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profile Cecilia Lanny Winata Aliases: Lanny/Cecilia/Xenopus Location: Singapore Occupation: Grad Student, National University of Singapore Interests: Zen, Martial Arts, Japanese Culture and philosophy, Life Sciences, Religious philosophy, Christianity Hobbies: exploring new places, learning new things, walking (preferably outdoors), cooking, eating good food, home making, swimming, sea sports, anime (Naruto being the best by far), good music to accompany my different moods, and good books to read Schools/Past Affiliations: TK Bunda Hati Kudus, Jakarta (Kindergarten); SD Bintang Kejora, Jakarta (Primary 1-2, 4-6); Ironside State School, Brisbane, Australia (Primary 3-4); SLTP Santa Ursula, Jakarta (Secondary School); SMU Santa Ursula (High School); Indonesia International Taekwon-Do Federation (Jelambar, Jakarta); National University of Singapore archives November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 April 2006 May 2006 August 2006 October 2006 January 2007 August 2007 January 2008 March 2008 June 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 September 2009 affiliates 5h4d0w's Lair My old Friendster blog credits skin by: Jane |
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 @ 8:26 PM
My wisdom tooth I just submitted my thesis last week. And now I'm in a state similar to a post-examination syndrome. I felt so relieved, and I want to have fun, but everytime I slacked, I felt guilty. I certainly still have things to do around the lab - I'm being paid by my supervisor afterall. But I want to take it easy for the meantime. Call it a blessing in disguise or whatever, but the very day I submitted my thesis, my wisdom tooth started acting up. For three years I have defied my dentist's advice to remove it as its position poses a potential problem in the future, and yet it had not given me any problems until recently. Yesterday was my first dental visit in Singapore. We found out that my right lower wisdom tooth was infected, probably due to its improper eruption from the gum, such that the gum overlying it was constantly irritated from my chewing food, and at some point, was invaded by some naughty microorganisms. The dentist also did an X-ray of my lower right jaw - something the dentist in Jakarta never did - and found out that despite the proper alignment of my wisdom tooth, it didn't fully emerge to the surface. Thus he strongly suggested to remove both the lower and upper right teeth to avoid further problems. He pointed out that the roots of the lower tooth was rather broad, which may slightly complicate the extraction procedure. Hence it would take a minor surgery to remove the lower one, which means a five days MC for me. Apart from that, he foresaw no other major complications. Although the clinic quoted a slightly higher rate for wisdom tooth extraction compared to that in Jakarta, I could claim 100% of the cost for surgery using my medisave here. At least for the lower tooth extraction which costs ~S$450, coz it's considered a surgery. The upper tooth extraction is normally easier according to the two dentists I consulted, and would cost somewhere between S$80 - S$120, which is not covered by medisave. I will be going for the extraction tomorrow afternoon. I hope everything will be alright. It's kind of scary for me, but I'm sure it's for the best in the long run. And I'm so looking forward to continue my long neglected FFX during my 5 days MC... or maybe working on my second paper would be better? 0 Comments:Monday, March 16, 2009 @ 11:28 PM
Swing de Chocobo 0 Comments: @ 9:56 PM
Immortality? It's been too long since I've written anything for myself, thanks to the piling research and the thesis which I'm supposed to be handing in pretty soon. I've been rather obsessed with moving higher in my research, especially when my life has been more or less 'stable' for the past two years. Before that I often attribute my lack of achievements due to personal circumstantial reasons, which is kind of lame, but still, I couldn't really help it at that time. Basically, I want to do a high impact research. Much higher than what I am doing now. I want to publish my research in high impact journals, I want to be able to unveil new things in science, and I want to be somebody. The reason being, that I wanted something I can hold on to for myself. I haven't been able to forgive myself for things I have neglected and failed to observe, that I had to endure certain shit from several people around me. That's why I feel that having to work even harder is a punishment I can cast upon myself. A more prominent reason for my ambitions would be that I really hate being at the mercy of certain people, especially in my personal life. I feel that I wanted to prove myself to these people, or perhaps I just wanted more power for myself to instill some respect or maybe even fear in these people. It's evil and retarded, I know. But I can't help being amused at the thought. Anyway, I see this as my own desire for immortality. I think being immortal is cool. Not in the context of lifetime of course, but more of ideas and world-changing actions. In a good way. So that people will remember you (like what Brad Pitt's character, Achilles, in the Troy movie said). In fact, if I ask who was the richest guy during 18th century, how many people would know? But if I asked who was the guy who came up with the theory of gravitation during the 18th century, I think more people would know the answer. And so I am left to ponder on how I would achieve everything I want. 0 Comments: |