Buddy, You have changed!

Dear Buddy,

I just realized today is probably one of the most important day of your life. Today I've realized, you have changed a lot....

Do you remember when we were young, through all kinds of ups and downs we drove through the campus' dark roads (....this is also can be taken literally ..lol). I believe it must have some wisening effect to us.. I believe it was building us... Years and years have gone by since then, and we drifted apart.

Now, you have changed and ... it's for the better. This is the tourning point of your life and i do believe our friendship has some kind of small influence on what you are now. So please dont forget it, as I will not. And please... I plead to you, wish me that I could change like you, to have the bravery to turn the direction of my life... for the better. For, today... I envy you....

Congratulation buddy!!!

I'm Back

It’s been a while since I wrote in this blog… well not for a special reason, then I just stopped writing. Now I’ve come back, equipped with some ideas to share. I’ve also decided to make another blogpage at LiveJournal which function kinda like diary, whereas Bloginning will provide more un-personal ideas and information. So I would encourage bloggers who pass by to enjoy both and appreciate if you could share your comments. As for me, it feels so good to write again!!!

The Story of My Root Canal (*auch!*)

Few weeks a go was a hell day for me... After coming back from embassy, I felt painful sensation in my lower left tooth, number 35th. Yes, I admit this tooth has been pain in the a** for quite sometimes, and I never took it seriously, thought it was just a tooth with a hole. But I can feel this time is different, there is something definitely wrong!!!

So I spent that night grinning, moaning and in the morning I look myself in the mirror and my face is no longer proportional... SH*T I said, what happened to my cheek? Then I started to take this tooth seriously, visiting dentist was the first thing crossed my mind!

I visited Thammasat Hospital and the dentist (the cute one...hehehe) said I must urdergo root canal treatment (*What the heck is it?*). I need fast treatment before I leave this country, so they refer me to private clinic in Bang Khan just nearby the hospital. I then went to this private clinic, and the dentist there told me that they can do it by 3-4 weeks since I have 4 root canals with problem....

So I did, every week until yesterday I visit them, and on my 3rd visit, the dentist said "problem solved!" I was grinning then, not in pain but in happiness! But... but I still want to know what is exactly my problem and how they fix it. I found some information about root canal and want to share with you! Here it goes.....

What Is Root Canal? While teeth are hard calcified objects, they are not completely solid. In the inner most aspect of every tooth there lies a hollow space which, when a tooth is healthy, contains the tooth's nerve tissue. Dentists use the following terms to refer to various portions of this nerve area:

The pulp chamber: This is a hollow space that lies more or less in the center of the tooth.

The root canals: From this point the nerve then runs through the center of the root in small "root canals" which subsequently join up with the tooth's pulp chamber

What was My Problem? I have two major symptoms which are related to degenerating pulp chamber/root canals: recurring pain and swelling. The dentist conclude that my root canals are 'dirty' and infected, therefore needs to be cleaned, I need a root canal treatment.

How My Dentist did the Root Canal Treatment? Here it goes step-by-step:

1. Placing rubber dam around the trouble tooth, after numbing my gum. The purpose is to prevent bacteria from saliva to contaminate the root canal when the dentist open and clean it.

2. Getting access to the pulp chamber by drilling the tooth. This is accomplished by using a dental drill and making an access hole which leads to the pulp chamber of the tooth. On back teeth this hole is made on the chewing surface of the tooth. On front teeth the access hole is made on the tooth's backside. In my case the hole was made on the chewing surface of my tooth.

3. Cleaning the tooth. This cleaning process will remove any bacteria, toxins, nerve tissue, and related debris harbored inside the tooth. The cleaning process is accomplished by way of the dentist using "root canal files". These objects look like straight pins but on closer inspection you will find that their surface is rough, not smooth. The dentist will work a series of root canal files, each of increasing diameter, up and down in your tooth while simultaneously using a twisting motion. This action will scrape and scrub the sides of the tooth's root canal(s), thus cleaning it out. Additionally, as part of the cleaning process your dentist will wash your tooth out periodically so to help flush away any debris that is present.

4. Placing filling material inside root canal. Once the tooth has been thoroughly cleaned the dentist can fill in and seal up its interior by way of placing root canal filling material. The most common root canal filling material being used by dentists now days is a rubber compound called gutta percha. Gutta percha comes in preformed cones that are sized to match the files which have been used to clean out the inside of the tooth.

After that my denstist put a post on my tooth and seal the hole, I felt definitely better since yesterday. What a relieve! In case you have the same problem (*not that I wish for it*), don't worry, the treatment is not as bad as you probably heard, it is in fact quite enjoyable... thinking of the relieve after every treatment and you feel better and better. The only thing maybe that you have to lie down on dental chair for 1-2 hours, with your mouth opened and your tooth drilled and sticked with some metal object.... hehehe.

Wanna find out more about this and dental treatments, click my source here

Pareto Principle (80-20 Rule)

Vilfredo Pareto was an economist who is credited with establishing what is now widely known as the Pareto Principle or 80/20 rule. When he discovered the principle, it established that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population. Later, he discovered that the pareto principle was valid in other parts of his life, such as gardening: 80% of his garden peas were produced by 20% of the peapods.

Some Sample 80/20 Rule Applications :
- 80% of process defects arise from 20% of the process issues.
- 20% of your sales force produces 80% of your company revenues.
- 80% of delays in schedule arise from 20% of the possible causes of the delays.
- 80% of customer complaints arise from 20% of your products or services.
(The above examples are rough estimates.)

So, it is possible to solve 20% cause of 80% of all your problems in life. Isn't it? Well, it's worth to try, but what are those 20%, ya?

Claus von Stauffenberg: The man who tried to assassinate Hitler

Tommorow, 20 July, sixty years ago, a group of German Army officers conspired to assassinate Adolf Hitler. One of these officers is Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, then he was Chief of Staff for Home Army Command.

On 20 July, 1944, Stauffenberg, a German count, planted a briefcase containing a bomb under an oak table during a meeting at Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters in Rastenburg, East Prussia. Stauffenberg was whispering something indistinctly as he left the room as if making an excuse. According to historian Joachim Fest's Plotting Hitler's Death, just after 12.40pm there was a deafening explosion, throwing all 24 people to the ground, some with their hair in flames. Hitler had just leaned far over a table to examine a map and his chair was torn from under him. His trousers hung in ribbons from his legs and as he stumbled to his feet one general took him in his arms and cried: 'My Führer, you're alive, you're alive!'

But Stauffenberg, climbing into a getaway car, had seen a body covered by Hitler's cloak carried from the barracks on a stretcher and concluded his mission was accomplished. All day rumours spread that Hitler was dead. But that night, with the dictator back in control, the conspirators were executed by firing squad. When the squad took aim, writes Fest, Stauffenberg shouted: 'Long live sacred Germany!'

Is it a beginning?

This is probably the first posting on this blog, the beginning. That was even the first sentence having the first letter which was 'T', and this is the second sentence (*STOP IT, will ya!*). Maybe the right thing to do before starting a blog is to set the objectives, so after contemplating, I've come up with several good reasons:

• one more channel to publish myself (I really need to be published)
• some place where I can put down my thoughts about the past, present and the future
• link ups with bloggers out there

General theme of this blog place is personal thoughts, my past, my future, my stories, my passions: historic events, The Prophet, great statesmen, books, ladies, etc, etc. The storytelling will be mainly in English but maybe sometimes in Indonesian, just to have the right thoughts put down with mother tongue language. The bloginning is just a beginning, so there's gonna be much much more, you can bet on it!