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Saturday, February 04, 2006
Catch Your Fall
How nice it is for someone to catch your fall.
I was jumping over the balcony from my brother's room to the outside roof yesterday to get something when I tripped over the fence and fell. I don't really know why I am describing it or how I should describe it but people care and people want to know and I shall relive the experience here. Thanks to family and friends out there!
3rd Jan '06 12.30 pm - I came home from driving and was preparing to go to the police station to get a 'criminal clearance form' that UNSW Med fac requires and I saw the sun beating down mercilessly. Then I decided to go out to get something that dropped out from my window. Being on the same side of my room and the only access to the outside roof, I had to reach the outside by jumping over the balcony's fence. The fence itself is not dangerous, it was 2 metres high, and the roof itself was 2 metres below the ground. So to climb over the fence and jump down to the roof means I'd be jumping an approximately of 4 metres. What more I've done this countless times when I had to retrieve something or to clean the outside. Well anyway, I did the usual jump but this time my right leg got caught by the fence and the next thing I knew... My whole body(except the Right leg) was already over the fence and I think I saw the stone roof below me. I fell head first... Ok maybe not head - front tooth first. Yep, my front tooth was the first to take the impact followed by the body. I remembered touching my mouth and face and then discovered both of my hands covered with blood and I tasted blood. I felt my tooth crooked and halfway protruding. I saw swelling on my Left leg and thought it was a broken bone. I felt an extreme burning sensation on my Left shoulder. I felt helpless lying under the sun at 12.30. I really did not feel like getting up and getting back into the house, which would mean jumping over the fence again. So I lied on the roof under the sun and rested for an hour. While I was up there, I was asking God why did He allow this to happen to me. I thought about my family and friends. I thought about my teeth and my face. I thought about the time when Jesus suffered. Well, above all the mess on me, I knew I would be ok. Which I am, because now sitting in front of the computer, I've merely suffered superficial wounds (I really do think they are superficial and really do not want to see the doctor but everyone insist so). I felt like crying while lying out there. I thought about myself, the person whom I was, whom I am going to become. I'm going to become a doctor and going about trying my best to heal. But who can I heal if I am not well myself? Can I even save myself from the characteristics I possess and detest? I do not want to make a fall sound that meaningful, because I'd rather not have had experienced it and be spared from this burning sensation all over my face and shoulder and knee and leg; but since I'm already here... I especially want to thank everyone out there who tell me I am crazy but really who cares. I am so blessed to have family and friends like you and of course a big thank you to our Lord out there! How nice it is for Someone to catch your fall!
