Something to Complain

Both my mom and dad are the eldest kid in the family, so kids in my family are quite old among the cousins. Both my sister and brother are the eldest in both mom's and dad's family, and I came in 3rd in my mom's, and 4th in my dad's.

Some of them are significantly younger than we. By saying significantly, I mean they are around 7 or 8 years younger. My mom used to take care of them all the times when my uncles and aunts were busy with their study and career. I saw them grow up, and for some reason I always see them as kids. And when someone is 7 years younger than I am, I consider him/her too young.

Why am I saying this today? One of the cousins in that age group is getting married today. Parents went to the ceremony, so I probably need to find my own dinner tonight. Last night mother and I gossiped about their age, what kind of condo they bought, you know, things that come with numbers. We are just boring adults detested by little prince.

TOEFL Test Score

I took a TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Lanuage) back in October. Attached is the score.

I have never taken any English test (aka, TOEFL, GRE, ISELTS, TOEIC, etc), so never knew where my English ability stands, Since I did not have much to do, I just decided to take the test, for the fun of it.

All the preparation I did was to download the sample test from the official website, and did it twice. That's when I realized there is no way for me to enhance my ability in a short and extensive way. The test is divided into 4 sections, reading, listening, speaking and writing. In reading, listening, speaking, all kinds of topics could be included. It can be astronomy, chemistry, physics, literature, and so on. In speaking and listening, it can be an instance that happens on campus, for example, a discussion in the class, an inquiry at the library, etc. I was sure I could understand it for the most parts, and should be able to capture 80% of the score. The most tricky part is the speaking, when there is a 45 seconds or 30 seconds of time limit when I could respond the have my responses recorded into the computer.

So this is what I got. The full score of each section is 30, so I think I did it fairly well.