Rosy predictions

Some porsche is waiting infront of us. A little girl told her daddy “daddy, This car no good.. Only got 2 seats.”
Daddy replied “but this car very fast you know?”
Girl: “but mummy and jie jie cannot sit.”.
Her sister studied the car and nod.

When you are young… You want many-seater car so that your family can all go out together. You want your parents to bring you out to dinner, zoo, movies. When you perform in school you want your parents to come watch.

When you grow up… U want selfish car to drive only your GF, 1-1 romantic expensive dinner for your GF, you hang out late with your friends leaving ypur parents worried at home for you. You organise outings BBQ with your friends. Of course not everyone has forgotten how our parents have cared for us and of course not all parents care, but of course if your parents cared for you, you should care for them when u grow up. If your parents have not cared for you that does not mean you should lose hope in starting your own family and caring for your children because you know how it feels to be neglected. If you dont care for your children then dont give birth to them.

Often people upgrade themselves and forget about their families. Are you downgrading your parents’ life to upgrade yours?

After many years of hesitation, i made my mind, pluck up my courage to attend my first consultation. Read the forums and about braces which somehow leads to this thread call “invisalign”. Yes thats the braces xiaxue had on. That transparent thing which is mire fitting and sleek than those which boxers wear to protect their teeth during boxing matches.

Invisalign cost average $7000-$10k after GST. It is so important to ask abt GST especially when it comes to significantly big amount of money. The price quoted usually do not include extra work like polishing n scaling, tooth extraction and prerequisites like xrays and photos. So be sure you pen down all the hidden extra cost to work up your budget.

After factoring in all these extras, i calculated my cost for invisalign (incl GST) to close to $8000.

Let me share my first meeting with dr Kenneth Lew from Tanglin Dental. Came to know about him after seeing some photos posted on forums showing braces done by him. It’s easy to make appointment at the clinic compared to Aline @ adelphi which takes me 3 mths to get appt to put on my braces. Duing my first appt which was last friday, he checked my teeth and took some xrays. He analysed it and suggested i can pluck out 1 lower tooth instead of total 4. He also advised me to remove my 2 lower wisdom tooth later on. He recommeded invisalign and simpliclear. If you google it you can find more details about them. Apparently simpliclear offers a shorter treatment time and at a lower cost. Estimated duration for my treatment is 1 year with simpliclear and 16-18 months for invisalign! Metal braces takes average 13-14 months. Simipliclear is very much customized to my teeth and dr Lew will have better control over my teeth movement than say invisalign.

It’s obvious. Simpliclear is my choice as it is cheaper and faster. I do not like metal braces as im really sensitive to sounds n vibrations created by rubbing or scratching of metals. I cannot imagine HAVING THEM IN MY MOUTH. I will die from that “itchy irritating metal sounds”. And also metal looks black. I have no problem ensuring food dn get stuck in my braces as i hv the habit of rinsing my mouth after meals.

I will be putting on simpliclear later in evening! Excited and nervous! Payment is easy. Downpayment $2800 and monthly installment for 12 mths which is about $100-$2xx per mth. My package is only $5300.

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Age 1: mummy spoonfeed you dinner.
Age 10: You finish school and go home eat dinner, then do homework.
Age 20: mummy calls you “si ginna, where u go again??? U coming home to eat or not??!”
Age 30: you meet your wife after work for dinner before/after picking up the kids.
Age 40: you make sure maid can cook.
Age 50: you ask your son “when you bring girlfriend home for dinner?” over dinner.
Age 60: you feed your grandchildren dinner.
Age 70: you dine out only twice a year – birthday, chinese new yr
Age 80: you forget to eat or you eat and forget.
Age 90: you drink dinner.
Age 100: im not sure man.