My mom insisted that I have my eyes checked by an ophthalmologist, as opposed to an optometrist because of my degrading eyesight. What’s the difference? It seems the doctors that have been checking my eyesight since forever are just optometrists, ones who measure the degree of one’s nearsightedness or farsightedness, etc. and then prescribe corrective lenses. And an ophthalmologist is a doctor at studies the entire eye structure in depth and answers why one has eye problems.

So imagine my chagrin when even the ophthalmologist was shocked at the degree of my nearsightedness. An eye expert was shocked. Doesn’t take a genius to figure out that’s a bad thing… >.>

She described that the retina is the part of the eye that allows us to see clearly. As we grow older, the retina is stretched as our eye changes in size from childhood to adulthood. Imagine a balloon that’s being inflated. As more air in inserted in the balloon, the more it is stretched, which makes the balloon lining thinner as it goes.

So, in consequence, I got prescribed eye vitamins to preserve the structure of my retina to prevent further thinning. It wouldn’t necessarily bring back my normal eyesight. It’ll just prevent it from getting worse. Rawr.

So my friend Jasmine was was reminiscing about the old 80s and 90s cartoon series that we watched when we were kids. I watch a particular one, Voltron, and noticed something…

Me: Didn’t Voltron have a girl in there?
Jas: She wasn’t included in the opening song. It’s Princess Allura. Originally, they were all male.
Me: Did the other guy die?
Jas: Yep. That’s why he was substituted by the princess. But eventually, it turns out he wasn’t dead. He was just lost.
Me: What is it with men and asking for directions?
Jas: LOL. I think he was in the enemy base. It would’ve been hard to ask the enemy for directions.
Me: But it’s his fault he got lost there in the first place! Tsk! Men!
Jas: It was in a war, woman! Have some heart! LOL.
Me: It’s his fault that someone had to wear PINK in battle!!! PINK SPANDEX in battle! Aren’t you outraged?! XDDD
Jas: I think I would be more outraged if it was a guy who wore pink spandex in battle.

If there’s one thing that I know I won’t be able to organize in a day, or even a few weeks, it’s the list of all the books I’ve ever read. I’ve been reading since I was 11 years old, and as testament to that, my eyesight is really poor, much to my mother’s annoyance. XD

Thus, after a couple of years of procrastinating, I’ve finally added the Library, as you can see at your right. Though the puny list is just more proof of my laziness rather than an avoidance to read. ^_^ I’ve read anything to romance, mystery, fantasy, comedy, biographies and some really unusual ones like astronomy and dinosaurs.

I apologize for the meager contents as of now. I just added the titles that I remembered right at this moment. As further proof of my nonfunctional brain, here’s a snippet of a conversation I had with a friend a few hours ago:

Him: I haven’t read anything in a while. Are there any books you recommend?
Me: Are you sure? I mean I’m a girl. Of course, I read romance.
Him: Do you have any romance comedy titles?
Me: … I read too much of them. But right now, I can’t think of any title off the top of my head. Maybe later when I’m alive.

I promise to populate the library when my brain starts functioning normally again.

Well, as normal as can be expected. XD