On leave today!

睡到2.30pm. Followed by mac meal!!

人生就应该是这样。

爽!!!!

Haha, my MP

新年快乐!

And.. believe it or not.. I bumped into Mr wong kan seng the other day while waiting for lift at the office plaza and shook his hand and introduced myself. He's now chairman of the bank ok! 

Haha. 

幸会幸会。

大年除夕

大年除夕's reunion dinner at harbourfront ban heng. we took the 2nd session. were there early and had to wait quite a while for the 1st session pple to 'disembark' and exit the restaurant. really many pple xia... 

yeah, look at the 'disembarkment' at the back.. 

the 2nd yusheng for the year. huat ah! 

it really was a super 'busy' dinner for us, cuz we were running in and out of the restaurant. the restaurant had hired lion dance troupe, which was a really good thing. but then, it got so loud, that we had no choice but to keep bringing the children out of the restaurant when they arrive. and to make things worse, we were seated near the entrance and the 'drumming' team were also stationed near the entrance. so it was super duper loud for us la! 

after lion dance still got dragon dance ok! so again, we had to exit the restaurant again. really super busy laaa!!! in out, in out... 

photo w cai sheng. huaaat ah!

happy cny and huat to a good new year!!

开工大吉!

祝:

工作顺心

万事如意

平步青云

步步高升

Shucks. My da yi ma is back!

Came quite as a shock. Wasn't expecting it to be back so fast.

But then again, referring back to my past entry (http://sohappeningmeh.blogspot.sg/2016/04/hahahaha.html?m=1), the yi ma came back also around the same time. In fact, it was exactly the same time, about 9.5months post birth. 

Woohoo! 

So also don't know y I felt it seems like so fast this time round. And also, raythorous seems to grow up faster than rayous. 不知不觉, he's going to be one yr old soon! 

During rayous's time, it seems like soo long before he finally reached 1yo. Now, raythorous is like so fast la! 

I guess it's due to the fact that days will pass faster when ur bz. Handling 2 kids is really no easy feat.  So maybe that's y time juz wheez by. 

And somehow, my milk flow also seems to reduce le leh. I don't really feel painful despite not pumping for hours. And these few days, cuz of the cny visitings, I only managed to pump 2x a day instead of 3x and I'm okay leh. Did not feel painful or uncomfortable.  And despite not pumping for hours, the volume is also quite low. Maybe total 8oz per time only.

OK.  So, I guess my breastfeeding journey will end soon. 

So far, raythorous still hasn't started on formula yet. For rayous, I remembered I stopped breastfeeding after he's around 1yo. But hubb said though I continued with breastfeeding, I started rayous on formula after he was 6mths old. I cannot really recall when I started rayous on formula, but if what hubb said is true, then I'm doing far better this time round, since raythorous is still drinking purely breastmilk.

OK. 也算仁之义尽了。

Breastfeeding is a nightmare.

Can't wait for it to end soon.

Finally seeing some lights.

Haha.

情人节快乐!

Haha, 好久没有收到花了。。。lol

On leave today! Did a bit of packing and slept for awhile before hubb is back from his half day work. Then we went massage at this massage place in civil service club before catching the Liang ximei movie at westmall.

除夕夜tmr

And I'm down w cough and flu since few days back. This time confirmed caught it from the helper Cuz she herself fell sick first.

Grrrrr

Hopefully I can be healthier and stronger in the new year!!!

ahaha, it's the time of the year

bao hongbao la!!

GaTheRinG w JC MaTes

great catching up with jc mates at city square mall! 

never been to this mall before, quite big actually. appears to be a mall for children, cuz saw many children shops and children play stuff. no time to really walk around, but will sure visit again. oh, and this is the mall with the recent ball pit issue, right?

we met over hotpot buffet at this man le restaurant. recommended to me by a colleague. she's a regular at the downtown east outlet and was raving alot about this man le hotpot. so, i suggested going to this outlet at city square mall, which is more centralised. 

and true enough, it's quite good for the price we paid. the variety is large. just fish meat alone, already got a few types to choose from. also got clams, oysters, and even flower crabs ok! got cooked food section also, and many many types of sauces to choose from. in the end about $32 nett per pax. and it's individual pot, so can choose the soup base u want. really not bad! 

tada!

long time since we last gathered. too bad jon couldnt make it. great to know everyone's doing well.

=)

1st YuShenG

Haha, the first yusheng of the year!

@ jem ichiban boshi 

And finally get to visit Chinatown ytd... 

I honestly think the dogs look more like foxes than anything else..

Yup. One more week to cny.

