FF8 battle menu

On disc 1, I have just left for Fire Caverns but the battle menu is not showing during battle. I can enter commands I just cant see what commands I am choosing. Other minor issues are the screen slightly wigging out when I go to the world map and little lag during battle.

What emulator are you using?

EPSXE

Not specific enough.Which version?
What plugin?
What special fixes are applied?
etc. etc.