Refer

Lugged home my articulator, thought I’ll be hardworking today and do my scratch and win at home. Turns out, 5 minutes and I’m done. Quite kuku really, when all i have left to complete was group function. Talked to dr clarisse ng for the first time. Really nice and more friendly than she seemed. Striking resemblance to my english teached Ms Angela lim.

Dr Peter Yu’s first day in op tech. He was really really nice and affable. Cuz we had some outstanding RD4 incompleted ( was it? the one about identifying armamentarium. Of rubber dams and clamps) so Dr Peter Yu tested us instead. We took turns to identify what clamps to use for the incisors, premolars, molars etc. 

Dr Yu: what if the patient refuses to have the clamp on?

Me: Refer!

Today was extremely CHUI. shit,im picking up this chui word from justine, who got it from lihong, in the morning i was chasing dots doing occlusal equilibration. Then in the afternoon I was chasing dots yet again waxing up. arghgh!

Burnt more hair today.  

you idiot incisor pin

Third: professional in training

During op-tech i was doing occlusion today. After mounting it for the second time, (god knows how many times i have bloody mounted it.) i thought to myself, things can’t get any worse. 15 minutes towards the end of lesson, i was told that i have to remount. YET AGAIN. To the point i don’t feel like crying anymore. I was so angry at myself for making all the little errors that’s costing me precious optech time. Already i was lagging.

First aid: cpr. Procedure’s alot different from what i used to learn during my sjab days. But it wasn’t very hard to get the hang of.

Evening saw the group of us heading to nsrcc for the sda dinner. Actually, it was organised by the dental guild along with a golf tournament earlier in the day. It was rather interesting actually, got to meet alot of doctors. We shared table with Dr Chen and Dr Chan. They joked alot and were really nice. I also get to say hi to my line senior dr Rudy and dr Wong who were extremely friendly. dinner was alright, seems like a rather short affair but at least i get to meet some doctors and important people.

 

jf

Professional in training:]

So far I haven’t been late for school yet, though it’s barely 2 weeks into special term. This morning prof neo reprimanded us on our rowdy behavior, us being noisy, late and unprepared for lessons. Felt rather bad, because sometimes i think i deserve it too.

Well, today was good mood day:]

I was in pretty high spirits. Lectures were exceptionally long and towards the last bit of occlusion i realised that my contact points disappeared! darn. I was so close to completion. During lunch at science canteen I volunteered to return the trays. Barely 2 steps and the trays went crashing down. full marks for balance. Everyone was watching-shiiit. Shuyan was beside me laughing non-stop.

hrm. slack. I watched abit of yukan club but cuz the video was in ultra-small subs i took to doing float interior design instead. Was super fed-up. With myself of course. Ideas churning in my head always leave me exhausted, stressed and distracted. but thanks to boon,syaz and eggy we managed to get the whole idea working o-k-a-y. ureshii~

going back home with eggy makes me think about this old friend i had. Name was jf. I can’t remember how does jf voice sounds like, why she was so significant, things that she have done or said. Her face, the fair complexion, brownish soft hair in braids still etched firm in my memory. She sat to my right in class in p3. I always regard her as a special friend, though i can’t remember why. I known her only for a year. She was someone i looked up to, someone whom i enjoyed her company. I don’t recall saying or doing anything either. I remembered once i was writing notes in class and she was talking to someone sitted behind us and it dawned on me that she’s got friends too. Maybe she doesn’t think of me the same way as i did. That i needed her more badly than she me. humans need to feel needed. I was very upset that day, just her talking to someone else. That i could be so reliant, possessive and rendered vulnerable at her any act, words or gesture. I was particularly sensitive to how she talks or behaves with other people. I felt miserable. but i never did voice it out. In retrospect, i don’t think i talk alot in primary school.

After i changed class next year i never spoke to her again.

Longest day

First day of special term. So ends our longest break in the 4 years to come. In solemn black i wore to mark the mourning. Actually, I just want to hide my out-of-place streak of hair emerging from my right shoulder.

Longest day evveerr. We started the morning with op-tech, checking in out new hand instruments and stuff. We got upgraded to a bigger locker (that’s like 3 times the former) and we had 2 drawers. Finally, the long elusive drawers below oscar. behold the contents!

Pin amalgam was what preoccupied my morning til our well-deserved lunch break. So famished that even after devouring a bowl of U-mian I’d gladly welcome another. Got pretty frustrated carving a cusp from the amalgam prep. My mind keep thinking about mountains and rivers.

Don’t. Like. Amalgam. Rather, I’ve always shown a disdain towards anything that comes with a time-limit/constraint. Never did enjoy prince of persia because when the baddies sprung up, my right thumb always instinctively go for the pause buttom. Hated Napfa 2.4. I’m bad with timing, period.

Post lunch we said hi to occlusion. Felt like Bob the builder with our newly entrusted class 3 articulator. It was all about gears, allen key and screws. Nighttime. I headed to clinics around my neighbourhood to collect extraced teeth. Sengkang dental surgery Dr Teo was very friendly to me. He asked what I put in the bottle of suspicious milky emulsion. And his expression was pretty funny when I reply dettol. Not sure dettol is the way to go.

Well, I would take Kirei Kirei anytime.