Well, recently I saved enough money to get myself a pair of Braun Buffel spectacles. Normally, I don’t bother with brands and stuff, especially when I am talking about spectacles. My previous pair lasted me 8 years and I am lucky my eyesight didn’t deteriorate but I knew it’s about time I changed the spectacles. It had too many scratches and the coating on the len and the frame itself is starting to peel off. In fact, the screws on my previous pair had came off so many times that I had to buy some tiny screws from the shop to keep as spares. Yes, it was that old.

Anyway, this new pair cost me about S$240. Not too bad for a branded spectacles. However, I am not too choosy and I got the shop assistant in the spectacle shop to choose for me. And she told me that this looked good on me, so on her advice I bought it. I think that it looked okay on me. My friends say that I look younger than before, which I feel is a good thing. Old folks like me need to look younger or we will just fade away. My family members didn’t say much, since they knew it’s about time for me to change my glasses. Well, it felt lighter than my previous pair too, since it is half-framed and looking through the lens, you can feel that the surroundings are much brighter now. Good for the eyes. That’s one advantage of half-frames.

I am very afraid that my eyesight will get worse. Due to my work, nowadays I stare at the screen very often and at times, I found my eyes very tired and sore by lunch time. It has gotten worse these few weeks. Using the eye lotion provided by the doctor didn’t help much. I hope that by using this new spectacles, I would face less problem with my eyes. I really don’t want one day to be that old man you see on the void deck with very thick glasses trying desperately to read the newspaper.