My Thoughts

9:39:41 AM EDT

The continuation ..

 

Dr. Rosenberg (or something like that) is an oral surgeon who specializes in implant.   He has a mild manner, 3 floors higher than Caravana’s.  He likes to explain his trade from A to Z.  After the first consultation, he set the second appointment.  I took out wade of money under the mattress, and marched into his office, ready to go under the knife .. did I realize he wanted to educate me more, talk more.  Hey Dr, I was not interested to become a dentist.  All I wanted was have you taken care of me.  How did you get there, was not much of my concern, correct?  I cancelled the third session.  Caravana suggested then try his roommate, Dr. R.

 

I was pretty naive back then, didn’t realize the roommate was just sharing a location.  I didn’t like him, for his hands are very thick and surface are rough like a labor’s.  But since Caravana mentioned, so I went with him.  The implant failed.  My impression was that he didn’t care much and wasn’t trying hard enough.  Just “sorry,  ..”.  He refunded me a small amount $700, without a written explanation.  After that, Wilk put in a bridge that lasted little more than a decade. 

 

Dr. S in Bayside was an associate with Golfer’s cousin Carl.  Carl also has a MBA from Wharton.  After few decades of working with patients, he decided to become an executive with the dental organization.  So we were all under Dr. S’s care.  He’s not that charming.  The only time I visited him was for a consultation, asked specifically for a written one which he never provided, instead aggressively trying to get me remove the newly minted bridge and do an implant with him.  What was he thinking?  I insisted he provide the written report before the payment.  He threatened to sue me for no payment.  Dude, go ahead, sue me .. make my day.

 

Dr. Rostagia (?) is also a nice oral surgeon in town. ..

 

Dr. Linsky is our current dentist in town.  Kids like his hygienist Stephanie who’s cheerful and talkative.  He just lost my removable tooth while fitting a flipper per Dr. Moss.

 

See, what a careless decision, poorly informed decision led to a decade long anguish.  Oh, by the way, I have normal number of teeth (minus one) - not like Lionel Richie or Julia Roberts someone who seems to have hundred ofthem in a single mouth.  One tooth, #10 involving all those doctors, pretty sick, huh?!  病入膏肓 beyond the cure, :)

 

 

 

 

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9:35:39 AM EDT

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9:22:02 PM EDT
Feeling Chillin'

I love spicy food, but never have it for breakfast.  That has changed this morning.  Mushroom/cheese omelet with spicy sauce on the side, pancakes.  Hmmmm ... a girl sits next to me lives in Scottsdale and said yes, their cuisine is spicy.  Lord, the boring mod is still talking ...

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9:17:21 PM EDT
Feeling Chillin'

The very first trading seminar I attended.  Woodie invited the moderators in his chat room for lunch yesterday, and I was one of the invitees.  Met his gracious wife, toured his golf country club where he lives, met all those people who have been part of my life for the past 8 months, putting a face to the voice/handle..  this group of people are very nice .. The seminar’s been interesting till now.  Wish this guy (a mod I've never heard before, don't care what he's talking about) would just get off and disappear, lol..  A long day, I’m bit grumpy.  One more day tomorrow.  We were treated to a lavish buffet lunch which was not advertised.  A neat surprise. ..

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10:43:24 PM EDT
Feeling Chillin'
Hearing Chopin

Had a very physically demanding game, almost brutal: played hour and half singles with Alex the assassin.  It wasn’t fun to begin, he hits as hard as he could from the first shot.  We rarely had any rally that’s more than 4 shots.  How boring could it be?  I like to warm up slowly from the net, and then long rallies from the baseline.  Will his next coach give him some hint for the proper way?  It felt very coarse for the brute force took the finesse out of the game.  I need to learn to say no from time to time - I was the fill in.  We eventually started the game, I was up 2 love, and won the set at 6:4.  The second set he won at 6:1, thought I had won more than 1 game, no biggie.  My back was very tender, but hold out.  What pleased me was no grunting at all, lol, and I took the set at first set point.  To my left court, there was a little boy (perhaps only 3 or 4 years old) played like pro, and he barely cleared the net: his chin was at the top of the net.  Lord, the next young gun in the working.

