Squinting Super-Models And Other Diner Table Chat I can share with you that as well as the menu (which was somewhat unusual), holidays, and Alena and Ana Rita’s bag snatching adventure – there were a couple of sight related topics which I found fascinating at the London Vision Clinic team dinner. One took us back to the first primitive attempts at cataract surgery. It turned out that nurse Kim’s grand-mother had performed her own version of a cure on those…
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Where I Fail To Ask A Burning Question
Where I Fail To Ask A Burning Question Members of the ESCRS certainly “get about” a bit. Recent gatherings of various size and importance have been held in Paris, London, Athens, Stockholm and Berlin. In Barcelona it was the first time that the city’s prestigious International Convention Centre (CCIB) had been chosen as the venue. The convention centre is enormous – with the sort of dimensions to merit handing out roller skates to delegates alongside the smart red document cases…
Blogger’s Eye View Of Barcelona
Blogger’s Eye View Of Barcelona Barcelona is one of my favourite cities and a place that I know quite well after several visits (the highlight of which was watching my little grand-daughter come in to the world there in June last year). However –with or without babies or eye congresses – I don’t see Barcelona through rose-tinted glasses. I recognise all too clearly that it has a terrible (and, unfortunately, well deserved) reputation for street crime. The historic El Born…
London Vision Clinic At ESCRS Congress 2009
London Vision Clinic At ESCRS Congress 2009 It’s not often that one finds oneself part of a gathering of several thousand people confident in the knowledge that you are unique. I am not talking about one’s DNA … this is more to do with outlook, rather than one’s genetic make-up. This thought occurred to me at the XXVII Congress of the ESCRS held in Barcelona from September 12th to 16th. ESCRS (which still doesn’t roll easily off my tongue) stands…
The Last Straw
The Last Straw Sometimes there is a definitive “last straw” event that pushes us over an invisible line. A precise moment in time when we decide that enough is enough. Spaniards don’t have “last straws or camel’s backs”; instead their language refers to “last drops” as in “water that makes the glass overflow”. However, whether a straw or una gota de agua , the point is the same. When I met up with London Vision Clinic patient, Jon Lee, at…
The Way You See The World
The Way You See The World It would have been churlish to refuse and there was another reason why I agreed once again to confront my fear of public speaking: I am constantly surprised by the amount of misinformation that still surrounds the whole subject of Laser Eye Surgery. So that’s why I found myself on stage at the prestigious Kempinski Hotel in Estepona explaining to some 150 smart and well-dressed women the ins and outs of my Laser Eye…
Through The Eye Of A Needle
Through The Eye Of A Needle Body language experts tell us that to cross our arms in front of our chests is a very defensive gesture as in: “Don’t come close to me – I am not allowing anyone into my space”. But, humour this blogger for a moment and do it. Now look down at your arms and note which one is on top and which hand is slightly exposed and which is snugly tucked away from view? When…
Valium In A Volume
Valium In A Volume During my recent broadcasting days it was never known how many people might be tuning in to my programme at any given time. It seems that reliable audience figures for foreign media in Spain are simply unavailable. We always worked on a “guesstimate” based on the guidelines provided by the British consular offices which are calculated by the number of registered Brits. We would then add on percentages of other English speakers in the coastal areas,…
Jumping Letters
Jumping Letters Several studies have indicated that the crowding together of the letters makes them more difficult to read – I would go along with this. In my desire to “pass” this eye test I find myself concentrating so hard on the smallest letters that they begin to jump about in front of my eyes. “Am I going crazy? Is this normal or am I trying too hard as a weird hangover from my school days?” I ask Glenn Carp…
Eye Test – Must Try Harder
Eye Test – Must Try Harder The words “test” and “exam” still make me shudder. At their very utterance, I am transported back to fusty classrooms and the sound of chalk scraping on the blackboard while the clock above it relentlessly ticks away the minutes until the words “Time’s up! Pens down now!” are called out and I just know that the tricky questions – the ones I decided to leave until last – will remain unanswered resulting in a…
