The Experience of Wearing Braces... Partially

I was expecting the pain or the tightening feeling but nothing came out of it. Just the feeling of soreness of the jaw. It's feels something it's stuck in the mouth. And it's very tough to restrain myself from grinding the molars to get rid of that soreness. That's how it feels of wearing the Damon braces for the first hour now. I wonder it's because of the Damon braces that I didn't feel the pain or the tightening compared to the normal ones. Only the upper jaw is done for now and scheduled to do the lower jaw at the next appointment, depending on the result of the teeth movement a month later.

The last meal I had before the orthodontic treatment was the Krispy Kreme doughnuts (NY Cheese Chreme and the other one was Almond) with Iced Americano at Mid Valley while waiting for my haircut appointment at The Gardens. I took a pic of it for remembrance. I wonder how it feels later to be enjoying my dinner with all the metals in my mouth. All for the vain for beauty. Ha ha ha.

After the treatment was done for today, I was given a small brush to clean the food debris between the wires and the teeth; wax plaster to put on metal edges to prevent brushing with the inner lips to get canker sores and a special toothbrush for people wearing braces. And I have this 2 orange plaster on my molars to prevent me from having a full bite, to prevent the lower jaw teeth poking against those metals at the upper jaw teeth.

The whole process was done in 1.5 hours. I was just lying down with my eyes closed listening to Mariah Carey, Bonnie Tyler, Swift Taylor, Beyonce, etc on the radio... with my mouth wide opened.


My daily dental care; my crooked teeth; 2 orange bite-plaster in my mouth... grrr

My Visit to Dentist and Damon System

Almost 3 weeks after the oral surgery at the Putrajaya Hospital, I returned to the dentist again expecting to start the orthodontic treatment. After checking all the teeth again, I was given 2 options. Since my jaw arch is narrow, there isn't much space to push around for straightening the teeth arrangements and another 4 teeth have to be taken out. (coordinate 1.3, 2.3, 3.3 and 4.3) Or.... I can opt for the Damon System which is more expensive than the normal ones. But given the quotation, her price is definitely cheaper than the ones I read at the forums. She gave a rough estimation that I will be wearing it for 18 months or so. Since not many people opt for this one, she didn't have it in the clinic and she has to call the supplier for that. Tentatively given a week time for it to arrive. The only think she can do for this morning was to take a mold of my upper and lower jaw teeth.


Copy and paste from wikipedia....

The Damon system of orthodontics is a fixed, passive, self-ligating method of correcting malocclusions. It uses brackets that do not require elastic o-rings to hold the wires in place. To hold the wires in place, the Damon System uses small sliding doors. By not using the elastic o-rings, the wires freely slide through the slots without friction, which necessitates new mechanics to use the system to move teeth. The addition of 'stops' on the wires helps prevent the wire from becoming displaced from its intended location.

With the lighter forces not exceeding the capillary pressure of the periodontium, tooth movement has been shown to occur more rapidly and more comfortably by many doctors using this system. In addition, initial appointments are spaced 10 weeks apart instead of 4 weeks, as seen with conventional mechanics. This reduces the number of total visits needed to complete treatment.

Sandy Lam 09 Live in Kuala Lumpur

Since Alan Tam/Hacken Lee were also having a concert at the adjacent stadium, we targeted to arrive much earlier to secure a parking at the stadium area. The crowd around the stadium was building up fast and the lively atmosphere was spiced up by the food stalls, mobile karaokes, flashing tubes, whistles and accessories and also the road runners from the 988, One FM and MyFM radio stations.

By around 7.45pm, we finally got our seats at the Putra Indoor Stadium, which was at the highest level that was facing the stage. A bit too far but great view. Better than the side seats that to strain the neck side-ways to watch it. For those who bought the more expensive tickets which is near to the stage, the seats could have been better instead of just the normal plastic chairs you normally find at the hawker stalls and it's a flat view towards the stage. Maybe the Putra Indoor Stadium isn't really designed for concerts like the Hong Kong Coliseum.

