Plastic Surgey, the Booster for Self-Confidence

Or something like that was a research project i once did. Do u think braces are a form of plastic surgery??

I mean, i could eat, talk and bite perfectly well before braces. If i had problems eating with my original teeth, how the hell did i grow up big, fat and healthy? Hehe.

Functional surgery is surgery u need to... function? Haha, u get the picture. Plastic surgery is purely for aesthetic purposes (aka just to look better). My aunt once said that people undergo plastic surgery for self-confidence... and i find that true, when i feel pretty, i'm super confident...

So about braces... in which category do they fall under??

Have to admit. Mine gave me a great smile (in my perspective). I still have my braces on but i can already smile more confidently. Smiling with my teeth frequently now. And i like the way i look. Turns out ok fairly often.

Here's a pic of me during my 17th b'day (2003). Yes, i'm ugly. And yes, that is the way i smile in almost all my pictures. Yes, i know, it's barely even a smile!

Yes i know, i look grandma-ish. Dun say it, spare me, i've already said it!!

If this wasn't a BEFORE picture, if there wasn't any AFTER picture, i wouldn't post this up...

Yes, i'm vain. Sue me? Go ahead. I dare u to sue me for being vain. Heheh.

This is me now. No of cuz not at this very moment, i dun dress so nicely when blogging. Hair is clipped up and in a pony tail... big baggy t-shirt... shorts.

Er, what i mean is this is me, almost 20. Now in 2006.

U dun know how sorry i am about the low quality of this pic... =( Otherwise u could see my braces!! They even match my top!! =)

Braces... it's a dreaded thing in the United States. And a trend in Thailand (or some other Asian country), they even sell cheap fake braces for teens to glue on!! Hahaha.

Mine... i love them! Has helped me a lot.

Do u know that there is a thing called braces socialization?? Hehe. It is the process where people who wore/is wearing braces start talking about braces...

Okay, i made the term up. Hehe. Been reading too much Consumer Behaviour. In Consumer Behaviour, they have fancy terms everywhere... like, Diffusion of Innovations! Know what it means?? Diffusion of Innovations simply means the acceptance of new products by society! Hahahaha.

So... i came up with that term because i noticed that braces can be a real conversation opener. People just start asking questions about my braces and they tell me they've worn them before and we chat a bit more.

And u'd be surprised that SOOOO many people wore braces before! Seriously astonishing. Braces socialization! It's fun! Something (among many other things) to talk about. Even those who's never worn them ask me questions.

Hehe, Kissing isn't a problem at all with braces! =)

A little painful if i just got them tightened. But ok most of the time... E never got stuck to them or anything like that. Hahahaha.


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Hahahaha

Someone searched for 'borrrow money without questions' and ended up in my blog!! Hahahahaha. Funny!!!!! Go see here. It's on the second page.

32 Pieces of Heaven

To me...

Heaven on a plate -- RENDANG

Heaven in a cup -- THE soya bean outside Sunway Monash on a hot day, which is everyday!!


And what kept me alive during the preparations for my (now-over-dun-ask-me-about-it) exams was cake. I normally dun snack (I just take heavy, huge solid meals)... but my aunt, who is still around after visiting for Chinese New Year baked a FEW orange cakeS.

Yum yum yuuuuum... had 1/3 of the whole cake as part of my dinner even...

Truly pieces of heaven.

Don't look good here but does it matter when it's in your mouth??

Summer School Sucks!!

I HATE IT MAN. It's Chinese New Year season damn it! And i have to study????

Irritating. This is a wonderful season full of excuses for me to get together with old friends, newly found friends as well as spend time with family. I could have made plans!!! Damn it. I could have watched that histortical movie on the Cambodian war with my family the other night, i could have visited my grandma's grave, i loved her a lot ok? And i could have listened to all that family gossip. I love gossip ok?

I could have hung out with E and his cousins longer yesterday (Friday), i really wanna get to know them. And they were shopping, i wanna shop! I could have gone out with E and his friends for lunch today (Saturday), who cares if all they talked about is cars!

I could have gone to Borneo Ink with WS instead of going alone!! (Nope, no new tattoos, it was just a tattoo check-up. Haha. And Lina said mine's healed perfectly =)

But nooooo, exam's coming so i stayed home or went home early or went upstairs to my room, apparently to study. Supposedly to study.

But i'm too damn lazy. Wasted soooooo much time sleeping la, dunno what la... Should just have gone ahead and did all those stuff than attempt to study. I hate myself but i hate summer school more.

