New goggles

Last night my new glasses arrived! I got some new frames when I was in Hiroshima on the weekend because I never wear my old ones anymore. I had them put some UV protection on the lenses too cos I always had trouble deciding whether to wear my sunnies or my spectacles when driving - and sunnies usually won out. Squinting is heaps annoying. They were a lot cheaper than they would have been at home but delivery cost me a fortune. They already tacked delivery charge onto the price of the glasses which I paid on Sunday, but when they arrived last night the courier asked me for another $10. Maybe I am wrong here but I reckon in Australia if you are a business and you undercharge for something like delivery which you have already not only quoted on, but also taken payment for, you just cover the difference yourself - it is essentially your own mistake for miscalculating the charge. That's the kind of thing that builds good customer rapport and makes people want to come back. Not here. Not that I will be buying many new frames while I am here - or indeed in the next 10 years, but they have certainly ensured that I will never be going back to them to spend my money. Anyway, in the somewhat fuzzy pic here you can see both my new haircut and my new glasses. How's that for good value!

I hate to say it, but this week has actually flown by. Maybe owing to the Monday holiday, but it feels like it was just Friday a moment ago and here I am again. This weekend the line up isn't quite so exciting. I will probably be t my old host families house for dinner either tonight or tomorrow night but aside from that the plan is to get some serious study done. A desk in the library in Okayama is calling me...