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SIA informed me that the KL-SG flight is retimed to take off later and arrive in Singapore 10 minutes later than original. That was a problem because transit time (to connect the flight to Melbourne) was reduced from 55 mins to 45 mins. It wouldn't be a problem if it was only Ban and I, based on our past experience. However, we got our mum this time and she would be using a wheelchair provided by SIA. SOP for passengers using wheelchair is that they will be the last to disembark. So, I tried phoning SIA office in KL but there didn't seem to be an option to speek to someone. I remember that I used a "live chat" i.e. messaging in real time with an actual customer service officer previously and luckily I checked the SIA app because it was there. CSO #1: Despite me asking explicitly whether 45 mins was sufficient or not for transit time given my mum's situation, they didn't answer directly but proceed to give me alternatives. All alternatives involved taking a nig...

About a week and half after the last session , there was hardly any difference 😞 After asking questions and testing the wrist, Lee concluded that it was still a tendon problem @@ One question that I couldn't answer then was what actions triggered the pain. Since then, I started observing and one action was when I lifted the bottom of my t-shirt. I messaged the therapist and he wasn't surprised: "Cause that is contracting and stretches it. So it put some pressure onto the tendon." Lee administered massage and shockwave therapy. Thereafter, he asked me to ice the tendon for 3 consecutive days after completing physio exercises. He also asked me to stop the following physio exercises: (1) The thumb mobility exercises as blogged previously i.e. (1), (2) and (3))  (2) Side mobility as blogged previously i.e.the new exercise then .  He also asked me to stop a couple of my daily exercises: bicep curl and crunches. The latter is just in case I used my hands (I placed them beh...

We've been dining at Menya Appare quite regularly. Maybe once every two weeks? Ban was adventurous and tried these two (on separate occassions of course): It was not bad but not as good as the one served at Ramen O in Canberra, Australia :D Also, evidently Ban preferred the restaurant's ramen because he never ordered this again. This turns out to be a gem! Unexpectedly good. Taste of ginger but not spicy. I've been alternating between this and the yuzu shio ramen . We also brought my mum there when she was here in PJ. She liked both ramen too.

Remember the trust issues I have with CPF? Reiterating point (2): " Any changes in CPF rules should have been grandfathered i.e.do not affect those are already CPF members and affect only new members " It seems that EPF is doing just that if the proposed changes are implemented: " Lim stressed that the proposed changes will not affect the existing withdrawal rights of current EPF members. The new structure will apply only to new members after the implementation date, while existing members may choose to opt in voluntarily. " Source: Malaymail news article " EPF mulling two-tier account system to support post-retirement income, says deputy finance minister "  I hope they will adopt this policy should the changes go ahead. A rare instance where Singapore has something to learn from Malaysia. 

After about 2.5 half months, I decided to consult Lee again because although there was further improvement, the pain didn't go away. In fact, I felt pain when I helped to lift mattress, with palm placed underneath it, and when I placed palm on the exercise mat, behind me, hand facing behind and lifted the wrist slightly. Curiously, when I pulled thumb back, the pain at the base of the thumb was lesser than previously but if I held it for 10 counts, the wrist pain vanished. Lee said that it was a distraction 😅 He asked me to try a few things and one of them produced a puzzling result: one of the two ways I reproduced the wrist pain was to extend my hand forward, palm faced towards me and used the other hand to gently push the back of the palm towards me. However, as requested by Lee, I tried this with hand extended sideway, the pain was much less. He surmised that the posture of the shoulder/back was incorrect. So unlike previous sessions, time was spent on massaging the muscles ar...

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  I've ever only seen one: it was at Megah Rise Mall's outlet.  On another note, this cracks me up :D