Hurray for Milo

Nothing like sitting down to a hot cup of Milo to rest weary legs after shopping at the mall!

Healthy & Happy

 

Smile While You Still Have Teeth

I spent two gruelling hours at the dentist's yesterday.  An old tooth, half decayed, had to come out.  I had hoped and prayed that it would be a quick, clean extraction but it turned out to be a nightmare.   My dentist, a youngish man, assured me not to worry and that it would be over in a few minutes, but unfortunately that was not the case.  I squirmed in my chair as he nudged, pushed, poked and pulled until the offending and stubborn tooth finally came away in his hands.  It was an exhausting ordeal for both dentist and patient and if it hadn't been for the local anaesthesia, it would have been a very painful process.  I was sent home with some painkillers and cotton wool to stop the bleeding.  

When I looked in the mirror this morning, I was shocked to see that my right cheek was actually swollen - the result of many jabs of anaesthesia to kill the pain!  So now as I am writing this, I have one hand holding an ice pack to dab at my poor swollen cheek.  Gosh, I will have to wear a mask when I go out!  

Take good care of your teeth, everyone, they're more valuable than you may think - and don't forget to smile while you still have teeth!

Of Memories and Mussels

 

 Today I suddenly thought of my teen years when Pa and Mum took us to the beach over the weekends.  It was an outing we kids looked forward to.  It's been ages since I went to the beach now and I miss wriggling my toes in the sand, chasing the waves, climbing on half submerged rocks, taking little dips in the water and best of all, digging for mussels with Mum.  Sometimes we dug near the water's edge, sometimes in the dry sand.  Mum seemed to know the right spots and by the end of the day, we would have collected at least two pails of mussels for dinner!  Those days were great fun and I shall always have fond memories of them.

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Yummy Chendol

 

Chendol from Starview Rest.

I never have no time for this lovely, refreshing thirst quencher - chendol!  Compliments of a cousin at a recent family lunch at a wellknown restaurant. 

Oops, Wrong Number!

 

I really must be getting old!  This morning I went shopping at Lotus's and even though it is a working day,   the car park was quite full.  I managed to get a parking lot and after taking note of the row number, I went in to do my shopping.  

Two hours later, I came out with my packages and to my horror, couldn't find my car!  I had remembered the row as J7 but my car was not there!  The first thought that came to my mind was that it had been stolen and ripples of panic ran through my body.  I decided to walk further up and guess what, there it was, my faithful old car in row J4!   I had got the number wrong!  I don't know what had me think of a 7 instead of a 4 but it was a relief of course and I happily jumped into it and drove home!  Next time, I should take a photo of the row number as some people do, it will certainly save me a lot of stress!

Incidentally, I was very pleased to find my favourite Onde Onde cake at the bakery inside.  It was the last one, I didn't realise it's also a great favourite with other people! 

Onde Onde Delight
by Bread History