An Entry About My Teeth

I finally took my braces down!!

 

It has been a really really long process. It took my a total of 2.5 years. Actually, I wasted half a year in Taiwan because I went for my exchange.

 

 To be honest, I really dont regret my decision to get my braces. In fact, I am always encouraging my friends to get their braces done too. It's so important to have a good smile!

 

Many of my friends from University love to ask if my teeth were really crooked before I had my braces. Yeah, it was really really bad. One particular tooth was bulging out.

 

This was because I didn had the courage to remove my shaking teeth while this particular tooth was growing out. As a result, that shaking tooth obstructed the growth of this tooth and this tooth just came out crooked.

 

Ever since, I had the problem of a bulging crooked tooth.

 

 

Yeah, this was me in Secondary 3.

 

Yes, I know my bulging tooth aren scariest part of me. Hahaha. What was wrong with my hair?!?! I looked so tanned when I was 15! Hahah.

 

I knew that my teeth were really crooked and I really wanted to get my braces done. However, I just talked about it for a long time and still, I couldn pluck up my courage to have it done.

 

Finally, I ord and this fateful day, I was home watching this episode of 康熙来了. This episode really gave me the courage to get my braces done.

 

 

Throughout this episode of 康熙来了, they discuss all the joy and sorrows of the process of getting your braces done!

 

Please WATCH this video if you are still contemplating on whether if you should get braces!!

 

I watched this video 2 years ago and till today, I still remember them saying that your teeth will ONLY GET MORE CROOKED AS YOU GROW OLD!

 

This is so true!

 

Anyway, I recommended Melvin to watch the video and he went to see his orthodontist immediately. This video is really really convincing.  

 

 

Anyway, I extracted 4 teeth before I could have my braces on. Hahaha. And to be honest, that was the worst part throughout the whole process of having the braces. It was so so so painful when your orthodontist insert the Anesthetic into your gums. Tears just filled my eyes the needle was inserted into my gums! Hahaha.

 

I remember I first had my braces on in around June 2010. It was really really painful for the first 2 weeks. I couldn even eat prorridge. Having the braces on was already really painful. You could feel the stress and pain from the braces. However, the pain will start to be better after 2 weeks. Subsequently, you will only experience the pain whenever you get your teeth tightened!! Actually, you will actually feel rather glad when you feel the stress on your teeth because you know they are finally going to be in the right place!

 

 

 

This was me in the midst of getting my braces done.

 

Notice a slight gap in between my teeth! You are prone to get that while getting your braces done. This is just a process to get 2 front teeth to be in the center!

 

And now, I am finally done with it!



Just spend around $3700!

 

This amount is consider really cheap. My friends all spend around $4000 and more!! That is because I chose to visit a clinic in my neighbourhood.

 

Anyway, please make a visit to the dental if you are not having a nice set of teeth now!! Hahah.

 

Trust me, you wont regret!!!

Been To The Place Closest To Heaven Part 4

This is the last part of my travelogue! Hahaha. 

After we got back from the Potatso Nature Reserve, we wore the ethnic costumes of the Zang Zu. 

Okay, we got crazy basically!! 

Please take a look at the photos. 

I think we were really crazy and we just kept snapping away! 

There were many foreigners who took photos of us! Hahaha! 

The next day, we travelled to Lijiang. The time required to travel from Shangri-la to Lijiang will take us about 4 hours! 

Halfway through our journey, we stopped at this attraction. 

I forgot the name of this place. 

Didn took many photos here because my camera went out of batt! My colleagues were busy snapping away while I just sat by the side. 

It was a bad hair day for me and I just look bad in all the photos. Hahaha. 

We finally arrived in LiJiang after the gruelling car ride!

Went to a tea shop. The boss of the shop was from Xiamen and he said that he felt really nice because we are able to speak some Hokkien! Actually, I was probably the only one who could hold a conversation with him! Haha. He treated us to lots of tea!! He is also a friend of my lady boss. 

Bought 2 packets of tea which cost me close to a hundred bucks! 

And I am not drinking them now! Darn! I should go drink them later. 

Being a friend of our lady boss, he brought us around and treated us to BBQ!

Ended the day after the BBQ and went back to our hotel!

The next morning, we tour the Lijiang old town!

Tried local food!

And rode horses!

The house ride was fun!! 

I forgot to bring my camera charger away from Shangri-la and my camera remained out of batt throughout the whole holiday since Day 4~!! Sad!!

As usual, Yilong couldn miss any photo taking opportunities and he went around snapping away. 

Please take a look at his photos!!

He is such a talented photography!

We thought that the the streets really look like scenes in the martial arts drama, thus, we decided to all strike a kungfu pose! 

Our try at imitating Bruce Li, Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh and Jet Li!! 

I think that this trip was rather fun! 

Anyway, I always feel that it's the company that matters most when it comes to a going on a holiday! My colleagues are a fun batch of people. We always joke around and my boss always mention that she can hear our laughers from afar. 

Hope to visit Hongkong, Korea, Japan, Shanghai, Thailand~~~~

Too many places that I wish to visit

BUT I am not earning enough money!! Hahah.