Untukmu Para Pengunjung

Finally, after two hellish days of limping and awkwardly avoiding putting pressure on my big right toe, I'm free! I just, and I mean just removed the splinter that's been stuck in it for the past two days.


This post has nothing to do with Splinter Cell. But this guy sure is in for a world of hurt...

A couple of days ago I was walking barefoot on the carpet when I felt a really sharp pain in my toe. Close inspection showed it to be some sort of sharp debris; it looked like a piece of metal shaving. I pulled on it using some tweezers, and it came out. Imagine my surprise when later, I felt another sharp pain. I looked again but couldn't see anything. However, upon closer inspection, I saw that a small piece remained, and it had gone deeper.

So I started to slowly pick away at the skin, going progressively deeper. It got to the point where it was painful just to touch it, let alone probe it with a needle. Anyway, I continued this over the course of two days (because on my first try, I was spending WAY too much time on it), and finally, it came out.

It's still a little painful to walk on, but hopefully in a couple of days it'll be ready to go.