it has been ages ago since the last time I had my oral checked. just simply because I’m petrified of needles, pain and blood. no joking, it really does scare the hell out of me. I can somehow find ways to conquer my many other fear but this is definitely my dead spot (sei yuit in Cantonese).
I had my top left wisdom tooth decaying since three weeks ago and apparently the pain never wear off as I was badly hoping. so I finally made a Saturday appointment with mr dentist since Monday. and I had been whining to all my friends and colleagues about this dentist appointment since then.
reached the dental clinic at 1115am and I was freaking nervous. I couldn’t sit still while waiting, couldn’t be bothered to reply mum while she was chatting with me and kept on heavy breathing. the worse thing was the buzzing sound of the machine made me even more tensed.
when it was my turn, I told mr dentist that I can feel my top left wisdom tooth had decayed but there was pain on the bottom left wisdom tooth too. mr dentist gave it a thorough check and I was glad that he told me everything is fine except for the top left decay. mr dentist explained the procedure and he assured me it is a simple and minimal pain process. obviously I wasn’t convinced enough to overcome the fear and my whole body started shivering.
the anesthetic jab both inside and outside the gum was painful. and when the numbing effect took place, I couldn’t speak properly and that was when my tears dropped automatically. mr dentist poked my numbed gum to test if I can feel anything and if it was ready for the extraction. the extraction started and I couldn’t feel anything at all except the feeling of someone forcefully pulling something out from my mouth and some cracking sound. but it was already scaring the hell out of me. the next thing I know, a cotton was stuffed into my mouth and I could hear mr dentist saying ‘that’s all. you’re good. do you want to see your tooth?’ and I was replying in shocked ‘no, get it away from my sight!’
went home, feeling the side effect. pain on the gum and giddiness started kicking in. though it wasn’t that bad but I felt weak and all I wanted to do is sleep. mummy cooked watery porridge for me as adviced by mr dentist to take soft food for two days and mummy bought me ice cream to cheer me up.
people say I act like a 10 year old kid wimping about the dental appointment. shameful. yes…. but I can’t help it. and I feel like a happy lil 10 year old kid too when mummy bought me ice cream as a reward for all these drama :)
now i'm left with only 31 teeth with 1 wisdom less :P
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
my big three-o
when I was 21, the thought of being 30 never once cross my mind...
when I was 25, people told me 30 will hit soon without me realizing it...
when I was 28, I started to understand what people told me when I was 25...
when I was 29, I’d already accepted the fact and thought so what’s the big deal...
now at 30, I’m not afraid nor ashamed to admit I’m 30… because there’s nothing we can do to stop it and I wouldn’t want to stop it neither even if I could. and I always believe human grow wiser as they age. well, at least for me... and so I shall grow old gracefully but will always stay young at heart...
oh, I just got to know that Chester Benington’s birthday is same as mine. and he has a son by the name of Jamie. what a coincidence huh... happy birthday Chester :P
thanks everyone for the birthday wishes and to those who had spent time with me on my birthday. love y’all...
when I was 25, people told me 30 will hit soon without me realizing it...
when I was 28, I started to understand what people told me when I was 25...
when I was 29, I’d already accepted the fact and thought so what’s the big deal...
now at 30, I’m not afraid nor ashamed to admit I’m 30… because there’s nothing we can do to stop it and I wouldn’t want to stop it neither even if I could. and I always believe human grow wiser as they age. well, at least for me... and so I shall grow old gracefully but will always stay young at heart...
oh, I just got to know that Chester Benington’s birthday is same as mine. and he has a son by the name of Jamie. what a coincidence huh... happy birthday Chester :P
thanks everyone for the birthday wishes and to those who had spent time with me on my birthday. love y’all...
Sunday, March 13, 2011
what a weekend...
Saturday is always my favourite day of the week. it’s like the transition day between a working Friday and a lazy Sunday. I like to keep my Saturdays occupied. no, not work! but something that I like to do or something that I’m willing and enjoy doing.
Saturday morning came and I woke up right on the dot even though without any alarm buzzing me. I hate being woken up by neither the ringtone on my phone’s clock nor my digital alarm clock in my room nor the noises around the house…. hate it max! got myself prepared and headed to the Chi. it was a quiet morning, love it…. there was only 2 ‘hamsters’ on the treadmill and another guy at the rowing machine. as usual, I always start my gym regime with a minimum of half hour run on the treadmill. it was a very sunny morning hence I had the blinds down so no view for me while running :( being so blank minded, my brain became very alert with every little movement or sound happening in the gym. I was so alert that I thought the guy at the rowing machine was checking me out on off. to be frank, I wasn’t flattered at all but in fact became very self conscious. weird things ran through my mind… was there a hole in my tights? am I singing out loud? am I making loud elephant stomping sound while running on the treadmill? was I wearing my top inside out? gosh… it was so annoying having all this disturbance while I’m trying to concentrate on my run. ok, half hour was up and it’s time for the class.
this time, it wasn’t for the bodypump class but the TRX class. I was convinced by both my bodypump trainer and Jukari trainer to try the TRX class, so I decided to give it a try although heard from bodypump mates that TRX is much tougher. I was quite nervous being the first timer in the class. but the whole situation got worse when that guy stepped into the class too. yes, that guy who I thought he was checking me out. sigh…. what more he was just right next to me. damn it! the one hour class was dreadful. not just because the guy was right next to me but the class was really tough. it wasn’t as hardcore as bodypump but it was really concentrating on your muscles to support your own weight throughout the whole routine. and now I’m having serious abs and shoulder blade ache…. oucchh….
