Excuse me, but my life is waiting.

I spent a very enjoyable Saturday dancing at Union. A big thank you to all of you for all your encouragement. I had forgotten what it was like to completely lose yourself in a dance. Thank you for making it all come back again.

Right…now that my words have turned around and bitten me back hard in the ass, let me try to justify my previous posts and ill-feelings toward the dance. As usual, this is a very raw piece and isn’t censored very much. So please, try to read with an open mind.

As mentioned before, my problem with salsa is complicated. I have split up the following post in a number of sections for clarity. I do hope that you will be able to make it all the way to the end.

Apologies to those who don’t salsa. I promise my next post will be abt something bitchy, entertaining and not about salsa.

~~~~

Last Saturday was almost magical. It’s been so long since I was last able to just dance with wild abandon. To let my feet just move on their own without having to think of styling or shines or whatever…simply fantastic.

I think I managed to experience the true spirit of salsa on Saturday!!!

Truth be told, prior to last night, too much of my energy and time had been spent thinking about the technique of dancing. I’m just a stickler for such things. For me, once I decide to do something, then it must be done perfectly, or at least to the best of my ability. This applies for everything in my life and that’s why I look like a crazy woman during Bodycombat class at the gym. I need to give it my all, if not, I don’t see a point even in starting.

So, for salsa, it’s really important that I am on beat, my turns are stable and my footwork correct. I am not saying that my dance technique is good..far from it actually ( I make up for it with sheer athletics) , but just that I think it’s very important to to do the best I can and only stop when I cannot get any better.

Right now, I know I still can improve and so that’s why I keep pushing myself to get even better.

I have heard a lot of people say that I should just enjoy the dance…but unless I know I am doing it right and to the best that I can, I can’t enjoy it.

Maybe it’s a matter of pride, or just my ego talking, but to goof up in front of a big bunch of people is really difficult thing to accept for me. So, at least, I wanna be sure that if I goof up, it’d be a small goof up. Not the land-on-my-butt type of goof up. The need to look good is very real for me.

Oh, and I don’t want to just dance. I want to DANCE. The light-up-the-floor type of dance.

Yea, pride is one of the seven deadly sins, I know. But what to do? If you want to dance well, you need to work at it. It doesn’t just happen like that ma. Everyone can look good on the dancefloor…it’s just whether a person is willing to spend the time, effort and energy to do so. And I know I can.

Jp’s objective (as I understand of now) is just to dance socially. I don’t really think the need to perfect the dance ranks as highly on his list of priorities as it does on mine. He definitely has no intention of joining any competition.

But him, being my bf and dance partner de jour, this mismatch of objective is a problem. It’s almost as if I want to move forward, but he is happy to remain where he is. This sounds silly, but I worry that if i become a better dancer than him, I will one day find dancing with him unchallenging and he will cease to be my perfect partner. Even as we speak, I already find some of his turn patterns stale.

I hope this doesn’t come across as presumptuous, but doing the same-old same-old is not very fun nor challenging. I know it’s difficult for guys to come up with something different all the time, but repetition sucks all the same. Doing the same thing all the time does not help you improve. It just makes your dance all the more routine. Dancing with jp has become rather routine.

I don’t want to leave jp behind. I really like dancing with him because as my bf, the chemistry is amazing. So, I ended up dragging him and pushing him to improve..to extent of criticizing his posture, his dance stance, his lead and so on. I’d be frustrated when moves are not executed properly and he makes (or so I think) excuses for them.

Not a very nice thing to do and I sincerely apologize for being such an anal-retentive person.

Anyway, I understand now that not everyone aims to DANCE. And it’s wrong of me to expect otherwise. Everyone has their own personal objectives and every objective should be respected equally. Each individual learns at their own pace and it is wrong expect that everyone can pick up something new at the same rate as I do. But I really do wish (unrealistically of course) me and jp could progress as a couple at the same rate and have the same goals.

I think I just need to stop looking at jp as my partner de jour and continue on my own. I think this way, he will not bear the brunt of my frustrations and dancing will be more enjoyable for both of us.

~~~~~

Other than being the perfectionist, I felt very obligated to go down to Union every week, despite whether I felt like going or not.

Going to Union was The Standard thing to do.

