Sakae's diary

Rowanberries (ナナカマドの実) have been changing color.


I made a chocolate cake with Yuzu peel.


I received the result of my general checkups recently.
I was relieved that they were almost Okay. I don't think I have to go to a doctor for the minor problems below.

Cholesterol level : C
Occult blood in urine : B
Right breast /mammary duct ectasia(乳管拡張) : B
Left breast /fibroadenoma (線維腺腫) : B
HbA1c : B

I will have to go to a dentist for checkups in the end before winter.
I hate any checkups.


I finished reading all pages of The Japan Times Alpha, 9/1 and 9/8 issues.




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Fruit of Lily of the valley (スズランの実）

It’s been a long time.
I’m fine.
I make a point of reading a half of newspaper, The Japan Times Alpha, respectively on both days of weekend, before writing a blog article. I haven’t had enough time to write it recently.
I managed to read a half of the newspaper on Saturday, today. I’ll read the rest of it tomorrow.
I think that I have to write a blog article this weekend because I’ve read that writing a diary is one of the best ways to activate the brain to prevent from dementia. My late father had a serious inherited Alzheimer’s disease. So, I’m worried about it.

I went to an eye doctor to check up recently after a long time. I was relieved to hear that my eyes were no problem.
When I lived in Hakodate before, I used to have eye drops for glaucoma. However, a new doctor in Sapporo diagnosed that I didn’t need to do this. The ophthalmologist in Hakodate found that my eyes had optic nerve atrophy. I was not sure whether or not I had told him, but I told one in Sapporo that I had a serious nerve disease of my body when I was only three years old, and at that time, I had malfunction as well as a color blindness. My eyes got better, but not perfect. Even so, I was able to get a driver’s license fortunately. The ophthalmologist in Sapporo thought that my optic nerve atrophy started then. He then had told me to come again one year later.
I had to go there again in 2020, but I had procrastinated until recently.
According to some tests, my eyes haven’t gotten worse since then as for the glaucoma and cataract, or so. He told me to come again in a few years.

However, my eye sight got worse for sure. I want to buy new reading glasses someday.


I finished reading all pages of The Japan Times Alpha, 8/11,18, and 25 issues.




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I made some coasters before.


I called a friend of mine to say happy birthday to her the other day as the same as previous years. We met at high school for the first time.
I always admire that she strongly follows her will. For example, she spent two years for the entrance exam of a certain university she had really wanted to enter after high school. Her dream had come true and she became a pharmacist. She doesn’t have a smartphone even now. She always goes her way.

We also talked about our reminiscences of our old days including our trips. Two other friends and we went on a trip to Sado Island in our twenties because I had been intrigued by a tub boat, a round wooden boat, when I watched it on TV. I finally paddled this boat in a special way. It was interesting.
According to her, although I forgot saying that in my twenties, I had wanted to visit China, and to climb Mt. Fuji. I accomplished both later.

When I was younger, I had many dreams, but I have few ones now.
I was surprised to hear from her that her dream was to visit Sagrada Familia with her son with disabilities.
I liked to go abroad very much before, but I lost the motivation. It’s enough for me to watch foreign countries on TV now. I admire her dream. It will come true for sure someday because of her.

I have been thinking about my dream since we talked.
I wish I lived like Tasha Tudor and Venetia Stanley Smith. I was shocked to hear that Venetia passed away last June.
They had their own gardens and they enjoyed their lives with gardening and handmade things humbly.
Emiko Inagaki, a minimalist, said that when you get older, s smaller dream is better because it's easier to come true, and you will be less discouraged even though you can't accomplish it.

Am I eighty years old?


I finished reading all pages of The Japan Times Alpha, 8/4 issue.



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Chilled Udon noodles for lunch

The temperature hit 30℃ in my room yesterday. It’s hot even in Hokkaido this year. I have used the air conditioner recently. Also, I bought a small watermelon and other things at a supermarket yesterday. When I buy watermelons, melons, and pineapples, I usually cut into small pieces and keep them in fridge as soon as coming home. Now, nothing better than watermelons in hot days.
However, last night, I noticed that the cashier had made a mistake of the watermelon’s price when I was looking at the receipt. I paid about 1700 yen more than I should have for the small melon which was about 1300 yen. Why didn’t I notice it at that time? How stupid I am!
I then looked for the price sticker on the skin of the watermelon in the garbage bag.
Today, I went to the supermarket again with the skin and the receipt to receive the difference.

By the way, I had a general check-up the other day.
My blood pressure which had been high in previous years was no problem this time. I was relieved. I have sometimes measured my blood pressure at home for a year. Mine has gotten down since I started to drink a few glasses of vinegar water (a glass of water with a spoon of vinegar) every day.
I’m worried about my breast. When I had the echo examination, the examiner stopped the echo at a part of each my breast, took some photos. I asked her if there was a problem. She replied that she had to take some photos and submit them to a doctor. If there is a problem, they will let me know. Her words had connotation. I wanted to hear from her that there was no worry about.


I finished reading all pages of The Japan Times Alpha, 7/14, 21, and 28 issues.



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A few schools in Sapporo have closed because corona virus prevails again.
I still wear a mask in public.

I’ve lost my motivation for studying English for Eiken test recently, not only because my last result of the test got worse, but also because the question formats of the test will change next year.
I will have to study of summarizing articles as well for the new style. My reading ability is not good, so, I suppose it will be more difficult for me to pass it. I’m not sure I will continue to try it next year.

I’ve wanted to more socialize. So, I’ve seen some friends and relatives of mine more than before recently, and I’ve joined an English club as well. I’m interested in arranging flowers and playing the piano, but I don’t give up passing the Eiken test at the moment, so, I chose its club.

Life is too short. I want to enjoy the rest of my life.


I finished reading all pages of The Japan Times Alpha, 6/30&7/7 combined issue.



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