We were at our neighborhood grocery store one evening and came across U.S. imported Oreos. Not the usual flavors, being mint and lemon, both M2 and I oohed and aahed over them. But we didn’t buy them because they were priced rather exorbitantly.
We asked M1 about the same flavors and she shared her neighborhood grocery store’s display with us.
Ooooh….
It’s upsetting when I used up my precious gold bars in an attempt to pass a level and failed. Argh. Level 1316 is really tough! I was so close yet so far.
With the four cherries almost towards the bottom, I used my 9 precious gold bars for the extra five moves but I failed.
I don’t normally purchase gold bars, I get them occasionally after collecting enough sugar drops to win boosters, so to waste them like this, it’s painful.
And upsetting. Argh…
It wasn’t as bad as I had anticipated. Sometimes the anticipation of the unknown is more fearful than the actual act itself. The dentist injected the gum area and within a short moment, numbness set in; he then extracted my pre-molar and that’s it. I am now toothless.
It wasn’t even painful.
It feels funny to have a gap and especially so when I gargle my mouth. Water keeps gushing through the side. And I simply cannot recall how it feels like when I had gaps in between my teeth during my younger days. It was dinosaur years ago.
So I will let the gum heal before the next step of action. Initially I am leaning towards getting an implant but now, having second thoughts about it. A girlfriend told me that having an implant done is far more painful than giving birth! Coming from someone who had gone through three childbirths, I think I ought to weigh her advise seriously.
Gulp.
She said the pain stays with you and if your tolerance level is not up there, the suffering is simply horrible. In fact, indescribable as horrible cannot even describe the pain.
In comparison, after enduring childbirth, you can see your child grow and the pain is worth it. But an implant? It’s just a tooth in the mouth.
Hmm. I may end up not doing anything and just let it be. Live with the gap and be toothless.
Today is the day! I will have my pre-molar tooth removed. Brr…
The appointment is scheduled for late afternoon. Brr…
Yes, I am having the shivers thinking about it. Brr…
Brr..
Sometimes when I am stuck at my games and cannot figure out how to go pass that level, especially the two candy games, I would go to YouTube to see what or how others have done to tackle the challenge. Recently, Candy Crush added a ‘Hard Level’ mention and Soda added a skull icon to levels that are really hard.
Maybe to preempt or remind one that it will be tough? In one way, it helps because I now know that it will be hard and I won’t feel so aggravated. Then again with the skull, it’s as if it’s telling you, you’re gonna die trying, bwahahaha!
Mean, isn’t it? When all attempts fail, either I YouTube for help or stay away from the games for a few days.
I was stuck for the longest time at Level 813 for Farm Heroes, Level 516 for Soda and Level 1242 for Saga but thanks to YouTube, I became unstuck and have progressed on. But now I find myself stuck again at Level 829 for Farm Heroes, Level for 563 for Soda and 1313 for Saga. Never-ending woes…
I couldn’t stand it anymore. My strickened pre-molar hurt when I played golf on Saturday and it throbbed on Sunday when the masseur patted me down on the back after the massage.
So I decided to see the dentist yesterday. Sure enough; just as I suspected something was not right after the persimmon episode, he confirmed that the tooth had really split down the middle; the bite on the persimmon seed did it in.
He even scrapped out the loose old filling to prove his point and I could see one half of the tooth wobbly when he probed it. It’s gone and I cannot salvage it anymore.
What choice do I have left but to have it extracted?
The big day will be this Friday and I will have a gap for a month before I decide the next step: a bridge or implant.
King.com is nasty. They make the levels in Candy Crush different on different devices! I did not realize this until over the weekend when I attempted Level 1306.
On the iPad, the challenge was to get 3 cherries in 35 moves but in Facebook on the laptop, it required just 2 cherries and 50 moves! No wonder I have been stuck here for so long. Eesh.
Finally made it.
The holiday season is here for Christmas shopping and a ‘Toys R Us’ catalog came in the mail recently. It was fun to look at the pictures of the offerings the toy store has for this year. It also brought back memories of when I first worked on a ‘Toys R Us’ catalog when I was an intern in New York City.
A semester prior, I had engineered an opportunity (before graduation) for a summer internship at WBMG, Inc. in New York City. The time, both in New York City and at WBMG, was exciting and the experience priceless. I had the privilege to work with Walter Bernard and his excellent team of designers as well as being counselled by Milton Glaser. My Polaroid picture is still on their website after all these years! (hint: look out for the bright green tee shirt and big glasses me!)
The project was to design a catalog for Toys R Us among other projects. During that time, the studio also redesigned Adweek, which I also assisted and eventually led to a full time job with the magazine.
Ahh… Such wonderful memories. Would I turn back time now to relive it? A definite yes! Do I regret leaving it? Well, no. I know this is contradictory to my earlier yes to turning back time but my life now is equally wonderful, with my two precious M1 and M2. So I will leave it as memories are meant to be made and cherished. Time and life is meant to be lived, move on and go on.
M2 claimed that her pet Betta, Svetlana is bored. Bored because the other surviving Betta, my Bubles, has been relocated to the water trough of the water feature wall for its safety. Bubles would not survive if it joined the big boys in the pond. So Svetlana is now all alone in the little aquarium.
Hubby actually feared for Bubles’ life as it looked traumatised and half dead on more than one occasion. Remember the other two Bettas? They didn’t live pass a week old with the Russian killer around.
We have a bored killer Betta all alone and probably a bored Betta under witness protection, all alone too. What do we do?
The year end school holiday has started and M2 is left to her own devices. This is the first year she will be alone as you know, M1 is at university.
And she has it all planned out. This morning, we saw a checklist of movies and shows to watch, sitting on the sofa.
36. That’s how many she will be watching. I guess I don’t have to scratch my head trying to figure out what activities for her to keep her busy.
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