I would tell myself that I needed to go Union to practice, otherwise my moves would get rusty and I wouldn’t be able to follow well anymore. Dancing with more advanced dancers would prove difficult and I would have to start back at square one. I don’t ever want face the problem/issue of looking and dancing like i’ve been dancing for 3 months when in actuality, I have been dancing for 1 year. No progress is still okay. Regression is definitely a no-no!

Last Saturday, I discovered that I do I had internalized the basics of salsa to some degree..and while the first few dances were kind of off (which dino very happily pointed out), I’m glad to say that by the end of the night, I was very happily dancing with Johnny on the main dance floor.

I totally had no idea what the hell i was doing but I enjoyed myself immensely. Probably I was too engrossed in following his lead to care if I looked like a squid on fire. Though I don’t think I was particularly graceful, I don’t think I looked thaaat bad lah.

Which means to say, technique doesn’t just disappear if you don’t go Union every week. You just need more time to warm up before dancing with an experienced dancer.

~~~~~~

Other than going to Union to practice, sometimes I would end up at Union because jp wanted to go. Either because he already promised some people that he’d be going and going back on his word is a very “not man” thing to do, or because he was just dying to dance cuz he had not danced all week.

Point to note: Because of his line of work, jp has ridiculous work hours. Meaning to say, he generally meets his clients on weekend AND after office hours. Which leaves little time for me. Divide this time among gym, family, outside friends, his own stuff to do and salsa and you will see how much time we really can spend together. So, in order to see more of him, I’d just go to Union with him even if I didn’t feel like it.

Which naturally brings on resentment. You can read more about how annoyed I was here, here and here.

So, salsa on weekends and certain weekdays became VERY routine and after a while, I just resented it.

I’ve yet to speak to JP about his stupid work schedule but rest assured, I’m doing something about it! He’s also stopped trying to “make” me going Union and lets me decide more on what to do on weekends so we’re on the right track.

~~~~~~

Ok, that’s all I have to say about my feelings. A long post indeed. Thank you for making it all the way to the end.

See you on the dancefloor soon!

I spent a very enjoyable Saturday dancing at Union. A big thank you to all of you for all your encouragement. I had forgotten what it was like to completely lose yourself in a dance. Thank you for making it all come back again.

Right…now that my words have turned around and bitten me back hard in the ass, let me try to justify my previous posts and ill-feelings toward the dance. As usual, this is a very raw piece and isn’t censored very much. So please, try to read with an open mind.

As mentioned before, my problem with salsa is complicated. I have split up the following post in a number of sections for clarity. I do hope that you will be able to make it all the way to the end.

Apologies to those who don’t salsa. I promise my next post will be abt something bitchy, entertaining and not about salsa.

~~~~

Last Saturday was almost magical. It’s been so long since I was last able to just dance with wild abandon. To let my feet just move on their own without having to think of styling or shines or whatever…simply fantastic.

I think I managed to experience the true spirit of salsa on Saturday!!!

Truth be told, prior to last night, too much of my energy and time had been spent thinking about the technique of dancing. I’m just a stickler for such things. For me, once I decide to do something, then it must be done perfectly, or at least to the best of my ability. This applies for everything in my life and that’s why I look like a crazy woman during Bodycombat class at the gym. I need to give it my all, if not, I don’t see a point even in starting.

So, for salsa, it’s really important that I am on beat, my turns are stable and my footwork correct. I am not saying that my dance technique is good..far from it actually ( I make up for it with sheer athletics) , but just that I think it’s very important to to do the best I can and only stop when I cannot get any better.

Right now, I know I still can improve and so that’s why I keep pushing myself to get even better.

I have heard a lot of people say that I should just enjoy the dance…but unless I know I am doing it right and to the best that I can, I can’t enjoy it.

Maybe it’s a matter of pride, or just my ego talking, but to goof up in front of a big bunch of people is really difficult thing to accept for me. So, at least, I wanna be sure that if I goof up, it’d be a small goof up. Not the land-on-my-butt type of goof up. The need to look good is very real for me.

Oh, and I don’t want to just dance. I want to DANCE. The light-up-the-floor type of dance.

Yea, pride is one of the seven deadly sins, I know. But what to do? If you want to dance well, you need to work at it. It doesn’t just happen like that ma. Everyone can look good on the dancefloor…it’s just whether a person is willing to spend the time, effort and energy to do so. And I know I can.

Jp’s objective (as I understand of now) is just to dance socially. I don’t really think the need to perfect the dance ranks as highly on his list of priorities as it does on mine. He definitely has no intention of joining any competition.

But him, being my bf and dance partner de jour, this mismatch of objective is a problem. It’s almost as if I want to move forward, but he is happy to remain where he is. This sounds silly, but I worry that if i become a better dancer than him, I will one day find dancing with him unchallenging and he will cease to be my perfect partner. Even as we speak, I already find some of his turn patterns stale.

I hope this doesn’t come across as presumptuous, but doing the same-old same-old is not very fun nor challenging. I know it’s difficult for guys to come up with something different all the time, but repetition sucks all the same. Doing the same thing all the time does not help you improve. It just makes your dance all the more routine. Dancing with jp has become rather routine.

I don’t want to leave jp behind. I really like dancing with him because as my bf, the chemistry is amazing. So, I ended up dragging him and pushing him to improve..to extent of criticizing his posture, his dance stance, his lead and so on. I’d be frustrated when moves are not executed properly and he makes (or so I think) excuses for them.

Not a very nice thing to do and I sincerely apologize for being such an anal-retentive person.

Anyway, I understand now that not everyone aims to DANCE. And it’s wrong of me to expect otherwise. Everyone has their own personal objectives and every objective should be respected equally. Each individual learns at their own pace and it is wrong expect that everyone can pick up something new at the same rate as I do. But I really do wish (unrealistically of course) me and jp could progress as a couple at the same rate and have the same goals.

I think I just need to stop looking at jp as my partner de jour and continue on my own. I think this way, he will not bear the brunt of my frustrations and dancing will be more enjoyable for both of us.

