVER understand.

The Worst Carryout N Da World!!!!

The CHINA GARDEN RESTAURANT in Arlington, Va has by far the worst service in the world.

My job sometimes request that I work nights, which is fine. It's an easier shift and I chill the whole time. Nothing to complain about. Easy money. The only thing that could possibly go wrong is not being able to eat for the whole 8 hours I'm here (tragic). But lately things have been going smoothly. My coworker and I usually do Chipotle, amazing!!! ;-) But as you could imagine eating anything fast food 3 days straight will make you wanna puke at the mere thought of being subjected to eating it once again. So I opted out of Chipotle.

My brilliant friend D, and coworker suggested Red, Hot, and Blue which I thought was a great idea since I had never eaten there.
SN~ I have been wanting to eat there for the longest. I pass one every time I drive through Waldorf.
I grew excited with hunger at the thought of finally trying the infamous wings from Red, Hot, and Blue. But when D called to place the order they said that the kitchen was closed. Which I felt was bull sh!t because I called prior to us placing the meal to figure out a definite closing time and some lady told me 10pm and even got specific enough to say the kitchen closes at 9:30pm. Extremely polite young lady but clearly uninformed about their hours of operation.  They closed at 9. Blown! SMDH, not a good start. So I asked to speak with a manager to see if I could reason with her, but they had already shut the fryers down.
SN~I completely understand that because, as some of you may know from one of my earlier posts, I have worked at a wing spot before.
Next option. I check my locations app to see what restaurants were in walking distance and China Garden popped up. So I called and placed the order right then so there would be no issues or so I thought. Talking to the guy, he was rude as sh!t...but rude I can deal with. Lying about pricing and effin up my order when you plan on closing the restaurant as soon as I leave, I can't! The man told me the shrimp and broccoli was 7.35 but really it was 13 something. 13 Dollars for shrimp and broccoli and a small rice, not even an egg roll or a soda. SMDH WHAT A RIP OFF!!!! But then again we aren't in the hood, we're in Rosslyn, Va. However, when I look into my bag, so eager to demolish this ever so pricy food I notice the bottom of the bag is soaked with my probably 5$(exaggeration) garlic sauce that I requested. The rice is sitting inside the plastic jar of garlic sauce. #PISSED. So I gather all of the food together and run it back up the street to the restaurant and asked for some more garlic sauce. I really wanted to tell him to keep his food and give me my coworkers money back, LOL but looking at the time, it was already 10 and all the places to eat were closed, including Chipotle. So I just asked for my money back and kept the food. Almost caught and asthma attack running to catch the restaurant before they closed. Smh, the pricing (we are in Rosslyn)... understandable , the attitude (its late and your ready to close and go home)...understandable, but the horrible service and lack of preparation of my...our food, inexcusable! Never Order Late Night Carry Out From There!!!
#stillflippinhungry