Dear Fortune God,

This Friday (28 January 2011), Singapore Pools will have having a $5million lottery to celebrate the CNY. I hope in this rabbit year, you bless me and xiaohei to win. We really don't mind sharing the first prize with 10 others.

So please please. Let us strike. We will portion some to charity and you can rest assure that with Xiaohei around, we won't squander the money away.

Love.
Blaeck.

MY OUR JOURNEY TO PERFECTION


Saturday morning, just like any other morning, I snoozed twice then stumbled to the bathroom. As usual, I peed, washed my hands and took a shower. Came out, dried myself and took two contact lens from the my toiletries box.

"Could be the last day I put contact lens on." I thought to myself. This has been a regime that Ive been on for the past 12 years. Started with monthly lens then switched to a more convenient daily lens. At least 12 hours a day for almost 365 days a year....

Hei and I picked E-Chiing and Lydia up..."ARE YOU READY FOR A LIFE CHANGE" - Lydia screamed into my ear...That woke me up instantly.

Chiing and I had an 11am eye test scheduled - to test our eligibility for Lasik surgery. Degree of myopia, cornea shape, eye pressure were just some of the test we went through to ensure we are eligible to the surgery. We also got our pupils dilated for some of the tests. That was a weird feeling, its like we experienced what presbyopia was like. It was not fun.

Cornea thickness - turns out I have thick cornea (550) and Chiing had average cornea (515). Normal being between 500 - 515. I have thick skin, now I find out, I also have thick cornea. No complains here...

1pm: We pass the eye test! Scheduled our surgery at 3.30pm. We were starving by the time we were done with the eye test so we were glad to have a short break before the surgery

3.30pm: We walked back to the clinic and was ushered to the operating area immediately.We were brought to a private waiting area, and someone came in to put on scrubs for us. THIS is the closest we will get to ever looking remotely like a doctor! Dream come true!!!!! While we were fooling around, the nurse came by to check if our pupils have undilated. Echiing's were normal, but I had to drop another 3 times of eye drop to undilate the pupils! Thick corneas.

4.00pm : I bade Chiing good luck as she move into the Operating Theatre...shortly, I followed to the wating area.

4.30pm: "I CAN SEE!!!" She came out smiling as she said that. That gave me relieve, Im glad hers went well. I walked into the Operating Theatre and was awed by the size of the machine. Laid down where I was told and was administered anasethic eye drop. Or so I was told. Everything went by so fast. I remembered the eye drop, the rotating of the bed and the doctor telling me to look at a ring of lights. As he put in the suction to keep my eyes open, I remember saying that I felt a sting, but got no reply. "Look at the ring", Im not sure if it was in my mind, but I swear I felt the entire process and found it actually quite tramautising because you as the patient, see everything! After cutting the "flap", I saw hands of the doctor with some hook like appartus, folding flap and then ask me to look at a red dot. "27 seconds" I heard a nurse told the doctor who relayed to me...I stared at the blurry red dot, concentrated on staying still and keeping my focus so that the laser wont "cut wrongly" but again I swear I felt the prick of the laser.

5.00pm: Echiing and I were both done. I can't say for E-Chiing but I was quite a bit of pain and discomfort that I couldn't speak and couldn't bear to open my eyes for fear that I have actually become blind. Kind Lydia led the Wee Sisters down where my sweet Hei was waiting with the car. We hopped in and dropped Echiing and Lydia home.

6.00pm: I was home. Mustered enough energy to shower and all I wanted to do was to lie down. Eyes still shut tightly, I drifted in and out of sleep. While the pain and discomfort slowly faded away, my mind was still reeling back to the time that I was on the operating bed. That thought made my discomfort worse.

10.00pm: I woke with no more discomfort and pain. Stumbled out of the room and asked Hei to help me get hor fun. He brought my back to bed, asked me to wait there while he went downstairs. I couldn't lie down...so I cleared away my bags while waiting. The Hor Fun was unusually tasteless but I ate nonetheless. My sight was clear...but I was so tired to fully take in and enjoy.

Sunday 9am: First review. Show off my new Miu Miu sunnies. We picked Echiing and Lydia up again and took a picture with the awesome Dr Marc Tay. Thanks doc!!!!