~~~~~

Other than being the perfectionist, I felt very obligated to go down to Union every week, despite whether I felt like going or not.

Going to Union was The Standard thing to do.

I would tell myself that I needed to go Union to practice, otherwise my moves would get rusty and I wouldn’t be able to follow well anymore. Dancing with more advanced dancers would prove difficult and I would have to start back at square one. I don’t ever want face the problem/issue of looking and dancing like i’ve been dancing for 3 months when in actuality, I have been dancing for 1 year. No progress is still okay. Regression is definitely a no-no!

Last Saturday, I discovered that I do I had internalized the basics of salsa to some degree..and while the first few dances were kind of off (which dino very happily pointed out), I’m glad to say that by the end of the night, I was very happily dancing with Johnny on the main dance floor.

I totally had no idea what the hell i was doing but I enjoyed myself immensely. Probably I was too engrossed in following his lead to care if I looked like a squid on fire. Though I don’t think I was particularly graceful, I don’t think I looked thaaat bad lah.

Which means to say, technique doesn’t just disappear if you don’t go Union every week. You just need more time to warm up before dancing with an experienced dancer.

~~~~~~

Other than going to Union to practice, sometimes I would end up at Union because jp wanted to go. Either because he already promised some people that he’d be going and going back on his word is a very “not man” thing to do, or because he was just dying to dance cuz he had not danced all week.

Point to note: Because of his line of work, jp has ridiculous work hours. Meaning to say, he generally meets his clients on weekend AND after office hours. Which leaves little time for me. Divide this time among gym, family, outside friends, his own stuff to do and salsa and you will see how much time we really can spend together. So, in order to see more of him, I’d just go to Union with him even if I didn’t feel like it.

Which naturally brings on resentment. You can read more about how annoyed I was here, here and here.

So, salsa on weekends and certain weekdays became VERY routine and after a while, I just resented it.

I’ve yet to speak to JP about his stupid work schedule but rest assured, I’m doing something about it! He’s also stopped trying to “make” me going Union and lets me decide more on what to do on weekends so we’re on the right track.

~~~~~~

Ok, that’s all I have to say about my feelings. A long post indeed. Thank you for making it all the way to the end.

See you on the dancefloor soon!

A rambly post about salsa, which i am sure, is inordinately boring for people who do not dance the dance. You may want to stop reading here, if that’s the case.

For salsa people who intend to read the following post, please note that this is a pointless, rambly, need-to-get-out-of-my-system-not-macking-any-point post. Other than that, please carry on.

p/s: this post is SO NOT directed at Johnny. Just in case ANY of you bozos think otherwise.

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I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I feel like dancing, yet I don’t feel like dancing.

