A trip to the senseh

I went to see a Chinese Senseh (those Chinese doctors that will rub and knead you as though as u are some dough. Just grab you and start pressing and rubbing you. You just can’t win them.) As the pain I had was too unbearable. Can u believe it, the pain that a car accident caused on me was much lesser than my fall.. Gee…

I just couldn’t stand the pain on my right shoulder anymore. My arm just suddenly swelled up. So I was made to go to see a doc. And due to my character, I am those who wants things now and fixed up now.. Cannot wait.. Those fast freaks. So I decided to see a Chinese physician. My threshold of pain maybe very low but my drive to get things fixed fast is much stronger. I want to heal fast!! So never mind the pain.. I will live through it!!

My friend’s mum works in such clinics and so she got me a number so as to spare me the long wait time (it seems this clinic is pretty famous). Before I get to see the senseh, I had to undergo this heat therapy first. A hot pad would be placed on the area of pain so as to make the area loosen and easier for the senseh to rub. It improves the blood circulation around the area as well. The pain that I felt was at my right triceps and the upper shoulder. But the hot patch was placed on my inner shoulder (the joint between my arm and my torso). Immediately, I had question marks appearing. I thought it was a mistake so I told my friend’s mum that its placed wrongly. Then she told me its correct as the pain I feel is connected to the main nerve which is that area. Still in disbelief, I just let it be.. Although I did shift abit of the hot patch nearer to the arm area.. haha…

Then its my turn to see the senseh. He asked where I was hurting and I told him my arm. He then asked does my inner shoulder (that area where the hot patch was at) hurt. I went like, ‘nope’. But I do have an injury there but its not hurting me and that was not the reason why I was there anyway. I had fallen down and so there I was to seek his miracle touch. My friend’s mum started telling him about my other injuries as well. Told him about my other falls, my ankles, my head..blah blah blah.. Eh… my friend must really be close with her mum.. I can see the close bond between them.. Her mum seems to know so many of my loser cases.. (hmm.. I wonder if she’s part of my blog reader too.. Haha..).

The senseh asked if I wanted to treat my ankle. I went like, ‘no, I came for my arm. I wanna shoot. The ankle is secondary.’

Before I could say more, the senseh just took my arm and started putting oil on my right shoulder.. Puzzled, I told him, the area where the oil was applied is not the area of pain.. But.. He just rubbed!!! WAAAAAAAAAA………. PAIN!!!!!!!! OK.. It seems like that area was hurt. Man.. I was immobilised. I just couldn’t fight back. He was like rub rub rub.. He is damn strong lah for a white haired man (must be a fake old man.). It’s like he had caught hold of my weak point and had me held down. When I am in pain, most of the time, I am pretty silent as I have no strength left to scream.. But I tend to be able to mutter a string of vulgarities under my breath. Hahaha..

After the treatment, he said that the area was injured and weak hence the pain elsewhere. The pain has spread to the other areas. I have to strengthen that area. The main nerve is hurt and so that is the root of the pain. He is a man of few words. Cos the whole time, I only heard myself talking.. I was like, ‘so can I still shoot? Still go training? How long does it take to heal? 2 days? Does it include today? So rest 1 more day can go shoot liao?’ blah blah blah.. He only said one line, ‘come back on thurs.’. Eh….. *blink blink*

My arm was bandaged up in those Chinese herbs by my friend’s mum. Since I couldn’t get an answer from the senseh, I pestered her for answers. The questions were plucked from the air and thrown fast and furious at her. She just smiled and told me what I can’t eat (no peanuts, no cold drinks) and have to do (apply the herbal patches for relief). She said to come back on thurs as well.. Man.. No answers.. But I had one in me.. I AM NOT GOING BACK ON THURS AND I AM RESTING FOR 2 DAYS, INCLUDING TODAY!! But still feeling unsure, I asked the lady who was in charge of giving me my medicine and payment.. Same answer.. Gee.. No one wants to let me know if I can go back training!!

