I’m combining Day 3 and 4 cos my Internet had some problems last night :( Ugh.

Day 3’s point is simple enough: Go get your eye sight checked regularly. For instance when you collect your contact lens from authorized retailers, you can get your eyes checked. Easy.

DAY 4: On wearing contact lens for long period of time

I am most guilty of this. Today I started wearing my contacts from 8 am. It’s 1 am now and I still have my contacts on. Apparently you’re not supposed to wear contact lens for more than 8-10 hours a day, 5 days a week. But anyway, I do try to avoid wearing contacts on the days I don’t go to school (hardly ever but I make it a point to!) because I find that my eyes get too tired and dry and my eyes NEED REST! P.S. I typically sleep between 3-4 am and am up at 7+ usually for school which doesn’t help at all. SMU life is that crazy.

Besides trying not to wear contacts 24/7, I usually carry a case a mini bottle of lubricating eye drops and my back-up glasses! Try to relief the stress and abuse your eyes go through OK. Haha. 

Some notes about wearing contacts for long hours:

- Wearing contact lenses for long hours deprive eye tissues of oxygen and encourages the growth of bacteria which thrives in anaerobic environments. (Is this why my eyes get super tired and dry??

- Contact lenses also block the film of tears from the cornea, thus hindering its crucial role of washing out bacteria on the cornea. When contact lenses are worn for long hours, there is an increased risk of eye infections.

P.S. I had dinner with Genevieve tonight at ION Orchard and finally used the Sephora vouchers she got me for my birthday LAST July. I hadn’t had the time to make a trip down, plus I didn’t know what I wanted. I still didn’t know but I had to get something anyway, because the vouchers expire soon!

BareEscentual's Bare Minerals 8-piece Get Started Set

Yayyy. Thanks babe! Gen is probably better than having a boyfriend. LOL. Oops.

We had dinner at Canton-i on the 3^rd level of ION Orchard btw. It was pretty darned good! We had this radish cake stir fried with egg, prawns and XO sauce for starters. Kind of stir fried like how hawkers do carrot cake. But this tastes slightly different, and the radish cake is the kind you get from dim sum. Super yummy. We ordered yee mian with crab slices and rice bucket with chicken, mushrooms and Chinese sausage as well. (Not the exact names!)

1. Wash your hands with saline solution.
2. Never let your contacts touch tap water. Don't wash your contacts with tap water, and try not to wash your face when you are wearing contacts. Because tap water contains microorganisms and they can latch on to contacts. Gross huh. It can be potentially blinding.
3. Those using normal multipurpose solution: Rub and rinse your contact lens before storing them in your contact lens case.

• AO SEPT Plus - Its a no-rub, hydrogen peroxide-based solution. I use this cos my eyes are sensitive. You can only take the contact lens out after 6 hours though, when the active solution neutralizes.
• Opto-Pharm Buffered Saline Solution
• CooperVision Bio-infinity contact lens
• Protein removal tablet (Not in photo)