Endtroducing...djball aka charleshui

Day 10, 10 Dec First time visiting Dr. Tong after surgery, checking the wound, looking good. Range of motion 100 degree, but all the ankle was quite swell and very dark.... Next day to start Physiotherapy. Day 11, 11 Dec First time to visit Physiotherapist, she found that my compression dressing was incorrectly flip-over on the ankle area that's why my ankle swell up and turn dark due to the blood circulation was affected!! She did 15mins massages on my ankle for better blood circulation but I was pain like hell!!!!! And then she introduces some exercises that could improve the range of motion and the strength of quadriceps. Day 13, 13 Dec Second time for Physio, same, 15mins massages...HELP..... Day 18, 18 Dec Third time for Physio, a lot better on my ankle as I spent some effort to massage it at home, range of motion slightly improved, the swell around the knee also reducing. Day 20, 20 Dec Physio started to introduce another exercises for further strengthen the quadriceps, all t...

Day 1 after the surgery The knee and the surrounding were swelled, I can walk with crutch, not feeling any pain because of painkiller? I can bend my knee for 45 degree. Just keep evaluation for the better blood circulation, and keep wearing the compression dressing. Day 7 after the surgery Not feeling any pain so far, the swell seems to be reduced, range of motion improved to 100 degree, still walking with crutch, wearing compression dressing and evaluation.

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Just visit Dr. Tong for more understanding for my mental preparation for the surgery of Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and medial meniscus tear in my left knee. Knowing that... I would take the method of the reconstruction with patellar tendon as advised by Dr. Tong. Reference: http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/aclrepain/a/aclgrafts.htm Few days after the surgery, I may feel little dizzy after the operation. 1 week after the surgery, my left knee will be swelled and feel pain, need to walk with a stick and keep icing it, will avoid contacting water when the wound still not cured. Expecting to resume swimming and stationary bike exercise after 4 weeks. Expecting to wear the knee braces with thinner material for better movements Expecting to visit Physical Therapy in the 1st few months for rehabilitation advise and progress review. Expecting to feel the minor pain on the left knee in the following year, the pain will be gone gradually. Expecting to resume jogging and runni...

As usual, 7:30am start on Shek O road with Rockson. 3k build up, 5k speed at 32-33km/h, 5k normal at 33-34km/h x 4, 3k warm down 46k ride for 1:40hrs

Brunch of us riding Tung Chung/Disneyland for race course preview, take a look at the choppy swim course, long transition for T1/T2, complicated "Inspiration Lake" route and windy Cheung Tung Road to Sunny Bay. Supposingly ride 3 loops with everyone but I dropped out after 1, too tired over the week... Polar not working...

All of our dearest friends, thank you so much for being part of the Charles and Gigi events from September to October, Bali to Shek O! Our parties wouldn't be the same without you!! cheers, Charles and Gigi ahah....some recap yeah, great party! we had a a lot great time with everybody! Friends some different circle break the ice and play! I believe people is one thing, music and the mood is another thing for the party! we unlimited grill, unlimited red wine, white wine, beer, wiskey....we talk we talk we drink we drink we hug we hug we kiss we kiss......I really have no idea when we friends fallen down or leave Shek O like a junkies....I checked my iPod my music played until 3:xxam!! awesome!! The final moment is Sing and Joy, Chi is holding MayWah and Elaine and they drunk like shit, G was lying down on the stairway, vomiting and we transferred her to the beach, felt like a medi in the troop do first aid for the private on the beach, after some time, Chi transfer MayWah and Elain...

