Tennis Injury

Such rotten luck. Yesterday, i sprained my ankle during my tennis session with my mates. I stepped onto a tennis ball near the net when i did a volley & i swear i did not hear my bones crack. It was lucky cos if there are cracking sounds, i'll be in big trouble.

Anyway, it was not painful initially & Marcus asked me if i am OK, i said "Yeah! No problem, let's continue". But really, i should have end the game instead. I continue to play competitively for another half an hour before going home. After my bath, i can feel the pain getting stronger. Shit!

Today when i woke up, i could not walk properly. Even simple task like going to the toilet has become so difficult for me. In fact, i need to go to the lab today, but i think i can't make it. So i stayed at home till CK is back & i asked him to fetch me to see a Chinese acupuncturist who lives in Woodlands. I gave him a call before going to see him.

When i reached his place, he just asked me how i injured my ankle & where is the pain. After that, he applied some antiseptic stuff on my ankle & started to use a needle to poke at 4 points around there. While poking at each point, he will ask me if i feel any soreness. If i do feel it, i means good news. So after around 5 minutes, he asked me to walk around. WOW!!!!! It was shocking, the pain is gone by 80% & i can even jog a bit. The shifu told me not to bath for 24 hours after the session & ask me to take a rest & not over-exert my ankle for a few days. After about 2 to 3 days, all the pain should be gone.

I paid a very 'modest' fee for his service & is really amazed by his skills. CK told me that if i had chosen to see a western doctor, the doc would have given me painkillers that only remove the symptoms, but not the source of the pain. By poking my ankle, he must have sort of 'stimulated the meridian system, thereby bringing about relief by rebalancing of yin, yang & qi' as quoted by CK. Still, i dun understand the theory behind it, but it really works wonders.

If u wanna know the contact of this master, this there u are:

Master Kheng
Address: Block 424, Woodlands St. 41, #02-334, Singapore 730424
Tel: 6368-3088
Mobile: 9478-2643.

Please note that he does not speak English la.

Spam Call from Malaysia

Recently, i kept getting this call from Malaysia +6034563456. My friend told me that this number is from Malaysia, +6 belongs to Malaysia, 03 belongs to Selangor.

I first received a call from this number 2 weeks ago. The guy on the other line introduced himself & told me he was from DUNNO WHAT company & asked me to attend a promotion event over DUNNO WHICH shopping centre in Kuala Lumpur.

I was asking myself "what a heck, can't he understand that the number which he was calling is a Singapore number". What made him thought that i was so interested to attend some stupid event that took place in Kuala Lumpur so far away. What is more surprising to me was that he could even address me by my name too. When pressed for an answer as to where did he get my contact, he said i took part in a dunno what lucky draw in KL one month ago. But shit, i did not leave Singapore for the last 2 months, not to mention that i went to KL. So i told him that i was not interested & cut short the conversion.

After 2 days from that, he called again to say that during the promotion event, i was being selected from the lucky draw & requested that i collect my wins over there. I was really pissed off & told him straight that i was NOT INTERESTED AT ALL. I even told him to stop giving me all these calls as they are international & i may need to pay for it. The guy sensing my displeasure SHOUTED BACK AT ME & hung up. Idiot!

One week later after that, a call from this number came in again. I just hung it up without even answering it. Today, it came in again...... i just hang up.

I am still wondering how they managed to get my contact no. & my name too. My friend told me this possiblility: sometimes when we go shopping, there are lucky draws which we fill in our personal particulars in order to participate. Lets say if we did not strike a win, the filled coupons will be collected by some organization & the info will be sold around the place within Singapore & then later to other countries. That's why when they called, they know whom are they talking to.' I find this is really scary. Let's say if someone who is gullible enough is being targeted, isn't that terrible? If she's a female, not only will she be cheated of her money, but also her body too.

F_ _k these idiots!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Time really flies. When i was still in college, i yearned to grow up fast...... so that i can start earning big money, enjoy my freedom, get my own car & house, etc.

I still remembered the time when i turned 21st on my birthday, my friend told me that once we hit 21, time really rolls fast...... similar to boulders rolling down a mountain. I thought this is sheer nonsense, time sure runs fast, but not so fast as she has exaggerated. But today, as i flipped through my past year's photos, i think that really made sense.

The past one year has been a busy one for me - clearing my 1st year exams, doing my experiments, reading through loads of journal papers & books, writing my reports, etc. To add to my horror, i even got a strip of white hair growing slightly to the right of my front hair. OMG...... need to spend money to cover it up.

My dearest wish for this year will be good health & good results for my QE report. Also not forgetting to wish my friends & relatives all the best in whatever they do. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! to everyone.