Damn Clumsy Today

Sometimes I really don't know what to say about myself. Just when I think I'm doing find, all sorts of stupid stuff come up. This week I've already managed to lock myself out and now, sprained my ankle. Well, at least my life is full of ups and downs, although I wish there could be less mishaps.

I had an 8 am lecture today and as usual, I woke up later than I should at 7.40 am. In the 20 minutes I had, I managed to wash-up, change, pack my bag and walk to my destination. Of course time was a little tight but I'm pretty used to walking fast. In fact, I always use my "rush for class" walking mode and I'm very used to the pace. Using this mode gets me to class on time but it's really bad when you're still blur, sleepy and your eyes are half-closed. A few steps away from my lecture venue, I had to cross the road. So I walked off a step onto the road and misjudged the distance. The road was actually lower and more uneven than what I had expected. Hence, I landed wrongly on my right foot and the ankle twisted outwards. Ouch!!! That hurt and I even tripped VERY obviously in front of all the other students. How embarrasing right? I tried to collect my dignity by continuing with my walk as normal as possible and pretending that nothing had happened. In actual fact, my right ankle was smarting but I could still walk so I thought that my leg was fine. My ankle didn't give me any problems for the rest of the day and I even managed to walk down to Hawken to buy some groceries. However, now I'm starting to feel some ache in the ankle and I know that it's not going to be fine after all. I've sprained both ankles many times so I know when it'll be ok and when it won't. Sigh......now what? Anyone has ointment for sprained ankles can lend me? I don't think Tiger Balm will help. Mantou told me to sleep with my leg on a pillow tonight so I guess I'll try that. Hope my pillow doesn't end up on the floor in the morning.

On another note, I've been doing some research for my report on Gonorrhea. I'm covering the part where babies get infected by their mothers. It's quite sad that the child has to pay for the mother's mistake and bad luck, just like the HIV babies. At least for gonorrhea, the infants can be treated if discovered early. Otherwise they end up with conjunctivitis and permanent blindness. I'm going to put some pictures of the babies. It's not as awful as the pictures I saw when doing my leprosy project last semester but it's sad all the same.



A close up look at severe conjunctivitis. Kind of look like something from one of those Jap horror movies huh? Taken from http://www.altcancer.com/opthal.htm

Swollen, pus-filled eye due to the infection. Taken from http://eyelearn.med.utoronto.ca/Lectures04-05/Paediatric/11Neonatorum.htm