Balance
Tuesday 16th OCT 07 11:25am
I realised that i have not been updating my blog recently. Really nothing much has happened during these time, and even if it had, i have been too tired/lazy to blog about it. But i guess this is as good a time as any to write down my thoughts before i totally forget they happened.
I have recently gone for my Lasik surgery to correct my vision. Cost me a cool SGD$5,000 for the whole treatment. I am happy to report that this was money well spent. The surgery went well and now, i have perfect vision once again, although i have to hold off contact sports for a few months to let my corneas heal back properly. What this means is that i can't do my slams in Aikido, i can't swim (Not that i had in a long long time)and i have to constantly put eye drops on my eyes to help in the healing process. I still have a bit of discomfort here and there throughout the day, but it's nothing unbearable. You might be shocked at the bill of this treatment but there is a perfectly simple reason behind it. My corneas are quite thin, (About 400+ thickness. An ordinary cornea has 500+ thickness) And i chose the latest technology to correct my vision (Intralase). Everything was done by lazer. So it works out to be about 2.5K per eye.
On my Aikido front, i have to slow down on my training due to my surgery. I was so hoping to take my next grading this DEC. But seeing as how my condition is now, and the fact that there are weapon patterns (Which i have YET to memorise)to be graded on, i am HIGHLY doubtful that it will happen. Leslie, Yaorong, Jaiqin and Joe has offcially stopped coming for classes. Not that it's any suprise for me. I guess i sort of knew it would happen in the first place but decided to bang my head on the wall yet again. At the end of the day, i know i have done my best to help them and be there for them. If they choose to disregard it and turn away, then it's their loss, not mine. I realise that i also have to learn how to be more "stone hearted". Even till now, the kids have been asking me for help in topping up their Cell phones and even borrowing money from me. The sums are small, only a few bucks. But i guess i have already made them have this habit of turing to me. How long can i continue to help them? I don't know. Maybe it's the fact that they are still kids.
Honestly, i can't bear to leave them in the lurch, so to speak, especailly when they come to me with those "I am so pitiful" story and those puppy eyes. My heart just goes out to them. Why? Maybe it's because i have never had a "big brother" before who takes care of me and give me things. That's why when the kids approach me now, i am easily swayed by their "reasons". What puzzles me is that they all want to be respected and treated like an adult, but act the opposite. They renegade on their words, lie, and basically don't care about consequences. When they are done taking things from you or you have outlasted your usefullness, they avoid you like a horrible plague. Which is what is happening NOW, with the four of them. Although i will be fair and say that at LEAST one of them, Joe, who broke his arm recently, has expressed interest to me that he wish to return to training once he has recovered enough. But we shall see.... I really can't trust these kids now, no matter how much i want to. Then there is Leslie, who practically BEGGED me to purchase the tickets to the David Copperfield show that is coming up on the 3rd of NOV at the indoor stadium. He promised me that he will save up and make sure he pays me for the ticket. So i actually DID went and purchased the tickets. When i told him i have done so, his reply was an "Ok" and that's it. Seriously. My later attempts to sms him was unreplied, and calls unanswered. Is that an adult and matured beheaviour?
You be the judge.
On a happier note, i managed to have a meeting with a child star. I won't call him an actor because he has already made a name for himself. (He has already acted in a Movie). His name? Xiao LiYuan. You might have seen him in such MCS productions as "zero to hero" where he played the son of Edmund Chen's character, or the teenage production with the the first season of Campus Superstar Alumni. If these still does not ring a bell to you, then you might know him as the very lonely boy in the local movie production "4:30" by Royston Tan. His looks have not changed much, but he is MUCH taller now (Taller then me), at the age of just 15. We went to Jurong Point for movie and a quick lunch. He is friendly unlike other child actors i know. It was good to just have some time to meet up with new people and just chill. I have asked LiYuan to go with me to watch the David Copperfield show instead. At least, i know there is a higher chance of HIM keeping his promise then Leslie.
So that's about it. If there are any other significant things that happened prior to this post, i must have either forgotten them, or just can't be bothered to remember.... which, really sounds like the same thing if you think about it isn't it?
Well.... this is what i will do.
I will TRY to make it a daily event to update my blog from TOMORROW onwards. Well..... i PROMISE i will TRY at least.
