Today I went to the dentist for my 7th ortho review. The works were pretty minor... wire change and rubber loops change only. FYI, the rubber loops connects 4 of my upper front teeth together...

xx-03-2008: $1,100 [Deposit, X-Rays, Photos & Moulding]
30-03-2008: $ 870 [Deposit & Upper Braces Fitting]
20-04-2008: $ 423 [Extraction & Medication]
18-05-2008: $ 325 [Wire Change]
17-08-2008: $ 325 [Bottom Braces Fitting]
14-09-2008: $ 764 [Extraction, Frenectomy & Medication]
25-10-2008: $ 385 [Upper & Lower Wire Change & Scaling]
23-11-2008: $ 385 [Upper & Lower Wire Change, Scaling & Rubber Loops ]
24-12-2008: $ 325 [Wire Change & Rubber Loops Change ]

YTD Spent: $ 4,902.00

Since I am already counting down to my loooooong leave, thought I might as well do a quick recap on 2008...

Work Wise

Of all the years that I have worked, this year has got to be one of the more rewarding ones thus far...

Music Experiences
This will be the last year of my involvement in Music. Next year, I will have a new portfolio. Thus, as a recap, here are the up close and personal experiences I had this year:

Material(s) Acquisition

Staying true to my new year resolution to stop spending unnecessarily... this year, I didn't spend as much as I used to... with the exception of the engagement ring and wedding band... that was from OWLoon... hehe...

Holidays

This year, I only went 2 places and both of them are located in Indonesia. Even our usual family holiday in December was postponed cos' my father was still recovering from his angioplastin.

Other Milestones

Other milestones in my life this year includes BRACES... finally... (Mar)...

And of course, the wedding proposal in Bali... (Aug)...

More on 2008 recap later...

This will be my last week at work cos I'll be clearing my annual leave soon...
As a matter of fact, my freedom starts this Sat; 20-Dec all the way till 4-Jan...
Back to work only on 5-Jan (Monday)...
That's a whooping 16 DAYSSSSSS... including Sat and Sun la...
But still... hooohoooooooo!!!

Thus, let the countdown begins...

Our RoM date is fast approaching...
In less than 4 weeks, OWLoon and I will be officially married...

Last weekend, we finally completed the most important item in our checklist (for now)... the wedding bands! Prior to this, we window shopped at so many different outlets checking out the different types of bands offered... But nothing really caught our fancy and thus it was delayed week after week... But last weekend, we finally saw something that we both liked...

All was OK until we came home... when I tried on the ring again, somehow it felt tighter than when I first put it on... Even my parents said it was a bit too tight... That night, I couldn't sleep... Was so worried that they wouldn't let me change another size cos' we have already engraved our initials and anniversary date on the ring... The first thing I did when I got up the following morning was to try the ring on again (our fingers swell in the morning)... and surprise surprise... I could barely push it in...

In desperation, I called up the lady who served us... and told her about the situation. I was half expecting her to say "resize" since it's already engraved but noooo... she told me that I could exchange with the other ring that I tried on yesterday and that she will reserve it for me... We rushed to Mid Valley after breakfast (in case she changes her mind)... When she asked us if we want to engrave the same initials and date... we were totally surprised (cos' we assumed that she has forgotten bout the engravings on the earlier ring)! Apparently, even if you've engraved at the back of the ring, they can still polish it off... PHEW!!!

So now I got the right ring size and even had it engraved with our initials and marriage date: AV919! Here's a clearer picture of the ring which I took off the net. It's called a "Promise" collection with 7 diamonds in a channel setting. OWLoon got the same one but with thicker band...

Plus, they even cleaned my engagement diamond ring for free! After cleaning, my ring's all bright and shinny again... and the sparkle was just so blinding... hehehe! Since I brought along the diamond certificate (must match the serial number if you take your ring for cleaning)... OWLoon asked them to check the market value of the diamond... In less than 4 months, the value has increased by RM700! Hehehe...

I love my blings!

I've always wanted to try out fish spa but OWLoon is forever always against the idea. Said the water may not be properly sanitized and that the fishes may be infected etc etc...

But... I finally went and tried it with my friend today!

I can't remember the name of the outlet but it is the row of shop houses next to Bangsar Village.

The fees are pretty reasonable... RM30 for 30 minutes... RM1 per minute...

I gingerly soaked my feet into the tank... eagerly anticipating an army of fishes eating my dead skins off... but since I was ticklish... the fishes were rather turned off... hehehe... cos' everytime they start eating, I squirmed and moved about... thus, only a few daring ones tried getting close...

Since my friend sat still like a statue... she had an army of fishes eating her...

After like 15 minutes, I finally braced myself to sit still and a bit more fishes came...

The last 10 minutes was when I was completely still... That was when the fishes starting gnawing around... They were kinda cute... happily sucking off side by side...

So would I try it again? Don't think so la... Such a waste of money for someone like me cos' I couldn't keep still... but am glad I went and tried it out...