The miracle of modern dentistry!

Yesterday, I went to the dentist to get my tooth checked. It turned out that I suffered a level 4 fracture (meaning that the pulp was exposed). The dentist had to perform a root canal to remove the pulp (and to prevent an infection).

All I can say was that the root canal therapy is the most painful dental treatment I ever had. Apparently, since my tooth suffered trama, it's difficult to numb/freeze the nerve around the tooth (due to inflammation from the trauma). During parts of the surgery, some parts of the pulp/nerve wasn't numb so I felt pain as the dentist removed it. Oh well... no pain, no gain!

After removing the pulp, everything went smoothly. My tooth was no longer sensitive to hot/cold!

Today, I went back in to get my filling. It wasn't as bad as yesterday, that's for sure!

Here's a picture of the finished result. I'm going to go back in a couple of months to get a crown. Hopefully, the crown will offer a more permanent solution than the filling =P

It's slightly uneven, but it's temporary! =P

Karma

I thought my daily event yesterday was pretty interesting... wait till you hear today's! =P

I woke up later than I would normally like this morning, but I managed to get to school on time. In 409, we made a lesson plan to incorporate ICT with the topic of genetics. My group decided to focus on mutations with the use of an interactive software online called Molecular Bench (I believe that's the name). We actually finished the project quite early, so I spent the last 30 minutes or so looking at other people's ideas. There were some interesting ones, like playing a game to explain mutations or using cool videos from youtube to describe transcription.

Now the interesting part. =P

About an hour after class, I was running outside. Unfortunately, one of my shoe lace loops got tangled with the hook on my other shoe/hiking boot. As you can imagine, I tripped and fell down quite hard. I scrapped my right hand and wrist, banged my nose on the ground, bloodied lip and... chipped my left front (incisor) tooth.

I went to the nearest bathroom to wash up. Once I was done with that, I ventured to Mac Hall to go visit the local dentist and walk-in clinic to get assessed. I managed to get a dental appointment booked for tomorrow to examine my tooth. The walk-in clinic was quite fast. I managed to get in, like 5 seconds after finishing my patient form. The doctor told me that I should be fine, but my pride might be hurt (which she was right =P). I also got a tetanus booster just to be on the safe side! =P

So after the visits, I decided to skip my last class and go home. When I informed my dad, he just acknowledged the fact that it happened and hope that my recovery will go well. My mom on the other hand called me careless and stupid, but she got working on my boots (modifying my laces) to ensure that I don't fall again! =)

So why is this blog titled Karma? Well, it could be just a coincidence, but I'll let you be the judge of that. So yesterday... I had a little "accident" but didn't inform anybody about it. Thinking about how Karma was striking back, I had a bit of an uncomfortable evening last night. And today, this has happened... so... I am now a true believer of Karma. (Until I forget again, like how I sometimes do... but I hope this is a good lesson!)

Well despite my physical injuries and hurt ego, I had a transformative experience today. I know that I stated that I try not to take my health for granted, but I would normally not take great care of my teeth. Sure, I would brush at least twice a day and use floss at least once a day, but it was always a half-ass job. Teeth health is crucial and I'll be sure to take extra care once I get my front tooth fixed!

Now, one might ask, why I seem so cheery after such an accident. Well, "shit happens". When I first got frostbite a couple years back, I was depressed for quite a while. However, it did made me realize the importance of health, first of all. Also with my recent accident, it could have been a lot worse. I could have chipped both front teeth, twisted one of them, broke my nose, etc. (Also, I guess I had worse accidents before, like smashing my face while sledding, frostbite, sprained finger that healed crookedly, etc).

To end it off, I would like to thank those who helped cared for me today during my ordeal! I'm grateful for the caring medical staff/ receptionists and most importantly, my friends and family.

Well it may be a bit graphic... but here's a picture of my tooth

Rocks/rocky/rocking/etc...

So I just realized that the stitching on one of my Rocks is slightly messed up... Good thing it wasn't my favorite pair though! What a coincidence though (in terms of rocks)... as you'll find out when you read through this!

So I started my day off with volunteering. Things were great with my first buddy but things got a bit "rocky" with my second. After volunteering, I went home. Instead of studying... I went and played some FF. I was stuck at Oerba 200 AF, since I wasn't able to beat Caius for the first time. However, after grinding a bit more, and levelling up my monsters, I decided to try again... with success (after like 1.5 hrs of grinding...).