Looking forward

And yes, my tooth hurts less now, though it still feels weird weird de. Hopefully it's done, for good.

ok! im done with the re-treatment of my root canal! 

appointment was initially made on friday, but the clinic managed to slot me in this morning, after someone cancelled his/her appointment. 

yep. 

so, according to the specialist, there is no crack and no other roots/branches that were uncleaned. so, somehow, the bacteria just got resurrected and decided to attack me again. 

and, with each root canal done to the same tooh, the chances of success drop. so, this time round, the success rate is 60% to 80%. and, there may still be crack(s) that is/are so bloody deep down, that even the microscope cannot detect. so.... if i do feel pain again.... it most probably will mean another failure and i probably will have to proceed with other options liao. 

anyway, take things one at a time ok. at least for now, so far so good. my tooth is still my tooth, and im still in 1 piece! LOL

and this specialist, is definitely much much nicer than the previous one 1 went to. ok, this specialist is referred by the dentist whom did my 1st root canal (both of them belong to the same dental group). the 1st specialist was referred by the dentist whom i went to seek a 2nd opinion. abit chim hor?

anyway, yeah, this specialist is soooooo much nicer than the 1st one and i feel comfortable w him. 

and, the root canal this time round is definitely a more pleasant experience. sure, the process is still gruelling, but the 'aftermath' is not as bad as the previous times. 

in the previous times, after the treatment, half of my face went numbed and my jaws ache totally! this time round, after the treatment, there was only a little weird feeling and that's about it. i can still go shop around after that, haha. 

看来, specialist真的就是不一样. 

and of cuz, the fees also 不一样. believe it or not, i was charged $1.35K ok! apparently, this is cheaper than usual already. for a re-treatment, he said he will charge $1.5K to $1.6K. but becuz i was a referred case, he's only charging me $1.25K (which is the price he charges for a brand new case). 

haiii. big burn in the pocket. lucky the original dentist who did the original root canal said he can refund me the money which i had paid previously. so still not so bad.. haii.

i really should have studied harder. see.. less than 3hours and can earn $1k+ liao... 

anyway, i guess i only have myself to blame. what u did in the past, really will come back to haunt u 1 day. had i seek proper treatment back in 2010 when the pain 1st occur, probably i wouldnt have to go thru all these and spend so much now. if i had taken care of myself and not let my tooth die, all these could also have been avoided. if only... if only..... 

ok, anyway, just hope the root canal this time round can work ok. 

pray. 

ok, it's decided. 

i will open up the root canal and see what's wrong. maybe there's really nothing majorly wrong, and i just have to redo the root canal thingie. and.. if it's really soo suay that it's really a crack, then i will LL suck it up, and have it pulled out. 

at least there's a 了结 and not 死不瞑目.. 

actually, if it's just pulling out and full stop, then i have no qualms in pulling out. but things are not as simple ok. after pulling out, still have to go for tooth implant. 

root canal is a nightmare. but im quite sure tooth implant is worse. 

so..... i will try all means to avoid..

and that's y, i want to open up the root canal and check first. really confirmed 没得救了, then 再做打算...

meanwhile, the pain is still lingering, but apparently, like not as painful as before liao. i believe it might go away eventually, but i also believe if i ignore it now, it will come back w more menace! 

so.. face it squarely and treat it bah.. hopefully once and for all.. 

honestly, it's only a tooth and 很小事而已.. but im already upset, bothered and worried enough. i think i really gotta build up a stronger mind though i really dont know how to... 

anyway, wish me good luck ok. 

hopefully 还有得救..... 

verdict will be out this coming friday, though i had requested to put me on priority if there is any cancelled appointment.  

prayyyyyyyyyyyy

yup. so went to the specialist. and as expected, there are only 2 solutions: 

1) open up the previously done root canal and find out exactly what went wrong. if still can salvage, then salvage. if beyond salvage, then to extract and implant a fake tooth.

2) straight away extract and implant a tooth.

sounds very simple and straightforward right? 

but.... each solution has it's own sets of cost and implications. 

haiiii. 

i dont know... i really dont know.... 

either way.. it's gonna be a 4-digit figure costs.. and either way, there's no gtee that the solution will be good for a lifetime. 

and the pain and mental stress...that i have to go thru again..........

siann. siannn.. really super siannnn...

and meanwhile, the pain persists... no other medicine except panadol (partly also cuz im breastfeeding)..... 

had never anticipated that my teeth could give me such big problems.. 

take care of your teeth peeps.

Depressed

it's depressing. 

so wrong to start the 1st post of the month w 'it's depressing'. 

but... it really is. 

the tooth that i had a root canal treatment done previously......... is giving me pain again........ 

went to a 2nd dentist yesterday to seek a 2nd opinion. 

according to him, from the xray he did, the root canal was done up properly. now if so, why pain again? and then he gave 2 possibility - 1) crack or 2) other canals within the tooth itself which are too small to be detected previously, and therefore, not treated. and the latter is considered not common and will happen only in 10% of the cases.

i was like... wtf??? why am i soo 'lucky' again???!

and then he said i will have to go to a specialist where there are more advanced equipment (and skills!!) that will more accurately find out the cause of the problem. 

well... i really dont now what to say anymore.... 

that series of tooth canal treatment (here, here, here and here) i had back then were already traumatising enough.. 

now, probably have to go thru all over again... 

or... maybe not... cuz, maybe beyond salvage already... and extraction is the only solution..... 

i really dont have a good feeling about this and though i know there's a possibility that i just will have to extract it altogether, im not prepared. 

not prepared for the fact that after going thru so much, i still have to extract it. not prepared for the gruelling process of having a tooth implant after that. not prepared for the cost involved with having a tooth implant.... 

i think i will breakdown if the specialist tells me that i will just have to take out the tooth..... 

seeing him later at 1.45pm. 

wish me good luck. 

i really am ultra depressed. 

=(