Today was a pretty standard day. Started off with a brisk placement exam at Kansai Gaigo Senmon Gakkou (関西外語専門学校). I have to admit that I didn't do very well. If I had to guess, I would say that I scored somewhere between average and brocolli. The test was kind of setting us up for failure though. It started off around JLPT level 4 and around page 14 it suddenly skipped to JLPT level 2 or 1. So I bombed pretty hard on the 21 page exam and I have to say the five minute interview afterwards wasn't so hot either. Pretty much what I expected since I haven't had a chance to seriously study Japanese since I left Charlottesville in the middle of 2007.
After the exam I went out to Namba to find Yamada Denki. That turned out to be a real task because the chain has a different name in Osaka, LABI1. You can still see Yamada Denki in small print on the point card but it's no where to be seen on signs or even on the building. On the bright side I was able to score a nice frig, vacuum, and coffee maker. So I can finally give my apartment a proper cleaning. Actually, my sinus problems have already cleared up so I'm not that worried about being a Human HEPA filter anymore but it will still be nice to run the vacuum.
Tomorrow I'm going out to Shin-Imamiya to find Nitori, a retail furniture joint. I'm hoping that I can pick up a plush rug for my living room and a decent couch.
Well, Blogger dropped out on me. For some reason the autosave feature lost everything except the first two sentences so this was all re-hashed and I feel like I forgot a lot. Ah well, it's late and I'm going to get ready for bed.
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