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Published: 2012-01-22 13:04:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 2308; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 12
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Part 3!A few comments on each panel, which are only brief moments in time... (this isn't meant to be the funniest of comics, more of a bit of info on my test taking process and other things on that day)
Panel 1: This is usually one of my best skills, but having to read 4 paragraphs and answer questions while sick all in 5 minutes, that's a little tough. I actually did say this to myself in my head. It was a really horrifying moment to realize that everything on the page in front of me was utter nonsense.
Panel 2: In Japan, the symbol for "yes" is a circle and the symbol for "no" is an X, or a check mark (which can be very confusing when correcting students' homework). But i'd never actually seen anyone do a giant circle, down a hallway to show that we were ready to start the next section of the test. It was so cartoony!
Panel 3: They didn't allow food, or drink. I still don't see why cough drops were considered food. In the end, I wasn't the only one coughing between the listening questions.
Panel 4: Shockingly, I think I did ok on listening. I'm usually crap at listening, so this baffled me.
Enjoy! Part 4 on Wednesday!
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Comments: 15
Renee-Niels [2012-09-12 14:35:00 +0000 UTC]
Oh my God... The last panel was me every time I got through the listening portion of my French exams! XD
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Falling-Rain-suffers [2012-01-26 08:24:18 +0000 UTC]
Wow, that must have sucked. I hate being sick and being sick muddles the brain ): I'm sorry the reading caused so much trouble, I'm sure you did good regardless though. Hee hee that does sounds cartoony I would have loved to see it though : ), though I would not have wanted to take the test Wow I don't consider cough drops food either ): That's horrible. How long was the test? I don't think I could have lasted, especially if I was sick. You're amazing for lasting in this and doing great(I know you did) while being sick. Wow, amazing! I think it's kind of ironic that on your best subject you did not do as good, well on your worst you did great.
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TriaElf9 In reply to Falling-Rain-suffers [2012-01-26 13:00:29 +0000 UTC]
I wish I had been better, but I never want to do it again >_<
And yeah, your last point: SO TRUE ^_^
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Falling-Rain-suffers In reply to TriaElf9 [2012-01-28 07:16:23 +0000 UTC]
yeah I can see why. Ah yeah... I hate it when things like that happen though, but at least it was bad at both.
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KiriHearts [2012-01-22 20:48:31 +0000 UTC]
Which level did you take? I get into that panicky mode pretty much every day in class... which is why I'm not sure I EVER want to take the JLPT XD
Hooray for listening!! I would die without cough drops... poor thing.
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TriaElf9 In reply to KiriHearts [2012-01-23 00:49:12 +0000 UTC]
I took N3 and I don't get my scores until next month. ARRGGG.
Oh man, it was awful. I spent so much energy NOT coughing that I got distracted on a few problems >_<
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foxesdemonica [2012-01-22 18:58:15 +0000 UTC]
They really make giant signals down the hallway? Awesome
Cough drops are food? Really? That's a bit sad.
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TriaElf9 In reply to foxesdemonica [2012-01-23 00:49:39 +0000 UTC]
It was SO FUNNY ^_^
It suuucked >_< I had to use so much brain energy to not cough >_<
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foxesdemonica In reply to TriaElf9 [2012-01-23 02:15:35 +0000 UTC]
I bet
Oh man. That blows.
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ChibiDonDC [2012-01-22 17:11:26 +0000 UTC]
OMG, third panel- That's totally what happened to me in my school's english listening exam: I had a really bad cough and the supervisor was like "You are bothering the other students. You only allowed to cough between the talking parts."
I was like: What?! dude...! Do I even need to explain in how many ways it makes no sense?!
That's so funnyXDD
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TriaElf9 In reply to ChibiDonDC [2012-01-23 00:50:30 +0000 UTC]
YES. It's like, way to have no pity for the sick >_< And have you ever had a cough? it's darn hard to control! Luckily, I wasn't the only sick person ^_^
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OKRedAnimeLover [2012-01-22 16:28:35 +0000 UTC]
Japanese sounds hard now. How long did it take you to learn it? I forget...
Awesome comic like always!
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TriaElf9 In reply to OKRedAnimeLover [2012-01-23 00:51:18 +0000 UTC]
It's actually easier for me, grammar-wise, than Spanish. I've been learning for real since college, so been studying about 6-ish years?
Thanks!
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TriaElf9 In reply to AbusedPrivilege [2012-01-22 13:35:14 +0000 UTC]
Awesome! Hope you'll enjoy it! ^_^
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