So when my friends asked me what the senseh said, I replied, ‘I don’t know cox most of the time, I just heard myself talking.. so I guess I shall just diagnosis myself.’ Hahaha……

Of course the one who knew the truth was my friend, her mum told her about my condition. Her mum was even asking if I was a flat feet as it seems that I kept falling down. Flat-feets tend to fall down quite often as they have more difficulty balancing.. I went like.. DUH!! I am born perfect.. But think I was born with a black cloud above me.. or like what my coach say, I lack a DNA—Luck.!!

Further proof to know that i just dont get lucky..

I called back office to inform them that i was on MC due to my car accident. I gave them the car no that i was in to buy 4D. I asked my colleague to placed a bet for me as well.

she won while i didnt. though we had the same nos, she bought another permutation. I bought $2 and she bought $1. Gee.. even a few dollars also cannot let me win.. hiaz..

and before i know it.. WALAAA

I was supposed to update on the hospital trip on my accident.. But before i can actually write abt it... I have another story to share.. Hiaz.. The dark cloud above my head is just getting so much bigger and its only following me!! it just refuses to leave!!

I had my car accident on Tues. Thurs was the fateful day of my another freak 'accident'.

so wat happened was this...

and my story begins at 6.30am.. As usual I went to Katong Convent to catch a lift from my team mate.. Yup.. the one whom I had an accident with.. But yup.. Only I was hurt.. However, it was drizzling. Rain or shine, I would just go for my training. I am hard core!! I received a msg from my coach saying that its raining so break.. I replied saying that I was on my way so its either I go to Telok Blangah or Potong Pasir. I don’t wish to go home. She said go to PPCC.. so off I changed my co-ordinates. As it was too early, the CC wasn’t gonna be open anyway, I decided to go to my coach’s place to place my Barang Barang. I even managed to arrange a time with my friend to grab her bow. All these arrangement done while I was on the bus to the range. Yeah.. I can be rather time efficient. I can squeeze a lot of things in a short time.

So the time table was as follows:
7.45am: Coach House
8.30am: At Serangoon Station to meet May
8.50am: Back at Coach place
8.50-9.30am: Slack time
9.30am: Start Training
Well planned.. But as usual, due to unforeseen circumstances, changes are expected. Especially when you are me..

As it was really early; I was at Potong Pasir at 7.30am. I didn’t want to disturb my coach as I knew she had a late night. My next appointment was at 8.30am anyway. So decided to take a longer route to her house. I was walking at a much slower pace as well. Considering that it was abit embarrassing that I had to disturb so early, I decided to but hot black coffee to ‘butter’ my coach.. Her usual order.

With my bow bag on my left shoulder, I carried the hot coffee with my right hand. Just only less than 1 block to my coach’s house… I slipped.. I fell.. *TIMBER* on my right side.. (Recall, it rained in the morning. The ground was wet.. That bloody metal drain must be slippery!!) Right palm smacked on the coffee.. right bum on the concrete pavement, shoulder on the ground!! Right knee and thigh.. piack,.. Bow bag safe.. cox on the left.. I was the cushion of my bow.. instead of me shouting/ yelling, since I was the one who was falling then fell.. 2 maids who saw my ‘fantastic’ fall screamed instead.. haha.. They came to my rescue. They helped me up and asked if I was ok.. Gosh.. I was cursing lah!! Like usual, my recovery from a fall is fast ( I fall too often to just sit there and sulk. I am used to it.).. But I was aching!! The whole body impact on my right was…….. (Am I getting fat?? I wonder!!)

Limped my way to coach house.. And best.. She stays on the 4th storey and there’s no lift up. Have to climb the stairs.. In my state.. O my.. Wat a torture!!!!

