This week we had our final Japanese exams for this trimester. After a weekend of waking up early and studying all day until evening, we had to prove our Japanese skills at our exams.
Final exams at Yoshida Language School consists of two days of exams. On the first day you get three (!) tests: grammar, listening and reading. The second day is reserved for conversation tests, where everyone gets an individual interview with a teacher in order to test speaking skills.
All our hard studying paid off, we both passed all our tests with great results!! So, that means we get to advance to the next level and learn more difficult Japanese. Laurens is very excited to have finished the beginner-levels, and now advances to intermediate classes; and Daphne is excited (or worried) to start studying in a book without furigana (= basically, the translation/pronunciation of Kanji)
Now that the exams are over we have a little vacation. And actually, we are already packed and ready to go in a couple of hours! This vacation we are spending one week in Kyoto (^.^)!! In Kyoto we will meet Daphne's parents and grandparents, to which we are much looking forward to after not seeing them for almost half a year.
We hope we will have a great holiday in Kyoto, which beautiful things to see, delicious things to eat, and hopefully not so much rain from the rain-season.
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