We were joking that Sandy was also  following the Malaysian time culture of not being punctual because by 8pm, the concert has not yet begun. At around 8.30pm, the opening acts were by KK and Luke of the 988 FM radio station DJ with 2 or 3 songs, which I didn't really focus much. And... at last the Diva of KL of the night finally made her appearance!

The graphics visualization was good and so were the light effects too. There was a part where she sang a medley of movie theme songs with video clip playing at the background scene. Later on, the whole stadium actively began to warm up with her rendition of 'At Least There's You' (至少还有你) and the fun finally unleashed with the song 'Grey' (灰色). The whole stadium exploded with excitement with people standing up, dancing and singing along with her songs in full ecstasy with the rest of her fast upbeat songs.

By 11.30pm, she bade her first goodbye and everyone was very energetic shouting encore, whistling and yelling for more. And within 30 seconds, we enjoyed more of her song. Then the 2nd encore, which was proudly successful and this time, she did English songs, one of them was 'I Swear', followed by the 3rd encore. And unbelievably, she supported our 4th encore!! In this last encore, one song was a duet with the Hong Kong song writer, Anthony Lun (伦永亮).

At mid night, the stadium ceiling lights were lighted and it's time to leave, but some spectators were still in the stadium yelling and whistling for more. We were still in the stadium to see how things really ended. With a surprise, she came back on stage! But this time, she thanked us and told us to be good boy and good girl to go home because the concert has already ended.



Concert ticket, people filling up the stadium, KK and Luke opening acts


Sandy Lam concert scenes

New Moon Movie Review

I didn't know that the movie New Moon was a sequel of Twilight. Basically before the movie started, I was told it was a fight between the Vampires and the Werewolves. The first thought was the scenes from the movie Blade. Cool then and I was eagerly sitting in the cinema and the movie started. And then, the excitement began to fade....

Before I go ranting about the bad parts of the movie, there are some things worth the attention in it. The movie soundtrack was really captivating. Notably, the song while Bella was sitting facing the window from Oct to Dec and also the upbeat songs during the chase in the forest. Besides the audio pleasure, the visual pleasures were the topless hunky werewolves and Jacob charming smile. On the vampire side, was the elegant and stylist Alice with such good fashion sense and she looked stunning while in her sports car rushing to the Volturi. Totally awesome!!

It was a long triangle love story of Bella (human), Edward (vampire) and Jacob (werewolf). Bella is such a fickle-minded bitch and I tell you why. Bella and Edward were in love but Edward knows the love of 2 different world was so difficult and Edward decided to abandon the love and left town. Not able to handle the rejection, Bella suffered from depression with nightmares and would do anything reckless and dangerous to have a vision of Edward again. Such an attention seeker for self pity.

Bella bumped into hunky Jacob and they got along very well with all the sweet moments. Bella told Jacob she loved her and Jacob was so delighted everything went lovey-dovey, thinking that Bella has forgotten about Edward. On a few occasions, Jacob saved the Bella from her idiotic suicidal acts, shared his concerns/secrets to her and even introduced her to his wolf-pack.

Unexpectedly, Edward decided to return and Bella was too excited to return herself to him. To a person who abandoned her. And this bitch told Jacob that everything was over. She was alright since Edward has returned. And thanked Jacob for that happiness.

What the Fxxx. That Bella was playing love-mind games with these 2 guys, at her convenience to heal the so called 'hole in her chest' with no regards to all other people who care for her, including her father, Charlie. Such selfish act. And I wonder what's so nice about Bella till Edward and Jacob were so crazy about her.

At the end of the movie, it was the side-kicks, namely Jacob (left pic) and Alice (right pic) that stole the movie limelight, not Bella the bitch and Edward the softy vampire.

Brida Book Review

Honestly, this is one book I've decided to buy after reading the synopsis at the back cover of the book. I was captivated by the short description and I was curious what philosophical ideas about Soulmate that Paulo Coelho is going to write. All these time, most of the books I have were from recommendation of friends or the best seller chart.