My coach had a shocked!! She couldn’t believe that I had another accident again in such a short period of time. Considering that I had just called her 10 mins ago to let her know of my arrival and then now limping.. She started rumbling on in Korean abt me. She grabbed a bunch of medicine for me. My cuts were minor.. But my bruises were huge.. On my bum and my right shoulder.. Luckily all covered up.. Or I’ll just be scolded.. My fingers were swollen though from the hot coffee.. Got a bowl of ice and soaked them in.. And I just laid on her sofa.. In pain..

May heard abt my fall.. And maybe it was so good luck in my bad luck. She kindly made her way to PP Mrt station instead.. To spare me the agony of travelling too far.. I limped all the way to PP Mrt to take her bow and back again to my coach house. Again.. I felt like an Ah Ma..

Coach refused to let me go shooting.. Told me to rest first instead. I refused to. I kept saying I was fine.. She just shook her head and said rest first. I knew if she said so, I had to do it. So I asked to watch her anime—Bleach. Halfway through though, I was in so much pain, I just laid on the floor and fell asleep. For at least 20 mins, I was in so much pain that I couldn’t really sleep anyway. And also, I was arranging my body to sleep as well. (Recall: Left head swollen bump, so cannot lie on the left side of the head. Right body all sore.. Fresh bruises.) MAN…. I cushioned my left head with my left hand. Right hand in a bowl of ice.

You know the full effects of the pain after a fall always come after a sleep.. AIYAH… My coach took my right hand to see the swell.. I was so weak.. And when I am just awake, I am the most truthful. She went like, ‘Pain?’ I was like, ‘Yar.. Don’t touch.’ After washing up, I was like, ‘so what time training?’ she said, ‘NO!! GO HOME!! REST!!’.. I glared at her and went like..’ But..’. I knew no point, she would just scold me. And I was really in pain. So I rested awhile on her sofa. Then I grabbed my barang barang and walked towards the door. She saw me walking out and said, ‘Where? CC? GO HOME.’ I just nodded.. I said, ‘Home’.

Then when I passed by the indoor range, I was so tempted to go in… that I called my coach to say I was better.. But no, she refused to let me do any shooting.. She said that now that I was injured, my form will change. I will be using other muscles to compensate the proper execution of the action. Hiaz..

So my amended timetable for Thurs was as follows:

7.45am: Fall down
8.30am-8.45am: PP Mrt to meet May
9.00am: Back at Coach place
9.00am-11.00am: Recuperate and sleep
11.15am: Wake up to be sent home!!

Summary: Wake up early to fall down, to go to PP to sleep then sent home to rest!! !@#$%^&*(@#$%^

WHY WHY WHY!!!!!!!

A day of Ironies… CAR ACCIDENT!!

It was once said by a friend, ‘no news from me (Jennifer), means its good news’. I laughed it off saying, ‘yar right, how can it be that way. No news would mean I’m dead, vanished.’ My blog fans have been screaming for updates but due to the intense work load and my mad scheduling, I have been unable to put in any new postings. Some would say is good news, some would say is bad news. But to me, an update on my blog is ‘interesting/ out of this world news'.. as usual..

Started off my day like any other day, woke up at 6am, washed up and left at 6.35am, made my way to the bus stop at Katong Convent to catch a lift from a friend to go to the range for practice. (yes, I am mad.. I wake up early to go shooting then to work. Even if it’s only for 1 hr, I am still satisfied.). patiently waited for the car to arrive even though it was late.. again.. haha.. After being a burden to others, I have the check to complain..

At last, the car came; I hopped into it and made myself comfortable. My usual spot in the car is the left back-seat. Decided to take a nap as the trip would be going to be a long one ( I am going to Telok Blangah Heights but before that, she had to drop her husband (H) and son at their workplace first), with the morning traffic and all. Her husband (H) took the wheel this morning. Here’s a simple orientation of our seating, thier son (S) was the front passenger, H, the driver, his wife (W) the right back passenger and me, the left back seat passenger.

And then the incident happened..

