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I woke up sweating. It hadn’t been cold enough. My body burned up with extra heat from extra blood flow in healing. (Is this anatomically accurate?) I don’t know. Bottom line, I sweated much in an air-conditioned room.

Dad had traveled back to Terengganu. Mum & the younger ones except Muzani came for a visit. K.Long & family also came again but much later. That time, I was supposedly about to play cricket.

The physiotherapist was nowhere to be seen. Much dedicated as he might seem, weekend was a day off. Dr. Ismail came instead and he checked my progress by asking me to walk with the crutches. Good progress, he said. He criticized the bandage though. Short and uneven.

This new bandage (as a result of Ribena bottle removal) was not that comfortable. I felt pain. Sharp pang on the surface.

I woke up a bit later than normal. CB bought some Nasi Lemak from a stall across the driveway around the buildings.

Late yesterday, they removed the cannula after completion of 3 IV bags. And moments later, they removed the Ribena bottle too. Today I practiced walking using the crutches. Pain was in decreasing manner but remained.

Cik Ngoh, Ayoh Ngoh, Tiha, Izzati & Muzani came after the Akikah. I complained to Cik Ngoh about the nurses’ level of expertise here. Most of them were a bit clueless. But I could understand the predicament – you have to give them some space to grow and learn. Like Dr. Durham once said,

“If you know everything, where’s the fun in that?”

CB spent the night here again. I wish MSH or family had visited.

In stores July 11 in 72 countries. Available in Malta, Macau, but not Malaysia.

Bummer.

Microsoft is softgoing nowhere. I will bash Microsoft even while I’m bed-ridden. Please read this first before you proceed.

Microsoft never really originates or innovates anything. That’s why they work hard to “close” the system. I saw a pamphlet on 7 reasons to go Vista:

1. Special Pricing just for Malaysia
Using price as a selling point. OK, that’s a sign of diminishing quality. BMW and Mercedes don’t brag about their prices. But they sell. Maybe less but they do.

2. Easier to use
Yes indeed. It’s much easier to use than XP. Tell me about it. I’ve heard more stories of reverting back to XP than actual success story of Vista.

3. Music your way
What way? It is not clear to me what feature this is all about.

4. Mind blowing games
Freecell and Solitaire. Maybe Internet Poker too. And Pinball. Coolness.

5. Unified Home Entertainment Network
I think you need a lot more than Vista to get this going. This is based on assumption that all other peripherals available. Unifiication is probably what Vista is trying to do. Home is self-explanatory. Entertainment is all of the media you like – games, music, movies and so on. And network is all of those interconnected. So, what hasn’t been covered in 3 (Music your way)? By incremental analysis, what is the added benefit with Vista?

6. Auto-Backup Function
OK, finally there is something close to useful. But then again, connect a HD and copy your data. How hard is that? Auto-Backup is handy but is trashed to dust without a proper Auto-Restore. Go figure.

7. Anywhere connectivity
I think this common and not unique to Vista. Cheap, but good try.

Ballmer is not cutting it even after 8 years in office.

Compare to Mac OS X features:
iTunes, Time Machine, Front Row, Rendezvous and so on – all these features are clearly defined, beneficial and they actually do work. If you haven’t tried Macintosh, you should do so today. Immediately.

I woke up at 2.30am to pee. It’s a little tough because not only that I couldn’t walk yet, I was also “attached” to the bed. Cannula on my left hand was wired to the IV bag. My knee was wired to a negative pressure blood container and it was tightly wrapped in an immobilizer (credit: BetterBraces.com). I didn’t get to snap real photos of any of these because I was in real pain. No time to snap anything.

Lucky for me, I had a medium-sized plastic basin with me. I’ve explained why so I don’t think I need to go to how. Ha-ha.

During the day, I had the opportunity to practice walking using the Walker. Step 1 was to disconnect my grape bottle from the bed and attach it to the Walker. Step 2 was to slowly slide to edge of bed and stand on good leg. You get the idea. By the way, I felt old when using the Walker. You should try it sometimes.

K.Long & family came this time. Abg.Long joked that I was playing hockey and wished good luck in goal-keeping (credit: bbc.co.uk). LOL.

Everyone else came much later. Alya accompanied me until late and passed the baton to CB. He stayed back and spent the night here.

I will undergo knee operation today. Please pray for me.

Thanks.

***

Operation day.

Mum and Alya accompanied me throughout. Dad called. He also spoke to Dr. Ismail on the phone.

A 10-month old boy went for surgery first. Obstructed hernia it seemed. I had no idea what complication that is. All I knew was he had to go under the knife first.

Then me. I didn’t know that the actual chisel, hammer, and drill were going to be involved! Dr. Rose the anesthetic expert first jabbed a needle on my back. Dr Ismail then reconstructed my ACL using the patella’s tendon. It’s called an autograft. He screwed in each end to femur and tibia. (Guide)

Dad was actually on his way back to Bangi. Alya accompanied me until late. Everybody came except for K.Long & family. Mum & dad suggested Ashbi to stay back. I noticed his hesitance so I politely declined the offer. I’d get the nurse to help me. I doubted that Ashbi would be able to stay alert anyway. He sleeps heavily.

Sky park ads need make over. One look at it and I just couldn’t read let alone understand the message.

Cluttered. No focus.

Hey, cup cakes. Thanks, dear!

Dedication 1: Cup cakes.
Link. Thank you again, MSH.

I love “S” ones the most.

I received e-Wishes in order: MSH, Sue, Ihsan, K.Chah, K.Ngah, Farid and a whole bunch in Facebookers. Got 1 from MSH’s K.Ngah too. Thanks, everyone!

Dedication 2: Quartercentury.
Link. Thanks, buddy.

Public A: Maybe people don’t bring as many coins as they used to.

Public B: Yeah, we need an upgrade to paper-bill slot. Even strippers accept paper notes and not coins.