20:20

i enjoy playing with the features of this blog engine (is that even what this is called?);  you will notice  that i even revised the font.  i made my first blog on my iPad;  that's good if you're on the go and suddenly had a eureka moment that you wanna put in writing pronto,  but i now realize that it is best to do it on the laptop or desktop because some functions just do not work on the ipad.  

talking about fonts,   just the other day,   while i was in an office meeting,   i was discretely checking my blackberry when a seatmate nudged me as he was so surprised at the size of the fonts in my blackberry (hmpph,  eavesdropping at my BB) -  he wondered if font size was probably 20 ish. . .  that's Mr Exaggerated for you!  it was probably 12 or 14. Standard size is around 10. 




okay, the fonts may be gigantic, by blackberry standards

 I revised the font settings of my blackberry 4 years ago when,   during an overseas seminar, i noticed that i was having difficulty reading the materials given to me -  it seemed i was reading the book while underwater - literally,  there seemed to be some sort of a film stuck in my eye. 

So when i came back to Manila,  i trooped to Sarabia Optical in Greenbelt 1 - apart from the fact that i knew their head optician,  i found the staff generally very pleasant and welcoming  (okay,  so i had a not so good experience there a couple of years after,  but that could be material for another blog, woohoo).  The verdict was,  my vision was still 20:20  (read as,  i can recognize people from afar and still read signages, etc)   but i need reading glasses already -  huh,  reading glasses?  so there, they had me fit this eyeglass-like contraption which is  then fitted with various grades of lenses to determine what my reading glass "prescription grade"  would be.   Then they had me walk around the store,  just to see if my eyes will adjust to the chosen grade.    

The next step was my favorite -  choosing the frame.  I equate this to shopping for clothes as i have to find one that will fit my face shape and even skintone best.   Sarabia has a quite a big collection, from the budget ones to the branded ones.  As this would be my first pair,  i wouldn't want to make a mistake but i knew i wanted something lightweight and of course,  topmost of which,  it should make me look good and not nerdy or something.   I found this semi-rimless pair,  whose temples are pink (wow!);  but what probably did it for me was the picture of a model wearing it -  it looked soooo good on her -  and maybe,  a little part of me thought i would look like her if i wore the glasses,   hahaha. .. . so it was done for me!  i'm such a sucker for ads  :) 

Okay,  the picture does not do justice, but i like the fact that it is lightweight
and has pink temples, which do not look too obvious, oh well. . .  

Before i forget,   i also had progressive lenses fitted in it as i didn't want to wear a "doble vista" pair -  progressive ones are just more expensive but at least,  i wouldn't need to take off my glasses everytime i am not reading.    It was amazing how i compare looking at the same newspaper text with and without the glasses -  it's simply magic  how the letters became incredibly clearer as i looked thru the glasses.


It took sometime for me to totally get used to my new pair.   For one,  i was on denial for a couple of months -  couldn't and wouldn't believe that my eyesight was no longer perfect.  I just couldn't fathom.  During one of my annual check-ups,  the doctor said that when one reaches the age of 40,   the eyesight really deteriorates;   In time though,  i got used to it.  i've come to accept that i do not have super eyesight contrary to what i thought a couple of years back.   I am now saving up for my next pair :)

Number one

I'm starting a blog... or should I say, I'm starting to blog? What is the proper way of saying it? Didn't know that this blogging tool of a website can seem to be too complicated, what with the seemingly endless choice of options for designs, add ons and whatnots. I do not even understand what most can do but I'm giving myself time. I'm sure with a little (will that take years?) practice, this blog tool can be my best friend.


Just like when I discovered facebook. It took me sometime to discover the various functionalities and now, a day won't pass when I won't access it, whether from my computer or my phone.


Now why do I want to blog? What do i want to blog about? I look at the blogs which I often encounter - most, if not all of them are really about the blogger's (oh I'm getting the hang of it, a little) personal experiences - yes it can be anything under the sun but it definitely isn't fiction. There are a lot of things that I can write about based on my personal experience - but it somehow makes me wonder, do I really want to tell the whole cyber world my stories? Do I want to broadcast happenings in my life which include family, friends, enemies and even strangers? Shall I use a pseudonym? Shall I change the characters' names to sort of, protect their identities? Carrie Bradshaw used her friends' real names in her newspaper column about sex - but then again Carrie and her world is fiction.


I used to write feature articles in college.  I was assigned to write anything "newsworthy"  happening inside the campus, or  any matter which can be of interest to the reading public (aka  students from the different colleges in the Univ);   there was nothing personal in what i wrote for obvious reasons.   So this is really new territory which i think i will enjoy very much. 


I already have an idea of what topics I will probably blog about, and I must admit that it is something that will not make me expose my personal life that much though I know the time will come when I have to narrate situations, even mention names, etc. I will probably need to read more about blogging to guide me, but what do you know, I am on my fourth or is it fifth paragraph already (told you I'm still getting used to this blog box and my iPad is not helping that much). Yes I definitely have to do my homework while I'm blogging already.


My blog title says it all. Welcome to my very first blog . . . Hopefully the start of a wonderful relationship with the keypad and everything nice.