My 1st Spectacles

SPECTACLES.....It may look fashionable or professional when wearing one but it can be very troublesome at times especially when I emerged from an air cond place. The entire glasses would get blurred and misty...and I'll hv to remove to wipe them dry.
And not to mention, I have to change my glasses every couple of years which eventually cost me a fortune....everytime.


Flash back.....

Mind calculating....yup I've been wearing glasses for almost 2 decades. I could remembered my first trip to the optometrist , I was in Form 3 then. In class, I was seated at the back row and most of the time, I could not read those scribblings on the board in front. I often had to squint my eyes. Faced lots of difficulties whenever I had to read the board. Copying notes weren't easy.

My parents were too busy to take noticed on my poor eyesight then.



I vividly remembered my first trip to the optometrist. I broke my piggy bank and counted 2 hundreds over ringgit...those days that were a luxurious amount !

With thta money in my purse, I ventured to the shop on my own. (Ya...I had always been independent even during my younger days). I walked into the shop, told them that I had blurr vision and I need a pair of spectacles. I underwent an eye exam...where I was brought into a room and sat on a raised up chair. A huge spectacles like machine was placed on my face.

Lenses were alternately inserted into slots through which I tried to read the small prints on the frame. At the same time, I would tell the optometrist whether the No. 1 or No. 2 lens was better, i.e., the letters were clearer.



Finally, the optometrist was satisfied with the corrective lenses for my poor vision. I was told to go outside to pick my spectacles. I was so confused to look at the arrays of spectacles on display..big, small, coloured....etc.



With an embarrassing look, I revealed to them my budget. The salesgirl was humble enough to showed me a few frames within my limited budget and also offered me a discount. Special pricing for student..I guess. Finally...I decided on a plain black one.



That was how I gotten my very first spectacles...way back in 1985.