k u a chee says: hi how are u?
k u a chee says: i’ve found some articles u can read about the pain u r feeling
k u a chee says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_osteitis
: kimong.com : says: hello dr kua
: kimong.com : says: damn cool this doc
: kimong.com : says: offer help out of clinic…
: kimong.com : : u’re a virtual doc!
k u a chee says: huh? no la
k u a chee says: kena jaga kebajikan patients hehe
: kimong.com : says: hehehehhe
k u a chee says: r u feeling better
: kimong.com : says: i’ve been drinking lotsa water, eating lotsa porridge and mum boiled barley for me
k u a chee says: good la
: kimong.com : says: one of the ulcers burst
: kimong.com : says: then i slept early also
: kimong.com : says: gargle mouth with salt water each time i go to toilet
: kimong.com : says: coz i have ulcers on ALL the injection holes.
: kimong.com : says: on the gums
k u a chee says: ic ic. the salt water rite, one teaspoon salt only for a glass 250-300ml
k u a chee says: no need super masin ya
: kimong.com : in excruciating pain : says: ohhhh
: kimong.com : in excruciating pain : says: i thought the more masin the better!
k u a chee says: no no
k u a chee says: delay healingk u a chee says: haha
k u a chee says: just a teaspoon of salt can d
: kimong.com : says: thanks thanks…
k u a chee says: take it easy lak u a chee says: haha
k u a chee says: okies patient sampai d
k u a chee says: chows
k u a chee says: brb
: kimong.com : says: lolz… just too many ulcers now
k u a chee says: hahah
: kimong.com : says: byeee

The pain

Just to explain the kind of pain I’m going through right now. I have 5 huge ulcers in my mouth, 3 large ones on my gums on all the injection marks and 2 on the walls of my mouth. It’s so excrutiating pain that I can’t talk properly and my mouth hurts the whole duration. I couldn’t even sleep. I don’t remember having this kind of pain when I extracted my wisdom tooth. Could it be something I ate earlier, or should I be resting at home instead of working at the office and running around normally?

It’s so painful that I actually missed the Chronotech VIP Party at Frangipani last night. You know how I enjoy attending these events, and for the first time, I insisted on not going just because I really cannot, and need the rest and mouth’s not convenient to speak to people. I missed the fun.

All these sufferings in the name of vanity and health for the future.

I was a rat who loved to eat cheese. That was me in my past life. In this life, I still love eating cheese, that’s why I almost fainted when I entered “Neal’s Yard” in London. I thought I was in heaven. Cheese galore! I couldn’t resist it and the sales person was nice enough to give me a bite of every single cheese he had in his store. Can you imagine how ecstaticly delighted I was?

Note the very “pleased” look on my face.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….

*melts*

I was in a rather bad mood today. To counter the bad mood, I wore a green sleeveless top, pink shawl, turquoise bag and another bigger yellow shawl with jeans and pointy black shoes - a multi-coloured outfit. I looked like I was trying to smile with a frown. In fact, I had Angelina Jolie’s mouth today, the bee-stung Amber Chia kind of lips that weren’t really proportionate on my face. The right side of my lips were thicker than the left. I had two large ulcers that grew after the last two (top and bottom molars) teeth extractions. There were a few more ulcers on my gums as a result of the injection of anaesthetic.

That’s Angelina Jolie, of course. I have no mood to have pictures taken.

Feels like I have many balls of fire within me waiting to be released. The kind of irritable feeling, yet controllable.

The question is: 
WHY DO THESE PEOPLE INJECT BOTOX INTO THEIR LIPS?

Aren’t they painful? What about facial re-construction?

I closed my eyes speaking to myself:

*I want to look good. I want this to be the last time I have the same ulcers at the same spot because of my sharp protruding tooth. I want a good set of teeth so I chew better, it goes a long way as I get older, I would have less complications. Suffer now, enjoy later. It will build my confidence in the long run. Persevere, Kim. Don’t lose it. Don’t feel sick because you’re not. Think of what might be worse. Child-bearing. I know you can do this.”

KIM, STOP BEING A DRAMA QUEEN! SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD EIGHT TEETH EXTRACTED FOR BRACES!!!

The Teeth Procedure / Updates

I was supposed to have my second extraction today on my two left teeth - top and bottom. Unfortunately because of my ulcers, I’ve postponed it to next Tuesday 20 May.

I further postponed my “rubber” and “braces” session. They will take place on 30 May and 5 June respectively. Apparently, the gap between these two appointments at the orthodontist must be no longer than a week. Cool.

