Finally got chance to bring camera out to try. Since the LX3 is pretty famous for it’s wide angle so I try this first, after looking at the photos, think I’m hooked taking photos in wide angle liao. Next function I want to try will be pin-hole effect.
Made dumplings for dinner, have help my mum wrap dumplings many times but today is the first I season the fillings myself. Abit bland, should have add more soya sauce. 
Every year, I will buy myself a birthday present. Usually it’s just shoes, bags, expensive make-up etc. This year, I bought my first camera, a Panasonic Lumix LX3.
All my previous cameras either belongs to hubby or a present from him. I did a lot of research before I decide on this camera. Was eyeing on Canon G10 at first but chose this instead as the reviews were as good as G10 and it’s so much smaller, convenient for me to just dump into bag. Next step is to go for a basic photography course, which I wanted to do it long time ago but didn’t want to go alone. Now I finally found a kaki to go with me (Ah B, let’s hope your camera’s stock faster come in ok).
Oh….I went for my 2nd Lasik review today, everything is good. I told them some of the symptoms that I had, like dry eyes after I wake up, after bath. They says it’s normal and I just have to regularly put eye drops, I should feel the condition gets better in 2 week’s time.
Now I have 50 deg myopia in my left eye, right eye is clear. It’s still not stable yet, have to wait for my 3rd review 3 months later. Although I’m very happy that I don’t need to wear glasses or contacts but I think will enjoy it more later on as putting eye drops every hourly is still not very fun, some more have to carry the box of eye drop wherever I go.
Ps. Pic of camera to be updated, time for bed.
Updated: Photos of LX3
LX3 – $699 (from Alan Photo)
Leica leather casing – $160 (from Orient Photo)
Love the retro look of the camera.
Bought the Leica casing instead of the original Panasonic, look and feel of Leica is better and it’s only $11 more than the Panansonic. Also got a silver chain to hold the lens cap.
The smell and feel of leica leather case is so so good, totally worth $160.
Yeah, finally decide to move the fashion show to a page on it’s own. At least now I don’t need to have so many posts titled “fashion show”.
Next will be to do up the “about” page….oh, can I have more time pls….
Mum was clearing the cabinet and found this. I cannot even remember when I bought it, Googled and found out this toy was out in 1998. I put the batteries back and it’s still working!
It can talk, dance (abit on the spot), sneeze, tell you that he’s hungry, tell you when he’s full, tell you that he sees you and tell you when he wants to sleep and he snore when he’s dozing off to sleep. When he talks, the mouth moves and the eyes will keep blinking, just like human. The kids find it funny and started exploring it, Kate kept laughing whenever it sneeze.
My dad found a new durian kaki.
She’s trying to feed the baby milk.
Successful! now it’s time to burp the baby.
Yippee!! I finally did Lasik! Such a long wait….I’m so excited, I have been having myopia since I was 8, with my right eye 900+ and left eye 800+ degree (including astigmatism), I have been partially blind for 23 years.
Why now? Well, it’s much much cheaper. When Lasik first came to Sin, each eye cost about 3k. Without the option of instalment or Medisave, there’s no way I can afford it.
3 years ago, hubby did his at SNEC with instalment plan, was tempted to do it then but was holding back due to cost and of the various rumours on the side effects. The rumour I fear most is that one is unable to wear contact lens anymore should you have myopia again. Seeing that hubby did not have much side effects (except for the occasionally dry eyes) makes me tempted again.
What really tempted me the most to do the Lasik now is that hubby offered to sponsor me half of the cost, so nice hor? More ever, I’m getting frustrated with wearing glasses and taking care of Chloe over weekends.
I did my research and decided to do it at private clinic instead of SNEC cos of the waiting time, I only have one pair of contact lens left and I don’t want to waste money to buy another 6 months supply. Final conclusion is a choice between Dr Marc Tay at The Lasik Surgery Clinic or Dr Leonard Ang at Premium Lasik Surgery Clinic. I booked my appt with LSC even though I read in forums that they are popular of being “hard sell” . Well the pre-evaluation test at LSC is free even if you don’t do the surgery with them so I can understand why they will hard sell after you do the test (there’s no free lunch in this world). At Premium, the pre-evaluation test cost $180 and they will deduct $100 if you sign up for the surgery. I tell myself, go for the free one first, if I’m not comfy with Dr Marc Tay, I can always go to Premium.
26/06/2009
Appt for pre-evaluation test with Dr Marc Tay at 3pm, they told me it will take 3 hrs, end up I spent almost 5hrs in the clinic, my eyes were being accommodating so I had to keep repeating the test till they can get accurate results.
Finally saw Dr Marc Tay at 7pm plus, he told me that I have thin cornea so he suggest IntraLase Custom Lasik for me. Although usually people (like me) with high astigmatism will go for IntraLase Wavefront Lasik but I can’t due to my thin cornea. He need to save as much space he can so that I can have the option to go for “lao hua” enhancement next time. I like Dr Tay, he’s very assuring, explaining all the options available and why he chose IntraLase Custom for me, we also went thru the side effects. He told me that I won’t have perfect eyesight after Lasik, will properly have about 50 – 75 deg left, which to me, I don’t think it’s a huge problem. By the way, not being able to wear contacts is a rumour, you can still wear contact lens after Lasik.
Total cost: $2817.30 (Instalment is about $234.78 per mth)
IntraLase Custom – $2588.00 for 2 eyes
Medication – $45.00
GST – $184.31
28/06/2009
Day of surgery, arrive at 10am, they told me that I need to purchase eye drops as I will need them daily for the 1st mth and subsequently as and when I feel the eyes being dry, paid $82.90 for 5 boxes. After that, they brought me to the operating area, dress me up in operation robes, cap, shoes, clean up my eyes, signed the consent form. The whole operating area is quite comfy, there’s 2 operating theatre, about 10 armchairs with individual curtains for patients to put their stuffs and rest after the op, there are also lockers for your expensive belongings, otherwise, everything will be place in the armchair area.
