It really isn't that easy

Planning to get your own flat, your life.. etc really isn't that easy.

it's not just paying registration fees to ballot for new flats, see when construction completes, assume i will be free on the day to choose the unit, blablabla.

i wish i was more involved in the discussion, if there ever was one.

have you ever considered, this is not only your life we're talking about here. it's O-U-R-S.
it's US we are talking about.

have you really really considered our life when you're doing all these? have you ever considered what i think how i feel what i want, and then see how to work everything out? somehow i think you are not going in the right direction.. thinking all the wrong things, making all the wrong assumptions.

number one. DO NOT assume i'm willing to live with you.

i suggest you speak to those married friends of yours for more 'exposure' to the issue.. the more such things happen these days, the more i'm re-thinking my direction.

tHe wiSdoM tEetH eXpeRieNcE

6 October 2008 (Monday)
1115: reach national dental centre level 3, registration, signing medisave forms, consent forms etc
1135: measured weight, blood pressure, temperature..
1145: nurse brought me to my bed, asked me to get changed, briefing by anaesthetist..
1150: briefing by Dr Lim, read some instructions, read abit of magazine while waiting for my turn..
1215: followed the nurse into the surgery lab, lied down on the table, covered with blanket, asked to put my arms on my tummy, take deep breaths from the oxygen mask, felt a warm gush through the back of my left palm where they injected the anaesthetic, one breath, two, three.. and i'm out.
1430: woke up, found myself already on my bed, everything's a blur, heard someone talk to me asking if i'm alright, closed my eyes and fell asleep.
1515: woke up, still a little groggy, realised i can't speak with the huge gauze in my mouth, slept for awhile more
1530: nurse removed the gauze, i tasted blood, had a 'lil ribena drink, throat felt sore, face felt numb.. (sore throat because they inserted a tube through my nose to my lungs to help me breathe while i'm 'sleeping')
1545: monkey came to pick me up! i got changed (still abit blur), Dr Lim checked my wounds, nursed briefed somemore, asked if i wanted to keep my teeth (i left it there)i made payment at cashier, collected medicine..
1630: home sweet home! continue to sleep off the anaethesia.

7 October 2008 (Tuesday)
faithfully on medication every 8 hours, constantly hungry, survived on magnolia milk, yeo's soya milk.. both cheeks swollen, could hardly speak.. received a call from dental centre to make sure i was alright.. wound still bleeding until the evening..

8 October 2008 (Wednesday)
continue the 8-hour cycle medication.. attempted new foods - porridge, ice cream.. tried to curb the urge to sneeze/ yawn/ cough, afraid the wounds may burst.. *yuck* right cheek more swollen than left cheek, felt feverish in the day (could be side effect).. damn painful when i tried to wash my face!

9 October 2008 (Thursday)
still on medication every 8 hours.. attempted more new foods - sponge cake.. blueblack on right side of my face starts to show.. the best thing to do was to sleep, when i'm always hungry and in pain. when i sleep, no pain, not hungry, no need to move my mouth muscles! i yawned a few times, and it felt horrible..

10 October 2008 (Friday)
feeling much much better, but still on medication.. attempted more new foods - steam egg, taukua, fish ball sliced into small small pieces.. blueblack on right side even more obvious, looks like i applied some herbal ointment on my face.. i can speak more today, but jaw gets tired really easily! i sneezed, and i freaked out.. thinking my stitches were going to snap.. i was paranoid haha..

11 October 2008 (Saturday)
medication should finish by tonight.. super bored with my diet by now.. i can't wait to much on pizza, chili crab, noodles, etc.. attempted new foods - fries(the soft ones only), kinder bueno.. i can open my mouth wider now, can see the stitches of the lower jaw.. so happy that i kept talking non-stop, until i accidentally bit on the wound.. there was a little bleeding, but it stopped quickly..

12 October 2008 (Sunday)
no longer on medication.. only the antiseptic mouthwash.. had fish porridge for lunch, kinder bueno for dessert.. mouth can open even wider than yesterday.. can also bite more firmly now.. i think i may start to engage my molars for eating?

13 October 2008 (Monday)
1615: follow up at ndc

14 October 2008 (Tuesday)
back to work..