Thursday, June 19, 2014

42 Foodies Italian Restaurant


I have never been to 42 Foodies personally prior to this but one of my friends said it's quite a nice place and the food is not bad too. But in terms of price, it could be a bit pricey. It was in my list of must visit restaurants and so we decided to have Coco's birthday dinner there. =)

I tried their lasagne.. not a good choice. Small portion at RM18.50. That's ridiculously expensive. The spice they used was too strong and overcame other ingredients of the food. Couldn't even taste the beef and tomatoes. But cheese portion was quite a lot. I love cheese. =D

Coco had grilled chicken. It was not bad. Sauce was great. But she doesn't eat salad. So i helped myself with it and I love the salad! KP had the burger and she likes it. Can't remember the price of the food though..cuz went there in April! (=.=" this is a backlog post) 
from top to right: burger, grilled chicken and beef lasagne

our table number and a cup of water
The restaurant interior is very nice. I personally feel it's a nice place to chat and get cozy with your mate. Hehe.. The walls are blue color or is it mint? The color gives you a soothing and calm feeling. The paintings on the wall are very nice too. If there's only one of them, it would be too plain & dull. With a few in a row, they look really stylish. It creates a good background for photos! 

We didn't prepare a cake for Coco. We had the restaurant's dessert instead. Thank God she doesn't mind and loves the pancake with ice cream and chocolate topping. It's super delicious! Gone within seconds! (We were worried the ice-cream melts and eat faster lor...!)

Address is :-
Jalan Hussein Nordin, Taman Kin Mee, 31400 Ipoh (Behind a row of shoplots opposite the Velodrom Rakyat. Near to Petronas in Fair Park.)
Tel: 05-547 7442
Opening hours: Tues to Sunday from 11:30am to 3:30pm, 6:00-10:00pm

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

World Cup 2014

One of the cafes we frequented for lunch have flags of all the countries who made it to the World Cup 2014 displayed in their cafe. We were told that the owner of the cafe bought the flags online. He must be an avid football fan. He even supplied football jerseys to his waiters and waitresses. I saw him with football attire today. Should have taken a photo of him with his Brazil colors jersey. 
I'm not a big fan. But I support Germany! Go, go, go, Germany!! =D

Monday, June 16, 2014

LASIK, to do or not to do?

My hubby loves to see me without glasses. He said I looked much prettier without them. If I wear contact lenses, I'm always complaining about having dry eyes. I can only wear contact lenses on special occasions. One day, he told me he wants to pay for LASIK for me and said that he will work harder to get better incentives in order to finance the treatment for me. I'm touched and really wanted to do it..well, of course wives want to always look good in their husbands eyes.. =)

But I hesitated because I read that if you are planning to get pregnant within the next 6 months, you are not eligible for LASIK. Furthermore, it's something to do with the eyes, if something goes wrong..it will affect the rest of my life. But what worries me the most is that my dry eyes will get even worse after LASIK. Some people say they have to deal with dry eyes for 3-4 yrs after LASIK and that's for normal eyes. For people with dry eyes like me, it might be forever and that's scary.

After looking through the internet for information on LASIK, I called up two clinics in Ipoh to inquire. 
1) Lee Eye Clinic in Greentown
- Usual price at RM6K for both eyes and now, they are giving a RM300 discount.
- Screening test is RM120, but now they are having promo, and it will be RM60. Need to call for appointment as the tests need 3hrs. 
- For contact lens user, need to be off from contact lens for at least 10 days. 
2) Chew Eye Specialist in Fairpark
- Promo price at RM3999 for both eyes. (Very good price, right?)
- Screening test at RM150. No need appointment for test. 
- Told the girl I just wore contact lens just 3 days ago. She said never mind, can do the test. I was puzzled over the differences of the 2 clinics.

Anyway, I went to do the test last Saturday at Chew Eye Specialist. The clinic was very full. I was told that the tests need 2hours. I thought probably there's a lot of tests! I was wrong.

First thing they checked was my cornea thickness. It has to pass a certain thickness. Otherwise, you will be eliminated as candidate for LASIK and it won't be necessary to do the other tests. My cornea thickness is good and I was checked on my eyes topography. After that, I waited to see the doctor. 

Once I was in the doctor's room, I told him I have dry eyes and that I need to put eye drop many times a day. He said he will do an extra test to check the tear production of my eyes. I saw him writing "Schirmer test" on my examination card. After he checked my eye vision, he asked me to wait outside because the other tests require to put some kind of eye drop on my eyes and will affect the dry eye test.  

Later, I was called into a room by a lady. Probably a nurse. She placed two strips with scale of 35mm on my eyes. I did this test at Dr Gill's in Fatimah hospital before and immediately I sensed that something is wrong. The strips were irritating me so much till I teared up. The strips were placed in such a way that my eyelashes could touch them. I think it's supposed to be placed pointing downwards as in this photo below. But it was pointing upwards. I couldn't even blink or close my eyes!

I couldn't find any google image that show the strips pointing upwards. The reading was between 8-12mm. I didn't believe the results and asked the nurse to fold the strips slightly so that they point downwards and so she did. Weird..she supposed to know what needs to do. And that results was 1-3mm for both eyes!!! I was puzzled because the nurse listened to my suggestion to redo the test. She wasn't even sure of what she was doing!

sorry about the eyes looking like vampire... =.="
When i was called into the doctor's room again, the doctor told me I'm qualified to do LASIK. The tears production was 8-12mm. I was full of doubt. I thought it was 1-3mm. They have taken the first measurements to conclude that I'm eligible for LASIK. But in fact, I think I am NOT qualified! 

See the picture below  I found on the net. It says that I might have severe dry eyes. But then, even at 8-12mm, I still have dry eyes. Shouldn't the doctor treat my dry eyes before conducting LASIK on my eyes? I'm so confused and lose confidence with this clinic. 

Another puzzling thing is that the doctor told me my spectacles vision power is overrated. I have checked my eyes multiple times at different places. All gave me similar results. How can there be a -1 difference? My right eye vision is -2.0 and my left eye is -3.0 but he said the actual power are -1.0 and -2.0. He suggested me to reduce my vision to -0.75 by LASIK due to my age as I might develop "Presbyopia" (nearsightedness). I'm thinking what's the point if my vision problem is not that high, only reduce from -1.0 to -0.75? And I have dry eyes problem? 

After all this, my decision is NOT to do LASIK. I need to confirm my vision first and treat my eyes dryness. I think they are more important at this point of time.

Btw, I forgot to mention that I have to pay another RM65 for doctor consultation and RM20 for the Schirmer test. So, in total, I paid RM235 for the pre-LASIK screening test! I thought she told me it was RM150. Should have just told me it costs RM215 in my earlier phone inquiry. All patients need to meet the doctor for consultation la! It's not even an option! Hmph...

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Fun time with my nephew

Children are adorable. They grow so fast! Only a few months had passed since the last time I meet my nephew and niece, and they have grown so much! 

I was seated with the boy on the back seat of the car on a trip out for dinner because he always disturb his sister and they will end up fighting. Usually not long after that, one will be sulking or crying or yelling.. Haha.. sibling fight. 

So I sat with the boy while the sister sat with my husband. (it's a 7-seater car) We played, had some fun and took a lot of selfies. He's such a cute and handsome little guy. Missing his cheeky face and bluish tongue. 

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