An ol buddy (Bala, from the Night Train Incident) yesterday brought up a line from a cowboy movie dat we liked way back, Young Guns II. It goes sumtin like “You wanna see scars, I’ll show you scars.”

Reminded me of my share of scars n shit. Nothing major.

Lemme start from the top – scar on top of head (hit by a rock, courtesy of my cuz) (No known brain damage)

Damaged teeth, lower jaw (fell down a flight of stairs as a kid)

Right shoulder loose (rotator-cuff injury) (gym)

Bee sting on nuts (KKB. No permanent injury, but had interesting temporary side-effects!) Various leech bites too at same spot

Fractured + dislocated little finger (left) (football)

Fractured little finger (right) (basketball)

KKB is home to some naughty bees

Fractured metacarpal, with one finger shortened by 5mm (BMW bike crash, KL)

Permanently-scarred left elbow (motorcycle crash, Langkawi)

Dislocated rib (my own superbike crash, KL). The rib still sticks out. Haha

Serious allergic reaction to bee-sting, Gunung Api (Pinnacles), Sarawak. (since then i’ve unfortunately become hyper-allergic to bee venom, and have to carry an adrenaline syringe when in d vicinity of forests)

My ex

Decompression in hyperbaric oxygen chamber at a Naval Base. Diving incident (no permanent damage)

Hepatitis from consuming contaminated food, Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Fortunately it was Hep A, meaning it comes for 2 weeks, then it’s gone for good. Unfortunately upon my return i cdnt drink for a month!)

Teeth mark scars (upper and lower jaw impressions) visible on back – bitten by human in Kota Baru)

Right knee ligament (ACL) torn (street soccer). I heard this one snap, like a large rubber band. Ouch.

That’s it for now, I think.

You know, i’ve done other seemingly riskier shit than above, like rock-climbing, white-water rafting, sky-diving, caving, protesting, bungee, mountain/river trekking, etc without any injuries at all. Well, no serious ones anyway. Strange.

No major risk ‘cept drowning n shit

There was once i contemplated the problems and pain injuries have caused me, and  i envied geeks, coz they dont suffer from any injuries. At the most, their specs might scratch their forehead or sumtin. But d envy only lasted like, 1/10oth of a second. Doin shit regularly is fun.  These lil injuries definitely aint gonna stop me from loving bikes, sports and d great outdoors. No pain no gain.

Life is short. Squeeze it.