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Saturday, Apr 01, 2006 - 01:23 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

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My Foot!


Half Black

Almost four months after participating in the Standard Chartered Half-Marathon, my left big toe's midway through its regeneration. Strange thing was that the black nail didn't come during the 21km, most of which I confess I walk-jogged. It was from stepping off a kerb carelessly. Ouch!

Well, since a healthy toenail is supposed to take a year to grow out completely, I guess I'm ahead of the curve on this one. They do grow more quickly in warmer climates, I hear.

In fact, the blood clotting under the surface doesn't hurt any, just that it's tricky to snip off. Thankfully I didn't have to resort to poking a red-hot needle through the nail to let the blood out.

Another of my friends lost a nail completely after playing soccer, but it looks normal to any cursory glance. For me, I prefer to keep them, though some long distance runners actively remove them to save them future trouble.

Am considering to bring some past-year exams to do half an hour before a test really starts. I've had enough of getting multiple solutions hit me in the head at the bus-stop, too late to do any good. A difference of an hour wouldn't ever be a consideration in most jobs, but it counts for everything in university.

Not to say I haven't benefited from arbritary time limitations in the past - live by the pen, die by the pen.

The closeness of scores in some modules had me resorting to mark-grubbing, but at least I had some justification. I got no credit on a Java algorithms laboratory because the grading program checked for array size (not strictly imposed), and I had declared mine one larger than minimal.

Ended up emailing a short essay to the lecturer giving almost a dozen points explaining why I should have gotten the marks, and surprise! He did reimburse me :P

Even got a remark that "I write well" in class, which really made my day. It's the little kindnesses that matter most, after all.



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2 comments


qwergo said...

the whole nail looks black to me. haha. u need colour.


April 1, 2006 - 12:51 SGT     

wenhoo said...

dark dark cannot see


April 4, 2006 - 01:15 SGT     


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