Sunday, June 28, 2009
Listen: I Don't Care Much
Everyone loves a tragic love song.
Alam Cumming (Better Video)
Adam Pascal (Better Sound Quality)
I don't care much,
Go or stay,
I don't care very much
Either way.
Hearts grow hard
On a windy street.
Lips grow cold
With the rent to meet.
So if you kiss me,
If we touch,
Warning's fair,
I don't care
Very much.
I don't care much,
Go or stay,
I don't care very much
Either way.
Words sound false
When your coat's too thin
Feet don't waltz
When the roof caves in
So if you kiss me,
If we touch,
Warning's fair,
I don't care very much.
I don´t care
Alam Cumming (Better Video)
Adam Pascal (Better Sound Quality)
I don't care much,
Go or stay,
I don't care very much
Either way.
Hearts grow hard
On a windy street.
Lips grow cold
With the rent to meet.
So if you kiss me,
If we touch,
Warning's fair,
I don't care
Very much.
I don't care much,
Go or stay,
I don't care very much
Either way.
Words sound false
When your coat's too thin
Feet don't waltz
When the roof caves in
So if you kiss me,
If we touch,
Warning's fair,
I don't care very much.
I don´t care
Labels: Music
Lately
I'm insecure and I'm scared that you don't love me as much anymore :(
Labels: Thoughts
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
If you are serious about upholding the spirit of Transformers and you're fussy like me when it comes to film making, you'll agree with me that Transformers 2 sucks.
Labels: Films
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Baby
Friday, June 05, 2009
Come Grow With Me: Glaucoma
The sudden interest in this subject is because I have Glaucoma.
Someone asked me before, what is blogging to me? I think (and hope) everyone goes away with something after spending 10 minutes reading my entries. Apart from my complains and thoughts, I hope I can share as much things things I know with everyone. Life's too short, and there is too much knowledge out there. Hopefully my blog gives most a short-cut to learning new things.
Anyway, I have glaucoma. And it did get me stressed from time to time. So if there is one thing I hope everyone will do, it is to do an eye check up. I had my check up done when I was making a new pair of glasses. I go to Pearl Optics (101 Upper Cross Street, #02-22~25 People's Park Centre, Singapore 058357. Tel: 65330232 / 65325110). The services are free to customers. Alternatively, any clinics can give you a referral to the eye clinic.
Before this incident, I thought glaucoma is an old person's disease. Later I found out that most of us people have this misconception because we always hear of old people with this disease. Please remember that most patients have the condition since young, but only found out when it's too late.
Introduction
Glaucoma accounts for 40% of blindness in Singapore. It is an eye disease where the fluid pressure within the eyeball is too high and damages the optic nerve, which carries visual impulses from the eye to the brain. This pressure build-up occurs because of an imbalance between the production and drainage of fluid within the eyeball.
Glaucoma can be divided roughly into two main categories, "open angle" and "closed angle" glaucoma. Angle closure can appear suddenly and is often painful. Visual loss can progress quickly but the discomfort often leads patients to seek medical attention before permanent damage occurs. Open angle, chronic glaucoma tends to progress more slowly and the patient may not notice that they have lost vision until the disease has progressed significantly.
Glaucoma has been nicknamed the "sneak thief of sight" because the loss of vision normally occurs gradually over a long period of time and is often only recognized when the disease is quite advanced. Once lost, this damaged visual field can never be recovered. Worldwide, it is the second leading cause of blindness. Glaucoma affects one in two hundred people aged fifty and younger, and one in ten over the age of eighty. If the condition is detected early enough it is possible to arrest the development or slow the progression with medical and surgical means.
Symptoms
There are rarely any symptoms in the early stages of the disease so it is important to have regular eye checks by a qualified professional. Ophthalmologist and optometrists will diagnose glaucoma on the basis of intraocular pressure, visual field results and optic nerve head appearance.
Patients will sometimes notice patchy loss of peripheral vision or reduced contrast sensitivity and these people may benefit from a review by an eye specialist.
Symptoms of angle closure glaucoma can include pain in or behind the eye ball, headache with nausea and vomiting and visual disturbances with halos around lights but sometimes there are no symptoms.
How is glaucoma treated?
Glaucoma can be treated but not cured. Once the optic nerve is damaged, the loss of vision is permanent. The aim of the treatment is to lower the intraocular pressures to an acceptable level, thus preventing further damage to the optic nerve. Because treatment can only control but not cure the condition, it must be continued throughout life.
Treatment depends on the type of glaucoma, and may be in the form of medication (eyedrops or tablets), surgery or laser.
Singapore National Eye Clinic
Someone asked me before, what is blogging to me? I think (and hope) everyone goes away with something after spending 10 minutes reading my entries. Apart from my complains and thoughts, I hope I can share as much things things I know with everyone. Life's too short, and there is too much knowledge out there. Hopefully my blog gives most a short-cut to learning new things.
Anyway, I have glaucoma. And it did get me stressed from time to time. So if there is one thing I hope everyone will do, it is to do an eye check up. I had my check up done when I was making a new pair of glasses. I go to Pearl Optics (101 Upper Cross Street, #02-22~25 People's Park Centre, Singapore 058357. Tel: 65330232 / 65325110). The services are free to customers. Alternatively, any clinics can give you a referral to the eye clinic.
Before this incident, I thought glaucoma is an old person's disease. Later I found out that most of us people have this misconception because we always hear of old people with this disease. Please remember that most patients have the condition since young, but only found out when it's too late.
Introduction
Glaucoma accounts for 40% of blindness in Singapore. It is an eye disease where the fluid pressure within the eyeball is too high and damages the optic nerve, which carries visual impulses from the eye to the brain. This pressure build-up occurs because of an imbalance between the production and drainage of fluid within the eyeball.
Glaucoma can be divided roughly into two main categories, "open angle" and "closed angle" glaucoma. Angle closure can appear suddenly and is often painful. Visual loss can progress quickly but the discomfort often leads patients to seek medical attention before permanent damage occurs. Open angle, chronic glaucoma tends to progress more slowly and the patient may not notice that they have lost vision until the disease has progressed significantly.
Glaucoma has been nicknamed the "sneak thief of sight" because the loss of vision normally occurs gradually over a long period of time and is often only recognized when the disease is quite advanced. Once lost, this damaged visual field can never be recovered. Worldwide, it is the second leading cause of blindness. Glaucoma affects one in two hundred people aged fifty and younger, and one in ten over the age of eighty. If the condition is detected early enough it is possible to arrest the development or slow the progression with medical and surgical means.
Symptoms
There are rarely any symptoms in the early stages of the disease so it is important to have regular eye checks by a qualified professional. Ophthalmologist and optometrists will diagnose glaucoma on the basis of intraocular pressure, visual field results and optic nerve head appearance.
Patients will sometimes notice patchy loss of peripheral vision or reduced contrast sensitivity and these people may benefit from a review by an eye specialist.
Symptoms of angle closure glaucoma can include pain in or behind the eye ball, headache with nausea and vomiting and visual disturbances with halos around lights but sometimes there are no symptoms.
How is glaucoma treated?
Glaucoma can be treated but not cured. Once the optic nerve is damaged, the loss of vision is permanent. The aim of the treatment is to lower the intraocular pressures to an acceptable level, thus preventing further damage to the optic nerve. Because treatment can only control but not cure the condition, it must be continued throughout life.
Treatment depends on the type of glaucoma, and may be in the form of medication (eyedrops or tablets), surgery or laser.
Singapore National Eye Clinic
Labels: Come Grow With Me
