Doesn't matter what we r

Some ppl had been married for over 10 yrs and yet, they divorced
while others never got married but were together, had kids and lived happily ever after.

A wise woman once told me that it's what you do that counts.
Some ppl are together everyday but fail to look after each other, physically and emotionally
while other ppl who dun hav much time make what little time they have together meaningful.

so it doesn't really matter what she thinks of me.
Since the day she baked me cookies, I knew my life werent gonna be the same.
To me, shes a special person.
I'd treat her like one but also give the space she needs.
Although I cant expect things from her cos she may not feel the same way
but I can just give as much as I can and be happy in doing so.

Happiness potion: Expect a little less. Give a little more. Slow but steady, selflessly and pure.

On the plate

Courage means the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

I like the definitions there cos I realised that the fear in us has never really gone away.
It's always there. Some days u triumph and some days u regress.
Sometimes u can be courageous...just for a brief moment and that's all that matters.
My fren said that going up to say u like someone is like offering ur heart on the plate to be stabbed

I've never been stabbed cos I never put my heart out there.
I regressed and got used to being disappointed.
Keeps holding on to my heart b4 I get hurt, but I know it slowly bruises
to the point where I'm not sure which is worse, bruising or being stabbed.
My fren also said that noone gets a second stab at her heart.
But for me, if I have to get stabbed once or twice now to get what I never have, then so be it.

Today I found out I lost 2kg.
Giving a piece of urself away sure makes u feel lighter...

A little love

เวลามีเรื่องควรใช้สติอย่าใช้อารมณ์ และเวลาที่เรารักใครต้องเผื่อใจไว้ด้วยและอย่าลืมที่จะรักตัวเองด้วย

รักจากแม่

When there're problems, use senses and reasons, not emotions. When you love someone, never forget to also love yourself.

With love, mum

Mysterious box

First there was a mysterious box

and then there were 5 random objects...Crayon, Bubble thingy, Tealight, Cocktail umbrella and Red ribbon.

and then came the inspirations...

SOFA:

The girl in the pix is Tania Bong who kindly offered me a place to take most of the photos.

NEW GEN:

The pix didnt come out the way I wanted but the idea is there.

LOVE BURNS BRIGHTER THAN SUNSHINE:

Inspired by Aqualung's lyrics. Didn't come out the way I wanted.

How I took the pix? With difficulty.

Isn't it interesting how "Love burns" can hav a positive and a negative meaning?

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:

My favourite idea out of this whole thing. Experimented with the bulb mode.

FOR YOU:

This idea came very late as my original plan was scrapped. Won't explain this pix.

A pix tells a thousand words.

And then there were some other unsubmitted ideas

(Just to clarify that this photo was shot for an artistic purpose only. The content is fictional)

And other by products of this photoholic week...

Check out - http://www.canon.com.au/photo5/

If u just checked out the site, u'll realise i hav no hope.

but if by some unbelievably obscure chance that any of my photos made it to the top 40,

please vote for me :-D

Can I tell you how happy I am?

Perio patient case presentation

My exam was at 4.30pm.
I didn't realised we r not allowed to treat the patient b4 the exam so I booked him in at 2pm .
My patient turn up and told me he couldnt be here until 4pm and left.
The examination supposed to go for 30mins...15mins for the examiners to have a look in the patient's mouth and 15 mins to ask us questions
In the absence of the patient, I got the whole 30 mins worth of questions...whatever it maybe ...related...unrelated
....come in....and lets have a "chat".....they said
It felt like walking through mine fields
It felt like dodging London bombing in WWII
It felt like being Ned Kelly on his final day

Stayed up 2 nights til 4am to write up summary notes for the case but they didnt even take a look.

Despite going thru 30 mins of questions bombardment, I'm still in one piece and happy to say that they didnt ask anything "too" unreasonble.

Again, me being overly whiny...they were nice demonstrators...just that they like to fish (for more questions)

Diagnosis for the day: Moderately Aggressive Periodontists

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I'm good......full stop
I'll keep saying it until I believe it
cannot......will not let anyone tell me I'm not, especially not the stupid demonstrator.
who r we...if we lose our ways?
who r we...with broken spirits?

My blood for milkshake

After much procrastination I finally went to donate blood for the second time in my life.

My first was back in 2004 after when tsunami hit Thailand's southern west coast.
The experience wasnt so pleasant then cos it took me ages to fill up the bag.
And to my embarassment, it didnt even fill up. The nurse just let me go.
That's prob part of the reason why I havent donate anymore since then.
the other reason being cos I'm lazy

Today I found out a few things

Having an O blood group doesnt mean I can give it to anyone, only O (-ve) can give it to all receipients.
In return, that selfless blood group can only take from their own. :-(
I dunno if I'm O (+ve) or O (-ve) but ill find out in a couple of days.
On the contrary, AB (+ve) is the complete opposite of O (-ve)

















Doing the questionaire was easy. A lot of the questions they asked were the same as what I asked my own patients.

Mrs X: Have you seen a dentist recently?
Me: yes
Mrs X: What did you have done?
Me: oh just a chat with frens.
Mrs X: ......

Mrs X: Have u been in surgery recently?
Me: yes
Mrs X: What did you have the surgery for?
Me: I pulled my patient's teeth out
Mrs X: u idiot

And boy do they ask lotsa sex questions...sex with a female, sex with a male, sex on the tree, sex with the monkey...so on & so on
Oh and Thailand is considerd a HIV country :-)

The chair..... The chair they seated u in was very comfortable.
If I didn't have a needle in my arm, I wouldve fallen asleep
Ahhh the needle...my patients whined bout a tiny 30 gauge needle.
The needle they punctured me with was 16 gauge, roughly bout the size of a Pocky stick if u know what that is.

This time I actually filled up the bag and the phrase "suck you dry" was quite appropriated.
My arm felt cold and really weak I couldnt squeeze the ball they gave me.

Afterwards I got to have refreshments.
Even though they have a list of menu, I just picked milkshake and biscuits.
They took about 450ml of my blood.
They exchanged with milkshake.......not a bad deal

Save some lives...Save the world...............and get milkshake :-D

27/10/08: O(+ve) I am