Wednesday, September 14, 2005
!st Dentist Visit in 4 Years
Yeah, just came back from the 1st dental visit I have ever been to in 4 years or so. The dentist said I'm pretty "lucky" to have almost no dental probs, considering that! Well, the cost per dental visit in S'pore is rather exorbitant so I always wait to come back to Indo to go, but that became subject to other factors like laziness or business :p
Dunno if the phobia of dental visits is actually overhyped. But today I found myself quite uncomfortable with that nurse and the dentist herself supporting their hands all over my face and eyes. At some point, I could barely breathe. I was beginning to kinda grasp their fear. But it was kinda amusing thinking abt how the dentist have mastered the art of understanding wat her patients r trying to say with their mouths "full". Perhaps it oso helped that the patients must have done like wat I did, compensating for the lack of intelligible words by body language such as nodding the head slightly.
The moment I saw the dentist's name, I guessed that she must be partially Japanese and I was proven right when I saw her. She was very pretty and as unlike either an Indonesian Native or Chinese as can be. Her Bahasa is perfect, but her demenour and looks gave her away as being not fully local. My guess is that she is like Shu Huei and Yuko, mixed Jap and Indonesian Chinese. My bro, who had just been to another dentist the other day, suddenly "remembered" that his tooth is "aching" again and wanted to go in to have her treat him when I told him abt her.
For some reason, I have been hearing the Corrs' "Only When I Sleep" everywhere I go...about 3-4 times to date liao. Hmm...I wonder why. Like their songs a lot.
Speaking of songs, heard the wonderful "duet" between Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole's "When I Fall in Love"...her part was added in after his original version. Cool! My mom told me to quit playing Teresa Teng songs; it's too tragic for her to listen to the songs of a departed. She was sighing away,"Such a beautiful gal. Such a tragedy." and then, in the next breath, warned me to be careful abt my dormant asthma.
A resolution: From now onwards, I shall be less selfish, worry less for myself, and care more abt other ppl!
Dunno if the phobia of dental visits is actually overhyped. But today I found myself quite uncomfortable with that nurse and the dentist herself supporting their hands all over my face and eyes. At some point, I could barely breathe. I was beginning to kinda grasp their fear. But it was kinda amusing thinking abt how the dentist have mastered the art of understanding wat her patients r trying to say with their mouths "full". Perhaps it oso helped that the patients must have done like wat I did, compensating for the lack of intelligible words by body language such as nodding the head slightly.
The moment I saw the dentist's name, I guessed that she must be partially Japanese and I was proven right when I saw her. She was very pretty and as unlike either an Indonesian Native or Chinese as can be. Her Bahasa is perfect, but her demenour and looks gave her away as being not fully local. My guess is that she is like Shu Huei and Yuko, mixed Jap and Indonesian Chinese. My bro, who had just been to another dentist the other day, suddenly "remembered" that his tooth is "aching" again and wanted to go in to have her treat him when I told him abt her.
For some reason, I have been hearing the Corrs' "Only When I Sleep" everywhere I go...about 3-4 times to date liao. Hmm...I wonder why. Like their songs a lot.
Speaking of songs, heard the wonderful "duet" between Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole's "When I Fall in Love"...her part was added in after his original version. Cool! My mom told me to quit playing Teresa Teng songs; it's too tragic for her to listen to the songs of a departed. She was sighing away,"Such a beautiful gal. Such a tragedy." and then, in the next breath, warned me to be careful abt my dormant asthma.
A resolution: From now onwards, I shall be less selfish, worry less for myself, and care more abt other ppl!
// posted by Jenn @ 2:50 PM 
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