Life with coffee...: At last... without the metal and bling-bling in my mouth~~

At last... without the metal and bling-bling in my mouth~~

- m e r l y s s a -

So, it is officially 2 weeks now since I had my braces off... YAY!

I had it for only around 1 year+. I was quite surprised when the orthodontist just took it off on my 2nd last appointment. cuz, I've asked him before and he said the braces probably can only be removed in April 2009.

So, how do I feel? Happy of course! It is so inconvenient with the braces on... After I eat, I'll automatically will look for my hp *my hp kinda have a mirror* and check if there's any food got stucked in it~~ It is super ehw okay??? And one thing for sure, with the braces on, I was very self-conscious... whenever I laugh, I'll cover my mouth with my hand... and whenever I smile, the metal on my teeth just hurts my lips.... whenever I talk, my pronunciation just goes wrong cuz of the teeth gap... I can go on and on about it... *those of you who never had braces on b4, you wont understand.... *

So, when I finally had it off, I was so so so so so *times gazillion* HAPPY!!!! I mean, seriously happy! I called my mom immediately after that and asked her to call me back... this is how the conversation goes...

Me: "Mom!!! faster call me back on my cell!"
Mom: "uhhh??? okayy okayy.." *thought there's an emergency*
*call back*
Mom: "What happened??"
Me: "you know! I had my braces off TODAY!!! OMG!!!"
Mom: *silence* "okay..."
Me: "what do u mean 'okay...'....?"
Mom: "you asked me to call you back so urgently just to tell me you had your braces off?"
Me: "uhhh, yeah?"
Mom: "*silence again* "ohhh, okay....so?"
Me: *sweat.............................*

So cold oh!!! many of the people I told also just say "ohh...cool...". But, you can differentiate them with those who ever had braces on before... they'll go "OHHHH!!!! WOW!!!" Cuz, you have to actually wear braces to be excited when it is OFF!!!

But, there's another bunch of people who are excited like I'm announcing my engagement like that~ These ppl are my Student Council members who I've worked with this year... Cuz I had my braces off on Thurs (30/10) and had a Council Dinner in Dynasty Hotel the next night (31/10). So, while waiting for the others to arrive, I kinda told the ppl at my table, "hey, check this out...*smile and show off teeth*..." Nadia at 1st was staring at me and trying to figure "check what out?"... then, she goes "omg! no more braces!" *in a kinda loud voice* then catherine take out her camera and start to take picture.... *sweat*... I was forced to take picture showing off my teeth cuz they never see me doing that... *I kinda have a trademark-smile = not showing my teeth when I smile*...

So, yeah... Now I'm wearing my retainer which I find pretty annoying cuz I can't pronounce properly with 'that-thing' in my mouth... It's ugly, it's annoying and it's uncomfortable...that's all I can say... well, like most guys will say "girls will do anything to look pretty..." I kinda agree with that, cuz hey, not everyone is born pretty okay?.... =P

I've picked the 2 best picture of me smiling without the braces on... So this is how I look like when I smile *showing off my teeth*...