Entries from March 2008 ↓

Torn Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) in Knee + Hamstring

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What started as routine futsal practice with the full GanForHire All-Stars futsal team, fizzled out to a disappointing, painful, premature exit with torn bits in my left knee. The Corbis cup defending champions’s top striker limped out just after 20 minutes into the game.

It happened as I was taking a shot at goal. As I proceeded to unleash a left foot shot, the opponent’s defender approached in a semi-sliding position from the left. Our shins met with force as I struck the ball. My left knee must have buckled from the force from the outside because the pain was instant, although it did not feel overly serious at that point.

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The damaged goods.

I sat out the entire game with my swollen knee. Walking was excruciating, especially when it involved changing directions, or twisting.

I consulted a sports doctor in Subang Jaya the next morning. After some questions about how it happened, he proceeded to run some physical exercises to diagnose the injury. It was obvious that something was torn, the question was - how serious was it? The injured bit was the Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL), the largest ligament on the inner part of the knee.

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Marked for slaughter.

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E92 BMW M3 Race Edition - My new dream car

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No thanks to Paul Tan, I have a new favourite dream car. The spanking new successor to the 1991 E46 GTR - the E92 BMW M3. This baby is a highly specialized version of the E92 M3 built to tour the ALMS in 2009, to be used by Rahal Letterman Racing.

The new BMW M3 Race Edition’s P65 V8 engine produces 485 horsepower and 500Nm of torque, up from the standard M3’s 414 horsepower and 400Nm of torque.

BMW Power!

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Get full write-up and specs from PaulTan.org

Motion-powered Website

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Check this site by Publicis + Hal Riney out. Utilises your built-in web camera and responses to motion. Awesome!