Being a Four-eyed Man
I’m not really a fan of Filipino soaps. But my family is, especially my grandmom and aunt. They love any telenovela that has Juday as its protagonist who gets slapped, followed by a gunman, involved in a car accident, and anything that is gruesome which makes the antagonist die in joy. What I’ve noticed in such TV programs is that when a bespectacled old character saw something and wants to make sure he or she saw the right thing, the character would remove his or her spectacles in disbelief. Do you really have to do that? I mean you’re wearing specs to correct your defective eyesight and if you removed your eyeglasses, you would have a hard time to see clearly, right? I just really find it weird.
So why am I talking about such stupid observation? Well, yesterday, I was able to force my Dad to buy me a new spectacles. My last prescription glasses was made back in the second half of 2006. I really wanted a thick-rimmed glasses but as what my father had predicted, I look weird with them. So I’m stuck with a half-moon rectangular spectacles (but they’re not perfect rectangle) made from metal.
Being a four-eyed man can be sometimes frustrating. There are things that you can’t do correctly with your eyeglasses on. Uh, I can’t think of a situation that I can use as an example or am I just imagining things? Haha. And of course, it’s expensive. The frame costs around Php 5000, and that’s just the frame. The lenses can also be costly especially if you want multi-coated lenses (just like me) to protect your eyes from harmful UV rays. Plus, you need regular visits with your ophthalmologist. But at this point, I can’t part with my glasses. Whenever I use a computer or watch TV, I badly need to wear my spectacles, otherwise, I’ll get dizzy.
Uh, if I were you, I would not dream of wearing eyeglasses. Haha. I want a 20/20 vision!
