My visit to the dentist

On 23/2, I went to the dentist to start preparing for bracing. The experience was... well, eye-opening.
The dentist first gave me anesthesia, and indicated that it was "on the house" and "free-flow". The injection to the gums was a bit painful and the drug was really very very very bitter... even though it smelled nice.
Following that, I had examination, x-ray and photo-taking for specimen purpose. That was funny when the dentist was like saying " Smile. You're the Singapore Idol winner..." and I replied "Very hard, half the mouth was feeling numb and it is hard to control the muscles there to make a smile". The dentist said he understood but still asked me to try to smile. I tried and he said that it was the saddest Singapore Idol he ever seen.
Oh ya, after that has this thing to open my mouth for the dentist to take picture and I really feel like "Wow, what a way to start off pig year, looking like a pig myself with the mouth really in a weird shape." The dentist and the assistant then carried on to put in metal moulds into my mouth to test the sizes. A bit awful but still can "tahan"...
Next were the same metal moulds but this time, with some white gluey stuff smelling like mint chewing gum but ultra sticky like elephant glue. they pressed the things hard into my teeth for indent and later pulled out. The lower jaws went well but for the upper, after they removed, the dentist said: "Ah, too small. Cannot fit all."
This one then is the terrible one, the mould ultra big then put in, take out, put in again with the same white gluey stuff and my mouth hurts from opening very wide.
Part of the white gluey stuff sticked to my lips and to take them off took a bit of time and pain as well.
Oh, and then came the extraction of 2 of my teeth...
Just when the dentist took up the pliers or something like that, I became very nervous, asking " You gonna pluck the teeth now ah?" then the assistant was like "Oh, haven't pluck yet, going to..."
They then tried to pluck by twisting and turning my lower tooth with the pliers-like thing. I felt like a machine with some rusty nails that desperately need removal and they like using screwdrivers with pliers and trying very forcefully to remove the nails. The dentist commented that my tooth super strong, very hard to remove. I felt a bit traumatized ya and the process repeated with my upper tooth being removed.
After I went home, my mouth was still numb and as the numb feeling disappeared, I actually felt better and not in pain. It was only until next day morning then a bit more pain and discomfort but... heh heh, I still ate lao yu sheng and steamboat at night... :D but no real abalone for me... :C because the meat is really tough to chew, though the vegetarian one I still ate.
Overall, my legs went wobbly in the dental clinic... sigh.

Many Many GOOD news

Hey, new year has just arrived and I have plenty of good news. Firstly, I had a lot of new stuff like new sofa, new coffee table, new pajamas, new clothes, new shoes, new monitor, new keyboard, new computer mouse shaped like a squid, new eternet wires and bf passed me his older CPU plus web cam plus USB extender so a new com!! Also, I received the news that I passed my ACCA level 1. YAY!!! :-D

Wanna thanks all my friends who study hard with me and congrats to them too for getting good results. Very happy new year with so much "reaping"? Dunno how to phrase in English la... shou1 huo4 in Chinese.

my 21 birthday

Yo... here are some of the picts I got from Huiqing.
Mine developed lo, but no digital forms yet cause I can't find the connecting plug, so sorry. Thanks for the jigsaw, I completed le wo... just that cant show photo due to above reason. Never invite many people because of the size of the chalet very small but cheap as well. Although a few did not turn up last minute, I still enjoyed due to those who came. Thanks a lot.
The funny part was that I don't have ear holes because I am too scared of ear hole infection and pain, yet a few friends sent me ear rings. :p I don't think I can wear for now, maybe 6, 7 years down the road I may reconsider... so late lo, I will stop here.

My cat

Here are my cat's picts.

Currently, he is 8 yrs old. I picked him up from my primary school in 1998 when I was P6 then.

Food part 2

After uploading those photos, I seem to have no space to write.
Anyway, since I love to eat tasty food, I have also tried cooking dishes myself, and the photos are some of the dishes I have whipped up.
Some are modified from recipes like the blueberry bread, chawanmushi... while others are experimental like pasta and the western food... the keema is actually done from recipe from the home economics textbook.
Yup, I hope that my cooking can continue to improve although I don't cook often, too lazy to wash dishes... haha.

Food part 1

My pre-Birthday blues

This is really upsetting... I am like having a bithday party in 5 days and i fell sick.
Down with flu and a pimple break out under my nose, wat else???
Maybe I am stressed... it's terrible.
After doing so much planning and preparation, on the day take photos and I don't look well at all, that will be so disappointing. :(
Hopefully the flu and pimple will clear in 1-2 days time.

birthday cakes for thought

Here's a list of webpages I have been browsing for reference to what kinda cake I want for my 21st birthday. Quite hard to make up my mind though... most look attractive (pls note that looks don't equals to taste) hence a huge headache.

http://www.getelcakes.com/Products/ProdList.aspx?CateID=3
http://www.pure-eddiction.com/products/index.html
http://www.eatzi.com.sg/store/index.php?cPath=25&osCsid=ffbff16a8b5aee7a74b0c8fdd9ab56c0
http://www.angiethechoice.com.sg/shop/category.asp?catid=3
http://www.canele.com.sg/occasions_birthday.htm
http://www.ecreative.com.sg/cakes_products.asp?SID=3
http://www.awfullychocolate.com/
http://www.sweetsecrets.com.sg/cake.htm
http://www.cedeledepot.com/home/cake_chilled.asp
http://www.swensens.com.sg/order_swensens01.html
http://www.secretrecipe.com.sg/
http://www.chocabloc.biz/allcakes.html
http://www.tiramisutra.com/pricepage3.html
http://www.bakerzin.com/cakes_sub.asp?ItemCatSID=17

Yup... still got some more like the royals which i just went to the outlet and took a brochure. Hope this can serves as a good reference for those who want a list of not bad bithday cakes at least impressive.

I am a WHAT?! erm...

You Are a Caramel Crunch Donut

You're a complex creature, and you're guilty of complicating things for fun. You've been known to sit around pondering the meaning of life... Or at times, pondering the meaning of your doughnut. To frost or not to frost? To fill or not to fill? These are your eternal questions.

What Donut Are You?

Self taken photo

When I post this photo up, I kinda feel shy about it, but it seems weird not to have an image of myself to personalise my blog.

It then occured to me, how other people feel when they post their own photo online, do they feel the same way as me, scared that others will scrutinise and criticise at the same time about the looks. Will they have hesitations as to which photos to post and which not to post?

Especially when we criticise how other people look in their photos, have we spare a thought for their feelings? Famous bloggers like xiaxue and dawn yeo have been criticised on their photos, whether is it photoshop or cosmetic surgery.
Does it really matter so much? It just feels awful when people says your photo looks nicer than your real person.