Lasering the Eye

It was indeed an interesting experience, and a little scary too. Was brought into the cubicle, asked to place my head on the chin rest and the next few steps was crazy...

The doctor placed a concave shaped probe that stuck onto the whole eyeball. And then he moved the probe and it felt it he was grabbing and in control of the eyeball. Was asked to look at different directions as he looked for the hole. It was rather uncomfortable as the probe had a blinding bright light that shone through it into my eye. Once he found the hole, he zapped it with laser. All in all about 6-8 zaps were applied. As he zapped, the eye felt like it was gonna explode. Scary shit.

But in no time, it was done. Initially, I couldn't see anything with my eye. But soon enough, the opaqueness cleared off and everything appeared red. Within 5 min, I regained full clarity of my vision. All done. Was told the floaters will still be there but the issue of the hole have been addressed.

Well, it was an interesting Saturday for me alright!

Housefly in Vision

One black speck appeared in my right vision 3 days ago. I had initially thought it was a housefly that refused to go away and constantly stayed at a specific corner of my eye. More specks appeared over last 2 days. Went to see CGH A&E this morning and was referred immediately to eye specialist.

After some investigations, the specialist found a small 0.5mm hole in my right retina. Have been scheduled for a laser treatment to close the hole this afternoon at 3pm.

It's hard not to admit my body is aging.

CB-"achievements"

We are into the sixth (?) week of the circuit breaker period (limited lockdown of the country) and during this period, I have made keeping fit one of the focus of my daily routines. I did not start off with this as an aim. Rather, walking is a mean to keep myself from getting bored and getting cabin fever.

I started walking around my neighbourhood in the evenings. I have alternate between brisk and leisurely walks so as to give my body the rest it needs in between. Soon enough, I started to made it a point to walk at least 10,000 steps a day. And on days where I did not manage to clock the 10,000 steps via my evening walks, I will make it up by going grocery shopping and walking around the mall just to fulfil the 10,000-step "target". Setting a target is such a motivator. With time, I started to walk further and further. And since a couple of weeks ago, I started to clock 11,000, 12,000 steps or more a day. 

Two days ago, I decided to see how far I can go. I left my place at 2-ish in the afternoon and walked till about 6pm. When I ended, I had clocked over 25,000 steps. And for the duration of the whole day, I managed to close slightly more than 29,000 steps, equivalent to 20-over km. Felt good about it. The last time I clocked 31,000 steps was about 3-4 years ago and I suffered body aches for a couple of days after that. This time round, I was surprised I didn't suffer the pains like I did previously. I supposed the regular walking helped condition my body.

Over the course of the last 5-6 weeks, I have also shed slightly more than 5kg off my body weight. It's nice to be able to do it. My belly is less pronounced now. It's good. But more importantly, I have less backaches these days. Maybe I should challenge myself to lose another 5kg? lol... Walking is a good way to lose weight, minimise backaches and put less stress on my back and my knees. And I sleep better. So yeah, what's more important is to be able to keep healthy.

I shall work hard to keep up with this routine.

PS: I shall attempt to go further than 29,000 steps today...

Lawyer’s letter - wtf

Ok, I didn’t actually get a lawyer’s letter. But it’s close enough...

I got an email from my car insurance agent asking if I had been injured. She was referring to my recent accident where a taxi crashed into my car head on while I was stationary. She explained that the taxi driver had engaged a lawyer (or his insurance agent) to make claims against me as he has suffered some bodily injury. Of cos I told my agent I didn’t suffered any injury nor made any police report (we didn’t have to if no injuries or public properties are involved). I re-explained the circumstances of the accident and asked her to refer to my dashboard video instead.

Wtf... it’s interesting how people can twist stories to their favour.

Thankfully there’s the video.

Let’s see how things go. 

Car Repaired

Finally gotten my car back. 

The total cost of the repairs amounted to close to S$7K. The repair man had replaced the front bumper, the front right panel, and several other parts. Also, as they had also disconnected the battery in the course of the repair, all the settings in the car had been affected. It felt totally different when I got into the car. And I had to get to know the car all over again...

Positively, the car looked almost brand new.

:-)

Politicising a Pandemic

Totally not a good idea...

But this is what I see in some countries. It is very sickening. But above all, it is very sad to see the lack of leadership, and the lack of unity in the want to manage the pandemic. I strongly believe that if we want to win this battle against the virus, we need to be united. And I say so cos we are so intertwined in all aspects as a human race. But sadly, united is the last thing that is happening now. And so, as the pandemic drags on, people continue to fall ill by the thousands and lives continue to be lost.

Looks like it's gonna be a long drawn pandemic for the world.

Sighs. 

Vesak 2020

Happy Vesak Day 

everyone!

Wishing all good health, peace, wisdom and happiness.

Me

Decided to take public transport instead of Grab (our regional equivalent to Uber). It was quite an interesting experience, considering how everyone was masked up, and how the bus and train were decked with all sorts of signages asking people to space out. It’s actually quite nice to able to experience public transport during this period.

And quite surreal too.

Head on car collision

Just my luck to get into a head on collision with a taxi this afternoon. 

Was leaving the car park after purchasing lunch when I saw a taxi speeding towards me. There was absolutely nothing I could do except to hold on tight to my steering wheel, pressed my brake hard and await the head on crash. It sped towards me and didn’t even stop or slow down. Everything happened in a split second and next thing I knew, the taxi crashed into my front right.

Was glad no one was injured. Came out and we exchanged our particulars, took some videos and photos before I drove off. Noted the driver was trembling when he went about taking pictures. He must have been in quite a shock. Wondered why the hell he was speeding in the car park. As for the taxi, it was quite badly hit and the driver had to call for a tow truck. 

Thankfully, my car dashboard video cam managed to record the whole incident. Will certainly aid the reporting and claims. Gonna be a busy day tomorrow. And yes, I had been advised to do a medical check too, just in case.

Be grateful

This period of time, it's useful to remind oneself of what we should be grateful about, and doing so does lots to keep us sorted and sane... here's my list of what I am grateful for:

- family

- friends

- people who care about me

- food when I needed it

- freedom of choice

- relatively ok health

- mobility

- freedom of movement

- peaceful life

- peace of mind

- having my job

- keeping my job

- having someone to keep me company

- doing grocery shopping daily

- cooking what I want

- filling my stomach

- having my little indulgences when I needed it

- netflix

- ...

The list goes on. The bar seems low, but it's these little and simple things that make life so much meaningful for me.