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Cambodia

Sorry for the late replies to comments... or should i say, sorry for being a bad bad friend to u guys who blog! I haven't been reading your blogs when here u are faithful to me...

So, for the past 5 days, family n i were in Cambodia!!! =) On tour. I guess this will be quite a photo post.

Traveled Airasia. That's me, dressed in our country's colours! Haha. It's small cuz i dun look good here. Please dun go and enlarge it... =P


More bikes than cars. Fuel costs US Dollar 1 per litre, if i remember correctly. And yeah, they use American dollars! =(


They fit 3 adults on a bike

Or 4 people on a bike...


These are their public phone booth


This is MY handphone... international roaming


On the second day we took a long bus ride to another city, on the way we stopped at a market that sold ducks, sugar cane, crickets, spiders...


Me eating a spider! Believe it??? Or not??? Comment!! =) The spider only cost RM0.50!!!!!


And then we stopped to look at this ancient bridge. 700 years old!! Wow right?? And it's huge...

My mom and i wandered around the surrounding villages. And i saw a hammock... no one was around.... =P


Me again!! After lunch!!!


Then we visted this art school for orphans... watch them paint... and played around....

Haha, cute right????

Visited Angkor Watt next. USD20.00!!! Crazy, that's like RM80?? But good thing is, we can enter in the evening and then again the next day. Can u see me??

I couldn't make it up in time to watch the sun set. By the time i reached the 3rd teer, everyone was rushing down. I had to give up. The stairs were toooo steep....

Was really upset i didn't get to see the sunset. I felt like i missed out a lot. But the others that did go up, said that it was nothing... =(


Day 3 we went to the Angkor Watt again, the place is huge, not like our Kota A Famosa. This part has been abandoned... and the trees grew... i'm so tiny.


This really sucks. Poor kids, they are selling stuff... chased us around all the way to the bus, reducing their prices as the go along. Pitiful... and they're like singing "5 for one dollar", "5 for one dollar", "5 for one dollar"... but most of us already bought the stuff earlier on...

They were so desperate they stood at the entrance of the bus and called "6 for one dollar"... which got my attention... and i asked "6 for one dollar???", and they started chanting "7 for one dollar", "7 for one dollar"... each trying to be louder than the other...

I could only help one kid... since i only had one dollar in my pocket... dared not ask my parents for more money, afraid they'd scold me for buying these...


> in the evening we went to yet another section of the Angkor Watt, beautiful isn't it?? That's my family! The five of us. I can't believe i was there. The pictures look too good to be true to me now... Kinda miss Cambodia.


I don't know what is it with ancient Cambodians and stairs!! Stairs everywhere!!! Stupid steep stairs!!! So high and so narrow, so dangerous! But after missing one sunset, i just HAD to watch this one...

Nice right?? While waiting for the sunset i took this picture. Too bad the sun aint orange enough that day.

Boring boring boring... sun still not setting?? I noticed a crazk in a pillar... they're preserving it with that metal band thing....

Still no sunset?? I was so thirsty! Didn't bring enough water! Getting a soar throat and sweating like a pig after walking the distance and climbing those stairs... So forgive me if i look like shit here.


Walked around and i saw this couple. Sweet huh? Multi-racial. The guy's black and the girl's white! =) And they look so good together. With a terrific background...

And a few other couples... alamak, why la make me jealous?? Dahlah i didnt see E for so many days... =( All i could do is send him an sms. An 2 ringgit sms!!!

After all that waiting the sunset isn't so great! Hahaha, it's okay la. It's not seeing it that matters, it's the kecewa-ness i'd feel if i DON'T see it. I mean, all the way there...


The fourth day... the 6 hour bus ride back to Phnom Penh... this represents freedom or something... shit, i can't remember... it's for the public or something... never mind, nice right this photograph?? Looks so fake! Haha, the best photos are the fake looking ones???


Ahh... i didn't know my camera could do this!!! =) We had a river cruise! To watch the sunset... dun ask me why the itinerary is full of watching the sunset... Those boats u see... are part of the floating village.

People actually live on these boats. Muslims. They fish for a living. That's what our tour guide said.

A photo i took of my bro... i was amused with the sephia function on my cam... =)


Oh my god, took me over 3 hours to write this post. And i didn't even write much!! This would be the first and last time i photoblog like this!!!!!

Letting u know in advance. Exams are next week, Wednesday and Thursday so i wouldn't be reading blogs nor will i blog. For some time. =) Will be back. See ya!