D-day...

and I was late!! There were so many people were taking the test that I could only get on the fourth bus to Saitama University from the train station despite arriving early...urghs! Everyone looked at me when I ran into the room. The question booklets and answer sheets had been distributed but the test hadn’t started yet. Naturally, my seat had to be all the way across the room! Very embarrassing! Luckily my skin quite thick ar!

I was surprised by how seriously they conducted the test. There is a centralized broadcasting system that announces the rules, start and end of each part, so every room starts and ends at exactly the same time. At the beginning of every part of the test (3 parts in total) the rules are announced with the invigilator flashing a yellow (warning) or red (immediate failure) card as the offences are read out (that was quite funny, I thought). The most serious offence is letting your cellphone ring during the test, which would result in a red card. Con-chan (who took the test in Aoyama University) had the privilege of witnessing someone getting sent out because of that and listening to the first 3 questions of her listening test again (lucky girl!).

Anyway, the test went ok. Maybe, hopefully, I can pass… I will receive my results in Feb so keep your fingers and toes crossed for me till then! ;P

After the test, I met Con-chan for dinner at Harajuku before heading back to Niigata.

Check out the sight that greeted me in Niigata (first day of snow!)
My suede boots got completely soaked through while I cleared the snow off my car *BRRR!* But it looked really pretty and Christmassy with the falling snow and snow-lined fir trees.