Many people ask why I chose to pursue a Doctoral Degree in Universiti Malaya when I already had a working and selling gait-retraining protocol for flat-footed children.

The truth is, documenting the protocol scientifically is only part of the reason. The deeper reason lies in what I see, quite literally, that others don’t.
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Since young, I’ve known I am red-green color blind, a trait inherited from my grandfather.

As a child, I remember my mother asking me to pick red chilies from the garden. I returned proudly with a basket full of green ones. That day, everyone laughed, and I learned I perceived the world differently.

Unable to rely on color, my brain learned to compensate in other ways. I started memorizing patterns, movements, and spatial relationships. Over the years, this grew into something unique, I could visualize movement in my mind as if it were a 3D animation.

When I train children with flat feet today, I can see, in my mind’s eye, how their joints, muscles, and posture interact in motion. I notice subtleties in their gait that others might miss.

This mental visualization helps me correct movement in real time, and it’s the reason I’m confident about the gaps I observe in our current Pediatrics rehabilitation system.

When I watch someone walk, I don’t just see steps, I see the entire kinetic chain: how the ankle influences the knee, how the knee affects the pelvis, and how posture shapes confidence. 

And that’s why I do research.

To prove, document, and share what I can see, so that the invisible connections between movement, mind, and muscle become evidence-based knowledge that others can build upon.

Research, to me, isn’t just about papers or publications.

It’s about transforming personal insight into scientific truth, so more children can move freely and rediscover the excitement of childhood again.