My eyes were closed when I heard the 1st honk. Then I heard 2 honks after that. Disturbed, I opened my eyes to see what was happening. A green car was right in-front of us, going real slowly; road hogging; H wanted to cut his lane but was too close to the car in front and hence honked at him to pick up his speed so that there is a bit of a leeway to do the cutting. That road led up to the expressway. Instead of either picking up speed or keeping to one lane, the driver (D) of that car showed the finger. Ok, I didn’t see that finger as I wasn’t in the best of view point to see it. I only heard about it from the wife (W) and the son (S). H managed to cut into the sight lane and over took D. However, in the process of cutting the lane; the two cars would be side-by-side; D winded down the window and put out his right hand pointing the finger!! I saw the whole thing because I was on the left side of the car and that car was to my left.. Boy, was I awake!

The 2nd gesture really provoked H. Immediately, H cut to the front of D’s lane and slowed down his speed, at the same time, winding down his window and gesturing for D to stop his car and ‘talked’ it out. Can you imagine, the whole road to the expressway was snail-ing due to H’s action! The road up to the expressway was only a single lane.. It doesn’t help that it was the rush hour too. The honking of the other car horns was not MUSIC!! D didn’t stop and really, how can you stop on a 1 lane road which is the ONLY road leading up to the highway!!

Once you hit the highway, the 1 lane opened up to several lanes, that’s when the other cars behind sped to cut into the expressway. And like any typical kaypoh Singaporean drivers, they turned their heads to see who the driver of that stalling car was and the people who are in it.. I was trying hard to stay flattened against the window panel, pretending to be some window sticker!!

This is the time when D should have sped off and leave the whole thing behind. I would have since H was so persistent about it. He really wanted that car to stop at the side road of the expressway. When D sped to the 2nd lane, I thought to myself, ‘Thank God, now lets get back to our normal route to work then to training.’ BUT… I was wrong..

D took the 2nd lane and then immediately cut back to our lane (lane 1) and suddenly slowed down his speed.. He actually was ‘threatening’ H to bang his rear!! H managed to jammed his brakes in time!! I was flung forward!! And then back again. H was really pissed off!! PROVOCATION!! Came to my mind!! H over took D and then slowed down his car too in-front of D. I don’t know if D did it on purpose or not but.. ‘BANG’!! D has hit H on the rear, The sudden pick up of speed and stop caused me to be flung back and forth at the back.. with the bang, I was flung forward then back. ‘Aiyah’ was the word/ sound that came out from me.. I had hit my head due to the sudden impact.. I was swung back and forth like a pendulum. My neck was sore.

D must have panicked cause he tried to make a dash for it after the hit. H chased after him and managed to corner his car to the left of the expressway, of course with the help of the slow and heavy traffic, D was unable to cut lane any quicker. When D managed to find some opening to get to the 2nd lane, H actually opened his car door (can u imagine,, the door is on the right of the road where cars are moving fast on an EXPRESSWAY!! He could have been hit!), swiped out his N70 phone and took a picture of D’s car!!

In most cases, normally, at such cases, people would have gotten down the cars and settle the matter. In such extreme cases, already someone is out and has taken your picture, you would just stop the car and negotiate at least it’s the case here in Singapore. BUT no.. ( I seem to be making all the wrong assumptions this morning).. D still drove his car towards H, almost running him over. W had a shocked and she too, opened her door, which is the right side and tried to stop the car. (what was wrong with these people??!!) D also tried to run her down with his vehicle moving towards her direction. H instantaneously used his body as a shield to block the car’s advancement towards his wife. H punched the bonnet of D’s car with his bare fist, causing 2 dents on it. The whole time, H had his phone on his left hand, filming the whole thing.

D was out of options. He pulled over and came out of his car. W was in sudden shocked and she came back into the car. S came out to give his dad some support. And me, I was in ‘gong-ness’ rubbing the side of my head. Apparently, D had ‘assaulted’ H on the right side (that was what H had claimed when the police came. I think it was a touch on the right side but when you are mad, the extreme words are used.). I was watching the whole episode of the ‘mime drama’ from the rear window. I was still in blur-ness.

