HOW DID IT GO?!?!

[Greatness]

Yep my last one You guys will smash jap, makes me feel so crap lol and gives me a sense that my study score has dropped heaps....

[kensan]

I'm in year 11 so I only had Chem and Jap, so year 11 exams next week

[Furbob]

everything was fairly easy, may have lost marks on jap listening/responding (depends how anal they want to be so ill give some leeway)
did the article on the advantages/disadvantages on living in the australian countryside/city

[Greatness]

did the article on the advantages/disadvantages on living in the australian countryside/city

Same

I cant believe you guys are saying it was easy...... lol

[Furbob]

^ dont worry swarlol, a few people in my class said it was challenging (obviously my opinion is biased....)

[Furbob]

For the advantages of the car I got:

can carry heavy suitcases
Since the destination is far from the train station going by car is convenient
If 3 people are going it is cheaper to go by car

For the raku raku hon:

The voice of the phone is loud and can be heard clearly and easily
There are 3 speed dial buttons you can set important numbers on
Can send emails through calls
The charaters are big (字も大きい） <---didn't get this one down though. was hearing ジムは大きい　=='

Overall I think it was a reasonable exam with good content. This would also mean that the expectations of answers will be higher.
Regarding the essay. I also did the principal application one.

Yeh they were the three advantages for the car..

I think the four points were those but I heard けいたいに話せると、then something about writing being okay.  I wrote a vague fact about speaking to the phone and it sending messages. That was the one part of the exam I was unsure about, although I dislike the listening and responding in Jap section. Im never sure if I am phrasing it right!

Anyway, last exam! anyone else?

for rakurakuhon

I heard something like "字も大きいから、読みやすい"
and if you talk to the phone, it can write in japanese for you "けいたい電話に話せると、書いてくれるでしょう” (mentioned about 日本語で書くこと in the sentence before)

PS. cutoff predictions compared to 2010? ... I think it was harder than 2010 but not as hard as 2009?

*edit*

uh oh, I just realized that I spelt 新幹線（しんかんせん） as　新幹緑 throughout the whole paper.... in the Golden Week and train-advantages listening... would I get consequential marks from that?

[kensan]

and if you talk to the phone, it can write in japanese for you "けいたい電話に話せると、書いてくれるでしょう”

yeah that's what i heard!!
And I wrote "densha' instead of 'shinkansen'.... i wonder how critical they will be..
I felt it was harder than 2010 and I'm not sure if we get consequential marks in LOTE?

[Furbob]

wait, maybe I wrote it twice in the Golden-week listening or something :S I remember writing it twice for something

*feels bad* my kanji-writing backfired on me hahaha.... しにたいなあ！

[Dangster]

I think i did alright on the listening and reading components. Responding in japanese was a bit hard though imo, esp the golden week one. I think i lost a few marks on that one. And as for writing, i didn't finish. I chose to write the article but i only managed to fit in around 200ji. So disappointed... 
Does anyone know what happens if you don't write within 400-500ji? Is that an automatic 0 for your essay?

[kensan]

I wouldn't think so...  I would presume that they would just mark you on the 200ji

[Bismuth]

Definitely not a zero, so don't panic about that. Given, you'll get hit hard for structure, you can still score respectable scores in other criteria if you managed to demonstrate some clever sentences and a good introduction.

[Gaijin]

for rakurakuhon

I heard something like "字も大きいから、読みやすい"
and if you talk to the phone, it can write in japanese for you "けいたい電話に話せると、書いてくれるでしょう” (mentioned about 日本語で書くこと in the sentence before)

Oh well...that listening task was probably the hardest out of all of them. I hope I can get some marks at least for my answers.

しにたいなあ！

Its always those silly mistakes that give you the most frustration.

[Miss_Valentine]

Listening and Responding in English was easier than I expected (thank god!)
In Japanese...not so much haha
The first reading task...was the easiest I've ever done...almost entirely in katakana!
Think I died in the writing section though. Never been my strong point