Spectacular Spectacles

I’ve always been proud of my 20/20 vision. It is so good that I could see even if it was dark. So back when people asked me why I wear contact lenses, my answer would be simple-for aesthetic purposes. However, when I renewed my license last year, my eyesight wasn’t as perfect as it was before to my horror! As I was made to read the eye chart (which by the way I used to ace), my left eye failed me. I couldn’t the last 3 letters which I couldn’t believe!

What does 20/20 vision even mean? Well, apparently, it means that when one stands 20 feet away from the eye chart, one would see what a “normal” person would see given that distance. Well now I know! Drat. Why? Because today I found out that from 50/20, my grade rose to 100/75 and that I have to wear glasses to correct my astigmatism. So this means that what I see when I stand 20 feet away (come to think of it, that eye chart wasn’t even 20 feet away or it was since it was digitally reproduced? Hmm.) from the eye chart, I see what normal people can see 100(and 75) feet away from it. Good thing my blurry eyesight hasn’t caused any accidents yet when I drive. While on this topic, what is the cutoff to be declared legally blind in this country again? I seriously have no idea. I heard that in the US, it is 20/200.

I guess I had it coming. I’m in front of the laptop all the time. Doing what exactly? Well, I readi some of my cases online, cyberslack while facebook-ing, watch (nay, do a marathon) online videos of my missed series episodes and digest cases. The time I spent in front of the computer has increased drastically over the past 4 years.The Internet and law school did my eyesight in! I still can’t accept the fact that I have to wear glasses already –earlier, I think, than the age my parents had theirs. C’est la vie. As I type in this blog entry, my font is at 12 and the zoom is at 120%.I hope I don’t have to zoom in to 500% any time soon. Woe to those with imperfect vision. Lasik surgery any one? =P