Aaron Can See!

Poor Aaron had brought two pairs of glasses to Korea, but has lost one and had the screw fall out of another, so he's basically been squinting his way through class for the past 5 or so months. We had heard that glasses in Korea are pretty cheap, so we decided to go ahead and get him a new pair. Thankfully, Henry was there to help with the communication, and it ended up being a pretty standard visit. Free eye exam (although no glaucoma test), color blind test, and standard reading from the eye chart. They did put some glasses on him that created the image of a 3-d fly, and he was asked to reach out and touch the fly's wing. That was interesting. Anyway, then came the task of choosing frames. Nancy commented on how almost all of them are horn-rimmed and rectangular, and they are almost always too wide for a Westerner's face. Koreans typically have very round faces, so I guess that shape compliments them best.
Short of going over to the children's section, he had little to choose from in the "round-ish" category.


These gems were by suggestion of the optometrist himself. He motioned to his nose, I think because he was trying to say that for Aaron's western size nose these would be the best choice. I started laughing and that was the end of those.


I had to put my foot down with these. They were waaaay too Harry Potter, and they had a weird green tint going on.


These were Nancy's favorite (I believe she said something about Clarke Gable), and I think that Aaron was almost sold on them, but when I said that he looked a little like a dad he silently began searching again.


At last he settled on these. They're perfect for his face, and as he said they are more comfortable than any other pair he's worn. The whole process ended up being a little more expensive than we thought. The frames were about $40 and the lenses were $30. Still not terrible, and he's really happy with them.

What do you think? :)