I am asked to give my opinion on the welfare of the OIST sabani boat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabani_boat

There is a club at the university and the members worry that the boat is leaking excessively.

I get a new Mac. This is a very long and miserable story from which I will spare you.

I get a Mac mini. Connecting a new monitor and transferring all my files from my laptop was hellish. No one’s fault really, just that nearly all instructions are in Japanese.

I also get a new trackpad.

I finally get everything working and now I can watch lots of 1960s British films on huge high definition screen.

I get a blood test to check that my red cell level has not plummeted anew.

Ichiro san kindly drives me to the ornithologist to try to fix dates for cataract surgery. My eyesight is very poor which really hampers activity.

So finally the dates are fixed – 2 September for right eye and 9 September for the left. Hooray!

I will only have to pay 8,000yen for the two operations. Hooray!