Here I go again. Now I am having gum problems. A few days ago, I eat something hard and it sort of went deep in between my teeth and cut my gums there. I think it got infected and now it is swollen (with a little greenish pus). Initially it was a small problem and I didn’t think that it was that serious. So I being a genius at dental problems decided to go and poke it with a needle. Well, that got rid of the pus but the infection now grew worse. It was in fact spreading! And the swell is bigger now! So big that it looks like I have something on one side of my mouth.
Sad. So I went to the dentist who then did a better job in reducing the swell and cleaning the little wound. He told me that my gum is badly infected and germs had gotten in. Hey, he used a little knife thingy to cut the pus and disgusting black-colored blood came pouring out. He then gave me some medicine and antibiotic to reduce swelling and hooray, he also gave me one day worth of medical leave! I love my dentist. I guess he thought that the “massive” lost of blood will render me incapable of work or anything. Anyway my gum feels much better after taking the medicine too. At least I don’t have problem opening my mouth anymore.
Well, what the morale of the story is don’t try to be clever. If you don’t know anything about something, don’t stick your hand in. You will get bitten. Especially if you don’t have much common sense like me. And remember to always brush your teeth and floss daily.
It has gotten hold of me! Yes, tea. I am now crazy over tea. And all sorts of tea, whether it is English Tea, Chinese Tea, Green Tea, Bubble Tea or whatever I am into it! I bought several some tea cups and tea pots too. When I go back home from work, I would pour myself a cup of tea and enjoy the evening with some very refreshing tea, even if the weather is warm. I don’t mind. I like the taste of tea. Wait, does that make me very English?
Well, if you are interested in tea as I am, you might be interested in getting tea accessories like tea pots, tea cups or even get some advise and information on tea, you can check out Tea Chapter. They sell all kinds of chinese tea leaves, tea pots, tea cups and even sells tea cakes. You can even have your ROM (Registration of Marriage) ceremony catered by them! I know it is weird, but who knows, perhaps there are still traditionalists in Singapore who thinks that we are still part of the English Empire afterall. However, this site is all about Chinese tea. You should look elsewhere if you are interested in Japanese or English Tea.
My personal favourite is green tea. It’s just so refreshing and it doesn’t have any aftertaste. I never got sick of drinking green tea too. I like those that come with the actual tea leaves in small packets. But you have to really heat them up first before the tea flavours come out. So I usually use boiling water and a tea pot with a lit and wait for a while till the flavours flow out before I start drinking it. I learned this from a tea expert. Okay, that’s not true, I read from somewhere on the Internet but it works so….
There are a lot of benefits to drinking tea. First of all, it is refreshing and it tastes great. In fact, it makes food taste better because it helps to clear your throat. It also helps to improve your digestive system. Think of it as a cleanser of sorts. It helps to get rid of unwanted particles and access oil from your body. Hey, furthermore, it helps to prevent tooth decay. I also heard that it prevents cancer and is very good for the skin. So you should go reduce your coffee intake and start drinking tea!
I recently were given a laptop by my ISP(that’s Starhub) for signing a 30 month contract for their Internet broadband service (Cable). Yes, that’s a 30 month contract I am stuck with. But anyhow, I got a laptop in return which I can bring around whenever I need to. Well, the laptop is not really a good piece of hardware, the keyboard is the worst I have ever seen with it’s keys falling all over the place. Very cheap and flimsy construction.
Ok, so armed with this laptop, I went around Singapore to test out the Singapore’s free wireless service. The three service providers are Singtel, Qmax and IcellNetworks. First I tried Toa Payoh Central’s McDonalds. The signal strength was excellent but somehow I faced a numer of disconnections. I had to login once every one hour or so. But the speeds I experienced was acceptable. I used both QMax and Icellnetworks. I don’t have the Singtel userid and password. You need to sign up with the three service provider first before you can login. It seemed to me that QMax is more stable than ICell. But I am nitpicking here. I stayed there for about 3 hours doing some work (which involved the Internet). Later, I tried Yishun. I went to the Starbucks at Northpoint. Again the connection there was great but I didn’t stay for long to test everything - coffee was too expensive.
A few days later, I went to Tampines Point and ate at McDonalds. As usual, I tried the Wireless service there too. No problems. The signal was excellent and I stayed connected for several hours. However, I discovered that the speeds were intermittent. Sometimes it would be fast and sometimes it will slow to a crawl. But at least I stayed connected. I believed that I stayed for 3 hours before going to Long John Silvers. Yes, no problem with the connection there either. I am quite impressed with this free Wireless service.
This should work out very well if they maintain the same service. Do note that this free service is for three years and will end somewhere in 2009. Why? I don’t know, perhaps the Singapore government think that nobody will be using Wireless anymore in 2009. They predicted we will all be using a whooping “high-speed” 28.8Kbps fax modem by then. Anyway, I can say that if you are planning to do some work while you are outside the office, you can quite safely depend on this service.
