It’s now already d 4th anniversary of d great SUGUS REVOLUTION… what a strange name indeed to mark d fourth year of my REVIVAL.15th December 2005 is an historic moment for me when all my system was forcefully switch to SLEEP mode and only turned back ON 4 days later. No I wasn’t the Government test subject like CHUCK BARTOWSKI who became a super spy when all of CIA, NSA n FBI information was downloaded into his head. But I am a GOD servant who was TESTED at that moment. While d test did not turn me, SUhaib code name GUS into a super strength human being but it does make me emotionally n spiritually STRONGER, TOUGHER than before.On that day i met with a tragic accident that changed my life. (Positively)
No i won’t tell u how the accident happened here (sometimes i get bored telling d same story over n over again tat sometimes i created another version of the story like a fight with AH LONG to save someone n etc)… But i will tell on how i got over my depression after the accident so it can b a TAULADAN n PENGAJARAN for all…mcm kisah pak pandir tu. And from d title some of u may already knew that i got my ideas from d song -Kristy r u doing okay- sung by The Offspring. Well, after being discharged from d hospital then only i realized in how bad condition i was. My right arm was severely damaged with multiple fractions n a dislocated elbow plus a large area of my skin on my right arm was torn off. I also suffered some minor head injuries (skull fraction on my right eyebrow n damage to my right eye’s retina). Luckily my brain was free from internal bleeding and my legs are well intact to my upper body.
The first 7 months after d accident was just like HELL. No it wasn’t the physical injuries that were killing me but it was the emotional injuries that were more painful for me to swallow. After the accident i was partially immobilized (i have to take 1 whole semester break from my studies). The first month after the accident i have to use a wheelchair to go anywhere further then 10 meters. This was because my body have turned weak after shutting off for 4 days. Then when i can finally walk long distance, it took me another 4 months to get me running again (jogging to b exact). Basically my life were limited to just in my house… and that was making me INSANE! Why? Even thought my house got all d necessary home entertainment equipments (my dad even installed ASTRO so I won’t get bored staying at home) but i greatly miss d hyperactive campus life i was enjoying just before the accident. Several hours before i trashed my car, i was in another state conducting a student-foster family program. A few days earlier i was climbing mount Ledang in Johor. And a few months back i was touring Kota Kinabalu and successfully conquered M. Kinabalu! So the lay back stuck at home life sure wasn’t making me happy. It actually made me feel more stressed thinking about all my friends back there in UKM n what i would be doing if the accident have never happened. It reached a point that i even considered that ill be better to be dead than staying alive n be a burden to my family n friends.
And thank God that never happened….thank God for giving me another chance, to redeem myself…to show d world what’s my worth. Well it may took me a lengthy 7 months to get over the sinking feeling but somehow i finally accept my fate n move on. And that was achievable with d help from God, family n good friends… n of course a positive mindset. From the beginning of my new life i keep telling myself that i will bounce back n heal from my injuries like nothing had ever happened. Well that didn’t materialize when my orthopaedic surgeon told me that my injuries will only heal to a certain degree n i will be HANDICAPPED for life! That come as shock to me at first, but i realized physically PERFECT or not i am i still have to carry on with my life. So i set new targets in my NEW LIFE, set new challenges, think from a different view n try to solve problems from ways i never think possible before. I have accepted things the way it is, n how to manage it. Basically the accident opened my mind, my heart n my soul. One of my philosophies is to turn my disadvantage to my advantage. And only with this mindset i was able to change my tragic experience into a REJUVENATING experience.
At the same time i also have not given up the hope to be physically fit again. I put myself on my own physiotherapy, bending my arm as much as i could every day. My dad even took me to a traditional Chinese healer who tried to bend my arm back to normal position until i scream my lungs out. Ive even started playing basketball again n start my fitness regime to gain back my lost stamina. I done all that so i could show to my family, my friends n to the world that im still capable of doing strenuous physical activities even know i have become a handicapped person. It was worth all d hard work when i successfully climbed M. Ledang 10 months later. I was proud of my achievement, finally i proved to all who take pity on me that im still d same. But disaster struck on my way down d mountain. I slipped n felt on my right arm. The trauma made my right hand unusable for 3 days after that. Then it came to me that im a physically different person, while i may participate in physically challenge activity it come at a greater RISK now. And i have to calculate how much risk im willing to take.
I was better prepared the second time, n in 2008 i successfully climb to the top of M. Gading in Sarawak n safely climbed down. There are numerous other challenged ive wrestled down after the accident. Some of it is to finish my Degree in the same amount of semester just like the other normal students n keep my active student lifestyle. Indeed if the accident never happened i may not be courageous enough to voluntarily further my studies in a new place. So after a very long n detailed re enactment of my post tragic accident experience and how i got over it, now this is the part where i tell d moral of the story. So gather around kids n listen carefully (please don’t imagine me as Barney d Dinosaur). No matter what life have taken away from us, our capabilities, loved ones, materials possession and so on, while we may try to gain back what we lost (except for d dead n human parts) itll come to a level that it is better to leave things the way it should be n accept what have happened. and DONT WASTE YOUR WHOLE LIFE TRYING TO GET BACK WHAT WAS TAKEN AWAY. Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side of the fields, so it easier to just get on with our lives. Just like ROCKY BALBOA would have said ‘Life aint about how hard U CAN HIT. Its about how HARD U CAN TAKE A HIT n keep moving forward’





















