Test can be over nao, plz?
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blodeueddTo get this post off to a cheerful start, an amusing exchange with a student:
Him: Ms. Adele, why is your hair brown?
Me: Uh... it just is. What colour do you think it should be?
Him: Black.
Me: Black? But I'm not Japanese.
Him: Yes, you are.
Me: XD Actually, no.
I believe there is partial confusion here due to the fact that the younger kids take a while understand the difference between Japanese-meaning-nationality and Japanese-meaning-language and which verb to use in which context. I often hear things like "Sakura is Japanese!" when they mean she's speaking Japanese. My response is always, "Yeah, so are you!" which confuses them. And then I laugh.
Anyway, the next day I asked Taiga:
Me: So, why did you say my hair should be black?
Him: *looking at me as though explaining that water is wet* Because hair is black.
This was even funnier because this kid's hair isn't black, it's truly brown. It made me wonder, though, whether any of the kids think that K (who is fairer than I am) and I dye our hair.
I meant to post something interesting about Okinawa, or at least answer the meme questions I was asked, but I really don't feel up to the task. Still, I forced myself to at least try to catch up with my studying this evening, and got more done than I'd hoped. Funny how I actually kept up in Okinawa, it's in the days since I've been back that I've completely slacked off, for no reason I can discern except that I'm damn tired.
Physically, I feel sort of run down, and it's hard to pinpoint why. Looking at the pictures of last weekend, I was shocked by how thin I'm looking. I've lost some weight over the past couple of months, and aside from the fact that it's exciting to be able to buy pants in most stores here, I feel a bit... worried? Not sure if that's the right word. Anyway, since I'm not actively doing anything to try to slim down, and can't think of any real changes to my routine, I'm left wondering why it's happening at all. I suppose it could be JLPT-related stress, because I'm hardly starving myself -- you saw me go at the hotel buffets! :D
Mentally, I'm drained. My self-imposed study plan has really wrung me out -- I haven't used my brain so much in years! It's pathetic. It's also a reminder that I shouldn't just let myself coast down the easy path, that it's good to give myself different challenges every once in a while.
So yes, JLPT. I did the practice test Monday, and can we say, HAHAHAHAHA? :P If I'd been more attentive, I would have noticed earlier my voucher stated that I'd been placed in the "N" test, "N" standing for "imaginary level between levels 1 and 2 that doesn't actually exist except for this practice exam" and it was hard. As expected. Though the listening was surprisingly easy, especially the questions that were about commercials/store announcements. At any rate, I'll be quite happy if I get even 20% for this test, and very surprised if I can manage 40% for the actual test. *resigned*
While I'm really looking forward to the test being over, I also wonder what I'm going to do with my time once it's free. I want to keep studying, so I'll have to think up a way to get myself motivated for that, and I also want to settle on some other goals. Anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Advice? Want to start a Goal of the Month club with me so we can be slave-drivers to each other? :D [offer valid only after the 6th of December]
Re: 12月6日, Eda and I are going to meet up after the test and we're going to get drunk. Anyone else want to join in? :D
And then she went to bed.
Him: Ms. Adele, why is your hair brown?
Me: Uh... it just is. What colour do you think it should be?
Him: Black.
Me: Black? But I'm not Japanese.
Him: Yes, you are.
Me: XD Actually, no.
I believe there is partial confusion here due to the fact that the younger kids take a while understand the difference between Japanese-meaning-nationality and Japanese-meaning-language and which verb to use in which context. I often hear things like "Sakura is Japanese!" when they mean she's speaking Japanese. My response is always, "Yeah, so are you!" which confuses them. And then I laugh.
Anyway, the next day I asked Taiga:
Me: So, why did you say my hair should be black?
Him: *looking at me as though explaining that water is wet* Because hair is black.
This was even funnier because this kid's hair isn't black, it's truly brown. It made me wonder, though, whether any of the kids think that K (who is fairer than I am) and I dye our hair.
* * *
I meant to post something interesting about Okinawa, or at least answer the meme questions I was asked, but I really don't feel up to the task. Still, I forced myself to at least try to catch up with my studying this evening, and got more done than I'd hoped. Funny how I actually kept up in Okinawa, it's in the days since I've been back that I've completely slacked off, for no reason I can discern except that I'm damn tired.
Physically, I feel sort of run down, and it's hard to pinpoint why. Looking at the pictures of last weekend, I was shocked by how thin I'm looking. I've lost some weight over the past couple of months, and aside from the fact that it's exciting to be able to buy pants in most stores here, I feel a bit... worried? Not sure if that's the right word. Anyway, since I'm not actively doing anything to try to slim down, and can't think of any real changes to my routine, I'm left wondering why it's happening at all. I suppose it could be JLPT-related stress, because I'm hardly starving myself -- you saw me go at the hotel buffets! :D
Mentally, I'm drained. My self-imposed study plan has really wrung me out -- I haven't used my brain so much in years! It's pathetic. It's also a reminder that I shouldn't just let myself coast down the easy path, that it's good to give myself different challenges every once in a while.
So yes, JLPT. I did the practice test Monday, and can we say, HAHAHAHAHA? :P If I'd been more attentive, I would have noticed earlier my voucher stated that I'd been placed in the "N" test, "N" standing for "imaginary level between levels 1 and 2 that doesn't actually exist except for this practice exam" and it was hard. As expected. Though the listening was surprisingly easy, especially the questions that were about commercials/store announcements. At any rate, I'll be quite happy if I get even 20% for this test, and very surprised if I can manage 40% for the actual test. *resigned*
While I'm really looking forward to the test being over, I also wonder what I'm going to do with my time once it's free. I want to keep studying, so I'll have to think up a way to get myself motivated for that, and I also want to settle on some other goals. Anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Advice? Want to start a Goal of the Month club with me so we can be slave-drivers to each other? :D [offer valid only after the 6th of December]
Re: 12月6日, Eda and I are going to meet up after the test and we're going to get drunk. Anyone else want to join in? :D
And then she went to bed.
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Date: 2009-11-26 02:11 pm (UTC)I would very much like to do that, Dr. Hobbit, but the test is in 9 days, so I don't want to slack off this close to the end. But I promise that as soon as I hand in the test booklet, the relaxing will commence! ^__^ And on Sunday, of course.
Say, do you think there's a tennis court near chez Tiff 'n' Hannah? You know, just in case we need to work off our meal... XD
And yes, there will be a club in one form or another. Just give me a while to work out the particulars.