Kuala Lampur, July 16 -- I almost fell off an escalator the other day and it made me so angry.

Yes, I know someone reading this assumed perhaps I was careless, inattentive, staring at my phone or somehow distracted.

My phone was in my bag. I was staring straight ahead.

One arm gripping the handrail, both feet planted firmly on the step.

Yet for a brief moment I felt disoriented all of a sudden and I swayed backward.

If I hadn't been holding on tightly the back of my head would have met the floor; it was terrifying as I held on trying to right myself.

This, despite when I'm walking on level ground always having to fight my body trying to hunch over like Gollum.

I hate being reminded about how much more fragile I am but at the same t...