Kuala Lampur, March 12 -- Life is funny sometimes.

I passed by a car workshop the other day and saw my neighbour's car - the same car that just missed running me over.

While muttering to myself that I hoped he had learned to drive the damn thing, it also made me think about the randomness of life and the illusion of control so many will cling onto, for the sake of sanity.

My last physiotherapy session's effects lasted only about an hour before my legs stiffened up again, much to my dismay.

A session of restorative yoga fixed my knee for a few days before the stiffness came again and the pain going down stairs was like having my knee punched through by a stake in the floor.

I found out later I had developed moderate hyperkalaemia or e...