Part twelve: Protective goggles in the hardware store.

Part eleven: Zhang Jiwang, whose desk is opposite mine, and who came back from China with new glasses, becomes the first one to be featured here twice. Also, one of the first pictures taken with the new phone.

Part ten: The reading glasses provided by ANA (a member of Star Alliance) at Hachijojima Airport for people to check the fine print on their tickets.

Part nine: Maruyama-san

Part eight: Solh

Special Edition for the Thilo 3.0 Release Party. A grand total of twenty-five guests came to Shinkoiwa today (including my sister, who flew in from Germany just for the weekend), eight of whom wore glasses: Bai Dongqiang, Murase-sensei, Zhang Jiwang, Jochen, Mayu-san, Mika, and Moriuchi-san (not pictured because my crappy camera messed up the shot).

Part seven: Stefan Sommer

Part six: Ye Li-Hua

After

Before

Part five: The optician

We went (for about the fifth time now) to a furniture shop to buy a bed yesterday. They also made me try their toupets.

Part four: Endo-san

Part three - Natasha.

Part two - Harada-san.

Part one - Tanaka-san.