Statistics Paper Down!

One paper down. mochi survived another unneccessary ordeal.

It was statistics paper. Rather old school feeling to be using my fave dotmatrix calculator and doing the square root thingy again. But it was good I thought. At least I tried my best.....to spot questions. hahaha. It's a strategy for part-time students coz we simply have NO time. This was not a very mochi strategy as I never felt safe about spotting questions in school. I'm the take the beaten path kind of person, especially when it comes studying. Like I'll keep asking questions like....what if i don't study, then suay suay, that question comes out??? Then what if those I studied never come out? What if the lecturer gave fake tips?

All these What ifs..... prevented mochi from studying smart.. but made mochi studyied very hard. Lucky I'm clever so I didn't go crazy.

Hopefully I can scrape through. Don't make me regret for one of the very few times I venture off the beaten path. Amen!

Dummies guide to Root Canal

I don't have enough time already and my tooth HAD to give me problems like NOW.

It's confirmed. Mochi had gone thru her first root canal. Many more to come since my teeth are weaklings. The ache was unbearable and I approached the dentist early in the bright morning of haji to give him business. I enquired how long the root canal can last and the dentist jokingly but sarcastically asked ," If I tell you 2 years, will you do?" I nodded. "If I tell you 10 years, will you do? " I nodded as well. He said my concerns were inmaterial and told me to choose the obvious solution. wth. got scolded somemore for pondering.

Anyhow, I'm an expert at dental procedures now. There are 2 parts to a root canal procedure with 4 appointments (and dam...coz it's only a procedure and not a surgery, I cannot claim medisave!!! ):

1) A few jabs of anesthetic to numb my gums and he started cleaning the tissues from the dead tooth, tunneling and cleaning deep into the tooth. According to ES, he saw the dentist insert a long pin-like looking thing covered with antibiotics to clean the tooth. He sealed it with a temporary filling and it was done. Next visit to be a month later to give it time to heal. In the meantime, I'm not to chew on that side of my teeth, everything else should be as per normal.

2) 2nd visit would be to remove the temp filling and check if everything is okay. He will then grind to make the teeth smaller and set the mould crown. Remove it and crown it with temp crown.

3) 3rd visit would be to remove the temp crown and replace it with the 'real' crown.

4) Followup check up to ensure the alignment of the crown is fine.

930 bucks. That's where my bonus is going to. ahhhhh.WTH.

And the tooth is achy now that the anethestic is wearing off...how to study like that.tell me how.

I'm going for a nap.

Tomyum Kungfu

happy haji mina san. ask me what am I doing blogging now. Took leave to study but nowhere near to flipping that stack of notes. Maybe I shall try to put them under my pillow when I sleep. I heard that the knowledge will just seep into my memory as I dream. More efficient isn't it?

It's a long long weekend for me as I will try to focus as others play. It's gonna be a huge distraction......

Gonna post on this eating place which I went a week back. It's called Tom Yum Kungfu. It was one of those days where me and ES just roamed about aimlessly near the eateries at clarke quay hoping to chance upon cheap and yummy delicacies. And we did!

The name sounds like kungfu panda so that's already a huge plus point. And to our surprise, the quiet eatery had nice artistic decor and really value for money selection of Thai food. The generous portions and amount of ingredients made it ideal for sharing if you're not too hungry. I'll definitely be back to try other stuff on the menu!

Address: 16 Circular Road (walk along the shophouses opposite central mall, past the Riverwalk building and you'll see it )

~ Assam fried chicken wings was crispy with taste of the thai spices. $6~

~The clear seafood Tom Yum soup had lots of reasonably sized prawns, sotongs, fish, mussels,clams swimming in it. The soup base was also tangy and spicy. $10!~

~ Their house speciality kungfu fried rice had prawns and frenchbeans wrapped in a thin layer of omelette. It's spicy and had a tinge of assam flavor. yummy. $8~

勉強しなければなりませｎ！

It was nice reminiscing the feeling of being rewarded in school days. Our stats lecturer bought us old chang kee curry puffs , my fave curry puffs by the way, to reward us for rating that we have more confidence in passing his stats module than the PR module. haha. PR lecturer is the worst lecturer ever. wondered how he got his PHD.

We tucked into the yummy puffs in the canteen. nostalgia. heh.

As I bit into the piping hot puffs then, I was reminded of the exams which are only 3 weeks away... oh..2 weeks away now. I wish I could be granted the study momentum instantaneously. I need it!!

A huge deterence to me gaining this momentum is my latest addiction to 学警狙击. It's evil and also ingenius how these tvb script writers can make EVERY episode end off with suspense...with a mole pressing the gun onto another fellow mole's head so to prove that they are not moles.

I'll catch juuuuuusssst one more episode to serenade me to sleep. and 9 more episodes to mochi who will be ready to benkyosuru!!

Silence me if I can't talk

Soon, it'd not matter to me anymore. Time will pass and I will adapt to it.

Some people, some things I placed with great importance in my life, might need to be re-prioritised.

With less importance I tag to it, the less I feel emotionally without it. Habits can be changed and I'll chant that thought as I sleep every night. I'll avoid questioning why I have to make the change and make the world a better place.

I am just lamenting at how much things can change. And just like what all humans like to do to make ourselves feel better, I want to put the blame on something, someone, but I can't.

Be indifferent, if that's going to be the solution. Go with the flow.

I think it's remotely working.

Passing by...

Feeling really lethargic today.

Chean told me she went to eat kenny rogers. made me salivate at the thought of the french beans and macaroni cheese. I am going to eat it tomorrow. I must and I will.

Just received some news which made me shake my head and mumble under my breath... everything is transcient.. nothing stays forever.

But life has to go on.

31 Oct - Happy Birthday ES!

Happy Birthday ES! Yup, he's my halloween baby. I get quite excited everytime I think of cooking something new. Yes, lazy but still managed to move my butt to cold storage to get that ribeye for dinner. oh, and that's my fave strawberry shortcake from fourleaves. haha.. it's more to satisfy my craving. But it IS nice. The kitties intro it to me.haha.

Steaks are amazingly easy to cook. The best is if you can marinate it overnight with loads of herbs, black pepper, salt, a dash of sugar and olive oil. I only managed to marinate it for 3 hours but it tasted good too coz I guess anything taste yummy when it's fresh. The honey mustard potato salad to me was yucky. Maybe the boiling and peeling of potatos really irked me too much for me to enjoy it. Trust me, the cook is usually too tired to enjoy the meal.

The carrots were an attempt to smuggle some veggie into ES's meal. Next time, just stick to the safe but boring mayo potato mochi san. ES liked it though. I think he's just hungry. The garlic prawns were done to ES's request. YUMMY.