Goggle Trouble

Another reason to go back to my tropical sunny paradise...

I broke my specs during shower (sigh... again...) a few weeks back and went to check the price of making a new one today. Below is a break down of the cost of making a pair here...

Eye check-up: 18 pounds
1 pair of lens: 250 pounds (for super thin lens, coz I'm more than half-blind and if the lens are any thicker I'll be wearing goggles...)
An additional pair of corrected sunglasses: 29 pounds (might as well get, otherwise 'bo-hua' [not economical])
Frames: I forgot to ask, but lets presume it is 50 pounds

So total cost (1 glasses + 1 sunglass)
= 18+250+29+50
= 347 GBP
= 1041 SGD !!!

Well, that's almost 1 month rent and I can fly home with that kind of money or sponsor a (erhm...) someone to fly over. Make more sense to save up for my convo yah? Nonetheless, I was intrigued to do an online search for the cost of LASIK procedure at SNEC and if I go for the wave-front guided LASIK, it'll cost me 3275 SGD (1092 GBP). My college friend, D, just went for the procedure in a private clinic in London for about 2000 GDP. So it is still cheaper back home.

Abiding by the scout motto, "Always be prepared" (see, TY, I did listen ok?), I never make camp overseas without my life saver, the same old fashion, gold rim, big frame, 1997 vintage glasses that I relied on in 2002 when the same accident happened. So I'm not walking around blindly when I'm home and I still have a comfortable 6 months lead time to restock my contact lenses for my daily activities. =) But every night, when I look into the mirror wearing that vintage goggles of mine, I can't help but laugh at my silly reflection and wonder how I survived looking like that back then.

It is always healthy to have a good laugh at the end of the day. =)