Japanese Me

The JLPT is over and I couldn’t be more happy.  I haven’t had a drink in a long time (I had to keep my mind clear to study!) so tonight it’s plum wine, knitting, and mindless tv.  Woo! Thanks for your well wishes, I think they did me some good!  I’ll let you know the [...]

I just got the results of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) I took in December.  I went for level 2 (２級), where passing is 240 points. I got 237. Bah.  I’m not really mad or anything though–my reading/grammar section was lacking so at least I know what to study.  In Japan they offer the [...]

Sometimes the result isn’t so great.  Some of you may not know this but I’m a big hockey fan.  I was an Albany River Rats season ticket holder from the time I was 15 or so all the way through college.  It’s a minor league team but the fans show major league devotion for the [...]