[Review]Have you gotten the right pair of lenses for your eyes?

I was at the Integrated Eyecare Centre, Vivocity for an eyecheck. The reason? Getting my eyes checked to make a pair of new CRIZAL LENSES SPECTACLES!

Beyond aesthetics, spectacle lenses plays a fundamental, if not more vital role. Not only should you choose a nice spectacle frame, the lenses of your spectacles should also be carefully selected such that it does not affect your vision. You may not realize this, but spectacle wearers spend two-thirds of their lives seeing the world though their lenses.

Shumin(right) & HuiTing(centre) from Vibes Communications explained to me the benefits of crizal lenses by Essilor.

Essilor is founded in 1972. It offers a wide range of lenses to correct myopia, hyperopia, presbyobia & astigmatism. The company has subsidaries in more than 30 countries and is represented in more than 100 countries with major production in Europe, North & Central America & Asia.

When inferior lenses are chosen, spectacle wearers encounter the five enemies of clear vision. These 5 enemies can affect vision in the long term as you suffer perpetual discomfort, develop eye fatigue & eye strain and other eye problems. Moreover, asthetically, if your inferior lenses which looked dirty & highly reflective will also make you look dull as it blocks your eyes no matter how perfect the frame is.

There are a few types of crizal lenses.

My pair of latest advanced Crizal Lenses by Essilor are the only lenses in the market that can eliminate all the five enemies of clear vision, while enabling the wearer to maintain a pleasant disposition:

Enemy #1. Reflections

Crizal lenses eliminate reflections and 'ghost' images caused by artificial light.

Look at the two lenses above, are you able to tell which is the crizal lens?

If you guess the one on the left, you are correct!

Enemy #2. Water

Crizal lenses feature hydrophopic(Water-repellent) properties that prevent water from lingering and spreading across the lenses. Water droplets will simply roll off the lenses. Yongwei used to demonstrate how his perspiration chalked up on his lenses. He no longer experience that now.

Now, you can engage in water sports like sailing or boating without fretting over blurred vision. Oh yes, rainy days as well!

Enemy #3. Smudges

This enemy is the most irritating of all. You know how sometimes eye lashes gets into your eyes and it itches so much you have to rub it out? After you did that you realize your lenses become smudged with your own thumbprints? Crizal lenses' in-built smudge-repellent feature eliminates the occurrence of oily smudges or dirty spots.

I was testing it out and it works!

Enemy #4. Dust

Crizal lenses have also been designed to resist dust accumulation because it have anti-static properties that help to keep dust and grit particles at bay. Convenient and simple to keep lenses clean and free of blurriness!

Look at the anti-static demonstration. The little styrofoam balls represents dust particles.

In this picture, the 'dust particles' gets stucked on the lens.

Look at the crizal lens, no particles at all! :)

Enemy #5. Scratches

Lenses surfaces are highly susceptible to scratches, which adversely affect vision quality. Crizal lenses provide unrivalled scratch resistance, protecting one's lenses at all times to ensure optimal visual clarity, hence reducing eye strains due to blurriness.

For more Crizal Information, visit www.crizal.com.sg.

Back to my eyecheck. The was an increase in my degree! *SCREAM* Using the correct lenses are essential to reduce such issues from happening. The rooms at Integrated Eyecare Centre are spacious and clean. The equipment they used are also clean, smell-free and well maintained. *Encountered a smelly & yellowish chin supporter before. YUCKS*

I look like chee-kok.

The 'E' looked like 'C' or 'B', the 'P' looked like 'F' from my vision. That was how bad my eyesight is.

Now trying different spectacle frames! Which one suit me most?

I decided to get this: Evisu black frame, the casual & geeky look.

See that, no REFLECTION!

This is how the inner side of the frame looks like.

My favourite side, the red Evisu logo on my new specs.

I'll be wearing my new crizal lenses specs to Universal Studios on 2nd July 2011 with 14 other bloggers! It'll be a crizal lens bloggers' outing! *So Excited!*

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Taiwan Day 2/7: In search for NAZA Bridal Photography Boutique in Ximen

*Entertaining myself with clear audio playing from YouTube on my ASUS N53S lappy while blogging this. No Sweat!*

It was dark when I reached Taiwan the previous day. So when I woke up in the morning and on my way out, I was astonished to realise that the famous architecture , Ximen Red House(西门红楼) is right opposite my hotel.

NAZA was really easy to spot.

I took a right turn at the main junction and immediately saw it in a distance.

I spent the entire afternoon choosing & trying out NAZA's gowns.

The thing I realize about gowns is that if you put on the right one, that ONE, and look into the mirror, you will be amazed princess-like you'll look and everything around you becomes 'royal'.

*SLAP* Okay back to reality.

Their gowns are elegantly designed; simple details yet meticulous. Tried almost everything & still had a hard time deciding which 4 sets of gowns I should wear before my photoshoot. My 'fairy godmother', Jia Ru, was extremely patient & helpful.

Within my stay, we had became good friends and still keeping in contact with each other via Facebook. In fact, most of the the NAZA Staff are now in my Facebook friend list.

~How I wish I can keep them in my pockets and bring them back with me!~

The steps to upstairs were really high, or was it because I haven't been climbing stairs for awhile...

The baroque-inspired changing room where brides-to-be try on the gowns.

Mr Jackie Goh keeping himself occupied with Cookie Dozer game while I was trying on the gowns. Chee. That was helpful.

I was so lucky to bump into the lady boss, Miss Sherry, in the shop! She was in Singapore the first time I saw her. :)



Guy in the middle: Ah-Yo, our photographer discussing about tomorrow's photoshoot journey with us.

I spent the rest of the evening exploring Ximen. The night is never old here; the shops, the youths who hangs around, the restaurants, the gigantic banners. The later it gets, the livelier Ximen becomes.

The outlook of this restaurant attracted me to have my dinner there. The name of the restaurant in mandarin "Ah Mao(阿毛)" is called after the owner's Golden Retriever. They have several branches so Ah Mao the golden retriever can be anywhere.

Looked how the adorable bunny is humping the doggie in doggie-style. LOLx

And I caught sight of him at one of their other branch! Boy, am I lucky.

Quail eggs sold at the road side; miss it SOOOO much!

I seriously miss Taiwan food! Taiwanese take pride in preparing the food for their customers; even from the roadside stalls. I lost my appetite after I came back and have been taking junk food on the go most of the time.

Particularly want to mention this little shop hidden away at a quiet corner;

Tiny but compact, it sells the most limited edition disney items.

Of course, I bought STITCH items: a comb & a ring!

Show you the comb another day~

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