Monday, March 8, 2010

Wisdom Tooth Extraction

I had this throttling pain in my right upper wisdom tooth for about a month now.  After 2 visits to the dentists, the pain persisted.  I prepared myself for the worst – tooth extraction.  I had pain killer last few days otherwise I cannot sleep or consume my meals.
Before going to the dentist, I intentionally took a pain killer an hour before to make sure I don’t have to suffer so much.   But this turned out to be a bad mistake.  The pain killer messed up the dentisit diagnosis because it masked out the sensation at the tooth.  The dentist was not 100% sure which tooth to extract.  She needed to guess.
I learned my lesson – let the professions do their work.  The dentist was very professional:  she used a numbing gel to mask out the pain of the injection.  At the end, all I felt was some pressure on my jaw and the throttling pain was gone!

Monday, March 1, 2010

David Ling's response to the eatthatfrogmovie video


I recommended a couple of my friends to watch this video: http://www.eatthatfrogmovie.com/index.html
This is David Ling's response which I find most humorous:
and two bottles of quality chillie sauce later ..
. . >glup< . .>choke< . . >cough< . . >wheeze< . .
er.. wud anyone like the remaining frog . . ? . . >choke< . .
;-)
ps. somebody should cook that frog first .. !!
pss. looks like vegetarian is the way t go ..
I wrote to David:
You must have picked up some Aussie humor along the way and I like it.
David wrote back: actually, I had Phua Chu Kang in mind .... ;-P
Thanks for the clip :-)

Steam Boat Dinner with NSS students

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I considered it an honor to be invited by my final year NSS students to have a dinner together.  All I was asked to do was to wish them well and toast with them with “Huat Ah”!  Thirteen of us including Kim Heng, ex-NSS student, bonded over a steam boat dinner near Bugis Junction on 26th Feb 2010.  The steam boat business seemed to be dominated by mainland Chinese; I saw them everywhere I turned.
I liked Raymond’s recommendation of the soup – one side Laksa and the half herbal chicken soup.  I have a weakness for Laksa but it can be too spicy for my throat at times so I avoid it during term time.  That evening was the last day of the exam so I could have as much Laksa as I desired.
Our conversations focused mainly on army experiences as this is the next phase of their lives.  I like one of the stories shared by Zhi Jie:  In the army, we practice throwing live grenades.  The drill involved pulling out the safety pin and hurling it while shouting “grenade”.  But for this generation of army boys who grew up with Pokemon, the cry became “Pikachu, I choose you!”