Tests.

I belong to Aikido Club, that I joined this April, and have practice on Monday and Wednesday. (There are practice on Friday and Saturday as well, but I can't attend them because I have classes on the times. I make up for them by watching a manual DVD of aikido I got at Amazon and practicing by myself at home.)

For last Wednesday and today, we had the advancement tests, and I, with other freshmen, took a test for 5th class. At the previous night of the test, I practiced myself at home about three hours for this test. I got confident for the test at the time.
However, although I practiced much and seniors said there was no need of my worrying, I became kind of tensed on the performance. When there was a call of start, the whole techniques were blown out of my mind. I became panic at a moment. But I soon got back calm, and they came back to my mind, and could give moderate performances. As a result, I could get 5th class. Yeah!

Today, happily all members passed the tests, so we had a congratulatory dinner at Jonathan. For our happiness, it's a treat of the third graders. What a generousness!
I ordered a chicken and rice casserole and a drink bar, and the drink bar was wonderful! They have great variety, especially on tea. I had 7 cups in the end. I especially liked green tea latte. The hot sweet and Japanese drink thawed me and made me happy.

And today, I sent an application for the third class of French examination, Hukken. I have a month before the test. I'm not yet confident, so I'm gonna study from now.
Taking tests is sometimes hard, but it gives tension to my life. I'm kind of thrilled about the test!