The best birthday present

Decided to visit the chiropractor for the last time on my birthday – if nothing improves, I give up!

I have had this nagging pain in my right knee for 9 months now, since my holiday in the US. I don’t know what happened but I seriously suspect it was caused by the extreme steepness in San Francisco. Well, old bones can’t take it anymore ;p

And because of that, I feel sharp pain whenever I bend my knee. And because of that, I can no longer sit in full lotus pose nor do my favourite king pigeon pose *sob*. And because of that, I was told to rest and take a hiatus from yoga.

I saw 4 doctors/specialists throughout these painful 9 months. Everyone had a different diagnosis and gave me different treatment/medication. I obviously spent a BOMB:

Tuina – slight hip dislocation – spent RM75 for acupuncture & tuinalogy
Tit Ta – serious lower back injury – spent RM80 for 2 treatments
GP – muscle injury – company’s account
Chiropractor – flat feet & lower back compression – spent RM900 (including corrective products for flat feet)

But nothing worked!!

So I decided to give the chiropractor a last chance – since they have the most advanced equipment and took x-rays – at least some scientific proof was in place.

I complained to this new chiropractor from South Africa that nothing has improved much even though I have been wearing the recommended gear religiously. He did some further tests.

And told me, I actually injured my ligament.

He did some deep massages and set me back by another RM90.

And voila, the pain has significantly reduced!!!!

This has to be the best birthday present. I have suffered for 9 months, spent quite a lot – and it’s actually ONLY my ligament? Gosh…

Whatever it is I just want a full recovery. Fast. At minimal cost.

I want to be a king pigeon again :)

To a better life (hopefully)...

Finally, the suspense is over – we are getting the house in 5 days’ time! Yippee! I miss my baking and space (for yoga and such) so much!

But the downside is, the seller didn’t keep to his promises – he was supposed to leave all the fittings behind, but apparently he’s taking the hob and hood, and 2 units of air-conditioners! I’m feeling very pissed off because it’s his words against ours – and beat that – he’s a LAWYER. He said these are fixtures. WTF. I feel so cheated!!! The agent has gone MIA, not answering our calls, and we do not want to kick a fuss now because we have been waiting for this day to come for more than half a year – and that is ENOUGH, we’re not going to let him have another chance to prolong this torturous wait! And the worst party in this entire mess was our very own lawyer – they did NOTHING to protect our interest, they did not suggest that we should have demanded an inventory list from the seller to be attached in the S&P so that there are no disputes on what is left behind and what is not. Look at the sticky situation we’re in now! I really want to swear @#$%^&*!

Another thing to look forward to is our new car – yeah after deliberating for 8 months, we’ve decided that we CANNOT live with one car. It’s too troublesome, frustrating, a major cause for arguments, and I can’t even go for my yoga classes because I don’t want him to wait for me and waste his time. Bottom line is, it’s just very inconvenient. So we went through the options we had – from Myvi 1.0 to Honda Civic Hybrid 1.3 (DROOL!), and decided to settle for the middle path – Honda City – and that is also because I managed to find a showroom with ready stock – lucky me! But then it wasn’t very smooth either, was supposed to get the car today but now it’s postponed to next week due to glitches of the bank (duh!) and JPJ’s “system upgrade” (a perfect excuse for inefficiency). Anyways… we’re getting the car the same day as the house :)

So with the car I no longer have any excuses for not doing yoga regularly, except (these little devils that keep playing in my mind):
1. I hate to be in classes with students who remember me – especially with my cacat-ed right leg, there are so many poses that I can no longer do. They must think this Isha is so lousy. Sigh. *stressed*
2. I don’t have that many favourite teachers/classes – and the classes I like happen to fall into excuse #1.
3. I really miss YZ’s schedules and teachers. Now the teachers are everywhere and because of that, we have to join a few centres to continue attending these good teachers’ classes. No money la…
4. I can practise at home. I am after all a certified yoga instructor ;p
5. I AM A LAZY BUM!

I’m glad everything is falling into place – finally – but also upset that we now have to spend a lot more money to move in due to the broken promises. But I’m still hopeful – I am going to get a Bake Workshop for myself! And furniture shopping begins! Pockets empty! The vicious cycle is here again…

I hope my life is back to normal. I hope I AM back to normal. Normalcy is boring but less chaotic and confusing. And sometimes that really makes life easier.

爱自己

原来不刻意是最自然, 轻松, 没压力的幸福.

放开了, 再无推动力了.

爱就爱, 不爱就不爱, 睡著就好.

Decision made

RM600 for 3o vouchers, which expires in 6 months. Already regretting it because if I go for more than 2 classes a week, I should have bought the monthly unlimited package for RM168 -_-

Just wait and see how diligent I am :) Really not sure if this is a good choice - what if they close down/change management again?

Anyways, it will be a good (re)start for me.

I believe I can fly...

Still can’t decide on which package or yoga center to join, after the bad experience with the now defunct YZ. But I really need to start again after such a long hiatus, since my chiropractor has given me the green light to be active again :) Again, it helps to de-stress and gives me a sense of achievement after every class. As for teaching again, well, let me upskill myself further first.

I want to be able to fly – like a crow – someday…

Kakasana - Crow Pose

The countdown finally begins...

Counting down… 4 more weeks to my new house, new kitchen, new culinary workshop. Boy I’m excited. I miss baking so much… it’s therapeutic and calming. I certainly need that to de-stress from my daily job :)