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Thursday, September 20, 2007

9:03 PM

I had the positively most disturbing oral experience for all time.
As in. My Jap Oral.
As in. My Japanese Oral Assessment Test.
AS IN. MY JAPANESE LANGUAGE ORAL ASSESSMENT TEST.
Gosh. The things I do to make myself sound normal. Which by the way, I am NOT.
Today was the doomed Japoral that I knew that I would screw up, big time. It consists of a reading passage, a 1-minute speech that you have to memorize, a conversation about your topic, and free conversation.
The speech I prepared during Chinese lesson.(Which you're supposed to prepare 3 weeks beforehand) I timed myself and it was about 1 minute and 15 minutes.
Have fun reading:

こんにちは。今、私の夢について話したいと思います。私の夢は漫画家になることです。理由は漫画が大好きです。漫画のカレッタは可愛いり、むかしは面白いり、絵をきれいり、漫画が大好きです。しかし、漫画家になることは簡単ではありません。多い絵を書かなくてはいけないから、漫画家は忙しい人です。そして、綺麗な漫画を描きにくいです。ですから、私はがんばっています。多い漫画を読みます。本当に漫画家になりたいので、一生懸命にがんばります。

Good afternoon. Now, I will like to talk about my dream. My dream is to become a manga artist.The reason is because I like mangas a lot. Manga characters are cute; the story is interesting and the pictures are nice; therefore I like manga. However, being a manga artist is not simple. Because they have to draw many pictures, manga artists are busy people. And also, beautiful mangas are difficult to draw. Therefore, I am working hard. I read a lot of mangas. As I really want to become a manga artist, I will work with all my life.

Well. As you can see, it's rather d/t, so. Yep. You may think it's rather good, but
ONE: I screwed up 'simple' because it was supposed to be 'kantan' when i said 'kendan'. And the last part about "working with all my life"? I screwed up the pronunciation and in the end it turned up to be "As I really want to become a manga artist, I will other-sexuality evidently work hard." (一生懸命-＞異性証明) Yes, I know, I can qualify for the next Ms South Carolina Park.
My reading passage was okay except that there was another kantan that I read as kendan.
Speaking of Ms. South Carolina Park's map dilemma, I also conveniently messed up my topic conversation and free conversation partly due to me being unsure of using the informal or formal form to the teacher. To add to the complication, she asked in formal form and added my name to every question, so I was very very nervous. I really sound like Ms. SCP, only much worse:

Sensei: Jyasen-san,so you draw mangas right?
Me: uh... uh.. yes, I draw mangas.
Sensei: Jyasen-san, what do you draw?
Me: uhms... eh.. Because.. I mean, I draw badly. So I draw simply. For example... uhms... *pauses for a long long time* for example, I draw people. I also draw animals.
Sensei (by now having a contorted expression on her face, not knowing whether to laugh or to cry, also known as kuxiaobude) :Oh, is that so? Japanese mangas, right?
Me: Yes, that is so.
Sensei: Do you have a lot of mangas? (I couldn't understand it. AT ALL. It's until now that I realize what she meant)
Me: HUH. I mean, can you please repeat it, I'm sorry.
Sensei: Do you read a lot of mangas (She rephrased it in a simpler sentence)
Me: *still distraught over the last question* uhms... uhms.
Sensei: *stares at me*
Me: (sudden realization) Oh yes, I read about lot of mangas. Like Inuyasha, Fruits Basket (which is, by the way, a manga for girls)...
Sensei: *weird look on face again* Ah, I see. *starts to rub out some stuff on my score sheet which makes me more nervous than ever*
Sensei: Jyasen-san (there she goes again), your school is HCI right?
Me: Yes.
Sensei: Can you tell me about your school?
Me: HCI is spacious and a little old *stunned* (I should have said spacious BUT a little old)
Sensei: I see. Please talk about your school life.
Me: Uhms... Erms.. I think... my school life is interesting and enjoyable.
Sensei: Why is it enjoyable?
Me: I, I.. I.. With my friends, no, I mean I have friends there and the teachers there are nice, no, sincere people. (Yes, it is proven that we get more nervous when we lie)
Sensei: Really. (See? Even she's skeptical.)
Sensei: Is your school convenient?
Me: I.. take the bus to school. About 30 minutes. Therefore... it's convenient.
Sensei: Jyasen-san, what do you do in school?
Me: *mishears question* I live in Toa Payoh.
Sensei: Ah. Do you like travelling? (notice the topic switch)
Me: *completely thrown off-balance because I was expecting something else* uh....................... yes, I like travelling.
Sensei: So where have you gone?
Me: A number of places such as Malaysia and China.
Sensei: When is the last time you went to China?
Me: Erm.. *long pause as I struggle to remember how to say 'last year'* five years.
Sensei: *big-eyed* What did you do there?
Me: Erms... I... I shopped and ate there.
Sensei: How is the food there?
Me: Interesting.. I mean, delicious. (interesting=omoshiroi. delicious=oiishii.)
Sensei: Oh. I see. *rubs out scoresheet again* You can go now.
Me: *breathes a sigh of relief* THANK YOU. *and escapes from the classroom*

Gosh. My experience from hell.

signed, jiasheng

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