finally, the class was over! I came out from the class and sat at the lounge area next to the pool to catch my breath and when I thought I can finally get out from the whole awkward situation, then came that guy. I could sense that he was walking towards me. for God’s sake, I was trying to catch my breath and now he was trying to make me run out of breath. he really did come up to me and greeted me...
the guy: hey, are you Jamie? Jamie Lim?
me: yes, do I know you? (in a very unfriendly tone)
the guy: probably yes, if you used to stay at 24, jalan 7/37?
me: huh??!! (giving him the annoying look)
the guy: I’m Chris… Christopher Leong. your ex neighbour.
me: oohhh... how the hell did you recognize me? it was like two decades ago...
the guy: well, I actually find you look very familiar the moment you walked into the gym. but I just couldn’t recall and was trying hard to remember. until Annie called your name in the class just now then it all just suddenly strikes me it was you, my ex neighbour and cycling mate.
me: (laughing in embarrassment) hhhmm… I wonder if it’s something good or bad that I didn’t change much since aeons ago. I really can’t recognize you at all. not at all...
the riddle was finally solved. he wasn’t a pervert nor a guy that was trying to hitch on me. he is my ex neighbour who I used to play with when I was young. we used to cycle every evening together to the opposite road to find our friends to play cycling saucer and also play masak masak with candles, leaves and grasses when mooncake festival. and I used to admire him before :P don’t judge me! I was young and naive and I really did think he was good looking that time. well, those carefree days were long gone. it was such a surprise that we met again after such a long time.
what a great weekend for me... tried another new class, met another long lost friend. hope to catch up with you soon if time permits. hhhmmm…. don’t think I notice any ring on his finger. joking… joking… :P
Saturday morning came and I woke up right on the dot even though without any alarm buzzing me. I hate being woken up by neither the ringtone on my phone’s clock nor my digital alarm clock in my room nor the noises around the house…. hate it max! got myself prepared and headed to the Chi. it was a quiet morning, love it…. there was only 2 ‘hamsters’ on the treadmill and another guy at the rowing machine. as usual, I always start my gym regime with a minimum of half hour run on the treadmill. it was a very sunny morning hence I had the blinds down so no view for me while running :( being so blank minded, my brain became very alert with every little movement or sound happening in the gym. I was so alert that I thought the guy at the rowing machine was checking me out on off. to be frank, I wasn’t flattered at all but in fact became very self conscious. weird things ran through my mind… was there a hole in my tights? am I singing out loud? am I making loud elephant stomping sound while running on the treadmill? was I wearing my top inside out? gosh… it was so annoying having all this disturbance while I’m trying to concentrate on my run. ok, half hour was up and it’s time for the class.
this time, it wasn’t for the bodypump class but the TRX class. I was convinced by both my bodypump trainer and Jukari trainer to try the TRX class, so I decided to give it a try although heard from bodypump mates that TRX is much tougher. I was quite nervous being the first timer in the class. but the whole situation got worse when that guy stepped into the class too. yes, that guy who I thought he was checking me out. sigh…. what more he was just right next to me. damn it! the one hour class was dreadful. not just because the guy was right next to me but the class was really tough. it wasn’t as hardcore as bodypump but it was really concentrating on your muscles to support your own weight throughout the whole routine. and now I’m having serious abs and shoulder blade ache…. oucchh….
finally, the class was over! I came out from the class and sat at the lounge area next to the pool to catch my breath and when I thought I can finally get out from the whole awkward situation, then came that guy. I could sense that he was walking towards me. for God’s sake, I was trying to catch my breath and now he was trying to make me run out of breath. he really did come up to me and greeted me...
the guy: hey, are you Jamie? Jamie Lim?
me: yes, do I know you? (in a very unfriendly tone)
the guy: probably yes, if you used to stay at 24, jalan 7/37?
me: huh??!! (giving him the annoying look)
the guy: I’m Chris… Christopher Leong. your ex neighbour.
me: oohhh... how the hell did you recognize me? it was like two decades ago...
the guy: well, I actually find you look very familiar the moment you walked into the gym. but I just couldn’t recall and was trying hard to remember. until Annie called your name in the class just now then it all just suddenly strikes me it was you, my ex neighbour and cycling mate.
me: (laughing in embarrassment) hhhmm… I wonder if it’s something good or bad that I didn’t change much since aeons ago. I really can’t recognize you at all. not at all...
the riddle was finally solved. he wasn’t a pervert nor a guy that was trying to hitch on me. he is my ex neighbour who I used to play with when I was young. we used to cycle every evening together to the opposite road to find our friends to play cycling saucer and also play masak masak with candles, leaves and grasses when mooncake festival. and I used to admire him before :P don’t judge me! I was young and naive and I really did think he was good looking that time. well, those carefree days were long gone. it was such a surprise that we met again after such a long time.
what a great weekend for me... tried another new class, met another long lost friend. hope to catch up with you soon if time permits. hhhmmm…. don’t think I notice any ring on his finger. joking… joking… :P
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