The failure I documented 3 years ago turned out to be 1 of the many that I encountered in Dental School. Standards are high in the very packed 4 years in dental school, and here’s are 5 things that I have done to manage it (links below): 1. Allow myself…

big oof #throwback — This happened back in Year 1 and I still remember this day clearly. I was studying in the library with my friends when one of them pulled out his phone and was shocked that someone had failed. That someone turned out to be me! I had to juggle the shock of that with the pressure of an upcoming finals paper, both of which…

Year 3 was one heck of a busy year — This is a written post for my video on my reflections on my 3rd year in NUS Dentistry. Click here to watch the full video, (and subscribe to my youtube ;)) Year 3 My year 3 has ended and it’s the time of the year again where i share my reflections on…

and hopefully, for the rest of your life — (I actually elaborate all these better in video) Firstly, let’s understand how tooth decay happens: In your healthy mouth environment, there is an optimum acidity or pH level where your tooth is not prone to tooth decay. When tooth decay happens, there is an shift towards a more acid environment, thus promoting tooth decay. Causes and risk factors for tooth decay

Does they actually whiten your teeth? The truth may shock you — Recently, I have been seeing advertisements from my influencer friends and social media promoting the use of teeth whitening charcoal toothpaste. Promotion of such products mean that there is a demand for it. …

A grossly underestimated productivity hack you’re probably missing out on — Work at the expense of sleep? Upon entering university, there was this sudden shift in work mindset. People were all about staying up late to get stuff done at once. “Hustle culture”, “You snooze you lose”, etc. Productivity focused a lot about hustling, getting many things done, at the expense of their sleep. …

The best laptop for dental/medicine/university? — I have been using my Surface Pro 5 for the past 2 years now for university and I thought I could shed some insight on an actual review on the Surface Pro. Got it at a PC expo sale for about 1.5k with a surface Pen: Here are my specs…

Just uploaded the 2nd episode of my vlog! We just saw our first patients and things are getting exciting. In this story, I am going to be sharing some lessons I have learnt so far with respect to juggling this along side with school: Time management I learnt that…

I made this blog post in a video form as well: Click here for it Hey guys, it’s been a while since I cleared Year 2 and started Year 3. I just wanted to share my reflections in a written format. The end of Year 2 meant the start of…