Big crocs small crocs

My nephew's crocs next to mine.

Walkabout Pics

My 5DmII is still too heavy for me in my current condition, so during my morning physio walkabout around the my parents' house, I used my simplistic Nokia E71 camera to take these shots. For such a simple camera, its got a Macro Mode -- you can see the ever so slight DoF effect. Considering how tiny the imaging sensor is, not a bad effort Nokia!

First Physio

I left the physio department sometime last year, and now I'm back. This first visit involved measuring ROM. Then a straightening procedure on the knee, which hurt a lot. Followed by axial and lateral resistance leg exercise using the softest band (yellow), 60 times of 5sec duration. Finally ice treatment to reduce the swelling, using a cryo-pack. The pack looks like a knee brace, connected to the main cryo tank driven by an electric pump.

Seven Wonders

Was cleaning my stitches with swabs when I decided to take this pic before I wrap my knee up again.

Reunion Long Overdue

On a recent visit to my aunt's place, by pure chance alone my mom met her long lost classmate of 60 years ago, who happened to be my aunt's neighbour. Needless to say, the reunion was quite emotional. I only had my E71 on me, and due to my position in the car, I had to use the ditgital zoom, and the picture is not in the best shape. Imagine that, will we still remember our primary school friends 60 years from now?
(pic: my mom on the left)

Breakfast Anyone?

Time for Reading

Post ortho surgical convalescense time is often beset with immobility, or other limitations. In my case, its either my bed, tv room, or the patio, places i could reach on my crutches. I've often complained of lack of time to read, which is one of my favorite pasttimes. But now, well, its catching up time!

Knee Surgery

Alhamdulilah my anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery went well last Thursday, 19th February 2009. I made good progress and was discharged Saturday, 21st February 2009. They made 2 keyhole incisions just below the patella, and a 5cm main incision below the knee. In total they made 7 stitches. My right foot is blue black due to immobility for the first 3 days. The red welts behind my knee were due to the tight bandaging. I'm now on crutches, slowly trying to get back flexibility, before my first main physio later this week.

La Nina Strikes Again

As the mets predicted, the La Nina effect is back now we're near the end of January. This morning I woke up to the sound of water currents, and when I looked out, there's the flood again. Its as bad, if not slightly worse than the last bad one (we've had a few in between). As you can see, my house is again surrounded by water, and from the back kitchen door, its mere inches from entering my house.