Bihui nicknamed him Rolly Polly due to his round face. I think his face quite ok...not very round. haha....

As usual, I went to see Dr Winston Tan at Camden Medical Centre for follow up session.



Seemed like i am the last patient before Dr Tan left his clinic as there were no other patients at the waiting area. Didn't see the admin staff too, they probably applied leave for new year celebration. haha...That's my assumption.


I sat on the sofa and read a magazine, waiting for my name to be called. 5 min later......


Dr Winston Tan: Hi, Sooshan! (take note that he didn't call me "dear". I will see you soon...SOON! (I don't know why he stressed the word "soon" by repeating it and sound louder the second time he said it. I remembered he was releasing his surgery mask when he said that to me...


Me: (looked up and waved to him) Hello...


Dr Tan walked towards to his office, where a room for some paper works and... "coffee or tea" haha...He asked his nurses to do something and then 3 min later, he open the room's door and said to his nurse....


Dr Tan: Where's XX?


Nurse: He cancelled his appoitment.


Dr Tan: Okay, great!! Sooshan, you may come in! No one's in front of the queue right now. ( So this was why he said "soon" twice? - Great that he didn't call me sweet names this time. He used to call me "my dear" everytime i visit him.)


Me: Okay. (Carried my bag and marched towards the room. From my experience, Dr Tan always made my day with his skilled conversation, so i was expecting something happy to happen.)


As i marched towards him, (he was standing near the opened-door, welcoming me to enter :D)


Dr Tan: How are you now? Okay alr rite?


Me: (left my bag at a side) Yup, I am fine. (what more is better with all the rubber bands released?)


Dr Tan: Great...When are you going to see Henry ar? I know you said 18th.. but hm... aiya.. that fella ar.. so busy and reluctant to see you earlier.


Me: haha...


A nurse came to hand a paper napkin around my neck.


Dr Tan: Okay. Let me see... Bite slowly, girl.


Me: GGggg... ( I tried to cheat a little by slanting my jaw towards my left, as it has a tendency to shift towards my right when i bite my teeth together. However, Dr Tan is not stupid...


Dr Tan: (hold my chin gently, eyes zooming on my mouth- his physical touch really has a kind of charm... )Open slowly... and bite again.


Me: ...... (shacks, can't cheat him!)


Dr Tan: Okay. Hm... I will have to tie some rubber bands for you this time. Your lower jaw seemed to shift forward. What for, right? my dear...I mean, you have suffer so much to make it going backward. (probably saw my little frowning face) These tiny rubber bands are 小儿科, just need to tolerate a little more...(gave me a smile) Okay, dear? I don't mean to torture you. But just endure a bit more. (gave me a big bright smile)


Me: ...Okay.


Dr Tan walked away to take something.


Me: It's 3 weeks after my surgery! yeah...


Dr Tan: Ya. And you know what, you're very great in your recovery. Some people in their 3rd week still with their jaw swollen like 2 big ... (showing me with both his hands clenching below his jaw).


Me: Really?


Dr Tan: Ya.


Me: Hahah.... But I still can't chew.

Dr Tan: Yes, you stilll can't chew until... the end of 6th week after yr surgery. By the end of 6th week, you'll be able to eat whatever you like.


Me: Oh, ya. Am I fit to do exercise?


Dr Tan: Oh yes. Hm.. but not swimming.


Me: Oh...


Dr Tan: You planned to go for swimming?


Me: No..But why?


Dr Tan: Water may be contaminated. The water is dirty...


Me: Oh..



Dr Tan tied a rubber band at a part of my braces hook. Maybe due to my saliva, the hook was quite slippery, the rubber band slipped!


Me: ouch...


Dr Tan: Sorry dear...(again?!) (twissed and turned with a pair of winded-surgery scissors)


Dr Tan: (to his nurse) Get me another Cherry rubber band, please.


I was like... did I hear it wrongly? Anyway.. didn't bother me much. Then he tied another one...


Dr Tan: Okay. Get me a Chipmonk rubber band, please!


Me: huh? hahah..... (started to laugh non-stop)


Dr Tan: Really. The rubber band is called Chipmonk. Different elasticity. I can show the packet to you. Get me the Chipmonk rubber band... the whole packet.


But the nurse gave the wrong packet...


Dr Tan: Hey, why you give the Cherry one, I want the Chipmonk!


Me:HHhahahahahaaha...........( I laughed whenever I heared the word "chipmonk"!! each time he said that word, i laughed with a new breath, getting louder also.)


Dr Tan: hahaha.. (laughed with me). Hurry, pass me the chipmonk packet. Sooshan might be thinking I really put a chipmonk into her mouth! haha....


Me: HAHAHAHA.....


Dr Tan: hahaha..... there.... you see. This is called CHIPMONK rubber band. haha... (showing me a medicine pack which labelled with a chipmonk eating a walnut pic on it)


Me: (can't stop laughing) hahahaha.... (I personally thought that the chipmonk pic is really cute!!)


Dr Tan took out one CHIPMONK rubber band and placed the whole packet aside. He then got ready with that scissor, WAITED with a SMILE, for me to stop laughing so that he could tie the CHIPMONK rubber band on my braces hook.


I was trying real hard to control myself. And finally, I managed to stop laughing. Then the nurse pushed the dental lamp so that the strong light is now focus on me. Hate this!


Dr Tan: Yeah... You can tell this to your friends.


Me: (Laughed, but trying to control) Hehehehe....(He quickly finished banding - so that I could continue with my laughing...Oh, how embarrassed!)


Me: (0pened and closed my mouth, trying to pull my lower jaw ...) Hm... A bit tight!


Dr Tan: Hm... ya, you'll feel a little tight now. But you know rubber bands.. after a few days you will feel a little loosen. Your friends can recognised you or not?


Me: Some.


Dr Tan: Hm... I see you again .... probably around new year, ok?


Me: New Year?


Dr Tan: Yup...


Me: You don't rest during new year?


Dr Tan: No, I don't rest and can't rest. I am responsible and must take care of you. If I don't take care of you, who will? Right? Even Henry also don't want to take care of you!


Me: haha....


Dr Tan: Even if I rest, if anything happen, I will go to your house and see you! haha..(saying this with his right index finger coming nearer to my face...what a cute guy he is!)


Me: haha....




Dr Tan: Yup, I love to see you la, anyway you're quite free also right?


Me: No, my school reopen next week.


Dr Tan: Oh.., school reopen next week ar... 几号？4号ar?


Me: (Shake my head) 5 号。


Dr Tan: Oh, 5 号。Then I see you before that la. ( Turned to the nurse) So I see her around 3rd or 4th.


As I stood up from the lying cushion, he saw I was too skinny.



Dr Tan: Hey girl, can put on some weight or not?



Me: How to gain weight? Having soft diet all these while...


Dr Tan: I can donate some of my fats to you, you want?


Me: haha... I want... the unsaturated one.


Dr Tan: No problem. A few kg here.. hhahaha...( His hands squeezing a flesh from his tummy)


Me: hahahaha...(thinking probably the saturated fats!)


Dr Tan: Ok, so I'll see you again. Go and enjoy your new year. Eat more!


Me: Okay.. Bye. Have a great year ahead...

Dr Tan: (node his head) Okay. Bye.