Eye Surgery (i) About one year ago, I had my eye operation. It was the so-called laser operation and was pretty expensive, but at that time I was so hindered by the inconvenience of having to wear glasses. I am a quite active and sporty person and whenever I work out or play basketball, whenever I want to take off my glasses, the world turns so blurry that it’s just impossible to live without them. Therefore I decided to take this operation even though it sounds a bit scary and could also be risky, but I was determined. At that time, there happened to be a composition contest which was held by a quite well-known eye hospital and they offered the champion 5000 RMB cash and a 2000 or 3000 voucher for the laser operation. I was very excited when I knew the prize. This was so coincidental and I felt so lucky. The topic of the contest was “Stories of Eye Protection”, which basically means good habits or stories of protecting your eyesight and it served also as an appeal to raise people’s awareness of protecting their eyes and preventing eye illnesses. I worked really hard on my article and sent it to the sponsor. My hard work was not wasted and it turned out that I got a second prize. “Not bad.” I told myself and I got 1000RMB cash and a 3000RMB voucher for the operation. So after that I set up an appointment with the doctor, who had quite a lot of experience performing this surgery (around 10 ten years) and we did a regular checkup one or two weeks before the operation (I forgot the exact time) and she picked one type of operation amongst several which, as she said, was the most suitable one for me since my cornea was relatively thick. For those whose cornea is very thin, that kind of surgery could be dangerous since the principle of it is basically cutting off parts of cornea to make it at the right angle when the light comes in (it’s like you have a permanent contact lens implanted in your eyes).