Author: Peter Tan

I wished I could be more prolific when it comes to blogging. I am lazy by nature ? lazy in the sense that I am always looking for the fastest way to get a task done with the least possible steps. And I wished there were ways for me to get my thoughts blogged without having to type it out. Uploading thoughts?

I discovered that the camera zoom lens that I sent for cleaning a while back has a colony of fungus growing on its lens elements again. This is bad news as it costs a bomb to get it cleaned the last time. Another zoom lens has also been afflicted. Pesky little buggers.

I guess it would be cheaper in the long run to trade-in this Canon EOS 500, which I have used to capture many good memories, for a digital camera. That would save me a bundle on films and printing charges. If only I have the moolah for a top-of-the-range digital SLR.

I just found out that my physical disabilities should not be called tetraplegia or quadriplegia. They have a more precise term to refer to my physical condition ? tetraparesis or quadriparesis. So now, I officially suffer from tetraparesis and I shall describe myself as such from now on. That is enlightening!

Some may ask what the difference is between tetraparesis and quadriparesis? They both have one and the same meaning ? partial paralysis of all the four limbs and loss of sensation from the neck or chest downward. Tetraparesis is British and quadriparesis is American, just like you eat your biscuits and I eat my crackers. The world is such a confusing place.

I have been spending too much time surfing, which is not necessarily a bad thing since I am able to spend my time more productively instead of lazing around and doing nothing. The only drawback is that my feet become swollen after a prolonged period of lower body inactivity. This condition is called oedema. Yes! I am a prime candidate for deep vein thrombosis, too, and I do not even have to fly transatlantic to be afflicted. Wuan has this novel idea to rid the oedema – hang upside down like a bat. If only she can guarantee that my head will not become bloated instead!