Our wonder eye doctor, Dr Marc Tay

2 weeks to CNY - technically for Chinese, does the new year only start after CNY? Does it mean that my luck will only turn around after CNY? Sure hope so.

Have been spending lots of time with Hei this few days and loving it, we laugh, we talk and most of all, we have fun.

Who knew huh, that my husband is actually funny. But he is, he is a joke(r).

As the Blaecks were walking back home from Punggol Plaza after a economical dinner, Eck heard her name and realise it was 2 friends from 13 years ago.

Huishan and Si'En from BVSS - Bedok View Secondary School Class 4/2. Eck joined them for dinner and tea while reminiscing the events from 13 years ago. You never realise how fast time flies and how good the times were, even if they were not so great or a little embarrassing.We talked about class seating arrangements, the teachers and the slightly mental ill boy who used to waltz into our class.

Although it reminded Eck how old she is but it also put a smile on her face...it was nice.

You know how when you are young and had just fallen in love and entered a relationship, you may do pretty embarrassing things? I got a text this morning from my husband with a corny love note "I love how your hands feels in mine." - I replied that the corniness is giving me goosebumps.

THEN! He had to remind me that the corny line comes from a post-it note I wrote for him.

How corny was I really?!?!?! I mean, I am still in love now and Im still crazy about Xiaohei.

But I will just stick to "I Love You." now.

In a couple months time, I would have been with Hei for 7 years. March 19, 2004 was the date I turned into us. Mine turned into ours and Xiaohei turned into babe.

I vaguely remember what happened, there was a couple of emails bouncing between him and me. A few hidden smiles and that's that? In this day and age, do men still ask "Do you want to be my girlfriend?" Or as the ah-beng will ask "Eh, you wanna go stead with me?"

So in this 7 years anniversary, I want to pay homage to a great movie. Marilyn Monroe's Seven Year Itch. Its not bad joke, I feel no itch.

The Fighter Movie Trailer Official (HD)

Head. Body. Head. Body. Head. Body.

The Fighter - Mark Walhberg and Christian Bale. with Amy Adams.
Rating: 7/10

Me "Do you know Molala's Z is very sweet? He comes all the way down to Hougang to pick her even though he stays in Jurong?"

Hei "Ok. If Molala's Z jogs from Jurong to Hougang early in the morning to take her for a walk. Then I say he win!"

Show off...just because of that ONE TIME many many many moons ago when Hei jogged from Hougang to East Coast to meet me one morning for a walk and breakfast. This is his one crowning glory...

But it made me smile.

Listening to my girlfriend talk so sweetly about her "like" put a smile on my face and made me remember our dating days...

To Molala, I hope the sweet days continues and who cares who does the wooing...but remember, sometimes women need to let men think they are the smart ones...=)

To iGeek....even though you say there were no feeling or spark, you speak of 193 with a smile. Love doesnt need to sweep you off your feet...love can be gradual, so let nature take its course.

Sitting in the office makes me miss waking up besides Hei in Europe. Cos all we thought about was breakfast and the itinerary for the day.....

Here's an overview of what I felt about my holiday (in a nutshell)

Munich - Lousy road signs made me walk round and round and got lost. Far far too cold and I don't understand the Gulhwein (Hot red wine). But, the sausages and saukeraut are so very tasty!

Paris - Romance capital of the world. The food was exquisite, even the street food. I had this rare duck slices that was decadent.

Florence - Taking a trip back in time in this small town. People were so friendly and pasta was awesome. Though a Singaporean man in a restaurant one day, complaining there was no "chilli sauce" spoil the beautiful landscape a bit...=)

Rome - Time comes to a standstill in the rich culture and the historic architecture.Everywhere you turn is a historic building, bridges are centuries old and one can get so wonderfully lost in the piazzas and the palazzos.

On a personal note, Italy was the romantic capital of the world for me. I savoured every kiss with my husband. We held hands even at the world.

Grazie Italy for you made us fall deeper in love with each other.

Grazie Arrivederci.

2011

The holiday has been almost perfect. The sights were awesome, the culture was rich and the food was yummy-licious....

So what we got locked out of our house when we came back. It just made me savour my bak chor mee even more.

When the clock strucked 12....2011 came and I said a prayer....

Hope 2011 will be one of positive changes.

Happy New Year everyone.