JP said I was too uptight because I told him that I wanted to go back to salsa but I no longer had anymore goals to attain, I find it boring. Meaning no more classes to progress to, no more different types of dance to learn. (I refuse to take classes for Merengue, in case you were wondering).

For me, salsa has been reduced to social dancing. Which bores me, because the aim of social dancing is…to socialize.

As you all know, small talk with people I am not so familiar with is not really my forte per se. I can do it, but I feel really fake at the same time.

The problem with small talk is that you need to act like you are really interested, like you care..when in actuality, you will just forget what the relative stranger said to you within the next 15mins.

Honestly, do you really think the other person you are talking so earnestly to is really listening?
It’s pointless process when you know whatever you said will be forgotten when the next song ends.

Anyway, back to my point on objectives.
Like Miss/Mr Anonymous pointed out the other day in his/her comment on Passion, discipline is required in the development of a skill. I guess it’s easy when you are taking classes, on a performance team or if your goal is to join a competition. There is yardstick for you to measure your performance. You are aiming for something. There is a need to practice and perfect the dance. There are consequences if you do not practice.

You will want to practice your new moves when you go for class because it’ll be bo hua if you don’t. Besides, you don’t want to be singled out by Jackson in class; ever so difficult to live down.

You need to attend practice sessions if you are on the performance team. You just have to. You don’t want to drag down the team. And besides, people will laugh at you if your technique is lousy AND you are on the performance team.

You definitely need to get your act together if you want to join a competition. Unless you are aiming to be the next William Hung of salsa that is. But I assure you, the money is NOWHERE as good.

But for social dancing…it’s just dancing for fun. So what if your turns are perfect? So what if you have fantastic musicality? So what if you can follow perfectly?
Yes, yes…your partner will be overjoyed. But that him/her, not you. What does it do for you?

Maybe it’s really callous of me to say this, but seeing someone smile really makes your day for you meh??????
Well, good for you. It doesn’t quite do it for me.

At the end of the day, people who dance socially…just dance socially. It doesn’t really matter if you are right on beat. It’s okay if you are off balance. And it’s perfectly normal and fine to be mediocre.

I hate to be mediocre. If you are going to be mediocre, then might as well not do it at all. Why spent over a thousand dollars and 3 days a week at the club just to be mediocre? 1K can give you a super budget trip to Taiwan you know?

Anyway, I will be going to union is Saturday. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I AM GOING THIS SATURDAY!!!

Hopefully, the salsa bug will return and bite me hard in the ass again.
Pls cross your fingers for me that it does. Please?

Anyway, here’s some dirt I found out:

- The 4 Great Mei Nus are no longer talking to each other.
- 1 of the 4 Great Mei Nus has become very weird and rather tactless bitch.
- The Big Pervert was the one who introduce Ray to Wan’er.
- The Big Pervert is constantly surrounded by girls now (they must be blind!!!)
- Mr S.K has a gambling problem.
- Carine is dead against two-timing and cheating on your bf.
- Wan’er has, er, a more relaxed and tolerant view of cheating.
- I insist on sitting on the fence.
- They all had, sometime or other, a crush on my (ex) bf.

Hehehe. Yday was a good night!

A rambly post about salsa, which i am sure, is inordinately boring for people who do not dance the dance. You may want to stop reading here, if that’s the case.

For salsa people who intend to read the following post, please note that this is a pointless, rambly, need-to-get-out-of-my-system-not-macking-any-point post. Other than that, please carry on.

p/s: this post is SO NOT directed at Johnny. Just in case ANY of you bozos think otherwise.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I feel like dancing, yet I don’t feel like dancing.

JP said I was too uptight because I told him that I wanted to go back to salsa but I no longer had anymore goals to attain, I find it boring. Meaning no more classes to progress to, no more different types of dance to learn. (I refuse to take classes for Merengue, in case you were wondering).

For me, salsa has been reduced to social dancing. Which bores me, because the aim of social dancing is…to socialize.

As you all know, small talk with people I am not so familiar with is not really my forte per se. I can do it, but I feel really fake at the same time.

The problem with small talk is that you need to act like you are really interested, like you care..when in actuality, you will just forget what the relative stranger said to you within the next 15mins.

Honestly, do you really think the other person you are talking so earnestly to is really listening?
It’s pointless process when you know whatever you said will be forgotten when the next song ends.

