Summer holiday in Tokyo

School scores

I Finally completed the 3rd level of KAI Japanese school and am currently enjoying some small holiday in the hot, but rainy Tokyo. In KAI school you need at least 70% to clear an examination. Here are the scores I got:

文法 Grammar
88/100 (but I really got 89, because of the teacher’s miss)

聴解 Listening Comprehension
74/100

プレゼンテーション Presentation (Later I will publish it on my blog)
94/100

インタビュー Interview
94/100

漢字 Kanji
92/100

overall score: 88.4%

Overall Im happy with the score. I didn’t study kanji or grammar that much anyway. The reason my listening comprehension score was bad, is because Im still not so familliar with keigo. hehe. The presentation I did was about ZEN, kind of hard subject but It was fun to do.

The grammar test’s content was grammar from from level 1 until level 3. Until now we learned alot of basic grammar, so in level 4 we will learn to use that grammar in combinations and master it. There will not come so much new grammar at all. Sounds like fun!  I heard that people say it’s in the 4th level that one will really learn to talk fluently. I’m looking forward to it.

Thomas Birthday

After the school was over, on sunday I went to Shinjuku with two classmates, Kim and Thomas, because it was Thomas birthday and I wanted to go out and do something.

First we ate at some Italian food at Lumine Est. It is like a big warehouse and the top floors are filled with restaurants. Then we walked to a local drinking place in Okubo that I knew about. On the way there we found a Swedish shop in the middle of nowhere!

I went to the drinking place several times with Elias, another friend that already went home to Sweden.  It is absolutely not fancy, but feels traditional, you sit on the floor with low tables, and drinks are cheap! That time they even gave us free beers! Usually there are alot of drunk Kaishain’s (businessmen) there but it was Sunday so we were alone this time.

Economy vs Fun

I want to travel so much here in Japan but lately have very little money and I really need it when I get back to Sweden. But I hope to travel at least a little bit more here in Japan before I go home. Right now I’m searching for work and apartment in Stockholm, because I will go back there in October.

My Birthday is coming soon so Im planning to go to Kamakura with my girlfriend. I Hope it will be good weather.