Being featured on newspapers

I’ve had several colleagues and friends sms-ing me to tell me about my appearance in The Star last week - the small article about my thoughts of KL and modelling. In actual fact, I have had a humble, good number of times being a model, for several print ads and commercials. “Ong treasures her modelling days” as the title read - well hehehehehe… made me feel kind of old, but it was really cute. My friend read that article and thought it was my mum featured or something. Thanks, Xin Yi for the write-up.

Just to continue my lovely story in London, here are some pictures taken outside Buckingham Palace. That’s where the Queen stays. It made me imagine what it really was like when Princess Diana passed away, she had acres of flowers left on the doorstep of the palace.

I have grown to love daffodils.

Changing of the guards.

Sweeping of the poo.

It was quite a far walk to the Buckingham Palace.

The palace was huge. There were many tourists seen outside the garden and the entrance.

They had placed a decent-looking gentleman (who is a real guard) to take pictures with tourists. How nice. I just realised I’m quite a small-girl.

These dudes weren’t friendly at all I tell you. We asked them a question and they didn’t like that question at all. Eeks.

The end. Thank you.

Before I end, here’s the picture of the day:

Josiah and his invisible bike.

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We love making each-other happy.

But I tell you, MSN’s webcam quality is really bad on top of my super old Logitech web camera. Connection is so bad that it takes so long for us to load up our videos. Takes away half the fun sometimes. At the end of it, sometimes it makes us frustrated. The same if you blog a really long entry and didn’t click to “save” and all of a sudden your PC / Laptop hangs. Same thing.

Technology is reliable to a certain extent, and human communication and commitment both play a big role.

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Last year, 2007:

Last year, I spent Mother’s Day with myjojo’s mum in California. Happy Mother’s Day, my mother-in-law to be… *blush*.

This year, 2008:

This year, I spent it with my very own mother. This day was extra special not because it is commercialized, but just a day to make us children realise the importance of our mothers, having brought us into this world, and showed us the way through growing-up. We spent Mother’s Day lunch at Noble House’ buffet lunch. Well, I couldn’t eat much and managed to eat more raw salmon because it was soft for my teeth. It’s day 03 of my teeth extraction, still feels a little numb sometimes, with that pulling-effect.

I love my mother alot, because she’s really been a Supermom. For all those times she stood by to care for me, accompanying me at castings and shopping, throughout my entire Star Celeb reality show competition (even other contestants went Wow!), for proof-reading my blog for me for errors, cooking, our deep-conversations, our silly conversations, attacking my dad together verbally (playfully), guy chats, supporting me endlessly throughout every single step I take, caring for my health and safety…..and the list goes on. She’s so fun to chat with even my friends could connect with her. Do you also know that my mother reads your blog? She updates me about your activities. Yes, you reading this now. Haha.

My mother is marvellous and I love her alot. She is the simplest, most unassuming mother ever without material expectation. She’s helped my father so much through his career till his retirement day and is still the secretary of the house, making sure every single document is in place. She is a part of the backbone, and my dad’s the backbone of the entire family. In my life, my responsibility is to fulfill the role of a daughter by being good and etc., but really, compared to what my mother has done for me so far, I’ve only achieved so much. So much more to repay her. For her, I thank God.

L-R: Superdad, me, my sis’s mother-in-law 2 be Christine, my Supermom, my sis Jean, my bro-in-law 2 be Kelvin, his bro Clement and sis Carmen at the entrance of Noble House.

She’s my no.1 supporter and confidante (hmm, think I’ve said this very many times, but never enough). I’m truly very close to her, she’s my best friend.

Even during dinner, she cooked me a Mother’s Day meal to accomodate my sore gums after the teeth extraction. How sweet. Macaroni in soup.

And later on, we played Scrabble. Always so fun with my Supermom.

I love you, mummy!!!

Every blogger has his or her own story. If not a nose reconstruction surgery (I think you know who), it’s weight management (I think you know who as well). Maybe the only difference is that I am not endorsed.

On Kim Ong dot com, you’ll get an A-Z story of how a set of braces are to be put onto a not-so-young-already lady’s teeth.

The day came and I went for it. I put together my strength and faith that my dentist would do a good job. I didn’t want to speak, I didn’t want to hear how it would be carried out, I just wanted to ensure everything run smoothly. I’m not afraid of pain, I kept telling myself it would not hurt.

He checked my teeth and verified the teeth he was going to pull out from my orthodontist’s X-Ray and referral letter from my dentist.

Previously at the orthodontist:
1. Checked on my teeth
2. Made me bite on some kind of plastisin to get my teeth mould
3. Took a picture of my teeth for her reference
4. Performed a thorough X-ray on my teeth
5. Explained to me how she would fix my teeth
6. Passed me a letter for my dentist to extract the four teeth (to make way for other teeth with braces put on)

I DO NOT LIKE MY TEETH ALTHOUGH I THANK GOD FOR LETTING ME HAVE THEM TO LIVE.

