JLPT Results craze
The results for the 日本語能力試験, more commonly known as JLPT 2008, should be getting in everyone's mailbox in the imminently and it shows:

Visits to my blog post of receiving the results last year have been spiking in the past week.
Good news: a colleague of mine got it in the mail this morning before coming to work, so most people in Japan should have it tonight or tomorrow.
Bad news: the people at the JLPT organization are mail nazis (not delivering the papers if your name is not on your mailbox, imposing crazy processes to let them know you changed address) and since I moved just before taking the test there is a pretty good chance that I will never receive the damn results.

February 13, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
actually, I received my results in the mail this weekend, somewhat late…
I thought my score would be miserable but I managed to hit 50% without studying anything for the test
considering the passing score is 60%, it kinda makes me feel a little stupid, I could’ve passed if I had deigned opening a book this time
July 6, 2008 @ 10:24 am
50% is great without studying, good luck this December, I’m sure you will pass