H claimed that this is a case of hit-and-sun as D had hit his car, hurt a person (me) and ran away. I was like huh?? The police and ambulance was called. The EMS recovery truck also came. (This truck is a highway patrol truck that is supposed to help tow away any mal-functioning cars on the expressway). DRAMA!!!!! What was to come was equally dramatic.

The title for this story is about ironies. So where are they.. now, let me list them out.
1) The whole thing was recorded by a camera at a lamp post pointing directly at the cars. The whole issue’ joke about CCTV through out the year due to Gomez is now re-surfacing again.. H told the police. ‘Go check the CCTV if you don’t believe me!’.

2) The accident happened right outside, along the expressway, of ROAD SAFETY PARK. Yup, the place where we are supposed to learn about taking the necessary actions to ensure road safety. A must-go place for the primary school students. I remembered that I was the pedestrian when I was hoping so much to be a cyclist or a driver. Why didn’t they teach us what to do if you are a passenger??!! It was like a stark contrast to what was happening just outside the premises. Hahahaaa

3) I had hit my head.. but against what? Well against the seat belt connector. Yes, the protruding plastic piece where you would pull out the seat belt from and then buckle up. By now you can tell, I was not buckled!! And of all things that I have to hit myself against was that dumb thing!! What a reminder that I was not seat-belted!! Man!!

4) Just the day before (monday), while chatting on MSN with a friend of mine, I was boasting that I was a safe driver who has yet to get into any CAr accidents. we were comparing how many times my other close friends have ram their cars against something and the costs for the repairs. Me and my mouth.. I got into one myself.. and I wasnt driving!!

So now everyone was out of the car, except for me and the other passenger in D’s car. The police came and took our particulars. Next, the ambulance came and because I had hit my head and H had complained that the car had hit his legs. H had announced it and created such a scene to police and the ambulance and the patrol officers.

I can’t believe it. I was made to sit on stretcher and was wheel-chaired to the ambulance. ‘DUH’!! I wanted to burst out laughing. But given that situation, how can I??!! I had to control my laughter. This is supposed to be an accident drama not a comedy neither can there be any NGs. H was hauled up the ambulance as well as he said his legs were hurt and need help with movement. I was sitting in an ambulance and sent to the hospital.. How cool is that?!!! Haha.. How many times have I been to the hospitals but always by bus, car or taxi. Now, I have really set the bar. I have sat in an ambulance!! Beat that!! Haha..

The mood was quite tense in the ambulance with the 2 paramedics; H and I were trying to look really serious. I know he wanted to laugh as well. He wanted to create a big fuss as he wanted to charge D. I was just a victim of the whole thing. In an ambulance, there are all sorts of bandages and casts to temporary sustain the wounds incurred. Then, H noticed that the neck braces where labeled quite uniquely. There was the brace for ‘short’ neck, ‘tall’, ‘kids’ neck then the really funny one, ‘no-neck’. Erm.. why a neck-brace for a no-neck then?? I could no longer hold onto my laughter. That really cracked me up. The whole bunch of us started laughing even the paramedics. I guess they too found the whole thing (accident), funny but didn’t dare to show it. (another irony.. serious, stoic to uncontrollable laughter, maybe its a way to relief all that stress.)

All these happened early Tuesday morning.. I just want a normal day!! Though, my other days maybe already deemed abnormal by many. But this takes the cake. I was like in a scene of Jackie Chan's block-buster movie with all the car chasing and stuff. if only they gave in. Both drivers, H and D must have had a bad start or in a bad mood. Well, sadly for D, he messed with the wrong guy, H, and found trouble.

Stay tuned for the story at the hospital and the aftermath.. After this long essay.. Readers would be tired and hey, I hurt my head, give me a break.. :p