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[oyceter]

1. I have almost convinced my dad that he wants to give me tiny laptop, since it's not like he uses it anyway. Sadly, tiny laptop's trackpad right click button is broken, which is not good. It works with a mouse, but that will cut down slightly on portability. On the other hand, getting fairly good at typing on it now...


2. Got Lasik on Monday. Currently eyes are a little dry and feel like I have contacts on, but I am still not over the fact that I can open my eyes and see things clearly! (I can't wear contacts.) My face feels so naked!


3. The Blockbuster here has DRAMAS! BWAHAHAHAHA! So far, have watched eps. 1 and 2 of Legend, eps. 1 and 2 of the Taiwan version of Hana Kimi, and ep. 1 of Smiling Pasta. Sadly, Smiling Pasta is the one my mom bought and so far the least good of the bunch. I keep wanting to whack the heroine for playing dumb and cute. On the other hand, the secondary lead heroine seems interesting and wounded. Any recs for tdramas greatly appreciated! I think my mom is very happy that I am watching stuff in Chinese.


4. Watched Warlords, the latest movie with Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Unfortunately, was jetlagged and nearly fell asleep. Also, as everyone changes hairstyles and clothing every three scenes, I kept mixing up Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro's characters, despite knowing full well what they look like. I blame the scruffy facial hair. I think I will buy it anyway, as the rented DVD had English subtitles, so I can sic it on rachelmanija when she visits, as who knows when it will come out in the US!

Comments

[keilexandra]

A little early to tell, of course, but I'd be interested in hearing how Lasik works out for you long-term. I've been considering it when I'm old enough (my eyesight is terrible, -7/-7.5) but the possible "rare side effects" are scary. Like, double vision forever? Eek. I'm doing fine with contacts--2-month ones, even, my eyes are apparently non-dry--and alternating with glasses when needed, so dunno if it's worth the risk.

[oyceter]

Will let you know! The people here said it works for eyesight up to -15, so ... no idea. Also, thankfully, I've been having relatively few side effects -- my eyes have been pretty dry, but tolerably so with eyedrops, and I see some of the halos at night, but not to the point in which it impairs my vision.

[keilexandra]

How scary was the actual operation part? I'm terrified I'd blink and get lasered in the eyelid. XD

[oyceter]

Possible medical TMI:

Basically, the operation has three parts: 1) cutting a flap in the tissue above your cornea, 2) actually reshaping your cornea with the laser, and 3) closing the flap. It takes about 20-30 minutes for the entire thing. They don't give general anesthesia, but give you anesthetic eyedrops, and then they make you look at this beeping light the entire time and tell you not to turn your head.

The flap cutting was the scariest part for me; it didn't hurt per se, but I could still feel it and it was uncomfortable. And when they do it, they actually use this thing to hold your eyeball still so you can't move. Oh, and your eyelids are sort of taped open so you can't possibly get lasered in the eyelid (I was scared about that too).

Once the flap is open, everything goes totally blurry, so at that point, I found it really easy to look at the light. I couldn't feel the laser part at all, or when they closed the flap. Afterward, it was a bit uncomfortable and prickly, but after a few hours, the pain is gone, and you just feel something's in your eye for a while (also, your eyes get really dry for a while and you have to use eye drops like mad).