Saturday, May 22, 2010

Santorini, anyone? :))

Have you heard of Santorini before? It's a small, circular archipelago of  volcanic islands located in the southern Aegean Sea about 200 km southeast from Greece's mainland.
Santorini.. One of the place on my vacation list. Hihi. If only I live in Europe!!
Here are the photos I got from wikipedia, yess, I googled Santorini. :p




Just hearing the name of Santorini, I feel like I am hearing the sound of the sea, the peaceful environment, easy breeze of summer wind.  For me, it's just simply adorable and I really wish I could go there sometimes in the future? :P Ahaha.. Dream big! ^^ 

Monday, May 17, 2010

The Wheel of Life

Here come another storm in my life. I've been so anxious about waiting my HSK result to come out.
Turns out I haven't pass level 6 yet so that means I have to re-take the test which will cost me another 250 yuan. :(
So sad, unbelievably sad.. But, I need to look on the brighter side, I need to stay positive.
I'm planning to re-take the exam next month, June 20th, it's almost the end of semester, and I really need to prepare for my other exams as well.
Extra work! Less american tv series will help, I will start to watch Taiwan tv series instead to practice my listening.

So anyway, the old HSK (the one that I took 3 times already) has 4 parts, I screwed up the listening part of my last HSK. The scores for the other 3 parts actually is already inside the range of level 7. But due to my horrible listening ability, it got me into level 5 only. And even worse my uni will hold the old HSK exam no more. They got the new pattern which is utterly absurd, can't really explain it in detail. Singkat cerita it is much more expensive and much more complicated. It's always about the money here.. Money, money, and money. Argh.. ~_~ I have to go to Shanghai this Friday to register for the next HSK (they still have the old pattern  guess, gonna ask about it tomorrow by phone).

More current events in my life:
- I applied for a Chinese Govt Scholarship sometimes around last week, the school will choose the winner, and they will announce it at the end of this month. I really hope I can get it. *crossing my finger*
- I moved to the new dorm last weekend (4th floor which is almost the same as 5th floor), the shifting made my whole body ache, especially my feet. Still in the recovery phase now. :p

In need of a cup of comfort and big plate of encouragement. Jiayou Lilli!!