TOEFL in Kyoto

I woke up 4:30am yesterday, got myself ready

and cought Shinkansen before 7:00am.

Morning time in January,

It was still dark outside and only a few people were on the train.

But I saw many people at the train station.

Some people already started traveling this early in the morning. Well,,, yesterday, I was one of them too.

...TOEFL in Kyoto...

The test was held near Kamogawa in Kyoto city.

I was thinking like... I wish I was here for sightseeing...

My first iBT, so I was a little nervous and excited too.

The test was... SO difficult!!!

And keeping myself focusing for 4 hours was very hard too!

The articles were with a lot of words I didn't know,
It took me very long time to finish reading the passages, longer than I was given so I couldn't read some of it before time's up.

Yes, I faced the reality.

My problems are... slow reading, limited vocab and...
I can write and speak some but it's not academic, not logical at all.
Mine's just enough to live daily life.

I'll see my score in 2 weeks,,, I hope I won't get too depressed!

Honestly, I got a little bit unconfident,
But I won't give up!
This is just a beginning!
I'll study more and get higher score next time.

On the way back to my town,

I enjoyed my relaxing time after hard work.

Canned wine and sushi on Shinkansen♪

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STEP 1

I'm taking my very first TOEFL iBT tomorrow.

...but I got very anxious and unconfident...
Because TOEFL iBT seems very difficult!

I just tried the sample test,,, finally! (I know it's kind of too late though)
It was much more difficult, more complicated and more exhausting than I expected.
(Maybe that's why it's called a TEST!)

TOEFL score is necessary. Taking the test is just a beginning of my future plan.
But I think this is gonna be a big Going Forward.
I don't need to be negative before the beginning!
I'll just do my best this time and study harder then I'll do better next time.


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"busy!" is good,,, sometimes

I've been busy... that's good!

I really like to make myself busy sometimes.

My winter vacation time is coming at the end of this month.

But I have many things to do before my vacation.

I have to finish sales report today,

Tomorrow's my TOEFL day so I'll get up really early in the morning and take trains,,,

And the most important thing is getting everything alright at work before leaving for vacation.

I'll work hard for a few more weeks so I'll be able to enjoy my vacation time a lot!

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IKAMERA & Shopping

My very first IKAMERA experience was much better than I expected.
Using some types of anesthetic and sedative made me feel weird for a few hours.
But I got alright before noon.

So I had lunch and went shopping.
I was looking for a worm jacket and some scarves.
When I was walking around in a shopping mall somebody called me.
It was a customer of mine.
I didn't know she was working there, DKNY shop.
She brought me a nice jacket. I tried it on and thought... "Hum... this one looks good."
And the sale price, 50% off... "This is very good!"
I bought it, of course! I'm lucky to meet it. I also appreciate her help!

I shopped around for a while after that.
It was a good shopping day!... and an interesting IKAMERA day too...

Because I spent hours for my shopping the sun was setting when I was heading home.
The sunset was beautiful so I took a picture of it on a bridge in my town.


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"Good Luck!" to me

I usually enjoy my own time drinking, reading and watching movies in my room at night before my day off.

But I can't do it tonight because I'm going to have a medical checkup tomorrow.
I've already had once in November.
And the result was... "I gatta have my stomach checked again."

They say they'll put an IKAMERA (endoscope, I guess) in my stomach and see what's going on there.

Sigh... I hope my stomach is alright.

No wine, no food, no night snack for tonight.
And I have to get up early tomorrow morning,,, much earlier than my regular work day!

I say "good luck!" to myself!


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sleep well and work hard!

I came back from work earlier than usual tonight.

I changed, had dinner and some wine,,,
As soon as I sat and started reading a book, I fell asleep.

I just woke up and thought... "oh, I gotta write something in English..."
Writing something here everyday is what I try to do, even if it's a small stuff.

... Honestly, I don't think of any,,, anything special though...

Well, I'm in here just to update with writing something today.
So I'll go back to sleep soon. I gotta go to work early tomorrow too.


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Taking TOEFL

I'm taking TOEFL this month.

Have I been studying hard enough?

... No, not at all...

I know it's just making an excuse but,,,
I've been busy since I registered for the test.

I've taken TOEFL once before,,, when I was a student.
So many things have changed since then.
The test is on the internet through each computers
And it has writing and speaking parts.
My town doesn't hold the test so I need to go to other bigger cities.
And... one test costs $200... very expensive!

But I know I need TOEFL score to study abroad.
So I'm taking once this month to see how much I can do so far and which level I am on.
Then I really need to study after that so I can make a better score next time.

I hope the next time is going to be the last time and I'll be able to get an enough score to go to a college that I want to enter.


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