
He sometimes holds a long cane stick, which acts as a pointer on the blackboard while teaching haha - October 2008.
I was left wondering what secret he has to tell me. Don't tell me he wanna share his secret about his affair he has with some random school staff lol. Of course the secret isn't about that at all. So, this is what the secret was all about. It was regarding our finals which will begin from tomorrow and he asked me to "ganbatte kudasai". I suppose you know what that phrase means, but anyway, to those who are still in the dark, it means "good luck and give your best" in Japanese.
I got a phone call from him out of the blue, and now he told me to "ganbatte kudasai". Isn't that a bit awkward? I was still a bit blur at that time actually, unsure and curious why he is so nice to call me personally just to wish me good luck. I'm not saying that he is not a nice person on other times though, because when I just came here three years ago, he often asked me to see him in his room and discuss with him if I face any difficulties in life so far. The line had always been "何か困った事が無いですか?", which was his standard question, and my reply would always be, "特に無いですね" haha!
Prof. Kondo with his trademark hand gesture during the nomikai session with the rest of the lab members - October 2009.
So, the conversation (on the phone, not the conversation in his room lol) continued and I was told that there are other various prizes that besides getting our graduation certificates, there are gonna be other prizes awarded during our graduation ceremony next month. They include prize for perfect attendance, excellent achievements in academic and curricular activities. For the academic prize, it is awarded to students who had been the top two in the class over the years. Top two as in performance in exams, not our body height; otherwise I would be guaranteed of the prize for sure with my giraffe height haha.
Then before he ended the call, he some more reminded me (I guess it's more to scare me haha) by saying that the prize is only for the top two students, and if I drop to the third position this time, then I can say bye bye to the prize already. As a final word, he reminded me again that what he told me is a secret between him and me only. It sounded so much as if both of us are some undercover agents working on the country's top secret project haha. Just when I thought I could relax a little bit through my final exam in the college, now I felt a bit stressed up already haha. Nevertheless, I won't make it a big deal and I will just prepare as how I do it usually.
A creative work by one of my classmates haha! I hope Prof. Kondo doesn't see this, otherwise he is sure to disqualify me straight away lol!
The good news is that I have only four papers to sit this time and one of the four papers is an "open-everything" paper. I call it "open-everything", instead of "open-book" because we get to bring our text book, notes, photocopied notes from the lecturer, sample questions, and calculator into the exam hall! How can it be any easier than this, right? But sometimes, it is not necessary that it is gonna be a breeze for us. Anyway, I just wish that everything will be fine.
If I am lucky and awarded that prize, then I will be a happy boy and I promise to blog about it. However, if I don't mention anything about that prize again after this, then you should know whats is the ending to this tale haha!
12 comments:
面白い先生だね。頑張ろう!
4 papers only????
all mochikomika????
zuruiiiiii
@ clf:
thanks! same to you too =)
@ cieri:
yes, but i heard some has as much as TEN papers this time. i thought that only applies to the third-year students xD
one of the four is an open-book paper ;)
all the best :)
@ kae vin:
i hope that it will be a happy-ever-after ending to this tale too haha! thanks by the way ;)
I think it was perhaps juz a short phone talk, but u wrote it into a so interesting post!! n of course, ur sensei is cute. hehe..
@ 叶子:
haha, the phone conversation was neither too short nor too long, roughly about five minutes i guess xD
and yes, even students from other faculty recognise prof. kondo, mostly because of his trademark hand gesture lol!
Your final exams, eh? When you're all done, you should write a full review of your time in Japan. As someone considering studying abroad there, I'd love to know how you felt about the experience. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Good luck on your finals!
@ mattimus:
yes, it is gonna be my final exam in my college years, before i move to chiba university in a couple of months.
i would love to write a full review of my time in japan, but i guess that would consume a large amount of time. for the time being, i guess my writings about my daily life in japan should give you some idea how is it like to live here as an international student.
thanks again for your wish and have a great day!
Haha...man! You are the apple of your prof la...=)
Anyway, ganbatte! Hope you got that special award...
@ ~live life~:
not really, but he is especially nice to the two malaysians in my class, my classmate from penang being another one xD
i hope i will score well too, so that i have something to tell as the ending to this tale haha!
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