Saturday ride and Wedding Bouquent Sunday: Cycling race, Jet-boating, Meeting friends Tour of Hong Kong Shanghai (Cycling Race, stage 1, Heng Fa Chuen) A very packed Sunday! First half was about cycling race in Heng Fa Chuen!! It's a very rare chance to see a lot of cyclists racing in my place! It makes Heng Fa Chuen becomes so busy and so green! Very happy for that, and very happy to support my cycling club "CMS Cycling"! Kenji was leading the team to do their best, Jermey was supporting in the background, also met Ivan, Raymond and Gabriel for their HSBC ride! Second half was about the sea! 6 hours of adventures with friends, music, wine, speed and full taste of swells! Speaking up all the way! We rode the waves from Aberdeen to Po Toi Island for seafood lunch, bumped into DanDan at the time we left! She is still looking very good! Then we rode all the way from Po Toi to Tai Long Sai Wan in Sai Kung! Alone the eastern shore of Hong Kong (off-shore sometime!!)! That was...

Today ride we have Rockson as usual and Shek O Yee, Jacky called for sick leave. 10k warm up, 5k speed (out Shek O) and 5k normal (in Shek O) x 5, 3k warm down Great ride for this 50/50 format. Polar not working, no heart rate recording....

Today usual ride with Jacky and Rockson, the plan was 5 x 10k loop, first 30k at constant pace and the last 20k with some break-away and catch. After the 5k warm-up, Shek O Yee joint in, Jacky bumped up to 32kmph out Shek O! Damn it are we suppose to keep it lower?? To draft or to leave as Rockson's friend with lower ability was far behind! We regroup after the chaos then the solid ride began! Keeping at 30-32kmph out Shek O, 35-37kmph inbound Shek O, look at the heart rate! The tirth loop pedalling very hard! Rockson lead 35-38kmph out Shek O! My god he gone crazy! I was quite dead but no choice but forget about the cadence and gear up the big ring on the front, fourth loop is my lead, already dead but keep pedaling very hard, pushing the heart rate! Rockson wheel touching Jacky and he fallen off....so the last lap is the most constant one. These two guys are bit angry these days.

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We just came back from our honeymoon and we are throwing the post-wedding party for all friends to eat and drink and recall our moments in Bali, we are also preparing some pictures to share! When? 5pm-11pm, Grill start from 6pm, Saturday 25 October, 2008 Where? Shek O back beach (see map, the entrance next to Shek O bus terminus) What? Music, our Bali wedding photo, Friends, Chat, drink, BBQ...so bring your friends/hubby/wivies/boys/girls/cats/dogs....we already have 50 friends confirmed, will be very crowd! Yeah!!! Drink? It is Cash bar so you'll pay for your own drink, bring cash! no ATM in Shek O, you can bring wine I will pay for the corkage! Eat? We will prepare some meals for the grill, would be helpful if RSVP so we can estimated Dress? This is just the casual BBQ party, no dress code but not undress...maybe beach wear! Check our facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32365471775 Or email me at dj_ball@yahoo.com

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Yoga master Without climbing the mountain, we can go Yoga class in the morning, we have the same Yoga teacher and the class only have two of us. Felt like the postures were moving to more intermediate level as he known our level after the first class. After the class, we chated for a while during the watermelon time, he not only is a yoga teacher, but also a lifestyle promoter to promote the living with good physical and mental health, he has strong organic belief and his voice is very claim and peaceful. It doesn't convince me to go with his path but at some point I was inspired. I felt I catch a little trick in Yoga compare with scretching for sports. Again we went for the big breakfast, I miss the pool, it was super sunny day, but G want to visit the nearby temple, let's go and take a look! Goodbye Bali! After temple, I couldn't wait jumping back to the pool, for some swim for some shot, checked out at 1pm, time to go airport, and say goodbye to Swam, and to Bali, the Is...

We started the day by yoga class! The yoga teacher already waiting but only two of us attend the class, it was another very nice experience in doing Yoga and looking over the rice field and blue sky! Also very good to scretch our body by some simple yoga postures, breathing, inhale, focus and relax...watermelon and some lemongrass, furit serves after the class, I like this! The breakfast at the Chedi Club resturant is quite a lot even for both of us! There are glass of smoothies, bread/toast basket, fruit plate, sausage, egg, coffee, tea...and they are all from the organic farm in the resort!!! We spent the day in the swimming pool, swimming, taking pictures, while G busy reading the guide book to climb the volcano!!! Oh No... Climb the mountain?! She looked determinant, and ambitous! I actually prepared the gear, I packed windbreaker, head-light, power gel into my bag...G confirmed with Swam for the arrangement, 2:30am wake-up, 3am pickup to the starting point, 4am start walking so wi...

