Lasik

Finally after years of contemplating and researching and waiting...

I have decided to get my eyes corrected. This coming friday that is.

I knew Lasik was the fad these couple of years. having been through the pre-examination screenings few years back as well. But the rates were exceptionally high. being in lowly paid ex-company, I have absolutely no intention of getting the treatment done up in a jiffy.

Am I feeling nervous? Yes.
but do I look forward to it? Absolutely.

I was contemplating Singapore National Eye Care Centre (SNEC) but somehow TIm my colleague managed to talk me outta it. having done his lasik in what may seems to be the cheapest rate in Singapore.

I found clearvision.com.sg . A small quaint clinic behind Lucky Plaza founded by Dr, Tony Ho and he works in Mount E as a surgeon too. (FYI, mount E is next to the clinic too )

Dr. Tony Ho had been in this line for almost 15yrs, so lets just say I am in safe hands being operated by him.

Again, I went through the pre-exams by clearvision staff. I met Grace whom wrote to me the other day and she booked an apptment for me. I went for the night apptment, FYI clearvision is catering night lasik , first of its kind in SIngapore. FOr ppl who wanted the treatment after office hrs and reduced exposure to glares in the day.

But the fees is $100 more as usual of course. which I immediately declined and opt for day surgery.

The pre-exams didnt give me good news. As in pricing wise. it wasnt a good news. I have a special case which Dr Ho found out for me. My 'lazy eyes' syndrome didnt rendered me a suitable candidate for usual lasik procedure. (which is the blade surgery )

My cornea thickness which was a mere 480 microns. Normal people have a cornea thickness of ard 520 microns. So hence, I have a thin cornea. which the blade will cut almost 150 microns off the cornea. which didnt have much left after the incision. hence Dr Ho says its either Epi-lasik or none at all.

Epi-lasik is the newest technology for ppl with thin corneas. it doesnt use blade but instead uses a laser beam to burn off the cornea thickness. results is better and cleaner than using blade, but I will have to be on reviews longer than patients who went thr the blade surgery.

and I will have to go through a longer healing time.

All these for the price of.. being spec-less.

I remembered wearing my first pair of specs to Sch during the last few mths before my PSLE. Friends never really knew me enough in my specky look before we all were send off to different sec sch and we nvr saw each other again.

Wow that was 19 yrs ago! From a teen, to a 20's something, to a freshie 30's. I been changing specs, investing in contact lenses. had infections with contacts, switch to disposable contacts. bought new frames, changed frames. got a military black framed geeky specs which pull me through in my army life.

Its time to say gdbye to them. those memories are good. some are bad. I remembered kissing my first gf in my specs and we never managed to kiss right before I was wearing such a geeky spec and it kinda blocked our position lolx.

sighz.. those were good times.

its time to end my specky days and embrace the brighter, clearer future lolz

Will be back to update on my post-op review. stay tuned!

EQ vs IQ

I find that I can be really IQ savvy at times.

At the expenses of my EQ that is.

It not entirely a bad thing to be MIND CONSCIOUS instead of EMOTIONAL CONSCIOUS.

For eg, high IQ can make u work efficiently, smarter, knows the rules of the works, and turn you into a workaholic. In that way, only colleagues will turn to you for help and advices, while you wont have to bat an eyelid.

On the other hand, you might think tt colleague is nothing but a pile of shit if they wanna exploit you to the max.

In life, one cant always win.

I am one, who shut out my EQ at work. I mean, ESPECIALLY at work. Putting emotions in working area only makes you look like a wimpy worker.
Thus nothing below that I could think of;
No crying in toilet when reprimianded by boss. No staring into empty spaces when meet with dilemma.
No sudden 'urgent leave' when everything/one seems to be against you.
No "tai ji" .

I always think being confident at work is a good thing. Boss wont tick you. ppl will ask you for help, and trust you makes good decison for them. but... raising IQ level.. makes me think about one incident which I wished I could have handled it tactfully.

I was on a week long supervisor course 2 weeks back.
When I returned, a small incident came to my ear.
the logistics gal whom I always teased had an ailing mother who is in her 4th stage of her cancer.
Everyone chipped in to help her out with the medical expenses as her mum is not a Sporean.
So the moment I handled tt piece of namelist, I went all out to get all the cash from my own department. including my ah nehs.
Even forking out from my own wallet.

I took half a day to do all these, all because I believed in efficiency.
I think others will take longer, and the gal is really a gd colleague of mine, I find tt I must do it. (dont ask me why )

So we managed to get around S$2K from all the people in the office plus the workshop.

I passed the finalized details to the other female colleague who started out this list, M and asked to pass to the poor gal.

M was glad i returned with an envelope full of cash.

M: " oh great! I think this money will come in handy for her "

Me: " No it wont. "

M: " why is that so? "

Me: " Getting the money is easy, but it wont cure her mum. Patient suffering from final stages of cancer who uses the money, is only to relieve the pain, pays the morphine bills, dont expect a miracle cure. " - I said matter-of-factly -

M: " oh... "

I smiled. and walks off.

Darn, I wish I could lower my IQ and raise my EQ.

But @ work... I am another person altogether.

So that's another exciting episode of east and his daily life.

See you peeps next time.

Note: I find the title picture very interesting. It shows tt IQ is the tip of the iceberg and EQ is the actual formation of a person. Penny for your tots?