Smashed Camera and the Face !
Only yesterday, I managed to stumble on a curb stone and smashed myself on a concrete
car-park.—– Unfortunately, my camera was on my shoulder hence,
the camera was smashed too.
I was landed on the concrete, over my specks apparently fallen before me, hence one of the lens
cut into my forehead.Ā I was amburanced to a hospital and my face was stitched and patched up. š
The hospital’s handling of my case was what we know well = I was left waited more than two hours
still bleeding yet just sitting on a bench. (While waiting, blood pressure etc were taken by nurses)
Then I noticed, despite of my camera being smashed and the view screen was shuttered, yet
amazingly it was still functioning, even more of my amazement, a Zoom lens fitted on the camera
= Canon’s 8~15 mm F4 Fish-eye lens was still working perfect ! ! !
(with its fragile movable structure, Zoom lens couldn’t survive this kind of shock = this is the
exceptional case !Ā = May be Canon designed it for the photographers with rough
and tumble in mind šĀ = Anyhow it was a good news in a bad situation š
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On my life, I don’t have accident or should I say only seldom = On the Ski, I’ve
broken 3 Skies but never broken any bone or heavily cut myself.
On the climbing, I’ve fallen 10m and about 5m —– still always landed on my rucksack hence never
injured. (other small falls were the nature in the climb š ) Therefore, I had no experience of the
hospital, except the one when I was attacked and hospitalized in 24 hours coma and woke-up there.
So that this occasion was a rare chance to observe all the people involved = local people who saw me
fall was very kind and as he saw the gushed blood, called the ambulance at once.
The ambulance people were very professional (got to be) and I was taken to the hospital in 5 min
drive. —– (then long long waiting started while seeing another patient such as a lady mugged and
injured and so on) —– on the end, the Nurse and the Doctor did very good job to find out the
broken glasses in the cut (down to the skull !) and stitched it up.
—– And, I walked back 15 min to my place in the middle of night = 7 hours after the accident.
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As far as I know, the Zen mind should have an Hyper Vision in such case = when I fell
on the rock, I saw the slow moving details of the rock and the surrounding view.
When my ski caught the tree under the snow and my body was flying forward in the air,
I saw my body in a slow-motion. —– though, in this occasion, I only found myself laying on
the ground = there was a kind of lapse of the time = it seemed to have a jump of memory.
—– Why I couldn’t have seen my falling body nor able to take Ukemi (åčŗ« / Safer
bodily movement to reduce the impact when falling to the ground).
(Bruise on both of my back hands indicates that the hands instinctively moved to protect myself
though, why didn’t hit the ground palm first, as an Ukemi.Ā ? ) = May be, the Hyper Vision could
have happened only the moment when the Mind was in a fully alerted state, not in an
absent minded casual situation = after 30 years, I still have a moment of absent-minded or lapse
of my mindfulness. —– Or, I must be getting old and getting rotten. š
It’s mean, should I look for the protective gear of mountain biker or even a walking frame ?
(May be not a coffin yet) Ā Ā Ha ha ha š
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Yikes Yoshi!! I guess even the zen mind can have a moment of distracted thinking… thank goodness for the kindness of strangers, and the miracle of non broken body parts AND a functioning camera!
It was on the Morison’s car park, next to the bus terminal. As I saw a bus which will go to the direction was just
arriving = I shouldn’t miss. So that my eyes and mind was focused 20m away = didn’t see the edge of the curb where
the beyond, the ground was 4″ lower. š
My expectation was over there, while my body was still here, where a pit-fall was under my step. š
The treatment was all just close the wounds and cover-up, to prevent any dirt infecting there = leave the cure to
my own self-healing. = Teared and broken skin to regrow itself. = million years old same tactics = even 21st century
we don’t have a cream to make the skin grow instantly š
Nature’s in no hurry, unlike humans! We could learn a thing or two… if only we’d make the time! Ha! Get better soon. š
So, I’m watching the screen as close as 5″ distance with one eye, hence I don’t have spare specs š
—– may be it takes few more days to become “presentable face” which doesn’t scare the others š
Thank you very much = mean time, it’s nice to read a message from a friend,
much more than to read the dry news in the Net. š
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aye aye aye, Yoshizen san, the falling over is for me to do; though I don’t doubt you can heal well soon. You can zoom your web pages using CTRL and +. OR you can hold down the ctrl key and roll the wheel on your mouse, or use the scroll part of your touch pad. You also have a magnifier in your system software that can help you looking at a computer screen. Press the windows key and type “magnifier”, top of the list will be the application you need…
It is not the matter of the size = without my specs I can focus 8″ max.
= the best remedy is, just wait it heal, then go to an optician to get new specs. š
Oh no!! I wish you quick healing.
Hurray for a still working camera, and the human body’s ability to heal.
Best wishes, Yoshizen. Take good care.
Thank you very much Karen. Taking opportunity of this rare occasion, (happen to a person who needn’t
to have medication š ) I’m giving good observation over the human body.
(Sturdy the life, myself as a Guinea-pig is what all about DIY Zen š )
Preceding to this, Gmail stopped me up-load the photo, and my Electronic Dictionary brake down etc etc,
and now I’m looking the screen 5″ distance without specs —– ? ? ? How come ? = Does it mean, should
I stay in my room just sitting ? —– Is it what my Karma and the Dharma ordered to me ?
Or, am I thinking too much š
I’m taking a lesson š
I’m chiming in late here but wanted to send my best wishes. Sorry to hear about your accident! Great telling of the event, as usual. I’m sure you’ll be back to yourself in no time. No need for that walker just yet. š
Yah yah, I’m getting better though, still not yet to walk outside without frightening the people š
Then, I need new specs to go shopping (otherwise no food left) š