Monday, February 07, 2005
Cultural exchange
I received a little bundle of love in the post today, in the form of my long-awaited result from December's Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
Let's take a look at the damage, shall we...
According to my maths (which I sincerely hope is better than my Japanese) I missed the pass mark of 60% by less than 2%, but I can't say I'm too bothered. If I had passed, all it would have proved is that I'm a lucky bounder; I don't think it would have been a good reflection of my current ability.
The good news is that I now have ten months to revise for my resit, unless of course I decide to raise the bar and go for the level two instead.
Some more good news: last night at football, I managed to kick two Peruvians simutaneously. Two! This beats my previous record for kicking Peruvians by one. In case anyone happens to be wondering why I take so much delight in kicking Peruvians, it's because I was once in the gents toilet at a well-known London station when I noticed a Bear in a duffle coat giving me an extra hard stare. Creepy.
Let's take a look at the damage, shall we...
| Writing / Vocabulary | 76 / 100 | |
| Listening | 36 / 100 | oops... |
| Reading / Grammar | 121 / 200 | |
| Total mark: | 233 / 400 | |
| Result: | FAILED |
According to my maths (which I sincerely hope is better than my Japanese) I missed the pass mark of 60% by less than 2%, but I can't say I'm too bothered. If I had passed, all it would have proved is that I'm a lucky bounder; I don't think it would have been a good reflection of my current ability.
The good news is that I now have ten months to revise for my resit, unless of course I decide to raise the bar and go for the level two instead.
Some more good news: last night at football, I managed to kick two Peruvians simutaneously. Two! This beats my previous record for kicking Peruvians by one. In case anyone happens to be wondering why I take so much delight in kicking Peruvians, it's because I was once in the gents toilet at a well-known London station when I noticed a Bear in a duffle coat giving me an extra hard stare. Creepy.
