http://www.michellechong.net/blog Musings. Cogitation. Thoughts. Connection. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:41:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are all broken in some ways. A life-threatening disease, lifelong disability, financial hardships, relationship break-down... you name it. Like how I can't bear to follow Malaysian news because I think of my dad every time. How he would have liked to see me graduate, doing what I love and said ... http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=72 So, it has been more than 3 months since my last post.Let's see...Ankle-wise Completed 6 weeks of supervised gym (i.e. a PT watches over you while exercising) Been coaxed into jogging. Tried a gentle jog forwards and backwards with the PT, but still have not plucked up the courage to do so ... http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=69 The 3 week old bandage around my ankle was finally removed during my OS appointment on Monday. The single stitch from the diastasis screw removal was removed without much fuss, though the strange pulling sensation still does rate rather high up my list of undesirables. Fortunately, it's nothing compared to ... http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=68 A new semester started again on Monday. Everything is back in full swing. Doing 1 subject this semester, Introduction to Optimisation. Good stuff, and the guy is a hard core mathematician. It's going to be an awesome :-) Research wise, things are proceeding. At least my mobility isn't so limited any more. ... http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=67 Wow, finally a blog post that is unrelated to my ankle! When will Kindle ever come to Australia? I suppose there will be many hoops to jump through before Amazon can ever set up shop here in the land down under, or rather the-land-where-things-come-late-because-it's-in-the-southern-hemisphere-dammit. I read through lots of material weekly and ... http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=66 I found out where a chunk of my time has disappeared to during the week. Hospital appointments. I didn't have any to keep this week and suddenly found a whole lot more time on my hands. A typical clinic appointment would take 3 hours. Wait + x-ray + wait + see the ... http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=65 So far, 12 May  Broke ankle 13 May  Admitted to hospital. 15 May  Surgery. 2 metal plates and 16 screws inserted. Leg placed in backslab. 18 May  Discharged. 20 May  Went to uni for the first time since the INCIDENT. 4 June  First OS appointment post-op. Backslab removed. Placed in full cast. 6 June  First outing. Dinner ... http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=64 Went for physio today. The physiotherapist gave me a whole new set of exercises to do since I'm allowed full weight now. And .... Meet Tee and Fee the 2nd.. My range of motion is still rather limited. The exercises should help. Just now in the kitchen, I managed to walk/limp without ... http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=62 The day started with an early breakfast. Ym has kindly lent me a mini kettle so I could have a hot drink in the morning before I started fasting from 7am onwards. Sam arrived at 10:30 ish. By 11, kl, Sam and I were ready. Sm arrived to pick us up ... http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=61 Today is the day. The fast starts from now. I'm supposed to be there by 11:30am. I guess I should be done by the afternoon. Good luck to me. http://www.michellechong.net/blog/?p=58