18 September - 20 September Honeymoon at The Chedi Club Ubud The limousine from The Chedi Club arrived at 12:30pm when we checked out the villa in our living room. Then we headed to the Ubud, the middle part of Bali, where we've been missing in the last five years. We grabbed from drinks and food from the mini-bar of The Gangsa so we could keep eating and drinking on the way to Ubud! The Chedi Club is at Tanah Gajah, 15mins away from the central of Ubud. It was surrounded by all sides by green rice fields, we were welcomed and greeted by our dedicated butler called Swam. Swam is a smart young guy I guess he is at late-20. He drove the buggy and showed us arround the facility in the resort and our room facility. The Chedi Club started since 2005, it was a private garden owned by the Indoesian architect and then he invited GHM group to invent it to the resort. It has about 20 villas and suites and they are all self-contained units. This is an extension of The Club at Legian concept, ...

16 September - 18 September It was about free activities for G family in the morning as they checked out and head to airport in the afternoon. Uluwatu visit So it set us free for the morning so we hired a car to go Uluwatu and G would like to look at the Bvlgari Resort and the Uluwatu temple. Uluwatu is the new developed area in the southern part of Bali, the cliff side resort alone the edge is spectacular! We spent some time on the cliff side lounge of Bvlgari for a drink and laidback with the sense for a while, that's really good to have sometime looking at the endless ocean and idle our mind. We then moved on to the Uluwatu Temple, the local people stopped us for the entry fee for the temple and the guide, he said he would protect us from the monkey. The price was resonable, and we were advised to take off the sunglassess as the monkey will grab it off and break it! The temple is not really special in compare with the temple in HK Lautau Island, as we cannot go inside so we just...

We joint John for the breakfast after swim, G was arranging tour for family. John was very happy and telling how exciting was Seminkya nightlife and everywhere fabulous he and Raymond had been explored! G family was sitting on the other side and waiting for the tour. The air soon to be clean up so Alanie and Keith accompanied the family to go sight-seeing in Uluwatu and Tanah Lot for the day. Chiam had already brought Stephanie, Lyn and Elsie to Seminkya for Spa and massage! So we stayed with John in Nusa Dua so we could finally enjoy the sun and sea with 45mins jogging to Grand Hyatt and then swim a little in the beach and quality 15mins sun bathing! Send all friends home in the airport! During John checked out in the lobby we met Irene, Sheran, Yan and Joy so we hired a van to go airport altogether! Sheran and Joy stayed for a few hours as they took HK Express... In the airport departure hall, we waited for Chiam and the girls, Chi and Nat, Winnie, Elaine, Lew and Fok already went in...

Honeymoon?! Not yet! Hui's family As that's the day my parent and my brother Eric will back to Hong Kong, we have our responsiblity to stay with them. We did have some plan to go sight-seeing but schedule was so tight as my dad is kind of consveratism, rather traditional, very safe, need to make sure arriving at the airport 2 hours before the flight. So we decided to have a leisure buffet breakfast and hanging around the hotel until they checked-out the room. My brother and Sing seized the last minutes to go shopping! Bill from Ritz-Carlton At the time, Made and his staff from Ritz arrived at Westin for our final payment, we invited them to our room and settled the bill, he also present their card and wedding gift to us which is a very nice wooden handicraft!! The invoice from Ritz-Carlton is very clearly breaking down all the beverages we've consumed in the party, their service is very professional, polite and even more than we were expecting! I hereby hightly recommended ...