:)
EarlGrey
I realised that i have not been updating my blog recently. Really nothing much has happened during these time, and even if it had, i have been too tired/lazy to blog about it. But i guess this is as good a time as any to write down my thoughts before i totally forget they happened.
I have recently gone for my Lasik surgery to correct my vision. Cost me a cool SGD$5,000 for the whole treatment. I am happy to report that this was money well spent. The surgery went well and now, i have perfect vision once again, although i have to hold off contact sports for a few months to let my corneas heal back properly. What this means is that i can't do my slams in Aikido, i can't swim (Not that i had in a long long time)and i have to constantly put eye drops on my eyes to help in the healing process. I still have a bit of discomfort here and there throughout the day, but it's nothing unbearable. You might be shocked at the bill of this treatment but there is a perfectly simple reason behind it. My corneas are quite thin, (About 400+ thickness. An ordinary cornea has 500+ thickness) And i chose the latest technology to correct my vision (Intralase). Everything was done by lazer. So it works out to be about 2.5K per eye.
On my Aikido front, i have to slow down on my training due to my surgery. I was so hoping to take my next grading this DEC. But seeing as how my condition is now, and the fact that there are weapon patterns (Which i have YET to memorise)to be graded on, i am HIGHLY doubtful that it will happen. Leslie, Yaorong, Jaiqin and Joe has offcially stopped coming for classes. Not that it's any suprise for me. I guess i sort of knew it would happen in the first place but decided to bang my head on the wall yet again. At the end of the day, i know i have done my best to help them and be there for them. If they choose to disregard it and turn away, then it's their loss, not mine. I realise that i also have to learn how to be more "stone hearted". Even till now, the kids have been asking me for help in topping up their Cell phones and even borrowing money from me. The sums are small, only a few bucks. But i guess i have already made them have this habit of turing to me. How long can i continue to help them? I don't know. Maybe it's the fact that they are still kids.
Honestly, i can't bear to leave them in the lurch, so to speak, especailly when they come to me with those "I am so pitiful" story and those puppy eyes. My heart just goes out to them. Why? Maybe it's because i have never had a "big brother" before who takes care of me and give me things. That's why when the kids approach me now, i am easily swayed by their "reasons". What puzzles me is that they all want to be respected and treated like an adult, but act the opposite. They renegade on their words, lie, and basically don't care about consequences. When they are done taking things from you or you have outlasted your usefullness, they avoid you like a horrible plague. Which is what is happening NOW, with the four of them. Although i will be fair and say that at LEAST one of them, Joe, who broke his arm recently, has expressed interest to me that he wish to return to training once he has recovered enough. But we shall see.... I really can't trust these kids now, no matter how much i want to. Then there is Leslie, who practically BEGGED me to purchase the tickets to the David Copperfield show that is coming up on the 3rd of NOV at the indoor stadium. He promised me that he will save up and make sure he pays me for the ticket. So i actually DID went and purchased the tickets. When i told him i have done so, his reply was an "Ok" and that's it. Seriously. My later attempts to sms him was unreplied, and calls unanswered. Is that an adult and matured beheaviour?
You be the judge.
On a happier note, i managed to have a meeting with a child star. I won't call him an actor because he has already made a name for himself. (He has already acted in a Movie). His name? Xiao LiYuan. You might have seen him in such MCS productions as "zero to hero" where he played the son of Edmund Chen's character, or the teenage production with the the first season of Campus Superstar Alumni. If these still does not ring a bell to you, then you might know him as the very lonely boy in the local movie production "4:30" by Royston Tan. His looks have not changed much, but he is MUCH taller now (Taller then me), at the age of just 15. We went to Jurong Point for movie and a quick lunch. He is friendly unlike other child actors i know. It was good to just have some time to meet up with new people and just chill. I have asked LiYuan to go with me to watch the David Copperfield show instead. At least, i know there is a higher chance of HIM keeping his promise then Leslie.
So that's about it. If there are any other significant things that happened prior to this post, i must have either forgotten them, or just can't be bothered to remember.... which, really sounds like the same thing if you think about it isn't it?
Well.... this is what i will do.
I will TRY to make it a daily event to update my blog from TOMORROW onwards. Well..... i PROMISE i will TRY at least.
:)
EarlGrey
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