April 10th

Below is a narration of an accident happened around 2 weeks ago:

This was the day before the Installation of the New King. I was all set for my trip to Ipoh the next day and about to go to sleep at around 11pm. Suddenly I recalled something which I need to get from the closet, a friend’s wedding present. With the lights off, I climbed onto the chair, searching for the present in the dark. 

Everything went well… until I lost balance and ended up spraining my ankle. Before I could react further, I fell from chair with a loud sound - *bang* on my back. I was able to maintain consciousness and tried to get up on my own. However my first attempt was unsuccessful. Lying down on the floor, I thought of all the worst possibilities. 

Luckily in the end I was able to get up on my own and walked to my bed. However the pain coming from my left leg was extremely painful. Sitting down on my bed, I tried examining my injury by trying to stand straight, but it wasn’t possible. Obviously there was a bone dislocation for my left leg and some pain from my back. Feeling worried, I suddenly recalled about a famous Chinese medicine “sifu” whom a friend talked about some time ago. This “sifu” worked till midnight at times. So immediately I called the friend for rescue. Indeed the “sifu” was still working and tomorrow he’ll be off as it will be a public holiday. I went there at around 2am and surprised to see many customers.  I was one of the last few customers and managed to get my treatment done by around 3am.

I had a good sleep that night – due to the pain from my leg and back, and of course staying up late. My original plan of enjoying the great Ipoh delicacies with friends was ruined due to this incident, which I regret it very much. I can walk normally now, with minor pain from time to time. Some bruises are still noticeable around my ankle but nothing serious. Without my ankle guard, I feel that my leg is going to get disconnected at times.

So lesson learned: Do not attempt dangerous or potentially dangerous moves while you are sleepy and with the lights off.