2006-09-22: Traction

Edit: Sorry, I forgot to describe the picture yesterday. I'm forgetful these days.
This is the conservative method for such situations and helped me avoid such an operation, which is quite risky.

I fractured my hip, so one leg could have been longer than the other. They used traction to pull it into the proper position. This involved hammering a long stainless steel post through my thigh, near the knee, and attaching a 6kg weight to it for 6 weeks. I wasn't allowed to sit up or able to roll over. It was pulling on my flesh, so the orthopedic surgeon made an incision and enlarged the hole so that it wouldn't. It didn't hurt too badly for the most part, until it got infected. Then he had to squeeze out the pus without any sort of anaesthetic and that was quite painful. After the 6 weeks were up, they gave me an X-ray and decided that it was mostly aligned, so they took it out. They used a pair of rusty old pliers at first, which didn't work, so they tried to hammer it back out. I'm glad I got a tetanus shot. Of course, they hammered it halfway, but couldn't get it to come out of my leg no matter how hard they tried. They searched all through the hospital to try to find a better pair, which they did. All during this procedure, I was laughing like a maniac, cracking inappropriate jokes and couldn't seem to control myself. My dad wouldn't let me keep the pin as a souvenir.

That was my actual leg. I couldn't reach to pull off the gauzes, or else I would have for you, dear readers. Just as well, serves as censorship for the bloody wounds and stitches.
Do you see the HDTV in the background? It didn't do me any good anyways, China's cable television sucks, because it's government-controlled and heavily restricted. My thigh isn't actually that wide, for your information, it was just my angle. Please believe me.

Two Hours

I slept from 4AM to 6AM this morning for inexplicable reasons. My webcam wasn't working yesterday and I wish it had, because the picture probably would have been better and my hair is still wet. Actually, I really dislike taking display pictures - let alone photos at all. However, my mom claims that my previous one makes me look "so much older," because my hair was clipped up. Frankly, I don't think that's a very nice thing to say to someone, but I still take her word for it. That's the four-leaf clover necklace she bought me, by the way. For now, I've got to run :]

New Display Picture

What I'm Reading/Listening To: Kill Hannah - Scream. It's my favourite song at the moment and I play it on loop all day. I'm also currently reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and one of the characters is mentioned in it: "Enacting Sybil Vane in some tragic play."

I know I haven't updated my usual display picture in maybe over two years, so I thought I'd do it today while I have a spare moment. I'm a big fan of modifying the contrast, but the tracheotomy scar is still slightly visible in this picture. The four-leaf clover necklace my mom bought me got cut, so I'll try to include it next time. I don't usually wear my hair up, but I thought it was time for a bit of change and the new clips I got are easy to use.

First Day of W'08 Term

I've been very busy throughout the holiday, but I'm actually kind of excited to be back at school. In a few minutes, I have to go to Linear Algebra, followed by Calculus and ending the day by 11:30 AM with Managerial Accounting, but I just thought I'd post these pictures quickly. I bought a lot of new clothes during the break and I can't quite fit everything into my closet(s).



I'm sorry for the blurriness of the pictures but I was in a bit of a hurry because I spent a lot of time fixing a sewing mistake that I didn't notice when I bought the top ($25). I think the new boots were about $55 or so and the black lace gloves were around $4. I believe the black jacket was about $35. I don't usually do anything for my hair, but the clip that isn't quite visible was $3.50 on average.

Update: I just got back from classes and I must say, the right boot is ridiculously smaller than the left one. I suspect it got labelled incorrectly or something.

Best wishes for year 2008!

Exams :-(

http://xkcd.com is a really cute site for nerds. Someone kept typing it in the UWDC++ chat.

I know I haven't updated in a long time. I've had a continuous stream of assignments followed by midterms, which led into finals. I have so much to update, but not enough time or energy!!

I'm so tired of exams and studying for them and I just had my very first of many to come for the years ahead. AFM101 (Accounting & Financial Management) is done. I've lowered my standards and all I ask is to pass...

