Orally Oreally?

#day4; 191214

Finally felt really sleepy when I woke up this morning. Didn't sleep early last night. Three sets of 5BX was useless and it didn't wake me up well. The queue for breakfast was super long and when I got to the serving point, the noodle was already unavailable and I was left with bread and jam to decide. Felt kinda irritated for some reasons too lol.

I was lying on my bed for a good 20 minutes before preparing to change for my dental appointment. I was feeling so reluctant to move and hoped to glue to my bed. Leaving the camp made me quite sian also cos' I'll be missing the sharing done by the various vocations in my syndicate, something that I find interesting to listen to.

I reached the dental clinic by 9 and then waited for a good 40 minutes before my turn was called. I had my oral cleaning today and there was no good but only bad news. The dentist claimed that my oral hygiene was really bad and there were several decayed teeth. The one that chipped off in front was caused by the build up of plaque over time. I guess my teeth brushing technique is just not correct although I brush my teeth twice a day. He applied concentrated fluorine on some of my teeth before I left and I was told not to touch the teeth or drink for the following 30 minutes. Lol don't know what to feel but I guess I just realised it's too late to revert the condition. There's no point wailing over it but to improve on my oral hygiene.

I then bought some boxes of floss sticks for the first time in my life. I never thought I would use it. Actually years ago in secondary school I thought my teeth were the most taken care of one and my skin and face complexion was better than most of my peers. It seems like I am plagued by plaque now. Skin is not good too. 

I visited JP for my lunch at Malaysia BOLEH where I had its claypot rice. It was really good especially when I can add as much garlic as I loved to. I then bought Share Teas for my friends in camp. It's about 1215 when I returned.

When I was removing my socks on bed, I realised a puddle of flesh blood near my boots and little did I know the blister on my right ankle has burst and the blood flow was crazy. Thank God Auyong was there to stop the bleeding with bandages provided by my bunk mate ShengWu lol. Had been koping his first aid kits recently. AY left early for his lesson then and Stanley stayed over where we had a short chit chat until Jianting arrived to collect his drinks. Talked for awhile too before changing and reporting for lessons.

The 3 hours spent was somewhat boring, especially when the individual sharing was invidiously long. Had my sharing too and watched the course video for the first time. It's pretty nice and the photos certainly brought back some memories, the good and bad ones. Presented better than I thought although it can be improved lol.

At 4pm, we reported to the hall for some practice on our creeds. Thank God my formation was not called lol. I think the encik forgot. For the next two hours we rehearsed our re entry. It's really sian that my platoon was not attended to properly as in there was no instruction for us to stand with who. We were like lost sheep then. Eventually we joined the infantry. My encik should be there but he wasn't. If not things could be better. The funny thing about the rehearsal is the fact that the commander praised us when I felt we performed badly and vice versa. 

Rested in bunk after the quick dinner. The CNB talk in the evening which lasted for almost two hours was so boring. The best part was probably the sharing done by an ex-drug addict who shared how he managed to overcome his decades of drug addiction by knowing Christ behind bars. He mentioned how God has changed him for the better several times and I thought that's a really good testimony boldly shared in front of a crowd of thousand. Several "amen" resounded ensuing the testimony by some people and I felt quite encouraged by it. There's a churchy atmosphere hahah. The worst part was the experience sharing done by the officer because I really couldn't understand his accent well. lol half of the time I was figuring out what was he saying but to no avail.

I then spent the night polishing my boots. It's getting more shiny but not good enough... I also started to brush my teeth for the longest time ever in my lifetime. It's actually fun but time consuming. I'm wondering if I will become complacent when I am lazy next time.

To end off, today also marks the official 365 days of countdown to my ORD day. The three digits make it sound so infinite. It's not going to be easy down the road. The only way to go is forward.

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