Lasik!

Once again, I have neglected this blog. I don't even visit it as often as I used to - as it used to be my home page in my old lap top.

So most of you would have known by now - I finally did lasik surgery on my eyes! YES! 6/6 VISION HERE I COME! Well, kinda....

I went for the surgery last Thursday and had 2 days medical leave and the weekend to recuperate. The surgery itself was super fast - it was the registration, reading the disclaimer and signing the disclaimer and getting ready for the surgery that took longer. Each eye probably took 2 -3 minutes apiece? They put me in those sterile paper scrubs, gave me a 'shower cap' then I went in to lie down on the 'operating' table. I just laid there and was told to look at a blinking red light. Since my vision was so bad, it was a 'kinda blinking' red light. They squirted what I believe to be anesthetic eyedrop onto my right eye, and the surgery began! I can see him put a small forceps gadget to ensure my eye stays open and then I can see a blade ( at least that's what I think it is!) over my cornea and then for a while, I couldn't see the red blinking light on that eye (coz the cornea flap has been cut open for the laser to penetrate I think). He just kept telling me to look straight and not tense up and clench which was a bit difficult to control when the laser started and the zapping sound merged with the smell of burning flesh. During the zapping, I was looking at a patch of bright red/orange light with a blackish dot in the centre (a bit like THE EYE in LOTR come to think of it hehehe!) The smell was the hardest part I reckon - I keep thinking 'hey this kinda smells like chao tah satay!' (Yes, trust me to think of food at that time!) And the right eye was DONE! He closed the 'flap' then put a protective shield thing over it and I could also see him using a TINY wiper thing to ensure the flap got no creases/bubbles. My left eye had a bit more problem - when they squirted the anestic eyedrop, either it was not enough or since I already knew what to expect, having done my right eye, I told the doctor I could totally feel the forcep on my eye and when he took the blade to the eye I was like WAIT WAIT WAIT I CAN FEEL IT! So many generous squirts of the eye drops later, off we go with the left eye!

My vision is still kinda not 100% yet for now but obviously I can see better than before. I've been driving since Monday but I let my neighbour Yang drive us home in the evening. At my last check up, my vision was +1.00 for one ey, and +0.25 for the other. It used to be -8.00 each! So now I have long sightedness which apparently is not uncommon and it takes about a week or two to stabilize. Things are still kinda bright so I wear sunglasses when I'm outdoor if not I squint like mad. Eyesight will fully stabilize in 2, 3 months time and the doctor says he believes when it is fully stabilized, I should be close to 6/6. People with less severe myopia usually can get 6/6 and usually sooner but since I was considered quite shortsighted, the 'guarantee' is not there but beats being half blind every morning when I wake up!

It is taking a while for everyone including myself to see me without glasses. Whenever I see myself in the mirror, I keep thinking 'Aiyah forgot to wear specs' which is damn cock I know! I just feel I don't look AWAKE! After another week or so, I will be able to put eye make up and hopefully I can make myself look more awake coz I'm vain like that hehe.

Ok shall not stare at the comp too much - the words starts to blur after a while! Later!

Death Cab for Cutie

They played at Esplanade last night and what a show! I am glad that it does not take any funky effects, million dollar stage set up to put up a good show - and it was easily one of the best gigs I've seen this year!

G went with me without really knowing any of the songs despite me leaving the PLANS album in the car when I was away in Malaysia so he can start to know the songs. He could only tell me "I like the 'Follow You into the Dark' song...'! Riggghhht! But once the band started playing, even if you do not know the songs, you can tell that they are an excellent 'live' band. G brought along binoculars (since we had cheap but good seats), but it's not like they were good looking chaps or there was much going on on stage for us to look at. Just 4 guys putting up a great show! For just $71 each, it was worth every cent though I know it's not everyone's cuppa tea. I'm pretty sure my sisters would be quite WTF if they attended this concert haha but G & I figured our brothers would enjoy it heh heh.

Alright back to work! Oasis new album, Avril concert (eeeeeeeeeee), more Daughtry.....sighhhhh....