Prediction for JLPT2 result ...
This year's JLPT2 is just ... I dunno.For me at least it's a test of whatever do I have what it takes to leapfrog the seemingly large gap between JLPT3 to JLPT2.After all this "gap" is pretty much why the JLPT will have 5 levels next year.A new level to fill in the gap and make it seem more "plausible".
So how did I fare?Honestly I can say that it'll take more than a miracle for me to pass this test.Foul play ... error in marking ...anything it takes to create a result that's not supposed to happen.Listening was always my Achilles' Heel in Japanese language study and this year's Listening Comprehension seem to just super-size that bitter fact and make it obvious to me that I have to be hook or by crook listen to more Japanese media.
For all the preparation I did to pass this test ... it seems that I erred in putting all the eggs into one basket in Grammer...
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After the test I went to Dhoby Ghaut MRT(which is pretty near SMU) with Junxian.Since it's that near we simply walked there.The 10~15 mins walk there somehow exorcised the demons within me since I stopped hanging out with Junxian and James and the group in NP.Maybe it's because after a year an a half we actually spoke to each other about stuff not directly related to Japanese study(which is the only reason why we are meeting each other now anyway).I dunno.But I can safely say that this short time definitely helped me in a way or two to battle the constant conflicting inner-self.
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On a lighter note ... Kusumi Koharu had offically graduated from Morning Musume and Hello Project.These so-called "graduations" are lightly and widely used in J-entertainment,especially when it's something to do with artistes signing a short term contract deal,then after honoring it till the end they simply "graduated".But this term is brought to a next level for Hello Project at least.Simply for the fact that the idols in Hello Project are groomed and brought up within the company,and when the time for graduation arrives for the right or wrong reason ... it's the departure of a "home-grown talent".
Kusumi Koharu Officially Graduates From Morning Musume and Hello! Project
At least now I can say that I went though a graduation as a H!P fan.And my fav member as well.Some form of 初めての経験(1st experience).
Edit:I thought that I'll just quickly post something about this year's JLPT2 and about Koha's grad from Momosu quickly.After seeing from H!O and other sources how her graduating song is ふるさと(Furusato),the exact same slow,emotional song that she sang during her 2005 audition into Morning Musume.And top it with the fact that the chorus part of 「涙止まらなくても」 which literally means "My tears won't stop" ... and despite Koha and the other members crying although they were firm about this graduating concert being a cheerful one for the sake of Koharu ... it almost seems sorrowful and bitter.
Life as a fan had been fun since I started as a fan of actress/singer/seiyuu Ueto Aya around 3 years ago.As days and weeks and months go by I've drifted though more and more artistes and idols,but none matches the excitement of Morning Musume don't they?Koda Kumi to me is an inspiration,an artiste that gives me a meaning to live on and work hard everyday in exchange for more and more of her releases to come.Morning Musume though feels much much more intimate to me.It could be that the members are closer in age to me.Or it could be the graduation/audition rotating door of Hello!Project that makes them so unique.In anycase I feel more complete(and satisfied) to go though the bitter period of impending graduation for one's fav member from Momosu.
Now that Morning Musume is down to 8-nin,here's wishing them great success ahead.May the final remnants of "Miracle Dust" from the recently-graduated ミラクル(Mirakuru) kick-start their journey back on track.
