I woke up this morning to be greeted by the clarity of my surroundings.

The teddy bear on top of my cupboard was smiling at me and for once, it did not look blur.

I could see that my table was quite messy. Quite clearly.

The red light at the bottom of my TV beamed fiercely, telling me that I had forgotten to switch off the main switch last night. The red light was quite distinct.

Everything around me was so clear and for the first time, I awoke from my bed with clear vision without the help of my spectacles.

I smiled.

The follow-up consultation at SNEC took 5 minutes and Doctor Wee said that my eyes were healing well. He then scheduled my next follow up consultation in a month's time. Instead of the usual 1 week. I was delighted.

I then left SNEC with Mummy who had kindly accompanied me there at the expense of her beauty sleep. We went to Takashimaya as we wanted to have Tim Sum at Crystal Jade. Unfortunately it was only 930am and no eatery or shop was opened. We searched around Orchard for some food but failed. Eventually we headed back to Yishun and ate at a nearby coffeeshop.

It felt so good to see everything clearly once more as I had been having blurred vision the last few days while recuperating from the surgery. As mentioned before, I did not feel anything during Tuesday's surgery but I made an effort to recall what the doctor did to me yesterday. It is still quite vivid to me.

At the Laser Suite, as usual, I donned on the surgery gown, cap and also shoe cover. The nurse first applied anaesthetic solution on my to-be-operated right eye. She then dipped cotton bud with iodine and cleaned both my upper and lower eyelid.

Doctor Wee checked my cornea and made some marks on my right eye. He said the mark was for the astigmatism as he needed to know exactly which angle. I was then held gently into the operation room and asked to lie down.

The lights above were glaring as before and just like Tuesday, Doctor Wee asked me to search for the red light and covered my already-operated left eye.

Next, I was instructed to look up at him and he pasted some plaster-like thingy to pull down my lower eyelid. He did the same for my upper eyelid. After that, he used a somewhat pincer-like object and placed it between my upper and lower lids. It was supposed to open my eyes so as to make the surgery easier. There was no pain and as I mentioned before, it in fact felt quite comfortable. Almost like stretching my muscles.

At this juncture, I was supposed to keep both eyes open but it was quite difficult as the lights above were so bright. I heard Doctor Wee say that he was going to black out my vision for a while and asked me not to worry. When I saw nothing in front of me, I wanted to close my eyes but was instructed to keep looking forward. This was the difficult part. It was really hard to keep my eyes opened and I struggled. Discomfort sank in.

"No worry. Hang in there. We are just removing some things so that we can do the laser," Doctor Wee remarked. "You will be able to see soon."

Gosh, removing what? I felt that they were trying to scrap my cornea. It was not painful but it seemed quite scary the way they put it.

True enough, as confirmed by the doctor, my vision soon came back and the red light was above once again. It was a small red dot, then it blurred, then there was a green patch of light below it. This time round, I stayed focused on the red light.

I then heard Doctor Wee's voice telling me that he was gonna do the laser and asked me to focus. The red dot grew bigger, became a patch and blurred. I smelt something burning and Doctor Wee assured me that everything was alright.

Suddenly, I felt my eyelid being brushed down. I supposed that during LASIK, the cornea was flapped up and now the doctor was brushing it back. The thought of brushing back the cornea was quite errie yet amusing. A drop of antibiotics solution was then dripped onto my operated eye and they removed the pincer-like thingy and also plasters on my upper and lower lids.

It was over. Phew. It was different this time round as I made a point to note every procedure instead of being so nonchalant like Tuesday. Mummy was just telling me that I should just be nonchalant and I would not feel scared.

In fact, I was not scared. It was not painful either. But when one thinks about what the medical personnel are doing to his/her eye(s), he/she can't help but freak out a little. Though I did not freak out, I was still really amazed. Nonetheless, all is over now and goodbye to contact lens / spectacles!