as i think i mentioned in my last entry, i've been lucky enough to have a 4 day weekend my first week here...! well, the first three days have been great and i figure i should update now before the week gets underway and i forget. :P ( Read more... )

...wow. it's been a week and a half since i've last used lj. that's a recent record. a record that i hope i dont break ( Read more... )

jlpt: ...apparently they`re changing the jlpt again in 2010. starting in 2010 every section of the jlpt will have a minimum passing score and if you fail even one section of the test you fail the entire thing... depressing. god, there`s no way i can pass 1級 in july now. ;-;

swine flu in japan: Japan goes into mass hysteria over the initial ( Read more... )

as i sit here thoroughly enjoying a bowl full of Betty Crocker mashed potatoes (<333 Osaka) with a glass of non-japanese lemonade, i am not in the mood to bitch or rant or regurgitate depressing thoughts that i have already voiced in previous entires (hello " decisions" and " life" tags!). i`m sure i`ll be in that mood soon enough. beware ( Read more... )

first thing`s first:

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where`s the logic in this? seriously. this song has been forever stuck in my head (although it in no way reflects my mood as of late) and so i google it and get this vid.

anyway, moving on to semi-important stuff: IT`S OFFICIAL, I`M GOING HOME FOR XMAS!!! even bigger news than that is that it cost me only fkin 89,770yen ( ( Read more... )

score predicted after the test:

writing/vocab: 81/100
listening: 68/100 (worst case scenario)
reading/grammar: 167/200
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estimated total: 316/400 (79%) iissshh

official score:writing/vocab: 82/100 ( Read more... )

wow, today was unusually productive for a monday. i hope that means good things for the rest of the week.

today i:

• opened an account with Japan Post/ゆうちょ銀行
  
• finally mailed aussie presents to my family
  
• bought tickets to the Yoshida Brothers concert
  
• picked up 完全マスター漢字　日本語能力試験１級レベル
  
• and managed to halfassedly nudge the head JTE at Otsu about dropping ( Read more... )

random late night, sleepy thoughts to self: maybe going for １級 in July 2010 would be do able if i start reviewing ２級/studying １級 when i get back from Aussie... but of course by then １級 will have become N1... >_ ( Read more... )

this is my last jlpt 2級 post until the official results come in feb, i swear. D ( Read more... )

i`m ffrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! for now anyway. if i failed the test i will cry and cry and then be enslaved by it again until July. -_-;;; but let`s not think that way, right ( Read more... )