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Over the course of the next two sessions, there were quite a number of changes: initially 2 exercises were removed with one new one added and later followed by modification of 2 exercises.  The good news is that it appears that I'm making progress once again in terms of pain level i.e. less. Less than 2-4 months to the supposed "full recovery". Hope I'll make it! The full workout: 1. Stretches 2. Lie on mat. Heels on chair, legs bent 60 degree. Lift butt to maximum. Straighten right leg, then heel back on chair. Do the same for left leg. 10x3 3. Lie on mat. Heels on chair, legs just slightly bent. Left ankle on right thigh. Bend right leg to maximum, body naturally lifts up. Lower down. 10x3 4. Sit on chair. Slowly stand using only the right leg. Slowly sit back down. 10x1 5. Stand on mat. Ankle weight on right leg. Bend right leg, heel towards butt. At furthest point push a little harder and then lower back down. 10x3 6. Sit at edge of chair. Ankle weight on right le...

I was at the restaurant again , this time to introduce Ban's brother to it. He ordered a steak (sirloin, I think) but unfortunately, he "wouldn't order it again" :( I have never eaten their steak, not even in Singapore. Expensive and I generally don't find steak to my liking. I ordered Crispy Fried Chicken (RM 29.90), another favourite back in Singapore: This time, instead of carrot, it was a biteful of mashed potato that was eaten before photo was taken :D It was delicious and not oily. Yum! But so sinful though. I had to be careful with food for a while after that haha. Have to keep the cholesterol level down.

The Tanist, also my vassal duke, surprised me by declaring war on England for a county. He had a huge stack of army too! On hindsight, I think that with the bucketload of money from the successful first Crusade, he upgraded many things within his realm. Although I was pleased about this early onset of my vassals expanding the realm on their own, it was actually one of the two seeds of disaster. More on this later. I took advantage by pressing a claim on a English county for my other vassal duke. Both wars were won without much problem. However, the Tanist, also my chancellor, was killed while on a mission to fabricate claim. On hindsight, I should have had pushed through to make his son the next Tanist. I was put-off by his stats to want to do that then. This powerful duke, who had the Ambitious and Envious traits, was a constant threat to me, with army size about 80+% of mine! Grrrr.   At this point, I managed to get the entirety of the Duchy of Ulster. Invited a claimant on Cill ...

My favourite Western restaurant from Singapore now has an outlet at One Utama! Thanks to William for informing me :) I blogged about Astons back in 2009 . Price of chargrilled chicken, including 2 side dishes, was SGD 6.90 but it is now SGD 11.90, according to their website . 😬 How about here in Malaysia? It's RM 28.90, but it seems that they have increased the portion of meet and side dishes compared to 13 years ago: (I already ate one slice of carrot before this photo was taken) The chicken was delicious but somehow not as tasty as I remember it to be. The fries was as good as before, even better than McD's! The green vegetables were fresh. The price might be a tad expensive but I think it's worth it. Definitely will dine there again.

Subsequent two sessions later resulted in adjustments to the current set of physio exercises i.e. wear shoes for  two of them to provide stability, introduction of 2 new exercises and a few minutes of massage once daily. The complete regime is as follows: 1. Lie on mat. Heels on chair, legs bent 90 degree. Thighs restrained with elastic band. Right heel slides along left shin upward and reverse it. 10x3 2. Lie on mat. Heels on chair, legs bent 60 degree. Lift butt to maximum. Straighten right leg, then heel back on chair. Do the same for left leg. 10x3 3. Lie on mat. Heels on chair, legs just slightly bent. Left ankle on right thigh. Bend right leg to maximum, body naturally lifts up. Lower down. 10x3 4. Sit on chair. Slowly stand using only the right leg. Slowly sit back down. 10x1 5. Sit on mat, heels on mat. Lower both legs to the left flat on mat. Reverse and to the same on the right. 5x3 6. Stand on mat. Ankle weight on right leg. Bend right leg, heel towards butt. At furthes...

War on two fronts that I was quite confident of winning comfortably. (1) My vassal duke had a strong claim on Tir Chonaill. He probably fabricated it. (2) I fabricated and then captured Leinster earlier. Converted it to a feudal county, from tribal, and that gave me a city for free. I looked to invite someone who had claim on any of the Irish title. Unfortunately, none of the duchy claimants were willing to join my court and so the best I could do was someone who had a strong claim on the Ulster county. Granted him that city.   Same as previous but this time landed a claimant with a county. No choice as that was the only 'excess' title I could give away.

For days later, there were some changes to the physio exercises . One exercise was replaced with two more difficult variations. Another one was replaced with a varation, which was also harder. Then one additional exercise was added. The complete list of exercises are as follows: 1. Lie on mat. Heels on chair, legs bent 90 degree. Thighs restrained with elastic band. Right heel slides along left shin upward and reverse it. 10x3 2. Lie on mat. Heels on chair, legs bent 60 degree. Lift butt to maximum. Straighten right leg, then heel back on chair. Do the same for left leg. 10x3 3. Lie on mat. Heels on chair, legs just slightly bent. Left ankle on right thigh. Bend right leg to maximum, body naturally lifts up. Lower down. 10x3 4. Step right leg on chair. Step left leg up to be next to right leg. Reverse. 10 reps. Swtich leg. 3 sets 5. Sit on mat, heels on mat. Lower both legs to the left flat on mat. Reverse and to the same on the right. 5x3 6. Stand on mat. Ankle weight on right leg. Be...

I kept forgetting to blog about food that I had and took picture off. Here's a quick take on them: Fat Bird Ramen served pork-free ramen. So the ramen's soup was made of chicken broth. It was not bad but unfortunately not as good as conventional ramen. La Juiceria had an interesting menu of "superfoods". I tried this nasi lemak wrap. Very filling but so did the price. It was delicious and on balance, I think it's appropriately priced. Unfortunately, Ban doesn't think so. I might go back there again. I thought the Signature Braised Beef with Dry Noodle was tasty and appetising. Its beef portion was sizable and so overall justified the price. The beef soup noodle wasn't bad but Ban said An Viet's Vietnamese beef noodle was better. Oh, well.   Tossed had good Google reviews, especially recently and so I suggested this place when Ban was in an adventurous mood :) I had their Tossed! Crispy Chicken Burger, which was one of six chef's recommendations. Ev...

Rehabilitation was disrupted by Covid-19 infection . Took me more than a week before I gradually got back to doing physio exercises : 1 set, then 1.5 sets and finally 2 sets for two consecutive days before the next appointment. Still didn't swim because it rained everyday and I was still coughing right up to Day 16 (measured from first day of testing positive). Oh, actually, there was an addition to the exercises introduced at a session prior to the infection: soles of feet together in front to stretch inner thigh as part of stretches. I've been doing this right after I sit on feet, which is done as many times as possible throughout the day. I've incorporated this as a form of meditation and stretching, especially just before going to sleep. In general, I do this about 5 times a day. At the first session post-Covid-19, one additional exercise was added:  Stand. Bend right leg, heel towards butt, restrained by elastic band. Make sure knee is aligned behind the left knee. 10x...

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