there's a change in plan. considering that I'd get to 'enjoy' fewer days of MC if I were to extract my wisdom tooth this coming new year, I decided to postpone it (after a consultation to a nearby dentist which cost me $20 and the clinic didn't even accept credit card!) to March. hopefully by then the tooth wouldn't have done any damage to the others..

5 days of MC is indeed very long, I normally take only 1 day in a year.. which is a bit embarrasing. hopefully I can manage to clear the one-week MC plus few days of annual leave all within one month.. *grin*