Claire in KL

So so so...I'm back once again. I know I'm inconsistent but hear me out. It's been one assignment after another these few weeks including our 1st assessment which counts for 20% of our grades. Moreover, there's also preparation for our research proposal which is not easy. If you know literature review, you'll totally understand how stressful it can get. Anyway, the title of this post is gonna be about Claire's trip to KL but at then end, i'll get abit nerdy and talk about some tests and instruments we use in our optometry clinic at NIO =)

Claire arrived Friday morning, bright and early. But I was still stressing about Contact Lens 2 paper which was to start at 9am. She arrived at the condo approximately 12 smtg pm with luggage, foldable mattress and Adam. Hehe So being me, I was so excited the night before Claire arrived, I decided to cook for Friday lunch. And this is the end product.

It was a drizzly, rainy Friday but we decided not to waste any time and head out to the shopping malls. Friday was to KLCC and Pavillion. By the way, Friday was also the day the earthquake-tsunami hit Japan. Sad, sad thing. I heard about it from a little birdie around 5pm. No wonder it's raining. It some how clicks in my head for whatever weird reason. Earthquake-tsunami = Rain everywhere. Haha lame lame....

So after walking round and round and buying a thing or 2, "ps. Adam had a spree in Isetan XD" the next most important question was what to have for dinner. We decided to have Korean food at Amcorp Mall. I miss their Kimchi Jiggae since I haven't had it this semester. So from Pavillion in the heart of KL, we 'raced' back to Amcorp Mall in PJ just for dinner. I wasn't sure what time they were closing assuming it to be 9pm since Amcorp Mall is so old and stuff. But behold, they only close at 10pm. We had an awesome dinner. Some how, their flavours just suit me.

Day 2 I had class till 1pm. Not only that, it was Law. Anyway, we decided to stick around the area and hang around at Mid Valley and Gardens. Bought another thing or 2 here. Ahhh, so nice to shop. Haven't done that in a while. Heheh...

So an amazing thing happened was we were walking towards Gardens. You know that lifestyle cafe named Garden? Yea, we were walking when Adam mentioned something was going on. I looked over and saw some people standing about the piano in the 'bird cage' with a girl playing the piano. I thought, hmm, just some famous local artiste i guess. I wasn't though. It was a marriage proposal. Not to the girl playing the piano but some one else. They were standing next to the piano. The guy was on bended knee and everything. Traditional.

For dinner, we wanted to go to Tomy Roma's but the waiting list was 20 minutes long. So we decided to go to TGIF. Haha this time I'm smarter. Ordered to share. One pasta and one sirloin steak and buffalo wings to share. Still very filling though...=P *Cat grin*

Anyone would be able to guess what we were doing. Went home with a bottle of hair dye for Claire. Light copper brown this time. I was faster this time and by the end of this session, I think anyone can employ me to make Times Burger, ie. I mean to squeeze the mayonnaise, chilli sauce or maybe at the waffle stall to squeeze chocolate sauce. Total expert talking here man.....Hahahahaha

Day 3 we went to Cheras and Puchong. We had lunch at this place in Cheras along Jalan Shelly. Chicken Rice.....=D But everyone here speaks Cantonese and 3 of us tidak cakap Canto. Mandarin pun cacat. Then the aunty working here very garang. Hahaha but very funny. There were 2 guys sitting behind us and they kept laughing. Super paiseh....=/

So this so called drink is sugar cane. But it's actually a mixture of some chinese tea thing and don't know what else. But it's quite nice cold though. Hahaha the lady was actually asking between 2 drinks which we wanted. And 'someone' went, ah okay 3. Hahaha the lady stared at us like we came from Mars!!

Chicken

Char siu. This char siu is quite good. It really has some barbeque taste and the skin is kinda crispy which is not the norm for Kuching char siu. Hehe

And then off to IOI Mall in Puchong. We walked around, found nothing interesting and decided to have tea. Again at TGIF. With brownie obsession and chocolate mouse. Sugar overload.....

So come Monday, I was able to get both Claire and Adam to come and be my patients for the our practice clinic. Boy, was I nervous!! That's the examination form which is 4 pages long and we have to fill in everything. The black box is where we store our retinoscopes and ophthalmoscopes. Mine is from Keeler. Everyone who studies at NIO needs to get their own set.

Here, we're at the slit lamp. Hazel examined Claire, and she found that Claire had some fast pursuit eye movements in the right eye. It was amplified on the slit lamp which is actually like a microscope but instead of observing bacteria, we observe the eye ie. lashes, lid, conjunctiva, cornea, iris, lens and other stuff.

This is me doing a corneal sensitivity test. It is done to test if the cornea is numb from a drop of alcaine instilled to the eye. We usually do this before doing the tonometry examination which measures intraocular pressure (IOP). Meaning right....we measure the pressure of the eye using some tiny instrument. Claire and Adam both became my patients. Hehe

So, all done with the 2 hour long procedure. Tired from such a long examination, I guess...=P Or just woke up too early...Hehe

And here I am all stressed out and trying to smile...Hahaha

That was the end of Claire's trip to KL. It was so much fun having her around. I miss being at home with the family....But studies are calling...Now I gotta go back to typing out references for my research proposal and start with presentation slides....

Toodles