Battle Wounds

Felix's This guy's scar is scary.

For those without an imagination, that's what your arm will look like if you break it three times at the same spot. For those with an imagination, that's what your arm will look like if you break it three times at the same spot. It looks like there's a creepy alien underneath, slithering up and down, just waiting to burst out--like in Alien, of course.

There's also a slight swell (much more prominent right after the break/surgery), making the injury-bearer look like he's been working out his forearm flexors. (Or course I knew the name of that muscle group! Why should I waste time googling it? Bah!) Which is pretty useful for guys cos it makes them look err... tough.

In reality though, a scar like that makes you more interesting by about 20%. Fel This guy is already more interesting than other people by quite a lot, so the scar just gives him an excuse to have lotsa kids so that he can awe their kids with grandfather stories of fighting in some gulf war, taking on an armed robber at the ATM, or how he narrowly escaped a furious slasher girlfriend.

Or he could say he broke it playing badminton. And futsal. And futsal again. Or something like that.

Meanwhile, here's my little souvenir from all that walking in Singapore. Comparatively, it can't compare.

(Thanks, Jon, for the cam. And Fel some dude for posing.)