21/06/2002, Friday, 10:30am

That's it. The final ended. Here's the long-waited 4-day holiday.

Now we finally know how the external oral exam will be. First we all wait in the waiting room for the role call. Then the student helpers will tell us which group we belong to and which classroom will we take the exam. After the 6-minute preparation time outside the corridor, we will go into the examination room for the exam. After the role play, the teacher will ask us to sit at the chair, which would make us facing the wall. The discussion will start about 1 minute after the last candidate finished his or her role play.

I got to the waiting room at about 8:00am (since the instruction had said we must arrived there at least 15 minutes before the reporting time). Umi-san, who was in the same reporting time, only got here barely on time. and she was in the first round (8:30 to 9:00am). Didn't she remember the fact that if we're late, we can't take the exam?

Anyway, I was group into the second section, in the same group with Ukyo-san, Li-san and (what a coincidence) Hinagiku-san. And I'm "Candidate C". (But the helper got my name wrong again, this time they got me mixed up with Ukyo-san, who's surname is Kuonji) Hinagiku-san, who was Candidate A, told me that she was not very sure she could pass or not. I tried to assure her that students seldom got a fail in oral. But she was still very nervous.

Our group was called at about 8:45am (I still did not know why it was 15 minutes earlier than the teachers planned). But we have to sit outside the corridor for about 10 minutes until we could read our paper. Well, Hinagiku-san got her paper first. Because everyone should have the same preparation time. When I could (finally) got my paper, she was being called into the room. But she flashed me a nervous smile before she got into the room.

I read the paper as careful as I could. Because the discussion topic would always have some relations with the role play. This one was about "bad habits". I didn't understand it at first. So I leave it alone since I could find out the answer during the "interview". A little surprise was that Namimura-sensei was the examiner this time. Except a bit stuttering at the beginning, I think I was doing quite well. And I finally understand the meaning of the "bad habit", which meant "smoking, drug abuse, etc". After the role play, I faced the wall and started to worry about the discussion, the part where I didn't have much confidence on. The real torture was the part where I have to hear Ukyo-san's role play and worrying whether I have done anything wrong or not.

During the discussion, I was trying to steal glances to the timer on the table. Since overrun would, again, deduct marks. But at least we could discuss all the topic listed on the instruction sheet. And we tried to make it do not sound like we didn't have enough time.

We have to leave the second floor (where the exam was bring held) immediately. And Hinagiku-san said that she's leaving for the CWS for the newspaper article. Then she remind me about the interview on the IT project...which I have totally forgotten about. She said she wanted to do it at next Thursday's lunch time. But she'll have to discuss it with her partners first.

I could not go home either. We are going to have the drama practice at 11:00am. So now, I'm taking a little rest at the lunch hall. And I could only sit for a little longer before I leave for the hall.


21/06/2002, Friday, 7:00pm

The rehearsal was really tiring. Even I don't need to be the actors, I still have to do many backstage work beside the lighting. Like I have to help with the music, because both Kagome-san and Kuyami-san, who were in charge of the system, were still having their exam. And Umi-san was not able to come. At least, I hope that she was not absent on purpose. Because she was the leading role (together with Misao-san).

But she did spent sometime in complaining at the evening. She phoned me and told me her oral exam went quite well. But she missed the World Cup match: England vs. Brazil. And England lost the match. Then she asked whether I wanted to watch the movie Murder by Numbers tomorrow. I told I could go since I don't have anything to do. We hanged up after I told her the next rehearsal will be held next Tuesday after school.