Now that you've got your smelling salts and strong mints with ya, let's begin.....
It was a typical Friday night. I went to the gym after work, had a bloody intensive workout (will post nude pics of myself very soon, say in about 12 years time), got really hungry and called mum to find out what she was doing for dinner.
Ok, digressing here, I must be one of those few sons left in the world that would call their mum to find out what they are doing on a Friday night. Yes, I do admit that I may not have a life (yet) outside of Sydney, but my mum is one of the few people that is not out in a bar on a Friday night, and as I am now in a extreme saving mode (I have to save 100K by the time I return to Australia for good), Mum seems like a pretty good choice for a Friday night out.
Anyways, yes, she was free, and we decided to go to one of our neighbourhoood eateries to have our dinner.
So mum ordered stirfried rice noodle and I ordered "Western Food", which was basically a half fried chicken, small portion of coleslaw and a small bowl of fried rice. How "Western" it was, I wasn't so sure, because I don't think people in Rome would actually be having something like that everyday...
So me and mum were happily eating our meals away when I felt something was wrong....I used the tip of my tongue to feel the top of my tooth and it felt chipped....
AND THEN I REMEMBERED!
THE FILLING FOR MY FRONT TOOTH WAS GONE!
"Why do you have a filling for your front tooth?" you ask.....
Well, 8 years ago, when I was a young, dumb and straight uni student, as I was coming home from a heavily intoxicated session from the university bar [where drinks were cheap, imagine $2.50 for a mug(schooner, geez fuck you all, now I have to provide translations for Australia and Singapore) of beer] and I was strongly encouraged by one of my gym buddies to do push ups as a dare while walking past the university gym.
Being the heterosexual butch (and intoxicated) male that I was, I took the challenge up. On my 18th push up, I was panting and had my mouth open and my teeth jutting out.
The front row of my beautifully aligned tooth hit the ground with a heavy thud....
0.8 cm of the right front tooth flew across my eyes and landed itself about 6 cm in front of my face.
I did not remember seeing it, but I certainly felt it.
But alcohol was my morphine that night, and because of that, I did not scream out in pain.
The next morning, I woke up with a massive headache, and it wasn't because of the intoxication.
I looked at the mirror and I almost fainted.
I did not brush my teeth that morning.
Ok, now, lets get back to reality. I had my tooth filled at a Singapore dental clinic when I came back. That cost me $158. It lasted me for 8 years, so its not too bad. About $20 per year.
The scary thing was that when I felt that my filling was gone, I tried looking for it in my food. Nope, couldn't find it. I tried searching the insides of my mouth/cavity and it wasn't there as well.....
So there was only one place the filling could have ended.
In my tummy.
I was getting worried. Headlines for the Straits Times (Singapore daily) ; "Exceedingly Handsome Man dies from swallowing his right front tooth filling, fillings from China now banned!"
Then I remembered reading somewhere that even if you swallowed razor blades, the stomach acids are strong enough to break it down....so I'm saved...for now.....
2nd disgusting thing to share.
Singapore has always been a country that goes for trends and fads. It is so Americanised you wouldn't believe it. Starbucks, Ben and Jerry, Wendy's, Swensens, Burger King, Sizziler (spell check please...) are all mainstays of youth culture.
But I have to stop at this. Tell me what you think the picture below is about.
Ladies and gentlemen....prepare yourself for fish spa. This is what Wikipedia says....
"This article is about the freshwater fish used for treatment of skin diseases, notably in Kangal district, Turkey. For the species sometimes called doctor fish in the UK.
Doctor fish is the name given to two species of fish: Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus. Other nicknames include nibble fish, kangal fish,little dermatologists and doctorfishen; in non-medical contexts, Garra rufa is called the reddish log sucker. They live and breed in the outdoor pools of some Turkish spas, where they feed on the skin of patients with psoriasis. The fish are like combfishes in that they only consume the affected and dead areas of the skin, leaving the healthy skin to grow, with the outdoor location of the treatment bringing beneficial effects. The spas are not meant as a treatment option, only as a temporary cure for symptoms, and patients usually revisit the spas every few months. Some patients have experienced complete cure of psoriasis after repeated treatments, but due to the unpredictable nature of the disease, which is strongly influenced by endogenous factors, this may simply be regression towards the mean.
Garra rufa occurs in the river basins of the Northern and Central Middle East, mainly in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. It is legally protected from commercial exploitation in Turkey due to concerns of overharvesting for export. Garra rufa can be kept in an aquarium at home; while not strictly a "beginner's fish", it is quite hardy. For treatment of skin diseases, aquarium specimens are not well suited as the skin-feeding behavior fully manifests only under conditions where the food supply is somewhat scarce and unpredictable.
In 2006, doctor fish spa resorts opened in Hakone, Japan, and in Umag, Croatia, where the fish are used to clean the bathers at the spa. There are also spas in resorts in China, such as Hainan, Belgium, The Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore, Slovakia Surat(INDIA) and Malaysia. In 2008, the first widely known doctor fish pedicure service was opened in the United States by John Ho in Alexandria, Virginia and later in Woodbridge, Virginia, and has trademarked the treatment name of 'Dr. Fish'. [1]. The first Skin Therapy clinic using Garra rufa fish in Ireland (Limerick) was opened in 2008. These little dermatologists are used there to give relief to people with various Skin Disorders, including Eczema, Psoriasis and Dermatitis."
Doctor fish is the name given to two species of fish: Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus. Other nicknames include nibble fish, kangal fish,little dermatologists and doctorfishen; in non-medical contexts, Garra rufa is called the reddish log sucker. They live and breed in the outdoor pools of some Turkish spas, where they feed on the skin of patients with psoriasis. The fish are like combfishes in that they only consume the affected and dead areas of the skin, leaving the healthy skin to grow, with the outdoor location of the treatment bringing beneficial effects. The spas are not meant as a treatment option, only as a temporary cure for symptoms, and patients usually revisit the spas every few months. Some patients have experienced complete cure of psoriasis after repeated treatments, but due to the unpredictable nature of the disease, which is strongly influenced by endogenous factors, this may simply be regression towards the mean.
Garra rufa occurs in the river basins of the Northern and Central Middle East, mainly in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. It is legally protected from commercial exploitation in Turkey due to concerns of overharvesting for export. Garra rufa can be kept in an aquarium at home; while not strictly a "beginner's fish", it is quite hardy. For treatment of skin diseases, aquarium specimens are not well suited as the skin-feeding behavior fully manifests only under conditions where the food supply is somewhat scarce and unpredictable.
In 2006, doctor fish spa resorts opened in Hakone, Japan, and in Umag, Croatia, where the fish are used to clean the bathers at the spa. There are also spas in resorts in China, such as Hainan, Belgium, The Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore, Slovakia Surat(INDIA) and Malaysia. In 2008, the first widely known doctor fish pedicure service was opened in the United States by John Ho in Alexandria, Virginia and later in Woodbridge, Virginia, and has trademarked the treatment name of 'Dr. Fish'. [1]. The first Skin Therapy clinic using Garra rufa fish in Ireland (Limerick) was opened in 2008. These little dermatologists are used there to give relief to people with various Skin Disorders, including Eczema, Psoriasis and Dermatitis."
Now watch the video....
Ok I think this blog entry needs to be terminated.....
See ya all soon....
And yes, we all speak like that back in Singapore.....
1 comment:
why is there this big space in between paragraphs?supposed to b a pic or something??? a pic of the chicken chop? as for XX, she just needs to separate her words a lil bit and she b a rock star.g
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