13 September 2008, Sunny day at Bali! Schedule: 8:00am Morning workout: swimming 9:00am Breakfast with Groomsmen 10:30am Getting Together! 11:00am Get the Bride! 12:30pm Lunch at Westin with everyone 01:30pm Group transport to Ritz Carlton 02:30pm Check-in Ritz Carlton, venue preparation 05:00pm Wedding Ceremony 05:30pm Wedding Cocktail 07:00pm Wedding Dinner and Party Morning workout: swimming It supposed to be morning run but my medial meniscus in my knee hurted recently so changed to morning swim, George was good enourge to really show up in the pool at 8am! John also came to the pool and joint the swim! Chiam said the gym looks nice so he went for a run, my brother and Sing was still sleeping....As Ki wanted to take a few more *bed time* shot with me and G in the morning so I just swam for 30mins to wake myself up! Breakfast with Groomsmen I re-joint Chiam, John and George for the breakfast after taking few shot on the bed! It was a bit rush for me but very nice to sit down with so...

Buffet breakfast at about 8am and our families already there! This morning would be pre-wedding shot and make-up trial by Ki and Cha Ling, afternoon would be wedding rehearsal in Ritz Carlton, evening would be sunset dinner with all friends just arrived! After the breakfast Alanie and Keith, Ki and Cha Ling arrived at our room, they are all the playful-minded happy people! G was easy to be influenced so she quickly got back the mood! By the time Cha Ling was seeing the dress of G and trying the make-up, Alanie and Keith brought Ki to walk around the Westin and look for some scene, I was typing G's complaint letter on the blackberry and sending to any room service manager, executive manager....anyone we could shot! A few minutes after pressing the send, my telephone ring and he was the Room Service Manager, acknowledging the receive of the email and understanding our problem, we agreed to talk about it during lunch break as we were busy preparing for the wedding shot, G didn't w...

Before the alarm clock ring, my dad already called me and said "We are just on the bus A12, how about you?" Of course I replied "Yes we wake up already!" I just washed my eyes and it was 5:40am. G and I both waked up, washed up, frankly I couldn't say we were happy in that morning. Sonic fat-Kin, the van driver, already arrived at our building on time, 6:15am, G wasn't ready yet, so I moved all pieces of luggage to the Van first... I put my wedding dress and shoes altogether with some photography/lighting equipments from our photographer Ki into one luggage, that's solely for wedding; I used an Orca triathlon training bag which big enough for all holiday clothes, that's solely for vocation. My hand-carry bag included the vintage film camera by Ki and freshly made mooncake by Mary as the gift of wedding. G had two luggage for all the clothes and wedding decorative materials, including our guestbooks, pre-wedding photo albums... We also had one box of ...

The day was approaching, we both took 2 days off for the final preparation, G was busy preparing some nice decorative for the wedding cocktail and reception to top-up the overall decoration. I was busy wrapping up all the red/white wine bottles for the flight check-in...we both were very busy and running around for anything like making sure of all currencies and cash and Lai-See enough and also about the family and friends arrangement, group travel itinerary, wedding day schedule final checkup, decorative materials packing, emailing all friends and family for the flight check-in, seat confirmation, reminding the Bali airport pick-up arrangement, time was flying so quick and we were still not able to confirm where to go and where to stay for our honeymoon, it was mid-night already, no plan could be a good plan but we were not backpacking this time so we should have something nicer! Anyway it was too late and we decided to left it after our wedding, we still have time as wedding on 13, b...

"hey all friends, if you still miss the music in our wedding, here is the rundown of the playlist showing the sequence of the songs and its time! memorable enough! also the album and name! this was not a pre-arranged sequence but shuffle all songs in the pool! cheers, charles"

Hey all our dear friends! We just back on Saturday and we are still in honeymoon for a few days in HK and slowly get back to our daily routine! Yeah, already seen so many pictures on the facebook from most of you, Thanks everyone for the great pictures from different angles, we just open the picture and video upload in our facebook group so you can upload some of your selection! http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66570665174 we will also update our travelogue in our blog and honeymoon pictures by *strictly* selection!! We also wish to collect all of your pictures and consolidate into the single DVD and distribute a copy to everyone as a C&G wedding and Bali picture collection. *you may downsize it to a more computer-friendly scale say 1024x768 if your files are too big... Chiam, please help to collect it from the Sonic frds, thanks! So we hope everything could be done sooner or later and we can meet everyone at our post-wedding BBQ party on 25 October, Sat night, Shek O back...