I just want it all to be over with and to go home for the holidays. *sigh*

All Black

What I'm Listening to: All Black by Good Charlotte. I didn't like Good Charlotte before, but some of their songs are rather catchy. (MediaFire won't let me upload the mp3 right now, so check back later)

It's been a rather long day today. I didn't have time to have anything for breakfast because I spent all my time on getting dressed for class. It helps to explain why I seem to have lost weight recently, especially since I've been following a strict popcorn and cereal with soy diet. The exact reason why I am restricting myself like this is rather complicated (i.e. I don't really know).

In accordance with the title of this post, pretty much everything I'm wearing is all black, except for maybe some silver accents. My nails, boots, eye makeup, lace gloves, dangling earrings, wrist cuff, rings, new phone (I'll make a post about that sometime), both jackets, sunglasses, stockings, boots, the stripes on my shirt, Emporio Armani watch - all black. I get very much annoyed when I get a run in my stockings, doesn't matter what kind. I finally found one in good condition this morning (that's why it took me so much time) and guess what? By lunch break, I got a run along my left leg. I'm not sure how it happened. Last time, the zipper on my boots got caught on my fishnets and I couldn't come up with any feasible way to fix it, so I was rather disheartened. Today, I decided I would layer them and neither of the flaws would be very visible and I'm happy to say that my plan worked fairly well :]

I'm not sure why the quality of these photos are so poor, but I will look into it and try to adjust the settings. The "House Mom", Mary, who is in charge of cleaning our building was hanging around and that made me really nervous, as you can see from the strange expression on my face...

My brother picked out the silk stripped shirt when he was home for Thanksgiving weekend, I had bought the blazer for DECA competitions but I've had the pleated skirt for quite a while now, but I didn't really have the audacity to wear it. I got it at a store for little girls...just making up for lost time...

I bought the lacey gloves and the pyramid-studded cuff yesterday at Ardene's at Conestoga Mall and it counted as one of the 3 for $10 items. I am wearing the chrome spinner ring and the four-leaf clover one at this moment. I forgot to take a picture of all my earrings, but they're not very exciting, so maybe next time.

It's gloomy and rainy outside today, but I wore my sunglasses because I'm trying to be optimistic ^^
I was wearing that star pendant and chain this morning, but when I got to Davis Centre just before Economics, I saw that there were some local vendors and took a look at what they had to offer.


I managed to bargain the price for the two pins and the ring to $45 altogether.


I was wearing the chrome star cocktail ring this morning and it had occurred to me that I do not own a diamond ring - yet. I've been playing with the idea of getting a brilliant diamond-cut ring for the past few days and I told my mom about this one night when I called home. Keep in mind: my father was asleep on the couch during this conversation on speaker phone...

Me: You know what's completely off-topic and just occurred to me?
My Mom: What?
Me: I want a massive diamond ring.
My Mom: Real or fake?
(Before I got a chance to reply)
My Dad: Plastic...
Me: Isn't he asleep?
My Mom: I think so, looks like it.
Me: So he's talking in his sleep?
My Mom: I don't know if he's actually awake, but we shouldn't talk about him anymore when we think he's asleep...

The next day, my mom called to tell me that she bought me a Russian diamond four-leaf clover pendant. I promised my mom that we'd go shopping for diamond rings this weekend and I'd buy one for her. We don't need some guy to get them for us XD

I am really, really looking forward to the weekend :]

"Wine" & Cheese

Sherri, the Don of my building, is hosting a "wine" (most of the people in this building are underage) & cheese night. We were invited to dress up, but I was pretty much the only one who put any effort into it at all. I never miss an occasion to dress nicely :]

I have to go submit my assignment now and it's about 3 degrees Celsius outside right now, but it feels so much colder, so I'm going to have to change out and switch shoes or risk a very embarrassing fall on the slippery wet ground. And yet another bruise...

(Sorry about the poor posture and lighting, that assignment was some seriously back-breaking work. The other pictures are even worse).