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A test of memory 1: 4 years of IC

My dad has been telling me this: Every night I try to keep my brain active by remembering numbers and writing it down. Now, this prove ever important for a young man like me especially when I'm only at the beginning of my career. Memory, knowledge.... the importance of it in your workplace makes you stand out. For example: I'm just blurting this out, oil palm production is on a CAGR 7.5% for the past 10 years and kernel oil is on 5.5% if I am not mistaken with hiccups during 1998 and the 2008-2009 period due to the financial crisis and the weather - La Nina and El Nino. Anyway, this post is all about my 4 years in IC hopefully less than 200 words. 2007: Dream of Imperial was floating away because : 1) I questioned Matar if I could switch courses after going in for first year 2) Chemistry was so difficult I couldn't even think of a way to answer it ! 3) Well, no money no talk. When everything fell into place (in ascending orders), acceptance to IC, Scholarship t

The endurance test: round 2

Safely survived 5 hours op by Dr Chan in Gleneagles Hospital. Now, that's only the beginning. The grueling 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 9 months and 1 year would be checkpoints I have to make and will only succeed with enough motivation and desire. 6 weeks till I can drive and lose my crutches 12 weeks till I can have most extension back on my knee 9 months till I'm free from the Dr 12 months till I'm back to becoming a sportsman. At least this time around, I know what the doctor did to my knee. 1) remove my old ACL - replaced previously by 2 tendons on my right hamstring 2) Took my left hamstring - 2 of them to bundle up for the new ACL 3) Drilled an extra tunnel (totaling 2 tunnels on my femur) for two critical motions: extension and rotation 4) used 1 endobutton or biomaterial to lock in the positions on my femur. 5) Used the previous hold on my tibia and used another endobutton there. 6) added an additional screw near my shin to hold the ACL on the tibia. Prett