HSK Result

The suspense is over. After almost two months of biting my nails, I finally got my result of the HSK. While I was searching for it on the net, I was silently praying, "Let me pass. Let me pass. Please let me pass". Nothing could be more humiliating than failing a test. Of course that's not true but that was what I was thinking while filling in the information form once I found the site. When I finally saw that I passed, my first thought was, "I only got Level 3?" Because I took the Elementary-Intermediate Exam, Level 3 is the lowest passing level. Level 3 is the highest in the Basic test. I looked at the breakdown of my grade:

Listening Comprehension 53
Grammar 46
Reading Comprehension 45
Cloze 39
Total Score 184

But what really makes me want to pull my hair is that Level 3 is from 152-188. I was this close, this close! to Level 4! Aaaaargh!

For more information on the grading system and the HSK
Elementary-Intermediate Exam, click here: http://www.hsk.org.cn/english/intro_hsk2.aspx

Of course people around me are comforting me by telling me that I already did well as I had only been in China for less than a year. But still! This close! *sniffles.

Conversation with Andy over the phone last night:
A: Hello?

JC: Hello.

A: Ni gang gang da dian hua ma? (Did you just call?)

JC: Shi. (Yes.)

A: Wo zai toilet. (I was in the toilet.)

JC: Oh. Ok. Wo zhi dao wo hanyu shuiping kaoshi de result le. (I already know my Chinese Proficiency Exam result.)

A: (said something that probably means "result")

JC: Wo passed. Dan shi bu gao. (I passed but not that high.)

A: (said something that means "passing is already good")

JC: (whined)

A: (said something more of the same thing.)

JC: (whined some more)

Conversation eventually turned to other things. Fortunately for him.

BTW, this is my first entry using my new toy. Just thought I'd mention that. And because my Windows and MSOffice are in English, I can no longer type Chinese characters. Can never have everything, can we?