As you can see, I don’t have an amazing set of teeth and I blame it on myself for being so proud of succesfully pulling my own teeth last time as a kid. I used to shake my baby teeth and pull them out on my own. So, I moved my gums. If my dentist had extracted each and every one for me then, I would have better teeth now. I really should have done up my teeth when I was younger (braces). My teeth are just so disorganised. I really don’t like them and óne particular one is causing a lot of problems when I speak, smile and gives me ulcers all the time!

When you’re at the dentist, just close your eyes and think of the beach. Otherwise, think of how happy you’d be after the whole process of wearing braces, with a nice smile suitable for toothpaste commercials. It really helps, and let your dentist know you don’t need to know how thorough the procedure is.

“Okay, now I’m going to use this to inject into your gums, it’s going to hurt, but just a pinch. Okay now, this one will be stronger, the anaesthetic will be really bitter, you can rinse your mouth after this.”

The beach….myjojo cycling towards me really fast.

Tadaaaa!!! My souvenir. Eeeee, dun really like the sight of it, but quite cute. The nurse put them in peroxide and let me keep them. I have an entire collection of my baby teeth plus a wisdom tooth and also my two new permanent molars.

How it really went

The dentist injects a few times, of anaesthetic into my gums on top and bottom to numb my entire right side so I don’t feel the pain. He starts with the bottom tooth and then the top one. Before pulling it out, he shakes my teeth with much strength to loosen the roots and finally with much might, pulls them out without me realising. My gums bleed and he immediately puts a gauze to stop the bleeding.

My dental extraction started at 3pm. I took out the gauze at 8pm as I stopped bleeding. At that point in time, I was really in pain. My throat went sore as the anaesthetic chemical thingy went past my throat through my neck and even up my nose somehow? My neck’s nerves were really sore and numb. At 12pm, I ate another painkiller and drank only water although I had an event to run through the night.

I could not even eat properly at 7pm. I had KFC’s mashed potatoes which was most suitable, warm and soft. Yet, I still tasted blood. I was drinking my own gum’s blood all the way.

The following day

The next morning, I woke up feeling rather empty in my mouth. I had two deep holes. I could speak, and my neck and throat were still sore.

Generally, it was all bearable. What is more painful, like having an eye specialist poke into your eyeball with his sharp steel tool?

Saturday May 10, 2008

Ong treasures her modelling days

CHILL OUT IN KL
By THO XIN YI

SHE was meant for the modelling world, having been approached by various talent scouts in both Malaysia and Singapore. But Kim Ong Suan Kim didn’t just jump at the opportunity.

“Once I was approached by a sportswear company while shopping in Singapore, and I was rather taken aback since it was all of a sudden. But I had to decline since I was returning to KL the next day,” said Ong, who works as a digital interactive executive.

Ong: She says she has gained much from the entertainment industry.

However, the experience motivated her to sign up with few agencies and soon she landed a couple of interesting TV commercials and print advertisement projects.

Her first TVC was for Sony Wega TV for the Vietnam market in 2003, where she had the ‘admirable’ task of riding pillion on a scooter while holding a dog.

“The fan kept blowing my hair too strongly and the lights were just so bright since they wanted to depict a day scene at night. Even the poor dog was down with flu but somehow we managed,’ said the 23-year-old.

For Ong, the experience she gained over the years from the entertainment industry had been useful in building her confidence and learning more about people who work behind the scenes.

“At least I have some interesting pictures to show my grandchildren one day and tell them about my fifteen minutes worth of fame, “ said Ong.

What do you like about KL?

I seriously love the fast-paced lifestyle. Shopping in KL is the best with its great bargains. You also get to see a diverse range of tourist from all over the world.

What do you dislike about KL?

Taxi drivers who don’t use the meter. I also can’t tolerate people who litter.

What is your favourite food?

I love the Penang Laksa at Peng Hwa Restaurant in Times Square, beef noodles from Ngau Kee at Jalan Imbi and steak at Le Nerovivo, Off Changkat Bukit Bintang. So you can see that I just don’t have one favourite food!

What do you do to relax?

I like to stand out of my apartment balcony and look at the Twin Towers and KL Tower, even Genting Highlands at the very end. Looking at view takes my mind off stress. Otherwise, it will be blogging or a good chat over the phone with my loved one, webcam or 3G. I’m quite a homely person and very close to my family, so a good time with them is all I need.

Your favourite hangout in KL?

Palate Palette Restaurant at Jalan Mesui. You can play Scrabble and other board games in it and there’s a bar upstairs. Its modern, funky and chic setting make me feel at ease. I love their western food, too.

