It is now 2 months+ after Jason's knee surgery and his right knee looks normal like before, no more swelling and pain.

The keyhole surgery wounds are still evident but have healed very well.

You can see the previous post that was done in Oct and you can see that the right knee was still swollen and looked more rounded; at http://pcwthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/jason-knee-surgery-progress.html

Jason is still undergong physiotherapy sessions, twice a week to strenghten his knee and just started to do some light jogging only. At least another 3 months of therapy is required.

Hole-In-One

Congratulations to our friend, Kui Hwa, for making her hole-in-one on 16 Oct 2011 LNGCC Master Course - Hole#17 !

What Are the Odds of Making a Hole-In-One?

In 1999, Golf Digest reported, "One insurance company puts a PGA Tour pro's chances at 1 in 3,756 and an amateur's at 1 in 12,750."

Penang Food in Singapore

Being a Penang Boy at heart though a Singaporean now, I always miss my Pg food and will always check out what is available here.

Otherwise, whenever I am back in Pg to visit my parents on a quarterly basis, I will be eating out for almost all my meals........ha....ha...

I recently lunched at this restaurant, Gurney Drive, in Suntec City basement and found that the Pg food are close or even the same as that sold in Penang itself. Importantly, the prices are reasonable too compared to another restaurant that I tried out here.

Check it out at this website :
http://www.gurneydrive.com.sg/mainall.htm

The food that I ordered for our lunch was :

- Char Koay Tewo
- Hokkien Prawn Mee
- Assam Laksa
- Lombak
- Rojak
- Chendol
- Ice Teh
- Ice Kopi

So please check it out and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.

BTW, it was full house with a short queue during the peak lunch hour......

Your Penang Boy

iPhone 4s - I Bought It...!

I managed to buy the iPhone 4s this morning without having to queue overnight or even more than 15 minutes...!

I was initially waiting for the launch of iPhone 4s and hoping that the prices for iPhone 4 would drop.... but the Telco are smart and they are offering iPhone 4 8GB at about S$400, which is not a drop in price but offering a small capacity iPhone at a seemingly cheaper price!

I bought an iPhone 4 16GB for Jason, at S$500 ( with contract  of S$38 per month for 2 years ) in early Sept 2011.

As such, I decided to buy the iPhone 4s 16GB at S$498 and re-contract my mobile plan ( good timing...eh! ).

But knowing that my son will get the best out of the iPhone as I am a simple user and guided by him on such technology, I am going to swop mobile with him. I will take his iPhone 4 16 GB and he will take the new iPhone 4s 16GB.

Importantly, I was very lucky to have been able to buy the iPhone 4s 16GB as I just walked into the shop and hope for the best.

I managed to buy the last unit of the Black iPhone 4s with 16 GB from this telco partner shop.

To be honest, my wife and I did not expect that we could get one today as people were queuing overnight to buy one, according to the newspapers.

I was actually expecting to get one when the next round of shipment comes in.

This is sort of a win or victory for me as I hardly chase the latest model and importantly, I did not have to join a long queue and I went to the shop just before lunch time ( expecting to see a Sold Out sign instead ).

So to-date, the family has iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s and an iPad 2 too......!

Jason Knee Surgery Progress

Jason has his right knee ACL reconstruction surgery 1 month ago and recovering well.

He was off the crutches after our trip to Penang and now back to school which just started this Monday.

He is wearing a knee support to stabilise his knee as he is not 100% fit and he has to climb up a slope to get to his school on the top of a hill...!

Still some slight swelling around the knee and has attended 7 sessions of physiotherapy to-date to regain the strength of his muscles.

Jason's ex-Kinderland classmate, Ryan Tay, who was back from Geelong to take his NS medical tests dropped by to see him. Both of them have really grown up .....!

Video on Jason's Knee Surgery

The Dr briefly went through the operation done on Jason's knee to reconstruct his torn ACL, a week after the operation by showing us the video taken during the 20 minutes procedure.

I have edited the video to 6 minutes as some of Jason's friends were keen to see it; highlights of the operation.

It is not bloody but I hope you have the stomach to see it as it can be quite gruesome .......

Another Year Older .....

I just celebrated my birthday so another year older and wiser too....I hope...ha...ha...

Thanks for all the birthday greetings that came through Facebook and emails too.

Birthday lunch and cake from my sisters Sue and Wei, during my recent Penang trip.

A durian cake from my family when we were back in Singapore.

Happy Birthday.....!

Penang Trip 4-7 Oct 2011

My family & I visited our parents in Penang and here is a slideshow of some photos taken during the trip.

Jason Recovering Well from ACL Reconstruction Surgery

Jas have been recovering at home for more than a week now and progress is good.

Last Sat, we went back to the Dr clinic and his dressing were removed. Dr put some sort of medical glue over the keyhole wounds and the glue will drop off in good time, on it own.

Jas has also been using the Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) machine for his knee therapy; flexing from 0 to 100 degrees.

He has also started physiotherapy treament, twice a week for 2-3 months.


He is off painkiller but still on crutches and using the cold gel to reduce the remaining swelling on the leg.

Knee Surgery - ACL Reconstruction

Jason came home with a bandaged knee after twisting it in a street soccer competition.

He said that he was running very fast, stopped and turned sideways suddenly, he heard a 'pop' sound like when you crack your knuckles.

Luckily, he got some cold ice water in a plastic bag to apply on his inured knee and stopped playing immediately.

The MRI scan showed a torn ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) and this ligament prevents the knee joint from slipping forward, no wonder Jas was complaining that while there were no pain and swelling, he felt something loose when he walked.

Jas was wearing a knee guard and using a walking stick until his surgery was done.

The Dr ( Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon) examined Jas legs and we were all give a very good talk on the knee joint and the ligaments. HE even did not look at the MRI but by stretching his injured leg in various directions, he was able to conclude the possible problem which was confirmed by the MRI.

We discussed the options and decided on taking his hamstring tendon to replaced the damaged ACL through keyhole surgery, scheduled for last Sat afternoon.

Jas will be on crutches for 2-3 weeks and then go for physiotherapy session for 3-6 months. HE should not be playing any sports for a year to ensure full recovery.

The surgery was a success and he stayed in the hospital for 3 days to get over the pain and learned how to use the crutches ( eg. walking and climbing the stairs as we live in a double storey terrace house ).

Today, Jas is still recovering at home with his crutches, exercise on the CPM machine and also using an ice wrap to manage the swelling on the leg.

The good news is that he is only using 1 painkiller drug instead of 3 when in the hospital.

Luckily, he is on 6 weeks end of 1st semester holidays.