It's time to give myself another peptalk.
Today, less than a week before my test, I was re-reading the HSK manual that contains all the information about the test. Because it's in Chinese, I usually just skim through it. This afternoon though, I decided to read it more carefully and guess what I discovered... NOT everything is in multiple choice! The last 15 items actually require me to provide, as in write the Chinese characters in the blanks! A random paragraph in Chinese will have random blanks which I will have to fill in with not-so-random but actual precise there's-no-other-correct-answer-but-this-one characters! Heaven help me!
The test seeks to promote the development in all areas (listening comprehension, grammar, reading comprehension, cloze) so even if one gets a perfect score say in all the three areas but fail one, s/he will still fail the entire test. Which means that I can't even hope to do well in the other areas so I can compensate on the surely dismal score I'll get in the cloze test.
Hermitdom, here I come.
This does not sound like a peptalk. The peptalk is really to convince myself that being a hermit is the best thing to happen to a person. I'll save that for another day. I'll have all the time in the world after I become one. For now, I'll try to find hope where there isn't one.
nuni, i love you but -- you're screwed.
ReplyDeletethink positive, joni...or maybe try saying your prayers in chinese, it might help..:D
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jona. At least you will get some experience of what to expect for the next attempt.
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ReplyDeleteThanks, michnikin!
ReplyDeleteBudi, there's actually a Catholic church just outside my compound. And I saw a nun yesterday! A Chinese nun! Um, yun lang. Hehe!
Nuna and Jason, I am trying to remain calm. I met a Korean-American the other night. He studied in Shanghai for two years and he said the highest level he has of the HSK is level 5. At first, that made me feel better because... I can't really remember why. I think he said it with the intention of making me less worried and for a while I was thinking it couldn't too bad. But now that I'm thinking about it more, my naturally panicky mind goes, "He studied for two years in Shanghai and only got level 5! I studied for... a month! What level can I possibly get?"
yes but remember you have all those years studying chinese in the philippines. nevertheless, i still think you're screwed. mwahahaha!
ReplyDeletehehehe...anyway, i wish you good luck in your exams and if ever you get to hermitdom we surely will miss you...hehehe
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