Another wasted weekend.
Jun. 23rd, 2008 07:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aideIt never seems like I get to accomplish as much procrastination on the weekends as I used to. Probably because the level of shit that I find the need to do has risen to appalling extremes not that I have made it my mission to watch Dの嵐. I thought about writing the next part of Equilibrium because I got the perfect idea for this chapter but I didn't get around to it, or couldn't find the right start (as is becoming the norm for me these days).
Saturday when to Hiroo and had my 3rd treatment and met Justin for dinner. I had a really fun conversation with the nurse for like half an hour about Japan and pop culture. And you bet JE came up. X3 She's asked me who my favourite actor was and I said Nino and she was like "What? Why!" Ahaha... he is a great actor and cute (even if he looks like he's 13). Went back to the restaurant Andrew and I found when I was there last and while it was good... the オススメ menu wasn't a great as the last time. I was a bit disappointed but had some really great mushroom risotto. Met up with Andrew and went back to his place and studied and watched some Star Trek before bed. I fucked up and thought that Rie had planned Taka's birthday party for Sunday night but actually it was Saturday so I missed it. I was probably going to bail anyway if it had been Sunday... I don't feel so bad blaming it on my sheer retardedness rather than just being too tired/cheap to go.
The test was great. I got off at the wrong station and had a little freak out but the officer at the koban was very nice and helpful. It was only another 10 minute walk to where I needed to go in the first place and once I got to the right route, I just had to follow all the people. I thought the test was at 11:30 but actually it was 11:50 so I had lots of time to spare. Went to the wrong room at first; I read the sign where all the test numbers were posted correctly but for some reason thought that 1102 was on the 2nd floor... another blonde moment. I've been really bad for those this weekend. But the woman beside me said I was in the wrong place and another took me down and showed me where I should go. When I walked in all the kids were like "Eehh? Sensei?" (They must have ALT's too) It was a bit awkward because I knew all eyes were on me as they showed me to my seat. I was expecting it, since I wrote the test for 2nd grade kanji but it's different when you are experiencing it in real life.
It was easy! There weren't any questions I didn't know but I did make one mistake for sure. I'm confident that I passed and maybe in the high 90's! I just have to wait patiently for the results to come. It was really irritating because the kids were whispering to each other and asking to go to the bathroom through the whole test. Why didn't you go before? It's 40 minutes! Can't you sit still and hold it until it's over? I know it's a test for kanji at a low elementary level and they were all 7-8 years old, but it really took away from the seriousness of the test. I was so tempted to look over to the kid beside me and shush him but I refrained.
Came home and caught up on my fic reading and watched a Hanadan special on TV... Just was lazy. I wanted to get a load of laundry done but it was rainy and shitty so I couldn't. I went to bed at 10pm and woke up on my own at 5:30 this morning. I could have gotten up but decided I liked sleep better. I'm expecting a pretty relaxing week at school. Midterm exams are on Thursday and Friday so I anticipate having more than a few classes cancelled for self-study, especially for 2nd and 3rd years. Fine by me. With this plot bunny in my head, I'll have my own thing to work on. I could be ambitious and take my Japanese textbooks to school and keep on doing some studying. I want to write the level 8 test in October and unlike 2nd year where I could already read half of them, the 3rd year words are pretty new to me.
Saturday when to Hiroo and had my 3rd treatment and met Justin for dinner. I had a really fun conversation with the nurse for like half an hour about Japan and pop culture. And you bet JE came up. X3 She's asked me who my favourite actor was and I said Nino and she was like "What? Why!" Ahaha... he is a great actor and cute (even if he looks like he's 13). Went back to the restaurant Andrew and I found when I was there last and while it was good... the オススメ menu wasn't a great as the last time. I was a bit disappointed but had some really great mushroom risotto. Met up with Andrew and went back to his place and studied and watched some Star Trek before bed. I fucked up and thought that Rie had planned Taka's birthday party for Sunday night but actually it was Saturday so I missed it. I was probably going to bail anyway if it had been Sunday... I don't feel so bad blaming it on my sheer retardedness rather than just being too tired/cheap to go.
The test was great. I got off at the wrong station and had a little freak out but the officer at the koban was very nice and helpful. It was only another 10 minute walk to where I needed to go in the first place and once I got to the right route, I just had to follow all the people. I thought the test was at 11:30 but actually it was 11:50 so I had lots of time to spare. Went to the wrong room at first; I read the sign where all the test numbers were posted correctly but for some reason thought that 1102 was on the 2nd floor... another blonde moment. I've been really bad for those this weekend. But the woman beside me said I was in the wrong place and another took me down and showed me where I should go. When I walked in all the kids were like "Eehh? Sensei?" (They must have ALT's too) It was a bit awkward because I knew all eyes were on me as they showed me to my seat. I was expecting it, since I wrote the test for 2nd grade kanji but it's different when you are experiencing it in real life.
It was easy! There weren't any questions I didn't know but I did make one mistake for sure. I'm confident that I passed and maybe in the high 90's! I just have to wait patiently for the results to come. It was really irritating because the kids were whispering to each other and asking to go to the bathroom through the whole test. Why didn't you go before? It's 40 minutes! Can't you sit still and hold it until it's over? I know it's a test for kanji at a low elementary level and they were all 7-8 years old, but it really took away from the seriousness of the test. I was so tempted to look over to the kid beside me and shush him but I refrained.
Came home and caught up on my fic reading and watched a Hanadan special on TV... Just was lazy. I wanted to get a load of laundry done but it was rainy and shitty so I couldn't. I went to bed at 10pm and woke up on my own at 5:30 this morning. I could have gotten up but decided I liked sleep better. I'm expecting a pretty relaxing week at school. Midterm exams are on Thursday and Friday so I anticipate having more than a few classes cancelled for self-study, especially for 2nd and 3rd years. Fine by me. With this plot bunny in my head, I'll have my own thing to work on. I could be ambitious and take my Japanese textbooks to school and keep on doing some studying. I want to write the level 8 test in October and unlike 2nd year where I could already read half of them, the 3rd year words are pretty new to me.