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Then & Now: A Tale of Two Twisted Ankles
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Then & Now: A Tale of Two Twisted Ankles 1998: Playground Peril Back in the day, it was 1998. Picture this: a carefree sixth grader, yours truly, roaming the halls of Saint Louis School Center in Baguio City with my best bud, Kay. We were the dynamic duo of Grade 6 Section 5, conquering Washington and "Sipa" matches and mastering multiplication tables (well, mostly). One fateful day, after returning the radio to the principal's office (teacher's errand duty, ugh!), I decided to channel my inner daredevil. A mischievous glint in my eye, I took a flying leap down a flight of stairs (maybe a tad too ambitious - 8 to 10 steps, to be exact). The world tilted on its axis, and then... darkness. Pain, like a rogue wave, crashed over me. Nausea followed, and time seemed to stretch into an eternity. Turns out, my daring leap resulted in a classic case of a sprained ankle. Ms. Navalta, our ever-watchful teacher, noticed my absence and picked a random to-the-rescue student an