Anyway, back to my point on objectives.
Like Miss/Mr Anonymous pointed out the other day in his/her comment on Passion, discipline is required in the development of a skill. I guess it’s easy when you are taking classes, on a performance team or if your goal is to join a competition. There is yardstick for you to measure your performance. You are aiming for something. There is a need to practice and perfect the dance. There are consequences if you do not practice.

You will want to practice your new moves when you go for class because it’ll be bo hua if you don’t. Besides, you don’t want to be singled out by Jackson in class; ever so difficult to live down.

You need to attend practice sessions if you are on the performance team. You just have to. You don’t want to drag down the team. And besides, people will laugh at you if your technique is lousy AND you are on the performance team.

You definitely need to get your act together if you want to join a competition. Unless you are aiming to be the next William Hung of salsa that is. But I assure you, the money is NOWHERE as good.

But for social dancing…it’s just dancing for fun. So what if your turns are perfect? So what if you have fantastic musicality? So what if you can follow perfectly?
Yes, yes…your partner will be overjoyed. But that him/her, not you. What does it do for you?

Maybe it’s really callous of me to say this, but seeing someone smile really makes your day for you meh??????
Well, good for you. It doesn’t quite do it for me.

At the end of the day, people who dance socially…just dance socially. It doesn’t really matter if you are right on beat. It’s okay if you are off balance. And it’s perfectly normal and fine to be mediocre.

I hate to be mediocre. If you are going to be mediocre, then might as well not do it at all. Why spent over a thousand dollars and 3 days a week at the club just to be mediocre? 1K can give you a super budget trip to Taiwan you know?

Anyway, I will be going to union is Saturday. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I am going. I AM GOING THIS SATURDAY!!!

Hopefully, the salsa bug will return and bite me hard in the ass again.
Pls cross your fingers for me that it does. Please?

Anyway, here’s some dirt I found out:

- The 4 Great Mei Nus are no longer talking to each other.
- 1 of the 4 Great Mei Nus has become very weird and rather tactless bitch.
- The Big Pervert was the one who introduce Ray to Wan’er.
- The Big Pervert is constantly surrounded by girls now (they must be blind!!!)
- Mr S.K has a gambling problem.
- Carine is dead against two-timing and cheating on your bf.
- Wan’er has, er, a more relaxed and tolerant view of cheating.
- I insist on sitting on the fence.
- They all had, sometime or other, a crush on my (ex) bf.

Hehehe. Yday was a good night!

And at Great World City, some stupid woman bulldozed her way right into me. She literally walked right into me from behind. WTF?!!!!!!! I’m small i know, but I am not invisible!!! Again, she didn’t even apologise. She just gave me a look and charged off (maybe in search of another person to bulldoze).

Singaporeans got no eyes izzit?!! Why can’t they look where they are going? Why do they have to look left, look right, look up, look down, look anywhere else but where they are going.

