All posts filed under: Rants

iLASIK with rice: 20/20

Last week, I did something incredibly selfish for a whole chunk of money. I spent $5700 on my eyes. I never intended to write this post, but now, a week later, I feel like sharing. While this is (mostly) a food blog, the most commented post is one I wrote back in 2012 about wearing glasses. I’ve worn glasses since high school. That’s 18 years of glasses. I never found glasses comfortable but a necessity. I have a flat nose and my glasses slide down my face but if I push my glasses up they sit too close to my eyes, bothering me because my lashes kiss the lens with each blink. I have to admit though, the hipster trend has been great for glasses wearers. Glasses look cool now. Just a shame that happened 10 years after high school. I wore contacts a lot when I was younger. Though I prefer the feeling of glasses over the hassle of wearing contacts. I remember a moment between The Koala and I, the first time he …

“All The Time We Laughing”

The Koala and I are celebrating 6 years of marriage tomorrow. I can’t believe it’s already been a whole year since we went glamping on the West Coast. It was really good to get off the grid for a weekend. More than one wise person has said that you should marry someone who makes you laugh. The Koala has a wicked sense of humour. If jokes and humorous stories (OMG, the STORIES) were currency, we’d be rich! The Koala and I laugh together every day. We have an intricate web of personal jokes that span various languages and time periods. It keeps us tight buddies. When I tell people we’ve been married for almost 6 years, it often surprises them. I guess everyone has ideas of what a marriage is and this changes with each generation or even group of friends. I don’t have many married friends and it seems that my generation prefer to have children or buy houses before getting married. In case you’re wondering, we didn’t marry in a whim either, we were together …