Updates on my lifeeee

1. It's official. I'll be doing my braces at Parkway Parade!
   
   Turns out that the overall cost will be cheaper than that of Q&M at Yishun! No payment needed for the subsequent reviews and the dentist said he'll waive yesterday's consultation fee ($70) on the account of my grand-aunt! Background story: My grand-aunt's son's braces was done by this specialist who also happened to have worked in NUH before and won many awards for his dentistry work! Apparently he also did the teeth of a very important minister before..haha I forgot who! Will check it out the next time I visit the clinic! It's a one-hour long journey though..will have to wake up earlier on Saturdays (maybe 8.30am??) so that i'll reach the clinic on time..cause I'll still be going to CDAC after every visit..but I mustn't complain! Cause my granddad who is not working at the moment is paying for everything so I should be grateful! =D
   
   
2. Have been doing RT on a really frequent basis recently!! =D Haha I was 王老师 today!
   
   
3. It's really funny cause I teach all the subjects so some of my students know me as Ms Ong and some as 王老师! And today during Chinese class, a few accidentally called me Ms Ong instead of 王老师 haha!
   
   
4. Really thank God for all these RT experiences.
   
   No matter what subject I teach, I'm learning day by day how to be a better teacher for my students, how to manage the class, how to make sure they take away at least a little something after my lessons! I try, I really do. If I go to the rowdiest of classes, I may not get everyone's attention but what I do is that I focus on a few students and help them as much as possible. Will try to improve over time though! Really wanna be able to make an impact on the students that teachers would usually complain about/ give up on! =D
   
   
5. Had to deal with an unexpected situation in the middle of a lesson today!!
   
   A child was asked to go to the dentist but it seems like she has a huge phobia of visiting the dentist!! She started crying and refused vehemently to go to the dental clinic! Some of her friends gathered around her out of concern but I told them to go back to their seats cause the girl got even more agitated when they talked to her plus the lesson hasn't ended yet. So we continued with the lesson and although the atmosphere was a little strange, I'm glad they listened to instructions and allowed me to take control of the situation.
   
   Then when the bell rang, I made my way to the girl and told her I'll go to the dentist with her and let the dentist know she doesn't want any treatment. It took a little bit of coaxing but thank God she finally agreed and we went down..I'm not sure but I think the previous treatment at the dental clinic might have caused her a lot of pain which is why she was so against the idea..and only wanted to go the the dentist at the polyclinic..oh well..so I stayed with her and kept talking to her since I had a free period..was hoping I could stay with her throughout but I couldn't! The dentist wasn't done with the other pupil when I had to go! I was quite worried cause I told her I need to go to class and she looked like she was going to cry again! And then I asked her "so if I stay here with you, you would do the treatment?" and she nodded!! Wahhh from not wanting to do it at all, she actually said yes!! But only if I stay there..sigh in the end I rushed off to another class..really hope she was okay!!
   
   
6. Then on my way to class, I walked past a group of students who were sitting outside a classroom and waiting to enter it. And a few of them greeted me and as usual I responded with a smile and a "hello" and then I heard something.."that's my favourite teacher!" one of the boys in the group said as he pointed at me excitedly! Haha I'm really sorry that I don't remember the boy's name but I really do appreciate little things like that! =D I hope I'm his favourite teacher cause my lessons are interesting! Hahaha =D

Haha so eventful right!! And I haven't even listed every single thing that happened! Haha really like how everyday is different! =D Haha okay gonna stop here! Getting kind of tired! Haha so God bless, take care and byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! =D

Braces or veneers?

Haha that's the question I've been contemplating upon for the past one month! I visited dentist@orchard for a free consultation on Smiledesign (instant braces) and also the dental clinic near my house (cost $40 for the consulation!! Lol)! So here are the differences between these two..may not apply to everyone unless you have rabbit teeth like mine! Haha so here goes!

Smile design (crowns and veneers)	Braces
Very fast. Process can be completed in a month!	Slow. Have to wear them for 2-2.5 years
Painless	Painful. Will have ulcers.
No need to extract any teeth	Have to extract 4 teeth + 2 wisdom teeth!
No need to take MC	After taking out the wisdom teeth, I will have 5 days of MC which means it will be painful!!
Have to extract the nerves of my front teeth in order to shift them which means I won't be able to feel my teeth ever again	No need to extract nerves
$6k++ for only the 6 front teeth	$7k++ for all the teeth which means I will have nice teeth for both the top and bottom rows! Price inclusive of the monthly reviews and X-ray!
No need to wear retainers	Need to wear retainers for life
Have to shorten and thin my two front teeth so that dentist can insert crowns	No need to change the size of my teeth

Okay so as you can see, there are a lot of considerations! The cheaper but more painful option would be braces but after the 2 to 2.5 years, my teeth will look nice forever if I wear the retainers regularly haha and there won't be any problem about the crowns/veneers breaking! Though the Smile design dentist did tell me that most of his patients do not experience breakage, I'm still quite apprehensive because I'll never know when I accidentally bite onto something hard! Then the crowns/veneers would drop off and everyone will see the shortened and thinned original teeth!! Haha I'd like to keep it real!! No pain, no gain right! Haha I guess the trigger for me was when someone who did veneers before told me to go for traditional braces instead! I thought he'd be more supportive of veneers! Haha so yea! I think it would be worth it!! Yay!! And thank God my grandfather is gonna sponsor this whole thing!! Haha my grandma wants me to visit a specialist at Parkway even though I already told her that the cost of doing braces at the dental clinic near my house is much cheaper! But oh well! Haha pray that everything will go smoothly!! =D

God bless, take care & byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! =D