December Starts

December 3rd, 2007
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Alrighty – I’m back from radio silence for a week in preparation for the JLPT (2kyu) which I’m fairly sure I failed fantastically. Having said that, now that I know what the real test is like, I’m confident that I can prepare for it next time around. I’m reverting to my “it was a practice run” defense plan to help soothe my hurt feelings.

School is in session, but it is primarily testing season – with a little bit of sports thrown in for fun. (Once tests end, they have a “Class Match” day at my base school. It’s like a mini-field day where the classes compete as home rooms against one another, typically in a volleyball tournament.) I’m also running a special English project until the 14th, which shall be my last day at school in December.

In fact, I think it might be my last day blogging during winter break, too. I am now exactly 2 weeks away from being in America. (And stoked about it.) I have made an executive decision to leave my blog alone so as to make the most of my time with my family and friends. It will mean nearly a month’s absence, as I’m in America from the 17th of December to the 7th of January. I just wanted to announce that so that nobody wonders what’s going on. :-) Right now, though, I’m going to go do something I’m good at and talk to people who like me in an attempt to lick my JLPT wounds. Ha ha ha.

Hey – at least I had some really good food and a great chance to bum around with 2 of my favorite people (Aileen and Nicole) in Hiroshima!

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  • Yeah, the JLPT is a royal pain. But I want to pass it just to know that standards-wise I've achieved some level of competency. (Unfortunately, this time around was not a pass. I'm sure.) Even if that doesn't mean all that much in the real world. For me, the best thing would be the ability to pick up a book or magazine and read everything on the cover. Literacy is what I chase. Or more accurately, illiteracy is what I flee. :-P
  • JLPT is a pain! I know people who speak and write Japanese really well but who cannot pass the JLPT exams. And I know people who speak and write Japanese very poorly but complete level one of the JLPT. These are the same type of people who speak no English but get 770 on the GRE verbal reasoning. So don't let the test bother you too much.

    Enjoy your trip home, I am sure it will be nice to get awhile from things for awhile and refresh.

    Bryan's last blog post: Tagged
  • Miss you too Megan, and it is indeed too bad that you live far away from SC. But such is life. I'll see if I can holler at you when I'm stateside, though. :-)
  • Oh, man. I now wish fervently that I lived closer to SC. It would be awesome to see you. Hopefully you'll be on the computer at least a little, so I might catch you while we're in the same time zone.

    Miss you! Have fun at home.
  • Dunno the finalized flight plans yet. Keep getting updates from the airline, myself. Hopefully it'll firm up as the date approaches.
  • Scott
    Woohoo! Can't WAIT to see you! Am gonna try to make it to meet you at the airport but I need you to email me or facebook message me specifics about flight time and such (or send them by way of Emily... need to get up with her, haven't in a while)
  • Yeah - the whole gold foil on food thing ostentatious opulence thing survived through the 90's and to modern day thanks to the institutions of 料理の鉄人 (Iron Chef) and its gourmet spin-off ilk. I don't get it - it doesn't add flavor...it just adds to the price tag. I suppose it's great news for the people who think that paying more for something makes it better. (I guess I'd feel the need to believe that had I purchased something conspicuously like that, though.) Ha ha. I'll pass if it just means eating gold.

    (Actually...just recently I saw a show with the S&M; Queen comedienne Sumiko - who holds a food prep license, apparently - among other contestants. They broke into teams and competed with the cast of a new food based drama. In the end, the non-drama team put platinum leaf on top of their food, while their opponents put gold leaf on theirs. The judges were not impressed by the extra expenditure, and went with the better food - topped by gold leaf.)
  • "but I’m far more curious about what could possibly make okonomiyaki worth $300."
    One of my old business school teachers told us that during the bubble economy Japanese businessmen trying to impress their foreign counterparts would sprinkle gold dust on their ramen!
    So golden okonomiyaki? I'll try it if you buy it :P

    Have fun back home! Sad to hear that RIH will be silent for awhile though. With the post scheduling features on wordpress I bet if you ganbaru-ed you could leave everyone some snippets or pictures in advance to last through the hiatus. But I imagine you must be spent after JLPT2, so rest up Otsukaresama
  • Yes, yes, you are. And you're free to buy yourself some $300 shoes. I'm not going for either - but I'm far more curious about what could possibly make okonomiyaki worth $300.
  • Kathy
    I got her joke. =P But I want $300 shoes over $300 okonomiyaki.

    I'm a favorite person too......
  • Ha ha ha - in case anyone missed it, Aileen is parodying the YouTube "Shoes" video / song meme. Ha ha ha. Awesome.
  • Aileen
    let's get some okonomiyaki!

    this okonomiyaki is $300. lets get it!
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