When I was younger, living in a hospital proved to be more a curse rather than a blessing. Because my mom was a busy-ness woman and doctor, she decided that in order to be a hands-on & effective mom, we had to live in her place of busy-ness. Otherwise, it’ll be 365 days of all-nighters for her & she wouldn’t get to see us, her children, anymore.

And so my first 18 years of life was spent on the 2nd floor of her 5-storey hospital in Binondo. Benavidez to be more precise.

Every single day, as the delivery room was directly on top of our hospital room-turned-bedroom, I would hear screams of women giving birth -which brought me endless nightmares.

That not being enough torture, going down on my way out (and going up on my way in) I would always pass the dental office & hear the sharp piercing sound of the scaler. Zzzzzzziiing, zzzzziinnng. Now THAT SOUND brought a greater nightmare than the sound made by screaming banshees in the delivery room.

Since then, I have developed a deep fear of the dentist. I avoid dentists at any cost, thus my mega ugly & crooked teeth. I’d rather suffer a toothache or two, or three, in silence than go to the dental office for relief.

A couple of weeks ago, after more than 3 years of keeping silent, making pa-simple & not getting my teeth checked, Kap decided it was family dentist time & dragged me by the hair, kicking & screaming. (Ok fine that’s an exaggerated version, but you get the picture). The pant-wearing/man of the house has spoken, wala na akong magawa.

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Thank you GOppets for being so game and letting me use your photos & corrupt you ala-Kardshians for the sake of my blog! 😛

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I swear, the entire time my teeth were getting cleaned I was squirming & moaning like a crazy person. I am SO thankful that Dr. Erwin Santiago is really patient & kind. He & his wife ate Cora are God-sent. They have been our family dentists for as long as we can remember & they are the only ones who put up with my fear & stress. Kahit na pati sila mega-stressed with my pathetic screams, go lang. They actually schedule me on my own & keep the whole afternoon closed kasi grabe talaga akong mag-eskandalo. Kap has to hold me down to restrain me or lalayas talaga ako. Mouthpiece & all!
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Kap & I go waaaay back with this highly loveable couple. We met in church & kuya Erwin was often our Bible Study teacher when our Pastor wasn’t available. The GOppets love them like crazy. Ang tanong, kung kami din ba eh love nila, LOL!

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So now, after almost 2 hours of having my butt glued to that scary chair for cleaning & 2 fillers, I am good to go again for another 3 years hehe. Ok na yan, si Kap lang naman ang kini-kiss ko. Magtiis nalang sya kesa magdusa ako! 😛
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Me, my caftan (daily uniform kasi presko), and my Kaftan-K! 😛 This is how comfortable we are with our dentists. May landian blues pang kaganapan sa office, much to the embarrassment & chagrin of our kids.

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Thank you again kuya Erwin & ate Cora for your kindness & patience with the GOppets (especially ME!). We love you. I may hate dentists, but you guys I love. Mwahness! :-*