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Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Week 1 and 2

On May 19, I endured a long and tedious 2 hour process to get my invisalign. First, I was to try on my template trays, then bond my attachments, then wear my trays for 20-22 hours a day then change them every 2 weeks for 8-12 months. I have 10 trays!!!

I tried on the trays and they fit then it was time to bond the attachments. The attachments are there to guide the teeth into the correct position and in total, I needed 11. 5 attachments on top and 6 on the bottom. I actually needed 2 attachments on one tooth! The bonding of the attachments took the longest but after that it was easy peasy. I tried on my first tray and they were pretty tight and had an annoying tingly feeling.

Invisalign is kind of a hassle but I guess it kicked my habit of always wanting to snack. On invisalign, you have to brush and floss after every meal or snack, which is a big hassle, so I'd rather not snack anymore. :)

The indicators are pretty cool. When you get the trays, they're a dark, royal blue. As you wear them more often, they start to fade to indicate that you've been wearing them for the correct amount of time.

Indicator

One of the attachments

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With

Without

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Happy birthday

Happy birthday darling!

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Let the good times roll

Couple weekends ago it was finally a hot day, so I dressed in my summer's best. I got to relax with my boyfriend for a bit before his friends asked us to go bowling. We said sure, so we headed to Sea Bowl. What a treacherous drive it was, it was terribly foggy and kinda sorta got lost along the way.

Anywho, we made it there in one piece and started to bowl. A good thing about this place is that they give you free socks! Sucks that the barricades come up so damn slow because it'd take 5 minutes before I could throw my ball. -___- I actually threw my ball before it went up and ended up with a spare! Second time I threw it before the barricade went up and Alan(a) screamed, "OPEN IT! OPEN IT!!!" Luckily it went up in time and I knocked some pins down. After a couple rounds of bowling until the place closed, everyone wanted round 2, so karaoke we sang.

Got to the lounge and I promised babe we'd only be there for a little bit before we headed off. Unfortunately we stayed the whole time just to jam out. Before that night, I've never heard babe sing. That night was glorious because it was the first time I ever got to hear him sing! We all had such a good time. :') We left and were messing around which caused me to fall, scrape and hurt my knee, and break my bracelet. I didn't feel any pain, though babe kept asking if I was okay and telling me I was bleeding. I was much more heartbroken about my bracelet. Babe and I finally concluded our night at 5:30am.

Happy to say this past weekend was pretty eventful. I went to go bracelet shopping with my mom since I broke my bracelet in the aforementioned paragraph. Then for dinner, babe and I went out with babe's friends for Alan(a) and Anita's birthday. We headed out to Tonight Soju for food and drinks. Tonight is just like Playground except a lot cleaner and brighter. Their soju was pretty good too. We had peach, mango, kiwi and watermelon. The watermelon soju was served out of a real watermelon! How cool is that. Watermelon soju was also the best tasting!The food was okay, they had cheese corn, chicken wings, kimchee, kimchee fried rice, Korean style carne asada fries, bulgogi, and mini wieners, haha. Nothing was a surprise and the plates were pretty small for our big table.

After dinner we headed off to another night of bowling. I had a damn good time. :) I'm glad everyone was so inclusive. :)

Real watermelon soju

Cheers!

We fly high, no lie, BOWLING

Harrow

I look da ratchet hurr. LOL

Invisalign

What? I'm getting Invisalign? Yep. To be honest, my teeth aren't THAT messed up. I don't have teeth that look like they came out of a smoker's mouth but then again I don't have the pearly whites Nicki Minaj has. I do, however have some slight crowding. I always really liked straight teeth but moms wouldn't agree to letting me get braces. Oh wellz, invisalign, here I come.

What I defintely DO NOT have.

What I will soon have. :)

Here are some of my transition videos! Watch closely for the transformation and my crowded teeth! I was quite intrigued myself. I suppose I can update weekly or monthly to see my progress. :D Still trying to mentally prepare myself for the pain I'm going to feel.

Friday, April 27, 2012

One year ago...

I met someone amazing. We talked from night to morning. I always had an amazing time with him. He understood me and I understood him. He knew what I was thinking and I knew what he was thinking. Everything was perfect so I fell. I fell hard. I still can't believe it's been one. whole. year. Time still flies when I see him and I never want to part ways.

For our one year, I made a reservation for 231 Ellsworth. Inside 231 is a gorgeous, refined and dimly lit interior. The menu is pretty much to the point pick any item you want etc. I ordered the foie gras, seared scallops, the New York steak and the souffle. Boyfriend got the foie gras, seared scallops, venison and the salmon. I love how you can pick the items you want, you can go all dessert, all appetizers, all entrees, etc. Whatever you like.

Foie gras - good but kind of lukewarm at the beginning, then cold
Seared scallops - not nearly as delicious as the seared scallops from Masa's
New York steak - was pretty good, potatoes were my favorite.
Souffle - our waiter had to teach me how to break open the souffle and pour in the sauce, we also got a plate of cookies with it, not sure if it was included

Venison - kind of tasted like chicken to me
Salmon - had a hefty seafood like taste

Because my boyfriend ordered two different entrees, I had to wait for my course after he was finished, so they were nice enough to give me a little something to snack on while I waited. Talk about awesome! I had to wait for my course at Masa's as well but never received a small plate to snack on. My boyfriend and I also were offered complimentary nomz like the small parmesan balls and the soup filled balls. The parmesan balls tasted like the delicious bread I had from Masa's and the soup filled balls had a cute little pop when bitten into. Another comparison to Masa's was that 231 also had a wheeling cart full of goodies. Nougats, brownies, lollipops, etc. Everything was homemade! We got a plate of goody desserts and boxed the ones we didn't finish.

Service at 231 was exceptionally great. Our waiter offered to take pictures for us without us having to ask. And he was a great photographer at that! Also made conversation with me about my instant camera.

The food was okay, but the service here was amazing, as well as the complimentary goodies we received!

While we were in the area, I wanted to go and try Tpumps. Tpumps is a boba store that everyone has been raving about. The store is half boba and half FedEx or UPS or whatevs. Lines get super long here and wait time after is kind of a pain in the ass. I ordered the peach green tea and the green milk tea. All sweetened to your liking, which is very nice. A girl also goes around giving out free milk tea samples which is sick. I do wish they put more boba in the drinks tho, since I only received about 10 tapioca balls in my drink. -__- I love my bobarz okay!?

The day after we decided to go bowling at one of the bowling alleys that were going to close down. After the bowling alley, we went to their parking lot to take a look at their carnival. Honestly, ferris wheels look gorgeous and seem very romantic, but they're really not. (Thanks The Notebook -_-, you still mai favorite movie doe) I was actually really scared being so high up in the air.