The Carnival is Over

Gah. Nihongo Nouryoku Shiken is over and I can have my life back. Um, well, I actually never really lost it in the first place. The Mister had studied his pretty arse off while I studied a bit, but probably not as much as I could have.

Here's the thing. I am a lazy shit. My theory of learning Japanese by osmosis, by immersing myself in Japan was admirable (maybe) but somewhat, ahem, naive. Ergo I actually had to study. I decided to take Level 4 back in September 'cos I didn't think I'd have a shot at level 3, but if I'd been more, erm, conscientious and gone with The Mister's theory of study (that being sitting down and spending hours actually learning stuff) I probably could have sat Level 3. Hmmm. Maybe next year.

The kanji, vocabulary and even the grammar/comprehension sections were fine (didn't get to finish the grammar bit though) but if I fail it will be because of the listening part. One word comes to mind when I think about my performance in the listening. Arse crap. A big pile of funky brown arse crap. I'm not kidding. Somehow my brain doesn't work at the speed its meant to. It is but a colander.

So fingers crossed I passed the godforsaken thing. Good luck everyone who sat it and I hope you've all recovered from your hangovers this morning...