Today was funny. Seryoso. Except for the hurty parts of course, but after I got over the whole pain thing, it was pretty funny. I experienced lots of things I never expected. For one, I never expected that Lysol could hurt that much. Felt like acid on my skin. But thanks to Ma'am Hipol, I was saved. Haha. Well, madali lang naman sya ayusin eh, it was just hard to open your eyes at first, pero after dunking my face into a basin of water multiple times, it got better.

Today was also the first time I went to the emergency room. Deep inside I was laughing because I'm sure if that weren't me it would've been a hilarious situation (and at the same time I was wondering what the other people in the hospital thought. Siguro ung ibang patients, like the dude who got a tiny piece of bubog in his eye, iniisip, 'ano ba yan, inuuna pa yan eh parang nalagyan ka lang ng sabon sa mata!' tas ung doctors, iniisip, 'ang tanga namang bata nito' haha.). I mean, being rushed to not one, but TWO hospitals just for getting Lysol in your eye (wala kasing opthalmologist sa kapitbahay naming PCMC eh, so they referred us to East Ave. Medical Center). Grabe, comedy series to mehn.

Tapos, when I got to room5 ('The Eye Room' WTF. haha. Ang funny nung name. Ang drama pakinggan.), I was asked to lie down on the bed sa side nung room. Nothing surprising, doctors make patients lie on beds all the time pag chinecheck-up and stuff. So I lay down. And then the dude (doctor? i dunno.) who looked like Sir Martin started pulling what looked like... I dunno what it's really called, kasi dahil weird ang mga Pilipino dextrose ang tawag. Lam mo yun, yung parang baligtad na bottle/bag na may mahabang manipis na tube na sinasaksak sa mga nakaconfine sa ospital. Anyway. So un nga, he started pulling that thing towards me, except I have no idea why something like that would be in an 'Eye Room.' Naturally I got a bit scared because I came there to have them look at my eye, not to poke a huge needle into my arm. But lo and behold, there was no needle! Apparently yun ay solution na ibubuhos sa mata mo para ma-dilute at mawala yung kung ano mang chemical substance ang napasok sa mata mo. I was literally hosed with whatever solution that was. After a few minutes of eye-rolling (I never thought I'd see the day when I'm actually asked to roll my eyes. haha. unfortunately, in a non-sarcastic way), sabi ni Sir-Martin-lookalike, 'o, wala ka pang kalahating litro (o kung ano mang amount ung sinabi nya. basta, marami-rami na rin un), matagal pa to.' I wanted to say, 'nilulunod mo ba ko?' haha. Of course, because my eye could definitely not hold half a liter of liquid, the thing kept flowing down the side of my face then onto my hair and the bed. I felt my shirt getting wet. He did the same to my other eye (the right one) but since it wasn't that affected, hindi ganun katagal. Pero the Sir-Martin-lookalike was nice naman. Ang funny nga nya eh.

After the hosing (now I know kahit mga 1% lang kung anong feeling ng mga hinohose pag nagrarally), I stood up and proceeded to drip all over the clinic. Haha. So I squeezed my hair muna sa trash can (ang OT haha) then I sat down sa chair opposite nung letters thing na pangcheck ng eyesight (basta, lam nyo na yun. yung may higanteng E tas may succeeding rows of smaller and smaller letters) tas binasa ko. Yun. Then bubog dude came in, tas sinungitan sya ng napakabait kong doctor. Haha. She told him to wait outside kasi she's busy pa. Hahahah. Ilabyu Dr.. uh... someone. I forgot. Titingnan ko na lang sa reseta mamaya.

Anyway. Pagkatapos, the doctor checked my eyes, wrote something on my record sheet thing, and thendropped some yellow solution on my eyes, which made my eyesight suddenly yellow. Imagine, biglang naging medyo sepia ang mundo mo! Aba, unique experience. Parang gusto ko i-try ulit. Tapos chineck nya na ulit ung mata ko, tas syempre medyo naluha ako so binigyan nya ko ng pang-wipe ng mata, tas yellow ung luha ko! Nakakatawa. Parang lumuluha ng turmeric extract (hence the title of this entry. duh.) which, incidentally, is our project. So funny sakin un at siguro inisip lang nung doctor, 'aba, may paturme-turmeric extract ka pang nalalaman!' Hahaha.

Tapos. Ayun. Check check pa konti, notes notes pa. Tapos, kumuha sya ng anesthesia at ng thermometer at sinabing ippoke nya lang daw yung mata ko para hindi raw dumikit yung eyelid sa eyeball. Hahaha. Natakot ako. Poke? Eye? NOOOOOOOO!!! Pero ayun, wala naman akong magagawa, so pinatakan nya yung mata ko at medyo mahapdi sya, tas pinoke nya na ng thermometer yung mata ko tas judging by Ma'am Hipol's expression, ang freaky nyang tingnan. Buti na lang di ko nakita. I still cringe every time I try to imagine what it would feel like kung walang anesthesia. Buti na lang, thanks to modern technology, feeling ko lang parang nag-a-eyeliner, sa loob nga lang ng mata, haha.

Tas ayun, tumayo na ko at naging isang malaking harang dun sa matandang binabasa pala yung eyesight check thing. So tumabi ako kay Ma'am Hipol. Tas dumating ung doctor ko at sya naman ang naging harang. Anyway. Tapos, binigay nya na yung reseta, saka sinabing bumalik sa Monday ng 5pm, tas umalis na kami. Yehey.

Tapos, paglabas, madrama na si Shayne kasi eh. Haha. Kaya mapapanood na lang yun sa 'Maalaala mo Kaya' at hindi dito sa comedy series na to, ok? Pero habang madrama si Shayne natatawa lang ako, kasi ayos lang naman talaga ko. Seryoso. Nakakatawa nga ang mga pangyayari eh.

Tas pumunta kami sa PhilCOA tas bumili si Ma'am Hipol ng gamot habang nanglibre si Ben ng McFlurry at fries. Yehey. Tas bumalik na kami sa Pisay dahil maraming naghihintay na estudyante ni Ma'am Hipol. Sorry batchmates. Tapos nilagyan ni Ma'am Hipol ng gamot yung mata ko. Tas umuwi na ko. Yehey. Tas matutulog ako dapat kasi nakakaantok pala pag sobrang daming liquid na ang nalagay sa mata mo, kaso nagtext ang aking bestie na napakagaling tumiming, kaya nag-usap na lang kami sa phone. Tapos. Ayun. Tapos na. The End.