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Leading up to the results release day, I was pretty nervous as it was my first go at N1 after having taken N2. Well, turns out I managed to pass:

Language Knowledge: 60

Reading: 38

Listening: 37

Total: 135

Vocab and Grammar: A

CEFR: B2

It was interesting to compare this with the simulated weighted results (in brackets) I got when plugging in my estimated correct answers in each section:

Vocab and Grammar: 39/44 -> 53/60 (47/60)

Reading: 12/22 -> 32/60 (26/60)

Listening: 21/31 -> 40/60 (35/60)

Total: 125/180 (108/180)

These results show that the Item Response Theory (IRT) system graded my results more favourably. This is in line with a couple of anecdotal evidence I've read of people getting official scores higher than their estimations.

For the answers themselves, I got lucky that the vocab and grammar carried my test, and my mistakes were 1 in section 2, 2 in section 4, 1 in section 5, and 1 in section 7, which means I got the hardest sections right or mostly right. This probably made the IRT grade this section as 満点, but I was not expecting to get the score I did at all to be honest.

Meanwhile, in reading, which is usually my strongest point (consistently getting 80% in past papers), I got the half or 2/3rds of the medium, long, and comparison passage questions wrong, which is why this score is considerably higher than I expected it to be. Silly thing is that there were some questions I initially answered correct but I changed because I stayed too long on them. To be fair, some of the options this time had at least two very plausible answers at least for me, and the text could get pretty convoluted. The usual advice of eliminating the wrong answers instead of picking the most correct one didn't work in this paper and it threw me off. I even got one of the information retrieval questions wrong and that's supposed to be the easiest one, and as usual, I ran out of time, so I had to guess 3 questions from the long text.

The listening section is where the final score ended up aligning with my expectations. I did well in the first half of the listening section, but the spontaneous response was tougher than usual. I got 4 questions incorrect on this one. And for the final long dialogue questions, well I didn't get any of them correct. I was supposed to get questions number 2 and 3 correct, my notes were correct and all, but stupidly I didn't focus on which question was which, so I hesitated and got the answers switched, probably would've felt a lot more confident in my results before they came out if I got at least those two questions right.

Going back to the weighted results I got online, I think there is some value in calculating the expected results. Although they're not as accurate, they're decent at giving expectations on how your final score would end up and if you need to prepare again for the next test if your score tanked hard enough.

This is my 6'th year studying Japanese after studying intensely from year 1-3 and studying on and off for the rest. Funny that now I'm a doctor with N1 after starting med school 6 years ago not knowing if I would continue learning Japanese as a hobby.

I think N1 in 6 years is a slow but still realistic pace. If you put your head down and focus on studying specifically for the JLPT, you surely can get to N1 much faster. For me enjoying the ride and not prioritising learning Japanese in some periods of my life were more important to keep the habit going long-term, especially because I don't live in Japan.

Getting this pass felt like a relief, because now I can focus on immersing for immersion's sake, although I will continue to use Anki by mining from my immersion, not from N1 specific decks like I did for N1 prep. My main immersion media was through novels on my Kindle, but now I'm starting to immerse with Japanese movies with subtitles and YouTube videos aimed to native speakers on various topics I like. It's tough immersing with native material, but I'm slowing getting used to it.

I will also focus on speaking and writing which are my weakest points by far. Hopefully I can finally go to Japan, which is the real post-N1 New Game Plus challenge for me.

I'm curious to read about your N1 results too!

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The Odyssey is a movie that met my expectations as a Nolan fan in some parts, while missing the mark in other parts.

First of all, you can definitely feel Nolan's filmmaking DNA injected into into this film. The movie displays a lot of grand spectacles achieved with mostly practical effects, immersing you into the movie in a way that few directors could. There are many standout scenes here, like the Cyclops and the Circe scenes, but also many understatedly beautiful scenes too, like the half-buried Trojan horse stranded on the shore, the ship floating on the vast ocean, and the ocean of armours without their bearers, scattered on the ground, signifying the casualties of the brutal invasion of Troy.

The themes Nolan wants to portray through his retelling of this classic tale are also executed satisfyingly. One great example is Odysseus's signature bow string pluck serving a warning to his prey, which is ironic considering his victory over Troy was with a suprise attack. This gesture repeats throughout the movie and plays a very important role in fleshing out Odysseus's character arc, which is well executed and concluded with the movie's final act.

The score and sounds used in this movie I found really immersive and enjoyable, despite many people complaining about it. It was really effective in signifying the horror and brutality of the journey. The Cyclops's screams of agony when he's injured made me feel like I was trapped inside the cave with him. The loudness didn't really bother me as it just added to the immersion, and my viewing had subtitles in my native languages to help.

The characters, although great, were pretty distracting in their casting, not in the culture war way, but in the fact that it's hard to seperate the star-studded cast from the characters they're playing. Spiderman from Tom Holland. Zendaya being Zendaya is pretty distracting despite being perfectly cast, and Jon Bernthal... well, he's Jon Bernthal lol. Surprisingly, Matt Damon melted into his role for me, I didn't even realise it was him until after the movie, which just shows how good his performance was.

The negative aspects of Nolan's works are especially pronounced in this movie which didn't bother me with his previous film, Oppenheimer. The kinetic pacing, although probably effective in engaging the audience, made it hard to feel the impact of the brutal scenes with little breathing room to take in the loss for Odysseus and his crew. It just felt like the movie was just moving from spectacle to spectacle. Despite being almost 3 hours, I wouldn't mind a couple of scenes to flesh the movie out even more.

I would have also preferred a little more explicitness in the brutality shown to further deepen the scars caused by the horror witnessed by Odysseus. Despite showing violence and terrifying monsters, the movie shies away from a lot of the action and gore you would expect from having a slaughter happen to civilians or Odysseus's crew. This also extends to the action, which despite being creative in its sequences (the hole in the floor weapon delivery service!), is also hard to follow with the sudden cuts making the choreography harder to understand and the strikes and stabs hidden by the deliberate camera angles making the fights less visceral. It's still a Nolan film, and he does tone down the violence a lot, but I just think portraying it explicitly would be effective for this type of story.

These flaws also contribute to my biggest complaint of the movie, which is that the emotional core didn't really stick with me. It's a combination of the lack of breathing room and the violence only going halfway as previously mentioned, and also the hit or miss writing. Despite having massive payoffs towards the end, the writing prevents those payoffs to truly hit emotionally. A story heavily involving the main character's family and centred around hope, longing, tragedy, grief, acceptance, and acceptance sorely needs strong character writing to resonate with me. Unfortunately, Nolan's weakness in bringing out potent emotions through his dialogue, evident in his stilted and awkward writing at crucial moments, made this movie lack the impact that would elevate this movie from being a fun spectacle to an odyssey that will stick with me long after the journey ends.

7/10

But damn did Agamemnon aura farm like crazy and Odysseus go full on Jason Bourne! I wouldn't mind 3 straight hours of just those. Release the directors cut Nolan, I know you have a full scene of Agamemnon

with his fully decked out Cyborg armour just standing menacingly!

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