Bang into people also don’t know how to apologise.
Bloody idiots.

~~~~~~

I don’t get it man.

Why do people with B.O. don’t know that they smell bad?

It’s amazing how they are totally oblivious to the nauseated looks of people around them and how people try to move away inconspicuously.

It’s amazing that I know so many people that don’t have a clue that they have B.O.! Don’t bother asking me if you have B.O. I am not going to tell you. Go sniff your armpits yourself.

Or get someone else to do it for you.

But here’s a tip. If you even suspect you have B.O., you probably do. So, get your lazy ass to the pharmacy and buy some anti-perspirant/deodourant now!

You don’t want to wait for your friend/colleague/aquaintence/enemy/stanger in the train to tell you that you stink to high heaven.

Bah! I am so mad!!!!

As you all know, i need to get my final (thank god!!!) wisdom tooth extracted. And fortunately, it’s just the upper molar.

No real biggie.

To cut to the chase, my mom recently had root canal treatment and the extraction of 2 teeth. I don’t know why her teeth got extracted cuz she flosses like 2x a day and brushes without fail…but anyway, she had some surgery done.

And now, she’s suffering from trismus. Trismus is nearly, if not the same as lockjaw. Basically, you cannot open your mouth wide. Currently, she can only stick 1 finger inside her mouth. It’s not really funny anymore because she can’t eat alot of food…she resorted to snipping her durian into bitesized bits the other day with a scissors.

Anyway, she’s taken to surfing the Net to find out more on the cures for trismus and as a result, i made a startling discovery.

Apparently, the removal of wisdom teeth (esp the lower ones) can also cause trismus! I’m so glad nothing happened to me!

But that’s not what I want to tell you about. The most interesting thing i found out today was that you can re-grow your permanent teeth if they get knocked out!

Should you lose your tooth (say you were involved in an accident and your tooth got knocked out), you should NEVER wash your tooth in water. Instead, you should use your saliva to clean it and pop it back into your mouth or back into its original place and hold it there gently (water kills the root of the tooth). Should saliva not be available (ok, so maybe you’re bleeding profusely in the mouth), you can also (apparently) dump the fallen tooth into a clean cup of milk. Make sure that you hold the tooth by its crown and not the root.

Go the the dentist immediately and get the tooth reinstalled. Apparently, the tooth (and i do mean your permanent teeth) can continue to grow normally after some help from the dentist.

However, you will need to get to your dentist and get that tooth implanted within an hour; 30mins after the tooth falls out, the fibrioblasts begin to die. Any later than that and it might be better if you just gave up the tooth for the dead and resign yourself to a life of dentures.

You can read more about tooth replantation here.

Cool huh?

Why am I telling you this? Er, just for general information I guess. Just in case your teeth ever get knocked out.

And at Great World City, some stupid woman bulldozed her way right into me. She literally walked right into me from behind. WTF?!!!!!!! I’m small i know, but I am not invisible!!! Again, she didn’t even apologise. She just gave me a look and charged off (maybe in search of another person to bulldoze).

Singaporeans got no eyes izzit?!! Why can’t they look where they are going? Why do they have to look left, look right, look up, look down, look anywhere else but where they are going.

Bang into people also don’t know how to apologise.
Bloody idiots.

~~~~~~

I don’t get it man.

Why do people with B.O. don’t know that they smell bad?

It’s amazing how they are totally oblivious to the nauseated looks of people around them and how people try to move away inconspicuously.

It’s amazing that I know so many people that don’t have a clue that they have B.O.! Don’t bother asking me if you have B.O. I am not going to tell you. Go sniff your armpits yourself.

Or get someone else to do it for you.

But here’s a tip. If you even suspect you have B.O., you probably do. So, get your lazy ass to the pharmacy and buy some anti-perspirant/deodourant now!

You don’t want to wait for your friend/colleague/aquaintence/enemy/stanger in the train to tell you that you stink to high heaven.

Bah! I am so mad!!!!

As you all know, i need to get my final (thank god!!!) wisdom tooth extracted. And fortunately, it’s just the upper molar.

No real biggie.

To cut to the chase, my mom recently had root canal treatment and the extraction of 2 teeth. I don’t know why her teeth got extracted cuz she flosses like 2x a day and brushes without fail…but anyway, she had some surgery done.

And now, she’s suffering from trismus. Trismus is nearly, if not the same as lockjaw. Basically, you cannot open your mouth wide. Currently, she can only stick 1 finger inside her mouth. It’s not really funny anymore because she can’t eat alot of food…she resorted to snipping her durian into bitesized bits the other day with a scissors.

Anyway, she’s taken to surfing the Net to find out more on the cures for trismus and as a result, i made a startling discovery.

Apparently, the removal of wisdom teeth (esp the lower ones) can also cause trismus! I’m so glad nothing happened to me!

But that’s not what I want to tell you about. The most interesting thing i found out today was that you can re-grow your permanent teeth if they get knocked out!

Should you lose your tooth (say you were involved in an accident and your tooth got knocked out), you should NEVER wash your tooth in water. Instead, you should use your saliva to clean it and pop it back into your mouth or back into its original place and hold it there gently (water kills the root of the tooth). Should saliva not be available (ok, so maybe you’re bleeding profusely in the mouth), you can also (apparently) dump the fallen tooth into a clean cup of milk. Make sure that you hold the tooth by its crown and not the root.

Go the the dentist immediately and get the tooth reinstalled. Apparently, the tooth (and i do mean your permanent teeth) can continue to grow normally after some help from the dentist.

However, you will need to get to your dentist and get that tooth implanted within an hour; 30mins after the tooth falls out, the fibrioblasts begin to die. Any later than that and it might be better if you just gave up the tooth for the dead and resign yourself to a life of dentures.

You can read more about tooth replantation here.

Cool huh?

Why am I telling you this? Er, just for general information I guess. Just in case your teeth ever get knocked out.