Hey! I know I shouldnt be online. But I better post my convo with my orthodontist in case it runs out of my mind:)

Dr Loh (DL) : Ju Lyn! You're next!
Me( gets up and walks in)
Dr Loh: Hello! How're you?
Me: Fine:)
DL: I saw your cousin the other day!
Me: thinks' I have only one cousin and her teeth are perfect!'
DL:Ohh sorry I mean your class mate.
Me: Ohhhh. yea. Grace is it?
DL: yes!
Me: Ohh haha yea she told me what happened to her even if you didnt! *smirks*
DL: Ahh what did she tell you?
Me: She told me that her teeth were 3 cm to the right and that she needed to extract2!
DL: Ya... ( a beat) MILLIMETRES LA!!!
Me: OH ya!! Oops! Not cm srry, mm!
DL: Goodness! 3 cm and I wont even know how to start correcting it!!
Me: (laughs)
DL: come come I better show you.. ( turns around and grabs a steel ruler and brings her thumb up to the 3cm mark)
DL: That's 3 cm! And Grace's mouth is going to be all twisted like this... (makes a funny face)
DL: Her teeth will be out of her mouth! ( another beat) does she really look lopsided to you?
Me: NO...
DL: Haha then??
Me: Can you help me put my phone on the table there pls?
DL:(takes phone from me)
Me(lies down)
DL: (reaches of mirror)
Me: (starts trembling)
DL: Why you fa dou? ( chinese word for shaking)
Me: THis is gonna hurt me to death man..
DL: Wont la! Trust me!(reaches into mouth with mirror again)
DL: I may have good news for you you know!
Me: thinks,Oh yea?
DL: MAYbe, MAYBE, MAYBE! If all goes well, then next year january or febuary you can take you already!
DL : No response?
Me: Oh.
DL: OHhh?
ME : ... ( too painful to speak)
DL : (to her assistant) I think this isnt julyn, its probably julyn's evil twin sister.. julan or julian or something..
Me: thinks, (thanks for disfiguring my name)
( Joyce ( the receptionist), Dr Yap( another dentist) walks in)
Me: Thinks, ' so many ppl'
DL: (to assistant) has julyn chosen her colour?
Assistant: Yep. Pink and purple
DL: AHhh..
DL: So bright
DL: (to assistant) can you pls give me the black wire?
me: thinks,' black wire?!'
DL: (turns around to bend wire)( A beat, 3 mins wait as I sit there doing nothing)
Joyce: Whoa pink ah..
ME: yup, because its not so obvious.
All together (DR Loh, who has now finished her bending, Dr Yap and Joyce and the now Dr Yong who just walked in) : HUH?!!!
Me: (alarmed by all the noise) Ya what..
Dr loh: Pink is obvious! Blue isnt! that what we've all thought?!
Joyce: Pink is obvious! Haha Julyn you colour blind ah?
Me: Hopefully not la:)
Dr Loh: (laughes)
Joyce: Eh!! HEr (me) mentos sweet handphone keychain so cute!
Dr Loh: (looks at it) :Ohya! SO real! CAn we eat it?
ME: You'll be eating cardboard then.
(all start laughing)
Dr Loh: Open up, Iam going to cut off the excess wire
( a snap sound as wire is broken)
Dr Loh: (places a pink rubber band onto bracket and accidently breaks it)
Dr LOh (to assistant): ANother pink band pls
DR LOh: ( to me) Pinkie!
ME: ???
Dr loh: DOne!
ME: (too shaken to speak)
Dr LOh: Julyn, ni bu yao zou!
Me: Sha hen daaaaaa!!
Dr LOh: ???!!!
Me: Nothing *grins*
Dr Loh: Oaky you're okay right? Dont turn blue on me! (grabs my arm and shakes it hard)
Me: Oaky Oaky, iam here:)
Dr Loh: Good! See you in 4 weeks time!
Me: Btw, dr loh, how do you floss teeth with braces?
Dr Loh: Use the floss threader?! you dont have?!!
ME: what's that??
Dr loh( pretends to slam onto table with shock): After 4 months you tell me that?!
Me: i use a toothpick
dr Loh: (standing up) DONT USE TOOTHPICK!
ME: OKAy oaky!
(walks out saying thank you)
Outide...


( 10 mins wait for my dad)
dad walks in.

Me: Hey.
Dad: (goes to counter, gives credit card)
( a beat)
Dad (waves to dr loh whos inside the room)
Dr Loh walks out.
DL: Hello!
DAd: hi.
Me: Dr my wires are BLACK??
DL: Oh ya that's because its been heat treated.not by me, by elsewhere, then its harder this way.
Me: Ohh haha okay oaky :)
(Dr Yong, Dr Yap, Dr Heng walks out. Joyce is processing the card)
DL: So how, you looking forward to getting your braces off?
ME: Not quite. Iam going to miss you also D;
(everyone laughes)
Joyce is done with the credit card.
JOyce: here's your card, have a nice day!
Dr LOh: See you! Goodbye!
Me: Bye!
Walks out.


OMG. DR loh is super cute I promise. And to think I'll have another 3 more months left if all goes well. Sigh.