I went to school early to go work out. I haven't worked out in a week and a half, so I started off with some laps around the track. While running, I was "rocking" it out with some.... slow music (oh gosh... maybe I should stop...). Afterwards, I met up with a friend and we did some shoulders and back. We also did pull ups, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to do them =(. I guess I'm still too heavy for my arms to lift me up! GRRRR

Class was a bit boring today. Thank goodness that a friend decided to attend class with me, or I would have fallen asleep. We were talking about transformative learning today, but just somehow, I wasn't really in the mood for it.

After class, I went to help a friend find some rocks for a project. After an hour or so (felt more like 15 minutes), we were able to find a decent amount. Good thing it was a relatively warm night!! I actually learnt some things about rocks and clay, and soil (pardon the English) while we were digging for these rocks.

And now, the picture of the day: my first dinner tonight

Korean Clear Noodle Soup. It was pretty good, but I was quite thirsty afterwards... and I didn't drink all the soup this time! =(

Brrrrrrr

Today was colder than yesterday, though it wasn't as bad as a couple weeks ago with that -40 degrees Celsius weather!

In 407 today, we discussed emotional and behavioural disorders. Like how the prof stated, it's not as clear-cut to identify one with EBD for all people have these symptoms from time to time (aggression, jealously, isolation, depression, etc). For 408, we had our presentation today. I think it went well! The activities seemed to kept our audience's attention for the most part.

I got home early today to "get some work done", but really I ended up playing FF XIII-2... (I did manage to do my readings for 410 and Calgary Reads though!). I want to play XIII-2 now, but unfortunately, my game chair is being occupied so I guess now is a fine time to start my review of the latest drama I watched: Soredemo Ikite Yuku (though not as long as I thought it would be...)

EDIT: Well it's been almost an hour and I'm still on the story section... another day perhaps! Here's a picture of the show though. Taken from drama-wiki

First time this semester!

Today marks the first time this semester that I skipped a lecture...

The reason why I skipped was primarily due to the fact that I did not finish my readings for the lecture today and that I wasn't too keen on taking transit late at night by myself... (I'm a bit of a scaredy-cat after that one bad experience a couple years back...)

Anyways, today in seminar, we talked more about students at risk and students that have emotional disorders. I was a bit inattentive today so I didn't absorb much from seminar. We did watch a couple short clips though of students that have been homeless/living in shelters for a while. Those students were from Calgary, so it gave a sense of "relevancy". If the clip didn't say anything about the students' statuses, I would have never guessed that they were homeless. Also, watching that video made me count my blessings again, for I was fortunate enough to go through school with certain luxuries like having a warm place to return to each day, getting 3 meals a day, having the school supplies I need and able to participate in club activities without the need to go to work.

Hmm, I keep saying that I'll post a drama review... but I've been so lazy in starting it up! Perhaps next week? I have a Top 5 drama post coming up this weekend for sure though! =P

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture to post for today, so here's a youtube video instead!

It's pretty amazing to see this baby hit the ball back quite accurately!

Woooooooweeeeeeeeee

I don't know why... but all of a sudden I was thinking of BoA's song: Woo Weekend, when I was thinking of a title for today! (I usually come up with the title first before I start writing my post. That's why these titles can be pretty lame at times =P)

Well well... I was busy playing games the last couple of days, so I wasn't able to post. =P FF XIII-2 is pretty good so far! I like the revamped battle system!

As for today, it was a normal day. I went to volunteer and played my usual songs. Work was ordinary as well, though I felt a bit light headed during work... Who knows why?

I went to BestBuy after work to see if I could still purchase a USB Flash Drive. They were having a sell on 64 GB drives for $40!! It was all sold out when I went. =( I guess next time!

When I got home, I started on my readings for 408 (group presentation this coming week!) I managed to go through the first two readings... just one more to go!

Hmm, what else... oh tomorrow is karate examinations! I wonder how my students will do tomorrow...

As for today's picture, it was taken a couple days back. I accidentally spilt some capelin roe into my tea, so they started to cook! The white ones are cooked while the orange ones are still being cooked (I believe). Take a look! ^_^

Now it's time for more FF XIII-2!!!

Woot!

Done my 409 History of Science Paper! Well, not 100% edited, but that should only take like 10 minutes tomorrow morning. =P

Well since I was working on my paper all today, I didn't have the chance to go work out. =( There's always Friday I guess?

Class was alright today. There was a lot of technical problems, so I spent most of the time just sitting there and playing Bejeweled on my iPhone. I'm playing the Zen mode at the moment, but I don't feel like its keeping me relaxed...

Since I'm done with my papers (for now...), I plan to start FF XIII-2 when I get home tomorrow! Can't wait for that! To end of today's post, here's what I had for dinner

I was craving noodles today, so I got udon from Kobe Beef! It's been a while since I last visted that place. Apparently, they're serving "Reman" now... hmm, I wonder what that could be... =P