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Assorted food #7

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Hands down the best steamed chicken in PJ. This was served by Yat Yat Seng @ Megah Rise Mall. Its sauce is unique and its rice was certainly more flavourful than many other so-called chicken rice in town. The only downside is its steep price. Korean corn dog at CU convenience store. So-so only. The noodle was not bad but not to my liking. I can't remember what else was there but I'm guessing that since I didn't place Ke Ren Lai in my list of food places to go, that means that I wasn't keen to try again. I vaguely remember that Ban liked the lei cha though. Dry mee hoon kuay at WR food court, Butterworth. It's rare to come across this dish and even rarer that it's good. This was definitely good in terms of taste, portion and variety of ingredients that were generous in portion compared to your typical noodle dish.

Eleventh session for thumb/wrist

Recap regarding pain: Pulling pain at the wrist just below the base of the thumb when I moved my clenched fist upward. Sharp pain at around the same spot as above when I push the back of my palm towards me.  First exercise caused no pain to either postures but there was pain when doing the second exercise. After a week, there didn't seem to be any improvement in the pain from first posture but there was decrease in pain level for the second one. Therapist viewed this improvement as good news. As usual, he tried various physical manipulation to determine which one relieved the pain and applied suitable massage techniques. Ultrasound was also used to treat the pain. Then he got me to do the first exercise but with 3 kg weight, 15 reps x2. He prescribed this exercise but at 10 reps x3, once daily, and canceled the second exercise. Instead, he introduced a new one: Hand hold bottom of 1kg dumbbell, making sure it's not leaning heavily on thumb. Lower arm flat on table, elbow 90 de...