I am on the verge of beginning my third year at university. With it I find for the first time that my test scores and such are going to actually begin to affect my final degree. So this year of all years I have to try hard (though having said that I haven't been slacking off either.
This year I am also going to be taking the Japanese language proficiency test. I'm going for the big one: the level 1. This is about as hard as Japanese tests come so this is going to be fun for sure. I am having a hard time securing the audio for the past papers though.
Also this year is the last time the current Japanese test will maintain the current content and format so it is my last chance to pass the current level 1 as it is. At the same time I really want to undertake learning Chinese but I fear if I do so I won't have time to study aptly for the JLPT. On the other hand if I don't start learning Chinese this year it's now or never. Unlike Japanese my interest in Chinese is only for communicating with friends. I have no intention of becoming fully fluent as I am with Japanese.
With my Japanese I feel like I am finally in the last straight. I won't have any more major leaps or hurdles now. It's just about learning a large volume of words and grammar but not ones distinct or particularly different from the ones I already know. I'm so close now...I can feel it.