Ohizashiburi!!!

It’s been so long. I haven’t updated my blog in months and I feel terrible, but I couldn’t bring myself to write anything.

It’s past 2 in the morning and I’m at Hannah’s house with Hannah and Dani. We just ate a lot of McDonald’s and are waiting for the full feeling to go away.

 

I’m off to college next Monday! I’m actually excited now, unlike a month ago. I think it’s because I’ve signed up for my classes and have my schedule already. It’s funny how I’m classmates with Hannah in all my classes except for PE and Math. We would’ve been classmates for math too, but we realized just a while ago that I was put in the basic math class. Which I think is because I had a low score in the math portion of the ACET, so yeah. Sucks, because that means I’m having summer class this year. Booooo. I hope I get moved up or something.

So that’s college news.

On Nihongo news, I was offered a tutoring opportunity today. My mom’s employee’s friend needs a tutor because she’s going to Japan in August, and they asked me, which is so awesome because I’ve been looking for a source of income for forever, and this was so well-timed. It’s cool, thank God for this. I hope it works out well. I’m not entirely confident in my ability to teach someone Nihongo, though Sensei thinks I can do it. But I need to prepare. Exciting, that.

 

I’m getting sleepy now, and I can’t write properly anymore. More decent entries coming soon, I promise. I’m going to write about college. And stuff. More often from now on. And I’m planning to finally start my Nihongo blog. I hope.  I really hope. No. I will. Okay.

The Weekend.

Our internet at home is busted, so I haven’t gone online in two days. I’m using Nest’s internet, which is also acting up, but still working, which is awesome.

So the UPCAT results came out last Saturday, and Hannah was the one who informed me again. XD I couldn’t check it myself since the internet was busted, so I asked her to check for me, and guess what? I wasn’t admitted. Haha. I used to say I didn’t pass, but my mom thinks I passed and they just don’t want to accept me because I’m home schooled and they’re biased like that. Well. Their loss. Ateneo, here I come~~ =D

Truthfully, after the ACET results came out, I didn’t care much about whether UP accepts me or not. (Right Hannah? Hahahaha.)

So yeah, Yanskeedoodle is a blue eagle. Yay!

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I also had my Nihongo final on Saturday. It was a bit sad, because it was our last day as a class. A lot of us are planning to skip Elementary 4 and Intermediate 1 classes because we already reviewed them for the JLPT, and it would save a lot of money to go straight to Intermediate 2. We also won’t have the same teacher when we enroll again.

Anyway, I wasn’t confident about the finals, because I didn’t study at all, but by some miracle I managed to pass. We all passed! It’s great.

After the test, I had lunch at Yamazaki(?) with Ann-san, Pola-san, Kichi-san, Nicole-san, and Anson-san, who treated us. We talked about starting an Elem4/Intermediate1 study group since a lot of us plan to study those on our own, and that’s exciting. I hope it pulls through; I will miss my classmates.

I went home after lunch, and then got ready for Ate Nadja’s wedding, which was that evening at The Blue Leaf. I rode with Dani and Tita Dongdong, and we got there in time to hear Ate Nadja’s vows. It was a really cute wedding~ Their theme was coffee, and they had a Starbucks booth and everything. Ate Nadja and Kuya Chuck were cute. And Nicole was pretty, and I loved her hair. So yeah, that was fun. I photo boothed with Dani, Nicole, Kuya Martin, and Kuya Mike.

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Sunday was chaotic. I taught Sunday School with Bianca and Hannah. I don’t know why, but whenever Bianca and I teach, it’s either we have absolutely no students, or we have so many we barely fit in the room. Yesterday, we had fifteen kids. I am seriously thankful Hannah decided to help out because otherwise, we would have died. XD It was fun though, because the kids were more responsive than usual. Just a bit hyper, but I guess that made it fun. I missed teaching, and my first class for this year will not be forgotten. Hahaha.

New Year’s resolution #1

Okay, so it’s a little early for that. But I read this blog entry just now, and I think it’s a cool idea and I don’t want to forget it.

Starting January 1, 2009, I’m going to write a Japanese journal entry everyday for the whole year. Or a Japanese blog entry. Or both. Why not both. XD

I’m excited to try that. I’m sure it’ll be good practice.

Here’s where I got the idea.

It’s over~~

I took the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (Level 3) today. And… I don’t know. Considering how much I panicked over it. . . I’m not sure I should have panicked so much over it. It wasn’t exactly easy. I didn’t know some of the answers, but that’s probably because I didn’t study enough.

I wasn’t expecting it to be that short though. 100+ items worth 400 points. That’s rather daunting. But then it wasn’t so tiring. It’s scary though, that one mistake can cost me four points. I don’t know how the results will turn out, really.

When I got to the venue (La Salle) I laughed a bit at how green it is. Because it’s really green. XDD I met up with Anson-san, Ann-san, Jeanette-san and Bian-san in line before we went to look for our rooms, and we talked a bit. Seeing my classmates was comforting. Anson-san and Bian-san gave me food for the exam because it seems they think I’m always hungry. Or that I don’t eat enough. :p And Sensei got us all a bag of candy to share. XDD So yeah. I’m glad I saw them before taking the test. That made me happy, I missed them.

The test didn’t make me very tired; this exam was very light compared to the college entrance tests I took a few months back. We got 20 minute breaks after every portion. And We had lots of time to answer. Too much time for the grammar portion maybe, but that’s better than not enough time.

After the test, I bumped into my classmates again, this time I also saw Paola-san, Inah-san, and Ida-san, and Bian-san and Anson-san weren’t around anymore because they took the Level 4 test and finished before us. I walked with my classmates until the entrance, then walked to McDo where I met Mang Vir who drove me to the World Trade Center where we picked up my parents and my aunt and my cousin. Then we dropped my parents off at the Mall of Asia, then went to my aunt’s house, where I’m writing this entry.

I’m tired.

It’s tomorrow.

JLPT is tomorrow~~ Goukakusuru to omoimasen. I don’t think I’m going to pass. Which is the wrong kind of mentality, so instead I will say, Goukaku tsumori desu. I’m not sure that’s correct. Watashi ha machigattara, dare ka naoshite itadakemasenka? I’m not sure about that one either, but if I made a mistake, will someone correct me?

I sort of studied, but I don’t think I did enough. And here I am, not studying. Ha ha ha. I didn’t get to learn any new vocabulary or Kanji or anything. Just the grammar. And I didn’t get to practice listening, which is the hardest part.

But then, if I don’t pass, I can always take it again. I heard from somewhere that the best way to practice for the JLPT is to take it, so yeah. No biggie if I fail. Demo, gambarimasu.