Laura Fygi, Stan Getz, Robbie Williams....and various artists will sing and play for our evening! Of course we will also have Stephanie Bina! Thanks everyone!

email broadcast to all Bali guests! Dear all friends, It's me again! Gigi and I have just sorted out some suggested activites for you, one of them is *compulsory*! 12/9 Fri 6:00pm Sunset seafood dinner at Teba Cafe, Jimbaran Bay Address: Jl. Four Seasons Resort, Pantai Muaya, Jimbaran Bali Tel:+62361 703156 +6281 2391 3766 +6281 2399 6579 Fax. +62361 703156 Email : tebacafe@indo.com *!!compulsory!!* 13/9 Sat Gigi and Charles wedding day, 4:00pm arrival for all guests 14/9 Sun 3:00pm White Water Rafting (organized by Chiam) 7:00pm Post-wedding dinner + party til late (at own cost!!) 15/9 Mon 12:00 noon Lunch at Bulgari Hotel (at own cost!!) 2:00pm transport to airport and goodbye to most of you. These are just the rough idea, you may have your own getaway plan, let us know if you're IN so we'll include you in the arrangement. Anyone interested to try White Water Rafting please reply to my friend Edwin Chiam, he will do some arrangement. It should be something like this: http...

Seize the days when your marriage status still single!!!!!! Bachelor Parties in August, round 1 goes with Mr. F, Mr. I and Mr. W; Round 2 goes with Mr. B, Mr. P, and Ms. C, swimming, dancing, watching, drinking from DROP to VOLA to YUM-LA to HOMEBASE and hanging over in the last Saturday of August... Say goodbye to nightlife...??

It's two hours of music, the random of music shuffled by the choice of Giles Perterson and myself! A mixture of jazzy, electronica and funky. They are the tune with good friends, with the glass of wine, by the sunset of Indiana Ocean!

Hey boys hey girls! As a gentle reminder for our gathering in this Saturday afternoon 3pm, at the cozy cafe ran by my friend Kevin Ho. We will go though the planned Bali schedule, your helping area and discussing the outstanding area such as full moon/post-wedding party on 14/9?? Where? Cafe Y Taberna G/F, 16C King Street, Tai Hang, Hong Kong How to go?? By car: Limited parking alone Tai Hang area such as Tung Lo Wan Road, Wun Sha Street. By MTR: Tin Hau station exit A1, Tai Hang direction, walk alone Tung Lo Wan Rd, Wun Sha Street then King Street OR call me. Map, comment on following link... http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=22303 Here are the contact for all Bridesmaids and Groomsmen in case you need to contact each other for any Bridemaid, Bachelor parties or discussion of punishing game…..

"failure is not an option"

From Swire Travel to Westminster, from the status of cannot confirm, flight ticket waitlist, partially confirm, to flight ticket and hotel ALL CONFIRMED!! This is a very long and challenging process, 1st time to arrange the group travel plan, I learnt a lot. G and our travel agent was working very hard, a big thank you before sending out this update to my friends, family and guests. Truely. Dear all my friends, We know where to stay!! Thanks to our travel agent Winnie Wong for her hard working, we will stay at Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali. It was where the United Nation Climate Change Conference take place last year! Gigi and I will stay at Westin Resort for 6D5N until all of our guests bring our happiness back to HK which is 16 September and we will start honeymoon!! http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=35 Please read below and check *carefully* for the name, arrangement and charge, we pay before we play. Point to notes: 1. CX fuel surcharge at...