Tag: Optimism

Dental Mental

1st Apr 2021

The much needed dental relief

My dental mental year has come to a close and I’m finally free from the Cave of Eternal Paranoia – no more sleepless nights worrying about the long-awaited crown or battling between expectations and reality. It took more than a year to arrive at this point. Ask me if it hurts to extract a tooth that has…
Dental Mental

18th Mar 2021

Dental “Coronation” Day: Expectation vs Reality

A year ago, I extracted Tooth #19 – the same day San Francisco went into shelter-in-place. This year hasn’t been easy but, somehow, I’ve learned to channel my negative emotions into some kind of humor. The long-awaited crown was unsuccessful (again). This time, the abutment was screwed into the implant but the crown did not feel…
Dental Mental

6th Apr 2020

Look on the bright (and smooth) side of life [II]

After making varieties out of my smoothies, here are some of my unconventional favourites. Horlicks is my childhood drink, it is enriched with 14 vitamins and minerals. I like to think that the Horlicks I love, is a British product, completed by Singaporeans (the open secret to viscosity is condensed milk). With a smoothie – which…
Dental Mental

4th Apr 2020

Look on the bright (and smooth) side of life [I]

Breakfasts used to be effortless with the twenty-four-hour Donut shop around our corner and several bakeries on Clement Street. I could have a Maple-glazed-jelly-filled Donut on Monday, a Char Siew Sou on Tuesday, an Old-fashioned Donut on Wednesday, a bowl of Century Egg Congee on Thursday and a dozen of Donut Holes on Friday. Weekends are the best. Jon…
Experiments

28th Mar 2020

COVID-19 woes: Spread a little daily dose of positivity

We are suddenly panicking about Covid-19 spreading around the world. This pandemic has caused much anxiety among our families and friends. Before we drive ourselves mad, here’s a daily reminder – “always always remember to BR(EAT)HE!” Last week, amid fretting over Covid-19 updates and getting paranoid about my tooth extration, I channelled my energy into…