WISDOM-1

I've been having a pretty busy early week this week. Monday, went to meet up with a Commissioner of Oaths at downtown KL to sign some declaration for me, then went out with my brother and finally met up with Jimmy for a late night movie. Tuesday, went to PJ newtown to get my medical check up & chest X-ray done, then rushed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Putrajaya before 3pm. It's pretty cool, the Australian student visa application process. It's all done online, so, it was recommended that the mandatory health check up to be done at assigned clinics/ laboratories. I picked Life Care Diagnostics, near Hilton PJ. I didn't expect the place to be so fancy, haha. The staff were very helpful, friendly and efficient. There were a handful LCD tvs at the lounges. After the nurse performed venepuncture on me, she gave me a labeled container to collect my urine sample.

Nurse: " Miss Ong, please urinate into this container for the urine sample. We need the MIDDLE PART of your urine. The washroom is just down the hallway. You can take your time =)"

Me: "Oh, alright. Can I please have a glove?"

I think she was surprised by my request. Nevertheless, she provided the glove. She was so nice. Middle part of the urine. They should use better terms to describe Midstream Clean Catch Urine, I think.Well anyways, the whole process, including the preliminary results were completed within 1 1/2 hour. Quite impressive, I would say. Then this morning, I received a thank you text from Life Care Diagnostics. I like them =)

Rushed to Putrajaya after lunch at home, and guess what? I got there in 30 minutes! Total coolness. Oh yea, in the midst of being a vigilant and responsible F1 Racer, I managed to take a picture of my odometer, which, according to Zven, is broken. He claims that it doesn't tell the speed accurately, and that I drive like a P**S*.

 Well, I spent another 15 minutes looking for the damn building in Putrajaya. I just hate the road signs there, total uselessness! Some kind motorcyclist directed me in the end =)

Had to obtain the Letter of Good Conduct from the Consular. It was all done pretty quickly though. All I had to do was to wait for my turn, hand in the application forms and wait for another 5 to 10 minutes to get the official letter. Impressive =)

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Everything for visa application that could be done had to be done before Wednesday! I decided to remove my wisdom tooth which has been hurting me so badly for a week. A dental appointment on Wednesday was made, hence, the rush of errands to be completed before my jaw gets really swollen.

The upper molar has already erupted and it never caused any problem to me. Then, recently, the lower molar decided to erupt as well, but it couldn't do it as fast. A thin layer of gum was overlying the lower molar, and the upper molar has been biting on the gum!

The outcome of the dental consultation? I was happy to sit on the dental chair, since the easier alternative to surgically removing the lower molar was to extract the upper molar. Extraction of an erupted tooth is 100000X less risky, painful, time & energy consuming and torturous compared to surgical removal of a tooth that's embedded within gums & is surrounded by the bones. Apparently, the mandible has to be girdled and stitched in order to gain access to the underlying tooth. Too painful for me when there's a much easier alternative to that. (my apologies if any dental terms is used incorrectly)

Some lidocaine & epinephrine, quite a bit of pressure applied, a mere 15 minutes and VOILA! DONE!

My left upper 3rd Molar

Thankful.

The American Idiot Musical Casts did a collaboration with Green Day on the song 21 Guns. Outcome? Coolest song ever!!!!!

Peace out!

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