7/19/2007

71: Glasses

Glasses are very important for me due to short-sightedness. I also cannot use contact lens for long time as my eyes tend to stay dry throughout the day, so that’s why you guys are curious about the reasons I dun use con.

These are my most recent glasses and the oldest one is about 7 years ago. The first one is the oldest and the bottom one is my current one. I won’t use more than 1 pair simultaneously as I think it is not very necessary for me. You may ask why I keep them so long. Yes, I will keep those things which contain memory, no matter good or bad.

The first one was with me during my graduate job interviews and can also see this pair in the professional photos using for job application. Wearing this style of glasses would look more professional for me in suit which is important for finding my first job.






The second one was with me during my second job hunting. This time I was less serious in finding jobs as I have clear target to join Big 4, so just look smart natural is enough, no need to be a waiter in black suit with very professional appearance. In the graduate interviews, I was in black suit plus light orange / light blue shirt and dark red / fresh blue tie, while this time I was in natural grey suit plus white shirt and thin strips light blue tie, looking more naturally decent and like a guy who has worked for years before. Ha, this is exactly the photo on my DTT staff card.

The third one was with me during my senior interview in DTT. This time is not for finding jobs but for promotion, so have to be more decent and confident, as a senior is expected to be such coz they will always meet and discuss with client’s senior management, so looking natural and confident is more important this time. In this interview, I was in the same natural grey suit plus white shirt with dark silver cuff links. This is more prone to a decent business style.



The current has no relation with interviews. It is a self-reward for promotion and this colour is ok for both formal and casual occasions. And in fact all of my glasses since secondary school are made of metal and this is the first one (exclude those in primary school). This change is quite funny, haha … … And some friends say this make me look younger. May be I am too old now, so get to use this to balance, hehe … …

Don’t think that I would change glasses whenever I face important life steps. (I am not that extravagant!!) They are just co-incidences and it is ordinary to test the eyes and change for a new pair at least every year. And interviews are only part of the much memory arising from these glasses.

For a guy with deep short-sightedness, glasses are so important that they can enable one to see and understand things more clearly and not to miss anything one cannot or should not miss. Sometimes, one should also take off the glasses and use one’s heart to see and understand and try to miss anything one can or should miss. It is because after one put on the glasses again, one can see more, understand more clearly, feel more sensitively.

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