The story revolves mainly on Brida from Dublin that was intrigued with the knowledge of witch crafting. She went to a forest, met up Magus and the Magus felt in love with her. During the course of her training with the Magus, Brida met up another witch, name Wicca and Brida learned a lot from her. And the story goes further that Wicca and Magus were once lovers. Brida has a boyfriend name Loren. Then Magus confessed his love with Brida. Brida got to know Wicca is Magus ex lover; and Magus found out that Brida has a boyfriend. Even though from the witch craft revelation that Brida is Magus soulmate, he sacrifice himself and distanced himself from Brida, so that Brida can be together with Lorens. And Wicca? she has moved on.

A complex love story between Magus, Wicca, Brida and Lorens!!

And at the final chapter of the book, here's a deep thought about Love...

'People give flowers as presents because flowers contain the true meaning of Love. Anyone who tries to possess a flower will have to watch its beauty fading. But if you simply look at a flower in a field, you will keep it forever, because flower is part of the evening and the sunset and the smell of damp earth and the clouds on the horizon.'

You understand what's trying to say? Well.. I do, I least I think I do.

Westlife - You Must Have Had a Broken Heart

Listening to this song, it reminds me of something which I cannot forget so easily. Mixed emotions. Add them together, you get the lyrics and the feelings sang out by Westlife.

There's something I didn't blog about in my oral surgery blog entry. When I was put to sleep, it was total darkness and a sense of peace befell upon me. No happiness or sadness. Emptiness of the soul. While I was still lying down on the surgery bed, from my eyes, tears were felt flowing my eyes to the side of my head. Voices of the nurses echoed asking me if I was in pain. And I fell back into the darkness again.

Until to this day, I do not why I was crying in the surgery room. Perhaps those are the feelings I've been suppressing so long, released into the air during my most helpless moments.

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Westlife - You Must Have Had a Broken Heart

The way you say the things you do
The softness of the words you choose
The times that you can read my mind
And take my worries out of sight

Your fingers touching on my lips
And say a kiss is still a kiss
And when you look at me I see
I see the pain that you had to feel

You must've had a broken heart, to love me the way you do (did)

Must've been so torn apart, I can see it when I look at you
All the meaning that is in your eyes, the love you give will never die
And I knew right from the start, you must've had a broken heart

You seem to have that certain smile
I can't forget after a while
The day you walked into the room
At once I knew the hurt that you'd been through

Sometimes when its late at night and I see your face in the fire light
Showing all the love you have for me, well I love you as much

Sometimes, sometimes
Must've had a broken heart
Yeah
All the meaning that is in your eyes, the love u give will never die
And I knew right from the start, you must've had a broken heart
Sometimes

The Current Chilly Wet Weather

Many people have been cursing the current weather. Too many rainy days. Office workers get stuck in the traffic jams. Housewives have their problem doing their laundry. Hawkers have difficulty doing a brisk evening business. But luckily this evening, the rain didn't come.

And... I got the chance to have the 'bak kut teh' dinner with SK at Equine Park. Such a wonderful meal! And when William got to know how great my appetite was, he commented as though I was just 'released from jail'. LOL. It's true!

Well, the rainy days really makes me get hungry faster. Hot cocoa for afternoon tea and cereal for supper. Secondly, since after the oral surgery, I was looking forward to have nice food but then I have to hold my horses till I have done my follow-up treatment and recovery period. It's over now!! That explained my good appetite. And.... I just love to eat. Passionate about eating.

Talking about rainy days, my room temperature these days reads between 25.2C and 25.9C. I hope it maintains throughout the year because I just love cold weather. Late autumn and early spring are the best. During bedtime, with just singlet and shorts, I immersed myself into the cold night breeze and slip into dreamland. (fyi: I'm not used to sleep naked- no sense of security; the friction between the weenie and the bolster makes it HARDER to sleep; you get the pun ;)

The only bad thing about this chilly wet weather is, it doesn't give me a chance to do my weekly jogging. I think I'm going gain some weight with all these eating.

Life is fun!