It’s midnight between Friday and Saturday now, and on Sunday morning I will be taking that JLPT exam I’ve been going on about all this time. It’s been a slightly bumpy road (starting my kanji studies less than a year earlier) but with a bit of luck and a good attitude I should pass without problems. Then on to Ikkyuu (the level 1 exam) next year, and I can go home without regrets. Tomorrow I’m waking up at 8.30 am simply because I usually wake up around 10.00, and I don’t want to feel sleepier than necessary on Sunday.
In the morning, knowing me, I will get very little studies in and will simply doodle about doing nothing special, then dinner with the girlfriend in the evening, and then to bed early since I get up early. I will hopefully be tired enough from waking up earlier than usual on Saturday that I’ll fall asleep despite nervousness etc. Yeah, I’m pretty nervous about this in the end. I have this one shot and I paid money and all that so I don’t know how I will react to this all ultimately. I don’t think I’ve ever prepared for something for as long and as intensively as I have for this exam, so I guess it’s no wonder I’m antsy.
Anyway, wish me luck. I won’t actually know whether I pass or fail until February (…!) but I bet I’ll have a feeling whether it went well or not. The others of you out there — Thomas, Mark, Shiho, and all the damn Swedes zerg-rushing Kyoto, new and old friends alike, good luck on Sunday!
Good luck!
Remember the chocolate, caffeine and food for between the three exam parts. They give you quite long breaks so you have time to stew. If you’re anything like me, nerves make me want to eat more
Ahh, good thinking! Yeah, I eat like 3 people when I’m nervy. *grins*
Hiya! I’m currently on the train on my way to the nikyuu myself. And seeking comfort in the notion that other people around the globe would be facing the same situation, I googled and stumbled across this post. I figured I’d say good luck to a fellow 2008 nikyuu challenger. I think it’s pretty amazing that you’ve only been studying kanji for a year, and you’re already taking on a not-so-easy exam like this. So regardless of whether you pass or fail, you should be proud of yourself. Goodness knows I wish I’d studied like you evidently have. I’ve done like…almost no work. Doomed. So doomed. ^_^
がんばってください～
Apparently, eating peppermint stimulates the brain (=.
Hey! I didn’t realize you quoted my name in your entry! Hahas, thanks a bunch!
Studying one year ahead seems to have prepared you well enough to pass I am sure. I have a friend who took the level 2 exam last year, who passed with the guilt of studying only for two weeks. Although she’s really fluent and all, she admits that she didn’t know the six thousand (or more) kanji she was supposed to know.
I feel like I am repeating myself, but once again, good luck! I know it’s a big deal for the both of us! Let me know how it goes for you (=.
*laughs* Thank you!
Actually, I’ve only studied kanji for a year but I’ve studied Japanese since 2005 so a lot of the kanji learning went really easily (know the words that go with that kanji and it’s a hundred times easier I noticed… which gave me some surprising road bumps down the line when I started running into unknown vocab-kanjis.. ouch). Regardless, good luck tomorrow, Elly. I may not know anything about you aside from the words you wrote here but you’re definitely included in my finger-crossing for tomorrow. 
(oops, above post was to Elly — the threading of my blog is a little odd) Shiho, your friend passed even though she studied only 2 weeks? Eesh and I thought I was going at a pretty good pace!
You don’t need luck, you’re going to kick ass. I’m still so very amazed at your courage and your tenacity. You’re in Japan, studying and fulfilling something you wanted for such a long time. I can’t wait to hear how it went. My positive vibes will be with you! xoxox
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