For these couple of days I was focused on the test. I spent Saturday mostly studying from a JLPT practice book. I studied at a coffee shop on Whyte Avenue for a while. The street was much quieter after the Canada Day celebrations finished. Also kind of rainy that day.
In the afternoon I walked from my hotel to the JLPT test site at the University of Alberta to make sure I knew the way. U of A has a beautiful campus - red brick buildings surrounding an open green quad.
Sunday was test day. I got up quite early, and it was sunny and warm for the walk to campus. When I got to the building, there were a lot of people, several hundred I'd say, waiting to register. Different levels were held in different rooms. I chatted briefly with a couple of young guys waiting to enter the classroom for our level - they'd come from as far as Ontario and New York.
The test itself has parts for vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening, and you have to achieve a least a certain score on each part to pass. I'm sure I did well on everything except the listening part - always my weakness. I have to wait until September for the result.
Afterwards I did laundry and went to the craft beer place again. Taking it easy for the rest of the day.
Back at the hotel, the bar was having an open mic night. Nice folk music and a great way to unwind.
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