Yesterday I was supposed to take my comprehension test, however I messed up the time in my head, woke up an hour later than I had to, and arrived on campus and hour after the test had started. There was also a banking session I was going to go to, however I missed that as well. It turned out I was looking at today's schedule the whole time. Therefore, I took the placement exam. The whole thing was rather long and since I want to get into the fourth level of Japanese speaking, I had to do nearly the most questions. I generally take forever on tests and this one was no exception. The whole time I was taking it they were yelling at everybody to hurry up and skip anything they didn't know. They kept saying that we didn't have to answer every question, but as many as we could possibly understand. I wanted to do well so I tried as many as possible. There were four parts to the test: Listening Comprehension, katakana/hiragana/writing, Grammar, and Kanji. I took forever and as the only other person was turning in his Kanji section I was handing in my Grammar. I had forgotten that I still had to do that part too, so I held the lady monitoring the test up by another five minutes. The whole thing was bullshit. I don't understand how they can ask anyone to answer 200 questions, with reading, writing, and listening to decipher in under 1.5 hours? I tried my best, but probably pissed the monitor off quite a bit while doing so. She kept talking about lunch the whole time the stragglers were finishing up. She even stood and watched over my shoulder while i was doing the last bit of the grammar. I absolutely hate when people do that to me, so I slowly turned around giving her a blank "wha joo wan" stare.
I'm still sorting out the problems with my Kansai Gaidai status. Surprisingly enough money (for the first time ever) is not one of them. I don't officially have the money yet, but there was $600 deposited in my account today. I have to wait for the money to clear, then I can start paying back Johnny and his parents. My fees with KG are about 11,000 yen, roughly $108. I got a small loan from KG today and I intend to pay it back soon. The only real problem I have right now is that my Medical Insurance documents have not been faxed to the university yet. If I don't get those some time later today then I cant get my enrollment lottery number and I can't register for classes. Fuxxor. There is a banking session later to day, so I will open up a Japanese bank account ASAP. Also I will register my bicycle. So much shit to do!
There are so many foreign students running around here like beheaded chickens, so I'm very lucky to have Johnny and Maija to show me around town and KG. Since I'm removed from the foreign housing dormitorys and their gaijin bonding attitude, I can't help but feel a little critical of the superficial friendships and conversations I am hearing. I can't wait until this cloud of magnetic gaijin has passed and everyone calms down a bit. As for now I just want to avoid it; be friendly, but independent. I came here to escape my own culture, not huddle together like a pack of some small animals. IDK. There's so much shit to do.
I feel healthier since Maija gave me a five day Amoxicillin pack that she got in Thailand this winter. I hope that by the end of the fifth day I'll know what healthy is again. That's about it for right now. I too am running around without my head, therefore I must go find it.
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