Was just wondering if I should take JLPT this year...if i do, I think I can manage only level 3. I am not as fluent as you think I am...:P My vocabulary is still limited and I'm better at reading than listening....gotta work on that! :) Vocab-wise, I've been trying to diversify my reading material but since I'm addicted to idol mags like Duet and they take up a huge part of my expenditure...sigh...guess i can afford Asahi Shimbun once in a while XD. I wish idol mags cost less...of course after a few months Kinokuniya would slash the price of the magazines, but only if they are any left, and Duet sells out so fast I just have to get to a copy asap. Even if I reserved a copy they hold it for at most 3 days :P.
I don't know what to do with that growing pile of mags. Can't bear to throw some issues away but I'm running out of space to put them! If I had a scanner and could scan in all the pages and covers I wanted to keep, and save them as image files, I'd be happy to get rid of the mags--but I don't have a scanner. Sigh.
Feel like writing another fan letter to Sho...maybe that will have to wait until their new album comes out? :) I wonder what will happen if I sent one letter with messages to every one of them, and address it to "Arashi"...
:D Maybe I'll write a letter to each of them! (and that's like, $3.50 in stamps?)
I feel really bad about it, but I really really wish Sho would reply to at least one of my letters (sigh)...but he's a busy person--they're all busy ppl--and even when they do have time to read fan mail, why would they choose mine over the tons of letters they get?
I'd like to think that at least one of my letters left an impression on him...even if he doesn't reply--even if they don't reply--as long as it touches their hearts and leaves a lasting impression on them, I'll be happy. :)
It's official...I'm taking 200m freestyle for the Nationals...and I have totally no confidence in myself. If I'm already lagging behind in 50m freestyle, how can i expect to do well in 200M? Face it, it's a fact that I was never meant to be a competitive swimmer, never will be. No matter how hard I try,others are still faster. If I slack and do badly, I'll be letting my team the school and mrs Tan down--I did promise I'd train for it, but what do I have to show? Nothing. I regret taking 200 free...but what else is there?
I'm more confident abt 50m backstroke, back is my pet stroke after all; yet this competition is just like another major time trial, not a competition, because i know I'll never reach Top 8. The most I can hope for is to better my own personal best. What am I doing in swimming anyway? I joined because I love the water, love swimming....but school swimming is more than that--it's COMPETITIVE--and I feel that it's sapping the spirit. The good ones get better and better, while weaker ones like me, though we do improve a bit, have nary the chance to catch up. Especially if you're a late starter. I just want to swim, and not bother about competing. But I have to. Why? This thing called CCA points. It skews the reasons why I joined swimming in the first place. Joined to be with the water, continues just for points. It's become so mechanical...the purpose isn't there any more...
just a month more to go and I'm free from training, and can swim freely all I want
Don't have to worry about speed, just the feel of the water...
Gotta get back to revision. I haven't even started on Higher Chinese yet! Better do so RIGHT NOW if I intent to get an A1 for that