random rattlings

kudos to beautiful teeth...

having 2 broken front teeth ain't cheap to maintain, especially when these "not-so-cheap" fillings keep coming out... and in Australia, breaking these fillings meant that I'd gotta pay almost 100 bucks per tooth (on top of the consultation costs) to repair it (as compared to 50 dollars here).... it ain't gonna be worth it in the long run...

so today, i decided to consult the dentist to find out the options for a more permanent solution. and that's crowning.

"Why are your front two teeth so short?" the dentist asked me... "I had another dentist shave my front two teeth a little cos it cracked at the edges, so it became shorter..."

"well, its gotta be way longer than these you have..."

talk talk...

"How long does it take to do a crown?"
"1 week."

I clasped my hands together, and was excited to hear that it could be done in such a short time.... "So when can we start?"

"Well, how about we start today..." the dentist said...
and so, i decided to start the crowning process immediately...

so within that hour, I had my front 2 semi-fractured teeth drilled and hammered into 2 "sticks" and it wasn't a pleasant thing.
the most painful part was the anesthetic injection into my gums.
the drill grinded parts of my semi-fractured tooth into smitherines/powder.
so, I could literally see powder flying out of my mouth, and it smells like concrete.

now i'll have to wait a week.

kudos to beautiful teeth.

and having beautiful teeth ain't just about the aesthetics of a nice smile.

now I finally can eat an apple, crunch into a cracker, tear meat of a chicken wing (as compared to using a fork and knife to shred the meat off before putting it into my mouth)... you know, how troublesome it becomes having to eat food like that... :X perhaps, that's why I've not really liked meat with bones, a strange phobia after having bitten onto a pork with hidden bone at Honey-Wok and having broken the "cheap" filling off my teeth.

but phobia no more...

with a crown,
finally, eating's gonna be convenient again!!!!! :D
*and of course, eating with a beautiful smile is extremely important.
Have you seen the smiles of Japanese people on local television when they enjoy sushi? what wide and beautiful smiles they have right... so what's good food without a beautiful smile?

anddd, I've got a new Dog, Welsh Corgi, named after the wizzy... Merlin (a short wizard just like a short-legged dog) :D really cool. and really happy that my home is gonna be more lively again with this dog around.

i mean, when our Tuffy (siberian husky) died last year, the home became quite a lot more quiet...
... my dad didn't have to nag at us to bring the dog out anymore.
... tuffy would normally walk around the house, and "beg" for food with the cutest lying down position with sad eyes.
... we didn't have to worry about someone getting bitten anymore.
... there wasn't something to cuddle in the afternoon when everyone's out at work/school
... there was one less responsibility to occupy our time...

so I always wanted to have a dog in the house.

its good exercise for my parents to walk the dog. and its fun to have a dog running around the place and greeting people who come back at the gate. at least, I like to be greeted when I come back home. its the feeling of being welcomed that i missed. its fun to tell others about how handsome my previous dog was, well, it really was the most handsome dog in the neighbourhood (or so i've seen.. nothing beats blue-eyed, apricot-white coloured siberian husky... HUNK). now too, i think i've got the cutest, most intelligent and the friendliest dog in the neighborhood that I can go on bragging about.

haha.

random rattlings.

i'm happy to have a dog in the house.