 Link: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/5/10/central/21032155&sec=central 

I’m getting my braces done in Damansara Heights. Today, I’ll be extracting four teeth over the week before 16 May 2008 where I’ll have the rubber put on and the following Friday on the 23rd for braces. It’s such a wrong time for me to put on braces now, but I figured, why not now? If I don’t do it, I’ll never get to do it and will always find an excuse. So, I don’t care if I look ugly or whatever for now, just as long as I look good long term and have no teeth complications and can enjoy more hearty meals in the future. I won’t have my one particular tooth jabbing into the wall of my mouth also, that would always cause an ulcer. As we get older, our teeth will start to fall apart and will be misplaced.

I’ll be removing four molars. Better do it now than never.

Also, better eat what my heart desires, before I lay off chewy food for another month or so. I had sirloin steak from Delicious, approximately RM40.00.

The Surprise Cute Card

WARNING: LOVE STORY POST AHEAD. YOUR HAIR MIGHT STAND.

When I got home, I received two boxes of Fedex packages. They were mostly myjojo’s press clippings. In the other one, I found a rather nice-looking wrapped up box that smelt rather milky and guessed that it was chocolate. I quickly put that aside to open the card.

Dropping the “O” in my surname. Check this out! SOOOOO CUTEEEE!!!! I almost laughed my head off! *but I made sure my head’s still intact…lol*

I realised he made a special self-made card for me. How creative can he get? He can cycle, cook, do business transactions, save money and make creative materials like this one, and this is not the first, and this is definitely the best one ever in my collection of cards!!! In it, he says he can’t wait for me to be his wife… *blushes*….*your hair stands immediately…brrr*

My favourite See’s Candy that melts in my mouth. Dark chocolates especially!

Mmmmm….yummm…..

He lectures motivates me about going to the gym and not procrastinating. Yet, he buys me delicious chocolate so I can pile up on the pounds. But, I melt because he’s so sweet for sending me the card and the chocolates, it makes me feel the need to work harder at the gym because he wants me to, and because I WANT TO EAT THE CHOCOLATES WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY…Anything to please our partner, yes?

p/s: It’s a weekday and I just came back from the gym. Good start?

I love you too, myjojo and I want to spend the rest of my life with you forever and ever… Thank you for the card, I love it so much, so do my parents.

Myjojo and I were both very lucky to enter the British Museum for free, thanks to Molly’s connections. There was the “The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army” (Qin Dynasty) display on that day and was ending the following day. Tickets were hard to obtain. I enjoyed it so much and was so glad to be able to witness some lost artefacts in China. It’s great to see what our ancestors had prepared for us to see, learn and emulate. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to take any pictures of it, but did manage to take others instead.

This is the British Museum that attracts tons of people on a daily basis.

Inside, just past the entrance.

Check out some Egyptian artefacts.

I’m Nefertiti.

What is the Parthenon and how did the sculptures come to London?

The Parthenon in Athens is a building with a long and complex history. Built nearly 2,500 years ago as a temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, it was for a thousand years the church of the Virgin Mary of the Athenians, then a mosque, and finally an archaeological ruin. The building was altered and the sculptures much damaged over the course of the centuries. The first major loss occurred around AD 500 when the Parthenon was converted into a church. When the city was under siege by the Venetians in 1687, the Parthenon itself was used as a gunpowder store. A huge explosion blew the roof off and destroyed a large portion of the remaining sculptures. The building has been a ruin ever since. Archaeologists worldwide are agreed that the surviving sculptures could never be re-attached to the structure.

By 1800 only about half of the original sculptural decoration remained. Between 1801 and 1805 Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire of which Athens had been a part for some 350 years, acting with the full knowledge and permission of the Ottoman authorities, removed about half of the remaining sculptures from the fallen ruins and from the building itself. Lord Elgin was passionate about ancient Greek culture and transported the sculptures back to Britain. The arrival of the sculptures in London had a profound effect on the European public, regenerating interest in ancient Greek culture and influencing contemporary artistic trends.

These sculptures were acquired from Lord Elgin by the British Museum in 1816 following a Parliamentary Select Committee enquiry which fully investigated and approved the legality of Lord Elgin’s actions. Since then the sculptures have all been on display to the public in the British Museum, free of entry charge.

Source: http://www.britishmuseum.org/

WARNING: Oops too late. 18SX art sculpture. This is real art.

Hope it’s not too disturbing for you.

Well-preserved from centuries ago.

Now this is disturbing…

*Dush!!!* “Owww….lost my right arm and legs,” said the centaur.

And the sculpted man lost all his limbs.