Less than a week...

We got our results back from yesterday's test today. I got 83.33%, which is pretty cool. That means I passed my level 4, though obviously not officially. I think we're going to have another mock test at the start of next year and those of us who got over 70% will have a go at level 3. I'm sure we'll fail that outright at the moment.

Ikema gave us some photos from the barbeque we went to. Copies for each of us of those photos that we are in. I find it a slightly odd mentality that we always only receive photos of ourselves. Surely it would be easier just to make a full copies for everybody instead of spending hours working out who should get what. Other presents that we received today include an giant card with an Ukiyo-e print on it (with envelope) and a persimmon, both from Yoshimatsu-sensei.

I worked in the afternoon for Noriko. I took a few photos of my class which I have put up and I made a note of all their names, though there are two that I get confused not least because their names are practically identical.

1. Rio (6 F), Chisato (6 F), Nobutaka (5 M), Daiki (5 M)
2. Yūka (F), Mao (F), Shōgo (M), Takuya (M), Takumi (M), Ryosuke (M)

The last class are aged about 9-10, I think. Anyway, I got a lift home from Shōgo's mother, since Noriko was teaching the extra class again. I had a funny feeling she was taking me to the wrong place before I even got in the car. In the end we ended up at Oxford House, which is the other dormitory and is on the university site. We found Cambridge House eventually, though, and she didn't seem to mind having gone the wrond way. "It was a nice drive," she said. She was quite chatty, too, which was nice. I like to practice my Japanese.

We had another "choir" practice today. Many thanks to Ciarán and James' friend, and to my dad for sending us the music. Much appreciated, though we're not sure that we're going to manage to pull some of the arrangments off as we are unaccompanied. I hope it's going to sound good though. We have three concerts to perfect it.