i can see clearly now.

Literally.

Last 25 September, I underwent Lasik surgery at the Lasik Surgery Clinic in Megamall.
Just this afternoon, I went back for my check-up, and apart from swimming and super smoky clubs (one week pa daw yun, just to be safe), I can go back to my normal life.

...Consider me overwhelmed. So overwhelmed that as I sit and type this a part of me is thinking I should take my contacts off. So overwhelmed that even now, a week after the surgery, I still can't articulate my joy and awe and wonder. I keep reading everything (DVD titles, book titles, labels of syrup bottles at the coffee shop, the BIR thingie that's posted in establishments). I keep thinking I'm still wearing glasses or contacts.

I figured out I needed glasses back in fifth grade. Usual first Friday mass in Zobel, and I could read the lyrics of the church songs more clearly when I was all teary-eyed (senti pa ako nun). I remember my Dad looked so sad when he heard, like his favorite dog had to be put down. Now he calls me Bright Eyes.

I didn't do yoga for a week (though the doctor said I could the day after, call me paranoid), so I'm looking forward to that tomorrow morning. Also cleaning the study. And maybe taking pictures somewhere. A part of me wants to travel back in time and return to all the museums and tourist attractions I went to when I was still bulag. I've only seen Syd once since the operation and I was wearing the protective goggles the whole time. I'm excited to see him, too :)

Now if only they had a similar surgery for Sense of Purpose in Life ;p

Fellow four-eyed friends and loved ones, get your eyes zapped! Kakaiba. I was so scared going into surgery (my mom said I looked pale. Me. Miss Morena Me.), but when I was in there na it was nothing. After all these years of poking my eyes with contact lenses, it was nothing. Post-op was painful only for the first night. Grabe. Just DOH it! :) :)