The ignominy of wearing glasses

Well, maybe ignominy is too powerful a word to describe how one feels when wearing glasses, but it just describes how I felt when I knew I had to wear one.
It all started with a trip to Ehrlich's in Chennai before coming here, for a complete medical check up. I stared with disbelief and anger as I struggled to read those black, huge letters on the white board. I CAN'T BE SHORT SIGHTED!!!! Sadly, that was the fact and the doctor was surprised as he asked me how I'd not realised all this while that I had a problem.
Mom offered an explanation. Frequent complaints of my headaches were ignored as we thought they were due to the highly 'strenuous' (!!) work of 12 std. And I didn't really bother when I couldn't read what that teacher with the tiny handwriting had written on the board. So the thing finally came into light in June, way after I had given all my life-deciding exams.
So followed the sad processes of choosing the lens and frame. Though I tried to convince myself that people who wore glasses looked smart(I know very, I mean, very few look good!) I was depressed. All this while I had prided myself on the fact that I was the only member at home not wearing glasses. I had to give up this status now! :'(
So finally I chose a black square shaped frame. It was Chennai's in-thing then. Wow! Didn't those black frames look cool and hot! Boy, I was so impressed and ordered them.
Back home, I proudly enter with my glasses and my sis starts rolling with peals of laughter, much to my dismay. Gone! Now I hated my glasses even more, and my ideas of looking hep with those were lost.
Now here, I remember that I have to wear glasses only when I go to the lecture theatres and realize I can't see the powerpoint slides properly. That black (curse) sleeps patiently in the case and rejoices when I wear it once in a while. I find it so odd to look at the world through something else, not my own eyes....I was really determined to switch over to contact lenses this vacation, but I doubt if I'll be patient enough to remove it delicately, dip in a thousand odd solutions and wear it. And I can't sleep in classes with peace if I'm wearing lenses! I'm reminded of my friend who lost one of her lenses when she dozed off in the lecture! ; )
Well, wearing glasses is ultimately such a problem, man...some people here make fashion statements with their glasses. One girl in my lecture has pink frames, which remind me of the toy cooling glasses that the balloon seller sells on the streets! Boy, they are horrible!!!!
But cannot help la!Singlish style... :p God made a mistake with my eyes...at least it's not worse!!!!