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So I went to london yesterday to do the JLPT.
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So that's it! I hope you have enjoyed this entry. I haven't taken any pictures of the test building or anything which i think i've should but the building didn't exactly look very cheerful anyway, despite those two incredibly orange palm trees with flashing lights they had put up on the square in front of it.Mirk:  chipper |
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Dec. 1st, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
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So I haven't posted anything in a really long time.. so i thought maybe it's time to do that for a change.. But what should I tell you guys? I think i'm going to tell you about my Japanese progress and the test that's coming up.
As for my progress:
I'm now doing the 2nd book of the method I'm using now, so that's equivalent of the 2nd year, however I feel it's all going to slow and the upcoming test will actually encompass all 3 volumes of this method, so that's going to be sort of exciting. I have also bought last year's test so I will do that as a checker to see if there's anything I really do not understand. But so far I haven't found that much which I didn't know so that's a good sign I guess.
I have started learning directly from the grammar dictionary because I don't want to be too far ahead of my class in terms of exercises. But maybe that's not the right way to go about it :/.. maybe i should just do as much as i could :|
And concerning the chinese characters.. I'm way behind schedule x_X I figured I'd be at around 1000 kanji right now but instead i'm at 730 or something. Which I think is bad.. but it's still more than twice as many kanji I need to know for the test. So i guess that's okay.
The test:
I found out where it's gonna be exactly!
"Test Levels 3 and 4 will take place on our Russell Square campus, WC1. See our map. Rooms are located both in SOAS College Buildings and in the Brunei Gallery Building opposite."
And it's nice that there's a direct connection to Heathrow. Because I will be flying to that airport on the day, the 7th of December. What will be very interesting as well is when the test is over, I only have 2 hours and 15 minutes to get onto my plane.. lol.. But now I've found the connection is quite direct.. just need to remember to get on the right tube as the line splits at Acton town.
Still need to get a day-pass for the tube though. Anyway:
Like I've said before.. It'll be really interesting to experience a day on which I fly away from my destination on the same day. I've never done that before, so it'll be quite cool. Also the check-in.. which will be non-existent.. I will just check in online and as I'm not bringing any luggage I don't need to check that in either.
The Checklist:- Test voucher.
- Passport.
- Day-pass.
- Goldpieces.
- Check-in online.
- Trail rations.
- Japanese stuff.
What else? Any suggestions?
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well ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) _puchula_ have fun! :)
( more pics! )
i should've taken more pictures though.. as there was a lot to see like storyboards and small models of the death stars for example.. and models of the set on naboo.. very cool.. i guess i got too interested in all this stuff that i forgot to take out my camera occasionally :P
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yes more pictures of london!
this time it's not a copy of cherub_ellie's entry but what i've got to add to that.
next entry will be either about edinburgh or about the star wars exhibition especially for _puchula_:)
so there! have fun!
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right this entry is basically all about copying cherub_ellie so there are a lot of pictures here that are the same as in her entry accept that they're all from a different angle.. some pics are added because i thought it'd make a nice change..
oh and there's another big diference.. i *did* have a *lot* of sun.
( have fun! )
next entry is going to be about what the ellies *didn't* do in london :PMirk: cheerful |
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Firstly:
I'M BACK!
Secondly:
The list
London:
- Kensington Gardens
- Kensington Palace
- King's Cross (plat. 9¾)
- Trafalgar Square
- Leicester Square
- Oxford Street
- National Portrait Gallery
- National Gallery
- Piccadilly Circus
- Piccadilly Road
- The Mall
- Buckingham Palace
- Changing of the Guards
- St. James' Palace
- Green Park
- The Royal Arcade
- The Burlington Arcade
- Westminster Palace (house of commons)
- Covent Garden (with Kiran)
- Museum Street (with Kiran)
- The British Museum (with Kiran)
- China Town
- Barking (where my cousin lives)
- St. Paul's Cathedral
- Westminster Abbey
- Denmark Street (street with nothing but shops that sell guitars)
- Charing Cross Road (and Tottenham Court Road but i didn't see the leaky cauldron :P, or didn't know it was there when i was there)
- Downing Street (where the PM of the UK lives/works)
- Museum of Natural History
- London Eye
- Star Wars Exhibition ( :P :P :P )
- The Globe Theater
- Millennium Bridge
- Southwark Cathedral
- The Golden Hind (an old ship with sails and such)
- Albert and Victoria Museum
- Science Museum (lots of nice old steam engines and stuff)
- Greenwich
- Cutty Sark (covered by a tent for repairs because it burned down this year)
- Royal Observatory (where the prime meridian is located)
- Greenwich Foottunnel (which goes under the Thames)
- Canary Wharf (lots of nice modern buildings there)
- Harry Potter 5 (with cousin, in the Leicester square Odeon where the world premiere was, same screen even)
- Royal Naval College
- Greenwich Park
- London Tower (with Kiran)
- Tower Bridge (with Kiran)
- The Monument (with Kiran)
- Hyde Park
- Fish 'n' Chips (very important!)
- Speaker's Corner (there was no one)
Edinburgh:
- Train voyage from London to Edinburgh
- Princes Street
- Scott Monument (didn't go up though)
- Edinburgh Castle
- Royal Mile
- Cockburn Street (street with shops and stuff)
- Ramsay Road (small street with an old sense to it)
- Holyrood Palace
- Camera Obscura
- St. Giles Cathedral
- Museum of Childhood
- Royal Museum of Scotland
- Rose Street (street with shops etc.)
- Bagpipes Galore (a shop that sells bagpipes)
- Tartan Weaving Mill
- Harry Potter 7 ( :D ) (with a lot of others!)
- Nelson Monument (did go up that one)
- Calton Hill
- National Gallery of Scotland
- National Portrait Gallery
- Princes Street Gardens
- Queen Street
That's a total of 73 things in 16 days in roughly chronographic order
And pepernoot ! I have your sunglasses from the Primark in Oxford Street.. how am i supposed to give them to you? :PMirk: awake Singe: hummingpeesee |
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oh no
( the pressure is killing me )
*dies*
EDIT:
( Otters :) )Mirk:  nervous Singe: Fire Garden Suite - Steve Vai |
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