After I’m done, I was brought to the operating theatre, Dr Tay was waiting for me inside, I was asked to lie on a bed, there’s a light shining above my eye, just like those you see in operating theatre, just that this is much smaller, with a red blinking light in the centre. Dr Tay told me that he will do my right eye first, proceed to tape my eyelashes, the nurse puts the numbing eye drops, then Dr Tay puts on the suction ring on the eye. The cutting of the cornea flap is very fast, just for about 10 secs, no pain, just have this mild pressure on the eye. The nurse will do the countdown for you.
After that I can see Dr Tay uses something like a curve needle to flip open the cornea flap, he then did a trial run to let me hear how the laser will sound like, I was asked to stare at the blinking light for 40 secs. Then the laser starts, during the laser process, Dr Tay will tell me how many percent have I gone thru, I like that, at least I know how long more to go if not waiting for 40 secs in silence will seems like eternity. There’s a few secs during the laser that you will encounter total blackness, after that the vision will come back on.
After the laser is finish, Dr Tay will put back the flap, rinse the eye and use something like a spatula to sooth the cornea back in place. Left eye went thru the same thing and I’m done, after which, Dr Tay checked my eyes and I can leave the operating theatre. The nurse brought me back to the armchair and help me put the antibiotics eye drops and went thru with me the things I need to take note of, eg like how long I need to use the antibiotics eye drop + refresh eye drops etc. Then I called hubby to come into the operating area to fetch me home.
29/06/2009
Went back for review, Dr Tay says the cornea flap is in good position. Currently I have about 70% of vision, in 2 weeks time when I go back for my next review, it should reach about 90%.
Although I still can’t see very clearly now, I can watch tv and go on with daily activities, just not very use to wearing sunglasses whenever I go. I can use the computer but the words are not clear, I will have to go near the monitor then I can see the words. Compare to last time when I remove glasses, this is already so much better. I can’t wait to have 90% clear vision, then I will be able to see the clock when I wake up in the morning.
One day before surgery, last time I refuse to take photos with my glasses on. Now I keep taking photos with it.
On day of surgery with my sponsor.
5 mins before surgery. Bye bye glasses, thank you for the past 23 years.
24 hrs after surgery
On my dad’s birthday, we went to Shangri-la for their “Flash your age” promo. The discount will be based on the birthday person’s age, eg. my dad is 61 this year so the discount will be 61% percent. We chose Shang Palace for the dinner, max 8 person per table so we brought Ah Gong along. He’s very happy that night, finishes all the dishes, my Ah Gong loves high class food…haha.
Outfit of the day: Oshkosh dress + Gap cardigan + Mothercare thighs & shoes
The gang taking photos while waiting for me and Jerry to arrive.
In Shang Palace, waiting for food to arrive. 
My 92 years old Ah Gong lovingly looking at his great-grand children.
I like this photo, if only if my camera isn’t blur. It’s really time for me to change camera.
The settings, I like the red cup very much.
There’s Peking duck before this dish but it was in my stomach before I remember that I need to take photo. Shark’s fin soup, really yummy. Shark’s lover, please skip this.
Cod fish in some mildly spicy sauce, half eaten.
That’s abalone on top of the tart crust and a huge scallop with long bean.
Fried beehoon with vermicelli with the remaining duck from the Peking duck.
Dessert, I only like the mango pudding in the centre. The other is pineapple tart (which I don’t eat) and a mochi with cream inside.
Complimentary birthday cake for birthday boy…ahem, should be birthday man.
Having supper with family, time 1205 hrs. I’ve mixed feelings about the lasik, excited and sad at the same time.
Current vocab:
Bear, star, duck, clock (but her version sound more like cock), this, there, sit, “lieng lieng” (which is nice in canto), “mum mum” (which is eat in canto) and once in a blue moon, mama.
Current things she’s able to do:
- Points to the sky when you ask her where’s the star/ moon.
- Knows which chair to sit for wearing her shoes when going out.
- Keep her shoes back to the shoe cabinet after taking it out (of cos we will have to open the cabinet for her)
- She will pick up things on the floor and put it on the table on command.
- Knows how to say sorry by putting her hand on her head.
- Will share whatever food she’s eating.
Weight: 10 kgs
Height: 79 cm
20/06/2009 – First trip to Xplorer Kids
Went with the gang, Nick, Janice, Fynn, Jade, Wendell & Ah B. Jerry need to work that day so I’m drove alone (my first) with her in the car to pick up Jan’s family and head to Downtown East together. She had so much fun, especially in the ball pool. Most photos didn’t turn out ok cos she’s running about so much, my camera just isn’t fast enough. (hopefully by next trip, I will already have my new camera *praying*)
Outfit of the day: Grey t-shirt fm Esprit, pink pants fm Mothercare
Love this bubbles pool for kids above 3 yrs old, the lights keep changing colours. How I wish I can jump in for some fun too!
She’s crying, not laughing by the way. She’s in a very clingy stage now where she doesn’t want to be near to anyone that’s not “mummy”. Hopefully this stage will pass real fast, will be good if she can play with Fynn and Jade by herself.
Will want to go there again soon with Kate, think Kate will enjoy herself…….but next trip, Jerry HAVE to go, it’s really tiring carrying her to climb thru the obstacles. My muscles ache for 2 days.