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11:20:38 PM EDT
Feeling Chillin'

Katie has same temperament as Slowpoke, her mom Martha has dry humor as I do, and they live very close by.  We made plan to have the girls play on weekdays.  Her dad has just retired from a phone company, and is trying to get into a law school, at age of 59.  That’s pretty cool, I really appreciate people who are active and pursuing something in life - any stage - has a goal.  Golfer said his goal is to play Chopin flawlessly one day.  Not aiming to beat Tiger?  Gee, should I feel relieved or disappointed?  Slowpoke felt frustrated that she’s missing a lot of shots.  Has she caught the bug yet?

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11:02:20 PM EDT
Feeling Chillin'

As we were approaching the court where Martin and Katie were playing, we noticed immediately a puny girl dressed like gypsy was playing like a pro.  I thought Slowpoke can’t serve cause she’s short, then think again.  The Puny serves with such power, Roddick would have taken notice.  She is small for a 9 years old, clearly enjoys the game, and has been playing for a long time. 

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10:26:16 PM EDT
Feeling Chillin'

Had an Epson salt plus green rubbing alcohol bath, per Martin.  Very silly, I have no idea how much salt and the green alcohol are needed; so I dumped half lb of salt and half bottle of alcohol.  I played in the morning (got to see many buddies) and took lesson in the afternoon.  Gosh, I hope the magic bath works, lol, so I can play day and night.  Oh, happy to report, I didn't grunt much lately, the surgery has hampered it, lol .. hmmmm, guess zipper might not as effective as an oral operation.

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10:14:25 PM EST
Feeling Happy

Martin had lesson at the Cunningham where I have been playing for the past 10 years or so on the weekend mornings.  As family, we’ve there been couple of times for the New York Philharmonic with our neighbors few years ago.  It’s bit windy but warm enough for out door tennis.  Slowpoke chuckled when she saw so many players were greeting me, “mom, how many people do you know?”  lol . . .  it’s also first time they saw Slowpoke.  When she took lesson, I played with Kevin the Aussie.  It’s pretty intense one hour hitting.  At the end, he said, “your back seemed holding up nicely.”  What back?  Do I have one?  Oh the painful one.  It never exists till it starts bothering me, lol..  After her lesson, Katie came back and they played for an hour.  Katie’s mom is also non stop picking up balls, gosh … I must be the laziest mom around.  While they were playing, Martha (?) kept telling Katie what to do, to a point when Katie stopped and told her mom to be quiet.  Thank god I have enough self restrain, haven’t done so yet.  But I do talk with her, in private.  Especially when we drive to the lesson, I found it’s a good time to bring up the subject, we always have good chat.  Obvious she hasn’t watched enough tennis to know all the terms, so when Martin commented that she has flat forehand, she asked me what does it mean during one of her ball-retrieval trips.  Sweet pie, lol .. don’t worry too much, do what’s comfortable n nature to you.  She hits her flat forehand deep, which is better than mine.  Was that Simon repeatedly telling me, hit it deep to the baseline??  So here you have it, flat might afford less options, but if you can hit it deep, it is effective.  She also asked when can she switch to single hand back hand.  Have you been reading my blog, baby?  She complains that double handed backhand gives her less reach, and less flexibility.  Single hand backhand?  Sounds like music to my ears.

 

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11:14:14 PM EST
Feeling Chillin'
Hearing Yellow River, by Lang Lang

Kids meet friends differently: can't remember how many of Kinglazy's friends just came up to me and asked for a playdate.  Bold, direct and simply.  Girls are different.  Katie is the one Slowpoke met on the court thou Martin.  They have same temperament.  Driving her home after the lesson today, she said, "... there aren't time that we can actually talk, like where do you go to school, what do you do ..."  So I take that she likes play with Katie, not just tennis, but meeting her as a friend.  Katie is playing her first tourney 2 Fridays from now, and I told her mom that we'll be there to cheer her.  The drive is really have to come from within the kids.  Katie watches a lot of tennis on TV, and loves to play, only for the past two years.... Martin is keen on pushing the girls to play in the tourneys ... whatever his motive is, I'm glad that Slowpoke enjoys tennis now, and in part due to Martin.  He had taken his bar exam last Wed for the 2nd time, will find out if pass or not in June.  His plan for the future is opening his own criminal private practice and teaching tennis on the side. ... If things go as I see it now, I think I'll be driving both girls around a lot.

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