Toothless and in pain...

I decided over the weekend to get my smile fixed, dental appointment has been postponed for over a year, and luckily got one thanks to a last minute cancellation. This was no ordinary tooth filling job, this was dental surgery complete with an anesthesiologist. A hack job in Kerala and not enough information has prompted all this misery and material loss fifteen years later. I was knocked out by valium for 3 hours and woke up when the chiselling in my jaw hurt a bit and promptly went back to snoozing again. Doc had to take out my widom teeth in order to extract the bone from my jaw which is mainly what still hurts today. Bone was then grafted to my gum and an implant was placed. Felt like a boxer who just landed a knockout punch from Tyson all of yesterday, not a pretty sight either. The pain is probably going to pale in comparison to when I do my knee surgery, that I am told can be quite exhasting. Like I said at the beginning of the year, this year is all about fixing myself. Thanks God for Ibruprofen 600. About a 18 months ago when I met my friend Rajesh in Bangalore and he told me about his interview with Thomas Friedman, who dedicated 6 pages in his latest book 'The world is flat' and called him the smartest entrepreneur he has met, so I felt obligated to read his book. Anand, another buddy from Bangalore, suggested that I start with the first one that he has written which was 'From Beirut to Jerusalem'. A couple of months ago I picked it up at KL airport, the first 200 pages are excellent and gives a fantastic overview of the middle east and decades long crisis that have plagued it and often painting himself Indiana Jones style journalist. The next 200 pages is a constant rant about nothing though skillfully written to sound like a logical argument. The last hundred pages is just boring and claims to have the prose that will solve brickbatting between Isrealis and Palestinians. Still worth a read, an intelligent amount of thinking has gone into it and he does share some unique experiences. Going to be in KL ariport again next week so I will pick up part 2 - Lexus and the Olive Tree. Did I already mention that I used to read his column in the New York Times when I lived in the Tri-state area. Watched 2 movies in a row yesterday, Calendar girls and Old School. Calendar girls was inspiring, like movies in that category are supposed to be, Old School was cool but perhaps a little overhyped while I was in the US. Still another 200 DVDs to plough through before I give Toby back his case. Meanwhile Priya continues to do what women are great at doing, Sale Shopping, in anticipation of future earning. Gotta go, fish curry calling.. Yours Truly, Sympathy Monger