My right lower eyelid has been twitching like mad since I woke up this morning. And I realise that this has been happening in the past without me doing any research about it. Until now.
According to The University of Michigan, Kellogg Eye Center:
“Ocular myokymia is the involuntary twitching of the eyelid and it is often caused by stress, lack of sleep or too much caffeine. This occasional twitching typically disappears and does not become a problem unless it persists or extends to other parts of the face.”
I don’t have stress but I definitely don’t get as much sleep as I should, and I am a fan of coffee and tea - 1 in the morning, 2 or 3 at work, and 1 more when I get home after work. Maybe I’m not getting enough sleep because of my caffeine intake. Gees, you think?! 
Then there’s a Chinese superstition that believe that twitching in the right eyelids means that something good is going to happen to you. Ok then. (FYI: if it’s on the left, it’s no good)
On my trawling, I also found a very informative blog post by a fellow eyelid-twitching sufferer. Damn I love the Internet.
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Didn’t they also say, if your eye twitches, then someone is thinking about you or gossiping about you?
I’ve heard that but I couldn’t find any links that mention it. Suddenly getting into a sneezing fit can also be a superstitious sign that someone is thinking of you. As for being gossiped about - don’t the ears get itchy?
yeah I’ve heard of the chinese supersition about the right eyelid twitching meaning a large windfall is due to you. you know there’s a $15M powerball this thursday.
If you win may I have a couple thousand?
ryu: sorry loh I don’t play Lotto! Wahaahahah.
Eh, as for kita pulak, if eyelash/es drop, then someone is thinking if you. If eye twitch then someone is talking about you, not sure if gossip or not. Macam-macam orang lama ni.
kynne: wahhaahha. you are very knowledgable in this.
believe it or not, my eyelid is still twitching. It feels like one eye is getting tired. It’s a weird sensation.
i guess it’s still ok…
start panicking when your eyes start twitching in a left right sequence..
damion: wahahaahha….that’s like being possessed man!
well…christmas is only like 6 weeks away, perhaps you have been a good boy and father christmas is bringing you something nice this year???haha
jjj: what a woman?! Hahahahhah…..
I thot it’s the other way around: 左眼跳财，右眼跳灾. Unless I got my 左 and 右 wrong again?
lynne: erm dunno leh. I never did quite know which is which - am only following what it said on that link.
Or maybe I chose to believe that it’s for something good. Heh.
my eye twitches i think people talk about me because maybe of what i do to them but i dont do anything to them who is thinking about me then suspicious.
I always had twitching eyelids when it comes close to the exam period, but they usually disappears after the tests are over. I think its mostly related to stress and (excess) caffeine and nothing really to worry about.
Interesting comment about the good luck omen thing. Next time I’ll pay attention to whether its the left or right eye that’s twitching! lol