Dear Dentist...i am no longer scared of you...

I had no idea how busy dentist were in Miri until i had to make a booking for one yesterday. Back in Kuching, you can still get away with walking into any dental clinics and get your dental services. People in Kuching must not like their dentist very much =D

After dropping by to FIVE, yes five different dentist, i finally managed to slot in an appointment for today. Welcome to Bright Smile Dental Clinic. Aptly name...and judging on its interior is quite new in the business. I have not been to a dentist since 2001 when i chipped my front tooth and had to get a tooth bonding. If it wasn't for the fact that i didn't want to be a Madonna look alike with the front gap i probably wouldn't even have gone then. That is how scared i am of a dentist. Must be from the traumatic years of being forced to see the school's dentist who has no patience in consoling a frightened child and drills away anyways. But to give her credit, this Bright Smile dentist commended on her workmanship on my fillings although its been more than 20 years.  

Order of the day was:

1. Tooth bonding to replace the job they did in 2001 as its decaying quite a bit and i look like Oliver Twist's cruel master

2. Then it was cleaning/scaling and polishing. Funny how this hurt more than the teeth bonding. Maybe because the numbness wore off by then.

3. and as a FINALE...my real reason for the visit...my wisdom tooth.....it erupted well, no issue there BUT it had decayed and was hurting real bad. So extracting was the wise option and man, i told the dentist to numb me like he has never numb anyone before and he did. He actually extracted it in less than a minute. It was GONE IN 60 SECONDS. Kudos Mr Dentist, my strategy of informing him the minute i walked into the surgery room that i HATE dentist must have worked. But i was just being honest!!! Bye Bye Wisdom Tooth and Hello PAIN.....and no food for days to come....

P/S: its been 12 hours and i am still in pain.......warghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Asians Cheese i.e BELACAN

Belacan or the asian cheese are shrimp paste. Smells likes hell but taste like heaven. What is it and how is it made?? Belacan derives from 'bubok' or tiny tiny shrimps...

These are usually bought in kilos...washed from all impurities i.e. sand, dirt etc, mixed with salt and then left to dry in the sun. Once dried, it is pounded with all your might and then dried in the sun again and pounded again and this process can go on and on as you like. The end result looks pretty much like this:

It comes in different shapes and sizes, round, square, bricks...and is used mostly in Malay cooking especially the Sambal Belacan..spicy concoction of belacan and chilli

Why i write about this? because my house has suddenly become a mini warehouse for Buboks by Mommy Dearest but not for belacan but cencaluk....but that is another story. p/s: Mommy....i cant stand the smell!!!

Hen's Nite

A bachelorette party, hen party, hen do, or hen night, is a party held for a woman who is about to be married. The term hen party or hen night is more common in the UK, Ireland, and Australia, while the term bachelorette party is more common in the United States. The term stagette is used in Canada.^[1] It may also be referred to as a girls' night out or kitchen tea (South Africa in particular) or other terms in other English-speaking countries. (source: Wikipedia)

Attended a Hen Night last night for a colleague. I was in charge of ordering the cake and since was given only a day's notice and relatively new in town, was frantically searching for a bakery that could create the perfect cake. Organizer's instruction was to make up for the no male presence and no available male stripper in the form of a male appendage.

The only bakery i know in Miri is Hot Cross Bun, so off i went in search of the elusive cake. Going through their catalog of cake samples, it was apparent that such a cake would not be included amongst the Ben 10's or Disney Princess decors. I had no choice but to take the sales assistant aside and ask for a more discreet catalog.

Me: errr...amoi, itu cake pelik2 ada kah?? [errr...miss, u have 'special' cakes?]

Amoi: ooooo tunggu ah....( took an album and showed me some boobies cake)...ini macam kah?? [oooo wait ah...like this is it]

Me: errr...gulp...itu laki punya ada kah?? *blushing* [errr...gulp...do u have males one??]

Amoi: ada...ada...lu mauk kah? Bila mauk? [have...have...when do u need it]

Me: err..esok ambik..brapa?? [errr...tommorow...how much]

Amoi: rm80..chocolate truffle...lu pernah tengok kah sini bikin? [rm80...choc truffle...have u seen one made here]

Me: err..tidak..apahal?? [errr...no...why??]

Amoi: macam betul owh...siap ada bulu2...saya pun gelik tengok..[it looks so real..even has 'hairs'...makes me icky]

Me: hahahahahahahahaha oh dear, what have i got myself into....

and the result was........ta daaaaaaaaaaaaa (CAUTION: not for kiddies...if you are below 18 please close your eyes now)

Haze and Miri Makes a very sick Nana

The haze is back in town...sigh...year in and year out. Havent they heard of the term Lesson Learnt. I can hardly breathe everytime i step out of my front door. Funny thing is it clears just before noon and starts again at night. My pristine white car is now a dalmation. I read in the papers that 2 landowner's has been fine 2000 each for open burning....hellooooooooooooooooooo....i dont think those two landowners with mere acres of land is causing the Haze. Fine the MEGA COMPANIES...the plantations....wait a minute, who owns them?? who?? aaaaahhhhh no wonder no lesson learnt....10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...breatheeeeeeeeeeeeee